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Chapter 420 A big forest has all kinds of birds.
The principles of Yin and Yang in warfare and the strategic situation in warfare are the two major schools of thought in modern military strategists. Although there are also military skills and military tactics on the same level, these two are undoubtedly essential for both schools to learn, and they do not conflict with other schools.

However, while the yin and yang of military strategy and the situation of military affairs are not exactly incompatible, they generally look down on each other.

The reason is that the two companies have different philosophies, but their applications often overlap. It's like how a bullet manufacturer and a gun barrel manufacturer won't fight each other, but if two gun manufacturers fight each other for patents, it's definitely a case of human brains fighting dog brains.

The same applies to military situation and military yin and yang. The key to military situation lies in the "situation". The methods of using troops are varied and require on-the-spot adaptability. Military yin and yang, on the surface, incorporates the idea of ​​ghosts and gods, but in essence, it is psychological warfare. For example, the fox's cry, the fish hiding the book, and the stone man with only one eye may seem like belief in ghosts and gods, but in reality, it is just a way to use and suppress morale.

If we use modern business warfare as an analogy, this military strategy is about setting standards and building an ecosystem. But don't assume they are aboveboard; within those rules and regulations, there are traps set for those who come after them.

Military tactics, on the other hand, focus on products, develop patents, and refine technology. No matter what tricks or schemes you use, if my technology is better than yours, my product is better, and my price is lower, then I am better than you.

The military strategy is like advertising and promotion: establishing a brand image, guiding public opinion, seizing opportunities based on the characteristics of the product and current market changes, flexibly adjusting business direction, doing whatever is profitable and whatever is popular, and focusing on adapting to the market.

As for the "sun and yin" theory, that's just online rumor-mongering. As the saying goes, it only takes one mouth to spread a rumor, but it takes a lot of legwork to refute it. They spread rumors about products exploding, materials causing cancer, and even things like watering a money tree with boiling water or replacing the God of Wealth with the King of Hell. It's not that they actually believe in these things, but they just want to mess with your mindset and then take advantage of your panic to overtake you.

By making this analogy, it becomes clear why military situation and military yin and yang are incompatible.

That's true, but Feng Xue was very curious about how these things were reflected in the sand table simulation.

In terms of concept, Bingyin Yang is clearly at a disadvantage in manipulating these mechanical soldiers, since their expertise in morale-boosting tactics is obviously useless against puppets.

But as Feng Xue observed, she realized she was wrong. This "soldier simulation" was far more sophisticated than the real-time strategy games of her previous life. Those seemingly puppet-like little figures actually seemed to have real thoughts. This was not like the morale and luck in Heroes of Might and Magic, which were numerical and depended on probability. Instead, they could actually respond to the battlefield environment and produce corresponding reactions.

Feng Xue even witnessed the fox's howl almost causing a commotion throughout the camp...

He stood there and watched for a while, not particularly interested in the troop formations, because he realized that with his strategic vision, he couldn't understand the changes on the battlefield at all. He originally thought that the situation would be severely affected after the troop horn, but in the blink of an eye, the troop yin and yang that used the horn to charge into the formation were cut off by an ambush. The horn was real, but the force of the troop yin and yang also caused them to lose a lot of elite troops, which can be considered as recovering some losses.

After several rounds of fighting, apart from being able to count the number of soldiers, he couldn't figure out which side had the advantage on the battlefield.

After confirming that she really lacked the talent to be a general, Feng Xue could only turn her attention to the sand table of soldier figures that resembled a real-time strategy game.

With a thought, he immediately activated his Qi Observation Technique, and upon scanning the area, his expression became somewhat subtle.

Because you can't see anything...

"Brother Feng, don't waste your time. This dummy simulation is a closely guarded secret of military strategy. It's been specially modified to hinder the imaging of the spiritual machine," Tao Qing reminded him subtly. Judging from his expression, he had observed it quite a bit before. "I'm just curious about the dummy's whistle. If it's an imitation, it's too perfect. It can't be a forced whistle, can it?"

Feng Xue feigned ignorance of military strategy and probed, while Tao Qing shrugged and said:

"Who knows? If you ask me how to create a fearless, self-disciplined golden man, I could talk to you for three days and three nights. But I really can't understand this kind of thing that can feel fear. If the Ling Shu Sect hadn't confirmed from multiple sources that people don't leave behind a remnant soul after death, I would have thought that the military strategists stuffed the souls of living people into it."

"No soul?" Feng Xue was slightly surprised and had a strong urge to kill someone immediately to see if they had a soul, but this was just a thought.

Just as he was wondering if it would be impolite to use his aura-gazing technique to observe the other party directly, a commotion suddenly arose.

Feng Xue looked in the direction of the sound and saw a group of people who had been gathered in front of different stalls suddenly begin to converge in one direction, their faces immediately showing curiosity.

"That's the martial arts arena over there; I bet they're fighting again." Tao Qing said with a "this is a regular occurrence" expression, noticing Feng Xue's curiosity.
"It's probably hard to tell the outcome here anytime soon, why don't we go check over there?"

“That is exactly what I wish for.” Feng Xue readily agreed, and the two followed the flow of people to a place similar to a roundabout in the middle of the street. However, unlike the flowers, plants and trees in their previous life, the center of this roundabout was a fighting arena with a diameter of about ten zhang. At this moment, the two young men, who looked no more than thirty years old, were silently looking at each other.

"Isn't that Tian Xu from the Mo family's Mo Xia lineage? Has this guy gotten into trouble again?" Upon seeing the young man in coarse linen clothes on the left, Tao Qing immediately muttered to herself, and someone nearby chimed in:
"The Mo Xia faction are all so stubborn. The guy from the Military Skills faction was demonstrating body-strengthening techniques, and he insisted that their fitness methods were too aggressive, so the two of them started arguing. The Military Skills guy is clumsy with words..."

Having said that, everyone understood. To say anything further would be impolite. Feng Xue looked at the skilled young man holding the short gun and raised an eyebrow, saying:

"Brother Tao, do you know this person?"

“I haven’t seen him before. Either he’s not well-known, or he’s new. That’s how the Military Skills School is. They don’t talk much and don’t have much of a presence, but they’re ruthless. But I do know the guy opposite him. He’s a Mohist from the Mohist School, named Tian Xu. Don’t let his refined appearance fool you. I heard he often visits the Mohist Debate School. He has a foul mouth. Last year he got into an argument with a Confucian disciple…” Tao Qing said with a subtle expression. Feng Xue was also taken aback when he heard this. Before he could speak, someone else chimed in:

"He argued with a Confucian disciple? And he won the argument?"

"Yes, we won." Tao Qing nodded silently, and then, just as the questioner showed an expression of admiration, added—

"Then he was beaten half to death by that Confucian disciple and couldn't even participate in the school competition."

(End of this chapter)