Chapter 137 The Teaching
"Wei Xiaokuan is difficult to deal with, and Yu Wen Xian is difficult to deal with. You can't just deal with anything else...
Haha, I want to take down Fenbei Hedong, are they willing? I will definitely not... so I will tangle behind me like a dog...
They planned to break up well, wanted to entangle us, and then wait for Yuwen Hu's army to rescue... Our army's efforts would be in vain...
But how can I let them do what they want?
I have already thought about it, and I will pull out Baigu first and give Yuwen Xian, Wei Xiaokuan and others the illusion that I want to take Dingyang.
Then I went to Chen Cang secretly... No one expected that I would dare to sneak around Yao Xiang... Hahahaha..."
Duan Shao smiled happily, his face full of pride, and then suddenly coughed violently, his old face turned purple, as if he would die at any time.
"Okay, okay, you are the most awesome. Who has made more contributions than you... Stop bragging, you are fine, please drink the medicine..."
Seeing Duan Shao coughing, Gao Yanzong quickly handed over a bowl of medicinal soup. The dark brown medicinal soup was still floating on it.
Duan Shao sat on the couch with a heavy sheepskin coat, glanced at him in disgust and said, "I don't drink it, I'm not sick, I just felt a cold occasionally... How can this little disease and disaster defeat me? You underestimate me too much..."
Just after he finished speaking, he started coughing unconvincingly. Every time he coughed, Gao Yanzong's cheeks twitched, and he was worried that the old man would cough out his lungs. He forced the medicine bowl to Duan Shao's mouth, and when Duan Shao drank it, Gao Yanzong rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't it over if I drink it early? It's better to drink early, you are the most troublesome for you every day..."
It was Gao Yanzong's idea to quietly withdraw from Qi Great Wall to detour Yao Xiang. Gao Yanzong's original intention was that he would go and leave Duan Shao to take charge, but Duan Shao refused, saying that it was a big deal and he had to go in person to rest assured. As a result, Duan Shao's old bone could not withstand the toss and fell ill.
Duan Shao was choked to death and was furious. He raised his scabbard and wanted to beat him to death. "Am I a great governor or are you a great governor? Do you still understand respecting Shangguan? Believe it or not, I can drag you out to beat forty military sticks with just one word...!"
The dead pig in Gaoyan Sect was not afraid of boiling water and smiled and said with a sarcastic look: "Don't worry... You see, I'm still careful to serve you to drink medicine. If you don't have any credit, you will have to work hard. This battle situation is still yourselves. It won't work if you have damaged your body, right?"
[Just just now, he bared his teeth like a wolf, but now he has shaken his tail...]
Duan Shao glanced at the guy who had learned a scoundrel with him, and was speechless.
Duan Shao’s own health is probably not enough to last for a few years, so he also pays special attention to training the successor. Duan Shao brought Gao Yanzong by his side every day, just to let him see more, learn more, learn military tactics, strategies, and learn how to use military forces.
But I don’t know if there is any problem with the education method, and whether the way of battle has improved is not obvious, but the thickness of this skin is getting thicker.
"I was able to shoot a tiger with one arrow back then, but these years...ah, time is unforgivable..." He sighed.
Duan Shao took out the handkerchief and wiped the remaining medicine stains on the corner of his mouth and said, "You can't be more steady... How can I give Jinyang Army to you with confidence? Your Majesty transferred you to me, don't you just hope you can calm the group of people under you?"
The old man bent his fingers and said, "But look at you, you are shocked all day long, not steady enough... I'm irritable, with a lot of problems, and I don't have the tendency of a general... and I'm used to using brute force, and I'm not lazy to think without thinking. I'll ask you to practice less martial arts and read more books. Look, your muscles have grown into your brain... You're not as good as when you first came here...!"
He was worried and sighed with regret, "Teaching you over the past few months, I have found that my hair has a lot more white hair..."
Gao Yanzong was very upset, "Where is it? I have been reading books diligently over the past few months, and I have done a lot of notes..."
It would be fine if you didn’t mention this, but when you mentioned Duan Shao, you would like to hit him even more. "You are so embarrassed to say it? Look at the annotations you made and what things are? You don’t circle the key points of the circle and have nothing to do with the key points. You are so excited about commenting, are you so embarrassed?"
Duan Shao asked Gao Yanzong to read more books, and gave him a bunch of military strategies and strategies collected by him to read for Gao Yanzong, and also listed the allusions of "Wu Xia A Meng" to motivate him. Of course, the main motivation method was to "remind" Gao Yanzong to eat if he couldn't finish reading...
Gao Yanzong was quite smart and had strong comprehension ability. Duan Shao combined the battle situation from the founding of the Great Qi period to the present, and there were various war examples from ancient times to the present, and he analyzed them one by one. Soon Gao Yanzong's progress became more obvious. At least when talking about war on paper, you would not be at a disadvantage against Duan Shao.
One day, Lao Duan had a whim and wanted to see how Gao Yanzong learned and what he had learned about the way of using military force. He asked Gao Yanzong to show him the annotations he had made these days. Lao Duan was in a good mood, but after reading it, he looked as dark as the bottom of a pot.
Now that Gao Yanzong has mentioned it again, he scolded Gao Yanzong:
"What are you doing? Look at what monster you... are you doing?" Duan Shao casually pulled out the so-called comments of Gao Yanzong, turned around, pointed to a place and said, "Here... in the Battle of Guandu, you actually said that Cao Mengde won Guandu for luck! Let me ask you, how did Cao Mengde get lucky?"
