1205 Walk with the enemy
Although he had not been asleep all night, Wang Meng's energy was extremely strong. He exhaled a long breath of turbid air in the cool morning breeze, and even the little tiredness on his face disappeared.
Although this night of hangs down was not enough to make him any transformation, he knew in his heart that he was still different from yesterday.
That was a very mysterious feeling. If you want to force it to be described in words, it was that in previous years, he learned a lot in Xinshi Pavilion, and almost like a whale swallow, he forced all kinds of knowledge into it.
However, no matter how much he learned, it was not enough to give him a clearer understanding of the world. Instead, a large number of different and even contradictory views collided fiercely in his heart, and he had no idea how to choose, so he had no idea of his own opinion and felt confused, and even began to doubt whether he had the ability to follow General Shen's talents and qualifications.
Wang Meng’s biggest gain this night was that he understood the four words "to apply what he learned", or that he had his own understanding of it. The focus of these four words he realized was not on "learning", nor on "use", but on "to serve".
Knowing is endless, and using is infinite. Both of these are not limited. Human power can grasp everything in life. What human power can grasp is the word "to". In other words, you must do what you can do.
Although this question is simple, it is like a sudden enlightenment for Wang Meng. Since leaving Xinshiguan, especially on the journey to Hongnong, he acted like a fool, his past knowledge was useless, and everything seemed to start from scratch.
He could feel the neglect of the general Xiao Yuandong to him, and he himself felt deeply ashamed of his ignorance and did not know what he could do. Especially when the general Zhuang said before leaving, he inspired Feng Yi, who was famous general in Yuntai, and suppressed Guanzhong, and felt even more ashamed.
But after understanding this, Wang Meng realized how ridiculous his self-shamed thoughts were. It seemed to be reviewing his own shortcomings, but in fact it was a kind of pretentious arrogance. The reason why he was ashamed was because he felt that he could do what he could do, but he did not do it, but ignored why he felt that he could do it?
He was just a student who was in the new Tai Recruitment, and he was only a county official who had not yet been completely recovered.
Even if the general was inspired by Feng Yi, a famous Han official in the future, it was just a kind of favor and expectation. In fact, his ability was only worthy of being a small county magistrate. Whether he could do his job or not is still unknown. What qualifications are there to compare with Feng Yi? The king's army used tens of thousands of elite troops in the west and put in a huge amount of material resources. How could success or failure be attributed to him!
If you have weak talent and low position, your mind and plan are great, and you will follow the limitlessness with endlessness, you will be in danger! If you force your worries that are inherent in your own responsibilities and abilities, your ambitions will increase but you will achieve nothing, and in the end, you will naturally only grow in decay.
For example, those sad prisoners always claimed that they were trying to survive, and they could only take a chance. But if they were just to survive, why bother to provoke the king's morale? They were just greedy for the rich goods, had greater delusions, and put their ambitions on luck, but they were seeking death.
These cognitions were obtained by Wang Meng from the art and people's association. Xiao Yuandong suggested that he kill several people with his hands to hone his courage. There was no problem with this. The person himself was the leader of the Dian Army, just to kill. Although Wang Meng was moved, he finally gave up, not because he did not dare to kill, but because he did not intend to be a butcher, and this method was useless to him.
Human power has limits, and methods have limits. Indiscriminate punishment will lead to abuse. Of course, severe punishments must be used in troubled times, but if there is punishment without warning, people know the power of punishment, but do not know the benefit of law-abiding, and betrayal of relatives and separations, and the world is not far away. This is why lynching is illegal...
He was fascinated by the thoughts, and Wang Meng was even stunned and lost his mind during breakfast. Xing Yue, who was sitting close to him, watched Wang Meng's fingers inserted into the hot wheat rice without any sense of fear. He raised his hand and gently touched Xiao Yuandong on the other side.
Seeing this, Xiao Yuandong was already happy. Instead of reminding him, he signaled the soldiers to add another spoonful of rice to Wang Meng's tableware, so that his fingers could soak them deeper. Seeing that Wang Meng still didn't react, he couldn't help but worry.
Although this kid is somewhat worldly arrogance and is disgusting to ask questions, the general personally told the people who should take care of them. As a result, he became stunned before the army could not long ago. After that, the general was always hard to explain.
