"Come to think of it, if not for this, how could you be driven here to be my subordinate?"

"Stay behind..."

"I am from the same family as you." There were flickering flames and constant noise outside, but Wen Dun Sizhong seemed to be indifferent. "But I was born under the command of Taizu, so I can be the governor of Wanhu. If the Song people don't attack, I may be able to become a prime minister in the future, but you can only be a Meng'an."

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"Taizu's talent is ten times that of Nianhan." Wen Dunsizhong looked at the man with a complicated and confused expression and said seriously. "Thanks to this, my talent is also ten times that of yours."

Meng'an came to his senses and swallowed his saliva, but turned his head to look at the fire outside, and looked at Wen Dunsizhong again, only regretting that he could not kill this man.

"If you don't believe me, I'll give you some pointers." Wen Dunsizhong remained calm. "That day, the Second Crown Prince, Olib, was about to lead the troops. Before he left, he asked Taizu how to be a general. I was by his side at the time..."

"Stay!" The Jin general was helpless and smiled bitterly. "If I hear you finish, can I ask you to go out and help me quell the rebellion?"

"Who knows?" Wen Dunsizhong said nonchalantly. "Maybe, maybe not."

The golden general said nothing, took off his helmet, sat down opposite the other party, and poured himself a cup of tea.

Wen Dunsizhong laughed when he saw this: "Nianhan does have some skills after all. It's worth it that you have learned from him for so long."

General Jin picked up the tea, took several sips, and then asked, "May I ask how Taizu taught the Second Prince?"

Hearing this, Wen Dunsizhong also seemed to be serious: "Taizu said that a general must first be diligent. If he is not diligent, he can't do anything well... When you set up camp in a place, you must know where your troops are, what the surrounding terrain is like, how many roads there are, where to set up checkpoints, where to store food, weapons and supplies... Only in this way, when you are suddenly attacked at night, you will know where to find the troops, where not to lose, where the enemy is coming from, and how to deal with it."

General Jin was still sneering when he heard the first part, but he gradually became serious when he heard the latter part.

"Just like right now." Wen Dunsizhong raised his hand and pointed to the outside where the flames were rising to the sky. "There are six gates in Hedong City, four warehouses, a government office, a county office, two garrisons, and three military camps. Except for the six gates that are evenly distributed, the others are all biased to the east, and they are all guarded by our Jurchen main force... This is also the reason why you don't know how to rescue and where to rescue... But if I come to cause chaos, I must divide my troops to cause chaos, set fire under the cover of night, pretend to attack these key points in the east, and then secretly concentrate my elite troops at the two farthest west gates, and ignore everything else, directly seize the gates, open the gates, and lead the Song army into the city..."

General Jin's heart sank, and he blurted out, "So, by the time I knew about the riot in the barracks, it was already too late?"

"It's too late for such a big city." Wen Dun Sizhong shook his head. "Just think about it. The Han army is as strong as the Jurchen army. There are tens of thousands of Wang Sheng's troops outside. How can we stop them? The only place where you can do something is probably right here. Because there must be a small number of Han soldiers who want to continue to be employed by the Song people. They will inevitably think of the government office and prepare to capture me in exchange for merit. However, these people must be a minority and dare not interfere during the discussion. They will only gather secretly after the chaos and come to find me. If that were the case, you would have come here by accident."

As soon as he finished speaking, as if to confirm Wen Dunsizhong's words, the Jin army outside suddenly shouted, and the sound of fighting rang out outside the government office.

The Jin general stood up for a moment, but then sat down again dejectedly, turning his head to look at Wen Dun Sizhong: "May I ask what else did the Grand Master teach the Second Prince?"

"Taizu also said that a general must understand the true intentions of his superiors and the surrounding situation." At this point, Wen Dunsizhong finally laughed. "At that time, Taizu praised me, saying that I understood his true intentions the most, so I became his messenger to pass on military orders... Do you know? Some generals in our Great Jin Kingdom are really stupid. They went to attack any city Taizu ordered them to attack. In the end, they captured the city but let the Liao army in the city escape... Little did they know that Taizu's original intention was to let him trap the Liao army in the city and prevent them from escaping."

"That's true."

"That's clear. Actually, we need to know why we have to fight." Wen Dun Sizhong continued to sigh. "Why did we have to fight Chuhedian? Because the Jin Dynasty wanted to establish a country! Why did we ignore the danger, forcefully attack the pass, and advance to Xijing? Because we wanted to destroy Liao and seize the land to establish our foundation! Why did we go south to fight the Song people? Because Nianhan didn't win the position of the king, and wanted to go south to expand his own power, and the king and the princes had no choice but to rush to send troops to divide the situation... Therefore, the second prince was so impatient when he marched to Hebei, and Nianhan simply abandoned Taiyuan, locked the city and went south... However, who could have imagined that Dongjing City was so rich at that time? And the Song people were so cowardly?"

"I never thought the Song people would be so tough now." General Jin sighed helplessly.

"It's not that the Song people are tough." Wen Dun Sizhong shook his head. "I thought about it, but it's more that we are useless... What was the day back then, and what is the day now? The Song people are so cowardly, so we will naturally be cowardly too. It was still the right thing for Taizu to sell the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Song people so that we could all live in peace. It was Nianhan who ruined the overall situation of the Jin Kingdom for his own selfish reasons. It's hateful that I got so much gold, silver, and children at that time, but I actually doubted Taizu's vision for a while. It wasn't until today when I was in a desperate situation that I realized Taizu's wisdom again."

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