In the blink of an eye, Zhang Dingguo had been in Fairy's Capital for half a year.
During this period of time, due to the sudden change in the political situation, Zhang Dingguo had been idle for half a year with a white-collar salary.
According to Wu Zetian's original plan, he wanted Zhang Dingguo to familiarize himself with military affairs in the army first. After he had a certain understanding of the actual situation of the army, he would learn the art of war from Wang Xiaojie.
Although Wang Xiaojie was not the best general in terms of his battle record, he had won and lost, and his unstable performance had limited his achievements. But compared to all the generals in the court, he was the most reliable one.
It couldn't be helped, because Wu Zetian had eliminated dissidents in the past few years and killed too many experienced generals, it directly led to the lack of new generals in the army.
However, Wang Xiaojie's main problem was that he was too hot-tempered. He was not calm when things happened and often made wrong judgments on impulse. If it was just military theory, he was not bad. If Zhang Dingguo really studied with him for a period of time, he would probably graduate from the level of armchair warfare.
It was a pity that the two of them did not have the fate of being master and disciple. Zhang Dingguo had just familiarized himself with the affairs of the army when something big happened at the border!
Not the Turks in the north, but the Tibetans in the south!
In fact, during the Zhou Dynasty, the greatest external enemy was not the Turks who had just recovered their country in the north, but the Tubo who had risen on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.
Zhang Dingguo, who liked to study history, was quite clear about how Tubo rose to power. However, that was no longer important. Anyway, the problem now was that the Tubo army had attacked the four towns of Anxi, which had already threatened Wu Zhou's control over the Western Regions.
The Tibetan army was too strong, and Wu Zetian could only send Wang Xiaojie to fight.
After all, in Wu Zetian's opinion, since Wang Xiaojie had defeated the Tubo, he would definitely defeat the Tubo this time.
However, once Wang Xiaojie left, Zhang Dingguo was left to his own devices…
Logically speaking, Wu Zetian should have arranged for a new veteran general to teach Zhang Dingguo.
But then another major event occurred, but this time it was good news. The newly ascended Jili Khan of the Turks had proposed peace talks with the Great Zhou as soon as he finished dealing with domestic affairs.
Under the pressure of Tubo, Wu Zetian was naturally happy to negotiate peace with the Turks. Therefore, in the past half a year, she had spent most of her time on this.
Although she had never slacked off in trying to rope Zhang Dingguo in, not only did she send people over to ask about his well-being every few days, but she also rewarded him with some practical things from time to time. She was treated like a well-liked person.
However, Wu Zetian had only personally summoned him once and only asked if Zhang Dingguo was used to living in Luoyang. She did not entrust him with any important tasks.
However, at the end of that meeting, he gave Zhang Dingguo a large number of military books and told him to study them properly. There would always be a chance for him to serve the country!
The military books bestowed by the Emperor were naturally extraordinary. Among them was actually the " Duke of Wei's Art of War " personally written by Li Weigong. This was a priceless treasure!
This military book had been lost during the Northern Song Dynasty. The later version of Li Weigong's Art of War was compiled by someone in the Qing Dynasty based on the citations in Tong Dian, Sun Tzu's Notes, Taiping Yu Lan, and Wu Jing Zong Yao.
Han Bai and Li Yue were the four famous generals. Although this ranking was not an official ranking, in the hearts of most people, these four were the four most outstanding generals in our country's ancient times.
Zhang Dingguo was naturally fond of Li Jing's military book, which had a place in the book. Moreover, it was the original version!
It was a pity that in ancient times, perhaps because paper was more expensive, people who wrote books had to refine their language as much as possible. Zhang Dingguo's ability to read ancient texts was really average. If no one taught him, he would not be able to understand many parts.
Although Zhang Dingguo had used his connections to find an old doctor who was relatively idle to help him translate, this doctor studied Confucianism after all. He knew nothing about the art of war. The effect of the translation was really not ideal.
As a result, Zhang Dingguo could only look for Quan Shancai, the only good general in the army with whom he had some connections.
However, the problem was that this good general was also transferred to guard the border not long after!
It couldn't be helped. During the Wu Zhou period, the surrounding borders were not very peaceful, and problems often occurred one after another.
There were very few people who could really lead troops to war, so when they saw that there were no reliable generals, they could only send Quan Shancai out.
However, the good news was that he had finally been promoted from Zhonglang General back to Left Guard General!
However, with Quan Shancai's departure, Zhang Dingguo could only rely on himself.
Usually, he would sit in his office and read military books after dawn. He would write down what he didn't understand and wait for the opportunity to ask someone for advice in the future. After half a year of self-study, he had read most of the Duke of Wei's Art of War and could barely use it to talk about military tactics on paper.
When he had time in the afternoon, he would bring his personal guards to practice the Big Dipper Formation, so as to prevent his martial arts from being wasted by sitting every day.
When he returned home at night, he began to practice Xiantian skills. After half a year of bitter cultivation, he had successfully reached the realm of a first-rate expert.
Furthermore, he had also completed the preliminary steps of the Xiantian cultivation technique and had taught it to Li Daniu, allowing him to experiment on it as well.
Although Li Daniu's cultivation progress was very slow, at least there were no problems. This proved that there was no mistake in his refinement.
As for the four maidservants? Although they were very beautiful, Zhang Dingguo, who only wanted to practice martial arts, did not touch them.
After all, Xiantian cultivation was a Daoist cultivation technique. What if he lost his virginity and his cultivation speed slowed down?
It was already September, and on this day, Zhang Dingguo, who had been idle for half a year, was finally informed that a Turkic diplomatic mission would arrive the next day. He was told to make preparations. All the officials in the capital would be attending court the next day to welcome the Turkic diplomatic mission led by Shibi Khagan…
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