In the academy, Wang Kan's laughter could be heard far away. He had not laughed like this for a long time since the Five Kingdoms attacked Huaihe River.
"Go and invite Sun Bin here." Wang Kan said with a smile.
Soon the guards invited Sun Bin out. Wang Kan was very happy to see Sun Bin. He grabbed Sun Bin's arm and said with a smile: "As expected of the grandson of Lord Wu An, he is really powerful. I am also the unicorn son of Huai Kingdom!"
"Are you Duke Huai? Are you really fake?" Sun Bin asked excitedly.
Wang Kan said happily: "If it's fake, it will be replaced."
"Your Majesty, the dog is rude, I hope you will forgive me!" A middle-aged man next to him quickly complained.
"Sun Qing doesn't need to be polite. Your son is a genius. I have to thank Sun Qing for giving birth to a good son!" Wang Kan was very happy.
"Your Majesty, please don't praise him anymore. Quanzi is just a little clever guy with a flamboyant personality who doesn't know how to restrain himself. The strategies he mentioned have never been put into practice. Whether they can be implemented is still unknown. They are just superficial. I hope you will forgive me." ." Sun Ming said.
Hearing his father's words, Sun Bin was very unconvinced and wanted to refute something, but he still endured it in front of Huaigong.
Sun Bin does seem a little complacent now, but as a young man, this is the time when he longs for his father's approval. And because of his talent and intelligence, he is very proud, so he has some minor flaws, but they are all acceptable.
Jinling, the main hall of Huai Kingdom.
"My lords, you must also know about the academy. I plan to recruit Sun Bin as a military advisor. What do you think?" Wang Kan said directly.
Hearing Wang Kan's words, although everyone had expected it, they were still a little shocked. A fourteen-year-old boy served as the military advisor of an army of hundreds of thousands. This kind of thing seemed like a joke, but now this incident It was the king who proposed the matter
It was quiet in the main hall. After waiting for a cup of tea, one of the ministers came forward and said: "Your Majesty, Sun Bin is indeed outstanding. His military strength in the academy is unparalleled, but..."
"But what?" Wang Kan said with a slight smile.
"But he is too young!" said the minister, "and your Majesty, Sun Bin has never been on the battlefield, so I don't know what his military strength is!"
"The important matters of the country are in the army and in the sacrifice. How can the life and death of the half million army be controlled by a child? For the sake of the country of Huai, I ask you to take back your life!" As he said, the veteran saluted Wang Kan directly.
Wang Kan took a breath, and then said: "Zhang Qing, Sun Bin is a little younger. He has never been on the battlefield or led a single soldier!"
"But who in this world didn't start from the first time? At that time, Wu'an lord grandson Wuzi led an army of 10,000 to conquer Chu in the west. He won five battles and five victories. He conquered the capital of Ying in one fell swoop and broke the backbone of Chu. That's how I came to be. The Huai Kingdom is prosperous today."
"It was also the first time for Mr. Wu An to lead an army. According to what you said, wouldn't it mean that he would not be allowed to command the army?"
"Your Majesty, this is not what I mean. Jun Wu'an is such a genius that ordinary people can't compare to him," the veteran said quickly.
"Your Majesty, Lord Wu'an is a military master from heaven who has descended to earth. He is very comparable to others. However, although Sun Bin has the most powerful military force in the academy, he is not Lord Wu'an after all."
"He is the fourth generation grandson of Lord Wu'an." Wang Kan said calmly: "As the saying goes, ambition does not lie in youth. I am optimistic about Sun Bin."
The minister who was about to continue the argument suddenly became silent.
"Your Majesty, Sun Bin is too young and his character is undecided. If he is suddenly given a high position, it would be unkind to him!" said another minister.
After hearing this, Wang Kan thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "Then appoint him as a fake military advisor!"
Everyone in the hall looked at each other in shock. It seemed that the king was determined to appoint Sun Bin as military advisor.
"The ministers are opposed to appointing Sun Bin alone, but on the frontline battlefield, our Huai army is passive and can only rely on the city defense. If Sun Bin is not used, can you have a clever strategy to defeat the Three Jins and Qi?" Wang Kan looked around the palace. Minister, said calmly.
"This" none of the officials in the palace were so sure, and they were speechless. Seeing this scene, Wang Kan waved his hands and said: "Since you are not sure, then listen to Sun Bin!"
Seeing this situation, several ministers in the office nearby knew that the matter had been settled, and immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, if you insist on letting Sun Bin serve as military advisor, I think it is not impossible."
Wang Kan's eyes lit up, and he instantly felt that he was an old official in the government who knew the general situation.
"However, I think I would like to ask you to follow him to the army."
"Otsuka Zai, you are not young, and you are in a difficult situation in the army. If you make a mistake, how can you explain to your ancestors?" Wang Kan's expression changed and he said quickly.
"Your Majesty, I don't have to go, but I have to go!" Otsuka Zai said: "If a fourteen-year-old child doesn't go there without an experienced minister, how can the arrogant generals in the army be willing to accept his childishness? At this time, no matter how many talents Sun Bin has and how many clever tricks he has, if those arrogant and powerful generals don't listen, what's the use?"
"The old minister is Otsuka Zai. When he was young, he followed Wu Zi in east and west conquests. If the old minister stands up for Sun Bin, no one of those arrogant soldiers would dare to act arrogantly!"
Wang Kan heard what Otsuka Zai said and immediately understood what Otsuka Zai meant. But Otsuka Zai is seventy-six years old this year. How can this reassure him?
"Your Majesty, please give the order. This veteran is also the heir of Prince Wen. The children of the royal family cannot worry about the country and do what they should do." After Otsuka Zai finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
Wang Kan hesitated for a long time, and finally nodded with difficulty and said: "Then it's all up to Otsuka Zai!"
As Wang Kan's edict was issued, the entire Huaiguo Academy was in a state of excitement. A boy who was no more than fourteen years old was actually appointed as the military advisor of a country.
As the edict was issued, Sun Bin was also very happy. At the age of fourteen, he was ranked as a public minister, which can be said to be the first of its kind in the Huai Kingdom.
After Sun Bin took up the post of military advisor, Wang Kan specially dispatched two hundred feather forest guards to escort him to Huaibei, and Otsuka Zai also went with him.
The two took a boat all the way and soon arrived in Huai'an, and then commanded the 50,000 troops Huai'an had just assembled to go north to Xiapi.
Along the way, Otsuka Zai began to teach Sun Bin various things that needed to be paid attention to in the army. Although Sun Bin had a strong military presence in the academy, he had only read about it on bamboo slips and had never experienced marching or fighting in person.
For him, this march was to verify what he had learned in the book. And with a dedicated professor like Otsuka Zai, Sun Bin can be said to have avoided many detours.
In the past, Sun Bin studied the art of war and military literature. Most of the time he only knew about it but didn't know why. Now with Professor Otsuka Zai, Sun Bin quickly understood the things in those military books and then integrated them.
Marching and fighting are also the most training. After just a few days in the army, the impetuousness that originally belonged to Sun Bin's youth has disappeared, replaced by calmness.
(End of chapter)
