The officials from both countries present also understood it completely.
Fang Yun wants to use his status as a Jinshi to fight against Xin Zhi's military strategy!
A Jinshi who is less than 20 years old and only minored in military strategy is competing against a military strategist Hanlin who is nearly 50 years old!
Although the people of Jing State did not object, they were also worried. Everyone had heard that Fang Yun was studying military arts as an auxiliary, but it was only an auxiliary study, and he did not lead the troops personally, had no real command experience, and had not even been to the Thirteen Cloud Ladders of the Military Strategists.
However, most Jing people still have some hope in their hearts.
However, after being stunned for a moment, the Qing official showed suppressed joy on his face.
Fang Yun became a virtual saint because of his talent for poetry, not his talent for military strategy, let alone his power as a military strategist.
Everyone knows that poetry relies most on talent and a moment of inspiration, but the art of war is different. Talent accounts for less than 30% of the importance. Theory accounts for 20%, and the final 50% is entirely determined by practical experience!
Many generals have been defeated in battles for more than ten years or even decades, but in the end they are able to win a great victory at the critical moment and win every battle from then on.
The Sun family has countless geniuses, but no matter how outstanding a genius is, the Sun family is willing to send them to dangerous places to lead troops. It is best if they are alive, but they will never feel sorry if they die in battle.
The way of war is forged between blood and wounds, life and death!
People who only read military books may win for a while, but they will never win for the rest of their lives!
Some of the Qing Kingdom's military strategists had a flash of contempt in their eyes. Military strategists placed too much emphasis on actual combat, so they had an instinctive dislike and contempt for people like Fang Yun who had never led an army in combat.
However, among the Qing officials present, seven participated in the Jinshi Spring Hunt last month, and two of them were even promoted to Hanlin!
When the seven people heard that Fang Yun wanted to fight with military force, they were all stunned.
Everyone in the human race knew that Fang Yun was studying the art of war. However, not many people had ever seen the power of Fang Yun's art of war!
These seven people have witnessed Fang Yun using the power of the Holy Blood and the art of war to seize the power of the plague for his own use! They believe that even the most outstanding Hanlin, let alone the Jinshi, would never be able to do it!
The seven people looked at each other. Unlike other Qing officials, they believed that Fang Yun had a better chance of winning.
But the seven of them couldn't say a word!
Because the half-saint sealed it!
The seven people suddenly laughed bitterly. They didn't understand why the half-saint kept silent before. Now they understand a little bit. Others don't know how powerful Fang Yun's military tactics are! They don't know that there is a powerful disease book in Fang Yun's medical book!
The plague power in the Disease Sutra cannot beat the strongest three of the ten Jinshi, but it can definitely force out the three's killer moves. If he encounters other Jinshi, he can definitely beat them directly! If the Disease Sutra does not require a lot of talent and cannot be used continuously, Fang Yun would not use other powers when he encounters other Jinshi, and can just use the Disease Sutra repeatedly!
If Lord Qing knew about these things, he would never agree to a military confrontation, and would even try every means to stop Fang Yunwen from conquering a state!
The seven of them looked at each other again and lowered their heads, fearing that they would accidentally reveal Fang Yun's true strength and be severely punished by the Holy Court.
Xin Zhi's eyes flashed with joy, but he did not agree immediately. Instead, he said modestly, "This... is not good. If I win, others will say that our Qing Kingdom is bullying the weak."
Fang Yun said: "In order to prevent others from saying that Qing is bullying the weak, I have a way. This literary war is for one state, and originally only involved the nine prefectures of Xiangzhou. If my Jing State uses Jinshi to compete against Hanlin, and Qing State adds one more prefecture, others will not accuse us anymore."
Xin Zhi was stunned, feeling helpless. He knew in his heart that Fang Xusheng had a backup plan, and he would bet the entire prefecture as soon as he opened his mouth.
The Kingdom of Qing was rich, especially around Xiangzhou, where there were no lower prefectures at all, only middle or upper prefectures.
