In the middle of the camp, the man in white was no longer there. However, no one spoke. Everyone's eyes were flickering, and no one knew what they were thinking. The tent was silent for a moment.
After a moment of silence, a middle-aged general stepped forward and cupped his fists."General, is what Ji Yun said true?”The moment he said this, all the generals in the tent looked at Wang Jian with burning gazes. This answer was also what they urgently wanted to know.
Just now, after Ji Yun said the word " wait ", he said something that all the generals were familiar with, but it also made their hearts tremble.
"Those who are good at using troops should avoid the enemy's sharp spirit and attack the enemy when they are unprepared. It is the way to govern the mind to wait for chaos with stability and to wait for chaos with calmness. To treat the near with the distant, to treat the idle with the tired, to treat the hungry with the full, this is the way to govern the country.”
"This child's future is limitless." After a moment of silence, Wang Jian opened his mouth and said something completely unrelated. His gaze was still a little erratic as he unconsciously stroked his beard. Recalling the deep meaning in Ji Yun's eyes after he finished speaking, Wang Jian muttered,""I didn't expect that this old man's thoughts would be seen through by a ten-year-old child.”
Clearly, no one understood the deeper meaning behind Wang Jian's words. The ten-some generals lowered their heads in shame. Everyone present was a veteran of the battlefield and was familiar with military books. Sun Tzu's Military Struggle was also familiar to them. However, he did not understand the old general's simple intentions. Instead, he was quite dissatisfied with the old general's evasion of the battle. He was really inferior to a ten-year-old child.
He had brought 600,000 soldiers from the strongest army in the world, but he had not fought a single battle. He had been a coward from the beginning. They had been avoiding battle for half a year, eating, drinking, and having fun all day. Even they were a little irritated, let alone the soldiers below. If not for Wang Jian having sufficient prestige, the soldiers would have long rebelled. Moreover, if it was someone else, even if there was nothing wrong with the army, the court would still execute them for the crime of slacking off.
Coupled with Wang Jian's many 'despicable acts' since the expedition this time, it caused them to have quite a bit of resentment towards Wang Jian. Perhaps it was precisely because of this that they subconsciously did not think that not fighting was actually a kind of combat technique.
Wang Jian clearly understood what they were thinking and did not blame them. He explained for the first time," The Chu people are brave and their army is good at fighting. Moreover, with the might of their previous victory, our army has just been defeated and it will not be easy to fight again. The morale of the Chu army was high, but it was exhausted three times in a row. After a long battle, it could not be used. The soldiers were tired of fighting, and their combat effectiveness would be reduced sharply. This was the second reason. Our army has sufficient food and grass, but the State of Chu has been plagued by disasters year after year. The food and grass are not enough. After a long time, the soldiers will definitely mutiny. This is the third point. The King of Chu was muddle-headed, and the mediocre officials in the court were in power. In addition to the operation of the State Wei and the Tingwei, Xiang Yan would definitely be punished if he could not win the battle for a long time. At that time, the Chu army would be in chaos. This was the fourth reason.”
Sweeping his gaze across the generals who were listening attentively, a bright light flashed in Wang Jian's eyes."All we have to do is wait. Therefore, the most important thing now was to appease the morale of the army, train the soldiers well, and wait for the time to come to obtain the greatest victory with the smallest price.”
"Yes." The ten-some generals replied in unison. Knowing the old general's strategic intentions, the knot in their hearts was also resolved. Their resentment was swept away, and their voices were magnificent, attracting the attention of the soldiers outside the tent.
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Walking out of the main camp, Ji Yun took a deep breath and calmed down.
Ji Yun had always admired soldiers, true soldiers. As for Wang Jian, he was a famous general who had left a deep mark in history. He was one of the few historical figures that Ji Yun admired. Not only was he good at commanding troops in battle, but he also knew how to advance and retreat.
Wang Jian was a famous figure in the vast history of China.
In terms of his ability to command troops.
As one of the Four Famous Generals of the Warring States Period, he was ranked at the top of the list of famous generals in the history of many dynasties. Just this point alone made his ability to command unquestionable. Furthermore, in this Warring States Era where there was no limit to slaughter, Wang Jian had fought countless battles in his life. He was intelligent but not violent, brave but resourceful. This was extremely valuable.
Of the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period, the Killing God Baiqi was unquestionably the number one. After all, he was listed as one of the Four Sages of the Military School. However, the most dazzling one was none other than "God of War" Wang Jian.
