Xu Chu moved a large jar of wine to Chen Fan's tent.
"Young Sir, you've made me, Xu Chu, do a great service. Here, this is the wine that the Prime Minister has given me. If it's not enough, I'll give it to you!”Xu Chu greeted him with a smile.
There were no beauties in the army, but there was good wine.
Chen Fan lifted the lid and took a sip. It was like rice wine, and it really didn't poke.
Previously, Chen Fan had been right about the fire in Xinye, which had made Xu Chu look impressive in front of the boss.
At the same time, Xu Chu realized Chen Fan's ability. He was a master!
Moreover, he could predict Zhuge Liang's prediction. No one would believe it…
"Hehe, it's good, right?" Xu Chu leaned over.
Zhuge glanced at Xu Chu." If you have something to say, say it. If it's a fart, say it."”
Xu Chu coughed and straightened his back. He asked in all seriousness,
"Young mister, I heard the prime minister say something about using force to unite, using surprise to win, something…using surprise to win, what does that mean?”
"Are you talking about Sun Tzu's Art of War?" Chen Fan sipped his wine and asked casually.
The wine of this era was not white wine, but mellow yellow wine, rice wine, and the like. It had a different taste when drunk, and normal people could easily accept it.
"Yes, yes, yes. It seems to be Sun Tzu's Art of War!"”
Chen Fan frowned." What do you mean? Can't you read?"”
Xu Chu lowered his head helplessly.
Chen Fan then remembered that this was the Three Kingdoms, and the literacy rate had been very low during the feudal era.
Even the Ming Dynasty, where the imperial examinations were popular, only had a literacy rate of one-tenth. This was enough to beat all the countries of the same generation, let alone the Three Kingdoms era, which was even further away.
Putting everything else aside, just the Battle Generals under Cao Cao were like clouds, and more than half of them were illiterate…
Naturally, Xu Chu was not an exception.
Chen Fan sighed and said lightly,""Since you don't want to eat alone, I'll tell you.”
"What you said just now was from Sun Tzu's Art of War: In general, we should use the right way to join forces and the strange way to win. Therefore, those who are good at strange things are as endless as heaven and earth, as endless as rivers and seas.”
" The end and the beginning are the sun and moon; the death and resurrection are the four seasons. There are no more than five tones, and the changes of the five tones cannot be heard. The color is no more than five, and the change of five colors cannot be observed. There are no more than five flavors, and the changes of the five flavors are not enough to taste…"
"What do you mean?”
Chen Fan began to explain.
"In general, when fighting, we should use the main force to cooperate and use the surprise force to win.”
" A person who is good at winning by surprise will have a variety of wondrous techniques, just like the endless changes of the world and the endless running of rivers…The cycle will repeat itself, just like the operation of the sun and the moon!”
"Go and come again. This is how the four seasons change!”
"There are no more than five tones, but the music performed by the fusion of five tones is endless!”
"There are no more than five colors, green, yellow, red, white, and black. However, the beauty of a painting painted with five colors was endless!”
"There are no more than five flavors, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty, but the taste of the five flavors is endless!”
" There are only two basic ways of fighting, but there are endless variations of the odd and the positive…"
"Strange and positive transform into each other, as if there is no end to the rotation of the ring. Who can exhaust it?”
Xu Chu's eyes widened in disbelief.
So mysterious, so mysterious, so powerful, so powerful!
……
At night,
Beside the bonfire outside the tent.
Chen Fan, who was being guarded by several soldiers, was looking up at the stars.
"It's not easy on Boss Cao's side either. I took the initiative to surrender. A few days have passed, and only Xu Chu comes to visit me from time to time…"
" Moreover, Cao Cao is naturally suspicious. What murder in his dreams…"
"Fortunately, the Battle of Red Cliff is about to begin. By then, Boss Cao will lose even his underwear, and I can escape.”
"The north has been pacified, and there won't be too much turmoil in the Central Plains. When the time comes, I'll make a soap and sell it. Wouldn't it be easy for me to make a fortune?”
"Right, when the time comes, wouldn't it be wonderful to copy some poems and songs and become the Eighth Son of Jian 'an?”
Chen Fan did not follow Boss Cao wholeheartedly. He wanted to live a stable life.
In a time of conflict, choosing a master was risky, and the team needed to be cautious.
He couldn't do anything for Big Eared Thief or Boss Cao!
……
In the central tent.
After dealing with all the military matters, Cao Cao immediately took a rest and picked up a military book.
It was Sun Tzu's Art of War.
