When facing an enemy on the battlefield, it is inevitable to fight, but the opponent has no spiritual Qi cultivation, and does not even know martial arts. He relies entirely on brute force. Fighting against such an opponent cannot be called a fight, but a fight. Outright massacre.
There was a huge disparity in strength. Nanfeng didn't want to go on a killing spree, but it was hard to get off the tiger and with a knife in hand, he couldn't just sit back and watch.
I thought that after killing some, the others would be afraid and shrink back. I never thought that my opponent was already red-eyed and didn't know how to be afraid. Instead, he swarmed up and tried to kill him for meritorious deeds.
Nanfeng's duty is to protect the general. At first, everyone attacked the general. Later, when they saw how powerful he was, they all attacked him. The battle was bloody, and the stronger the opponent, the more likely they were to arouse the opponent's desire to attack.
The opponent's soldiers were too slow, so naturally they couldn't hurt him. If they couldn't hurt him, they attacked their horses. After a few rounds, the horses neighed and fell to the ground. Nanfeng grabbed another horse and continued to fight.
At the beginning of the battle between the two sides, the Eastern Wei side sent cavalry to help. Seeing the arrival of the Eastern Wei reinforcements, the Western Wei cavalry finally began to retreat.
Naturally, the Eastern Wei army would not go deep alone. As soon as the enemy retreated, their own troops immediately withdrew. Nanfeng and another deputy general each held a shield in their hands to resist the arrows shot from the city and protect the main general from retreating.
The scale of the previous war was not large, and not many people died, but the general was almost captured by the enemy. Fortunately, Nanfeng came to protect him and the danger was saved. Human life is valuable, and saving an ordinary soldier may not even be a word of praise. No, but it would be great to save a general. Before returning to the camp, the general said when he was retreating, "You will follow me from now on and be my deputy general."
The deputy general was just an errand, not a formal official position, but Nanfeng couldn't ask what the deputy general's rank was, so he could only say thank you.
"What's your name?" the general asked.
"Me?" Nanfeng thought anxiously, "I have no name, I am the sixth child, and everyone calls me the sixth child."
The general asked him his name just to have a title. When he heard what he said, he turned to look at the other deputy general and said, "Let's make arrangements after we return to camp."
The deputy general nodded in agreement.
Nanfeng didn't know what the other party's so-called arrangement was, but what he cared about was not what official position he could get, let alone what rewards he could get. What he cared about most was whether he could get a separate residence.
After returning to the city, the general returned to his post. The deputy general took Nanfeng to a slightly smaller military tent on the right side of the general's camp. "This is Captain Hu's residence. It will be yours from now on."
God will do whatever you want, whatever you want will come to you. Nanfeng was very happy and thanked him repeatedly.
The deputy general, whose surname was Zhong, had been slightly injured in the previous battle. After a brief conversation, he went to see a military doctor to treat the wound.
The tent was not big, only about two feet square, and it had no beds. It was a bunk on the ground. When marching and fighting, you couldn't bring furniture and utensils with you.
Although the tent is simple, Nanfeng is very content. What he needs is an independent residence so that he can browse the dictionary, compare and study the heavenly book. This place is located inside the military camp, and no one would have thought that he could hide here.
The Lieutenant Hu whom Lieutenant General Zhong mentioned should be another lieutenant of the commander-in-chief. This guy must have died in the previous battle, and there are still some relics left in the room.
Not long after, several soldiers came, bringing official uniforms and armor, and the general's tent was cleaned again.
Nanfeng was not very thin, but compared with those strong officers, he was still not tall enough and on the thin side, and his official uniform made him look a little too big.
Being an official is good. Not only can you have an independent residence, but the food is better than that of ordinary soldiers. Rice and vegetables are delivered to the tent by the fire head.
Just as Nanfeng was sitting on the floor, picking up food, he heard footsteps coming from outside. These were the footsteps of the general. It seemed that he had finished his official duties and was returning to the military tent from somewhere else.
Before returning to his military tent, the general went around Nanfeng's military tent and asked Nanfeng some simple questions. Nanfeng had stayed in the Eastern Wei Dynasty before and knew some place names, so he talked about it. When asked where he learned martial arts, he just said that he learned it from an old performer.
The general asked Nanfeng if he knew the characters. Nanfeng only said that he didn't know the characters fully and was studying.
The general did not raise any suspicion, and turned around and left after asking a few casual questions. Before leaving, he specifically told him to work hard to learn Chinese calligraphy. Once he had mastered the Chinese calligraphy, he would be given a few military books to study.
Just after the general left, Lieutenant General Zhong came again and brought a few daily necessities. This time he stayed for a longer time and explained the duties of the lieutenant to Nanfeng. To put it bluntly, a lieutenant is the deputy of a certain general, and his main task is to assist the general. In charge of the army, he is responsible for following the general into battle during wartime, killing the enemy and protecting the general at the same time.
The commander of the two men was the general who went on the expedition during the day. His surname was Li, and he was granted the title of General Pingxi. He was a second-rank general. There were more than twenty generals in the camp, and there was one first-rank general named Gao, who was promoted to general. There are four second-rank generals, including General Li. The others are third- and fourth-rank generals, and those below fifth rank are captains.
The general is not fixed. Whoever leads the middle route during the expedition will be the general. In addition, there are several Taoists in the army, including Yan Feixue, the real protector of the country, who hold official positions such as military governor.
