Ming Zuo

Chapter 125 Strategic Anticipation
Zuo Menggeng disassembled the telescope and showed it to the children.

"Everyone knows what this is?"

"Glass……"

The children in Zhuangzi are no strangers to glass.After all, their classrooms also use glass windows.

Zuo Menggeng called a child to come forward and let him pick up the lens.

"Xiaohu, tell me, what's the difference between this piece of glass?"

What Xiaohu is holding is a convex lens.

"Principal, this piece of glass is thick in the middle and thin on both sides."

"Then you put this piece of glass in front of your eyes and take a look."

Xiaohu did as he said, and just glanced at it, and almost threw the lens out in fright.

"ah……"

Zuo Menggeng fixed the lens and asked, "What did you see?"

Xiaohu waved his arms exaggeratedly.

"I saw that Li Kang's head is so big."

The other child became anxious and yelled.

"Bah, Wang Xiaohu, your head is...so big."

A group of children laughed and laughed, very lively.

Zuo Menggeng called Li Kang over again.

"Here, come and see if Wang Xiaohu's head is that... big."

Li Kang also took a look with a convex lens.

"Ah, Wang Xiaohu's head really got bigger."

After Zuo Menggeng asked the two children to go back, he showed everyone with a convex lens in his hand.

"This one is called a convex lens. Unlike the glass you usually see, it has a shape. Why do things you see with this mirror are magnified? That's because after the light enters such a lens, it will refraction……"

Next, Zuo Menggeng spoke in detail.

It explained the principles of people's ability to see objects, the existence of light, the refraction of light, and how to use the refraction of light.

He didn't talk about formulas or teaching. He told the children as if he was telling a story, and he even gave the children a telescope.

When children use a telescope to see an extremely distant object clearly appearing in front of their eyes, the novelty and shock will definitely be engraved in their minds for a lifetime.

Among them, several children couldn't put it down.

They begged Zuo Menggeng for help, dismantled the telescope into parts, and then reassembled it under Zuo Menggeng's guidance.

Along the way, they asked many more questions.

The answers Zuo Menggeng told them were far easier to remember than their boring studies.

Standing outside, Wang Xiuqin and Zuo Xianmei actually listened to a class. It was also the first time that they knew that such an ordinary sunshine was so important and had so many uses.

After a class, Zuo Menggeng packed up his things and came over to join Zuo Xianmei and Wang Xiuqin.

But there was a little tail hanging behind him.

Very timid, want to speak, but dare not.

Zuo Menggeng heard footsteps, turned around and realized it was Lu An.

"Girl, why are you following me? Is there something you don't understand?"

With his hands behind his back, Lu An's big eyes were looking longingly at the telescope in Zuo Menggeng's hand.

"school……"

This is not in class, Zuo Menggeng asked her to correct it.

"Call me brother."

Lu An plucked up his courage.

"elder brother."

She pointed to the pair of binoculars and asked eagerly: "Brother, with that thing, can...can you see the moon?"

Zuo Menggeng squatted beside her, shaking his head.

"This won't work, but if we can make a bigger telescope, we can see the moon."

Lu An's eyes suddenly brightened, and his small face was full of eagerness.

Zuo Menggeng was very curious.

"Why do you want to see the moon?"

Lu An rubbed his fingers, his voice sounded like a mosquito.

"Mother said, if we miss her, my brother and I can see her as long as we see the moon."

Zuo Menggeng's eyeballs turned red all of a sudden, he quickly turned his head away, wiped it off quickly, and turned into a pile of smiling faces.

"Brother, help you. Let's make a bigger telescope together, so we can see your mother."

Lu An's pupils were full of water-like light streaks.

"Is it really possible?"

Zuo Menggeng rubbed her head and said firmly: "Of course, when did my brother lie to you?"

Wang Xiuqin told about Lu Ping and Lu An's brothers and sisters, Zuo Xianmei couldn't help but burst into tears.

Zuo Menggeng's solemnity made Lu An very happy.

"Oh, then I have to study hard and make a bigger telescope one day earlier. But...I'm so stupid, I...I didn't remember what my brother said just now."

Thinking that because he was stupid, he couldn't make a telescope and couldn't see his mother, Lu An's tears fell down.

Zuo Xianmei couldn't take it anymore, she ran forward, took Lu An's little hand, and comforted her: "Sister, don't be afraid, sister remembers everything, sister will teach you."

Lu An raised his head and saw that it was a strange sister, but she was as beautiful as a fairy, and he couldn't help admiring her.

"Thank you sister."

Zuo Xianmei turned her head and asked Zuo Menggeng: "Brother, can I come here often in the future? I want to teach her."

Zuo Menggeng laughed.

