Mythical Three Kingdoms

Watching Chen Xi point out a location on the map where a river flows through, with vast grasslands and hills, and slowly deducing his inference, Liu Yu’s gaze towards Chen Xi suddenly changed.

”I finally understand why, at just over twenty, you can steadily hold the top position under Xuande.” Liu Yu said with admiration, ”Hearing you say this, it indeed makes a lot of sense. The Northern Huns, it seems almost impossible for them not to choose this place as their camp.”

”Actually, it’s all quite simple.” Chen Xi shrugged and said, many pieces of information mixed together can lead to such a deduction, ”As for why I’m the chief, it’s mainly because I’m good at construction.”

”Since you can clearly determine that this is the old camp of the Northern Huns, it’s not impossible to give it a try.” Under Chen Xi’s very cautious and reasonable deduction, Liu Yu finally had to agree that the old camp of the Northern Huns was indeed in the place pointed by Chen Xi.

”However, I wonder, didn’t the Northern Huns ever think that the location of their camp could be deduced from a map?” After acknowledging Chen Xi’s judgment, Liu Yu asked another question.

”Honestly speaking, besides me, probably no one else would deduce this using such mathematical methods.” Chen Xi shrugged and said.

This isn’t a boast; in normal terms, even people like Jia Xu and Guo Jia wouldn’t care about how the rear of the Hu People is arranged. They are more concerned with how to defeat the main army of the Hu People. Only someone like Chen Xi, who has spare time and such an unusual focus, could deduce it from scattered pieces of information.

Even the Champion Marquis at that time, during their relentless pursuit of the enemy, never thought about how to determine the location of the next tribe on the Great Prairie. Historical records of the Northern Huns’ rear tribes have only one phrase, ”dwell by following water and grass.”

Liu Yu had a speechless expression, feeling that Chen Xi was just showing off his intelligence. However, upon thinking about Chen Xi’s age, showing off seemed like a normal behavior.

”Actually, Duke Bo’an, it’s best not to underestimate the Northern Huns. Let’s put it this way, if the Northern Huns did indeed choose that place as I mentioned, then in terms of warfare, they’ve already chosen the situation most advantageous to themselves.” Seeing Liu Yu’s expression, Chen Xi explained.

”But are you saying you’ve stayed one step ahead?” Liu Yu laughed and said.

”I wouldn’t say a step ahead, just that the more you pursue perfection, the bigger the flaws might be.” Chen Xi shook his head, denying Liu Yu’s words. The choice of the Northern Huns’ camp location was not wrong at all; the only mistake was being enemies with the Han Dynasty!

Liu Yu, looking at Chen Xi’s calm demeanor, didn’t know what to say. Was it wrong? Not at all. Chen Xi made a very reasonable point. If the Northern Huns eventually did appear there, then in terms of choice alone, the Northern Huns’ choice wasn’t wrong at all.

”However, as you mentioned, the Northern Huns probably have twenty to thirty thousand troops in their rear; are you sure you can solve it with your forces?” Liu Yu frowned and asked, ”The Xiliang Iron Cavalry is fierce, even invincible, but the Northern Huns didn’t grow up eating grass.”

Upon hearing Liu Yu’s ”eating grass” remark, Chen Xi burst into laughter, ”Duke Bo’an, I thought you wouldn’t understand a joke, but what you said is quite amusing, indeed, the Northern Huns didn’t grow up eating grass, and they undoubtedly have tricks up their sleeve in the rear, but we are stronger.”

”Zijian, on the plains, have you ever feared direct combat?” Chen Xi turned and asked Hua Xiong.

”Heh, on the plains, in direct combat, our only enemy is ourselves!” Hua Xiong said confidently.

”That’s it.” Chen Xi spread his hands and said.

Liu Yu was speechless but saw Chen Xi’s determination. ”But why are you personally going there? Normally, with your character, you wouldn’t do such dangerous things.”

Chen Xi fell silent for a moment, indeed, with his character, he shouldn’t be doing such dangerous things. Although the Xiliang Iron Cavalry is brave and invincible, if they were truly trapped within the Northern Huns’ cavalry, Hua Xiong leading the cavalry might be able to break out, but if they had to protect him, perhaps they wouldn’t be able to.

[Should I just give up like this? In previous battles, no matter what, I was always in a safe state. Is this risk worth it now?] Chen Xi silently thought, [After the unification of the Central Plains, if we’re to go out, I have to take the first step, and by then, myself on the front line might not be as safe as now. The opponents would be stronger than they are now.]

”Ultimately, I must walk this path, and moreover, for the future, I need to experience it in advance now. Moreover, the current situation is far better than future situations.” Chen Xi said with a smile.

”I always feel that compared to your generation, our generation barely holds any ground.” Liu Yu shook his head, although he didn’t understand Chen Xi’s words, he could tell from Chen Xi’s demeanor that the future is more crucial for him.

[Ah, when I think about it, it feels terrifying. I should stick with insurance, just in case something unexpected happens. The ideal can only be realized if life is preserved. I’m not someone like Li Youu who would sacrifice life for ideals.] After making up his mind, Chen Xi recalled his safety concerns and decided to add another layer of insurance.

”I don’t think so. Your generation was also constrained by the era and perspective, but you still maintained your beliefs. The reason we can do better is not only because of capability and intelligence but also because our vision is different.” Chen Xi shook his head, disagreeing with Liu Yu.

”Take Duke Bo’an and the White Horse General, for example. Were their actions wrong?” Chen Xi looked at Liu Yu and asked.

Liu Yu smirked, realizing that after retreating to Chang’an to cultivate the heart and calm his mind for several years, and since Liu Xie was more distressing than Gongsun Zan, he could now reflect calmly on the issues between him and Gongsun Zan. Truth be told, on reflection, he and Gongsun Zan had both entered a state of obsession back then.

”They weren’t entirely wrong, but they weren’t perfect either.” Liu Yu shook his head and said, ”However, if I had another chance, I’d still stop Gongsun Zan’s indiscriminate massacre of the Wuhuan tribe.”

”The White Horse General sacrificed, had he been alive, he would certainly have said otherwise.” Chen Xi said with a smile.

”Yes, if he were alive, he’d definitely continue eliminating them.” Liu Yu said helplessly but had come to understand Chen Xi’s point.

”Indeed, everyone, from your generation to those among ours who have come this far, holds onto their beliefs. Right and wrong are hard to clearly define.” Chen Xi said with a smile.

Without waiting for Liu Yu to respond, Chen Xi continued, ”We all firmly believe we can do better than the previous generation, but I alone believe that my path is the most correct compared to others!”

Liu Yu, looking at Chen Xi’s confident demeanor at this moment, was filled with emotion.