si-mexico Chapter 26: Southern King's Military Tactics, the Most Powerful Enemy
Chapter 26: Southern King's Military Tactics, the Most Powerful Enemy
When Gongsun Wan'er spoke, she glanced at Shen Changgong, the meaning of which was self-evident.
Obviously, they were trying to prevent him from stealing from the company.
Shen Changgong was indeed here to divide the money. He thought about it and realized that it was actually very simple to send Gongsun Wan'er away. He just needed to tell her to interrogate Duke Ying and find out the truth about the extermination of the Gongsun family and clear the Gongsun family's name.
But given the character of this damn woman, even if she left, she would definitely leave guards to watch her, and those guards protecting her would not listen to her.
Instead of hiding it, it’s better to be straightforward.
"I want 10% of the money seized from this raid."
Shen Changgong said bluntly.
"What? You want to take 10%?!"
Gongsun Wan'er immediately glared at Shen Changgong fiercely, as if Shen Changgong was going to take her money.
"Impossible. Only half of it has been put into the warehouse. The gold, silver and jewelry alone are already worth hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. How can there be so many land deeds, property deeds and house deeds?"
According to the laws of Dayan, all the money confiscated from the property must be returned to the state treasury. How could it be given to you personally? You are dreaming!
Shen Changgong hooked his finger at her, called her to the side, and said in a low voice with a cold look in his eyes,
"Do you think that even if I really didn't take a penny, His Majesty would think I didn't take it? This money has been kept in the security army camp, and the procedures for returning it to the national treasury will take a day or two. Do you think I won't take it?
Do you think she will believe it?
Rather than making her suspicious, I might as well just tell her directly that I only took 10%.
"That won't work either. What do you need so much money for?"
Gongsun Wan'er was stubborn and stubborn.
"Master Gongsun, have you ever raised a dog?"
"I don't have a dog? But when I was little, my brother had a hound and loved going hunting outside the city. I sometimes went with him, so what's wrong?"
“Everyone who raises hunting dogs knows that when a dog catches prey, you eat the meat but you have to throw the bones to the dog. Otherwise, the dog won’t be full, and will it catch prey for you next time?
This is how the security forces are. They withhold military pay and rations, never receive a full month's pay, and the soldiers don't even have enough to eat. Their weapons are at least ten years old and are covered in rust.
Their houses leaked, their tents were drafty, and their floors were full of potholes.
Now they are risking their lives to help His Majesty offend the powerful. Shouldn't they be allowed to eat and use better things?
There will be many house searches in the future. Every day they will be envious of the huge piles of silver, but they won’t get a penny.
Who will work for you in the future?"
Gongsun Wan'er is sometimes a little clumsy, but she is not stupid. After Shen Changgong said this, she also realized this.
“Indeed, the security forces have suffered from the powerful for a long time, and they both hate and fear them. Now if they are asked to offend the powerful, they will have no motivation.
If they are asked to do such dangerous things all the time without any benefits, over time, when a fight really comes, they will not risk their lives.
Please keep some of it for now. I will convey your words to His Majesty. I cannot control what His Majesty thinks."
"She'll understand. She's not a fool like you."
After Shen Changgong finished speaking, he turned and walked into the warehouse, instructing the clerk to leave some of the money aside and not record it in the accounts.
Gongsun Wan'er was so angry that she gritted her teeth. She felt that this damn Shen Changgong was her nemesis and she couldn't live a day without being angry.
After arriving at the warehouse, Shen Changgong checked the spoils one by one.
I have to say that a duke's family is really rich.
The country has no money, the people have no money, and all the money has been embezzled by these powerful people.
After reading about gold, silver and jewelry, he went to read those books. He was a studious person and when he was a killer, he learned everything.
He was flipping through the books casually, and suddenly he saw a book on military strategy.
He picked it up curiously and looked at the cover. There were four big words on it:
The Military Strategy of the Southern King.
When I opened the first page, the first sentence was:
"The military is the shield of politics, and politics is the blade of the military. The military and politics are united and complement each other. The most important affairs of a country lie in war and sacrifice.
When two armies fight, the superior force destroys the opponent’s politics, the middle force takes away his will, and the inferior force destroys his body…”
Just two sentences aroused Shen Changgong's interest.
This passage mainly says that the army is a shield to protect political affairs, ensuring that national affairs can proceed smoothly and protecting them from foreign interference.
In governing the country, strong national strength and money and food can be transformed into sharp blades of the army to stab the enemy.
The most important things for a country are the army and sacrifices. The army is the armed force and sacrifices are the spiritual beliefs.
When two armies are fighting, the best way is to destroy the enemy's government and paralyze the country's operations. The second best way is to destroy the enemy's fighting spirit, and the worst way is to kill the enemy.
(Don’t search, it’s useless, the author made it up himself)
Reading further down, the whole article is filled with various strategies and tactics, as well as military strategies for fighting the enemy.
This is a military book after all.
"Do you still like reading?"
Gongsun Wan'er sneered.
“If you don’t study hard when you are young, you will regret it when you are old.”
“One regrets not having read enough until one needs it; one does not know the difficulty of something until one has experienced it.”
Shen Changgong dealt with it casually.
"Oh, you also know poetry?"
"I don't understand it, I don't like it, but I like this book. Who wrote it?"
Shen Changgong closed the book and asked.
"You don't even know the Southern King?"
Gongsun Wan'er raised her eyebrows and sneered,
"According to seniority, you have to call him uncle."
"uncle?"
"Yes, the three-eyed Horse Prince, your Majesty's uncle, the God of War of Dayan, the Southern King Ma Ling!"
"Is he a vassal king?"
Shen Changgong frowned deeply. The vassal king was the target that he and the empress had to eliminate, but just by looking at this military book, one could tell how skilled this man was in using troops.
Gongsun Wan'er rarely managed to surpass Shen Changgong, and she said leisurely,
“The previous empress was once a princess, and her husband was from the Ma family. And this Ma Ling is the younger brother of your Majesty’s father.
After the late emperor ascended the throne, he sent Lord Ma to the south to guard the border and command our country's only 50,000 light cavalry.
After Lord Ma took office, he was invincible in the war against the Kingdom of Kun and never suffered a defeat.
During a battle, he was shot in the middle of the eyebrows by an arrow. Although he survived, a vertical diamond-shaped scar was left in his eyebrows, which looked like an eye. Therefore, both the enemy and us called him the Three-Eyed Horse King.
This means that he can see through all the enemy's tactics and defeat them.
He is the most powerful vassal king of our Great Yan, and probably the toughest bone to chew in this vassal reduction campaign by His Majesty.
If we don't weaken him, his power will be too great, and if we weaken him, it will be like destroying our own martial arts."
Shen Changgong nodded and put the military book into his arms. If you want to defeat the enemy, you must first understand the enemy.
In Shen Changgong's heart, this war god of Dayan has become the number one powerful enemy.
After staying awake all night and counting the spoils, Shen Changgong went to interrogate the Duke of Ying in person.
He was very busy throughout the day and night.