No, perhaps Sun Wen should be more worried about whether his grandson would be led astray by the lord's side.
"Gifting women's clothing … This behavior … will definitely be criticized in the future …" As a conservative old man, Sun Wen did not approve of his lord using such methods to attack the enemy. It was not because of anything else, but it was not good to be recorded in the future history books.
Jiang Pengji said with a smile, "So what? A person who conforms to the rules, no matter how well he does, is not as attractive as a person who has a mixed reputation. People should always have some mysterious or interesting things that people will talk about. Only then will the future generations remember them. "
Sun Wen held back and finally spat out two words that were somewhat overstepping his boundaries.
"Nonsense."
Sun Wen studied orthodox knowledge and belonged to the conservative faction. However, his lord was a trendy person with active thoughts.
For example, in this matter, he felt that a gentleman should cherish his reputation. It did not matter what methods were used to attack the enemy. What was important was his reputation.
However, Jiang Pengji did not care about her reputation. She actually came up with such a childish method to provoke him by gifting women's clothing.
If Nie Liang was angered by her and something happened to him, would the history books write about her in such a way?
Contrarians loved to ignore merits and seize on shortcomings and blemishes to make a big fuss. Compared to the achievements of the predecessors, the future generations preferred to use a magnifying glass to find the shortcomings of the predecessors. To put it nicely, it was to use the past as a mirror, history as a mirror to know the vicissitudes of life, and people as a mirror to understand gains and losses.
Jiang Pengji's thoughts were different. She said, "Sigh, I know what Zaidao is worried about, but … no one is perfect. For someone like me who is unprecedented, I'm afraid that if I'm too wise and powerful, unparalleled, virtuous, and awe-inspiring … the later generations will feel too much pressure. If I leave some harmless flaws and blemishes, the official and unofficial history books can use them to entertain the future generations. "
The salted fishes nodded their heads like pounding garlic and eagerly agreed.
The streamer was right!
They were cheering for their streamer!
Sun Wen was speechless.
To be narcissistic to such an extent, it was indeed unprecedented in both the past and the future; it was unprecedented in both the past and the present.
He suddenly did not want to think about how his lord would be recorded in the history books.
They would most likely misinterpret her as a wicked woman with three heads and six arms, right?
After all, the lord was so good at fighting and could even tell dirty jokes. She could dominate the battlefield by herself with a knife and a horse.
When these words were added together, the first impression that would appear in the minds of ordinary people was a big and burly man with a thunderous voice, broad shoulders and a narrow waist.
Thinking of this, Sun Wen tilted his head and glanced at his lord's profile.
Perhaps it was because her style was too unlike that of a traditional woman, the world would be awed by her aura at first glance and then ignore her beauty.
In all fairness, his lord's appearance was quite good at fighting. When she was dressed as a man, she looked suave and unparalleled. When she was dressed as a woman, she had a different taste as well.
If she could leave behind a few portraits, she might be able to salvage the image of a ferocious and evil woman in the eyes of future generations.
Thus, he sincerely suggested, "When my lord returns, can you leave a few more portraits behind?"
Jiang Pengji looked at him dumbfoundedly. She did not understand how the topic had changed from the disagreement between the ruler and the minister to painting.
While the two of them were conversing, the battlefield was still filled with battle cries.
Qin Gong and the other generals carefully mobilized the entire army, ensuring that the soldiers would not be held back by the enemy because of a momentary victory.
It was hard to say about Jiang Pengji's other strengths, but she was unusually decisive on the battlefield. The enemy could not trick her with small gains.
She said that she wanted to take advantage of the situation and then leave, so she would not allow the soldiers under her command to be greedy and rash.
Qin Gong and the others were well aware of this. They were even more careful when leading the troops into battle, not daring to anger her.
"Report — the reinforcements of the Nie army camp are about to arrive!"
Upon hearing this, Jiang Pengji and Sun Wen turned their attention to the battlefield.
According to the current situation, their army still had the upper hand. If they continued to fight, they would definitely be able to bite off a piece of the enemy's flesh.
However, Sun Wen asked, "My lord, do you want to withdraw your troops?"
Jiang Pengji said casually, "Why not? Are we waiting for Nie Liang's reinforcements to come and turn the situation around? "
Sun Wen understood in his heart. At the same time, he lamented his lord's decisive style.
Not to mention the feudal lords, even the ordinary soldiers on the battlefield would not easily make up their minds to withdraw when they saw that the situation was favorable for their side.
It was admirable that his lord could resist the temptation of benefits that was so close at hand.
After the discussion, Sun Wen sent people to sound the gongs to withdraw the troops. At the same time, he issued several mandatory military orders.
The original vanguard troops became the rear. Step by step, they covered the retreat of the main army and retreated from the frontline in an orderly manner.
The quality of the troops under Jiang Pengji's command was already very high, but there were still some soldiers who were greedy for merits and dilly-dallied and refused to retreat. They were trampled into meat paste by the swarming enemy. Fortunately, there were not many people like this. The elite vanguard troops fought and retreated in an orderly manner. Not long after, they got rid of Nie Liang's vanguard troops and ran away. When Nie Liang's reinforcements arrived at the frontline, they could only watch the enemy retreat, stirring up billowing yellow sand.
Seeing this, General Nie's already livid face darkened a few shades.
"Are these bandits born in the year of rabbits? They ran away so quickly. General, should we give chase?"
Si Jiang was also extremely angry. He had been suppressed and beaten by the enemy just now and was extremely sullen.
When the reinforcements arrived, they finally had a chance to avenge their humiliation. Who would have thought that the enemy would retreat at this critical juncture?
Being asked this question by Si Jiang, the Nie general felt extremely depressed.
If they did not give chase, the enemy would suddenly come knocking on their door and violently beat up their own people before swaggering off. They would lose face.
If they gave chase, they would be afraid that this was the enemy's evil plot. If they gave chase, they would step into a trap. When the enemy retreated, there was order in the chaos. If they gave chase, it would be easy to mess up the army formation. If the enemy took advantage of the chaos in their army formation to turn around and attack, wouldn't it be a great loss?
To give chase or not to give chase, it was not a good choice.
The Nie general secretly gritted his teeth. In the end, he still decided to give chase, but he did not dare to go all out. Jiang Pengji's side easily pulled away. When Jiang Pengji's army retreated to Zhanjiang Pass and the gate was closed again, the Nie army troops arrived late and suffered a wave of arrows on the city wall.
The arrows in front were like a tide. The Nie army was not there to break through the pass.
In order to reduce casualties, they could only retreat out of the shooting range.
The Nie general was speechless.
I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it!
You are very arrogant, does your father know?
A certain deputy general muttered, "Isn't she playing with people?"
He had accidentally discovered the truth. Wasn't Jiang Pengji playing with people?
Looking at the angry gaze of the Nie army outside the pass, Jiang Pengji rubbed her chin and snapped her fingers.
She asked the deputy general guarding the pass on the city wall to come closer and whisper a few words into his ear.
Si Jiang accepted the order with a rippling face. After a while, a dozen strong men, who were eight feet tall and four feet wide, stepped on the city wall. Simple loudspeakers made of copper plates were placed in front of them. The strong men gathered their Qi in their dantian and shouted loudly. Their voices were like thunder.
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