night.
The stars are bright.
Li Qing leaned against the entrance of the tent, looking up at the stars, silent.
"Godfather...it's time to eat." Li Hong came excitedly with bowls and chopsticks in hand.
He had been crazy for a long time and had not yet woken up from the excitement. However, seeing that his godfather seemed to be in a bad mood, he suppressed his emotions and sat down next to Li Qing.
Li Qing took the bowl and chopsticks, took a mouthful of rice, and asked, "You have been marching for a while, are you still used to it?"
"I'm quite used to it. I'm a little tired, but it'll be better after a nap." Li Hong scratched his head and asked in a low voice: "Dad, do you... miss Grandpa Zhang?"
Li Qingqiang smiled and said, "I don't really want to. People always have to look forward. Keeping immersed in the past will drive you crazy, but sometimes you can't help yourself."
"Well," Li Hong comforted, "Grandpa Zhang is alive in heaven, and I hope my godfather can be happy."
"Haha... Godfather, you are stronger than you think. You don't need comfort." Li Qing lowered his head and continued to eat the rice. "Okay, go and rest early after a crazy day. This is just the beginning. There is still a long way to go."
"Daddy, I'm not tired. I'll stay with you for a while."
"I told you there's no need, go and have a rest." Li Qing said in an impatient tone, "It's crazy."
Li Hong was helpless, "Well, godfather will also rest early."
As he walked away, Li Qing raised his head, looked at the hazy stars, and continued eating...
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The next day, the daily march.
Li Hong restrained himself a lot, but he still remained cheerful and excited. The scenery outside the pass is really something that he never gets tired of. Although it is not colorful, and even the grass has begun to wither, this kind of desolate boundless land, full of heroism, is rare in the Central Plains.
However, as he continued to march, Li Hong's excitement gradually faded, and finally he became bored.
Marching is inherently boring. Before, it maintained a sense of freshness. After getting tired of aesthetics, you have to return to reality.
Gradually, Li Hong felt tired. After a night, he still couldn't recover and his body seemed to fall apart.
At this time, Li Qing began to preach: "This is just the first step in the battle, and it is also the easiest step. And you still have horses to ride on. When the battle really starts, it will be difficult...
What is in the book is what is in the book. You think that with a wave of your sleeves, the enemy will be wiped out, and it does not exist at all. "
Li Hong nodded with a slumped face: "Godfather, have you ever led troops in a war?"
"Hmm... I've fought before, more than once." Li Qing nodded, "But this is my first time as a head coach."
"Are you nervous?"
"Why are you nervous?" Li Qing said angrily, "I've never seen my godfather in any situation, so what's going on here? I think back then... I was also very brilliant."
Li Hong became interested and said, "Let's talk about it."
"Forget it, a hero doesn't mention his former bravery." Li Qing waved his hand with an inscrutable look on his face.
"...How can you say half of what you say." Li Hong was very depressed. He looked around and lowered his voice and said, "Sister Wanqing's father is the godfather who saved her. Please tell me about the situation at that time."
He didn't dare to say the word 'Tai Shang Huang', so he riddled: "You are a storyteller, which is quite boring."
"There was no technical content that time." Li Qing said calmly, "I have a knife. If a god blocks a god, he will kill a god. If a Buddha blocks a Buddha, he will kill a Buddha. I push forward all the way, and my momentum is like breaking a bamboo..."
Li Hong: -_-||"Godfather, you can exaggerate, but not exaggerate."
"You know a hammer, I'm being conservative." Li Qing glared at him, "When the Tatar soldiers surrounded the capital, I was holding a sword worth more than a hundred kilograms, and I killed the Tatars with fear. Wherever I went, I killed the Tatars. The army was defeated..."
"...Aren't you too fake?" Li Hong was speechless.
He knew that his godfather was powerful, but he didn't believe that his godfather was so powerful. This was simply beyond the realm of human beings.
"Boy, your godfather is not bragging." Shi Heng, who was not far away, rode forward and said, "You haven't seen that your godfather was so loud back then, like an animal..."
Shi Heng's eyebrows were beaming, blah blah blah...
It was like...he was the one who was awesome.
Li Hong still didn't quite believe it, but he was a little shaken because what Shi Heng said was true.
Shi Heng sighed: "Time is like a knife, how long has it been..."
He suddenly paused and turned to say: "In the blink of an eye, sixteen years have passed. I remember at that time, I was still an invincible master who charged into battle, damn..."
Shi Heng cursed, "I often feel like I'm still a teenager. Damn it, I'm old in the blink of an eye."
"You are still a teenager, and your grandson is still almost a teenager." Li Qing suppressed a smile and said, "It's not too shameful."
Shi Heng: "...It's too much!"
Seeing that the two were quarreling again, Li Hong felt funny in his heart. He slowed down and let the two of them keep pace. He quietly admired the scenery outside the pass and looked forward to how many Tatars he could kill if he fought against them.
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After traveling for more than ten days, the group finally joined forces with the Ming army and the grassland tribes.
Before the food and grass supplies arrived, the army was temporarily stationed.
