Chapter 61 Military Affairs
Just like after every time he was tired, Ye Tao had politely confronted those who had to deal with him and then had a tacit look at him. After a tacit look, he hurried back home and went back to the room for a good night's sleep.
About ten hours later, he was awakened by the sound of Sisi Soso. Sophie Marceau, who was curled beside him, rested affectionately on his arm, looking at the bedroom door sleepily, listening to the hard work of suppressing, but still clearly young childish voice. Then, Sophie Marceau woke Ye Tao. I don’t know if it was a habit of his previous life or this life, after waking up, he looked at a beautiful face and smelled the soft brown hair hanging on his face, Ye Tao subconsciously hugged Sophie Marceau and printed his kiss on her warm lips - and this action that was not intimate beyond the current scale between the two still made Sophie Marceau shyly hide back into the quilt.
The sound from the door was extremely suspicious. It sounded like Dai Qiuyan and Tan Weishi were together.
"Ye Tao hasn't gotten up yet...Is he really that tired?"
"Yes, he often slept for a long time when he was tired, but he should be almost awake now."
"Okay, please wake him up."
"You won't go in?" The voice seemed a little curious and questionable.
"Hey," the little princess seemed a little shy and a little angry, "He is your man, you can enter his bedroom at will. What's my point of going in?"
"Oh." Dai Qiuyan's voice was still so ignorant. But she pushed open the door and tiptoed to the warm and soft big bed she was extremely familiar with.
When Dai Qiuyan lifted the satin tent outside the four-poster bed, she was startled by Ye Tao's eyes with some confusion in his awakening. Then she skillfully kicked off her shoes, jumped onto the bed, pulled over a big pillow filled with soft goose down and hugged it in Ye Tao's arms, and asked intimately: "Brother Ye, are you awake? The little princess has been waiting for you for a long time. Brother Lu can't handle it and asked me to take the princess down to find you. Are you getting up now?"
"What's that girl coming to me for again?" Ye Tao asked.
Dai Qiuyan shook her head and said, "I don't know, I came in the morning. When she said you were sleeping, she ran to Yizhan Tower to watch chess, and came over again. It seemed like she had something to tell you, but it didn't seem like there was something."
Dai Qiuyan is a very well-behaved girl. Although she is always quiet and doesn't talk much, she rarely gives advice on anything. Even if she has any ideas, she just tells Ye Tao timidly when others are away. However, her soft heart makes her feel as if she has some talent, some talent to visit other people's scheming. She can always intuitively detect other people's moods and thoughts. And she seems to be able to always express her feelings to her with confidence.
Ye Tao nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll get up now. Have you had lunch?"
Ye Tao jumped off the bed and started to put on his clothes. Sophie Marceau blushed and drilled out of the quilt to serve Ye Tao to change his clothes. Dai Qiuyan sat on the edge of the bed, swaying her feet, and said, "No. Your Highness the Princess said someone treats you to lunch. Tell me not to eat it first. It's afternoon now, I don't know if there is any lunch."
When the bedroom door opened again, Tan Weishi was anxiously as if he was about to start jumping. When she saw Ye Tao, she settled down and said with a long sigh: "I finally woke up. My uncle is looking for you, go quickly and leave quickly. I'm going to starve to death."
Tan Weishi's uncle is naturally the General Zhuo Mang. Although he didn't know what Zhuo Mang had to do with him, no matter what, Ye Tao also understood that it seemed... a bit out of line to let Zhuo Mang wait for him to have a meal. And if you need to send an envoy of Tan Weishi's level to invite him to have dinner? Ye Tao thought that he was far from that important.
While walking side by side with Ye Tao through the garden corridor of the General's Mansion, Tan Weishi asked hesitantly: "Did you think of those words when I explained yesterday?"
"Do you know what the explanation is?" Ye Tao asked with a smile.
Tan Weishi nodded and said, "Well. I lost the chess. I went back to Xiuyuan to cry. Later, my sister came to me and told me your explanation. This morning, someone from my sister's mansion sent me all the explanations yesterday... You told me so well... I really hope that I am the princess in the story... It's a pity that I am so useless."
"Only when you really have the chance to face such a thing, you can see whether you are useful. You are our little princess." Ye Tao did not want to coax Weishi. Although Princess Xiu is a little willful, she is a well-educated child. True kindness is easier for her to accept than hypocritical coaxing.
Tan Weishi nodded, and then said with a little discouragement: "It's a pity that I'm so useless. Later, I thought about it. I could win yesterday. That's because of his support. I always give in to me when I play Cuju with those imperial guards and guards, and I don't feel happy if I win..."
Born in the imperial family sometimes means a lot of loss of fun. If it weren't for Tan Weixin, a sister like Tan Weixin, who came from the same era as Ye Tao and was trying to influence the people around her with her own abilities, if it weren't for Ye Tao, a democratic person who had equality in his bones, Tan Wei might have had a lot of fun in life.
If it weren't for the eyes of the General's Mansion, Ye Tao would have touched Tan Weishi's head and treated a sister he loved. But he didn't dare to do this at this moment. He smiled and said, "You will be a good princess. When you grow up, prove it to us."
