Chapter 145 Ma Di’s Art of War
"This word is pronounced Wu! Look clearly!" Ma Di pointed to a few words on the ground and explained them bit by bit to the surrounding soldiers.
"Wu is the country that is confronting us now. They are also from our Han people, but their ruler is a despicable person."
"General, why are they so mean? Tell us so that we can open our eyes?" A Qiang soldier asked, his eyes full of curiosity.
The rest of the soldiers were also very curious about how despicable a person who could be called a despicable person by General Ma could be.
Ma Su raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment and briefly talked about Guan Yu's death and Liu Bei's Yiling fire. As an ally, not only was he stabbed in the back, he was stabbed more than once.
Especially the last time, he directly attacked Jingzhou and killed Emperor Liu Xian's second brother. This was the youngest time for Sun Quan.
Of course, Ma Su also talked about it in detail, similar to the situation of going to a meeting alone. Like later generations of bloggers, he also told the inside story of why Guan Yu and Lu Su went to the meeting alone.
"So in the end, what kind of degree did Soochow... just bully our great general Guan Guan for being clumsy, so he dared to be so confident?" A soldier raised his hand and asked.
"Yes, General Guan and Lu Su met with single swords at that time, intending to discuss the situation in Jingzhou." Ma Su nodded and explained very calmly.
"But this is actually not fair. Based on the alliance relationship at that time, it was definitely impossible for General Guan to take action. But Lu Su was able to be confident, grab Guan Yu's collar, scold him, and use all kinds of clichés."
"Tell me, is this despicable?"
"Despicable!" A group of Qiang and Di soldiers were filled with indignation and felt the despicability of Soochow.
It would definitely be extremely uncomfortable if they were replaced and were scolded by the other party when they knew in advance that they must not take action. So Soochow who did such disgusting things is naturally a despicable person.
"It's a pity that I wasn't there at the time. If I, Ma Su, had been there, Lu Su would not be able to save anyone from the master to the eldest father." Ma Su shrugged and finally made his own evaluation.
"So you should also look for the flags of these despicable people in Soochow! During the war, if you see their flags, just grab them, you know?"
"Understand!"
"Grab him!"
"Those despicable people! If they dare to bully me for being clumsy, I must beat them to death!"
A group of Qiang and Di soldiers roared loudly. This scene made Ma Su very satisfied.
Military morale is available!
"By the way, I've made sure that the flag of Soochow is blue. Don't grab the red flag with the word Wu on it. It belongs to our own general!"
At this time, Ma Su suddenly remembered something and quickly added. However, the soldiers howled with indignation, but few people seemed to hear them.
Don't let these brats steal Wu Yi's flag next time...
"General You Chang, the Prime Minister has something to do, please go to the Chinese military tent!" At this time, Deng Zhi came over with Zhuge Liang's order to call for people. He saw Ma Su's group howling like bandits and couldn't help but have a headache.
This guy Ma Su doesn't want his own tribe, so he has to drag a group of outsiders to become his tribe. Look at how disordered military discipline has become. I can’t even imagine what it will be like in the future.
"The Prime Minister is looking for me?" Ma Su was slightly startled, then waved his hand and ordered the soldiers.
"Let's all go back to training. If anyone dares to disobey military orders, he will be put in solitary confinement!"
With just one word, the demeanor of a group of Qiang and Di soldiers suddenly changed, and they all suddenly became quiet. This scene made Deng Zhi stunned again. He really didn't understand how Ma Su trained these soldiers to be like this.
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"You Chang, tell me, what are you doing?"
Zhuge Liang calmly put the decree on the table, picked up the feather fan, looked at Ma Su, and said calmly.
"Teach Buqu how to read." Ma Di answered honestly.
"Teaching Buqu how to read? When did Ma Su have the time to do this? Have you finished the military affairs?" Zhuge Liang frowned and looked at Ma Su very sternly.
In his opinion, Ma Su was lazy again, instead of handling military affairs honestly and went to write for the priests.
Before Jieting, Ma Su wanted to get involved in military affairs whenever he had the opportunity, and often wanted to help Zhuge Liang handle some things. However, because Ma Su was still relatively junior and had no military experience, Zhuge Liang did not dare to let him do it.
Now that he has experience in fighting, Ma Su is just as lazy as a different person every day. Military affairs had been left to Wang Ping before, but now they were left to Liu Yin, who had just been promoted.
If it weren't for the support of people like Wang Ping and Liu Yin, how could you, Ma Su, be able to fight so coolly?
"Ahem, Prime Minister! This is not because I am lazy, it is actually because I have learned a little bit about the art of war." Ma Di coughed twice awkwardly, and then explained.
"The Art of War? What insights have you gained?" Upon hearing this, Zhuge Liang immediately relaxed his brows, calmed down and looked at Ma Di and asked.
Since his debut, Ma Su has learned eighty books on the art of war, if not one hundred. Although most of them seem immature to Zhuge Liang, you have to admit that this kid is full of fantastic ideas.
Ma Su is a talent that can be cultivated, Zhuge Liang has always thought so.
"I have some opinions of my own regarding the training of elite soldiers." Ma Di nodded and answered honestly.
"In my opinion, the duty of a regular soldier is always to obey orders. Since ancient times, the art of war has believed that only by uniting the army as a whole and allowing every soldier to fulfill their role can he be considered a qualified general."
"I believe the Prime Minister thinks so too. Since the Prime Minister took charge of the army, the Han army has ordered and prohibited, and advanced and retreated in a controlled manner. This is the Prime Minister's art of war."
Zhuge Liang nodded slightly and agreed with Ma Su's argument. The military takes obedience to orders as its bounden duty, and a general must ensure that his orders are implemented 100% to be considered a famous general.
To put it simply, if you can mainly gather the army and make every soldier execute your orders perfectly, then you will be considered a famous general.
"Concerning the battle of large corps, this is the truth of the art of war." Ma Su continued to add.
"But in my opinion, the art of war has a biased interpretation of the operations of elite soldiers. For example, attacking at night by bypassing the enemy's rear, breaking through the enemy's formation, and disturbing food routes..."
"These are the duties of elite soldiers, and they have very high personal requirements for soldiers. If we only follow the Art of War and improve training intensity and military discipline, it will not be enough to make a qualitative leap for elite soldiers."
"So I believe that not only should elite soldiers learn how to kill enemies on the battlefield, but they should also have the same ability to learn as generals."
"Only in this way can the training of a truly elite soldier be completed. No matter who the general is, this small group of elite soldiers will be invincible."