The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1440: Test of Soldiers on the Field

"... Perhaps Grand Secretary Zhang has misunderstood the word 'stable'. Shuowen Jiezi says that stability can be interpreted as peace. What is peace? It means tranquility! Stability is to win in a stable way, not to miss the opportunity. If you are too anxious, it will affect your judgment. This stability and urgency, a step further, is the efficiency of using talent. With the same talent, how can you make the most of it? Throwing out all the war poems at once is useless except for wasting talent. In summary, Fang believes that stability is better than urgency."

"The 'urgent' here does not mean to be anxious, but to be fast and quick. The Art of War says, 'Fast as the wind, slow as the wind, slow as the wind.' Like a forest, immovable like a mountain, unpredictable like the shadow, and moving like thunder', this is the words of "Military Struggle". What is military struggle? The way to victory is military struggle! When two armies face each other, they start with "fast as the wind" and end with "moving like thunder", this is the way of military tactics! Calling soldiers to fight poems, one should respect the military tactics! "

"Master Zhang's words are wrong. Observe the situation and do it, then you can be fast as the wind and move like thunder. How to act according to the situation? It must be stable. If there is no stability, it will be as urgent as wolves and pigs, like vicious dogs running in the street and rabbits jumping in the wild. There is only smoke and dust, but no way. "

When Fang Yun said this, many people smiled. Fang Yun's words were like a painting in front of them, which was very vivid.

The two continued to argue, so that others simply stopped and listened to the two express their views.

Soon, everyone discovered the difference between the two. Zhang Chengxuan was a typical military general. He argued directly and often quoted the classics of military strategists. He was upright and resolute, but too straightforward.

Fang Yun's style is the opposite. He likes to see the big picture from the small, and at the same time, he quotes a wide range of sources, not only military strategists, but also Confucianists and miscellaneous scholars. He even quotes the classics of the saints of medical and engineering schools. He is more extensive and interesting, which makes people agree with him unconsciously.

One specializes in military strategists, and the other dabbles in hundreds of schools. For a time, they were evenly matched.

The Hanlin scholars present looked at Fang Yun with respect. They thought that if they argued about other things, they might be able to compete with Zhang Daxueshi, but if it came to the art of war, they would definitely be at a disadvantage. Fang Yun was good. He was not at a disadvantage at such a young age. He was really amazing.

The two spoke like a string of cannons, without any time to think. All the words were squeezed out from the accumulation of daily life, which is one of the best ways to verify knowledge.

The head of the Wu family listened to the argument between the two. Not long after, he found that the sun rose early and the servants outside the door began to clean up. He motioned them to leave, then thought for a while and smiled.

"You two, please listen to me."

Fang Yun and Zhang Chengxuan stopped at the same time and looked at the head of the Wu family.

The head of the Wu family smiled and said, "The dispute between urgency and stability is quite important, but it is unreasonable to talk about war on paper. I think it is better for you two to go to the battlefield of literature, call out the war poems and soldiers, and the two armies will face each other. The victory or defeat on the field will determine the winner of the literary meeting. How about that?"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chengxuan shook his head and said, "How can it be like this? I am a university scholar and he is a Hanlin. If I win, it will be bullying the weak. If I lose, where will I put my old face? It's not appropriate, it's very inappropriate!"

Everyone was amused by Zhang Chengxuan's truth.

The head of the Wu family said, "This time, the war poems are only allowed to use war poems related to calling soldiers. Brother Zhang is not allowed to use the war poems of the university scholar, which is not considered bullying the weak."

"That makes sense..." Zhang Chengxuan stroked his beard and hesitated.

"What do you think, Fang Xusheng?" asked the head of the Wu family.

Fang Yun said, "It's OK with me. Can I use my literary mind?"

"Of course I can use my literary mind. As for the power of verbal battles or star positions, forget about it. You have amazing talent, and Brother Zhang has the advantage of rich experience. Both sides have their own advantages and disadvantages. If we just don't allow the university scholars to fight poetry, the two sides will be fair and reasonable."

