"Don't gossip. If you come here today, you should get a lot of books, right?" Liu Tai looked at Yuan Yan and said.
After hearing Liu Tai's words, Yuan Yan took out a volume of books and said, "Sang Gong's "Shui Jing" was annotated by Guo Pu, a famous scholar today, and recorded the watercourse conditions of 137 major rivers in the country. How about it? It is consistent with
Just ask for it!"
"How much gold!" Liu Tai was not polite when he heard Yuan Yan's words and asked directly.
"Five hundred gold. I heard that the Guo family is somewhat of a local wealthy family. If I hadn't relied on the military power of the King of Chu, I'm afraid this family wouldn't have allowed me to copy a copy." Yuan Yan thought for a moment and reported to Liu Tai.
A number.
Liu Tai quickly wrote down a note, and then said, "You take it first. When you need money, just come to me and get it. Now even if I give you five hundred gold, you can't get it back!" "Okay, okay, I'll accept the note!" Yuan Yan heard Liu Tai's words and kept the note without any courtesy.
However, Yuan Yan accepted the note and said, "Why are you collecting these miscellaneous students?
In today's world, either "Yi" or "Lao" should be regarded as a prominent school. If you want to learn culture and become an official in the court, you should study Confucian theories such as "Shangshu", "Poetry", "Li" and "Spring and Autumn". This "Shui Jing" is the top
Most of them are just miscellaneous knowledge, so how can a general use them?"
"The collapse of rituals and the collapse of music are practical. In my opinion, this "Shui Jing" is more important than that of Confucianism and metaphysics!" Liu Tai shook his head and said,
"By the way, if there are books like "The Book of Pan Sheng", "The Book of Zhang Heng", and "The Essential Art of Qi Min", help me find them too."
"I know a little about "Pan Sheng Zhi" and "Zhang Heng Shu", not to mention that there should be rare copies in Luoyang.
On the other hand, I have never heard of "Essential Techniques for Elevating the People". It has such a grand name, so I thought it must be a wonderful book on governing the people!"
Yuan Yan thought for a moment after hearing Liu Tai's words, and then replied to Liu Tai.
Liu Tai only roughly remembered that "Qi Min Yao Shu" was created by Jia Sixie during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.
But further, I don’t know the specific era. Now that I heard that Yuan Yan has never heard of this book, he didn’t care and said:
"In short, I am interested in all kinds of miscellaneous books that can be used as tools. Exchange gold for books, and you will be safe."
"General, you have a wide range of interests... you are quite different from other generals!" Yuan Yan couldn't help but sigh when he heard Liu Tai's words.
Of course, because he spent some time in Liu Cong's military camp, Yuan Yan also knew that Liu Tai was quite unusual not only in Liu Cong's military camp, but also in Wang Mi's army.
After all, every time they take a break, the army under Liu Tai’s command is probably the only one who would ask the military historian to tell the soldiers stories from the Book of Han or Han idioms.
I even heard that the important reason why some Baizhan commanders in Liu Tai's army did not advance further was that they could not read and write. Once they could read and write, they would basically be promoted.
As for the reason, it is just to take responsibility for the soldiers at the bottom. The higher the official position, the higher the requirements for the soldiers.
The soldiers before the commander of the camp were doing all kinds of things, and most of them only listened to the stories of "Hanshu".
After all, it is so painful to learn something. How can it be so comfortable to listen to these military historians talking about allusions to the "Book of Han" during the war?
But when the soldiers reached the level of the village commander, they began to study hard.
After all, mastering literacy skills is a mandatory requirement at this time. In fact, mastering literacy skills is not a bad thing.
Liu Tai just let this matter go. At first, Liu Tai wanted all his soldiers to be literate.
But in reality, literacy is really not that simple a skill.
Although in modern society, only one person can read and write, so everyone thinks that reading and writing is normal.
But looking at it from another perspective, during the time period when human beings accepted things the fastest, it took at least five years to master various Chinese characters. During this time alone, the materials consumed by the country were an astronomical figure. p>
In his previous life, Liu Tai thought that learning Chinese calligraphy was not a rare thing, but now that he is working hard to promote education, he finds that everything is difficult.
As far as the tools needed for learning calligraphy are concerned, the most convenient ones now are a sand table, a branch, a wooden board, and a box of dried river sand. They can basically be used as the simplest teaching tools. Of course, the most important thing is that it is free.