Gao Yanzong said: "If you face the enemy head-on, Cao Mengde is definitely not a match for Yuan Shao. The reason why Cao Mengde can win is not only because Yuan Benchu underestimates the enemy, but also because he takes advantage of the tricks and detours to Wuchao and burn Yuan Benchu's food and grass... If Yuan Shao had not lacked food, how could he lose to Cao Mengde?"
"Look, Yuan Benchu has half of the north and is extremely powerful. In terms of strength, Yuan Benchu ranks first! What does Cao Mengde have? If he wants to win, he can only take shortcuts... That is, he will win in the end, so he can be famous. If he loses, I am afraid that Cao Mengde will not be the same person in history."
"Wuchao, Yuan Benchu was heavily guarding, but Cao Cao disguised himself as he detoured and burned it. Yuan Benchu's army's food and grass were burned, causing Yuan Shao to be defeated... In fact, Cao Mengde was so lucky. Think about it, under the eyes of so many Yuan soldiers, he was really lucky... Otherwise, Cao Mengde would be defeated in the Battle of Guandu...!"
Duan Shao was originally angry, but listening to Gao Yanzong's theory, he slowly calmed down, "Then do you think that if nothing unexpected happens, the winner will be Yuan Benchu?" Gao Yanzong said: "Of course, Yuan Benchu is in the general trend, regardless of the counselors, military power, and financial resources, Cao Mengde is not as good as him. He uses the general trend to suppress others. What can Cao Mengde use to resist?"
Duan Shao had taught him before that "power" is the key to winning the war, and the weak defeated the strong, and very few. Duan Shao took a deep breath. Gao Yanzong's understanding reached this point, but it still revealed many problems. Gao Yanzong was too stubborn about "power", which led to a little one-sided view of the problem.
After a long time, he said: "It seems that you are not wrong when you say it... But, after thinking about it carefully, I still think you are wrong... In my opinion, even if Cao's army did not burn Wuchao or even won the Battle of Guandu, the only one who won in the end was Cao Mengde."
Gao Yanzong was stunned, Duan Shao shook his head and said, "I have said that momentum is indeed crucial. Use momentum to suppress people, so that the opponent can't stop and retreat. This is the king's way... The reason why our army can suppress the Zhou army is to master the momentum..."
"But your understanding is one-sided... The situation is not static. I will teach you another sentence, 'The soldiers are indefinitely in power'."
"What you said just now is that there is no way to win the strong in this world. We have always become stronger by weak, and then stronger by strong win..." Duan Shao said: "In my opinion, Cao Mengde defeated Yuan Benchu by strong win against weak, not a lucky chance... Although Cao Mengde had few troops, he was united in the top and bottom. Although Yuan Benchu had a lot of troops, but people were uneven and internal chaos arose, Yuan Benchu was defeated here..." He pinched a cup and gently pulled it down.
"Cao Mengde's adviser may not be stronger than Yuan Benchu, but Cao Cao is good at observing the elegant language, while Yuan Benchu... is too stubborn and self-righteous... Here... Yuan Benchu lost another game..." Another cup was pulled down. Then Duan Shao talked about a few points, but no one could refute it.
"It's not strong for the time being, it's very fatal, but nothing... Cao Mengde has the ability to transform weakness into strength, but Yuan Benchu will only transform strength into weakness. Isn't it clear at a glance which of the two is stronger or which is weak?"
"So, I said that Cao Mengde defeated Yuan Benchu was a destined thing, and it was definitely not a false statement..." Duan Shao touched his beard and said:
"You talk about luck. In my opinion, luck is also a kind of strength...
When Yuwen Tai passed by our army's garrison, if someone caught him, our dynasty would have been the world, and there would not be a battle today...
For the commander, you must observe all directions and listen to all directions. This is definitely not something that allows you to take big and small things...
Instead, let you be wary of the situation and be prepared for trouble at any time.
The commander commander ruled the overall situation and led thousands of troops...!
Therefore, your vision... must not be limited to a corner, but to look down on the overall situation! Your considerations must also be clear and comprehensive...
Your command can determine the life of millions, and one command can cause millions of people to die! A war can determine the rise and fall of a country!
I abandon Yiyang, why? Because Yiyang is no longer important to Daqi! I got Fenbei Hedong, which is ten thousand times better than keeping Yiyang!"
Duan Shao became more and more excited as he spoke. He lifted his jacket and shouted loudly. Gao Yanzong seemed a little scared and could not speak in a daze. Duan Shao calmed down and said, "Yanzong... You have a vision and a peak in your heart, but you are still too young..."
He sighed and turned around. At that moment, he seemed to have aged a few years later. "I don't know if I can bring you out alive... You have good qualifications and aura, that is, you often lack consideration..."
"It seems... this knife cannot be kept in the sheath forever, and it must be taken out occasionally, otherwise it will be ruined... If the jade is not carved, it will not be a tool..."
Duan Shao made up a decision, turned around and said, "I will give it to you by beating Yao Xiang, which is a test for you... I will not interfere... If you win, I will also give it to you. If you lose, I will return to Yecheng to report..."
Duan Shao's eyes were gloomy, "I'm not saying you can't do it, it's just... it's just that I'm going to be... it's not sure... you... need to understand my hard work..."
Chapter completed!