"Confucian scholars? So many Confucian scholars have entered the army?"

When Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui heard Shangguan Qingcheng's words, they couldn't help but feel very confused.

Shangguan Qingcheng looked at him without squintingly, and said calmly: "All schools of thought, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoist soldiers are headed by the Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoist soldiers are foreign forces. Let's not talk about it. Confucianism and Taoist soldiers have distinctive characteristics and their own advantages in fighting for the world. There are many monks in the Taoist sect and many generals in the military sect. On the battlefield, these are all frontal combat power, and the way to exert their strength is also very direct. But Confucianism is different."

Speaking of this, Shangguan Qingcheng's eyes showed a look of memories, as if he was recalling what someone said to her.

She continued: "Your Highness once said that Confucian scholars have three aspects of their ability. First, governing politics, that is, the ability of Confucian scholars to always talk about "managing the family and governing the country and pacifying the world". The way Confucian scholars demonstrate this ability is generally to become civil servants.

"Second, education, Confucian scholars can educate the people and let them know books and etiquette. This is manifested in the local area. The scholars can make the people abide by the rules through education articles. On the battlefield, they can inspire them to be loyal to the emperor and serve the country and fight bravely to the enemy. Third, Confucian generals and Confucian generals are not just a simple combination of Confucian scholars and military strategists, and their outstanding abilities are not only extraordinary strategies, strategic planning, and victory for thousands of miles."

Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui nodded repeatedly when they heard this. Even Zhao Nianci also had a sudden enlightenment in his eyes as he listened. Perhaps because these words understood many joints that he didn't understand before.

"It seems that the generals and schoolmen of the Wu army are the Confucian scholars who are exercising their second ability." Xue Wei sighed, "It can control people's thoughts and make people desperate at critical moments. The Confucian ability... is so terrible!"

Shangguan Qingcheng said lightly: "Your Highness once said that what can control people's thoughts is the most powerful weapon in the world, and it is also the only choice for the king to unite people's hearts and maintain rule."

Xue Wei was unable to understand the essence of this for a while.

He thought about it and said strangely: "The Confucian Sect is so powerful, how could Wanxian be defeated by the Taoist Sect? Logically speaking, they should be invincible in the world."

Zhou Mingrui quickly agreed.

According to Shangguan Qingcheng, if the Confucian sect is so powerful, what else is there in the world?

Zhao Nianci also looked at Shangguan Qingcheng and waited for her to speak seriously.

Shangguan Qingcheng thought for a while, "After all, there are immortals in the Taoist sect... Although the Confucian sect has outstanding abilities, they also have many fatal problems, which leads to them being able to serve as auxiliary roles in the process of fighting for the world and governing the rear for the king. Only when the world is peaceful can they grasp the authority of civil servants and be truly remarkable - this is what Your Highness said."

"What's wrong?"

The person who asked this was not Xue Wei, but Zhao Nianci.

She couldn't wait to know the weaknesses of Sun Ru, or the Confucian scholar who defeated her.

Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui looked at Zhao Nianci, then withdrew their gaze indifferently.

Shangguan Qingcheng shook his head and signaled that he didn't know too much.

Now it was not only Zhao Nianci, but also Xue Wei and Zhou Mingrui, who were disappointed.

Shangguan Qingcheng looked at the battlefield ahead with a calm expression.

It’s not that she doesn’t know the weaknesses of the Confucian school, but she just doesn’t want to tell the people in front of her.

If such a critical thing is known to everyone - especially if Li Ye's opponent knows it, it will be a big problem for Li Ye's great achievements and ambitions.

Shangguan Qingcheng clearly remembered that Li Ye told her three fatal weaknesses of the Confucian school and summarized them in one sentence.

First, in order to maintain the status of Confucianism, Confucian scholars are accustomed to excluding all external forces;

Secondly, in order to demonstrate his nobleness, Confucian scholars were accustomed to deifying the sages, followed the old and kept their own congratulations;

Third, in order to fight for power and profit, Confucian scholars are accustomed to internal friction.

Therefore, Confucian generals are extremely rare among Confucian schools, and if Confucian schools dominate, all schools of thought will inevitably decline, especially military corpses.

When Li Ye summed up the Confucian scholars, he said that Confucian scholars all have the same mind as the world, and are selfish as they are better than the devil.

Shangguan Qingcheng remembered that after Li Ye talked to her about the weaknesses of the Confucian Sect, he once joked that if one day Gao Pian really surpassed the south with the support of the Confucian Sect and drew a river with him, then the most labor-saving way for him to conquer the other side was not to force a million troops to attack immediately, but to just wait for decades, the south could wave.

