The Battle of Princes Worldwide Online

Chapter 291 The Origin and Recruitment of Advancement
The sudden advancement of Pang Tong and Xu Shu was not without trace. The time they lived in was the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. of Confucian scholars.

After the advent of Confucius, most of these Confucian scholars followed suit, but there is still a big difference between people like Pang Tong and Confucian scholars in the traditional sense. Their inner code of conduct may follow Confucianism, after all The education I received since I was a child is Confucianism, but it is not necessarily the case in terms of specific ways of doing things.

Legalists, military strategists, strategists and even Taoists are one of the means of their planning, and the things they learn are much more complicated.

Most of them are in troubled times, and they can do everything they can in the battle. Confucianism can't survive on the battlefield.

Its core value "benevolence" cannot be applied on the battlefield.

Like the Spring and Autumn Period, before the battle, you have to make an appointment to fight. Not beheaded is regarded as a code of conduct. When fighting, the number of chariots dispatched by the two armies must be equal. 10 cars cannot be produced.

Even when the enemy's chariots are not in position, I cannot attack.

This kind of thing seems like nonsense from the current point of view, but it was real at the time.

For example, in the war between Jin and Zheng, the general of Jin, Han Jue, chased the chariot on which the king of Zheng was riding. Maybe the horse was frightened, and the chariot of the king of Zheng suddenly turned and ran towards Han Jue. He hurriedly got out of the car, took off his helmet, stood aside, and let Zheng Guoguo's chariot pass by respectfully.

Another example is the Battle of Bi between Jin State and Chu State. In the Battle of Bi State, Jin State was defeated by Chu State. When fleeing, many chariots of Jin State fell into the mud pit. He also ran forward to teach the Jin army how to remove the crossbar in front of the chariot and let the chariot rush out of the pit.

Just imagine, if you did this in the period of the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, you would definitely be eaten up without even scum left.

War has long ceased to be a battle of benevolence and righteousness, a battle of gentlemen. It is the ritual system advocated by Confucianism that princes and generals prefer to destroy.

It is simply impossible for everyone to practice self-restraint and ritual, and strictly follow social ranks to do things that are in line with social status.

As long as there is a chance, everyone wants to be an emperor, which is why the life span of later dynasties is only three or four hundred years.

In addition to the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty was less than 300 years old, the Song Dynasty was less than 320 years old, and the Ming Dynasty was less than 280 years old.

Even though the ruling class is trying its best to develop Confucianism, the seeds of restlessness have already been planted. No one wants to be fixed in a certain class from birth and never turn over.

In other words, the foundation of the Confucian ritual system has been lost. Most of the Confucians of later generations focused on benevolence, righteousness and morality, and self-cultivation, that is, self-cultivation to govern the country, peace of the world, and maintenance of Zhou etiquette or imperial power. In the hearts of sober Confucian scholars, such things are not long-lasting. At the end of the dynasty, there were countless rebellious Confucian scholars.

It is precisely because of this that although Confucius came to this world, the phenomenon of the imaginary echo did not happen, and Confucian scholars were no longer pure after Dong Zhongshu.

After ten years of hard work, living in the emperor's house, the vast majority of Confucian scholars have found their own path.

They learned the way of Confucius and Mencius from elementary school, but they may not really follow Confucius and Mencius. Compared with them, Confucian scholars of later generations are more realistic.

Xu Shu and Yang Xiuqing didn't know the reason for this at this time, and they were somewhat puzzled by the sudden ability.

And as a bystander, Yang Xiuqing thought more thoroughly.

Before that, the main role of people like Pang Tong was to make suggestions, and basically every general had to be equipped with one.

Zhang Liao, the leader of the Southern Army, was accompanied by Pang Tong, while Tai Shici, the leader of the Northern Army, was accompanied by Xu Shu.

In terms of military status, Zhang Liao is the leader and Pang Tong is the deputy, or Tai Shici is the leader and Xu Shu is the deputy.

Even in the early days when Fazheng was in command, it was Yu Dayou who was specifically responsible for leading the troops to fight, not Fazheng. This can be seen very clearly from the battle against Ma Xiang.

This arrangement also reflects the weakness of the counselor class from the side. In an era when generals can fight a hundred, and in an era when thousands of troops can take heads from them, counselors without any special methods are very embarrassing.

They are indeed resourceful, and through their powerful analytical capabilities, they can eliminate risks and point out a correct path for the army.

But on the battlefield, they have no ability to turn the tide of the battle, nor can they boost morale, and these two points are what generals are good at.

But all of this will change. After the strategist has mastered these skills, he has the ability to turn the tide of the battle.

Thinking of the lord's entrustment before coming here, Yang Xiuqing couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief. Among the two great talents who "visited" this time, there was a counselor. You can tell from the lord's expression that this person's level should be very high Yes, maybe you will also master some amazing skills.

It rained all night, and it was not until the next day that Yang Xiuqing gathered his troops and set off again.

Different from the time in Qianwei County, after entering Guanghan County this time, the speed of everyone's journey was also much slower.

According to intelligence, the forces entrenched here are a group of foreign races, and the composition of the army here is also somewhat different from other places.

On the way, Yang Xiuqing clearly saw a lot of braided soldiers, and this scene also made Yang Xiuqing feel strangely uncomfortable.

If he hadn't been restraining his emotions all the time, Yang Xiuqing would have stepped forward to kill them at this time.

After walking in Guanghan County for two full days, that is, on February 23, [-]th of the fourth year of the new calendar, all the people entered the border of Guanghan Dependent Kingdom.

According to the road map prepared in advance, Yang Xiuqing and Xu Shu finally met their goal this time.

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Jia Xu, who was still at home with his wife and children, didn't know about all this, and was about to get up when there was a regular knock on the door.

Signaling his wife and children to return to the back room with his eyes, Jia Xu tidied up by himself, and then walked towards the door.

After opening the wooden door, it was Yang Xiuqing and others who were fully armed.

A bad premonition suddenly rose in his heart, and Jia Xu said, "Your Excellencies, why are you here?"

Although he knew that he was asking out of the blue, Jia Xu still spoke up. Jia Xu was not ignorant of the surrounding situation.

Now Liu Zhang in the west and Shunzhi in the south have shown their intentions towards the Guanghan vassal state in which they are located.

Although the two sides have not yet started a war, the atmosphere has already formed, even if they bite the bullet, they still have to show something.

(End of this chapter)