Chapter 211 Gambling

Huan Xi was defeated?

In the Xianyang Palace, this news echoed, and for a moment the huge palace fell into a brief silence.

The Qin State planned for two years before creating this year's good opportunity for the Qin Army to attack the Zhao State, intending to occupy all the cities from Taihang Mountains to the southern Great Wall of Zhao in one fell swoop. To this end, they dispatched an army of more than 100,000, as well as the two most combat-savvy generals of the Qin State. However, despite such an advantage and such unintentional plan, the Qin Army was still defeated.

"Huan Xi cannot retreat. Although it is impossible for him to win a great victory on the eastern front, he cannot retreat at this time. He must at least wait until General Wang Jian captures Yanyu before he can withdraw his troops." After a brief silence, a middle-aged civil official in the hall spoke.

"Yes, we must not retreat at this time. If General Huan Chen retreats, General Wang Jian on the western front will no longer have a chance of winning. On the contrary, if General Huan Chen continues to besiege Yecheng, it can attract the attention of Zhao State and create conditions for General Wang Jian to capture Yanyu." Li Si also spoke.

This disciple of Xunzi and junior brother of Han Fei, although he had not yet held a real official position, had already held a very high status in the Qin army. He was listed as a senior minister and accompanied King Zheng of Qin on a daily basis, offering advice. Although he had no power, his influence was considerable. What he said had a great chance of becoming something that influenced reality through King Zheng of Qin.

Several others expressed their opinions shortly after, all of them supporting the continuation of military operations against the State of Zhao. Although they no longer expected Huan Xuan to capture the nine cities in Ye, they at least had to ensure that Wang Jian could achieve a great victory on the western front.

"Order Huan Xi to continue attacking Yecheng." Finally, with the voice of King Zheng of Qin, the best decision was made on this matter.

Facing Huan Xi's failure, King Zheng of Qin did not have any emotions. Of course, it would be more accurate to say that he completely concealed his emotions and suppressed them with his reason.

But, Yang Chong? Qin Wangzheng, who had no emotion, silently recited this name, but there was a little fluctuation in his eyes.

After the incident in Xinzheng, he had learned all the information about Yang Chong through Luowang, but even so, Yang Chong still refreshed his cognition. In his cognition, Yang Chong's martial arts were very powerful. After all, Gai Nie was already a top master of his generation, but Yang Chong was someone who could compete with the top masters of the previous generation. In this sense alone, Yang Chong's personal strength was terrifying, but if that was the case, Yang Chong was not enough to shock him.

He is the King of Qin, the most powerful king in the world. No matter how strong his personal martial arts are, they are just the courage of a common man. Through power, he can control such a person.

But this time, Yang Chong finally surprised King Zheng of Qin. Yang Chong actually used the weak to defeat the strong and defeated the general he valued. Such a thing made King Zheng of Qin look sideways.

To this day, when Qin Shi Huangdi thinks back to his trip to Xinzheng, he feels a bit regretful. He should have found a way to bring Yang Chong under his command.

But no one could have imagined at that time that Yang Chong was so capable in warfare.

Perhaps, he really has the potential to become a rival of Qin, of course, the premise is that he can really conquer Qi. Qin Wangzheng interrupted his thoughts while thinking.

His goal was the whole world. In the process of conquering the whole world, Qin would inevitably face various expected or unexpected opponents. Facing opponents, all he had to do was defeat them. As for other ideas? King Zheng of Qin had no such ideas.

In his existing cognition, there is only the word "conquer". He believes that with his own strength and the strength of Qin, he can defeat any opponent, no matter if the opponent is an individual or a country.

In his understanding, the six kingdoms were already corrupt and destined to be destroyed by the Qin State. His real opponent was the past, the history of this world, and the rules that had lasted for thousands of years. He wanted to break the existing rules and create an order that belonged to him alone.

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"Can he actually win?" When Xianyang received the news from the front line, Xinzheng in Han also received news about the war in Zhao State. In the Suzaku Pavilion, Han Fei looked at the bamboo slips in his hand, his thick eyebrows were already frowned together.

"Yes, he won again, just like when he was in Weijia Village that year, he won a battle that others thought was impossible to win." Wei Zhuang said with a complicated expression.

Now he has become the Sima of Han and holds military power. Although it is impossible for him to reach the power that Ji Wuye had back then, he is still considered the number one person in the Korean military.

