Whoever wins the crouching dragon wins the world

Whether in the past or in this life, I have never seen a bandit den, but since the end of the Han Dynasty, negative descriptions of the banditry have been heard endlessly.Therefore, on the way up the mountain, I listened to Cui Zhouping explain how Kongming governed well and how the village in the north of the city was so orderly.As the saying goes, the country is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. The bandits are used to being free and undisciplined. Even if the military is now organized under strict regulations, how much can they learn?

I was ready to see a nondescript copycat military camp, but when the well-planned stockade protruded from a corner of the leaves, I was so surprised that I was almost speechless.

The mountain range in the north of the city looks steep, but in fact there is a huge flat open space at the top, which is thousands of meters in length and width, and is extremely wide.My eyesight is limited, standing at the entrance of the cottage and looking from a distance, I can only feel that there are a lot of people, thriving, and the eaves seem to be endless.In the tower in front of the village, however, there was a scene of security. The sentinels set up their bows and arrows, locked on the target, and were ready to go.After Cui Zhouping handed in his name tag, there were soldiers in charge who came up to us with swords in hand, and the iron gate was slowly lowered to welcome us into the village.

Walking a few steps and looking up, you can just see a red-bottomed flag hanging on the flagpole at the gate of the village, with the word "Liu" written on it, waving in the wind and majestic.

"Which Liu is this?" I asked in surprise, and I already had some guesses in my heart.

"Of course it's Liu Xi's Liu Xi, king of Ping'an." Cui Zhouping replied, "Last month, Shi Guangyuan suggested changing the name of this village to Ping'an Village."

King Ping An, Ping An Village.The voice circled around my ears and lips, and swallowed it whole again.The hint is already so obvious, if I can no longer see that they have secretly colluded with Liu Xi, I can die.

"You, Kong Ming, Shi Guangyuan, who else?" Even though I knew Liu Xi's great talent, I never expected that he could attract so many famous people from Jingxiang before setting foot in Nanyang.

Cui Zhouping listed the names of his accomplices one by one: "Mr. Shui Jing, Meng Gongwei, Guo Jia... er, it is Guo Daxian, he is the confidant of King Ping'an, and he was the first to seek Kong Ming. The rest are Min Xi, Fang Ji..." More than a dozen names were reported in one go.Some of these people were born in the local prominent families, pulled out the radish and brought it out of the pit, one person joined the whole family to seek refuge, and the other part came here alone, willing to seek wealth in danger, and gambled with their lives to follow the dragon.

Hearing the name of the shopkeeper and He Dacheng in the list, I feel relieved that they are safe and sound, but I can't suppress the anger in my chest: "The poor shopkeeper and the old lady of the He family are very worried. It turns out that you have joined forces. The cover-ups he used, he treated his close relatives like monkeys!" Thinking of Kong Ming's deliberate deception, I felt more empathetic, and all kinds of grievances came to my heart.

Cui Zhouping smiled wryly: "It's a long story."

He didn't want to explain further*, the assembly horn sounded by Suona suddenly exploded in his ears, loud and clear, easily covering Cui Zhouping's voice.I turned around in surprise, and saw countless young soldiers rushing to the open space in the village from all directions, the rumble of their footsteps was deafening. "Ten, nine, eight, seven, six..." After a breath, the officer with a big knife began to count down, and the soldiers quickly and effectively but quietly assembled into a phalanx of hundreds of people, lined up neatly and majesticly.

This is obviously not the practice mode of the Three Kingdoms.If the fake camouflage uniforms worn by the soldiers were not too ridiculous, I would almost mistakenly think that I have traveled through time and space again.

But very kind.

After all the soldiers had gathered, the officer ordered each platoon to report the count. Without a reminder, the soldiers who were not in place in time voluntarily came out of the line, clasped their hands behind their heads and leaped a hundred times, and fasted for a day.Cui Zhouping made an explanation at the right time: "This is the first military training method created by King Ping'an. He once said that bandits are difficult to train if they are unruly, and heavy codes should be used in troubled times. Therefore, he ordered the village to train in the morning and evening, and gather randomly at night to practice hard. Anyone who arrives late, leaves early, slacks off, or stays idle will be punished strictly by military law."

I stood aside and observed for a while, and found that the training methods of these soldiers were far ahead of their time.The ancients paid attention to family inheritance. Although the swordsmanship and swordsmanship used by the generals were superb, most of them were inherited from their elders and ancestors, and they should not be passed on without special circumstances.Therefore, the people of the Three Kingdoms put more emphasis on the whole than on the individual when training soldiers.They spend most of their energy on lining up and arranging the formations, and rarely conduct special training on the personal qualities of soldiers, so in case of war, cannon fodder is everywhere.

