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  The second is that the eastern fish belly is initially white, and the sun says it will rise but has not yet risen.

  When the military and civilians of Xia Kou Cheng were still asleep, Liu Feng had already gotten out of bed. After washing up, he opened the wooden door on the side of his bedroom and stepped into that ink-scented pavilion.

  Morning light squeezed through the window gap into the room, looking around, three walls below each had a wooden frame as tall as a person, on which were neatly arranged rows of scrolls. In the middle, a red sandalwood desk had several scrolls spread out casually, and the ink on the brush holder beside it was still wet.

  This is Liu Qi's study.

  At first, Liu Qi let them have the house, and Liu Feng only knew that the room he lived in was next to his cousin's study, and had not paid much attention before. If it wasn't for Xu Shu's reminder last night, Liu Feng would have forgotten that there was a treasure hidden in the wall of his bedroom.

  In this chaotic world, for ordinary people, a cart of books is not as precious as two pecks of rice, but for someone like Liu Feng who cannot bear to be idle, these things are more precious than gold.

  Liu Feng made up his mind to seize every spare moment from now on to read the books left behind by Liu Qi while practicing martial arts.

  Liu Feng first circled around the bookshelf, roughly scanning it. There were at least over a hundred books here, including "I Ching", "The Great Learning", "Spring and Autumn Annals", and "Han Fei's" works. Confucianism, Taoism, military strategy, all sorts of classics from different schools of thought were present. At first glance, Liu Qi indeed seemed like a studious person.

  Liu Feng casually flipped through the books on Confucian classics, which were neatly arranged but covered with a layer of dust. Upon examining other scrolls, they were mostly in the same condition.

  "Alas, it seems my brother just loves collecting books, but doesn't necessarily love reading them."

  In today's chaotic world, for those who will be generals, the art of war should be the most important thing to learn. Liu Feng turned around and took out a volume of "Sun Tzu" from the bookshelf.

  Holding the heavy book, Liu Feng carefully placed it flat on the desk, wiped off the dust with his sleeve, and gently opened the book. He had only read the beginning when he started to feel a headache, but he persisted in reading on, and before long, his head began to spin.

  Liu Feng's language proficiency was not bad, but the most frustrating thing was classical Chinese. The "Sun Tzu" in front of him was abstruse and dull, and it was even more boring than doing calculus or differential equations for a modern person like Liu Feng.

  "Alas, if only there were vernacular texts." Liu Feng shook his head and sighed, his expression somewhat helpless.

  Liu Feng gritted his teeth and continued reading, but could only intermittently understand some of the text from the obscure language. However, due to his poor classical Chinese skills, he couldn't grasp the author's true meaning for most of it. After being tormented for half an hour, Liu Feng felt like vomiting if he read any further, so he had no choice but to temporarily give up.

  "No choice, I'll just put this one aside for now. Looks like I need to read some simpler books first and improve my classical Chinese skills before tackling this one."

  Liu Feng regretfully picked up the book, intending to put it back in its original place. However, just as he had just put down the book, a volume of books that caught his eye out of the corner of his eye attracted his attention.

  Dusting off the book's cover, four robust and powerful words entered his eyes - Sun Tzu Annotation.

  Liu Feng, with a curious mind, held the volume of "Sunzi Annotation" which was several times thicker than "Sunzi", and returned to his desk. As he flipped through it, he realized that it was actually a reading note on Sunzi's Art of War. The author of the note had reinterpreted each chapter of Sunzi's Art of War by combining them with some war examples from ancient times to the present, and also attached their own analysis and understanding of these examples.

  The wording of the notes is far from being as profound and abstruse as that of Sun Tzu's Art of War, but it is illustrated with examples of battles, making it not only easy to read but also very vivid.

  However, the suspicious thing is that this notebook does not specify the author. Looking at the scribbles on the notebook, it seems that it is not some kind of ancient book, and the handwriting does not seem to be Liu Qi's either.

  "With Zi De's ability, I estimate that he can't even write this kind of thing. Whose notebook is this after all?" Doubts suddenly arose in Liu Feng's heart.

  But this doubt is not important to Liu Feng, who is now worried about how to quickly improve his military skills. This unexpected note is indeed a treasure for him. Liu Feng immediately picked up Sunzi's annotation and read it greedily.

  After spending three days, Liu Feng roughly went through this note. Now he is certain that the note must have been written by a contemporary person because the author cited many contemporary war examples in the note, especially those related to Cao Cao such as the Battle of Guandu, the campaign against Zhang Yang, and the campaign against Xuzhou, all of which were analyzed in detail.

  At the end of the note, the owner also gave Cao Cao a six-word evaluation: Long in tactics, short in strategy. According to Liu Feng's understanding, it means that he is quite excellent in tactics, but somewhat insufficient in strategy.

  "Cao Cao, who had won many battles and defeated many heroes, was on the verge of unifying the world. And yet, someone dared to criticize him for being inferior in strategy? Who is this arrogant fellow, with such a big mouth?"

  Liu Feng sneered and curled his lips, but as he continued to look down, his disdainful expression gradually subsided.

  The author of the note takes the Battle of Guandu as an example, pointing out that before the battle, Cao Cao was anxious and felt unable to compete with Yuan Shao. It wasn't until Xun Yu analyzed and pointed out the reasons for their certain victory that he became confident. However, after the battle entered a stalemate phase, Cao Cao's confidence wavered again, and he wrote to Xun Yu saying he intended to retreat. It was only after Xun Yu re-analyzed the situation and the pros and cons at the time that he dispelled the idea of retreating.

  The Battle of Guandu, the strategic achievement was due to Xun Yu, while Cao Cao's surprise attack on Wuchao was just a finishing touch, which perfectly played to his strengths in tactics.

  After this analysis, the owner of the note again praised Cao Cao's strengths in appointing people, and it was precisely this strength that made up for his lack of strategic thinking to some extent.

  "Hmm, this person's evaluation of Cao Zhen is reasonable and well-founded. It seems that Cao Zhen is not invincible after all, even the strongest person will have their weaknesses. Who could this person be who can see through Cao Zhen so clearly? Why does Liu Qi have this person's notes in his hands?"

  Liu Feng became very interested in the mysterious author of this annotated version of Sunzi. Since Liu Qi had his notes, it meant that this person was acquainted with Liu Qi, or might even be one of Liu Biao's subordinates. However, after going through the strategists and generals under Liu Biao, such as Kuai Yue, Kuai Liang, and Han Song, Liu Feng still couldn't find anyone who seemed to match.

  At this moment of deep thought and bitter contemplation, a trusted soldier came to report that Liu Qi had invited him to come for a chat.

  Liu Feng's spirit lifted: "Right! If you want to know who this person is, just ask Liu Qi and you'll know."

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