"Are you telling the truth?" Patriarch Hairuo was stunned for a long time before coming back to his senses and asked in disbelief.
"Of course it's true." Li Qianmo smiled and nodded, then asked, "Chief Hairuo, how far is the Kusang clan from here?"
Chief Hairuo said: "It's more than three thousand miles north from here."
Li Qianmo calculated with his fingers: "It will take almost ** days for Nazarun to return to the clan. After reporting the news, their Khan King will have to adjust his troops and horses. It will take at least a day before the army sets off. The marching speed is slower than traveling alone to get here.
It will take at least ten more days, and we still have almost twenty days to prepare."
"That's great." Chief Hairuo said happily after hearing this, "Tell me, what do we need to prepare?"
Li Qianmo said: "I may be a military advisor this time, because I don't know anything about using military force, so you must collect all the military books in the clan for me to read."
Hai Ruo's heart trembled when he heard this. This was the first time he had read the military manual after hearing that he was commanding on the battlefield. This made him feel unsure and worried: "Is it too late to read the military manual now?"
"It's enough." Li Qianmo said with a smile, "The art of war lies in flexible use. Everything needs to be flexible. In fact, the principles of many things are the same. I don't read the military books to learn the art of war in them. You can just take all the military books.
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"Okay." Patriarch Hairuo nodded helplessly, "I will order someone to send you the military book later. Is there anything else you need to prepare?"
"Of course." Li Qianmo nodded and said, "Tomorrow at midnight, you gather all the soldiers and horses and let them train. Maybe in less than twenty days, I can give you a surprise army."
Hai Ruo was not too reassured about Li Qianmo. After all, he had never fought in a war, but for some reason, he believed Li Qianmo's words and immediately went to arrange what he said.
Not long after Li Qianmo returned to his tent, someone came to deliver military books to him. There were more than eighty books stacked several feet high. Li Qianmo dismissed the person who sent the books and immediately began to review the military books.
Not only did he have an extraordinary memory, but his reading speed was also astonishing. He could read ten lines in one glance and read three military books in half a stick of incense.
Patriarch Hairuo didn't seem to be at ease yet, so he came over to see him. After entering the door, he saw the pile of military books like a hill, and asked worriedly: "With so many military books, how long will it take you to finish reading them?"
"Oh, it won't be long." Li Qianmo patted a pile of scattered books beside him and said, "I read books very quickly, and I have read so many."
"What!" Hai Ruo was shocked when he heard this, "It has only been delivered less than an hour ago, and you have already read more than a dozen books?"
Li Qianmo smiled and nodded: "Yes, so you don't have to worry about this. Hurry up and gather your troops. I'll be practicing tomorrow."
Hai Ruo responded in a daze, turned around and walked out.
That night, Li Qianmo read all the military books. The military books described all the key points of marching and fighting. Some military books also talked about war cases and analyzed them from the cases.
In today's world, there are countless people who are familiar with military art, but those who can really use it flexibly are very rare. It is only because they stick to the rules and don't know how to adapt, that they fall behind.
Li Qianmo hated being formal, and nothing could restrain his thoughts. After reading the book of war, he lay in bed and thought carefully about it all night, extracting the essential meaning from it, and also understood some of the elements and taboos of marching and fighting.
At midnight the next day, someone came to notify Li Qianmo and asked him to go to the school field to inspect the troops. He followed the messenger to the school field and found that the place was already lined with soldiers wearing armor, tens of thousands of them.
There was a high platform in front of the school ground, and Hai Ruo was already standing on it. When he saw Li Qianmo arriving, he hurriedly greeted: "Little friend Li, please come here quickly."
Li Qianmo walked up to the high platform as he was told. The soldiers below saw this and were in an uproar, secretly wondering what was going on.
I heard Chief Hairuo say loudly: "Fellow soldiers, the Kusang tribe is bullying our Baima tribe and will send a large army to attack. Everyone knows about this. Are you afraid?"
"Don't be afraid!" All the soldiers stood up and shouted loudly, the sound shook the clouds, like thunder, and the momentum was huge.
Seeing this, Chief Hairuo clapped his hands and said loudly: "Okay, you are all good men of my Baima clan." After saying this, he paused, showing a sad look, lowered his head and sighed, "But you are not afraid, but I am.
Scared."
Hearing this, all the soldiers were in an uproar again. They did not expect that the clan leader would say such words in front of the army. This simply shook the morale of the army. Just when everyone was confused, the Hairuo clan leader continued: "Kusang's army numbered one hundred thousand, and
We only have more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the difference in strength is nearly ten times. I am afraid that after you go to the station, you will never come back. I am afraid that we will not be able to defend our homeland, and our wives, sons and daughters will be insulted and killed, just like livestock...
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After he said these words, all the soldiers lowered their heads, and a heavy atmosphere enveloped the whole place, like a dark cloud that could not be dispersed.
After Patriarch Hairuo finished speaking, the whole place was silent, and you could almost hear the wind blowing in your ears.
"Chief, we are not afraid of death in order to protect our homeland!" Tatamu suddenly raised his scimitar and shouted loudly.
Hearing this, the other soldiers seemed to be ignited with passion in their hearts. They also raised their weapons and shouted loudly. The atmosphere that was heavy just now became extremely heated in an instant.
