Blue Phoenix Chapter 27 - The Art of War

Having finished his training, Hui Yue went back to his room from the training fields. For once there had been no guards around for him to battle. But even if there had been some Hui Yue did not have the time to fight them today. What he needed to do was to write down something from his memories. He needed to write down The Art of War.

Sitting in his room, he racked his mind trying to remember the contents of the book.

“Sun Tzu said: The art of war is of vital importance to the State.” The first sentence came to him quickly, but as for the rest, it was very vague. Gritting his teeth, he almost felt like walloping himself. It had been many years since he lived his old life, and even then it had been years since he wrote the book report.

Without remembering the exact words, Hui Yue wrote down what he could remember, and in front of him, words started to appear. Finally, after some time, the first chapter of The Art of War was almost entirely written down.

The first chapter was “Laying Plans.” It was about preparing for war. This was the chapter he needed to write before the Lords of the Forest arrived in the capital. He needed to have this ready to show off.

“It is a matter of life and death, a road either to safety, or to ruin. Hence it is a subject of inquiry which can on no account be neglected.”

“The art of war, then, is governed by five constant factors, to be taken into account in one’s deliberations. These five ways are to be used to calculate your strength and compare them with the enemy to see who has the advantage in the war. These five constant factors are first) the Moral Law, second) the Heaven, third) the Earth, fourth) the Commander, and fifth) the Method and Discipline.”

“The Moral Law causes the people to be in complete accord with their ruler so that they will follow him regardless of their lives, undismayed by any danger.” Thinking about this part, Hui Yue was satisfied. He had previously seen how the beasts were willing to die for Wan Qiao. However, whether or not the other lords had as much loyalt

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