Li Qing got busy, busy fixing military discipline, busy assigning tasks, he was very busy...
This was the first time Li Hong had seen such a godfather, and he was shocked.
Before that, he had always thought that a lazy man like his godfather was rare in the world. Even when he worked, he would be slow and orderly.
Unexpectedly, the godfather became so busy that even a young man like him felt that he was acting vigorously and resolutely.
It seemed that there was no need to think or plan, just like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube, one command after another was used at once, which made him dizzy.
Li Hong endured his curiosity and followed his godfather's instructions: talk less, read more, and learn more!
He soon discovered that under a series of operations by his godfather, the grassland tribesmen who were originally dissatisfied with going to the Hetao soon accepted the reality, and it seemed that they accepted it happily.
Moreover, under the guidance of his godfather, the large teams of more than 100,000 people on both sides became well organized and did not appear loose at all.
In addition, under the operation of the godfather, all the women and children among the grassland tribes were gathered under the eyes of the Ming army, and they became hostages.
What's even more outrageous is that these grassland tribesmen have no objections to this and are quite cooperative.
Li Hong was shocked: Are these people fools?
That night.
Seeing that his godfather was finally free, Li Hong couldn't help but asked his doubts: "Godfather, how did you make them so obedient?"
"It's based on love, it's based on reason, it's promised for benefit..." Li Qing twisted his neck, "My godfather is a reasonable person."
"...Be sincere, and be sincere in the way you speak." Li Hong smiled bitterly, "Godfather, you...speak something I can understand."
Li Qing said calmly: "Actually, it's nothing. Give them some money, draw cakes, and punch them... Finally, calmly reason with them and play the emotional card."
Li Qing gave an example: "Take the arrangement of women and children into the central army. On the surface, this is a restriction for the grassland tribes, but women and children can also get help and support in the center of the army, and they avoid the fate of being abandoned on the march. ;
Moreover, before that, I had fully gained the trust of the grassland tribesmen through other means.
They believed that Da Ming would not harm them and could ensure that their children would not be abandoned, so naturally they did not reject such an arrangement. "
Li Hong smacked his lips and said, "Godfather, are you... all playing your cards right?" ωＷWω.ＧoＮЬ.οrＧ
"That's right!" Li Qing nodded, "Hong'er, remember, conspiracies and tricks will never go far, because once the conspiracy is discovered, it will become useless and even be backfired;
Unless you can crush the opponent's IQ, but this situation almost does not exist. There are not so many fools in this world. "
After a pause, "Especially in temples, it's more about conspiracy. People know your intentions, but they have to act according to your intentions. This is the best strategy."
Li Hong asked: "Then how can I let people know my intentions and still act according to my intentions?"
"After letting them weigh the pros and cons, they find that following your intentions is the most beneficial to them or the least loss." Li Qing said.
"Ah? This..." Li Hong said with a bitter face, "Isn't this too difficult?"
Li Qing snorted: "Do you really think that just by reading the Art of War and classics like Zizhi Tongjian, you can stand firm in the temple and control the wind and rain?"
"You don't even think about it, who can be an official in the court and is not familiar with classics and history?" Li Qing said angrily, "At any time, little cleverness will not go far, only great wisdom can go a long way."
Li Hong nodded and said: "Godfather... can you be more specific, such as how to deal with a certain incident and how to solve it?"
"cannot!"
Li Qing raised his hand and knocked him, "You should learn methods, not copy homework. If you have such a mentality, you'd better not enter the temple, otherwise you will be ruined sooner or later."
"Godfather..."
"Stop coming!" Li Qing knocked again and cursed: "Temple fighting is not just playing house, and there is no duplication. In the end, the interests are oriented, the beneficiaries are the groups, and the forces participating in the struggle...the complex factors cannot be sorted out. If you think about copying your homework, there will be no other result except for your complete failure."
Li Hong did not dare to refute. He was so painful that he burst into tears. At the same time, he admired his godfather even more.
"Daddy, you are so powerful, so many people can't beat you."
Li Qing shook his head slightly: "My godfather stirred up troubles in the temple, not all because of his wisdom, but also the emperor's support and trust."
After a pause, he added: "Sometimes when I get annoyed, I will use some unconventional means."
"for example……?"
"He pissed me off, so I buried him." Li Qingyin said sadly.
Li Hong: "..."
"Daddy, you, have you ever killed an official?"
"Ang, there's more than one." Li Qing spread his hands and said, "There's nothing I can do. People are stretching their necks in front of me. If I don't kill them, then I'm not a coward."
Li Hong was shocked: "Godfather...are you killing officials in the capital?"
"Why are you lying to me? This is not a secret. If you don't believe me, ask Wu Qinghou." Li Qing said, "Almost everyone in the capital knows about this."
"You killed an official, and the emperor didn't punish you?" Li Hong was stunned. This is simply... outrageous!
Li Qing nodded and said naturally: "Who told them to mess with me?"
"...But you can't kill your colleagues!" Li Hong suspected that his godfather was bragging, but he had no evidence.
Li Qing sneered, but then became serious again: "Remember, don't try to imitate me, no one can imitate me!"
