When he returned to the courtyard, it was already very late. Concubine Yan and Liu Baihe were already asleep.
Lao Ai returned to his room and lit the candle.
When he thought of how Qin State was about to send troops to help Zhao attack Yan, Lao Ai was tempted.
If he could be the commander, he would be able to defeat the Yan army with the Qin army's combat strength. Then, he would establish his prestige and control the army, gradually overpowering the King of Qin...
What a perfect plan!
When he thought of war, Lao Ai naturally thought of two things that a commander needed: the ability to command and the ability to lead a troop into battle.
Slapping his forehead, Lao Ai suddenly recalled the two books on war that his Master Bai Qi had given him,'One Hundred Battles', and' Ten Thousand Enemys'.
Lao Ai took out the two books and began to read them carefully.
[Hundred Battles: Victory] was about commanding strategies. Although Baiqi was not the founder of the military, he was a general who had won many battles. He had a lot of experience in actual combat, and the military books he compiled were not something that those bookworms could compare to.
Baiqi emphasized two battle methods. One was mobile warfare, which was to divide and surround the enemy while moving, and then find an opportunity to destroy them one by one. The other was annihilation, which was not to capture the city as the main goal, but to destroy the enemy's effective strength as the first priority.
These two strategies were brilliantly demonstrated by Bai Qi in the most famous Battle of Changping during the Warring States Period. He first relied on mobile warfare to lure the enemy deep into the city, dividing and surrounding the Zhao army and destroying them one by one. Then, he killed more than 400,000 Zhao captives, achieving the greatest degree of annihilation of the Zhao army's strength. This directly led to the Zhao army conscripting youths below the age of 14 and elders above the age of 60 when defending Handan.
This military book sublimated Sun Tzu's Art of War and applied its rich theories into practice. It was a magic weapon for commanding an army to win.
Lao Ai had the ability to be passive once he learned it. After flipping through the book, he had learned all the strategies of commanding an army.
"Haha!" " Master," Lao Ai grinned and said," It took you thirty years to write this military book, but I managed to learn and master it in just a few moments. If you knew, you would surely be in disbelief, right?"”
Sun Tzu spent his entire life writing Sun Tzu's Art of War, Lao Tzu spent his entire life figuring out Tao Te Ching, Lu Buwei spent 20 years leading his 3,000 followers to write Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals, and Baiqi spent 30 years to write Undefeated Battles.
After he finished learning the ? Hundred Battles and Victorious ?, Lao Ai put it down and opened the ? Enemy of Ten Thousand Men ?.
"A general can lead millions of troops and be invincible. He can also lead the army to kill the enemy and fight ten thousand at once.
…Unfortunately, I spent my entire life and only managed to do the first half. I couldn't do the second half! I hope the future generations can do it!“
F * ck, Ten Thousand Enemies actually combined a general army and a martial arts expert. If they both reached a high point and perfectly fused, they would definitely be able to easily unify the six countries and make the four seas submit to them!
Lao Ai scratched his head and sighed inwardly. Fortunately, his master had not mastered the ? Ten Thousand Enemies ?. Otherwise, after he unified the six dynasties, he would have no titles or rewards to give, and he would have died a miserable death!
Then why didn't he rebel?
Baiqi was a ferocious general who had won every battle and was loyal to the king. For the sake of his thousand-year reputation, he would never think of rebelling. At most, he would curse the king of Qin behind his back.
If Baiqi had any rebellious thoughts, he would not have been killed by Fan Sui and Ying Ji in the history books. With his prestige in the army and the majority of the Qin army under his control, the success rate of his rebellion was more than ninety percent...
There were many modules in 'Ten Thousand Enemies' which included 'Charging Force',' One Man Defends the Pass, Ten Thousand Men Cannot Open It 'and' Behead'. The content was equally rich, and Lao Ai was very excited to learn it.
"Squeak!"
At this moment, the door was pushed open and Lady Yan walked in wearing a purple dress.
The night was bright and the moonlight shone down. Lady Yan's beautiful hair was like a waterfall. She was like a fairy who had descended to the mortal world. She was incomparably beautiful.
Seeing that Lao Ai was still reading the bamboo slip with rapt attention, Lady Yan could not help but laugh and say,""Lord Yao, you're really hardworking! Studying hard in the middle of the night was comparable to Su Qin of the previous generation!”
Lao Ai put down the book, chuckled, and said,""I thought you were asleep. I didn't expect you to keep peeping at me.”
When Lao Ai was reading the book, his intuition told him that there was someone under the window. However, he did not sense any killing intent, so he did not pay attention to it. Instead, he continued to focus on the two books on war that Bai Qi had given him.
Lady Yan strode over to Lao Ai's side and snatched away the two books of war,'Victory in a Hundred Battles', and' Enemy of Ten-Thousand People'.
"Hey, what are you doing? These are the military books my master gave me…"
"I'm just looking. I won't snatch it from you. What are you nervous about?”Concubine Yan rolled her eyes at Lao Ai, then flipped open the bamboo slip with her jade-like fingers.
Not only was Lady Yan highly cultivated, but she was also skilled in both martial arts and magic. Her literary accomplishments were also above that of a middle-level scholar. She skimmed through the two books.
"Your master? Who is he?" " How could someone write such a great book on war?" Lady Yan was surprised." He must be extraordinary!"”
"His name is Bai Qi!" " The former Great Liangzao of Qin State," Lao Ai said with a smile." He's the commander-in-chief of Qin State that the six eastern states fear the most!”
"It's actually him! Wasn't he killed by Fan Sui?"
" With the help of the generals in the army, he pretended to commit suicide and escaped into seclusion," Lao Ai said with a smile,""At that time, a million Qin soldiers were under Baiqi's command. His contributions and prestige were so high that it wasn't surprising that he had many close friends.”
Baiqi had commanded almost all of the Qin army back then, and he had a great prestige. He could even mobilize his troops to attack Xianyang and kill Fan Sui and Ying Ji, let alone fake his death.
"I didn't expect Bai Qi to take you as his disciple! She wondered if he was blind at that time.”
Lao Ai coughed a few times and protested seriously,""Lady Yan, am I not qualified? Becoming Bai Qi's disciple is giving him a lot of face! That old man is probably going to die of joy after taking in such a good disciple like me!”
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In a certain brothel in Xianyang City, Baiqi was disguised as a member of a large health service when he suddenly sneezed.
Rubbing his nose, Bai Qi muttered,"Who's talking behind my back?"”
"Uncle, you're amazing! Let's continue playing the game!" Several beautiful women hugged Bai Qi, who had white hair and beard, and giggled.
"Haha!" Baiqi laughed loudly,"Come, I'll bring you guys to show off and fly together!”
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