"You want to participate too?" Zhu Di looked at his beloved grandson with interest.
"It is said that raising an army takes a thousand days and using it for a while." Zhu Zhanji said with a shy smile: "My grandson, with more than 10,000 people, can't live in vain."
"Haha, that's good," Zhu Di laughed and said, "Then the emperor has assigned you an important task, to serve as my Chinese army guard, how about it?"
"Yes," Zhu Zhanji responded excitedly, resigned and went down the mountain to return to the camp. He summoned the generals to announce the emperor's order.
The generals had won the jackpot today and were all in high spirits. When they heard that they were going to participate in the military exercise next, they were all gearing up. Only Wang Xian and Mo Wen, who was already deputy Qianhu, frowned.
After the generals retreated, Wang Xian said straight away: "Didn't we agree that we would only participate in formation formation? Why do we need to participate in military exercises again?"
"Is this..." Of course Zhu Zhanji would not say it. He was carried away by the flattery, and with Zhu Gaoxu's excitement, he suddenly changed his mind: "Who knew that my emperor would decide to hold a military exercise? All of them
The army will all participate. If our young army retreats from the battlefield, won’t our previous glory become a laughing stock?”
"No one will force you if you don't say anything," Wang Xian said sharply: "We have only been in the army for a few months, and our current performance has exceeded expectations. If we force too much, we will exceed our capabilities."
"..." Zhu Zhanji was speechless and could only wave his hands and said: "It's all in vain. You can't let me go to the emperor to default on your debts again, right?" He put on a smiling face and said: "Besides, let's
It’s a Chinese army guard. My second uncle only has 30,000 cavalry. Can he threaten the heart of an army of 4 to 50,000? You underestimate me too much.”
"..." Wang Xian also knew that everything he said was in vain. It was better to save his energy and think about how to deal with it next: "The battlefield is changing rapidly, and this is an exercise. The other side has nothing to worry about. It will definitely be more fierce than the real fight.
"
"That's natural." Zhu Zhanji agreed.
"So we must not take it lightly." Wang Xian knew very well that if the Young Army was wiped out, although there would be no casualties on the training ground, it would definitely deal a heavy blow to Zhu Zhanji's newly established reputation. Of course, it would also deal a heavy blow to the Young Army.
, is also a blow.
"..." Zhu Zhanji raised his ears and waited for his eloquent remarks, but couldn't hear the rest of his speech, so he urged him: "Go on?
"I don't know anything about the situation, how can I say it?" Wang Xian rolled his eyes and said, but in fact he didn't know what to say... Although he had read a lot of military books in the past few months, for a while, he couldn't even do it on paper.
He can't do it, let alone judge the battlefield situation and preset the army layout. But he has his own methods. There is no all-rounder in this world, but people who do great things can do everything. It is not proficiency in everything, but
He can recognize people and use them. As the saying goes, there must be grass within ten steps. There are hidden dragons and tigers among the military attachés around him. The key lies in whether he can find the right person to do this job.
From this point of view, Wang Xian admired Zhu Di very much. The Yongle Emperor's ability to recognize people and employ them without hesitation was far better than that of his father, Zhu Yuanzhang. I am afraid that this was how he could free up his hands from the heavy state affairs.
He created such great achievements; but his father has been trapped in state affairs since he gained power, and there is no reason for his great achievements.
After coming out of the Chinese military tent, Wang Xian had someone call Mo Wen into his tent.
During the two-month training, Mo Wen's team finally defeated Xue Xun's team and completed all the subjects first. Zhu Zhanji also fulfilled his promise and promoted all 100 people in the team to small flags.
, Mo Wen and the other three were promoted from Chief Flag Officer to Deputy Qianhu, the highest rank among all officers.
"Military advisor, you come to me." Although this Qianhu was not appointed by the imperial court, but was formulated internally by the Youjun based on the military system of the Ming Dynasty, it still made Mo Wen's brows go away a lot.
"Sit down and talk." Wang Xian smiled and made a pot of tea: "Authentic West Lake Longjing, let's talk casually."
"The general doesn't know how to drink tea." Mo Wen shook his head and said, "Commander, if you have anything to do, just ask me. As long as the general can do it, I will do my best."
"I have nothing to do," Wang Xian chuckled, "I just saw you frowning when His Highness was speaking. I wonder what you are worried about?"
Mo Wen looked a little embarrassed and said: "The general is a rude warrior. He shows everything on his face, which makes the military advisors feel weird."
"I'm not surprised," Wang Xian waved his hand and said, "I don't feel at ease at all, so I called you here to ask if we have an idea."
When Mo Wen saw that the military advisor was actually thinking about him, he immediately felt a sense of familiarity and said, "Then the general would be bold enough to speak nonsense."
"Just speak freely." Wang Xian poured him a cup of tea. "I'm listening carefully."
"Sun Tzu said, first be invincible, and wait for the enemy to be victorious. The invincible lies with oneself, but the victorious lies with the enemy." Mo Wen said slowly: "When we march to fight, we must first establish ourselves in an invincible position. This is what we can do
Do it. If we can't do it, we should avoid fighting."
"Yeah." Wang Xian nodded, indicating for him to continue.