Whether it was the God of Slaughter, the God of Slaughter, Baiqi, the God of War, Lianpo, or the God of War, Li Mu, they all passed away regretfully and didn't have a good ending.
Relatively speaking, their achievements were exceptionally dazzling. Even after two thousand years, there were very few who could reach that level. However, the generals of that era, especially those who were famous generals, had only one greatest wish-to lead their troops to destroy a country, or even many countries, and trample on the Nine Provinces!
Unfortunately, the three of them were unable to fulfill this wish. Baiqi, Lord Wu 'an of the Great Qin Empire, who was known as one of the Four Sages of the Military, defeated the Wei and Han armies in the Battle of Yique and captured Ying City, the capital of Chu. The Battle of Changping heavily injured the main force of Zhao and almost destroyed Zhao. However, he still failed to change the situation of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period and passed away with regret. Some people commented that Bai Qi had lived a glorious life, but his greatest regret was that he could not destroy a country. Especially when he could have accomplished this goal, this regret was infinitely magnified. He couldn't help but sigh that he was born at the wrong time!”
And all of this was accomplished by the last of the Four Generals of the Warring States, Wang Jian. He had destroyed Zhao, Yan, Chu, and the three kingdoms of the six kingdoms of Shandong. He was conferred the title of Marquis Wucheng!
His son is the tiger general Wang Ben. Flooded Daliang, destroyed Wei in March, defeated Yan, turned to Liaodong, captured Yan Wang Xi, so that Yan completely destroyed; He defeated Zhao Jia and destroyed Dai State. Then he went straight to Linzi and broke through Qi. He was conferred the title of Marquis Tongwu!
Wang Jian and his son, Wang Ben, became the greatest contributor to Qin Shihuang's destruction of the six kingdoms, and the Wang family became the largest family of famous generals in the early years of the Great Qin Empire.
As a man, as a minister.
In the war that Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, other than Han, the other five countries were all destroyed by Wang Jian and his son. Wang Jian's reputation in the Great Qin army was not any higher than his, and his achievements were definitely shocking. However, not only did he have a good ending, his sons and grandsons had also been put in important positions, and the Wang Clan had never been treated coldly by the First Emperor Ying Zheng. From this alone, it was not difficult to find that Wang Jian was indeed well-versed in the way of being an official.
When the war of Qin destroying the six countries began, Wang Jian and his son swept through the three countries of Yan, Zhao, and Wei. Their reputation in the army was like the sun in the sky, but this was indeed a way to bring disaster to a general. Later, when the King of Qin promoted Li Xin to lead the army south to attack Chu, Wang Jian immediately resigned from the court and returned to his hometown to dispel the King of Qin's worries and suspicions.
Later, when Li Xin was defeated, the King of Qin personally invited Wang Jian out. Before Wang Jian went out to battle, he asked the King of Qin for many beautiful fields, houses, gardens, and ponds. He asked for the fields and houses for his descendants. Before he left the pass, he asked for five beautiful fields in a row. This series of 'despicable actions' made even his subordinates feel a little disdainful. But who could understand his true intentions?
"The King of Qin is arrogant and untrustworthy. Now the State of Qin is entrusted to me alone. I don't ask for more land and houses for my children and grandchildren to strengthen myself, but let the King of Qin sit down and doubt me?”(The King of Qin was naturally suspicious. Now that all the soldiers in the State of Qin had been handed over to him, he could only make many requests to the King of Qin to show that he had nothing else to ask for except money. This would eliminate the King of Qin's fear that he would support the army and become independent.)）
Wang Jian's words showed how meticulous his thoughts were and his grasp of the Qin Emperor's political psychology. Everything he did was to eliminate the Qin Emperor's fear of him supporting his army and becoming independent. Very clearly, Wang Jian succeeded. During the war to destroy Chu, he was in charge of the military and did not interfere with the King of Qin's politics at all.
After the six dynasties were destroyed and the world was unified, Wang Jian immediately relinquished his military power and handed it back to Ying Zheng, while the rest of the credit was given to the younger generation. After the establishment of the Great Qin Empire, he resigned from all his official positions and retired.
It could be said that everything he had done had allowed the Wang Clan to remain proud of Great Qin.
As an outstanding general, he knew when to retreat and when to retreat. It was truly rare.
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