A prefecture may seem small, and the tax revenue is limited, but it involves millions of people, and most importantly, talent. A prefecture can produce nearly a thousand students and nearly a hundred scholars a year, and at least two Jinshi every year on average, which is a great wealth for any country.
Qing Jun was also helpless. As long as Fang Yun did not enter the literary battlefield, he would be a real false saint. Not to mention scolding him, he could not even rebuke him. If the great scholar of Jing State said so, he would have rebuked him in public long ago.
Not long ago, the Kingdom of Qing and the Kingdom of Wu had a falling out. The two countries engaged in a war of words, and the Kingdom of Qing lost several prefectures to the Kingdom of Wu, causing his reputation as a monarch to plummet. If he lost nine prefectures in Xiangzhou and one prefecture, he would have to prepare to abdicate early.
Qing Jun hated Fang Yun's decision to fight for Yizhou because failure would be a huge blow to him.
However, besides hatred, Qing Jun also had a strong expectation in his heart, hoping that Qing Guowen would succeed in the war!
As long as Qing State defeats Fang Yun, the virtual saint, the reputation of King Qing in Qing State will return to its peak, and may even surpass its peak. After all, ever since Fang Yun became famous, Qing State has been repeatedly suppressed by Fang Yun.
In preparation for this battle, Qing Jun personally visited Qu Hange, one of the ten old Jinshi, and received the other nine old Jinshi with great ceremony. He gave a lot of benefits to the ten people before the literary battle, and promised that whoever could defeat Fang Yun would be directly conferred the title of Duke!
Fang Yun is just the Duke of Zhenguo now.
Fang Yun took the initiative to ask for a battle, which meant that the original ten battles became eleven. If Fang Yun won, he would also consume his energy. If he lost, not only would his energy be consumed, but his will would also be worn out. Regardless of victory or defeat, it would increase the chances of Qingguo's success!
Last night, Qing Jun had already discussed with the ten scholars who won the civil service exam, and his chances of winning were at least 65%!
Especially Qu Hange and Zong Jibing, they did not take Fang Yun seriously at all. They both wanted to have a literary duel with Fang Yun in advance, hoping to defeat Fang Yun, but in the end they obeyed the arrangements of the officials and ranked eighth and tenth.
Qing Jun's reason told him that Fang Yun had made a big mistake, and now Qing Kingdom's chances of winning were as high as 70%!
However, as long as the chances of winning are not 100%, there is still a risk.
King Qing hesitated for a moment and glanced at the officials of the Qing Kingdom.
The eyes of 90% of the officials were exceptionally bright and full of anticipation.
Qing Jun didn't care about the reactions of those seven people at all.
Qing Jun sighed inwardly, if he refused, his status in the eyes of these officials would drop to an extremely low level.
The officials of the Qing Kingdom were not slaves of the King of Qing, but his assistants. In addition to realizing their own ideals of governing the country, they also needed the resources of the Qing royal family.
Qing Jun looked at Xin Zhi again and said, "My dear Xin, what do you think?"
Xin Zhi was stunned for a moment, then he realized that Qingjun was throwing a hot potato to him, so he thought about it silently.
If he disagreed to fight Fang Yunbingdao, he would be used as a scapegoat by the King of Qing when Wenzhan lost the battle in Yizhou. If he agreed to fight Fang Yunbingdao, losing would be the same as not agreeing, but if he won, he would be honored and his status in Qing would rise.
As long as he is valued and cultivated by the royal family of Qing, he will most likely become a Grand Secretary within twenty years and be qualified to compete for the position of Prime Minister!
What's more, Xin Zhi is just a Hanlin, and it is difficult for him to leave his name in history books. If he can compete with Fang Yunbingdao and win, he will definitely leave a strong mark in history books and become the first person to truly defeat Fang Xusheng.
Even if you lose, there is a great possibility that you will appear in history books. Although it will give you a bad reputation, it is better than being unknown.
Xin Zhi thought for a long time, gritted his teeth, and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to compete with Fang Xu's holy army and fight against each other!" (To be continued...)