Chapter 355 Do You Dare to Bet?

In the past, He Zheng's Jincheng-style conversion concept could still fool people. But now, the five children have been practicing debate for more than a year and are no longer the beginners who were easily led by others.

Zong Wenxiu spoke in an orderly manner: "What we are discussing now is whether the general was impulsive, which is different from the concept of 'before and after' you mentioned. We certainly believe that Da Chu will be able to defeat You State one day, but we cannot predict which day, which battle, and which person will lead the army. If you blindly trust every general who has not yet made achievements, it will be a gamble. If you lose the gamble, it will be the lives of those 5,000 cavalrymen. With such a big bet, do you dare to bet on a new general? Let me make it clear that I don't dare."

He Zheng: “…” He didn’t dare either.

But, that’s Uncle Zong.

Besides, Uncle Zong had already returned from a victorious battle. He Zheng swallowed his saliva and racked his brains to think about how to defend himself. Although he was not in the same group with his elder brother this time, he was on the affirmative side, so how could he not win? But the elder brother, the strongest elder brother, hadn't even opened his mouth yet, and He Zheng was already so nervous that he was sweating.

Wei Xinglu said without hesitation: "You don't dare, but Luo Jingfeng dares. He dares to do anything. When a general is away from home, he is not subject to the orders of the emperor. Luo Jingfeng can appoint generals to lead the troops to fight. As long as he believes in Uncle Zong, it will be fine. Whether we believe in him or not is useless."

Zong Wenxiu, who was caught off guard, said: "..."

What Wei Xinglu said does make some sense.

Luo Jingfeng is a person with a strange temper and unpredictable behavior.

"Pfft." Xu Wan couldn't help laughing. She looked at Zong Zhao, who paused while drinking tea and raised his eyebrows slightly.

Baili Xi gently waved a palm-leaf fan in his hand, watching the children discussing with each other. Each of them had clear logic and expression, and they were completely different from the playboys in the past. The changes brought about by reading were fully demonstrated in them.

Wei Xinglu continued, "In history, most of the cases where a small force defeated a large one were won by the generals' ingenious plans. Although Luo Jingfeng has many generals under his command, if they were capable, they would not have been unable to defeat the You Kingdom. So I think Luo Jingfeng chose to trust Uncle Zong because he must have wanted to find a new breakthrough on the battlefield."

Zong Jincheng, who had been silent, suddenly raised his head. He followed Wei Xinglu's train of thought and thought about what Luo Jingfeng was thinking at the time. No matter how unreasonable and treacherous his uncle was in the capital, he was still a general who wanted to win battles for the country on the battlefield.

Wei Xinglu's speech was also drawing to a close. "Besides, Uncle Zong is using 5,000 cavalrymen to fight against the 30,000-strong army of You State, and he didn't say whether he would fight them head-on or attack them by surprise. If they were to attack them secretly and catch them off guard, Luo Jingfeng could lead his men to surround them, and with the help of the internal and external forces, we could completely defeat them."

Zong Jincheng blinked his eyes, moistened his throat and prepared to speak, but He Zheng got so nervous that he started to pinch him unconsciously, and Wei Xinglu glared at him with his eyes wide open and his teeth bared.

"Brother, let go, let go..." Wei Xinglu patted him hard, and He Zheng quickly let go.

The little devil said, "First of all, in fact, the battle of Changqi did not use the trapping tactics, and there was no such thing as Luo Jingfeng's support. A new general leading 5,000 soldiers alone cannot defeat Youguo even if he launches a surprise attack, because Youguo people are naturally good at fighting, and their soldiers are stronger than us overall. It is difficult to achieve a victory with only one general. Moreover, I have checked the situation at the time of the battle of Changqi. The weather was normal, and the terrain of Changqi was not advantageous to our army. As for Luo Jingfeng's attempt to find a breakthrough, I think that although he has a strange personality, he is a general of Pingxi who climbed up from the military camp step by step. He is definitely not an impulsive mediocre person, and he would not trust a rookie general without any basis. So I think: we had little chance of winning that battle, and it was Dad who was impulsive. "

He Zheng saw his elder brother confusing right and wrong, and he got a little anxious: "But how could it be impulsive? Uncle Zong obviously won, he won the battle of Changqi, and then he took three cities of Youguo in a row, becoming the famous Zhenxi General, the same as Luo Jingfeng. I think, it's just that we can't figure out how Uncle Zong won, but this doesn't mean that he won impulsively or by luck, otherwise how could he win in succession? After Youguo reacted, didn't they retaliate fiercely?"

Shen Yibai saw that our side was getting better and better at fighting, and his chin almost rose to his head. He said proudly: "Maybe the You Kingdom was defeated in the Battle of Changqi? For example, Han Xin, Bai Qi, and Huo Qubing, each of them is a person who can make the enemy feel scared just by mentioning their names. Although Uncle Zong won the battle of Changqi, Jin Cheng and I agree that he was impulsive. Otherwise, when there is no advantage in the sky and terrain, it is too risky to want to win with fewer people steadily."

Zong Wenxiu also nodded: "I also think it's impossible."

The three opposing parties were very united in their opinions, and none of them wavered.

This really made Wei Xinglu and He Zheng very angry. They were obviously the affirmative team with the fact of already determined victory, but they were unable to defeat these nonsense opponents. It was simply unfair.

Seeing that they were about to fight, Zong Zhao looked at Xu Wan, asking with his eyes: Is it time for him to explain?

Xu Wan smiled and shook her head at him.

Then, she stood up and said, "Okay, I see you guys have almost finished your debate, so let's turn the debate into a discussion. Everyone, start thinking, if it was you five who led the 5,000 troops, how would you defeat the 30,000 troops of the You Kingdom?"

The five people who had reconciled in an instant were immediately filled with confusion.

He Zheng was the first to raise his hand and asked weakly, "Auntie... are you sure you want us to think of a way to defeat the enemy? In the past hundred years, there has only been one person like Uncle Zong in our Great Chu. The five of us are still children. How can we possibly think of a way to rival Uncle Zong?"

"Yeah... isn't this beyond the scope?" Wei Xinglu scratched his head and replied with a sly look in his mind, "If we can come up with a solution, wouldn't everyone be able to be made a general?"

Zong Wenxiu didn't say anything, but his face was full of worry, and it was obvious that he also felt that this question was too difficult.

Xu Wan encouraged with a smile: "Three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang, not to mention that there are five of you, five little prodigies from the Tongzi Ke. Five future second-rank officials have joined forces, is this still a simple lineup of children?"