Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 184 Master and Go First!
In May of the ninth year of Jian'an, that is, in June of 204 AD, the war in Jiangdong went very smoothly.

Huang Zu's ability in water warfare was even stronger than Zhang Yun's. In addition, Liu Biao had sent [-] troops. In addition to Huang Zu's [-] troops, Liu Pan had also sent several small groups of troops to infiltrate since Liu Pan's [-].

Although Sun Quan used Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other capable people to resist Huang Zu's attack, and even cooperated with Liu Zhang to counterattack Jingzhou, he was outnumbered after all.

With Yuzhang County in hand, Jiangdong is also in danger. After Liu Biao heard the news, he was very happy and his spirit improved a lot.

On the fourth day of May, after discussing with Jia Xu, Liu Biao was already making preparations for proclaiming himself emperor.

However, Jia Xu believes that just because the war against Jiangdong is going well now does not mean that they will be able to quickly take down the entire Jiangdong.

And even if Jiangdong is captured, it will take a long time to digest it, and it is expected to take at least three to five years to settle down.If Liu Biao can't wait, he should defeat Liu Zhang again, show his prestige, and then he can become emperor.

It's just that Jiangdong is easy to break, but Yizhou is difficult.

The main reason is that the Jingzhou navy is already strong. After Liu Biao increased his troops, Sun Quan's [-] troops fought against Sun Quan's [-] troops, which has a huge advantage in strength.

However, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River in Yizhou are not conducive to naval navigation. The current is fast, the terrain is narrow, and there are countless hidden reefs.

However, it is difficult to attack Yizhou from Jingzhou if you attack by land. There are countless mountains and dangerous passes along the way, so it is difficult and dangerous to attack Bashu in the west.

In history, Liu Bei attacked in two ways, one way went south from Jiameng Pass, and the other way entered Shu from Jingnan. The result was that he fought for two full years, which can be seen.

Although Liu Biao didn't know the way Liu Bei entered Shu, he also knew that it was not easy to attack Shu, so he hesitated.

The Jingzhou navy is powerful, but the army also saw it in the battle of Yingchuan, and it was completely incomparable with the elite infantry in the north.

In water warfare, he can hang Jiangdong up to fight with the advantage of having more people and more food and grass, but in infantry warfare, and it is still fighting in mountains and forests, Jingzhou does not have such an excellent infantry army.

But at the stall of hesitation, Jia Xu gave him a suggestion—you can send those two people there.

Liu Biao was overjoyed after hearing this.

On May [-]th, Shen Chen, who had been teaching in Longzhong Township for two years, received an order. Liu Biao said that he was going to be given the position of Maocai this year, and hoped that he could become an official in Jingzhou.

On the seventh day of the lunar new year, after giving the last class to the students, Shen Chen returned to his residence in the backyard of the school, packed up and saluted silently.

There were several carriages waiting outside the school, Deng Pi, Shen Qi and other guards helped him load the salute clothes into the carriage.

Shen Chen in the backyard took a shower and changed into a brand new Confucian scholar's robe.

This year, he is tall and straight, with a height of 1.8 meters and a well-proportioned body. Although his appearance is not particularly handsome, he is full of masculinity.

Wearing a blue scholar's Confucian gown and a cloak over it, with a sword hanging from his waist, he walked slowly out of the school gate.

At this moment, hundreds of students flocked outside the school.

From the year before last to the present, the number of students he has taught has reached as many as a thousand, and there are more than 100 resident students, ranging in age from old to young, some in their 20s, some only eight or nine years old, all of them come from his disciples.

He could call everyone by name, and Shen Chen knew their appearance, character, level of education, and even their family situation very well, and cared for them in every detail.

Among them are many students from very poor families who have been sponsored by Shen Chen.

Everyone is very grateful to him.

There are six students standing at the front of the door, namely Xie Hui, Zhang Li, Hu Mian, Huo Yang, Wu Dang, and Wu Tao. There were more than 40 students at the beginning of the semester.

But due to various reasons, more than 40 students came and left one after another.Especially after Shen Chen participated in the Battle of Guandu, he disappeared for more than a year, and the students basically disappeared.

Only these six people still go to the school every day. Even if there is only Wang Yan, a well-educated rural teacher, in the school, they will often study with him the books left by Shen Chen.

Because of this, these six people became the six core members of Shen Chen's sect, and the rest of the disciples called them the six sages of the Shen family.

As for the newly recruited students in the past four years, there are dozens of them who are the first ones, and they are all very knowledgeable.

At this moment, everyone was standing at the door.

