Rise From the Humble

"Pfft. Lord Zhu, he said that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu will come to attack our Yingtian City?!"

"How is it possible? There are only more than 80 Japanese pirates left after the Shangyu landing. It has been just a few days since autumn. Lord Zhu said that they will attack Yingtian City. This is really the most ridiculous thing in the world. Think about it, if more than 80 Japanese pirates come to attack the city, they can only set up two ladders at most, and only two Japanese pirates can come up at a time. But there are tens of thousands of our defenders on the city, and even one of them can drown them by spitting. They Are you coming here to die?! If you want to take advantage of Ying Tian, ​​haha, don’t even think about it without tens of thousands of troops!"

"Mr. Zhu, did you get this urgent military information from someone's drunken nonsense in a teahouse or restaurant?!"

"Haha, Master Zhang just said that Master Zhu knows soldiers, knows soldiers?! Tsk, the word "know soldiers" seems to have been abused. Why do I feel that Master Zhu is still far behind Zhao Kuo, who talks about military affairs on paper?"

"Is this the so-called Zhibing?! Hahaha, I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

After Zhu Pingan reported the emergency military situation, the originally solemn meeting scene instantly turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Almost everyone present couldn't help but laugh out loud, except for a few people who didn't laugh out loud.

Zhang Jing did not smile, but his eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

Hu Zongxian didn't smile. He sat there with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he was triggered to think. After a while, he shook his head again.

Yu Dayou didn't laugh either. He looked at Zhu Pingan with a puzzled look. He didn't quite believe that this urgent military information came from Zhu Pingan. When the Japanese invaders in Taizhou Prefecture were attacked, Zhu Pingan counted them with less than a hundred government officials and soldiers. Under the siege of thousands of Japanese pirates, they achieved astonishing achievements of defending the city, recovering the city, and killing more than 800 Japanese invaders. How could such achievements be achieved without superior civil and martial arts skills? ! However, how could Zhu Ping'an, who had extraordinary cultural and martial arts abilities, report such an outrageous emergency military situation? ! The Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu, a mere eighty people, dared to attack Yingtian City? !

The Marquis of Linhuai and Duke Wei didn't laugh either. Their faces were red with embarrassment and they wanted to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.

Just now, they were bragging about Zhu Ping'an's literary and military talents to the people nearby, but as a result, they were slapped in the face very quickly.

They are warriors.

They were laymen when it came to reciting poems and painting, but they were considered experts when it came to marching and fighting, and they still had the right to say something about it. There is a sentence in "The Art of War" by Sun Tzu that says, "The art of using war is to surround it by ten, attack it by five, divide it by doubling it. If the enemy is small, it can be fought. If it is small, it can be escaped. If it is weak, it can be avoided." Of."

If you want to attack Yingtian, the number of Japanese pirates on the attacking side must be not only five times or twice as many, but at least as many as the Yingtian defenders. Because the siege party has no advantage in the first place. If you are still outnumbered by the defenders and you still come to attack the city, then you are not attacking the city. You are asking for your own destruction.

There are only about 80 Japanese pirates left in Shangyu. Do you think they will attack Yingtian? !

This emergency military situation is simply a joke.

One second ago, the Marquis of Linhuai and the Duke of Wei were bragging to the people around them that Zhu Ping'an knew the military and was talented in literature and military strategy. However, Zhu Ping'an reported an urgent military situation like a joke, which made them all feel ashamed. Get started.

In particular, there were one or two generals from the Beijing camp who were watching the excitement and did not take it too seriously. They deliberately insulted Lin Huaihou and Wei Guogong, "Haha, Lord Guo, Lord Marquis, what did you just say? The number one scholar knows that soldiers are powerful. Strategy?!", "Haha, the number one scholar who has both literary talent and military strategy is really eye-opening."

This teasing made the faces of Linhuai Marquis and Wei Guogong turn red with shame, and they wanted to lower their heads to their crotches.

Zhu Ping'an took everyone's reactions into consideration. The reaction here was no different from that of the Yamen Li in Zhentai, so he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

"Masters, be quiet!" Zhang Jing glanced at everyone with a serious face to maintain order at the meeting, then turned his head, frowned and looked at Zhu Ping'an and asked, "Master Zhu, what evidence do you have for saying that the Japanese pirates from Shangyu are going to attack Yingtian? ?!”

"My lord, I have concluded that the Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu were the pioneer spies of the Japanese pirates. The reasons are as follows." Zhu Ping'an handed over his hand and replied, putting aside the conclusion that he had arrived at the Zhitai Yamen.

"Huh? The Japanese pirates who landed in Shangyu were the pioneer spies of the Japanese pirates?" Hu Zongxian muttered to himself and fell into deep thought again, but after a moment, he shook his head slightly again.

"A spy?" Yu Dayou also fell into deep thought.

After the venue was quiet for a few seconds, it became noisy again, and everyone continued to criticize Zhu Pingan's inference.

"What? The Japanese pirates who landed at Shangyu were the pioneer spies of the Japanese country? Master Zhu's inference is too far-fetched."

"This inference is unreliable and full of loopholes. Mr. Zhu, you said that the reason why the Japanese pirates went west deep into the interior after Shangyu landed and why they fought with officers and soldiers many times led to the conclusion that they were Japanese spies. This inference is not enough. Being rigorous, other situations cannot be ruled out. The reason why the Japanese pirates continued to advance westward may be that they were unfamiliar with the place, did not know the direction, and got lost, or they may have been deliberately misled by the righteous people, and the reason why they continued to advance westward was, It may be that a mistake was made; it may also be that the Zhejiang Shaoxing Prefecture coalition forces were in a hurry to pursue, and the Japanese pirates had no choice but to head west into Huizhou Prefecture to avoid pursuit; it is also possible that the western hinterland where the Japanese pirates were aware had not been robbed by them, so there was less defense and more wealth. , so they went to the west to rob the interior; in addition, didn’t they turn north again?! Also, the reason why they repeatedly fought with officers and soldiers from various places is even simpler. This group of Japanese pirates are arrogant and domineering, and officers and soldiers from various places can easily If the traces of the Japanese pirates can be traced, officers and soldiers from all over the country have the responsibility to exterminate the Japanese pirates. Due to their responsibility, how can the officers and soldiers from all over the country let the Japanese pirates go?"

"Master Zhu's inference is indeed novel, but no matter how you analyze and infer, it cannot be divorced from reality. When Shangyu landed, there were only about 80 Japanese pirates left. How could they dare to attack Yingtian, which was heavily guarded by troops?!"

"Master Zhu's inference reminds me of Zhao Kuo, who talked about military affairs on paper. He talked about empty theories, divorced from reality, and made people laugh. Taking a step back, even if Master Zhu's inference is true, the Japanese pirates came to harass Yingtian after the Shangyu landing. I know this is impossible, but just pretend it happens, so what! There are only about 80 Japanese pirates, and I should have tens of thousands of defenders. I can easily destroy this group of Japanese pirates, so there is no need to go to war and mobilize troops and waste money. We will set up an ambush! Why bother?! If the Japanese pirates don’t come later, wouldn’t we become everyone’s joke?!”

A layman looks at the excitement, and an expert looks at the door. A layman can see loopholes, and they, an expert, will naturally see more.