While talking, Nanfeng heard some clues in the words of Lieutenant General Zizhong. It seemed that the Eastern Wei army was not in harmony. Yan Feixue and the general named Gao seemed not to be on the right track, and the generals below also had their own camps. .
They are both deputy generals, and they are also divided into priorities. Deputy General Zhong is in charge, and he is responsible for most of the army's orders and drills, while Nanfeng is mainly responsible for keeping vigil and protecting General Li.
Nanfeng's ears and eyes were clear. Lying in his own tent, he could clearly hear the sounds of wind and grass within a hundred feet. He could hear anyone approaching the tent immediately. He would go out to intercept and investigate when he heard any strange noises. General Li went out to inspect and relieve himself at night. He would also rush out and wait before General Li came out. When he was seen by General Li many times, he thought that he had been guarding outside. He became more and more satisfied with him, so he gave him a copy of Sun Tzu's Art of War, which was of great cultivation.
Long before his arrival, the war between the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei had entered a stalemate stage of confrontation. Both sides had their own advantages and no one was allowed to advance.
Warring between countries takes a long time, and sometimes a battle lasts for many years. Since the last battle, the two sides have not fought again, and they have just stayed there, wasting food and grass.
This is what Nanfeng wants to see most. He spends most of his time in the camp reading the Kyushu Dictionary every day, with the curtains raised. He can hear someone approaching him early and will replace the Kyushu Dictionary with his grandson. The art of war is to confuse those who come.
Living in a tent, eating military rations, and living comfortably, every few days I would go to Beishan at night to look for Master Ba, and stay with him for an hour, so as not to make Master Ba feel indifferent if the time went on.
There are more than 200 ancient characters on those five pieces of tortoise shell. Since there is no index, it is impossible to search in a targeted manner. We can only browse page by page and search column by column.
In this way, after half a month, most of the characters on the tortoise shell have been translated, but the translated words are very scattered and do not form sentences. If you want to start further research, you have to translate all the ancient characters on the tortoise shell. .
Yan Fei The body is Dongyuan, and the other three are Jushan Lizi.
Yan Feixue and others did not always stay in the camp. Sometimes they would leave secretly and not see anyone for several days without knowing what they were doing.
Similar to Yan Feixue's situation, Long Yunzi was not the only one on Long Yunzi's side. There were also two other mountain masters accompanying him. They did not stay here all the time, and sometimes they would leave quietly.
After Yan Feixue and Long Yunzi left, they would go back to the country and probably go back to take care of the sect's internal affairs. If this was the case, they had prepared for a long-term stalemate and would not make any big moves in a short period of time.
However, it won't last forever. The lean season will soon come, when food and grass will be tight, and both sides may take action.
Another seven or eight days later, the official document from the court arrived, granting Nanfeng a seventh-grade official rank. It stands to reason that the deputy general should be at least sixth-grade and above. Seventh-grade was a bit low, but Nanfeng did not have this ambition and did not care.
Soldiers can't leave the camp at will, but officers can. Nanfeng has gold and silver hidden in the mountains to the north. He takes some out every now and then and goes back to the town to the east to buy some wine and meat. They have wine with Lieutenant General Zhong. Lieutenant General Zhong also has friends, and sometimes he comes with them. call.
When people drink, they talk more, and they talk now about things that they would not normally talk about. Before this, Nanfeng did not understand the national conditions of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and only after listening to everyone talking did he gradually understand the situation in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
At this time, the emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was a young man. In terms of seniority, this person should be regarded as Yuan Anning's cousin. Yuan Anning's father was the emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Later, he had an enmity with the powerful minister Gao Huan and was forced to run away. With the support of Yuwentai, The Western Wei Dynasty was established.
After the establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty, Yuan Anning's father was poisoned to death by Yuwentai, and then Yuwentai appointed another person as emperor. The current emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty should be Yuan Anning's distant uncle.
The Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty were surprisingly similar in terms of political affairs. Both were emperors with the surname Yuan, but they were both puppets. Those who really had the final say were powerful ministers. Gao Huan in the Eastern Wei Dynasty and Yuwen Tai in the Western Wei Dynasty.
It is not known whether Long Yunzi supported Yu Wentai or the Emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty, but according to these captains, Yan Feixue supported the Emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and his relationship with Gao Huan was not good. The general was from Gao Huan's family, and Yan Feixue Feixue supports the emperor, which may be the reason why the two don't get along well.
There are also internal differences between the Yuqing Sect and the Shangqing Sect. Some people in the Yuqing Sect may support the Emperor of the Western Wei Dynasty, while others are closer to Yuwentai. When he went to the Shangqing Sect to seek conferment, he also discovered that there were differences within the Shangqing Sect. Yan Feixue himself supported the Eastern Wei Emperor, but other Shangqing Taoists might support Gao Huan.
Perhaps it is precisely because of the entanglement of these thousands of threads that the two armies have long-term confrontation and stalemate. Although the stalemate is caused by the other party, there should also be certain reasons for the internal discord within the two sides.
The most complicated thing in the world is the relationship of interest. Once you know these things, you know them. Nanfeng is too lazy to distract himself from them. He came here to translate and understand the heavenly book. So far, the translation is relatively smooth. In ten days and a half, it should be possible to translate all the oracle bone inscriptions on the five tortoise shells into current official script...