Shen Chen said with a smile: "I have already said today that the school is temporarily suspended, and you should go home to study. Why are you still here?"

Xie Hui said: "Master, are you leaving again this year?"

"Yes."

Shen Chen looked at him with a smile and said: "The world is restless, the world is not clean, and as a teacher, I have to protect the common people."

Xie Hui walked up to Shen Chen, cupped his hands and said, "Master wants to practice the "unity of knowledge and action", but the students also want to practice this way, so they want to go with Master."

"No."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "I'm going to the battlefield. My life is at stake. Is it child's play?"

Xie Hui said: "Master has said that faith is the foundation of heaven and earth. Without faith, there is no humanity. Because people without credibility dare to do anything that breaks through human conscience and morality. I also often say that we must serve the country. Shijun also always said that knowledge and action should be united, I want to fulfill my oath and practice my faith, so is Shijun also going to stop me?"

Shen Chen laughed loudly and said, "You, you are so good that you don't have to learn all the tricks."

Speaking of which, Xie Hui has been under his disciples for seven years, and he has accepted Shen Chen's thoughts of patriotism, love for the people, and despising the emperor for the longest time. He is 17 years old this year. He is quite short, but he has always been eloquent. Among his many disciples, No one is as eloquent as him.

Xie Hui smiled honestly.

Shen Chen pondered and said: "Ah Hui is right, people should practice their faith. But sometimes, it requires ability to practice."

"If a person has lofty ideals in vain, but does not acquire knowledge and the ability to match his ideals, and then practice this way, then it is not the unity of knowledge and action, but stupidity and overestimation."

"I have told you many times that the unity of knowledge and action requires you to have "knowledge". This "knowledge" is not only conscience, but also knowledge and learning."

"If you want to help the world, then you should know how to help the world, what to do now, what to do in the future, and then follow the direction you set. This is the unity of knowledge and action, not just a hothead. Just do it without thinking about it.”

"Now many people like you are young, and have not even reached the championship. They still need to improve their knowledge. The most important thing is that their bodies are not strong. They should concentrate on studying and exercise their bodies to wait for the time."

As he said that, he looked around the crowd and said: "So this time is not the time for you to follow the teacher to do big things, but you should think about it at home, what is the current situation in the world, what will it be like in the future, that's the only way, Only then will you be able to truly practice what your teacher said to serve the country and the people."

Those words made everyone quite ashamed.

Because what Shen Chen said is right, most of the students he teaches are local commoners, at most poor disciples, and they are not very old, the oldest is only 27 years old, less than 20 are 30 years old and above, and the rest More than [-]% of the [-] people did not reach the championship, and they were considered minors at the time.

So thinking about nothing, not caring about anything, just recklessly clamoring to follow the master to conquer the world is a kind of hot-headed behavior in itself, so naturally they can't be made to be so reckless.

However, some people in the crowd were still dissatisfied. A giant man with a height of 1.9 meters came out more and more, and said in a low voice: "Master, I am in good health. I have studied with Master for four years. I am quite knowledgeable, so I want to follow Master. Protect the master!"

Shen Chen looked over.

His name is Shan Yi, and he takes the word Yide, and he is a barbarian from Wuxi.

During the Han Dynasty, Wuling County in Jingnan area was mostly occupied by barbarians. After 400 years, there were many wars between Han and barbarians.

And whenever the barbarians were defeated and captured, they were often captured by those aristocratic families as slaves. Because the barbarians were strong and strong, they were often placed in the farmland to be used as cattle and horses.

Shan Yi's parents were slaves used by the aristocratic family in Xiangyang to cultivate the land.

The big family has some land in Longzhong Township, and Shan Yi's parents are among them. They are the second generation of slaves. They have already mastered the civilization of the Han people and know that slaves will be slaves for generations, so they want to change their fate.

After Shen Chen set fire to Xudu and became famous all over the world, he returned to Longzhong Township to teach.

Shan Yi's parents asked Shen Chen privately to see if he could accept their 17-year-old son as a student and teach him knowledge.

After Shen Chen learned about this, he sent someone to inform the big family, bought Shan Yi's parents' slave status, gave them land, and took Shan Yi under his family.

As a result, Shan Yi has grown stronger and stronger over the past few years. He is only 21 years old this year, and already has a very burly body and great strength.

But the strength is the strength. Shan Yi's strength is the strength he used to plow the land for his master's family. .

So Shen Chen hesitated for a while, and said: "Yide is quite courageous, but he doesn't know martial arts. You should follow Wei Shi first, and Wei Shi will send someone to teach you when the time comes."

"Thank you, Master."