Hai Ruo saw this in his eyes, nodded and smiled. When they had shouted enough, he waved his hand to stop them and said slowly: "Very good, you are all good-blooded men of our White Horse clan. I will not let you die!"
Tatamu frowned when he heard this and said: "Chief, you don't mean you don't want to fight, do you? Hiding is the behavior of a rat."
"Of course not." Hai Ruo stroked Yan's beard and said with a smile, "Everyone, I want to announce something today, which is to appoint Li Qianmo as the military advisor of our Baima tribe. He will be responsible for commanding the three armies until we defeat the Kusang tribe.
Until the army!"
"What! He is a military advisor?" As soon as these words came out, all the soldiers on the field suddenly screamed and made a lot of noise. This really surprised them and they couldn't accept it.
"How can we let an outsider be our military advisor?"
"That's right, and can he be a military advisor? What qualifications does he have to be a military advisor?"
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Voices of opposition arose one after another.
Hai Ruo and Li Qianmo looked at the excited soldiers indifferently. They seemed to have expected such a scene and looked very calm. After a long time, the noise gradually died down. Tatamu stepped forward angrily and glared.
He said loudly: "Chief, I object to letting him be our military advisor!"
"Yes! We are opposed to it too!" everyone in the rear shouted.
Hairuo frowned, looked at Tatamu, and asked coldly: "Why do you object?"
"Because he is not worthy!" Tatamu glared at Li Qianmo and said, "Only a wise man can be called a military advisor. How can he be called a military advisor? He is only about the same age as me, so he wants to be a military advisor. I firmly oppose it!"
Before Hai Ruo had time to speak, Li Qianmo smiled lightly and said, "How do you know I'm not a wise man?"
Tatamu raised his head and said, "Although your hair is gray, you are not very old. You are only twenty-four years old at most. How much experience and wisdom can you have?"
Li Qianmo shook his head with a smile, turned his head and whispered a few words into the ear of Patriarch Hai Ruo. Hai Ruo nodded and suddenly shouted loudly: "All soldiers listen to the order and line up in three rows!"
He gave the order, and all the soldiers quickly moved and were well-trained. In just a moment, more than 10,000 people were neatly arranged in three rows, and there seemed to be two more people in the end.
Hai Ruo turned to look at Li Qianmo, who smiled lightly and nodded. Hai Ruo understood and shouted again: "Now, line up! Line up in five rows!"
The soldiers felt puzzled, but they still followed the instructions and lined up in five rows.
Li Qianmo glanced at Hairuo again, and Hairuo shouted again: "Now line up in seven rows!"
The soldiers arranged themselves into seven rows according to his request.
Li Qianmo glanced around and said loudly: "It turns out that your clan's military strength is twelve thousand two hundred and twenty-two."
As soon as he said this, Hai Ruo and the soldiers on the field were all shocked. Hai Ruo looked at Li Qianmo in surprise and asked hurriedly: "How did you know?"
Li Qianmo smiled calmly and said: "This is a method of ordering troops in mathematics. You just asked them to change their formation three times to help me order my troops."
"Is there such a magical technique in the world?" Hai Ruo looked at Li Qianmo in surprise when he heard this.
Li Qianmo waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's nothing magical, it's just a little trick."
When all the soldiers on the field saw Li Qianmo showing his skill, they immediately secretly admired him and no longer had any objections. However, Tatamu heard that since Li Qianmo came, Mu Hongyi often went to see him, and he also
He really felt that Mu Hongyi didn't like being with him anymore and didn't seem to want to see him. He secretly felt jealous in his heart and said loudly: "Li Qianmo, even if you are extremely smart, you know
Do you know the art of war? Do you know how to fight? That's fighting, and people will die. Looking at your polite appearance, I'm afraid you haven't even seen blood!"
Li Qianmo heard the sarcasm in his words and couldn't help but sneer: "I know a little bit about the art of war. I personally believe that any war should be based on local conditions, the time, and the people.
Because there are many factors that determine the victory of a war, and they are changing all the time, only by firmly grasping the three talents can we grasp the key to victory."
Hearing this, Tatamu sneered and said, "It's all empty talk. Everyone knows how to do it. Say something practical."
"There's no rush." Li Qianmo waved his hand and said with a smile, "The Three Talents I just mentioned are things derived from Taoist scriptures. You can't see them in military books. In fact, it's simpler.
, that is, weather, location, and people, these three are particularly important, and the last is the strength and equipment."
Seeing that Tatamu couldn't find anything to refute for a while, he continued to say with high spirits: "The weather is the weather and the seasons. This will be one of the key factors that affect the war, because only by mastering the weather can you pass the war.
The weather makes a plan. If you use fire to attack the enemy, and it happens to rain at this time, wouldn't it be a failure..."
Li Qianmo explained the Way of the Three Talents in an easy-to-understand way. All the soldiers in the audience nodded. Tatamu was dumbfounded. They grassland people are very barbaric in fighting. They rarely pay attention to strategies. They usually fight head-on. At most, they are
Pay attention to the formation of the troops. Now that I heard Li Qianmo's opinion, I was shocked and didn't know how to refute him.