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But this kind of thing is only useful in the hands of people who have the subjective initiative to learn.
After all, this kind of thing cannot be used to assign homework. At most, people who really work hard can take this sandbox back, smear it, write it, smear it, and recycle it.
But again, there are too few people with this kind of subjective initiative. Not everyone is so farsighted, and not everyone likes to learn.
Even if you become a village commander by relying on your own bravery and merits, there are still people who don't want to learn, and Liu Tai is quite helpless about this.
After all, to put it bluntly, Liu Tai was just an officer under Wang Mi, with limited resources. Although he could fill the bottomless pit of literacy to a certain extent with the financial resources he received, it did not form an effective system.
However, Liu Tai didn't care. At least for now, there was a clear gap between the organizational and willpower of the soldiers he trained in this way and other foreign armies.
Not to mention, if you only dare to line up against the cavalry, instead of turning the whole army into battle, your army will become an elite.
After all, in the army, being able to fight is the last word, and as long as there is no peace in the world, being an elite commander is to a certain extent the safest profession in troubled times, so Liu Tai is not afraid of Liu Yao.
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At this moment, there was a sudden commotion in the right camp. Hearing the commotion, Liu Tai couldn't help but look at Yuan Yan.
"Gather and form an array!" Liu Tai reacted immediately and immediately issued the order.
Soon, Liu Tai's bodyguards beat the gongs loudly. The soldiers who were listening to the story of "Han Shu" in the military camp suddenly came to their senses and came to the school field in the military camp to quickly form a formation to respond.
Strong enemy.
At this time, Yuan Yan looked at Liu Tai very strangely. To be honest, he knew that Liu Tai was leading elite soldiers. He even watched Liu Tai's army face the cavalry charge with his own eyes in a spear formation without fear. This kind of infantry
It’s already quite terrifying in Yuan Yan’s eyes.
Just like the Yue Family Army who dared to roll directly under the crippled horse and cut the horse's legs, this kind of soldier can basically ignore his own life and death, and ignoring his own life and death is a rigid standard that an elite must meet. But now, it takes less than two-thirds of an hour to assemble the army, which is about ten minutes.
Liu Tai's army, which was originally listening to stories in the military camp, has actually assembled in the military camp's school grounds, and each branch of the army has already fought for its own position. Although it is still a little messy, the entire military formation has already
Out.
Yuan Yan thought about it again when he commanded the county soldiers. If he could integrate the army in half an hour, he would be very happy.
What's more important is that during this process, some people escaped from service, some couldn't find their team, some didn't wear their armor properly... There were so many problems that Yuan Yan felt an incomparable headache.
But looking at the army under Liu Tai's command, Yuan Yan realized for the first time why everyone admitted that Liu Tai was leading elite troops. Nonsense! How could someone who could clean up the army in such a short time not be an elite? p>
Fortunately, I attacked Liu Cong's military camp that night. If I had attacked Liu Tai's military camp, I was afraid that Liu Tai would have killed his own troops while he was reorganizing his troops.
The speed of this army's formation is too fast and incomprehensible!
In contrast, Liu Tai couldn't help frowning as he watched the army reorganizing, feeling that the speed of reorganizing the army was still too slow!
In ten minutes, even the primary school students on campus ran from the classrooms upstairs to the playground and got into good positions to do radio gymnastics.
But his army didn't even have a complete formation, which made Liu Tai know that his army was far from enough!
However, after the troops formed their formation, Liu Tai did not rush out immediately.
After all, the right camp is where the Huns are stationed. At the same time, I saw that only the right camp was attacked, and there was no chaos in the main camp. Obviously Liu Cong was fine.
Therefore, Liu Tai decisively made the most irresponsible choice——
He sent someone to tell Wang Mi that he had finished purging the army and would firmly defend his camp.
If there are any arrangements, please make them as much as you can and never refuse.
Why is our army so immovable when attacked? Is Liu Tai such a person?!
Liu Tai only upholds a fair, just and open choice and follows the procedures in an upright manner.
The person who can manage him is either the commander-in-chief Liu Cong or his direct superior Wang Mi.
Since both of them were fine, but other friendly forces were in trouble, he naturally needed to ask his superiors for instructions before deciding to take action.
As for why the general is not being obeyed by military orders from abroad, the question is whether his commander-in-chief or his direct superiors are here, what is he doing to rescue people who are so adept at making decisions? Could it be that he is secretly colluding with the military outside?