Shan Yi was overjoyed and proudly stood behind Shen Chen.

Seeing that he succeeded, many disciples around quickly shouted: "Master, I want to go too."

"Master, take me with you, let me do some paperwork."

"Master, this disciple is willing to accompany you through life and death!"

Everyone enthusiastically signed up.

What I just said was impassioned, and most of the disciples were dismissed in the name of lack of education and age.

But there are still a small number of students who have reached the standard in age and knowledge.

These people all want to go, and with the example of Shan Yi, they naturally don't want to let go of this opportunity.

Shen Chen had no choice but to finally select more than a dozen students who were well-educated and over the age of 22, and promised them to let them go with him.

The rest were either of average academic level, or were young, or had only one seedling in the family, so they were not selected.

For a moment, those who were selected were beaming with joy, while those who were not selected were extremely disappointed.

In fact, the reason why they were willing to follow Shen Chen was that the idea Shen Chen had instilled in him in the past few years was to love the country and the people, and there were countless people who wanted to serve the country.

Secondly, I also want to make contributions.

Now everyone knows that Liu Biao suddenly recruited Shen Chen to Xiangyang, most likely to give him an official position to participate in the foreign wars in Jingzhou in recent years.

Most of the people who followed Shen Chen were civilians and disciples from poor families. Those aristocratic families had family education, so they wouldn't send their students here.

The biggest wish of ordinary people and poor disciples is to stand out, and there is an opportunity right now, so they naturally want to seize it.

It's a pity that Shen Chen knew that this battle was not easy, so he didn't want to take all the disciples with him, but just picked more than a dozen suitable ones, and took them to practice.

Among the six sages of the Shen family, only Wu Dang was qualified, and the rest had enough knowledge, but were underage, all under 20 years old, and it was very sad for a while.

Xie Hui said disappointedly: "I also want to serve the country together with Shijun, to rejuvenate the country and secure the country."

Shen Chen smiled and said: "You are my heirs, if I die in battle, you still need to spread my knowledge, and you are still young, you should learn to enrich yourself first, and after a few years, you will be crowned." , let’s talk about the rejuvenation of the country and the safety of the country.”

"When will Master come back?"

Xie Hui asked again.

Shen Chen then said: "Let's wait for the day when the family and country are peaceful. Besides, this farewell is not permanent. After you reach the crown, come and find me."

"only."

Xie Hui and other disciples handed over their hands and should be.

Shen Chen waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's all disperse, the teacher is leaving."

Everyone gave way.

Shen Chen walked slowly through the crowd, and every student who looked at him nodded slightly to show encouragement.

After a while, he walked to the carriage, surrounded by Shan Yi, Wu Dang and other disciples, Shen Chen got on the carriage.

Standing on the carriage, with his sword in his left hand, he looked down at the crowd and said, "My disciples must remember that only a country can have a family, and a country can only have a country where there are ten thousand people. When the country is in crisis, it is time to stand up and turn the tide. Helping the building will collapse. Being a teacher without talent, this trip is to unite knowledge and action, and to rectify the world. You should work hard. After your knowledge grows and your intelligence is successful, don’t forget the people of the people. The teacher and the kings encourage each other !"

After finishing speaking, he bent down and bowed his hands to his disciples.

"Follow the teacher's instruction."

The disciples also bowed their hands to him.

Shen Chen laughed loudly and sat in the carriage, and shouted: "This is going to Xiangyang, Master will go first, you must not forget your studies!"

"only!"

All the disciples kept clapping their hands and answered in unison.

The coachman smacked the horse's hip.

The carriage left slowly, and many disciples looked at Shen Chen's side face, and they all clapped their hands together: "Respectfully, Master!"

Shen Chen waved his hand outside from the carriage.

So the convoy headed east.

Shan Yi, Wu Dang and other disciples walked slowly behind the wheels with their heels.

The speed is not fast, but drifting away.

The disciples behind him still kept their arms crossed, unwilling to leave for a long time.

In their hearts, Shijun is the best person.

The master is not as old as many of his disciples, but he is full of talent and learning, and he speaks well.

Shijun's physique is not as strong as Shan Yi's, but he is unparalleled in strength and courage.

He is humble and has the style of a gentleman.

He hates evil like an enemy, and if there is any injustice in the countryside, he will come to him.

The world only knows that Shen Chen kills people like hemp, but he is a rising handsome talent under Liu Jingsheng's tent in Jingzhou.

But don't know.

In the hearts of the disciples, the refined, courteous, persuasive young man is their favorite teacher.

Master, let's go first!
Disciples will follow!

(End of this chapter)