Chapter 6: Times have changed
"The Master said, isn't it a saying to learn and practice it from time to time?"
"Teacher, is this your new book?" Yan Lu asked happily.
"No, no, no, this is written by a sage senior. I am just a reposter. By the way, how about bamboo paper?" Confucius said with concern.
"It's still early, teacher. Moreover, is this bamboo paper really as powerful as the teacher said? I really can't imagine how powerful it is to be to open a new era." Yan Lu was extremely curious.
"Haha, don't worry, since I say that, I must be sure." Speaking of this, Confucius looked up at the sky, and the time was almost done.
So Confucius returned to the room again and looked at the corona in front of him. After a while, a familiar voice came from his ear: "Do you have entered the Xuanmen?"
"yes!"
Today's Xuanmen has opened for the second time, and its functions are more diverse, and there is an additional forum for communication and communication. With the wisdom of Confucius and others, I quickly understood the usage of the forum, and the first post also appeared quickly.
"Everyone, I am Mo Zhai, in my thirties, from Song, my ancestors were nobles, and now I am a leader of Guizhou. I am very happy to come to Xuanmen and I am also very happy to meet fellow Taoists. I like carpenters, stonemasons and other handicraft related tasks, and I have studied them for a long time. I hate war, peace, red tape, festival burial,... I like..."
Not long after, the post had new replies, and the content was all self-introduction.
"Everyone, I am Lao Dan. I am in my fifties and was born in Chu. I am a real Qianshou. There are no prominent people in my ancestors. Now I am in the history of Zhou Shou's collection, and I am happy to be idle. What I like most is reading books and observing the nature of the world. In order to observe all things for a longer time, I work hard to maintain my health and I am in good health now. I am very happy to join Xuanmen, and I am also very happy to communicate with all fellow Taoists."
"Everyone, I am Sun Wu. Speaking of which, I am still an authentic noble, although I am now in a downturn. The history of the ancestors can be traced back to the descendant of Shun, Yu Yanfu. When King Wu defeated Zhou, his ancestor was an official of Tao Zheng, the Zhou Kingdom... Because of his contribution to attacking Ju, Duke Qi was granted the surname Sun."
If this post ends here, there is nothing to say, but the key is what comes later.
"In order to avoid civil strife in China, Wu had already migrated to Wu and lived in seclusion here. He usually made a living by farming, but in his spare time he was studying military tactics as his fun. The posts of the two fellow Taoists, Mo Di and Lao Dan, made Wu discover an amazing thing!"
"Wu has never heard of the reputation of fellow Taoist Mo Di before, but Wu has long heard of the reputation of Senior Lao Dan. Does this mean that we all come from the great Zhou countries today?"
"If we really come from various vassal states, wouldn't that mean that we can communicate through the Xuanmen Forum to know the major events that happened anywhere today at the first time?"
what does that mean?
"Sun Tzu's Art of War says: War is a major event of the country, a place of life and death, and a way of survival and death. We must observe it... Those who have won the temple before the battle will have to count more; those who have not won the temple before the battle will have to count less."
Seeing this, Helu couldn't help but his eyes shone, and immediately replied to Sun Wu: "Sir, I am Gongzi Guang, the current brother of Wu Hou. May I ask where is the place where Mr. Wu lives? Guang can visit him in person."
Zhao Wuxiu, who had no idea at first, was immediately inspired after seeing Helu’s message: “My fellow Taoists, I am Zhao Wuxiu, and I am the concubine of Zhao, one of the six ministers of Jin State. Now I serve as the county magistrate. I welcome you to come and discuss the Tao. If you have great talents, you can also recommend it to your father.”
Helu: I will give you free houses to all fellow Taoists!
Zhao Wuxiu: I will provide you with the identity of a Jin scholar!
Helu: I will give you free beauty to all fellow Taoists!
Zhao Wuxiu: I will provide you with the identity of a Jin scholar!
Helu: I will give you all fellow Taoists a hundred gold coins!
Zhao Wuxiu: A scholar of Jin State!
Helu: If I become the Marquis of Wu in another year...
Zhao Wuxiu: If I become the lord of the Zhao family in another year...
Jin State is the core of the lower world today, no one!
The national strength of Jin State is also the strongest in the world today, no doubt about it!
The identity of a scholar from Jin State is equivalent to the Beijing household registration of later generations. The international status of Wu State at this moment is equivalent to an ordinary second-tier city in later generations. Compared with the two, those with aspirations will naturally choose the former.
In terms of comprehensive strength, it is hard to say who is stronger and weaker than the Zhao son of one of the six nobles of Jin State.
Helu and Zhao Wuxiu also slowly became angry, but neither of them wanted to give up, and a conflict arose.
Just as the two were discussing, Sun Wu once again posted a post. This is also the second topic post besides the self-introduction post.
"A brief discussion on the harvest of fragments of the defeated soldiers-Sun Wu."
"Here, I will focus on my understanding of the barbarian cavalry."
"I call it a cavalry. In the past, riding alone on horseback was not fast, and it was difficult to shoot arrows or kill people on horseback. From all aspects, it was not very valuable to use it."
"But with the three treasures of cavalry, saddle, stirrup, and horseshoe, cavalry became the first group of troops on the battlefield, far better than infantry, archers, chariots and other types."
"It only takes hundreds to thousands of cavalry to easily turn the army opposite into blinds, destroy all their scouts, and allow their army's vision to stay within a radius of ten miles of the army. From then on, they can make arrangements calmly. Whether it is fighting or walking, the initiative is already in their hands."
"If infantry does not form formations, facing cavalry charges, it is a dead end, and the number of deaths will come. Infantry formations can naturally resist cavalry charges, but cavalry can use war horses to repeatedly consume the physical strength of infantry. Finally, when the enemy infantry is exhausted, let the infantry take the lead in charge, further consuming the energy of the enemy infantry. The cavalry only needs to wait until the opportunity is found outside the field to launch a charge again and make the final decision."
"Even if the cavalry is ultimately defeated, it can easily escape the battlefield. It is difficult to fight an annihilation battle, which means that from now on, without cavalry restraint, it will be difficult to completely defeat the enemy cavalry alone!"
"I just want to say that the times have changed!"
Grandson’s speech can be said to have caused a thousand waves in one stone.
"Yes, yes, I think so too."
"The times have changed, Cai Hou paper, Zuo Bo paper, bamboo paper—Kongqiu!"
"The times have changed gears, bearings, fixed pulleys, and moving pulleys - Modi!"
"The times have changed, stone mill, fertilizer, song of the twenty-four solar terms - Xu Xing!"
Chapter completed!