This kind of eclectic recruitment was far from being as simple as Ouyang Xiu and Su Shunqin expected.
Because even Saamis, the governor of Silesia who had just escaped, received Li Ning's letter of persuasion to surrender.
Samis was actually very concerned about this, but after weighing the pros and cons, he finally refused to surrender to the Song Dynasty.
This guy traveled east in time faster than Alexander and then fled Cilicia through the Gate of Amanus in the northeast.
The Armanus Gate is located at the junction of two mountain ranges. Although it is not very narrow, it is still a place that must be contested.
Alexander obviously knew this very well. However, just like in history, he made a shocking and inexplicable choice.
After finally reaching the eastern end of Asia Minor, he abandoned this dangerous care to the north and headed south to the Syrian Gate.
It is really unbelievable that Alexander still made such a choice even after it was clear from intelligence that Darius III's army was in the Sochi Plain in the northeast.
According to the bravery and even recklessness he has always shown, he should not leave the enemy behind and leave his fragile back to the enemy.
What is even more incredible is that he also left some wounded soldiers in Issus. For Darius III, this was undoubtedly a piece of delicious fat.
First of all, the strategic location of Issus is actually very important. Secondly, even some wounded soldiers can boost the morale of the ancient Persian army and reverse their passive situation of low morale caused by successive defeats.
Although most of the Greek advisers around Darius III, the Persian king, did not agree with such a radical attack method. But the proud king believed that his 500,000-strong army could defeat Alexander. Therefore, despite the fierce opposition of Ametas, the son of Antiochus, and others, and even with the clear attitude of some of them, he led his army into the rear of Amaneshan.
When the Song Dynasty's scouts sent this information to Li Ning, the anxiety on their faces made everyone who knew about it panic.
They had known for a long time that the Persian king had assembled an armed force no less powerful than the Song Dynasty and was marching towards Alexander and fragile Asia Minor.
For the people of the Song Dynasty, even if all the 800,000 imperial troops near Bianjing were mobilized here, they might not be able to easily defeat the Persian king who was fighting at home.
Such a mammoth scene is obviously frightening to the scholars who have never experienced the battlefield.
But Li Ning remained calm. After all, he had known that Alexander would make such a choice, and he also knew that the Battle of Issus would not disappear from history because of his deliberately restrained behavior.
So he just quietly conveyed his order to Zihao, gathered 40,000 cavalrymen from Cappadocia, and advanced towards Xisisi as quickly as possible.
The Song Dynasty's military deployment in Asia Minor has now expanded from 20,000 to 60,000. This is only the number of their local dispatched troops, plus the local armed forces and Greek mercenaries they recruited with financial and material resources. The number has already exceeded 100,000.
Therefore, the Light Curtain Division, supported by a large amount of minerals and imported products, still showed a tragic account performance of being unable to make ends meet, and thus became the target of Ouyang Xiu's complaints. However, the fact is that such a military force is not only capable of operating on a large scale. The consumption of the wealth in the warehouse also almost transferred the wealth rights accumulated by the local tycoons in some areas of Asia Minor for many years to the name of the Song Dynasty.
Therefore, the imperial court almost turned a blind eye to such military plunder. Although most people believed that such an unjust army would not last long, the economic plan discussed by Li Ning and Pang Ji was Their minds were quickly stabilized.
So the fighting on the front line continued.
The 40,000 cavalry had just been formed and were not yet elite at this time. They were also the lifeblood of the Song Empire in Asia Minor. No one dared to put such important combat power on the battlefield easily, but Li Ning made such a judgment.
Since these forbidden troops are nominally subordinate to Guangmu Si Huixia, Li Ning has the right to command them.
Their invasion of Cappadocia was to a large extent to prepare for the decisive battle, so no one made irresponsible remarks on Li Ning's order. Instead, they immediately prepared their troops for war and rushed towards the bumpy future.
The harsh terrain of Silesia, especially the broken mountains, fully hindered the advance speed of the Song Dynasty cavalry.
So much so that the Persian King Darius III failed to notice in time that this powerful force was approaching him.
Therefore, his direction did not change, and he continued to go south, preparing to attack the poorly defended land of Issus.
Looking at the traces on the map and thinking about the place that is now the temporary occupied hospital in Alexandria, Li Ning was reminded of the Pearl Island during World War II with some sigh.
According to some later accounts, Pearl Island had actually made a lot of preparations for war before it was attacked by the Japanese army. The supply of plasma is an obvious evidence.
In other words. However, when it was not certain where the enemy would launch its attack, it was possible to use weak forces to identify the direction of the enemy's attack and then use sufficient preparations to fight back. This was the most likely approach adopted by the US military at that time. Therefore, the sinking of the USS Arizona provided a The outbreak of the entire U.S. Navy in the Pacific Theater provided sufficient reasons. How similar it was to the Maine incident that had not been forgotten by too many people at the time.
