"Can't I understand? I just see it so clearly that I know that the barbarians are invincible. The only way for the Yang family to survive is to surrender, instead of seeking death by stubbornly resisting!"
Yang Meng said this in his heart, but said: "According to what Mr. Zhao said, once the Hu people come back, won't we definitely be defeated?"
"You... are like rotten wood that cannot be carved!" Zhao Wenjing's hands shook with anger, and he threw the chess piece he had just picked up back into the box, "If you are outnumbered, can't you use your strengths and avoid your weaknesses?
"If you can't fight head-on, then don't go out to fight in the field. Why don't you rely on Wubao to hold on?"
Yang Meng secretly took a deep breath. Zhao Wenjing had a bad temper every time he talked to him. This made him particularly depressed as he held great power in the Yang family and always walked sideways.
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"According to what you said, holding on to Wubao is indeed the only option."
After listening to Li Qinghan's serious analysis, Li Jianjia became a little more serious, "But Wubao is not so easy to hold on to.
"A country man who has never held a sword or fought with anyone, and there are not enough regular troops around him to suppress the formation, facing the barbarians' experienced warriors, even a few rounds of strong bow volleys are not enough." If you can't resist, you will collapse easily.
"Although Yangjiawu Fort is quite strong, the city wall is a bit shorter after all, so the advantage is not that great, and it cannot give Qingzhuang much sense of security.
"Fighting requires courage. An ordinary man cannot take away his will, and the three armies cannot take away his energy. Once a young man is suppressed by Hu Qi's momentum, not to mention a few hundred people, even a thousand people will not be able to do anything!"
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Yang Meng looked at Zhao Wenjing and said eloquently: "Besides, although rural farmers are hardworking and hardworking, they have a loose temperament, lack organization and discipline, and they are not able to enforce orders and prohibitions.
"As long as the barbarians attack, some of the young men will be killed or injured, and the situation will be in chaos, and they will even run away like rats. Not to mention our Xiaoxiaowu Fort, even if we give them a strong city, they will not be able to defend it!"
Zhao Wenjing stood up and slapped the case, intending to scold him, but then he thought about it and sat back, looking at the old patriarch.
As an outsider, it was hard for him to go too far, and he had to show off to the old patriarch.
The old patriarch knew what Yang Meng meant.
The other party firmly believes that it cannot defeat the barbarians by relying on its own strength. This is not an unfounded goal, but is based on realistic considerations.
The old patriarch also understood Yang Meng's plan.
Since the Yang family could not resist the Hu people's revenge, the only way to survive was to surrender and fight for Shi Le'an from then on.
As for the trouble caused by the killing and wounding of the Hu people yesterday, it is not that it cannot be solved. Just put all the mistakes on Yang Ning, throw it to the Hu people to vent their anger, and then use money, food, cloth, and silk to compensate the Hu people for their losses.
Doing this may save the Yang family, but it may still not be able to eliminate the anger of the Hu people, so the Yang family will still be in danger of destruction.
The reason why Yang Meng worked hard in this direction was simply because he believed that the probability of success was much greater than the probability of Yang Ning defeating the Hu's counterattack.
Of course, Yang Meng may not be selfish.
As long as Yang Ning is gone, Yang Meng can naturally inherit the Yang family business.
For Yang Meng, this is a strategy that kills two birds with one stone.
The old patriarch's face was ugly, but he did not immediately refute and deny Yang Meng's words and scold Yang Meng as Zhao Wenjing expected.
After all, Yang Meng's words are not unreasonable.
Since it makes sense, as the head of the Yang family, the old patriarch has to consider more issues. Although he personally does not want to surrender to the barbarians, the world is in chaos and the current situation is dangerous, so he has to think more about his family.
Although it is humiliating to surrender to the barbarians, it is better than the death of the clan members.
If the situation had not collapsed to this extent, the old patriarch would never consider the possibility of defecting to Hu, as long as the imperial court could still count on it.
But isn’t the reality that the court can’t count on it?
The reality is that even if the Yang family fights with the Hu people to the death, they will not get any support. Even the imperial court will not know about it, and they will not care if they know it.
Half of the country was lost, and the imperial court wanted to take away Zu Ti’s military power. How would they care about a mere county or township family?
Last night, the old patriarch told Yang Ning that whether he could stop the Hu people from counterattacking was a test for him. If he didn't succeed, nothing else would happen. This was what he said from the bottom of his heart.
At this moment, the old patriarch's silence made Zhao Wenjing very disappointed.
He had planned to walk away.
But thinking of Yang Ning who had been working non-stop, he didn't move. Of course he could understand the old patriarch's difficulties, so he decided to do something.
Suppressing the anger in his heart, Zhao Wenjing said in a deep voice: "From a certain perspective, Yang Silang will definitely be able to defeat the Hu people's counterattack. His military training methods are very particular.
"In emergencies, extraordinary measures should be taken. If Yang Silang trains his troops according to ordinary methods, he will never be able to make the young men strong enough to fight in three days. That is the way to his own destruction!"
Yang Meng was dissatisfied: "What's the point? Why can't I see it?"
Zhao Wenjing had planned to talk nicely, but as soon as he saw Yang Meng's disgusting face, he couldn't suppress his inner anger and immediately sneered:
"If you could see it, there would be no fools in the world!"
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Li Qinghan looked at Li Jianjia and said seriously: "Yang Silang's military training today was divided into three parts, each of which solved several problems that my aunt was worried about.
"First, Yang Silang asked the young men to shout slogans in the morning, and they shouted slogans for an hour. This may seem trivial, but in fact, the purpose lies in two words: boost your energy!
"The difference between ordinary people and soldiers in the army is, first of all, momentum. Soldiers have strong momentum, while civilians have weak momentum. There is a difference between strength and weakness. Before the two sides fight, the winner has actually been decided.
"If you want to compete with the fierce soldiers of the Hu people, the young and strong men must improve their own momentum.
"Yang Silang used the excuse of protecting his family to make the young men become angry and passionate, but this kind of anger cannot be maintained for twelve hours, so he wants the young men to roar and keep hinting at himself.
"The more hints you give, the young people will subconsciously believe those sixteen words, and the momentum will build up."
Li Jianjia thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "Looking back now, after roaring for an hour, the young men did become more motivated."
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Zhao Wenjing’s eyes were as bright as lightning and he said: “The second issue is the issue of organization and discipline.
"Yang Silang arranges the number of corps and arranges the number of corps leaders. This is nothing. The subtle thing is that Yang Silang lets the young and strong people work in units of cadres.
"If you just stand there and do nothing, it will be useless even if you arrange it, and no one will realize their role at all.
“And by allowing the young and strong people to be active and allowing them to maintain group actions at any time during the work process, they can form a sense of community in the shortest possible time.
"Ordinary young men know who they want to listen to and who they want to act with. The corps commander knows who he wants to restrain his subordinates, and his integrity is honed.
"With Shiwu, organization and discipline were born."
The old patriarch nodded repeatedly after hearing this. He also saw these methods and thought Yang Ning's approach was very effective.
Yang Meng suddenly understood and realized that something was wrong. He really didn't understand Yang Ning's intentions before, but now that he figured out Yang Ning's plan, he suddenly felt deeply afraid.
