"What's wrong with you all? You've become like this after just one defeat? Who hasn't lost a battle before?"

At this point, Zhao Cheng paused for a moment and said, "Huh, it seems like this is the first time I've lost a battle?"

"That damned Yang Qingzhi! He actually stole my first time!"

Watching Zhao Cheng fool around by himself, the generals remained gloomy and were not affected by his optimistic mood.

Zhao Cheng sat down in the chair, raised an eyebrow, and said, "If you all want to do this, it's no fun. A general must have the belief that he will fight on despite repeated defeats and become stronger with each battle! Where is your sense of belief?"

Tuo Tiewuhua looked at the crowd and, seeing that no one spoke, said, "General, the morale in the army is low. The soldiers are gathering together and saying..."

"say what?"

Zhao Cheng sneered, "They say Yang Qingzhi is a military genius descended to earth, invincible in battle, but now even I, the general, have been defeated. I'm afraid Dongjing is doomed to perish?"

Tuo Tiewu lowered his head and said, "You already know..."

Zhao Cheng shouted, "Nonsense! I can hear the soldiers talking about this even when I'm just taking a piss. How could I not know?"

"The soldiers don't like to use their brains, are you the same way?"

"Do you also believe that Yang Qingzhi is a military genius descended to earth, invincible in battle?"

"Of course not!" Zhao Yan stood up and said, "If he were truly a military genius descended to earth, how could he have suffered repeated defeats against my elder brother in the past?"

Pu Ke said, "The soldiers have also been talking about it, saying that Yang Qingzhi hadn't awakened yet..."

"What nonsense!" Zhao Cheng waved his hand and said, "Why don't you say he underwent tribulation!"

"Don't panic, wait a little longer." Zhao Cheng picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"Wait for what?" Zhao Yan and his generals asked.

At this moment, Yuan Fei quickly walked in, his left hand supporting his right arm, blood flowing from between his fingers.

"General, I have gathered intelligence on the Southern Zhou army, and it is exactly as you predicted!"