Chapter 1271

However, Emperor Zhao Xu did not expect that Wang Yang would be so charming, and he just wrote to him that the old drivers could send their children to support him. As a result, so many children from the generals rushed over.

The emperor Zhao Xu was a little unbelievable, but out of trust and understanding of Wang Yang, Emperor Zhao Xu did not ask Wang Yang. Wang Yang himself rushed to the door to explain. This made Emperor Zhao Xu smile with relief. He did not let down his trust in him.

Wang Yang was talking there, explaining the reason why he invited the families of military generals in Shaanxi to send their children to study. At the same time, Wang Yang also explained his predicament.

"I still think it's so difficult. Isn't it just to establish a military strategy department in the Imperial Academy? Anyway, since it's not a martial arts department, then I think it's not going to come to you for trouble." Emperor Zhao Xu said with a smile while thinking.

"As for the subjects you have done, I am quite curious. Since they will lead troops to war generals in the future, why do you want them to learn about geography and coordinate... As for what is this sand table?" The emperor was really curious.

"Your Majesty, as a general, you should be familiar with astronomy and geography. You should not only know what kind of place is suitable for marching and garrisoning troops, but more importantly, if the northerners go to the south to command the battle, if you do not understand the local customs and culture, the local climate, and the diet of that year, you may easily suffer a great loss..."

After Wang Yang explained a lot, the final focus came to the sand table. Wang Yang had already prepared for so many days. Of course, he not only started writing, but also started to do it. When a sand table about six feet square appeared in front of the emperor, the emperor was stunned...

"This is... Could this be a model of the border town in Shaanxi?" The emperor stood in front of this small sand table and said nothing for a long time. There were six small city models on the sand table.

The undulating terrain, mountains, rivers, yellow Gobi, swamps, salt sieve and those long and straight cement straight roads that are straight and gray all look so eye-catching. There are even green trees standing on the sand table to represent the jungle and make the emperor feel that he is looking down at the territory of the Song Dynasty from the sky.

"Your Majesty is a wise and wise man. This is the sand table of the six prefectures on the north road of Shaanxi. Please see here. This is Youzhou. There is a huge desert to the north, the junction of Liao and Song dynasties to the east, and Baishi City to the west, and there are also several small salt lakes to the south. This is a rare primeval forest..."

This was the first time that Wang Yang was pointing fingers on the sand table with a small bamboo stick, and enjoying the important town on the North Shaanxi Road of the Song Dynasty in such an intuitive mode.

"I have never seen such a sand table so realistic." Emperor Zhao Xu shook his head and was amazed. The sand table began to appear in the Han Dynasty, but this object was generally not taken too seriously.

After all, it is troublesome to make sand tables and the process is complicated. The important thing is that they are not as simple and easy to carry as maps. Therefore, there are few opportunities to use sand tables during marching and fighting.

"... Although the sand table has various disadvantages, it is definitely the best for use as a temple calculation tool." Wang Yang smiled and took out more than ten items about the size of a little finger from the box placed next to the sand table.

Those were carved into various metal sculptures such as infantry, cavalry, horse-drawn carriages, trenchers, and ships.

Wang Yang quickly placed the small sculptures on the sand table, and put out sixty or seventy, and then he stopped. Emperor Zhao Xu kept watching Wang Yang fiddling. Although he was full of doubts, he knew very well that Wang Yang would not make him confused for too long.

"Your Majesty, this is the scene at the beginning of the Battle of Youzhou. This is the main force of the Liao army and the Xixia coalition. This is the supply point of the Liao army. This is their supply route..."

Wang Yang began to explain the progress of the war while he moved the chess pieces and took down one or two pieces from time to time, representing the change of troops.

And whenever a small red flag is planted, it means that the Song Dynasty won a victory here or occupied a new town...

Emperor Zhao Xu went from being curious at the beginning to gradually becoming deeply into it and was unable to extricate himself. He explained the mode of war so intuitively, as if he had allowed Emperor Zhao Xu to see thousands of troops galloping and fighting on the vast land of the northern border...

The marching routes, attacks, or retreats were clearly marked.

Wang Yang explained for a while and then gave up. However, when he turned his head and looked at the emperor, he found that the emperor was staring at the sand table in a daze, grinning, and like an old man who had been hit by the wind, it scared Wang Daguanren.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

The emperor Zhao Xu, who was called back by Wang Yang, waved his hand to Wang Yang first, turned his head and ordered Ma Shang. "I have nothing to do. Come on, please go quickly to send Lord Zhang from the Privy Council. By the way, I will invite Su Xiang to come. In addition, I will pass the imperial edict and ask Lord Di Yongdi, Lord Huyan, Lord Wang Hou..."

As soon as the emperor opened his mouth, he pointed out the names of several important officials in the court who were familiar with military affairs. Ma Shang did not dare to neglect and rushed out quickly.

The emperor took a deep breath, raised his big hand and gently patted it on the edge of the sand table. After asking Wang Yang in detail about the various effects of the sand table, he had to shake his head and sigh.

"The essence of this thing is far beyond my expectations. Moreover, with this thing, my understanding of those wars in the past will become more intuitive. As for the military game deduction, is it referring to planning wars on this sand table?"

"Your Majesty's wiseness, sand table deduction, also known as war chess deduction. It can not only be performed on the sand table, but also on the map, deducing chess pieces representing the various combat units and various types of troops that actually participated in the battle, and the corresponding combat effectiveness, etc.

The rule is a ruling method designed according to actual combat situations and combined with the principle of probability, telling you what you can and cannot do, marching, formation, restrictions and results of war, etc. When the temple of war is counted, if this thing is available, it can more intuitively allow Your Majesty and the ministers to deduce the direction and trend of the war..."

Listening to Wang Yang's explanation, the emperor Zhao Xu felt a little unaware of it, but he also felt that Wang Yang seemed to be explaining a very remarkable function, temple calculation, what is temple calculation.

Although Sun Tzu mentioned temple calculations in the Art of War, everyone could only guess what the real temple calculations were, and they looked confused.

In the end, military strategists and military families throughout the ages regarded temple calculations as the strategic plan before the imperial army. But now, Wang Yang jumped out and told himself that this sand table was a matter of temple calculations, which really caught him off guard, or he didn't understand it very much.
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