"And His Highness said, a commander-in-chief skilled in warfare must gradually accumulate his own advantageous position, increase his force, and finally use the grand montum to suppress others, minimizing the cost of victory!… The Kingdom's army, bearing the banner of the Mayapan Royalty, continually wages war on the coast, clipping the wings of the Xiu Clan, subduing neutral clans… At the sa ti spreading the faith of the Chief Divine, gradually establishing the Kingdom's foothold in Maya… This is the accumulation of an advantage, waiting for the 'victory' that cos naturally like 'water flowing'!…"
At this point, Bertade let out a long breath, finally and completely confirming his Maya strategy, and determining the next step. He picked up his pen and wrote down four nas, which were also the chieftains of the four clans adjacent to the Northern Coast: "Tail Feather," "Deer Bug," "Chel," "Chikin"!…
"War and politics must be combined! A person truly skilled in warfare does not have overly illustrious battle records… So battles seem winnable, but should not be fought! And accumulating an advantage, making others submit without battle, is the most secure path to victory!… His Highness's wisdom of divine revelation is truly astonishing, always guiding in decision-making!… Praise the Supre Main God! Praise the wise Highness!…"
Bertade slightly raised his head, thinking of the years spent beside Xiulote, constantly hearing those truly profound "divine revelation wisdoms," he couldn't help but offer a heartfelt pious prayer.
As a veteran general who has been fighting all his life, he had sincerely learned a lot from Xiulote over the past decade, and grew a great deal. This learning was not due to Xiulote's command in battle, not due to His Highness's hands-on operations. In fact, many of His Highness's military commands and victories on the battlefield were accomplished under his ticulous assistance…
What he truly learned from His Highness was never the practice of warfare, but those political and military theories deeply embedded in history, casually uttered by Xiulote!
These weighty political and military theories, for the young Xiulote, often stayed purely theoretical. Because theory requires sufficient practice to be thoroughly understood.
However, for an old general like Bertade, who doesn't lack practical experience, and has even practiced all his life, this set of "divine revelation" theoretical systems, just a little pondering, could lead him to sudden enlightennt, transforming fundantally, lifting him to an entirely new level!
This is akin to the story of the great "Great Great Chief" of the Celestial Empire that Xiulote told Aweit, over the past decade, incessantly catalyzing Aweit, rapidly growing from a speaker of a Tribal Alliance towards transforming into an Emperor determined on centralization and skilled in political maneuvering!
Never underestimate any era, any civilization's exceptional talents. They erge from countless others, enduring much trial, not only possessing enough practical experience but also having extraordinary will and courage, observation and learning, cleverness and decisiveness! And these are the most crucial, and hardest to cultivate, qualities for success!
Although when engaging with more powerful civilizations, they sotis seem clumsy and foolish, seemingly easily deceived… what they truly lack is often just the vision limited by their environnt, and that layer of theoretical enlightennt breaking through the paper-thin barrier!
When Xiulote ca to this world, determined to change history, he began to constantly spread his thoughts to those around him… and the greatest "side effect" he brought was catalyzing the brilliant heroes of the Alliance around him, allowing them to make up for that last piece of lacking insight and theory, to leap to higher levels!
"May the Chief Divine protect! For His Highness and the Chief Divine, for the prophecy of the Divine War… I will solidify the seaside foundation, strategize against the Maya Tribes, manage Cuba Main Island… finally fighting long battles against the white-skinned demons coming across the sea, until the day I go to the Divine Kingdom!…"
Bertade closed his eyes, once again touching the grim scars on his face. Those were the witnesses personally carved when he and Xiulote made their vow by the Lerma River, pledging until death:
"You said, as long as the waters of the Lerma River flow, the bond between sovereign and subject will never break, in this life, we will face each other with loyalty and sincerity, never failing one another…"
"And I said, I will follow you until I die… My king!…"
The starlight in the zenith was brilliant, and fireflies were dancing in the jungle. At this mont, under the starry river of Maya, after assisting Xiulote in a low-key manner for more than a decade… the true Great General of the Kingdom, East Sea Marshal Bertade, finally stepped to the forefront, beginning to reveal his starlight!
User Comments
0 comments from readers