"Now our young army has only learned how to form a formation, but knows nothing about marching and fighting." Mo Wen said with a worried look on his face: "It can be said that it is the weakest link in an army of hundreds of thousands. If I were the King of Han, I would definitely try my best to annihilate the young army.
"
"Our emperor's central army is surrounded by hundreds of thousands of people. Can the King of Han find an opportunity for a sneak attack?" Wang Xian didn't believe it.
"If it is a blind defense, the King of Han will naturally not find a chance." Mo Wen asked: "But military advisors, don't forget that the emperor is attacking Oala for practice. It is absolutely impossible to use the limited training ground to expel the besieging King of Han. That would be considered a victory.
, what’s the significance?”
"That's right." Wang Xian couldn't help but be convinced: "If the emperor wants to achieve the effect of military training, he will definitely not take advantage of opportunities. He may even fail on purpose to sound the alarm for the officers and soldiers."
"The military advisor is wise." Mo Wen nodded and said, "The general also thinks so. The emperor will definitely try his best to cause trouble for the army, and even deliberately expose weaknesses for the King of Han to attack. The King of Han calls me the most brave general of the Ming Dynasty, and he is not in vain.
He will definitely assess the situation and not attack. Once he attacks, he will attack the weakest link of our army - that is, our young army." He paused and said: "When fighting on the grassland, there are no fixed camps.
The distance is huge and no part of it is absolutely safe.”
"If the King of Han could possibly attack us, he would definitely attack us." Wang Xian could also draw this conclusion from a non-military perspective. "No matter how high the price is."
"In fact, with the strength of our army, the other party can annihilate them in one fell swoop without paying much price." Mo Wen said with a bitter face: "It's really a sheep among wolves. I don't know why Your Highness agreed."
"The problem is, His Highness has already agreed." Wang Xian said with a serious look on his face: "As a general, we can only do our best."
"What the military advisor said is absolutely true," Mo Wen Surong said, "Subordinates should not say anything wrong about His Highness."
"Yes." Wang Xian nodded and asked, "If you were asked to lead the army, what would you do?"
"Adapt to changes and take strict precautions." Mo Wen only said that the military advisor was testing his own abilities. He continued talking incessantly. When he got excited, he dipped his finger in the tea and made gestures on the table while saying, "How will the army do?"
Set up camp, how to defend against cavalry on the march, and how to stand firm and wait for reinforcements, all are explained clearly.
"You said you can use military formations to defend cavalry?" Wang Xian was very interested and ordered Zhou Yong to take a few strings of copper coins to use as soldiers and horses, and asked Mo Wen to demonstrate the formation. Mo Wen put it in place and said: "Use military formations to use
Foot-mounted cavalry was an invention of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, but this method is too stupid, because the cavalry can avoid you, but you can't catch up with them. But we don't have this problem, because we don't seek to annihilate the enemy, we only seek to protect ourselves.
I wish they could run as far away as possible."
While talking, Mo Wen set up a large formation with chariots as the main force, spearmen on the outside, firecrackers behind, archers in the interior, and shield bearers as protection. The layers of defense echoed each other. Even a layman like Wang Xian couldn't help it.
He knows that this is a hard nut that the cavalry cannot crack. Now his only concern is: "We have never practiced before, is it too late to learn now?"
"It should be no problem." Mo Wen thought for a moment and said, "Firstly, soldiers are very obedient to orders now. They can learn simple movements and master them in a short time. Furthermore, the most important thing is that this is not a real sword or a real gun after all.
When fighting, no one will die, and soldiers will not be unable to persist because of timidity."
"You're right. In the final analysis, it's not a real war. There's nothing to fear." Wang Xian cheered up and said, "Let's work hard tonight and write up a strategy and present it to His Highness tomorrow."
"Yes," Mo Wen said in a deep voice, and the two of them held candles in the camp. Of course, the main reason was that Mo Wen said, Wang Xianji. Mo Wen also saw that this military advisor didn't seem to be very good at fighting, but Guan
If the military advisor knew how to fight, how could he appreciate himself like this and give himself a chance to avenge his shame?
Thinking of the military exercise two years ago, Mo Wen frowned in pain.
"That's right." Although Wang Xian was not very good at fighting, he was already very good at understanding people's hearts. He could see what Mo Wen was thinking and said, "What happened to that military exercise two years ago? I heard that you were in a great situation.
Under such circumstances, did you lose Jingzhou due to carelessness?"
"I was too careless," Mo Wen said with a look of pain on his face: "I only thought about winning a beautiful victory, making dangerous moves, trying to win by surprise. But I forgot that I was leading someone else's army.
, how can it be kept secret? In that case, taking risks is tantamount to courting death..."
"So you focus on stability now," Wang Xian suddenly said: "Put up such an iron barrel array?"
"This failure has caused our martial arts people to sink for two years, and tortured me even more for two years," Mo Wen said with red eyes: "Don't laugh, military advisor. I have reviewed it repeatedly over the past two years, and the lesson I have learned is -
To fight, you must first be invincible. I would rather be invincible in a hundred battles than win ninety-nine games and be completely defeated in the end."
"What's so funny about this?" Wang Xian said seriously: "Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements. I think this is the reason."
"Strategist" Mo Wen felt a surge of excitement in his heart, "My parents are the ones who gave birth to me, and my military adviser is the one who knows me."