And now Alexander left his field hospital behind, neither in solid Tarsus nor in concealed Soli. This fully proves that he is prepared to use this to seduce Da Liu.
There is no doubt that this is a despicable scene, but it was the greatest military strategist of the time, Alexander, who made him. No one raised objections during this period, even later when many people commented on the matter. Sometimes, they would only say that Alexander made a fatal mistake and made an unexplainable act of stupidity.
In fact his caution was always with him and was not abandoned, not at any time. His current location is the plain area south of Issus. This plain is located between Issus and the Syrian Gate, with the eastern edge of the Mediterranean Sea to the west and the continuous mountains of Amanus to the east.
On such a long and narrow plain. If you are fighting an enemy force that is dozens of times more numerous, the biggest problem with the enemy force is that it cannot deploy.
And strictly speaking, the beautiful city of Issus, well, it should be said that it is a town actually belongs to this small plain.
It's a pity that Darius III did not notice this.
"It was a fatal mistake for him to leave Sochi."
Li Ning clapped his palms, poked a dart into the Sochi area on the map, and then said to the attendants beside him: "This will be our extremely important strategic fulcrum, and we will use this to expand to the Caucasus Mountains in the north. own buffer zone, and then get in touch with the Scythian territory through sea roads. Then peer at the Mesopotamia and the Iranian Plateau with eager eyes. You can also choose to cross the Amu Darya River Basin that appears in Central Asia, and even By opening up the connection with the Chinese region here, just imagine how the Qin Dynasty at that time would feel after seeing us."
After hearing these words, the attendants immediately fell into a heated discussion. The most common thing they did when following Li Ning was to look at the map and formulate some ideas for the future.
And they already knew the current time coordinates from Li Ning. Then of course they would think about how they would face their group of extraterrestrial visitors during the Warring States Period corresponding to 333 BC.
However...their argument did not bring any real help to Li Ning. The guy just listened to it for a while and prepared to leave quietly.
However, at this moment, a man named Gao Xuanfo came from outside.
The attendants were very surprised, how could there be a bald donkey here? Although Li Ning often talks about bald donkeys recently, it is obvious that the ingredients used are bigger.
Then someone stood up and asked loudly: "Who is outside?"
"The poor monk Qisong came from Hengshan and came to pay homage to Secretary Li Shijun."
Once I heard that he addressed Li Ning as Zhang Secretary instead of Jia Tou, I knew that he got the news from Pang Ji. Because Li Ning was also the secretary-general of Pang Ji, although he was not around, his prestige made those around him pay special attention to respecting him in terms of formality.
Therefore, it is not unusual for some honorifics to be heard in other people's ears.
However, Li Ning has admired this Buddhist master for a long time, but it is difficult to show off in front of him. So he rushed out of the door and stepped down to greet him, holding the other person's hand and inviting him in.
The great monk obviously did not expect that the notorious Li Sanban would be so nice to talk to.
But after he opened his mouth, Li Ning's face immediately brightened.
As for the reason, it was naturally because the great monk came to ask for money.
Li Ning wants to use Buddhism to spread the science of benevolence, not only to spread this idea, but also to spread the corresponding technology. How many Buddhists in the world are willing to be used for it, and even if there are few who can Do the four major conferences know about it?
Obviously there are very few answers to both questions.
However, the rare disciples among these few include precisely the Master Qisong in front of him.
A few years ago, he went to Bianjing and explained his understanding of the relationship between Confucianism and Buddhism to the current emperor and court officials.
The great monk believes that the teachings of Buddhism only provide help to Confucianism in the secular world.
Therefore, although he wears a cassock, in fact, he is most likely a scholar and doctor at heart.
Regardless of whether this speculation is correct, or whether his previous statement was sincere, Changji did not have much choice when he was in urgent need of similar talents, so he wrote a letter of resignation and asked this person to live in seclusion in Hengshan, Nanyue. , and a great monk named "Qianzi" came out.
The dragon lurks in the abyss, in order to one day be able to soar into the sky. Since he has the ambition of a scholar-bureaucrat in the mortal world, naturally this great monk will not play tricks like refusing to welcome, so after receiving the letter, he immediately Before leaving the mountain, he came to Quanzhou to meet Pang Ji.
But as mentioned before, the current situation in Quanzhou has become a bit chaotic due to the arrival of overseas talents. Although in the final analysis it should be defined as a hundred flowers blooming, for this Buddhist master, listening to the Theravada Buddhism A It was somewhat uncomfortable to preach Buddhism there in Dixia.
However, what he needed to do was not yet available, so he had to go to the other side of the light curtain in person to ask Pang Ji and Li Ning what they should do.
