After solving the doubts in his heart, how could Xiao Rui still care about eating? He threw one ingot and ten taels of silver to the waiter, and then quickly returned to the Xiao Family Chamber of Commerce in Yueyang City with Fang Er.
It was only then that Fang Er asked the doubts in his heart: "Brother Xiao, what on earth did you think of? Also, you have been thinking about something all the way. How did you get along with Lao Junguan's Yuan Are you like a god? I never heard that you know how to tell fortunes."
Xiao Rui chuckled and said: "That's because I don't use it often. In fact, in some aspects, my divination is not much worse than Yuan Laodao. For example, in calculating the weather."
weather?
The second roommate complained speechlessly, "Counting the weather? What's the use of it? You can't control whether it's sunny or cloudy, whether it's raining or not. Even if you can know it in advance, you can only wait and see God's face. No wonder you don't show it often. , after a long time of fussing, it turned out to be the most useless divination."
Xiao Rui rolled his eyes, and then said educationally: "You kid, don't be ignorant of gold and jade. There is no useless knowledge in the world, it just depends on where you use it."
"And you are a military general. How can a general not know the right time and place? When marching and fighting, if you can predict the weather conditions in advance, and use it well, it will be comparable to an extra 100,000 troops, and it can even change the outcome of the battle."
Fang Er scratched his head and smiled innocently, then rubbed his hands and said with hot eyes: "Ahem, is this knowledge difficult? Can I learn it?"
Xiao Rui looked at Fang Er in surprise, shook his head and said: "There are too many things to learn in divination, and you don't have the talent in this area, so..."
oh……
"I knew that all these things can only be learned by you smart people..." Fang Er said angrily, seemingly dissatisfied with Xiao Rui, but actually depressed that his brain was not working well.
Xiao Rui laughed loudly, "Okay, you just don't like to use your brain. After all, your talent is martial arts and you are good at hands-on skills. But it doesn't mean you are not smart. Who dares to say that the son of the prime minister is not smart?"
Fang Er said in frustration: "Brother Xiao, you don't have to comfort me. Except for my family and you, everyone else says that Fang Er is stupid, big and rude. I've been used to this since I was a child."
Xiao Rui patted him on the shoulder, "I mean, your talent is not in the art of divination, but I didn't say that you can't learn the art of divination."
ah?
Fang Er opened his mouth wide, waiting for Xiao Rui's next words.
"If you are asked to learn divination from Yuan Laodao, I am afraid that you may not be able to get started in thirty years, and it is not as fast as your martial arts. This is called talent. Haha, if I really accept a disciple like you, Yuan Laodao I'm afraid he will be pissed to death. Of course, he knows five hundred years before and five hundred years afterward. He is the best at predicting the future's good and bad luck, so he will definitely not accept you."
puff……
Fang 2: After talking for a long time, you still call me stupid.
I saw Xiao Rui continue to say: "I have an exclusive and quick divination technique called Plum Blossom Counting, which was passed down by the sage Shaozi."
"I can only teach you the part of calculating the weather. It's easy to get started and very fast to get started. It's very practical. You can learn it after a period of time."
real? ?
Fang Er asked somewhat unconfidently.
Xiao Rui said angrily: "When have I ever lied to you? Do you want to learn? If you don't learn, I'm not willing to pass it on to you. You must know that this is a secret inheritance. Yuan Laodao wants to exchange his bone-weighing count with me. I don’t even agree.”
Hearing this, Fang Er's eyes started to heat up. He rubbed his hands and waited for Xiao Rui's teaching, almost losing his temper.
etc……
Suddenly a question came to mind, and Fang Er asked carefully: "Brother Xiao, is this thing leaking secrets? If you pass it on to me, will it do any harm to you? I have heard that leaking secrets will lead to backlash. Yes. If that’s the case, then I won’t learn.”
Xiao Rui was deeply moved. This little brother was honest and kind-hearted.
"Okay, don't worry, as long as you don't use this ability for evil."
"But not now. We are pressed for time and need to concentrate on solving the siege of Dongting."
