Chapter 166: Ask the soldiers for advice(1/2)
After Guan Yu finished his personal inspection, he ordered everyone to disperse.
Xiang Yong dispersed, Guan Yu walked towards Li Mengxi and stood in front of Li Mengxi.
Guan Yu looked down at the little man in front of him with a somewhat complicated expression.
"Meng Xi, I really don't know who you studied under. You are young, and you are three points stronger than Guan in military formation." Guan Yu stroked his long beard, sighed softly, and glanced at Li Meng Xi, "Compared to you, someone
Far inferior to you."
Guan Yu's mood was very complicated. He felt happy about his great progress in formation, but also felt embarrassed and ashamed of being surpassed by a child.
Hearing the sense of loss and desolation in Guan Yu's words, Li Mengxi became clever.
When talking with elders or seniors, when the elders laugh at themselves, you must not foolishly follow their words and cater to them. It is other people's business to laugh at others. If you agree with others' self-deprecation, it is a slap in their face.
Li Mengxi knew this very well.
"Ha, General Guan is joking." Li Mengxi laughed.
"The general said that I am good at military formations, but he was wrong about me." Li Mengxi shook his head repeatedly and denied it.
"The general really thinks that I, a child with a yellow mouth, can defeat the general in military skills? No!"
Li Mengxi refused to admit that his military skills were better than Guan Yu's, not only to give Guan Yu face, but also to tell the truth.
"I can see the omissions in the general's formation, not because of my profound knowledge, but because of one thing."
Guan Yu became interested and narrowed his eyes slightly, "Why?"
Li Mengxi had a faint smile on his face, "Don't the generals hear it? Bystanders know it clearly, but the authorities are confused?"
"The general is in full swing, but I am watching from the side; when the general is in formation, he has to focus on the overall situation, but I only focus on the smallest details, like catching pearls in the sand or catching mice in the millet, so it is easy!"
"Think about it, if Meng Xi is performing a formation and the general is watching, I am not as good as the general. Why should General Guan feel ashamed?"
Li Mengxi gave some enlightening words. He used his words humbly and said that he could see the omissions in Guan Yu's formation, not because he, Li Mengxi, was powerful, but because he could see it more clearly from the perspective of a bystander.
Moreover, when it comes to the art of war, Li Mengxi said that he was far inferior to Guan Yu. If Li Mengxi performed the formation and Guan Yu watched, the positions were reversed. Why couldn't Guan Yu give more suggestions for improving the formation than Li Mengxi?
Li Mengxi proposed two strategies to Guan Yu. If it were Li Mengxi who commanded the warriors to form the formation, it would be a disastrous scene. Guan Yu would give Li Mengxi more than twenty suggestions.
What Li Mengxi said made sense. After hearing this, Guan Yu looked a little pale.
Li Mengxi found a perfect step for Guan Yu, so the slightest grudge in Guan Yu's heart disappeared.
Guan Yu nodded, "Meng Xi, we will perform the formation again tomorrow. Just watch from the sidelines. If you see any omissions, be sure to let me know." Guan Yu invited him seriously.
Li Mengxi smiled and shook his head slightly, "The general's vision is narrow. But I am not the only one who can help the general change his formation?"
Don’t you hear that if three people are walking together, there must be my teacher?
One person is short-term, two people are long-term.
The wisdom of one person is not as good as the wisdom of two people. How can the wisdom of you and me be equal to the wisdom of everyone?" Li Mengxi shook his head repeatedly.
As he spoke, Li Mengxi's eyes were bright, and he raised his finger, "If the general asks them about the military formation, it will be helpful."
Guan Yu was surprised. He followed the direction of Li Mengxi's finger and looked, "...Mengxi meant...Xiang Yong?" Guan Yu was stunned.
"Exactly." Li Mengxi looked at Guan Yu and nodded seriously.
Li Mengxi said it very seriously. After all, the local warriors are also experienced soldiers. They have fought many battles and are on the front line of the battle. Wherever there is room for improvement in the battle formation, they have the most say.
Guan Yu heard Li Mengxi say that he went to ask the local heroes how to improve the formation. When Guan Yu heard the words, he raised his head and laughed, shaking his head while laughing, "Xi'er, you are kidding!"
Li Mengxi was confused by Guan Yu's laughter.
"The general is performing the formation outside the formation, while the heroes from the countryside are in the formation. In terms of physical experience, the general may not be as good as them." Li Mengxi said leisurely.
Are soldiers not qualified to talk about strategy? No!
During the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea, an American soldier discovered that our army only carried enough rations for seven days, so he launched the Sunday Offensive, which caused a lot of trouble for our army.
Li Mengxi not only had his past life to teach him, but he also had future things to teach him. This was something that Guan Yu could not match.
Li Mengxi looked at the soldiers in the camp who were busy packing their tents and bags and preparing to leave the camp, and he said, "The brave soldiers under the general's command are already soldiers who have experienced many battles.