"What do you mean often come here? You can just live here. Director Wang, clean up a room for my sister. From now on, she is also a member of us."

Zuo Xianmei didn't think deeply about the meaning of this sentence, and took Lu An there.

Wang Xiuqin was still sighing.

"Qianzuo, can we really see what the moon looks like? On it, but... there are gods living there."

Zuo Menggeng shook his head, telling the truth.

"There is nothing on the moon, just a big desolate ball."

Wang Xiuqin was taken aback.

"Then...then if Lu An sees it in the future, will he go crazy?"

Zuo Menggeng was more confident.

"When she can see the moon, she will grow up and won't be so naive. But the simplest and most beautiful dream of a child can give birth to the greatest results."

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A carriage almost galloped into the rear camp.

Regardless of his appearance, Zhang Jimeng found Zuo Menggeng and brought great news.

In June of the second year of Chongzhen, Yuan Chonghuan killed Mao Wenlong in Shuangdao, and the world shook!
The history that should come is still coming.

Knowing this, Zuo Menggeng understood that nothing had changed.

Of course, the preparations that should be done have to be done.

He immediately ordered to convene a meeting of officers and officers of the entire army squad.

Looking at the officers who were sitting upright, Zuo Menggeng was a little bit proud, and said to Zuo Fu: "Director of the Intelligence Department, let everyone know about the military situation."

The current functions and strength of the Intelligence Department are not enough, so there is nothing more that can be done.

This time the notification, in fact, many things are the contents of the imperial court report.

But even so, there is enough news in it.

Zuo Fu stood up and reported to everyone the situation in the past one or two years.

"In September last year, Donglu defeated Lin Dan Khan and annexed the hometowns of Chahar and Harasan. Lin Dan Khan only occupied Hetao and Tumochuan area west of Xuanfu."

After he finished speaking, Zuo Menggeng drew a circle and crossed it on the big map behind, representing the location of Lin Danhan.

Although the specific geographical details are temporarily unknown, it is not difficult for Zuo Menggeng to make a complete large map.

Even elementary school students in later generations can draw a general idea.

But this way gives people a very intuitive feeling.

Zuo Fu continued: "The year before last, the Eastern Captives conquered North Korea, and North Korea asked for peace."

Zuo Menggeng drew a circle on the location of North Korea on the map and also crossed it out.

"The mansion report just received, supervisor Yuan Chonghuan listed the twelve deadly crimes and killed Mao Wenlong."

Zuo Menggeng circled and crossed Phi Dao again.

Zuo Fu reported the last message.

"Not long ago, the imperial court decreed that the governor of Shuntian, Wang Yingzhi, eliminated the armies in Jimi, Yongxin and other places, and there was a mutiny in Jizhen."

Zuo Menggeng drew circles at the approximate locations of Xuanfu, Jizhou, Zunhua, and Yongping, but this time they put question marks.

He asked Zuo Fu to return to his position, then looked at the officers under his seat, and asked with burning eyes: "Everyone, what do you see?"

There was no sound below, and everyone stared at the map, frowning in thought.

Zhang Jimeng sat aside.

It was the first time for him to participate in the military meeting of the rear battalion, and he was very unfamiliar with this brand-new model, but it was also very novel.

According to his understanding, the actions of the large army are all ordered by the general, and the troops below act according to the order.

How did you get here and discuss it?

Moreover, Zuo Menggeng marked the situation that happened in Liaodong and its surrounding areas in the past two or three years, what did he intend to do?
Before he could figure it out, Zuo Yong was the first to speak.

"Qianzuo, on the right side of the Liaoxi Corridor, the former home of the Chahar tribe is already empty. In addition to the mutiny in Jizhen, it is unknown how much combat power the troops still have. If I were Huang Taiji, I would not care about Liaoxi, concentrate the main force, and bypass Ningjin , directly enter the pass from Ji Town. When the time comes, not to mention the capture of the capital, at least all parts of Jifu will inevitably be linked with military disasters."

Amidst the crowd's commotion, Zhang Jimeng only felt a burst of cold air hit his forehead.

He doesn't even need to know anything about military affairs, he just needs to look at the map on the wall and cooperate with the situation distribution drawn by Zuo Menggeng to realize how terrible what Zuo Yong said will be if it happens.

The Ming army was compressed to the narrow strip of Ningjin in western Liaoning, Mao Wenlong was killed, North Korea surrendered, and the role of flank containment was completely lost.

Lin Danhan was beaten away, and Jizhen lost the outer line of defense.In addition, there was a mutiny just now, and the army had no fighting spirit.

If Huang Taiji really wants to do what Zuo Yong said...

At this point, Zhang Jimeng finally understood the significance of Zuo Menggeng's meeting.

(End of this chapter)