The thick fog gradually dissipated in the sunshine, and the air in the forest was not only fresh, but occasionally smelled of decay.
Residents who have lived here for a long time dare not stay long if they smell the smell of corruption, because it often means miasma. In the virgin forest, a large number of animal and plant corpses decompose, coupled with the hot and humid closed environment, thus brewing a mixture of bacteria and mosquitoes.
The locals are better off because they have adapted to the bacterial colonies, while outsiders often find it difficult to adapt to the local environment.
The more low-lying and stagnant a place is, the less likely you are to stay there for a long time. Where the miasma is most intense, you will feel dizzy after just a few sips of it, because not only are there bacteria and mosquitoes, but they even contain some toxic gases.
The higher the degree of agricultural development, the less miasma there is, because irrigation, drainage and reclamation can change the natural environment.
Burning wasteland to grow seedlings and planting, the burned vegetation ash can not only be used as agricultural fertilizer, but burning wasteland itself is also a process of clearing away miasma.
In the bamboo forest, facing the morning sun and mist, Wang Yangming is leading students to practice guidance skills.
Guidance may sound mysterious, but it is actually ancient Chinese gymnastics.
After finishing a set of gymnastics, Li Ying suddenly said: "Sir, I often see you meditating. Are you practicing some advanced method?"
"It's just an ordinary breath-taking technique," Wang Yangming explained. "Lu Xiangshan's philosophy of mind focuses on meditation, which is to understand the principles of nature through meditation. Although I also cultivate my mind and focus on meditation, meditation is just to calm down my heart. If you
If you are interested, I can teach you the 'mind-body science' and teach you some methods of cultivating your mind, nourishing your character, and keeping your body healthy."
"I'm willing to learn!" Li Ying said immediately. He really didn't like reading.
Wang Yangming warned: "You can learn, but you can't be obsessed with it."
Therefore, Wang Yangming began to teach everyone how to maintain health and teach the "mind-body science" he created in the capital.
He and his friend Zhan Ruoshui came up with this thing. They also set up a health club in Beijing, integrating Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism on health and mind cultivation.
Uncle Wang has done many things. For a while, he was obsessed with poetry, so he founded his own poetry club. For a while, he was obsessed with military affairs, so he formed troops with military enthusiasts. When he built Wang Yue's mausoleum, the workers were tormented by him.
It was so miserable that I used my rest time for military training. Once the tomb was repaired and the army was complete, I could go directly to fight.
Wang Yuan followed the teacher to learn how to breathe, which was nothing more than the six-character formula of shush, ho, ho, ho, blow, hee.
If we really want to use scientific theory to explain it, it would probably be to increase the oxygen content of the organs and blood vessels through deep breathing.
This is just the basics, and then there is meditation, which is so mysterious that it is like cultivating immortals.
Wang Yuan patiently sat in meditation, but he couldn't get into concentration. After struggling for a long time, he just sat there and fell asleep.
"Meow~~~"
A mouse was picked up from the wood and placed next to Wang Yuan.
This guy lay lazily and reclined, waiting for the mouse to run away a few steps, and then used his paws to push it back. After going back and forth more than ten times, the mouse gave up and simply turned over on its belly and pretended to be dead.
The steel bar suddenly rushed over and opened its mouth to grab the mouse. The wood immediately became alert and quickly turned over to grab it.
The mouse was pretending to be dead, but it was picked up and dismembered by the two cats, and its intestines and internal organs were thrown everywhere.
Cement was even more naughty, running back and forth between the meditating teachers and students. Finally, he jumped onto Wang Yangming's shoulder, stretched out his claws to grab Uncle Wang's hat, but was picked up by the fur on the back of his neck and thrown far away.
A quarter of an hour later, Li Ying suddenly shouted: "My chicken! You beast, give me the chicken back!"
It was a pickled bacon chicken. The three civil servants found it from nowhere. At this moment, they each held a part in their mouths and ran towards the depths of the bamboo forest.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
All the living beings laughed and took pleasure in others' misfortunes, and had no intention of meditating anymore.
A clearing has been cut out of the nearby bamboo forest, and the students, with the help of the Miao people, built more than ten thatched houses as dormitories.
Li Ying came back angrily: "Wang Yuan, you have to pay for my chicken!"
"No problem, put it in the account." Wang Yuan agreed readily, since the debt was large, there was no need to worry.
Outside the bamboo forest, the servants of the Wang family and the followers were cooking porridge.