Fang Er asked in confusion: "Brother Xiao, what did you guess?"
Xiao Rui said in a deep voice: "If I guessed correctly, the Dongting Water Village has the internal support of the Jingxiang Navy. The Jingxiang Navy dared to besiege but not attack. Firstly, they did not want to cause too much damage, and secondly, they had a sure way to win. A killer weapon.”
"And this trump card is—the internal agent!"
Fang Er shook his head and said, "No way. Didn't the brother from here boast about it and say that Dongting Water Village is run like an iron bucket by them..."
Xiao Rui smiled slightly and said with a hint of ridicule: "You also said that they were showing off... was it bragging? They were hoping to get me to recruit them. How could they sell it at a good price if they didn't show their ability? "
Pooh! These guys have weak souls and are bragging about their feelings like me.
Fang Er spat angrily.
"If it is a normal water battle, the Dongting water bandits may not be able to fight. You and I have also seen the warships and battle formations they trained. They are not weak. They boast that the Jingxiang Navy is not as good as the Dongting water bandits. We have never seen Jingxiang Navy, so we can’t comment on it, but I think it’s generally good.”
"That's why the Jingxiang Navy was unwilling to fight a war of attrition on the water with them. That's why they decided to besiege instead of attacking and wait for opportunities."
"Let outsiders mistakenly think that they want to trap the Dongting water bandits, but in fact they are waiting for the inside to take action."
Fang Er sighed and said: "That's it. This internal agent is in the water bandits' stronghold, and his status will not be low. When the two sides start a war, the internal agent will suddenly rebel, tsk tsk..."
Xiao Rui couldn't help but laugh and said: "This is a normal situation. But the current situation is that the Jingxiang Navy does not want too many people to die, so it does not want to fight on the water."
"In this way, the spy will not choose to rebel on the battlefield, but wait for an opportunity, then open a gap and quietly welcome the Jingxiang Navy into the island in the middle of the lake. By then, a battle will begin. The water battle between the navy and the water bandits will turn into a land battle on the land in the middle of the lake."
"When fighting on land, the water bandits have no armor, but the navy is equipped with armor and swords. After advancing and retreating, the Dongting water bandits are only left to be slaughtered."
"If I guess correctly, the strategic defense map of the island in the middle of the lake has been sent to the desk of Commander Jingxiang Navy a long time ago."
hiss……
After listening to Xiao Rui's analysis, Fang Er felt a chill on his back, thinking that the vicious plot behind it was too cruel. No, I must not be a simple military commander, I must learn to use my brain. You don't need to use your brains to deceive people, as long as you don't get deceived by others, that's enough.
As Xiao Rui expected, in the cabin of a large warship on Dongting Lake, Xu Datong, commander of the Jingxiang Navy, was studying the defense plan of the island in the middle of the lake with several subordinates.
"Everyone, Li Daozong, the king of Jiangxia, passed by here with three thousand soldiers and horses, and accidentally proposed to stay for a few days, which forced us to be on guard. So time is running out. If we can't wait within five days, On a foggy day, all we have to do is make some attacks in the east and west, lure the water bandits out, and then take the opportunity to raid their lair."
A close subordinate said: "Commander, Master Jiao's divination skills have never failed. He said it will be foggy the day after tomorrow, so it will be fine the day after tomorrow."
Xu Datong said in a deep voice: "If there is heavy fog the day after tomorrow, then we will carry out the original plan. If it doesn't happen, then we will have to make a second plan first."
Wise leadership~
In Yueyang City, Xiao Rui issued an order, and the people of the Xiao Family Chamber of Commerce went all out to collect as many boats as they wanted, no matter how big or small they were. All docked secretly for backup.
Fang Er asked curiously: "Brother Xiao, why do we need so many small fishing boats? These boats can't fight, and they will capsize when touched by the battlefield. Also, we don't have water combat troops..."
Xiao Rui chuckled and said slightly mysteriously: "Yi Ai, have you read the book Three Kingdoms? This time I want to give them Xiao Rui's version - Straw Boat Borrowing Arrows!"
Borrowing arrows from a straw boat? ? ?
