The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1484 The Hermit in the Army

As the army moved forward, some people came to Fang Yun's carriage at the beginning, but gradually they rarely appeared.

Because every time it was time for dinner, Fang Yun could always bring out all kinds of delicacies from Jingzhou City, including stewed, sauced, smoked, fried, stir-fried, and boiled food. As long as they were slightly heated, the fragrance would spread dozens of feet, far better than the food in the army.

Only then did everyone understand that this Marquis of Zhujiang firmly implemented the fine tradition of Confucius, "Eat fine food and eat fine food", and even prepared a lot of delicacies early on the road.

So, some people began to make up stories about Fang Yun's extravagance.

However, when this matter reached the ears of those high-ranking people, they caught unusual information. They realized that Zhang Longxiang had actually found the ancestral Hanhu shells.

The State of Chu was located in the south of Confucius' literary world, and the weather quickly warmed up after the beginning of spring.

Even before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, many places had already seen greenery, just as the poem said, the grass looked far away but not close.

With the blessing of the marching poem, the biggest impact of long-distance travel on soldiers is not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.

Every day, there will be scholars in the army playing more cheerful zither or pipa music, or holding some activities such as wrestling and martial arts competitions when camping at night, constantly eliminating the monotony on the road.

Along the way, no generals of the Lumen Army came to visit Fang Yun, and Lumen Hou was always at the front of the team, as if he had completely forgotten that there was a Zhujiang Hou in the army.

Fang Yun felt a little heavy. He had not seen a general visit for many days in the army, which was enough to show the seriousness of the matter.

These days, Fang Yun mostly read and studied in the carriage, but he also kept observing the team in secret. He soon discovered that there was occasionally a hint of obscure and powerful talent in the Lumen Army. The level of that talent was similar to the power of Lumen Hou, but the nature was quite different. The two sides were several miles apart, and were blocked by many soldiers and carriages, so Fang Yun never had the opportunity to see that person.

Fang Yun felt that the aura of talent was somewhat familiar, but he could not guess who that person was. However, at least it was certain that this time the Chu army went south, there was one more university scholar. Three university scholars could completely defeat the five barbarian kings one by one, and the chance of winning increased by at least 20%.

As the team continued to move forward, the soldiers and generals began to become impatient, and Zhang Longxiang became the object of discouragement for the entire army. From morning to night, soldiers or generals kept scolding Zhang Wankong or Zhang Longxiang, and several generals with high literary positions even used their tongues to scold him.

Lumen Hou never stepped forward to stop it.

Fang Yun never spoke back, but he was inevitably a little angry after being scolded too much.

The winter snow melted and the spring rain came. When it was still three days away from Zhucheng, the sky began to drizzle.

At first, there was nothing, but after walking for several hours, the morale became very low. Lumen Hou stepped forward and wrote a poem on the spot to stop the flooding, which stopped the spring rain in a radius of hundreds of miles.

The whole army was in high spirits, shouting that the Lumen Army had won a great victory, and was extremely grateful to the Lumen Marquis.

At night, the army set up camp, and Fang Yun, as usual, still lived in the carriage and read.

Fang Yun was generally very happy these days, and this joy came from the books of Confucius' literary world.

Although the Shengyuan Continent collected the famous works of various ancient places into the Holy Academy, it ignored the slightly inferior or ordinary books, but occasionally there were some unique insights in these books, and Fang Yun was overjoyed every time he read the good ones.

Because he was about to go to war, Fang Yun had been reading the military classics of Confucius' literary world these days. While reading, he practiced in his mind. When he read the profound parts, he wanted to take out the official seal and enter the military strategist's thirteen cloud ladders to verify. Unfortunately, this place is too far from the holy temple, and the official seal cannot be used at all, so he had to give up.

Not long after dinner, Fang Yun happened to read a military book written by a university scholar. The book said that the number of people in the Confucius Literature World has been increasing over the years, but the barbarians have also been increasing. They have gradually learned some human military tactics, so they can grow in the Confucius Literature World.

Seeing this, Fang Yun's divine mind instinctively began to deduce. After the deduction, Fang Yun was about to continue reading, but suddenly froze.

"The 150,000 troops went south, and the barbarians must have got the news! Among the five barbarian kings, one is the Fox Barbarian King, who is familiar with the military tactics, so the Pearl River Army suffered heavy losses, even Qishan Hou was troubled by it. If I were the Fox Barbarian King, what would I do if I learned that the 150,000 troops were reinforcing Zhucheng to recapture Lianguan?"

Fang Yun could no longer sit still, immediately put down the book, quickly got off the carriage, and walked towards the direction of the central army tent.

To prevent sneak attacks or accidents at night, the military prohibitions are very strict. Soldiers in each camp and army have a fixed range of activities. Except for generals with waist badges, no one is allowed to move around randomly.

Fang Yun was arranged to live in the outermost area with the Jingnan Army, far away from the Lumen Army.

When walking in the Jingnan Army camp, no one stopped him. After all, the general of the Jingnan Army was just a Hanlin, and those little soldiers did not have much confidence in facing the dignified Zhujiang Marquis.

As soon as Fang Yun stepped into the Lumen Army, three teams of patrolling soldiers came quickly from three directions, holding up shields and spears.

"This Hanlin, do you have a night travel waist badge?" The black-faced team leader was looking at Fang Yun seriously and gesturing to the back. Two people in each of the three teams put whistles in their mouths and could blow loud warning whistles at any time.

Fang Yun frowned slightly and said, "I am Zhang Longxiang, the Marquis of Zhujiang. I don't have a badge, but I want to see Lord Lumen Marquis."

Although the two have equal titles, there is a gap in literary status and power, so Fang Yun can only ask for an audience as a subordinate.

The three teams were stunned, some were angry, some were sneerful, but most of them were calm, just a little relaxed. No matter what the soldiers thought, no one spoke.

Fang Yun saw everyone's actions, and thought to himself that the Lumen Army was indeed a strong army.

The black-faced team leader said: "Please wait for a moment, Zhujiang Hou, I will report to the marshal immediately."

"Thank you." Fang Yun nodded, Lumen Hou was the marshal of the Lumen Army.

The black-faced team leader left with his own soldiers, and the other two teams stared at Fang Yun.

"You continue patrolling, I will wait here and will not force my way in." Fang Yun said.

The two teams of soldiers did not move, and a few soldiers showed a faint contempt.

"Humph!" Fang Yun snorted coldly, but he did not get angry after all, and stood there waiting.

Time passed slowly, and a quarter of an hour later, Fang Yun looked up and looked forward, and there was no shadow of the black-faced team leader.

Another quarter of an hour later, the black-faced team leader did not come.

After three quarters of an hour, the black-faced captain came over with a general in a Jinshi robe.

The Jinshi general smiled and walked closer, bowed, and said, "I, Wei Changxian, greet Lord Zhang. I wonder what you, Lord Zhang, have to offer?"

Fang Yun also bowed and said, "I read military books at night and got some insights that are related to the war situation in Chu State, so I want to meet Lord Lumen to talk about military affairs."

Wei Changxian laughed and said, "Lord, you care about the country and the people, I admire you. However, the marshal is discussing the plan to pacify the barbarians with the generals, so it is inconvenient for him to meet Lord Zhang."

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