It was precisely because he was in control of the military power of Han that Wei Zhuang realized how outrageous it was that the Jibei Army had defeated the Qin Army.

If the army under Yang Chong's command was an elite Zhao army, relying on superb strategies to defeat the Qin army in battle, Wei Zhuang would only admire Yang Chong's strategy, but would not have any more thoughts. After all, calculations are something that has both wins and losses.

Sometimes, a flash of inspiration can open a new door and achieve something that is hard for ordinary people to imagine. Although such things are rare, they have been happening constantly in the past few hundred years and will continue in the future. For an individual, it may be something that he or she may not be able to accomplish in his or her entire lifetime, but there is no shortage of such things in the long history.

However, the army under Yang Chong's command was not the well-trained elite Zhao army, but an army that was only established last year. The quality of the soldiers was not as good as the elite Zhao army, and it was probably even inferior to the Han army. However, it was such an army that Yang Chong only trained for a few months, and was able to defeat the bravest army and the most powerful general of Qin despite the fact that the troops were still at a disadvantage.

This could not help but shock Wei Zhuang. He had to admit that if he led an army with a combat power comparable to that of Qin, he might be able to defeat Huan Chen. But it was absolutely impossible for him to lead an army that had only been established for one year to defeat Huan Chen. The so-called brilliant strategies were not enough in the face of absolute power.

"I really can't believe it. I really can't think of any reason why he could win." Han Fei said with a wry smile.

Yang Chong gave up his position as the general of Han State and went to Zhao State to pursue the dream of restoring his country. Han Fei only regarded it as Yang Chong's fantasy, but now Yang Chong has refreshed his cognition again.

It was more shocking than Yang Chong's previous murder of Bai Yifei, Ji Wuye and others.

Although Yang Chong had demonstrated extraordinary fighting ability before, he was more skilled in personal martial arts and human calculations. Although these things were powerful, to be honest, in the competition between countries, these things were actually not worthy of being mentioned in the upper hand.

But after Yang Chong went to Zhao State, he showed a side that was completely different from when he was in Han State. He did not show his martial arts, nor did he show his calculations. Instead, he displayed great wisdom in governing the country, and the skills to defeat thousands of enemies on the battlefield.

Such people are the top talents in any country.

"Can you imagine that you bought a thousand gold to bet on Yang Chong to win? This time the odds are thirty to one. Congratulations, you've made a fortune." Wei Zhuang calmed down his shocked thoughts. Perhaps because of the saying "Birds of a feather flock together", he rarely teased Han Fei.

Zhuque Pavilion used to be Qianlong Hall of a farmer's family. However, the then master of the hall was so desperate that he gathered a large group of so-called masters to plot against Yang Chong. However, he underestimated Yang Chong's strength and was almost completely annihilated by Yang Chong. Since then, Qianlong Hall changed hands, and then there was Zhuque Pavilion. When Yang Chong left the Kingdom of Han, he gave Zhuque Pavilion to Han Fei.

As the largest casino in Korea and even in the Central Plains, Suzaku Pavilion attracts guests from all over the world, including people from all walks of life. Therefore, it is the most well-informed place in the whole Xinzheng. In order to fill the gap left after the collapse of Nightfall, Han Fei and Wei Zhuang jointly established Liusha with Zhang Liang, and Suzaku Pavilion naturally became the headquarters of Liusha because of its special nature.

With Han Fei's management of Zhuque Pavilion, the business of Zhuque Pavilion became more prosperous than before. After the Qin-Zhao War broke out, a bet was even offered between the Qin and Zhao armies.

However, from the beginning of the war, the Qin army was unstoppable, so naturally more people bet on the Qin army to win. But the war took a turn for the worse. Just when the Qin army was winning victory after victory and gained an absolute advantage, Yang Chong suddenly appeared and defeated the Qin army that had an absolute advantage.

The outcome of this gamble was beyond everyone's expectations.

In this gambling game, only a few people placed their bets on Yang Chong. After all, the strength gap between the two sides was too great.

But even if there were only a few people, there were still people who placed their bets on Yang Chong. Han Fei was one of them, and he was the one who placed the largest bet, with a total of one thousand gold.

Based on the odds at the time, Han Fei could win about 30,000 gold in this round. Even after deducting the commission of Suzaku Pavilion, he could still get 24,000 gold. As for the commission? It was just from one pocket into another pocket, all on one person.

