For Shi Huade, today is a good day for him. In half a year, he will be seventeen years old, and he finally got Lorist's permission to awaken his battle qi smoothly.
In fact, the year before last, Shi Huade was eager to try, hoping to awaken his fighting spirit, like his big brother Reddy, always follow his teacher Lorist, and obey the teachings. However, Lorist checked his body and checked his body to check his impulse. Because he experienced the war when he was young, and after two years of hungry and full meals after his sister Alyssa's family was broken, he was found by his father Bodfinger, so his Physical fitness is not very good.
Lorist didn't think it was necessary for him to awaken his battle qi so early, he had to build a solid foundation first, and then he could go further in the cultivation of battle qi and become a golden knight like his father. Schwader admired Lorist very much, so he strictly followed the exercise and work-rest plan that Lorist made for him, and survived the past two years before awakening his battle qi.
Following Reddy, Schwader walked into Lorist's study room, and bowed respectfully to Lorist behind the desk: "Teacher..."
Lorist, who was calculating something, raised his head, and laughed when he saw it was Schwader. He was very satisfied with the second disciple he had accepted, who was smart, studious, hardworking and down-to-earth. The ordeal of struggling to survive in the dilapidated imperial capital with his young sister in the past made him much more mature than his peers.
Time flies so fast, four years ago when I was still at Dawn College, I was forced by the dean to go up to the ring and beat the silver instructors of other colleges in the face, and was used by the dean's old fox to challenge all the silver swordsmen and silver servants in Morente City Bing, in order to expand the reputation of Dawn Academy, competed with Bodfinger and defeated him under such circumstances. Then, on the night when Al sent him the carriage, and he took Reddy as a servant, he saw the desolate Bodfinger and his two children sleeping in the garden of the common.
I went to talk to Bodfinger by myself, but there happened to be two golden swordsmen looking for trouble for me. With the help of Bodfinger, I killed the two golden swordsmen, but Bodfinger was seriously injured, so I took Bodfinger Finger and his two children, Schwader and Alyssa, took him home, lived there for half a year, and accepted Schwader as his disciple. Now, the child who likes to read quietly has finally grown up, just like Reddy who wanted to learn sword from a teacher.
"Shward, why isn't your naughty sister Alisa here today?" Lorist smiled gently.
"Teacher, have you forgotten? Alisa took Brother Zeno and Miss Teresty to go to the Blade's Edge Mountains to choose a site." Schwader replied.
Lorist patted his forehead, he was too busy to forget.
In the past two years, Miss Tresty has been thinking about the academy that Lorist promised to build under her mother's name. Lorist found a job for her, gathered the underage children of the family knights in his own name, and handed over a dozen or so boys and girls to Miss Tresty, who was in charge of educating them, so that These children receive elementary cultural education first.
Among these children, 11-year-old Alisa is the eldest, leading the Zino brothers to dominate. The Zino brothers are the twin brothers of the golden knight Zino Farea. What these two guys like most is to follow them My sister Alisa went to bully others.
Among these children, Miss Tresty's favorite is Alyssa. She wholeheartedly wants to train Alyssa to be another self, just like her adoptive mother, Dame Nicole, trained her to be a follower of the God of Knowledge and a female scholar. . It's a pity that Miss Teresty's painstaking efforts were all blind and in vain in front of the alive and kicking Alisa.
Even Lorist did not expect that the object of Alisa's admiration turned out to be Miss Baisha, because once Miss Baisha led a few female soldiers on horseback through the central road of the Rock Castle and was seen by Alisa. Yingzi went deep into the little girl's dream, and the next day she swore that she would become a female knight in the future.
During this period of time, the little girl was having trouble with her father, and the reason was very simple. The widowed daughter of Earl Spencer became Bodfinger's maid two years ago, and now she has a big belly, so Bodfinger is naturally more concerned about pregnancy neglected his precious daughter. So the little girl, who felt that her father had forgotten her, ran away from home and ran to Miss Theresty's house, which was less than a hundred meters away from her own home, determined not to go home again.
Having defeated the tide of monsters at the beginning of the year, Lorist was in a happy mood, so he told Miss Teresty that she could choose a site to prepare for the construction of the college. So in June, Miss Tresty took her students to the Blade's Edge Mountains, planning to find a beautiful place as the address of the college.