He raised his leg and kicked Wang Meng on the knee. Wang Meng was suddenly startled, knocking the tableware over the robe, and then he felt the burning pain with his left hand, so he hurriedly raised his hand and blew it hard.
"It's okay, it's okay..."
Xiao Yuandong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He could feel the pain but was not completely stupid. However, he always felt that this kid was a little abnormal. After thinking for a while, he felt that he should take some precautions. After Wang Meng hurriedly cleaned up, he went over and said, "I won't say more. Wang Cheng, since you are in the army, you will naturally not let you harm the thief. But if you feel uncomfortable, please leave a book and a message for me to report after the war..."
Although these words are not kind, their tone is rarely soft. Wang Meng was a little flattered after hearing this. He stood up and returned and said, "Thank you for your care, I don't... Alas, I still have to accuse you of your crime again. Yesterday there were many stupid voices, which disturbed you and your husband a lot."
After enlightenment overnight, Wang Meng also felt that it was no wonder that General Xiao treated him indifferently. He was the following county magistrate and followed the army, but he unconsciously asked about many military affairs. The other party was willing to explain, even if it was just perfunctory, it was a kind of tolerance. Even if he wanted to ask questions, he should ask about his own affairs.
Xiao Yuandong would not change easily. Seeing that Wang Meng's answer was normal and he stopped paying attention. After breakfast, he led more than a hundred soldiers to take the lead.
After that, the team continued to move forward. This time, Wang Meng no longer asked curiously, but began to focus on his own affairs. Although he didn't know much about the situation in the lower class, a considerable number of these goods, goods and supplies in the team belonged to the county office, such as agricultural tools, tea, etc. for settlement and commerce, which were all matters that he needed to be responsible for after he entered the jurisdiction.
Although Xiao Yuandong's attack last night was decisive and arrogant, he did not underestimate the danger. After all, the Wang Army did not have an absolute advantage in this journey. If the batch of goods he escorted was not unexpected, it would be the only supplement that Hongwu Army had before the opening of the water transport, and it would not be possible to lose.
Therefore, after repelling the enemy that was invaded last night, Xiao Yuandong also spread military information to the front and back. When the team reached the middle of the Japanese, hundreds of cavalry chased after Hongnong, half to supplement the protection and half to sweep the bandits. No matter whether those bandits succeeded, since they dared to attack the royal army, they must not be spared easily. They can use this to carry out a new round of sweeps.
After walking for two more days, the team had reached the southern edge of Dali City, the capital of Fengyi County. This was a real enemy-occupied area. More than 10,000 Xiongnu pseudo-Han thief troops stationed in Dali City, and wild guards were everywhere around.
Although Wang Meng had imagined the danger of this trip, he still did not expect that the vanguard troops of the Wang Division were so strong: they walked along the Wei River, and they were on the north bank of the Wei River. On the way, they could vaguely see the scouts of the cavalry. When the two sides were closest to each other, the team went down from the enemy's fortress. Wang Meng looked north and could even see the hungry gazes of the soldiers on the enemy's arrow tower looking at the team!
This is no longer a question of sneaking into the enemy's back. It is simply blatantly walking through the enemy's backyard! Although Wang Meng is no longer keen on inquiring about military affairs, he can't help but want to ask General Xiao. Is it really good to pass by such a nearly humiliating swagger?
It is obvious that the Xiongnu thief army could not stand the Jin army's so arrogant, especially the army was not many soldiers, but the baggage was so generous. So on the evening of the first day of arriving in Dali County, the enemy gathered a team of more than 2,000 people and wandered not far from the north bank of the Wei River.
This feeling of walking with the enemy was really bad, and even Wang Meng was very frightened. As for the ordinary soldiers in the team, they were even more scared and sweating profusely. If General Xiao had not led nearly a thousand cavalry to cruise in the north to form a barrier, and the danger of leaving the team alone was even greater, they might have dispersed.
When camping at night, there was constant noise outside. It seemed that the enemy might rush to the camp at any time, but the war never happened.
The enemy was so hesitant and dared not fight, and the deterrence was inevitably greatly reduced. Wang Meng went to bed in the middle of the night and was about to dawn. When he woke up, he felt half proud and half suspicious. Could it be that the Huns thieves had been scared by the royal army? If he was really timid, why should he gather the crowd to watch and lose his morale? Is it just to help the Jin army escort it?
Chapter completed!