The inside should be in harmony with the outside.
Yuan Yan watched Liu Tai complete the formation in a short time, and then decisively deployed defenses in the camp without any intention of rushing out of the camp.
The louder the sounds of fighting in the right camp were heard, the more motionless Liu Tai's army became. Some soldiers even said with great interest that the smoke in the right camp seemed to be burning beautifully!
Yuan Yan couldn't help but said, "General, won't you go rescue the right camp?"
"I have sent scouts to inform General Wang that before his order is issued, it is more important for us to guard the camp!"
Liu Tai was quite calm, "After all, it is inconvenient for me to move without military orders. When marching and fighting, we need to pay attention to military discipline and military orders. It would be very bad if we act without permission and cause unnecessary trouble!"
Listening to Liu Tai's natural words, Yuan Yan somewhat understood Liu Tai's attitude.
Follow the procedures in a down-to-earth manner and go through the motions conscientiously. This in itself is something that no one can fault.
It’s just that people are social after all. When a person chooses to do business without any inclination, this itself expresses his own attitude.
Yuan Yan didn't say much. After all, the Huns didn't want to see Liu Tai. Isn't this a matter of course?
Since Liu Tai has reported to Wang Mi that he is ready, he can just wait for Wang Mi's order.
Wang Mi’s order? Seeing that there was no commotion in Liu Cong’s camp, Wang Mi decisively said, “Stand where you are,” guard the camp and dispatched the messenger sent by Liu Tai.
Wang Mi watched the messengers leave, then looked at the army that had just been integrated, and couldn't help but sigh: "Tai'er is really good at running the army."
"General Huben is not only good at running the army, he is also cautious in doing things!" Chang Shi Zhang Song looked at Wang Midao, "General has integrated the army and is not going to rescue Youying?!"
"The order from the King of Chu has not come, so it is inconvenient for me to carry out the military order.
Now that the army has been purged, I can also send soldiers to report to the King of Chu. Our army will naturally obey the King of Chu's orders!"
Wang Mi couldn't help but sigh, "After all, we look so similar to the Jin army. What if the Turkic soldiers in the right camp think we are the Jin army? We should wait and wait for the order of the King of Chu!"
To be honest, it was not the first time that the Huns looked down on the Han army. However, Liu Tai's army was strong and he dared to directly use his spears to confront Liu Yao, so he earned a lot of face.
If Liu Tai did not do this and instead let Liu Yao chop off Yuan Yan's head in front of Liu Tai, then Liu Tai's army would probably lower their heads when they saw the Huns.
The Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities are best at bullying good and fearing evil. As long as they find out that you are a soft persimmon, they will inspire them to want to bully you.
It's like the bully in the school just picks out the soft persimmons. As long as you compromise once, they will become more and more courageous, and even when you resist, it will stimulate their desire for revenge. But fight back against them from the beginning, so that these bullies know that you are not to be trifled with, and they will find others to bully you instead.
The same is true for the Huns. Because they knew that Liu Tai had a tough attitude and was not easy to offend, they decisively put the targets of bullying on other Han soldiers.
Many commanders of the Han army felt that they had to bow their heads under the roof, but as long as you tolerate this kind of thing once, the other party will continue to follow you.
Therefore, this time, the Xiongnu army formed a coalition with the Han army and commanded the battle under Liu Cong. Although the leaders of both sides still maintained peace on the surface, privately, the lower-level soldiers, the Han people, were basically bullied by the Huns.
This atmosphere naturally affected Wang Mi's choice. Wang Mi, like Liu Tai, chose to follow the procedures seriously.
When friendly forces are attacked, it’s not because I want to remain motionless, but because I have no choice but to remain motionless before Liu Cong’s order is given!
At this moment, Beigong Chun, with his Xiliang cavalry, rushed into the right army camp and it was like no one was there.
No one expected that Bei Gongchun would rush straight to the camp so generously at dawn.
Moreover, the first person he met was Hu Yanyi who was inspecting the military camp. When the two met, Bei Gongchun used the spear in his hand to dig out the heart with a black tiger, and Hu Yanyi was directly pierced through by one blow.
Hu Yanyi's eyes widened, and he couldn't even imagine that he, the Great Sikong of the Huns and Han Kingdom, would die here like this!