Song Dynasty

Chapter 120 Don't Exaggerate (Part [-])
Looking at the pigeons flying into the sky, Wang Shen had a weird smile on his face.

Kong Yanzhou, hehe, this is a well-known stalk on the modern military history forum, and it involves a tragedy of human relations.

Everyone has a gossip mentality, especially when it comes to family ethics and matters about men and women.Naturally, Wang Shen couldn't avoid it. He had dug up and read all the relevant historical materials back then. Many years had passed, and he was still deeply impressed.

Wang Shengang led the Sizhou army to move to Huangzhou, and before his ass was warmed up in the position of Huangzhou's defense envoy, Kong Yanzhou's army rushed over and robbed Qizhou in one go, making him very embarrassed.

By this time, Wang Shen was actually not annoyed.Although he lost half of the territory at hand, in fact, this place has been ravaged by the Jin army into a piece of white land. A county has a population of only tens of thousands, and there is not much economic and military potential. If it is lost, it will be lost.Moreover, the Sizhou army has just expanded six or seven times in size, and the soldiers have not yet finished training and running in. In his opinion, it is not time to go to the battlefield.

Because, after Kong Yanzhou suddenly killed him, Wang Shen ordered the military and government personnel stationed in various places to avoid fighting with Kong's army as much as possible, pack up their belongings and shrink back to the Huanggang base camp.

Therefore, in general, Wang Shen did not have much loss, and only sacrificed a few inherited local administrators.Among them, Zheng Sen, the former deputy commander of the Sizhou Army and the current Macheng magistrate, has the highest position.

The reason why he didn't want to rush to a decisive battle with Kong Yanzhou was that, in Wang Shen's view, his troops had not yet been trained and the food and supplies were insufficient. The main reason was that he had never commanded such a large-scale strategic decisive battle before.

With the current scale of the Sizhou Army, the number of troops has reached [-]. There are cavalry, crossbowmen, heavy armored soldiers, spearmen, sword and shield troops, and a complete range of arms. It is the first time for him to integrate various arms into battle. , there are many new things to learn.

A 5000-strong army may be nothing to modern people. According to history books, there are tens of thousands of people in a big battle.However, the ancient times with backward logistics and transportation are already very remarkable. The 10 people need to eat and drink, and the long logistics supply line needs to be defended by local bravery, and civilian husbands need to be recruited.All kinds of things, together, at least 5000 people will be mobilized, which has already drained all the war potential of the barren Huangzhou.

If he lost, Wang Shen would be completely finished.

Zhuge has been cautious all his life, the greater the power in his hands, the less courageous he will be.

Therefore, Wang Shen was not in a hurry to fight Kong Yanzhou.He has been working around the territory during this time, and has not slept soundly for several days.

Today, they even simply went to Qichun, mixed with Kong Yanzhou's army, and observed the enemy's situation nearby.

In fact, Lu Benzhong's sudden decision to marry Wang Shen and Kong Yanzhou was the old man's own idea. He didn't know about it beforehand, so he couldn't laugh or cry.

The purpose of Lu Benzhong's visit to Qichun was to delay the attack of Kong's army and disturb the enemy's morale. Mr. Donglai did a good job in this, and he did it wonderfully.

Hearing this incident gave Wang Shen a vague thought, especially since Miss Kong's elder brother is Kong Xian, the Major General of Kong Yanzhou Department.It would be the best if the Kong family's family tragedies that will happen in the future can separate their father and son and split the Kong family's army.

Go up to the army to attack and plan, to subdue the enemy's soldiers without fighting, and to go up to the great good.

As for what to do next, Wang Shen didn't know, but he believed that with Lu Benzhong's ability, he would definitely do better.

Of course, the final settlement of the Qi-Huang war depends on military action.

In addition to this matter, Wang Shen has gained even more from sneaking into Qichun today, which is what he said just now, the morale of the Kong Yanzhou army is not high, and the military discipline is chaotic.

When this army had just withdrawn from Hebei and crossed the Yellow River, and was thrown into the command of Si Zongze, who stayed behind in Tokyo, because most of the troops were heroes from Yanzhao, they also joined a large number of remaining troops from the Western Army. After a few rounds of training, the combat effectiveness is very strong.

But now that they are rebels and looting all the way, the morale of the troops has dropped sharply.To put it bluntly, they are just a team of rogues without ideals and beliefs, which is no longer worth mentioning.

Wang Shen is full of confidence in winning future victories.It's just that he needs time, time to collect food and fodder, and organize people's husbands.In any case, a way must be found to delay the date of this Armageddon.

"Father, we just killed two bandit scouts, and we need to attract the attention of the bandits. What kind of status is Dad, how can he be in a dangerous situation, and he should return to Huanggang as soon as possible to be at ease." A childish voice came.

It was Qin Sizhao who spoke.

Ever since he was adopted by Wang Shen, Qin Sizhao was raised by An Niang at home, and Lu Can taught him to read on weekdays.When the lieutenant soldiers went to the palace, they would teach him some martial arts from time to time, and tell him what it was like to march and fight.

Qin Sizhao is a smart person, he can learn everything at once, and he can understand everything.When my studies are not tight, I will also go to the barracks to play and see how the soldiers train.As a result, Yue Yun was annoyed, so little general Yue grabbed the kid by the collar and threw him into the team, asking him to go out with his subordinates.

As Wang Shen's adoptive son, he has the resources of a defense envoy. In the past ten years or so, this kid will grow into a qualified general in command of the army.

Seeing these situations, Wang Shen's heart moved, and he began to train intentionally.As he aspires to be a great warlord and emperor, he must rely on tyrannical force to maintain his position in the future, and the army still needs to be led by his own people to be at ease.The strongest and most trustworthy thing in the world is family affection.Husband and wife, father and son, brothers.