Fang Yun nodded and said, "I don't think I'm at a disadvantage."

Zhang Chengxuan said, "Since Fang Xusheng thinks so, then I will go down and give it a try. If I win, it won't be unfair, and if I lose to Xusheng, it won't be shameful."

"This place is very close to the Confucius Mansion Academy. Let's find a literary battlefield nearby, and the two sides will face each other. Let's go!"

Even though they had been chatting all night, they were still energetic and excited to leave the Wu family and take a carriage to the Confucius Mansion Academy.

There were few pedestrians on the road, only a few students who were reading early and vendors who were about to set up stalls.

Not long after, the group entered a literary battlefield in the Confucius Mansion Academy.

The two sides greeted each other and stood one mile apart.

"Please!" After the two said that, they immediately picked up their pens to write war poems.

Both sides gave up any literary treasures and only used ordinary pens, ink, paper and inkstone.

Fang Yun did not use any unique means, but wrote the third realm "Dream of War in Wind and Rain" with a quick pen, summoned the Cold Iron Cavalry, and then wrote "White Horse Heroes" and "White Horse", summoned two Jinshi generals, and then prepared to write "Yishui Song" and "Send Jing Ke" to summon the Lianshi assassin.

Zhang Chengxuan, who was a mile away, said with a spring thunder: "The old man fights in a hurry, so I will move first!"

After Zhang Chengxuan finished speaking, his second realm Hanlin war poem "Trampling Lianying" turned into more than 1,500 strong soldiers, rushing towards Fang Yun, and the killing sound shook the sky.

Not only that, while Zhang Chengxuan was using his divine pen, he also spoke out at the same time. After just a few breaths, tens of thousands of war poem soldiers rushed towards Fang Yun, covering the sky, like a landslide in front of him.

Zhang Chengxuan smiled and said, "I am a university scholar. The talent in the palace is like a column of smoke turning into clouds. When I write the war poems of the Imperial Academy, the clouds rarely shake. I will rest for ten breaths first, and then call out the soldiers. I have no literary mind to 'take advantage of others', so I cannot increase the strength of these war poems and soldiers, and it is not considered that I am taking advantage of your low literary rank."

A Hanlin was stunned and whispered: "We forgot that Mr. Zhang is a university scholar. He wrote far more poems to summon soldiers than Hanlin. Now, Fang Xusheng is in trouble."

"Look, Fang Xusheng has only summoned 1,500 Frost Iron Knights at the moment, which is far less than Mr. Zhang."

"Fang Xusheng's war poem soldiers are strong, but even if he has the literary mind to take advantage of it and can use many war poems such as strong bow poems and enhanced protection poems for his war poem soldiers, it is impossible to defeat ten times the number of enemies."

"Huh? Fang Xusheng's advantage seems to be not weak. These Frost Iron Knights have flashing poems and their strength has increased a lot."

"If the war poem soldiers fight one-on-one, Fang Xusheng will definitely win."

In front of tens of thousands of soldiers, a mere 1,500 Frost Iron Knights are preparing to attack.

Although these cold iron knights are few in number, their bodies are shining. Each cavalryman has the effect of the expedition poem "Changwu", and their physical fitness has more than doubled. At the same time, they have the protection poem "Yijia", which is like wearing an extra set of armor, and their weapons are emitting a strange light, which is the effect of the Hanlin strong soldier poem "Fengren".

Then, Fang Yun recited a war poem he wrote last year, "Fu Ju".

When autumn comes on September 8,

My flowers bloom and all other flowers die.

The sky-high fragrance penetrates Ning'an,

The whole city is covered with golden armor.

When this poem was first written, the poem became a soaring dragon, which is not the normal power of war poems, but this time, it shows the normal power of this war poem.

A few chrysanthemums fell from the sky and landed on the cold iron cavalry, covering their armor and weapons with golden light, strengthening their protection and attack power. At the same time, all the cold iron cavalry exuded a faint chrysanthemum fragrance. Any enemy who approached them was like "My flowers bloom and all other flowers die", and they were all eroded by the fragrance and lost their strength.

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