That's why Wei Zhuang teased Han Fei just now. Yang Chong's victory made Han Fei the big winner.

Facing Wei Zhuang's ridicule, Han Fei also laughed. After all, he had no reason to be unhappy after winning such a large sum of money. Han Fei laughed and said, "I don't understand war, but I know Yang Chong. This guy always does things that are unexpected."

"You believe him." Wei Zhuang said with a puzzled look.

"There's no way. This guy has done a lot of things that seem impossible to us. Although I don't know how he won this time, I know that it is possible for him to do another impossible thing." Han Fei said.

If he just analyzed whether Yang Chong could win, he would have no doubt that Yang Chong would lose. But if he followed his feelings, Han Fei felt that Yang Chong could win. As for the reason? Intuition does not need a reason.

"Intuition? That's something only women believe in." Wei Zhuang sneered, his mouth was still very poisonous.

Both he and his senior brother Gai Nie are like this, but Gai Nie's words are as sharp as swords, while Wei Zhuang's are purely poisonous. In the past, his poisonous words were only directed at Zi Nu, but that woman Zi Nu eloped with a man, so his poisonous tongue could only be directed at Han Fei. If it was someone else, would he be unwilling?

"Well, actually I only bet 300 gold. You know I'm very poor. The other 700 gold belongs to Honglian. Honglian is the biggest winner." Han Fei showed annoyance when he said this. He was the banker and this time he had to give Honglian a large sum of money, and this money could have belonged to him.

"Honglian? Is that little guy so rich?" Wei Zhuang said in astonishment.

In Wei Zhuang's impression, Honglian was just an innocent little girl. When did she learn how to gamble? And her vision was so accurate?

Could it be that this brother wanted to cheat his sister? Wei Zhuang looked at Han Fei hesitantly. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible. Han Fei could really do such a thing. Although Han Fei always regarded himself as a gentleman, in fact, Han Fei's moral integrity was very low, especially in small matters. Han Fei had no moral integrity at all. His moral integrity was only for big things.

This is what Han Fei meant by "a gentleman should not be fussy about trivial matters".

"What are you talking about? Am I that kind of person?" Han Fei said indignantly. His good friend looked at him like that? This made him very angry.

Wei Zhuang didn't answer, but his eyes told Han Fei the answer.

"Okay, I admit that I took advantage of Honglian, but I definitely didn't try to cheat her. I just didn't expect Honglian to be so rich and such a gambler that she even dared to bet 700 gold on Yang Chong to win. The girl is really outgoing and has finally grown up." Han Fei said helplessly.

His original intention was to borrow money from Honglian, but he never expected that when he told Honglian about the gambling, Honglian would directly intervene and even took out a huge sum of 700 gold.

As for the reason, how could Han Fei not know it? Of course, his brother was one of the reasons, but the bigger reason must have come from Yang Chong.

"She is a woman after all, and women are unreasonable." Wei Zhuang sighed, with a look of regret on his face, because of the woman who eloped.

Although Wei Zhuang did not have any romantic feelings for Zi Nu, he had a true friendship with her. Zi Nu was his first true friend. As for Gai Nie? Gai Nie had another meaning in his life.

"Honglian has made a fortune this time and has become a wealthy woman. In the future, if I need money, I may have to ask her for it. It seems that I, as her brother, will lose face more and more in the future." Han Fei's face turned bitter. As a brother, he was not in any danger in front of Honglian, and it would only be worse in the future.

"Your face is worthless." Wei Zhuang continued to taunt.

"Yes, it's worthless. However, now I just want to know what Yang Chong's limit is and what he can't do. It should be impossible. He grew up in the countryside without any famous teachers. From whom did he learn all these methods? Or is the inheritance of the Six Tribes of Yan Emperor really that powerful? But if the Six Tribes of Yan Emperor were really that powerful, they would not have been hunted down by the farmers. Could it be really a divine gift?" Han Fei pondered.

Now he is a little regretful. If he had known earlier that Yang Chong was a great man like Wu Qi, he would have kept Yang Chong in Korea no matter what.

South Korea needs such talents.

“The world is so big, there are always some people with extraordinary talents. In the eyes of ordinary people, aren’t we also so-called extraordinary talents?” Wei Zhuang said calmly.

(End of this chapter)