It's just that the trip to the location was a bit long. Lorist defeated the 100,000 Northland nobles' coalition army that the second prince had invaded, and by the way swept away all the Northland nobles outside the four alliances. Miss Tresty and her students are still traveling around the Blade's Edge Mountains. It is believed that the envoy reported that they have only visited half of the places, and there will be a delay of two months.
"Come on, Schwader, bring me your hand and I'll take your pulse." Lorist said.
Schwader put his hands on the desk, and feeling his pulse was no stranger to him. The teacher used this method to check his physical condition.
"Yes, your body is great. Shi Huade, for the next three months, you will practice Dou Qi by yourself in the morning during the day, and then come to me as an attendant in the afternoon. After three months, you will have to accept a difficult test after you have stabilized your Dou Qi state. Your big brother Reddy also received the training of turning in circles to obtain the ability of dynamic vision, you have to be prepared." Lorist was very satisfied, Schwader's body was very healthy, and his foundation was also very solid.
"Teacher, I've been ready for a long time." Schwader said resolutely.
"Okay, today there are only three of us, master and apprentice, don't be so restrained, the days to come will be long. If there is anything you don't understand, Reddy will tell you, or you can ask me. In front of people, you are just like everyone else. I'm an adult, we'll be called teachers and students in private," Lorist said.
"Teacher, I have always had a question about some of the family's strategic decisions. I don't understand why the teacher would do this. Can I ask this question?" Schwader was not polite.
"It's okay, just ask." Lorist said with a smile.
"Teacher, with the strength of our Norton family's armed forces, it is already comparable to the armed forces of a kingdom. After our family convoy set foot on the Northland, we easily defeated the Duke of the Northland. At that time, the teacher had already accepted The canonization of the Antinac royal family is hostile to the Kingdom of Iberia, and we can legitimately occupy the entire Northland. But why did the teacher give up this approach and insist on returning to the family territory, so that the Northland was stolen by the second prince, thus There is this battle again? I have never been able to understand the teacher's intention... "
Schwader's eyes were fixed on Lorist, he really hoped that Lorist could answer his question,
Lorist laughed, it was the first time he met someone who questioned his decision strategically, and he was also his disciple. He nodded in relief: "Schward, I would like to ask you a question. A traveler who has gone through a long journey, what is his most urgent wish when he returns to his hometown?"
"It should be that I can't wait to go back to my home..." Schwader thought for a while and answered.
"Yes, he won't think about going to the tavern for a drink first, and he won't think about chatting with friends first, and he won't think about occupying the neighbor's house that he has a grudge against. He just wants to go back to In his own home, take a bath first, and enjoy the family happiness after a long separation with his family. When everything settles down, he will want to go to the pub for a drink, brag about the journey with his friends, or find someone who is with himself The trouble with a vengeful neighbor...
In a sense, our northbound convoy is such a traveler who has gone through a long journey for a year. He has gone through untold hardships along the way, fought hard and bloody battles, and finally managed to fight his way back to the north. Do you know what is the reason for supporting everyone to go to that step? Remember how we cheered everyone up in the northbound team? "
Shi Huade said hesitantly: "The slogan of the northbound team is to return to the family territory, divide the fields and houses, and live a peaceful and peaceful life..."
"That's right, most of the people in the northbound convoy have never been to the Northland, but in our publicity, they have already regarded the family territory as the paradise in their minds, so everyone can insist on returning to the Northland, He hated the Grand Duke of the North who invaded our family territory so much, his morale was so high that he easily defeated his troops."
"Come and have a look, Schwader, this is the map of the Northland, what do you think?" Lorist stood up and came to the map of the Northland hanging on the wall.
"The Northland is huge, teacher." Schwader said.
"Yes, the Northland is huge. Let's see, what will happen if we occupy the Grand Duchy as you said?" Lorist pointed to the area around the Grand Duchy: "These The nobles of the territory will adopt two methods, one is to flatter us, and the other is to resist us. Either way, our family will be entangled with them. The family's armed forces will be forced to disperse, not only to defend Hendryford Cable Bridge, we have to keep dividing and clearing out those lords who are malicious to our family, we will lose the situation of taking the initiative... "
"It's like this..." Lorist opened his palms, "We turn our fists into fingers and fight against the enemy's fists. This will not only bring harm to ourselves, but also cause us to lose the most important thing. , that is the hearts and morale of the people. Because we did not fulfill our promises, we put the civilians and soldiers who followed us in the flames of war again...