During those decades, the Confucian clan would inevitably have caused the country to be weak due to internal friction and self-corruption. Not to mention anything else, the military strength would definitely be a mess.

Zhao Nianci suddenly looked at Shangguan Qingcheng and said in a strange tone: "The general had said before that the Wu army would be terrified when they heard the name of the general, but now they fought bravely one by one, and seemed not afraid of the general."

Judging from her appearance, she obviously felt relieved and happy.

Shangguan Qingcheng glanced at Zhao Nianci, his eyes were cold and he didn't say anything.

Zhou Mingrui seized the opportunity to flatter, and immediately sneered: "Those who can be brought out to set up an ambush by Sun Ru must be carefully selected brave people, so naturally they are not afraid of death. And you can tell from the Wu army that he must have concentrated Confucian scholars. If these people control their thoughts, they certainly don't know how to retreat. Then again, the reason why the Wu army dares to expand its confidence to take the initiative to seek war is not because General Zhao's 200,000 soldiers were fed?"

Xue Wei also snorted coldly and said proudly: "General Zhao... Oh, Zhu Zhu, no wonder you were defeated by the Wu army before. You didn't see that although the Wu army was brave, they were almost killed by the Pinglu army? You, a defeated soldier, dared to mock the general who won the victory. Do you know what shame is?"

"You..." Zhao Nianci bit the two of them like mad dog protecting their masters, so angry that she wished she could leave with her sleeves.

......

After Sun Ru came to the Wu army formation, he looked at the chaotic battlefield with a heavy face.

Under the continuous fierce attack of the Pinglu army, the Wu army suffered heavy casualties, and one mountain was lost and then another, and the front line retreated again and again, and corpses were everywhere.

Because they were just here to set up an ambush, and they didn't think about it and didn't have time to build a copycat in a vicinity. When the army's defense line collapsed, the rest was a complete failure.

Looking into the hills in the distance, behind the Lu army more than 10,000 square meters, countless soldiers followed. There was no end at first sight, and I don’t know how many.

Although the Confucian scholars who served as deputy officers among the Wu army were still shouting and running to encourage the morale of the soldiers, they could not resist being chopped to the ground one by one and could no longer maintain the offensive.

When two armies face off, morale determines victory or defeat. But in the face of the gap in absolute power, morale is not that effective.

The battle that desperately refuses to die naturally has extraordinary offensive power, but people are almost over, so what are you talking about?

"Send the order: retreat." Sun Ru ordered in a cold voice.

"General, we are not defeated yet!" A Confucian general behind him immediately said with a red face, "General gives me five thousand armored soldiers, I will take back the lost place!"

"No need to take it away." Sun Ru shook his head, "All the monks and whistle detectives in our army lost their news. They were probably killed. Now it is impossible to know how many people Shangguan Qingcheng sent to fight. They have more than 200,000 troops, and I only brought tens of thousands of elite troops to ambush their front troops and were unable to fight with them. If this battle failed to set up an ambush, I was already defeated. Taking advantage of the fact that there were not too many casualties in the army, I should withdraw quickly."

Speaking of this, Sun Ru sighed and had to admit: "After this battle is defeated, the next battle will be difficult to fight. Unexpectedly, Shangguan Qingcheng would rather give up the opportunity to severely damage our army than choose this dignified combat method... She is really not comparable to Zhao Nianci."

After saying that, Sun Ru turned around and left.

When he returned to Dangshan County before dusk, Sun Ru counted the casualties and found that five or six thousand soldiers were killed or injured. When the army withdrew in time, the casualties were not big or small. The hilly and forest areas were not conducive to large-scale combat and pursuit, which is also an important reason why the Wu army was able to withdraw successfully and the casualties were not too large.

However, the casualties of officers were far three times higher than normal, especially those Confucian scholars who served as deputy positions. Although their combat power was stronger than ordinary soldiers, they fought head-on with the monks of the Pinglu Army, and the casualties would be particularly severe.

"What should we do next?" the deputy general asked worriedly.

Sun Rudao: "Rely on the strong city, fight to defend the death."

The deputy general said in surprise: "Does the general have no other plan?"

Sun Ru shook his head, "Today's battle tells us that the possibility of strategy working for Shangguan Qingcheng is not high. After all, 99% of the strategies and strategies in the world are based on the opponent's mistakes. It is not realistic to lure Shangguan Qingcheng to make mistakes. If you forcefully implement it, you will reveal your flaws."

This is a bit depressed, and it is also true.