In an extra-large pottery jar, the students each grabbed some corn and cooked it together for a big pot of rice. The dishes were similar. At first, they ate them separately, but gradually you ate mine and I ate yours. Occasionally, they collected food together in the mountains.
Wild vegetables.
Living like this has made the relationship between all living beings more harmonious, and no one has fought for several days.
Song Ling'er stayed in Longgang Mountain for two days and felt very bored, so she took her escort back to Guizhou City to have fun.
"then!"
When the meal started, Li Ying pulled off a chicken leg and threw it to Wang Yuan.
Wang Yuan Tan grabbed it with his hand, biting it until his mouth was full of oil, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Li Sanlang."
Li Ying cursed and said: "The three beasts you raised are too powerful. You must finish the good food as soon as possible to prevent them from worrying about it all day long. Wenshi, Xiao Zhan, this is for you."
Yue Zhen and Zhan Hui immediately raised their bowls to catch it, and at the same time distributed their own food to Li Ying.
Although we are all classmates, we are also close and distant, and our daily activities are often based on dormitories.
There are two beds in a thatched hut. Wang Yuan usually sleeps with Li Ying, while Yue Zhen and Zhan Hui sleep in another bed. The four of them are roommates.
Yue Zhen, whose courtesy name is Wenshi; Zhan Hui, whose courtesy name is Liangchen. They are descendants of the Yue family and the Zhan family respectively. They have been married for generations and have no distinction between each other. They are so close that they wear the same pair of trousers.
Li Ying, also known as Liangchen, has the same name as Zhan Hui. He usually calls Zhan Hui Xiao Zhan.
Li Ying sat down with his horse and golden sword, gnawing on the chicken leg and said: "Do you know? Sir, he is very capable. I asked him for advice on the art of war yesterday, and he actually gave a very clear and logical explanation! This is not a big principle like "Sun Tzu's Art of War".
What I took out was a formation diagram. The teacher not only pointed out the flaws in the formation diagram, but also taught me how to change the formation, and also taught me a formation diagram that I had never heard of before!"
Yue Zhen and Zhan Hui were both heirs of poetry and etiquette. They only wanted to do civilized affairs and not martial arts, and had no interest in the art of war.
Wang Yuan asked curiously: "What exactly is the formation diagram? Qimen Dunjia?"
"It's just the art of arranging troops. It doesn't matter if you don't understand. I'll explain it to you." Li Ying suddenly became a teacher. He went crazy on the mountain and wanted to find someone to discuss the art of war every day.
Li Ying quickly used bamboo branches to draw several simple array diagrams on the ground, such as square array, circular array, sparse array, numerical array, etc.
Square array and circular array, as the names suggest, are easy to understand.
A sparse formation is a sparse formation. You can use more flags to bluff and divide into several combat groups to confuse and confuse the enemy.
The several formations are dense formations, used to resist enemy charges and also to concentrate forces for attack.
There are also various basic formations such as the cone formation and the wild goose formation.
Through these basic formations, various composite formations can be formed according to the actual battlefield conditions. Moreover, when arranging the formation on the battlefield, factors such as terrain, weather, arms, equipment, etc. must also be considered. Anyway, it is ever-changing and depends on the military ability of the general.
In addition to physical training, ancient Chinese military training was mainly about practicing formations. It was not just as simple as walking in formation, but also knowing how to change formations quickly - an awesome general can always change formations in large-scale battles.
To achieve local advantages and eventually expand to overall advantages.
In ancient times, there were three important factors in fighting a war, regardless of politics: morale, logistics and organization.
Formation is all about organization.
Unfortunately, due to the lack of training and lack of fighting spirit, morale and organization of the army in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, all the formation diagrams were turned into waste paper. You can conjure up formations, but they are ignored.
If they rush and disperse, even if Wu Hou is resurrected, he will have to be caught blind, let alone escape.
Li Ying quickly finished his breakfast, kneaded the mud into various shapes and said, "Come on, Wang Er, I'll teach you the formations, and let's act out the formations as a show."
Anyway, it was idle time, and it was still early before class, so Wang Yuan started playing with Li Ying.
While others were studying and studying, they were just having fun, and they were soon noticed by Uncle Wang.
Wang Yangming tapped Wang Yuan on the head with a bamboo branch and warned: "If you want to know all directions, you must first read a few military books. What is the difference between practicing formations like this and playing chess?"
Wang Yuan smiled and said: "Sir, then you can teach me the art of war."
Wang Yangming thought carefully and did not want to dampen the enthusiasm of the students, so he said: "At one hour every night, Li Sanlang will come too, and I will give you a private military class."