Cao Cao had been in charge of military and political affairs all his life. He was very busy, but he was well-read and especially liked to study the art of war. He was also the first person in history to make notes on Sun Tzu's Art of War.
The notes he made could indeed combine his own battle experience to explain his unique insights. It was clear, concise, and concise, explaining the meaning behind it.
Under the oil lamp, Cao Cao muttered and wrote,""Surround them with ten times the number…Xu Chu, why don't you just attack them with ten times the number of soldiers?”
Xu Chu, who had been standing at the side, puffed out his chest and said proudly,"This encirclement means to encircle and annihilate.”
Cao Cao paused for a moment.
He was just asking casually to tease Xu Chu, who was illiterate.
That's true. If he didn't even know a single person, how could he know the art of war?
However, Xu Chu's answer greatly exceeded his expectations…
Cao Cao looked at Xu Chu strangely and nodded."So that's what it means."
Without waiting for Cao Cao to finish speaking, Xu Chu rushed forward as if he had been injected with chicken blood."My lord, you have ten times the enemy's strength, so we'll surround and annihilate them. Don't let any of them escape.”
"If we outnumber the enemy five times, we will launch an attack. If we outnumber the enemy twice, we will try our best to defeat the enemy. If we are evenly matched, we will try our best to disperse and defeat the enemy one by one. If their forces were weaker than the enemy, they would avoid fighting!”
After Xu Chu finished speaking, he chuckled.
He walked back in satisfaction and continued to stand guard with his head held high!
Cao Cao was flabbergasted, as if he had just seen a rooster laying eggs…
"Tiger Marquis, you've actually started learning the art of war?”Cao Cao stroked his beard and asked meaningfully.
" No, I just heard someone casually say that I don't want to learn the art of war. It gives me a headache just looking at it…" Xu Chu continued to stand guard calmly.
Cao Cao shook his head and smiled bitterly. He continued to make notes on Sun Tzu's Art of War. As he wrote, he looked up at Xu Chu…
Tsk, this guy was looking over here from time to time.
From the looks of it, he looked like he couldn't wait.
Cao Cao yawned and read the book of war softly,""Mortal warrior…"
Boss Cao had just started reading when he heard Xu Chu shout,"I know!"
"Ordinary warriors use the orthodox to join forces and use the strange to win!”
Cao Cao glared at Xu Chu.
"I know! The sun and moon are like the end and the beginning, and the four seasons are like the resurrection of the dead!”
"I can't win."
"My Lord!" Hehehe, I know this too. The sound is no more than five, and the change of five sounds is impossible to hear!”
"Lust is no more than five…"
Xu Chu replied,"The colors are no more than five. The changes of the five colors are incomprehensible!”
Cao Cao gasped and was about to speak when Xu Chu said,""I also know that there are no more than five flavors. The changes of the five flavors are not enough to taste…"
Cao Cao raised his hand and was about to say something when Xu Chu said,"My lord, let me translate it for you. In general, in a battle, we must use the main force to cooperate and use the surprise force to win."”
" The man who is good at winning by surprise has a marvelous technique that is colorful and endless. It is like the endless changes of the world and the endless running of rivers and streams…It goes on and on, and the sun and moon move like this!”
"Go and come again. This is how the four seasons change!”
"It's not even five tones, but the music played by the fusion of five tones is endless!”
Xu Chu began to dance around as if he was swimming in an ocean of military tactics…
Cao Cao was completely dumbfounded.
Boss Cao hesitated.
Boss Cao's Tiger Marquis continued," There are no more than five colors. Green, yellow, red, white, and black. However, the beauty of a painting painted with five colors was endless!”
"There are no more than five flavors, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty, but the taste of the five flavors is endless!”
"The basic way of fighting is nothing more than strange! Right! Just these two!"
"However, there is an endless amount of strange and positive transformations…"
"Strange and positive transform into each other, as if there is no end to the rotation of the ring. Who can exhaust it?”
When Xu Chu finished the last few sentences, Cao Cao was completely at a loss.
That was because Xu Chu's lecture was really good!
He could not help but be mesmerized. What Xu Chu said was even more thorough, refined, and in-depth than his understanding of the art of war…
Moreover, as Xu Chu danced and acted vividly, it actually felt like he was reciting a poem.
This was the first time Cao Cao realized that the art of war could be so poetic…
When Xu Chu finished speaking and continued to stand guard, Cao Cao finally came back to his senses. His heart was filled with shock.
Xu Chu, who could not even read, could actually do it?
Was Xu Chu really stupid or was he just pretending?
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