The customs did not give this eminent monk any trouble, and even sent a team of soldiers to personally escort him south.
The Hellespont and Phrygia, which had just restored order, also made his journey south much smoother. However, when he arrived in front of Li Ning, he found that the person who made the suggestion was not as wise as he thought. In hand.
"How many monks are willing to help me?"
"As far as the poor monk knows, only a few of the local monks in Quanzhou are willing to help the third class."
"Am I so uncharismatic?"
"That's not the case. The concept of Ban San is so grand in Thailand that many people cannot accept it. But as time goes by, they will understand Ban Ban's intention."
Li Ning sneered: "Maybe it's not as good as gold and silver to make those monks tempted?"
"Everyone has their own needs, and no matter how deep Gaza is, they still have to pay for food and clothing, so who can truly become a monk?"
Li Ning didn't expect him to speak so honestly, and couldn't help but glance at him secretly. He was afraid that his disrespect would be noticed by others, so he withdrew his gaze.
If the great monk didn't care much, he smiled and said to Li Ning: "Class 3 wants to establish a school, but it is in the name of a temple. It is hard to accept, but it is not difficult to do. But Class 3 knows , in addition to a lot of money, even if you want to establish a private school, you still need good teachers to teach in it. Those people invited from overseas by the third class, even if they have some special knowledge, I am afraid..."
"Master, there is no need to panic. Those people are just here to fill in the gaps and enrich the knowledge of our Chinese people. Those who can teach my Chinese nobles must at least be as stable as Mr. Taishan."
The great monk had heard of Sun Fu's name, but it was a pity that he didn't get to see him when he passed by Quanzhou. Of course, it was because he was preparing to start classes at the rest school.
That school now has a name. Since the money mainly comes from the Light Curtain Division, it is called the First School of Light Curtain.
This school has a very wide range of memories. It recruits some school-age children to do ordinary jobs such as door opening and basic education. It also recruits some older social youth and educated people to do professional education and higher education.
What is very interesting is that there is a huge gap between the educational philosophies of Sun Fu and Li Ning. The former observes Confucius's idea of teaching without distinction and blindly recruits students ferociously, while the latter somewhat advocates the quality of education and is fanatical about the professional training of children.
What's even more interesting is that the latter actually attracted a strong supporter.
Mr. Anding Hu Yuan.
This educator, who created the professional training system of the Fenzhai method during the Northern Song Dynasty, greatly admired Li Ning's selection and professional practices that were copied from the higher education system.
Therefore, he is now also working for Li Ning, with these two gentlemen.
In fact, the great monk does not need to worry too much. In addition to money, land and a house, the only thing he needs during this trip is Li Ning's words. He can fill in the gaps and enrich his knowledge.
Later, this positioning was known to Puyane, who was so angry that the Arab businessman vomited blood.
In order to lure a court scholar of Biruni's level to the Song Dynasty of China, this dear man spent a lot of money.
One of them is to protect the Arab world from the threats of military presence in the light curtain.
Therefore, while translating, Biruni also paid special attention to what was happening on the other side of the light curtain. He even tried to go through the light curtain to visit personally.
However, the chief executives of Quanzhou were concerned that his physical condition would make him unfit for such a dangerous journey after a long journey, and they politely rejected his application.
However, after the great monk came once, I believe there is no sufficient reason to block such an application.
But the great monk doesn't care about this. Scholars should look at the real world instead of hiding in temples. Of course, he is a Qingxiu himself and is exploring another world, but those businessmen and scholars in the Arab world are obviously not like him. A one-dimensional creature.
Unfortunately, she soon discovered that Li Ning and he were not creatures of the same dimension.
Because this guy took out the false scripture he had been writing in the past few days and told him that it was an undisclosed secret that he had learned from the light curtain.
Therefore, this sutra has a very clear name, called "Light Curtain Heart Sutra".
"Light Curtain Heart Sutra", the junior version has 13 parts, corresponding to 13 subjects in middle school. The strange thing is that Li Ning actually programmed the computer into it. Although it is not used at all in this era, he is afraid that one day, another light curtain will be connected to some special eras, so it is more reliable to popularize some knowledge.
But the great monk could not understand his intentions. Since he had obtained the new scriptures, he naturally had to go back and spread them.
Although this thing doesn't look like a Buddhist classic, but more like what Li Ning calls theoretical guidance that needs to be transformed into real skills and then disseminated.
But now that he is here, he will naturally not have any unnecessary comments on this important point.
What's more, Li Ning also wrote such a sentence on the title page of this scripture.
"There is no good or evil in everything that exists. However, the human heart has good and evil, so it can do evil as well as good. We benevolent people and people with lofty ideals should think about how it can benefit the world and do good to the world every time we touch it. Pots and bowls The ladle is like this, and the light curtain is like the sea ship."
