Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 218, Will General Ziyou Sima join our Confucianism?
Mo Ya and his men were monitoring the three of Xiaoyu, each of them had a bunch of candied haws in their hands, and they were happily discussing where to go next.

Just after the three of them discussed where they were going, two shadows blocked the three of them.

The three of them looked up at the person blocking their way, the smiles on their faces disappeared instantly, and the face of the visitor showed seriousness, the three of them immediately stood up straight like a good baby and dared not speak.

"Uncle Qiu, why are you here?" Xiao Yu looked at the middle-aged man in front of him with a flattering smile.

"If I don't come, you don't know when you will go back?" Yu Chou said seriously.

The three of them suddenly showed embarrassing expressions. The three of them are lawless in the Shilan tribe. Apart from their parents and elders, the only one who can rule them is Yu Qiu. Yu Qiu is the third elder's personal guard. Now He is the person in charge of Yu Yuan's defense of the criminal law.

Because of strict and fair law enforcement, Yu Qiu has a high prestige among Yu Yuan's guards.

"Do you know how much trouble you have caused? Going down the mountain privately, are you not afraid of accidents? The Great Elder just banned the people from going out of the mountain, so you went down the mountain without saying a word, and took all the goods away. You are waiting to go back to confinement Bar."

With Yu Qiu's serious face and the indifference between his words, the three frightened children immediately lowered their heads and dared not speak, just like frightened quails.

"I'll settle the score with you when I go back, and come back to the mountain with me now." Yu Qiu gave the three of them a hard look.

"Changqing, go tell the others to go back to the mountain, and I'll take the three of them back directly to the mountain." Yu Qiu said to the people around him.

"Yes, Master." Yu Changqing said.

Looking at Yu Changqing who left separately and Yu Chou with three children, the guard said to Mo Ya
"The ink is in charge, shall we keep up?"

"One of you will inform the husband, and the rest will follow Yu Changqing, and I will follow the three children. Remember that you can give up following, but don't reveal your identity." Mo Ya reminded.

"No!" The five said with cupped hands.

Seeing Yu Qiu and the three children walking away, Mo Ya instantly came behind the four of them, and the five guards immediately dispersed, one of them went to inform Ziyou, and the four of them began to follow Yu Changqing.

At this time, Sima Su brought Sima Xin to meet Ziyou, and the three of them talked very well, except for Sima Xin talking when necessary, Sima Su was talking to Ziyou for the rest.

"Sir, the spies report that the Governor of Qu County stayed overnight in the Chen Mansion. It is said that Chen Shu and the Governor of Qu County had a very happy conversation." Sima Su said.

"I know about this, do you think there is something wrong with it?" Ziyou asked.

"Mr. Qu is the prefect who was conferred by the king himself. Naturally, there is no problem, but there is definitely a problem with Chen Shu. The Chen family had a very shallow relationship with Magistrate Qu, but two years ago, Chen Shu began to show his favor to Commander Qu in various ways. Shou, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon, but the Chen family is a big family in Chengdu after all, the governor of Qu is not good at rejecting it directly, and most of them just turn a blind eye, so the relationship between the two parties has always been very cold. Yes, after the welcome banquet, they began to show kindness to the sheriff again, but it was all in private, there was no uproar like before, and the spies found that Chen Shu's steward often disappeared inexplicably. After leaving Shushan Road, the steward will no longer see people." Sima Su said.

"Is there any other useful information?" Ziyou asked.

"Just now the caravan of the Sima family came back with news that the price of grain in the old capital of Chu and other places has risen by half." Sima Su said in a deep voice.

"Has the Chu army been transferred to Yingdu?" Sima Xin asked.

Sima Xin, who hadn't said much all the time, suddenly spoke, which surprised Ziyou. It's not something ordinary people can think of judging the mobilization of troops based on the rise in food prices.

"How did General Sima know that the Chu army was mobilized? As far as I know, the Chu army should be in Xudi and Nanyang." Ziyou asked.

"There is only one possibility for a rise in food prices in a place other than a disaster, that is, there is a large amount of food purchased, which can cause a half-price increase of at least 10 people's food, so I guess it is the mobilization of the army." Sima Xin said .

Ziyou looked at Sima Xin with surprise in his eyes. Being able to deduce the movement of the army from a small incident is enough to show how sensitive Sima Xin's sense of the battlefield is.

"Yingdu is close to Qianzhong County and Wujun County. The terrain of the two places is easy to defend and difficult to attack. In addition, there are not many defenders in front of Nanjun County and other places. Both Qianzhong County and Wu County have direct access to Bashu. The passage between the two counties was specially built by the prefect Zhang Ruo after he seized the two counties. If the Chu army entered Shu from the two counties, it would only take half a month to reach Chengdu." Sima Xin continued.

"General Sima has studied the topography of the two places and Shu County," Ziyou said.

"Actually, sir, when I have nothing to do in the military camp, I always think about where the enemy is most likely to attack from in Shu County, and how to defend and even counterattack if Shu County is facing foreign enemies." Sima Xin said a little embarrassed.

Looking at this somewhat honest man in front of him, Ziyou felt that it was aggrieved to let him guard Chengdu all these years. With such a sense of battlefield and deduction of military tactics, he could rank among the top five in Qin, which is full of famous generals.

"Go on and tell me why the Chu army was transferred this time?" Ziyou continued to ask.

Ziyou wants to know where Sima Xin's upper limit is. If Sima Xin is capable enough, Ziyou doesn't mind helping him, so that the Sima family can return to the top of the Qin military.

"Don't dare to speak nonsense, but there is only one person in Chu State who is capable of commanding an army of at least 10 people, Xiang Yan.

As far as I know, Xiang Yan guards Xudi, and Yingdu is extremely important to Xiang Yan and Lord Changping, so they cannot give the command of the 20 army to others, and Xudi already has 30 troops. If Yingdu If there are at least [-] troops, then Xiang Yan has [-] troops in his hands, which is more than Li Yuan and Qu Jingzhao's combined.

Both sides regard each other as mortal enemies, so it is impossible for them to let Xiang Yan have at least 30 troops in his hands, so there is only one possibility that Xiang Yan will take at least 10 people to Yingdu.

This can also explain why the army bought food secretly instead of sending people from the court to allocate food and grass. " Sima Xin continued.

Not only Ziyou was frightened by Sima Xin's deduction, but even Sima Su was stunned. He seemed to have recognized his elder brother for the first time. In his heart, his elder brother was a man who only knew how to train soldiers It's a big fool, but I didn't expect to hide such a deep strategy.

Seeing the surprised expressions of the two, Sima Xin scratched his head and said

"When my second brother and I went to Du You to visit my late father and Lord Wu An, I was fortunate enough to get the guidance of Lord Wu An and a volume of military books. Lord Wu An said that leading troops to fight should not only look at the battlefield situation, but also pay attention to the changes in the enemy's country. , so as to seize the opportunity and kill with one blow."

Ziyou looked at Sima Xin, and felt distressed. Damn, if this had been cultivated earlier, Qin would not be worried about the commander in chief. Sima Xin might not be able to sit in the position of strategic commander, but he could also act as a temporary commander for a short period of time. The layout inside is enough.

"My Confucian school has a branch called Confucian generals. It has been cut off since Zilu died in battle. I wonder if General Sima is willing to inherit it?" Ziyou looked at Sima Xin and said.

　So be it today, the author is still on the train.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)