The unquestionable tone was already a great encouragement to Tan Weishi. Tan Weishi nodded vigorously, then she took a step back and grabbed Dai Qiuyan, who was called by her, who was not within the invitation range of General Zhuo Mang, but would never be rejected. She held hands and spoke softly with this friend who was very similar to her, and followed Ye Tao side by side. She naturally understood how shocked such a move would be in the eyes of others. Ye Tao's usurpation at this moment, even if it was passive usurpation, was enough to be sentenced to death. But now, in Dongping and Danyang, no one would take the blame for the world when many people were optimistic about Ye Tao.
After all, Ye Tao, Dai Qiuyan, and Tan Weishi were not able to catch up with the lunch at the General's Mansion. But at the command of the General, the exquisite snacks and sweet hot orange tea were enough to comfort them. Zhuomang invited him not only Ye Tao. In the room where the huge sand table was placed, Chi Yun and other backbones in the imperial army were listed.
Zhuomang raised his hand gently and held Ye Tao. Ye Tao's courtesy froze that way, and he couldn't kneel down. "Don't be so polite. Come to my house, either business or friends. Don't you understand this rule? Chi Yun's group of people are subordinates. It's not easy for them to break the rules in the army, so don't be so polite."
Zhuomang generously pulled Ye Tao to the edge of the sand table, pointed out the yesterday's match situation formed on the sand table, and said to Ye Tao: "I want to see how the situation should change."
Chi Yun and others were humble and respectful to Ye Tao, especially Chi Yun. Ye Tao’s explanation yesterday made him a hero who was full of compassion but could fight decisively. Regardless of whether such an image is in line with the facts, in a situation where there are so many senior officials and generals, even if there is only one impression, it will be quite beneficial to Chi Yun’s future career development.
"Then I'll be ugly," he refused to refuse when he saw that he was sure, but Ye Tao simply did not hide it and pointed out some chess pieces on the chessboard. He began to explain some things from his own perspective and from the game perspective. Maybe Chi Yun and others handled it inappropriately. At the same time, he also pointed out many omissions of Tan Weishi's side. Games are just games. No matter how close this game is to reality, any way to consider the problem from a real perspective may lead to less good results. In Ye Tao's narrative, Tan Weishi's side did better than Chi Yun's side. But no matter who it is, it can be heard that Ye Tao was somewhat reserved after all.
"If your resume was not simple and everything was well documented, I almost thought you were an old fox in the ranks who had been in the army for many years." Zhuo Mang laughed and said, "Just just now, we discussed a question. How did you know the abilities of those soldiers? How could you be able to perceive the mentality of the soldiers at the bottom? This was really interesting. I summoned many veterans and veterans in the army to investigate, and looked at the values you set and the calculations...uh... formulas, I could only pick out the biases in very few places."
Ye Tao naturally would not say that his mentality about the lower-level soldiers was because in the era he lived, countless movies, TV series, novels and comics had already moved their focus away from the tall and comprehensive heroes, and tried to describe the life of ordinary soldiers, and tried to describe the struggles of ordinary people on the field of life and death in a more meticulous way. Anyone, after reading so many works, cannot get a general result, then his IQ must be debatable. The numerical settings between different types of soldiers are determined and constantly modified by countless game planners and even mathematicians for a long time to achieve a relatively perfect balance.
After a little thought, Ye Tao said with some embarrassment: "I dare not say that I understand the feelings of the soldiers in the army. It is nothing more than putting myself in my shoes. Although many of the troops in the grand strategy are out of imagination, they have also been tested by many players before the official release. After many adjustments, these detailed designs are now available. There must be many omissions in it. Please correct me more."
Zhuo Mang waved his hand and said, "...correct? That doesn't seem to be something that old man, I can do. I can't calculate the result if I ask me to fill in the number into the formula. Today I will come to you, and there is something else. Chi Yun said that some of the troops in your grand strategy seem... very interesting. He suggested that I try to build some in the army and try the results. Heavy infantry must try to train a batch in Danyang. As for the others, do you have any suggestions?"
Ye Tao was stunned. Indeed, there are many types of troops in the grand strategy game, and they have not appeared in the military system of any country. Or they have never been specifically subdivided. For example, in the grand strategy game, the scout cavalry is listed as a single group of troops, which has a great overlap with the functions of the light cavalry but is not exactly the same. This expensive group of troops is not often used, but it is obvious that in yesterday's battle, Chi Lei's extravagant use of scout cavalry and the huge role played by the scout cavalry made Chi Yun and others read the introduction to the soldiers in the rulebook again.
Shaohe has various settings and has a deep understanding. As for the sword and shield infantry that have advantages in street fighting, the lancers that emphasize the impact of the battlefield, etc.... These are things that Ye Tao cannot explain clearly. What is even more unexplainable is why Ye Tao was able to carve each subdivided army so vividly when designing chess pieces. Not only is it a rough image, but also the weapons, equipment, and some accessories that each army needs to be equipped with, as well as some carry-on accessories, are presented on those chess pieces. Sometimes, Ye Tao will hate his perfectionism and realism in this regard.
"Uncle," sat on the side and ate full, Tan Weishi began to interfere in their topic, "Are you talking about turning those beautiful pieces into real soldiers? That's fun."
Zhuo Mang smiled and said, "It really starts with the imperial guards. I don't think of this kind of thing that requires a lot of money. You should just pester your sister."
Tan Weishi pouted and said dissatisfied: "I'll go and tell my sister. Now the guys in my hands say they want to play in the army."
Chapter completed!