Liu Xi is different.Even if he has never joined the army, the 21st century with the information explosion still provides him with a lot of military training materials for reference.He knew very well that individual combat ability is the key to victory, so he did the opposite. He tried his best to find famous swordsmanship and sword manuals, and hired people with exquisite martial arts skills to break down the routines and teach them all. welcome.In order to create an atmosphere of learning from each other's strengths and making progress together, soldiers are encouraged to fight against each other in the cottage, and a reward mechanism is set: after a battle in the arena, if one is worth ten, you will be rewarded with ten taels of silver; if one is worth a hundred, you will be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.With heavy rewards, competition in the military has become a common practice, and soldiers are enthusiastic about practicing martial arts, exuding vitality everywhere.

Walking through the well-arranged tents, Kong Ming's residence can already be seen.From a distance, I saw a tall and tall figure walking against the light, like a stroll in a garden, with a feather fan scarf and a white robe with wide sleeves, indescribably elegant, elegant and quiet.

Kong Ming's facial features have always been easy-going, and he can't find the unforgettable ones like knife carvings, but they can always inadvertently touch people's deep yearning, like the silent spring rain that moistens things, dripping into the bottom of the heart unconsciously.

I stood still and watched him walk towards me without haste.

This feeling is very mysterious, as if everything is the same as I stood outside the thatched cottage door waiting for him to return home from a long journey alone a few years ago, and it seems that everything has been completely subverted.Meng Gongwei, Mr. Shui Jing and others were Kong Ming's former teachers and classmates, but now they are all consciously half a step behind, following Kong Ming in an extremely orderly manner, without overstepping, and stubbornly drawing an artificial gap.

I silently watched Kong Ming leaning down, with the buzzing of cicadas in my ears, and the harmonious voice was loud: "My minister, Zhuge Kongming, the generals, and all the generals pay homage to the princess, the princess is a thousand years old!"

In the military camp, regardless of public or private, as I expected, Kong Ming is the actual controller of the cottage.As one of the earliest famous Nanyang scholars who took refuge in Liu Xi, he has all the qualifications and abilities, and the hat of a military adviser has already been firmly worn on his head.Guaranteed by the fact that he devoted himself to death in real history, Liu Xi gave him unreserved trust. He authorized him to represent Jing Xiang with full powers, and made it clear that "everything can be done in a matter of urgency, and everything can be done."

Kong Ming was grateful.

He spent almost half of his life looking for a wise master, and now that he got what he wanted, he naturally put all his efforts into planning.After receiving Liu Xi's secret permission, he actively contacted his good friend Yi Ji, and the two dug a hole for Liu Qi with open and secret efforts, prompting him and Liu Cong to fight each other.The crucial handwritten letter by Liu Biao recommending Liu Qi as his heir was sent to Xudu by Kong Ming. After Cai Mao found out, he ordered his soldiers to intercept the letter at all costs. Unfortunately, Kong Ming rebelled against the general and killed two soldiers. After being killed in the thatched hut, Kongming and Fengcha feigned death and escaped, and went straight to the North Mountain to fall into the grass and become bandits.

The events that happened in the past six months can only be described in a few words, but the danger and crisis among them, how can a simple description can be summed up in one sentence.

Before, I wondered why Yi Ji was unknown in history, but moved frequently in a different time and space, and seemed to leave a strong mark in the history books. Now, after contacting the cause and effect, I suddenly realized that it was Liu Xi who did it for him. Created a stage to display his intelligence and wisdom, and changed his original life trajectory.

Wisdom, talent, determination, ambition, perseverance, and vision are all important factors for a person to achieve the name of the world.Yi Ji is mediocre, so he relies on chance, while Kong Ming is a genius, his talent and determination can already make him ignore luck.Even with a gentle attitude and elegant demeanor, it is difficult to conceal the toughness in Kong Ming's bones.He knows what he wants, and he can persevere, even if he tries his best, deliberately endures it, and spends his life's effort.

But if you have something to gain, you must have something to give up.

The smart ones have all the tricks.

I have mixed feelings in my heart: he made a humble appearance, I don't know if it was out of the consideration of pleasing the imperial power, and he actually exchanged the friendship of eight years together day and night as a bargaining chip for promotion and profit?

I'm not smart, but I'm not stupid enough to open the door and steal.

The innocent era of obsessed with male gods is gone forever.