Chapter 20: Ask General Qi to take over
Send a strong force deep into the grassland, be fast, be ruthless, don't bring dry food, fight to support the war, and make the Liao people panic; this is called the story of the Champion Marquis
Then they opened up trade, dumped a large amount of Tang Dynasty goods other than military equipment and food, and sucked their wealth back; this is called currency war
Because the Liao Kingdom was not an ordinary grassland nomadic people, they were a large empire with a complete ruling system.
Since they are not barbarians, they naturally have interests and classes, so Zhao Yushu's plan is, if you don't fight, you can make money, but if you fight, I will bite you hard, and it's up to you to choose whether to go to war or not.
After finishing writing, Zhao Yushu let out a long sigh, wiped his sweat, turned around and looked around. He found that some people were confident and wrote fluently, while others were sweating profusely and their fingers were shaking.
Brother, if you can't do it, please tell me. I think you are going to faint, please don't hit me.
After rolling up the first question, the bamboo slips opened by themselves, and the second question appeared.
A passage from the classics of the saints, talk about your own understanding
I thought it was the Analects, but I couldn't understand it at all. Very good, blank paper. Next question
The two deputy chief priests upstairs were casually switching between the test papers of different candidates. Chief priest Liu naturally paid more attention to Zhao Yushu. When he saw that Lao Zhao skipped the second question directly, Lao Liu's eyes almost popped out.
I can understand that you don't know national policies or military strategies, but what's the point of a scholar like you skipping over the classics of sages?
It seems that you specialize in calculus, but you don't know how to solve a linear equation.
If you don't know how to do it, just guess it. At least write two words. How can you get points if you don't even write the solution?
Wen Jijiu was sitting at the desk, looking at Zhao Yushu's test paper. When he saw Zhao give up on the second question, he spit out a mouthful of tea and then laughed.
"Interesting, this young man is interesting, maybe that old guy will like it"
Lao Zhao turned to the third question
A formation diagram appeared in front of me, round like a turtle.
I really don't know how to march and fight.
Lao Zhao looked at the battle formation diagram over and over again, and was sure that he really didn't know how to do it. However, if he failed to do this, Lao Liu's legs would be unreliable.
After carefully reviewing the question, I found that it was not to explain the formation, but to improve the formation.
The Liao Kingdom was good at cavalry, but they had a very famous infantry called the Folding Sword Guards. This kind of infantry was composed of people with strong martial arts skills, holding a 1.5-meter-long sword. They only appeared on small-scale battlefields and specialized in defeating the Tang Dynasty's lightly armored infantry. If three or five of them broke into the battle formation, dozens or hundreds of Tang Dynasty soldiers would be chased away.
The formation on the test paper is a typical tortoise shell formation, which focuses on defense, but it is still very weak when facing the folding knife guards, just dying slower.
He has strong individual capabilities, wields a long sword, and specializes in bullying unarmored troops. Looks so familiar.
Zhao Yushu narrowed his eyes and recalled that in his own history, there seemed to be such an army, or rather, bandits, who were beaten to a pulp by a big boss.
Come to the present Tang Dynasty and let me show you the wisdom of the top masters of the previous life!
Show up! Mandarin Duck Formation!
Eleven people form a team, with the captain at the front, followed by two people, one holding a long shield and the other holding a round shield. The long shield bearer holds a long shield to block arrows and spears, while the round shield bearer holds a light rattan shield and carries a javelin and a waist knife. The two people cover the rear team's advance, and the round shield bearer can also engage in close combat with the enemy when necessary.
The next two people are the wolf-whip bearers holding wolf-whips. The wolf-whips are made of old and solid bamboos, with the ends of the bamboos cut obliquely into a point, and sharp branches are left around. Each wolf-whip is ten feet long. The wolf-whip bearers use the sharp blade at the front of the wolf-whip to stab the enemy to cover the advancement of the round shield bearers and the attack of the long spear bearers.
Behind them are four spearmen, two on each side, to take care of the shieldmen and wolf-whipmen on the left and right sides.
Finally, two short-sword soldiers are responsible for guarding and supporting. If the enemy attacks from a roundabout way, the short-sword soldiers will rush forward with their short swords to kill.
After writing this, Zhao Yushu casually drew two soul paintings, one for the positions of the mandarin duck formation, and the other for the wolf-whip diagram;
Lao Zhao is very satisfied
The three people upstairs were already dumbfounded. At this moment, they all called up Lao Zhao's test paper. When they saw the explanation of the Mandarin Duck Formation, the three people who were proficient in military strategy subconsciously felt that this formation was unusual.
"Liu Dazhi!"
"Students in"
"Go to Dongduwei quickly and ask General Cao to select a group of soldiers and horses to practice this formation."
"Here!"
Wen Jijiu walked quickly to the window, his eyes flashing, staring at Zhao Yushu. Under his secret observation, Zhao Yushu still did not have any spiritual power fluctuations, but Wen Jijiu's brows were getting tighter and tighter: "Who are you? Do you really have no cultivation?"
The complacent old Zhao didn't know at this time that this mandarin duck formation had exposed him to the spotlight. After all, he lived in modern society and could not understand how much the ancients wanted a formation that could be praised for hundreds of years.
In his eyes, General Qi is awesome, I'll take it for use; in the eyes of the ancients, the value of this thing is roughly equivalent to the Wu Mu's suicide note in martial arts novels, and it is worth it for a man in the martial arts world to risk his life to get it.
I stretched myself and looked up at the water curtain. I found that half of the time had passed. I was stable. I only had one poem left, which I could finish in a few minutes. But some people were already crying.
Young people still need to hone their skills. At worst, they can learn from Lao Wang and Ouyang and try again next year.
Old Zhao shook his head and opened the last question. It was indeed a poem.
You are required to write a poem at random, which should be related to the moon, but the word "moon" cannot be included in the poem.
Haha, no matter which world the ancients were from, they all had a mysterious love for the moon. If you knew it was just a ball of dirt with pits all over it, I wonder if you could still write these famous poems that have been passed down through the ages.
The first choice for the moon-related poem is of course the poem "The moon shines brightly before the bed" by the immortal poet, but the word "moon" cannot be included in the poem, which makes Lao Zhao, who does not have a lot of knowledge, scratch his head.
I can't write about Mr. Dongpo's "When will the bright moon appear?" Otherwise, this article alone will shock a lot of people. What are the poems related to the moon but without the word "moon"? It's urgent. Waiting online
Suddenly, a poem popped into my mind.
Zhao Yushu clapped his hands. How could I forget him? Since ancient times, the first poem of Lantern Festival is on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which is related to the moon.
Lao Zhao raised his finger and wrote decisively
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Upstairs, Wen Jijiu was still closing his eyes and deducing the subtleties of the Mandarin Duck Formation.
Another disciple hurried over and said, "Teacher, he wrote the lyrics."
"Who?"
"Zhao Yushu"
Wen Jijiu was about to scold him, he wrote the lyrics, what's there to say, how can you be so magnanimous as a deputy Jijiu?
But when I think about this student's deliberate words, I think it must be another amazing poem.
"Which master did he write about this time?" Wen Jijiu did not ask about the content, but planned to read it himself.
The disciple hesitated for a moment and said: "He signed it as Xin Qiji. I am stupid and can't remember who this Xin Qiji is."
Wen Jijiu waved his hand, and a bamboo slip appeared in front of him.