Sun Ru quickly changed his tone and said firmly: "We have an army of 170,000, and we can still rely on Sishui to obtain continuous replenishment. Shangguan Qingcheng has only more than 200,000 troops. Although there are many monks in her army, they are only concentrated in the Pinglu army. Although small-scale encounters and breakthroughs in the battle formation are unstoppable, the siege is the army of both sides taking turns to attack. The extra monks in the Pinglu army will not have such a great advantage when they are divided into the army. After all, she does not have more than 20 military generals. It is impossible to conquer the city guarded by a large number of Confucian scholars in a year or two!"

The deputy general thought carefully, "The general said yes."

But he quickly asked again: "But what if you stick to it for a year or two?"

"A year and a half, too many things have happened. How could the situation on the battlefield remain unchanged?" Sun Ru chuckled, with a strange light in his eyes, "Shangguan Qingcheng is the number one general of the thief army. If I block her here, who else can stop Yang Xingmi?"

"General Yang..." Just when he mentioned this name, the deputy general was greatly energetic and became full of confidence. "With General Yang's ability, even if Zhao Bingkun and Liu Dazheng went to Suzhou in person, he would only be defeated! As long as he had the opportunity to show his strength, he would definitely make achievements!"

Sun Ru's smile became more and more firm, "The more we hold on here, the more space Yang Xingmi will have to perform his fists."

......

Ten days later, Shangguan Qingcheng's troops, who were slowly marching, finally completed their stationing outside Dangshan County.

Just as Zhao Nianci inspected the city defense of Dangshan before, the next day, Shangguan Qingcheng also rode his horse around the city for several rounds.

"The walls of Dangshan are high and deep, and the equipment for defending the city is sufficient, and the city defense is indeed extremely solid." Xue Wei looked at the top of the city and sighed, then squinted Zhao Nianci and said: "In the previous battle, more than 20 military generals attacked the city, but it seemed that they did not destroy too many city defenses."

Zhao Nianci had a calm face and refused to speak.

Before, she had been seriously siegeing the city for a few days, and the damage to the city defense was naturally limited.

From time to time, several cavalry returned from the direction of the Sishui River in the north of the city and reported to Shangguan Qingcheng: "According to the general's arrangement, the Langya Army has selected a location on the Sishui River, set up camps, and deployed defense in sections. We cannot control the Wu Navy's Navy in Sishui, but it is absolutely impossible for them to land nearby."

Shangguan Qingcheng nodded.

The 30,000 Wolf Tooth Army are all elite cavalry, but it is a waste to use them to attack the city. It is very appropriate to guard the coast of Sishui.

Seeing Shangguan Qingcheng staring at the city again, and after a long time of not speaking, Zhao Nianci couldn't help it and asked, "There are more than 100,000 Wu troops in Dangshan City, and the city defense is so strong. How do you break the city?"

"It's very simple." Shangguan Qingcheng didn't hesitate at all, "called reinforcements."

......

Songzhou.

After seeing Shangguan Qingcheng's military newspaper, Li Ye handed it to Li Maozhen and smiled and said, "Shangguan Qingcheng said in the letter that to destroy Dangshan City, 200,000 troops would need support."

Li Maozhen quickly browsed the military newspaper, raised her eyebrows, and said meaningfully: "She already has a balance, the troops in Zhongwu and the two towns, plus some Pinglu troops, have a sufficient force of 240,000, and now she needs 200,000 reinforcements... If she wants to send more than 400,000 troops to attack a small Dangshan, what else does she need to do?"

Li Ye said: "No matter what, she won the battle in Moshan and beheaded nearly 6,000."

Li Maozhen put down the military newspaper, raised his eyes slightly, and glanced at Li Ye and said, "Are you talking for her?"

Li Ye could only pretend to be frightened: "I'm thinking that if King Qi doesn't give her reinforcements, would Cui Keli and others definitely make trouble again?"

Li Maozhen snorted faintly, "It's not impossible to give her 200,000 reinforcements, but she has to attack the city of Xuzhou. If she is willing to issue this military order, I will naturally not be stingy. But..."

Fight to Xuzhou... Fortunately, you didn't say you were going to defeat Xuzhou, so it was not too difficult... Li Ye followed the other party's words and asked, "But what?"

Li Maozhen picked up another military newspaper, and couldn't hide his disappointment and depression in his eyes. He said quietly: "Suzhou, Yang Xingmi, the chief general of the bandit army, actually attacked his camp at night before Liu Zhijun entered Suzhou, causing him to lose his troops. According to Liu Zhijun's military newspaper, the other party was very elite..."
Chapter completed!