The little guy is ten years old this year, and he will be able to go down to the army for training in two years.

This time when he came to Qichun, Wang Shen simply brought him along.

I saw that Qin Sizhao was riding a tall horse, wearing an iron armor, a short knife hanging on his waist, and a Mongolian recurve bow on his back. The feathered arrows in the bag were higher than his head.

He is young and short, the armor on his body seems to be very ill-fitting, the hem covers the boots, and the helmet is buttoned almost to cover the eyes/Anyway, the objects on his body are all large in size, reflecting his small stature It looked extremely uncoordinated and made people want to laugh.Still, he managed to hold his chest out.

"Why, are you scared?" Hu Yantong was often pestered by this little guy to ask for advice on the art of war, and he couldn't stand the annoyance.Today, I couldn't help reaching out and patting him on the shoulder, and asked with a teasing smile.

Qin Sizhao seemed to disdain to answer this question, so he just curled his lips.

"Hey, the little guy still has a temper!" Hu Yantong wanted to tease him again.

Wang Shen: "I have to go back, but I have to let all the soldiers of the Kong family know about the matter of marrying Miss Kong. Besides, I finally came to Qichun, and my son-in-law, Kong Yanzhou, has to marry Kong Yanzhou." Let’s say hello. Let’s go, let’s go to the North Camp of Kong Yanzhou City.”

Everyone couldn't help laughing: "Haha, the military envoy is right."

"Drive!" With a sound, twenty light cavalrymen rolled up the yellow dust and rolled northward.

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"Pu Leng" a pigeon landed on the window sill and called "Auntie", Xiaotao grabbed the pigeon with her hand, took off the paper roll tied to it, and handed it to Lu Benzhong.

After unfolding it and carefully reading it back and forth several times, Lu Benzhong frowned and threw the scroll into the small stove where tea was being boiled.

He couldn't understand the meaning of Wang Shen's letter.

Originally, it was Kong Yanzhou who caused Lu Benzhong to make trouble for this "well-known" marriage.It is true that the Kong family's military discipline is lax, but after all, they are the masters of a hundred battles, and they are still very capable of fighting.Although Wang Shen has made great contributions in Jiankang, his men are few and they are all newcomers.In the real battlefield, the outcome is still unknown.As long as the news of the two marriages is released, the soldiers of the Kong family will not have to work so hard when they go to the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, Wang Shen agreed just like that.He also said that the marriage could be used as the home of Miss Kong Er, so that Kong Xian could mediate and talk about the two families, so that their father and son would have a rift.Make the Confucian family suspect each other and split them.

Just kidding, the relationship between father and son can also be split, Wang Shen is really whimsical!
……

Shaking his head, Lu Benzhong only felt that this fact was absurd, and he didn't bother to think about it.

At this time, someone came to report that it was Kong Xian who came to visit.

Kong Xian is weak and elegant, more like a scholar, and he is very close to scholars.After seeing Lu Benzhong, he often came to ask for advice, and served him with respect as a teacher, so that Lu Benzhong had a good impression of this young man, and he sighed in his heart, how did Kong thief give birth to such a good son?
Lu Benzhong was shocked when he saw him.I saw that Kong Xian's face was like gold paper, and his eyes were dull, as if he had just suffered a serious illness.There were bloodstains on his chest.

Can't help asking: "Boyuan, what's wrong with you, is there something wrong with your body?"

Kong Xian didn't speak, just sat on the chair stupidly, his eyes were distracted.

Lu Benzhong didn't say much, poured him a cup of hot tea and put it on the table.

Suddenly, Kong Xian called out sadly: "Mr. Donglai, what is filial piety?"

Lu Benzhong said slowly: "A husband's filial piety is the foundation of virtue and the source of teaching. The body is hair and skin, and the parents don't dare to damage it. This is the beginning of filial piety. Standing up and doing the way, making your name known to future generations, to show your parents, the end of filial piety Husband's filial piety begins with serving relatives, centered on serving the emperor, and finally establishes oneself. The so-called filial piety is nothing more than caring for the body, making a difference, and finally being able to inherit the ambitions of the ancestors and complete the careers of the predecessors."

Kong Xian: "Filial piety, filial piety, filial piety is usually connected with obedience. So, do children have to obey their parents, even...even if their parents do something wrong?"

"What is this?" Lu Benzhong is a Taoist. He has answered such questions many times before. He snorted, raised his eyebrows, and said, "Zeng Shen also asked Confucius about your question, and Confucius replied that parents If there are children who dare to remonstrate with themselves, they will not do rude things, and will not fall into injustice. Therefore, when parents do unrighteous things, children must remonstrate and dissuade them, so It goes, "Follow righteousness and not obey father." Children must be able to distinguish between right and wrong, and listen to what their parents say is right, and not listen to what is wrong, and they must persuade their parents to say and do wrong, this is the true meaning of filial piety."

"Then, I can only remonstrate bitterly, or...Master Lu, if people's parents are beasts, as a son of man, can they only remonstrate with death?" Kong Xian had a pained expression on his face when he asked this.

"You bastard, what's the point of remonstrance? Didn't the old man just say that the body, hair and skin are affected by the parents, and they dare not damage them. If you seek short-sightedness, it will be very unfilial." Lu Benzhong yelled sharply, disapproving in his heart: Kong Yanzhou has become a traitor Well, you, the son of a rebel, has already become a thief, so why do you say that your parents did something wrong?
Beast... This description is quite appropriate for Kong Yanzhou... What's wrong with Kong Xian? Is there something wrong with the Kong family...

(End of this chapter)