That's why I gave up the idea of occupying the Grand Duchy and brought everyone back to the family territory. In the past three years, we have developed Fengleyuan, wiped out the tide of monsters, fulfilled our promise, divided the fields and houses, and gave them a stable and peaceful life. Therefore, even if the second prince brings an army of one hundred thousand, we can still win in one battle. "
"But teacher, we won a complete victory in this battle. You still don't have the idea of occupying the entire Northland. On the contrary, you formed an alliance with those three families and gave them a lot of benefits, but we didn't get any benefits. I think it's wrong for you to do so." Very unwise decision," Schwader said.
Lorist laughed loudly, reached out and rubbed Schwarder's hair into a chicken coop: "Bold, did you ever say that about Teacher?"
"It's still the same sentence, the Northland is too big. You see, it takes five days to go from Rock Castle to Gildusk City, and seven days to get to the Hendryford Rope Bridge. Even if we occupy the entire Northland, just the news It will take a long time to pass on the transfer. And the three families have always had a good relationship with us. If we turn friends into enemies, it will be very simple, but our losses will also be great. Our family is indeed very elite, but it is meaningless Sacrifice is a waste. Even if we occupy the entire Grand Duchy, do we still have the energy to develop the Black Mire Swamp
The way out of the family and the future of the Northland are not on those two chain bridges. If the enemy blocks the other side, the whole Northland will be sealed off and can no longer communicate with the outside world. We formed an alliance with those three families, that is, we threw the package to them and asked them to defend the two chain bridges, and our family obtained supplies and food from the outside world through them, and let them sell the snow salt and other commodities produced by our family.
The most important reason why I pay attention to the family territory has long been said, that is, only our family territory has the only outlet to the sea in the Northland. When we form a fleet, we can lead to the entire coastal area of Galintia. Time is when our family really takes off and develops. One day the Northlands will be covered with our family's Raging Bear banner. "
"But teacher, didn't those three families form an alliance with us? What should they do if they don't agree?" Schwader asked.
"They will agree. When the strength of our family forms a crushing trend against them, they will wish to leave our side as soon as possible and leave the Northland. Maybe we can also help them obtain the family territory they want. Shi Huade , It is commendable that you can think strategically, but your current thinking is the same as those of the so-called strategists and military strategists who participated in the game of World Hegemony, which is not advisable." Lorist said .
"Teacher, what is a wave?" Schwader asked.
Lorist talked about sex: "War, in fact, is not just a military consideration. It is related to many aspects, and many seemingly insignificant details often involve the final outcome of the war. A real war is actually a war between two people. In a competition between two countries and two families, excluding those so-called ingenious schemes, the one who wins is often the one who is most prepared.
It's a pity that there are no real military experts in Gelinthia who realize this. They still vigorously promote those excellent strategic deployments, just like two people playing chess. One side has won a miserable victory and has no stamina to deal with the next enemy.
The wave I said is like the second prince. He spent three years in the north, searched hard, and finally formed the first army of the kingdom. Together with the nobles of the north, he assembled an army of 100,000 people. If he didn't trouble our Norton family, then tell me, where would he direct his troops? "
Schwader thought for a while, and pointed to the Principality of Madras.
"Yes, it should be the Principality of Madras. Our second prince has always been a grudge. Of course, what he hates most now should be our family. If he doesn't trouble us, his 100,000 troops will attack us. To the Principality of Madras, and the Principality of Madras has naturally been prepared, so they will start a fierce fight. In the end, this war ends in a loss for both sides. Both sides are exhausted and injured. Accept mediation, sign a peace agreement for several years, go back to each family to lick their wounds, and reorganize their armaments to fight again after a few years, this is what I mean by a wave of flow.”
"If one side has a steady stream of supplements, no matter how many casualties there are reinforcements, can the other side persist? The result is obviously that he has no other ending except defeat. But now look at the former empire that split The kingdom and the principality, who are not the same, have reorganized their armaments, fought a big battle, took advantage or suffered a small loss, and signed an agreement to return after a few years. These are all performances. In addition to making their people's livelihood better There is no benefit other than getting more and more miserable." Lorist said with deep emotion.
"Teacher, I understand what you mean. War is not a game of chess. It needs a powerful force to guarantee it. Just like the better our family territory develops, the stronger our family's armed forces will be, and the more victories we will achieve. Is that so? So you insist on developing the family territory, unlike other lords, the more territory you occupy, the better..." Schwader realized something.
"That's right, that's the reason. Schwader, you will become an excellent commander in the future." Lorist laughed.
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