Although they don't have great wisdom, when they charge into battle and the changes in the battle formation, their physical sense and understanding are probably better than those of the generals."
"If a general is not ashamed to ask his subordinates and accepts everyone's opinions, he will definitely be able to get what he deserves."
Guan Yu looked down at Li Mengxi in surprise. Then, after Guan Yu thought about it carefully, he found that what Li Mengxi said actually made sense.
Guan Yu turned to look at the scattered country warriors packing their things, and then turned back to look at Li Mengxi.
Although this is the truth, Guan Yu was asked to ask his soldiers how to better change the formation, but Guan Yu was still undecided.
The equality of all people can only be found in future generations; the equality of officers and soldiers can only be found in future generations.
Today is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the social atmosphere is clear distinction between high and low, and the hierarchy of superiors and subordinates in the army is even stricter.
The commander-in-chief of an army went to seek advice from his soldiers regardless of his status, which really made Guan Yu embarrassed.
This is Guan Yu's identity burden.
Guan Yu was obviously interested, but he refused to lower his face to ask what was going on. When Li Mengxi saw that Guan Yu was hesitant and unwilling to move, he couldn't stand it anymore.
Li Mengxi walked up behind Guan Yu and gently pushed Guan Yu's shoulder with his hand, "Go quickly, it will get hot later."
Guan Yu turned his head and glanced at Li Mengxi with a frown and a slightly dissatisfied look. Li Mengxi pushed and pushed him, which made Guan Yu feel a little unhappy.
Guan Yu stared, his eyes seeming to say, are you sick? Are you pulling me?
Li Mengxi pretended not to see him and continued to push him. He urged Guan Yu to ask.
"You won't die if you ask."
"Go and ask!"
"What are you afraid of? General Guan is upright, how can he be afraid of others?"
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Li Mengxi made a loud noise and tormented Guan Yu, just like playing a prank.
Guan Yu was so annoyed that he couldn't get angry, and he couldn't reach out to hit anyone. He was finally helplessly forced to get up. He was pushed and driven away by Li Mengxi.
Guan Yu glared angrily at Li Mengxi who was grinning like a fool, then touched his sleeves, put his hands behind his back, held his head high, and puffed out his chest, like a big goose, and went to ask the soldiers about the formation majestically.
Already.
Although Guan Yu may look very majestic, he is actually a bit frightened and at a loss.
It's too shameful for a general of an army to ask advice from a small soldier.
The drill has been dismissed, and the village warriors are scattered in twos and threes, busy dismantling tents.
Seeing Guan Yu coming, the village heroes said hello with smiles on their faces, but at the same time they avoided him without leaving a trace, trying to stay away from Guan Yu.
On the road, drivers don’t like the traffic police to talk to them, regardless of whether they have violated the rules; students in class also don’t like being talked to by their class teachers, regardless of whether they have violated disciplines; in the military, soldiers don’t like to be intercepted by their own soldiers.
Live and ask around.
That's what the so-called majesty is.
So a strange scene occurred. Wherever Guan Yu wanted to go, before he had even taken two steps, the village heroes in that direction were like mice hiding and sneaking away, just not wanting to be approached by Guan Yu.
If this happens several times, Guan Yu will be laughed out of anger. How can he eat you?
Two more Xiangyong wanted to slip away, but Guan Yu finally stopped them.
The two local warriors didn't know what they had done. When Guan Yu called him to him, they didn't dare to express their anger.
"look up!"
Guan Yu saw the two Xiang Yongs hanging their heads and showing no energy at all, so he couldn't help but frown and scold them.
The two village heroes were scolded and immediately raised their heads.
By now, the two fellow villagers who had been stopped were more and more certain that they might have committed something unknowingly and it would be over.
"What do you two think can be improved in our military formation?" Guan Yu looked at the two of them, clasped his hands behind his back, and asked each other with a straight face and a serious look on his face.
Huh? What the hell?
The two village heroes were stunned for a moment. They looked at each other and looked at each other, both of them confused.
Seeing his subordinates' confused expressions, Guan Yu's brows furrowed even deeper, and he patiently asked again, "I'm asking, you two have been recruiting troops from Zhuo County and practicing military formations with me for a long time. Do you think the military formations will be successful?"
How else can it be rectified?”
The two local warriors were still at a loss. Guan Yu frowned, simplified the question and asked again patiently, "Square formation, circular formation, cone formation, or flying goose formation, fish scale formation, each formation, I can have some advice, if so, it doesn't matter.
!”
At this time, the two Xiangyong who had already recovered finally understood what Guan Yu meant.
"No... no advice! The general is familiar with military books and has great knowledge. How can we, a small soldier, make rash guesses? There is nothing that can be corrected in the general's formation, nothing! Nothing!"
The clever pawn on the left immediately shook his head like a rattle and insisted that there was no problem with Guan Yu's formation, not at all.
This guy was so smooth-talking that Guan Yu frowned.
"What about you? Do you have any advice?" Guan Yu asked another Xiangyong who was slightly dull on the right.
To be continued...