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Chapter 52 If you want to be the boss, be the most crazy one! If you want to fight, fight to death!
[In April of the third year of Zhenping, the Xiongnu royal court was still somewhat on the sidelines, hoping that the Great Zhou Dynasty was just bluffing and had no real intention of making a decision to march to the grasslands.]

[Until Taramu's head was sent back, Mukulao Chanyu's already uncertain mind became even more panicked.]

[For so many years, they have been harassing the Great Zhou Dynasty because they saw the internal injustice of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if they went south on a small scale, it was difficult for the Great Zhou Dynasty to restrain them. It was this laissez-faire attitude that encouraged the arrogance of the various Xiongnu tribes.]

[This is the first time in several years that they have seen such a strong Great Zhou Dynasty.]

[After all, the killing of the envoy has already made clear the Great Zhou Dynasty's position. It is determined to fight, and there is no room for peace.]

[In such a war with no benefits, Muku Lao Chanyu really couldn't think of any reason why the other side would insist on fighting. ]

[However, the situation has reached this point, and the path to peace has been cut off. There is only one way left for him to do. ]

[“Bring me my sword.” Muku Lao Chanyu’s gaze was particularly cold. “The grassland is our place. If he dares to come, he must taste the sharpness of my sword.”]

[“Let the other divisions prepare for battle—”]

[For Muku Lao Chanyu, it is difficult to guarantee whether he can stop the fierce attack of the Great Zhou in this war. However, in the current situation, if he does not even have the courage to start a war, then the Xiongnu royal court will definitely not be able to stop it. ]

[Now it is no longer a question of whether Muku Lao Chanyu wants to fight or not, but Chu Shizhao is forcing him to fight this battle. ]

[The army led by Li Jin and Yang Fang was mostly composed of the Jinyang Army and the Central Army.]

[Li Jin likes to advance step by step. He commands a large army and pays attention to the overall situation rather than the bravery of a single general. Therefore, he advances the front line neither too fast nor too slow.]

[The troops commanded by Yang Fang were the central army of the Chang'an court, and many of the generals there were from aristocratic families.]

[For this battle, some people are eager to try and make achievements, while others just want to get by. ]

[Progress along this route is the slowest.]

[The most unexpected thing was the troops of Duan Qi and Huan Sheng who were dispatched from Liangzhou. They rushed to the battlefield almost immediately after receiving the order.]

【For Duan Qi, this is the best opportunity for him to clear his political stigma.】

[The Chang'an Rebellion was a political rebellion led by Huan Jie. Duan Qi could be considered a participant in half of the incident. Even if he made some corrections later, he still had no way to redeem his reputation. If he had not been involved in the Northern Expedition against the Xiongnu, he would probably have been confined to guard Liangzhou for the rest of his life and would never be able to restore the reputation of his ancestors.]

[You may even be given a bad name.]

[The most important thing is that there is actually a hidden marriage relationship between Chu Shizhao and Huan Jie. Duan Qi is not sure how deep or shallow this relationship is, but he must show his loyalty to Chu Shizhao. In his opinion, whether Chu Shizhao has the ambition to become emperor himself is never important. What is important is that Chu Shizhao has the final say in the court now.]

【Huan Sheng was able to put aside his past grudges with Duan Qi because he also considered the importance of Liangzhou to Chu Shizhao. The Huan family is still able to survive now because of Chu Shizhao's perseverance.】

[Duan Qi was eager to show his merit, and Huan Sheng wanted to consolidate Chu Shizhao's foundation. Both of them had their own needs, so they advanced very quickly.]

[In May of the third year of Zhenping, Duan Qi led his troops to engage in a battle during a forced march.]

[Duan Qi has many years of experience fighting against the Qiang people and is proficient in horse riding. In his opinion, there is not much difference between the Xiongnu and the Qiang people, except that the Xiongnu are more reckless.]

[Unfortunately, if this group of Huns had encountered an army from other directions, they might have had a chance, but Duan Qi was a general who emerged from the ranks, not a hereditary general.]

[This Liangzhou army has the fewest soldiers, but they are the bravest.]

[This allowed Duan Qi to directly defeat this Xiongnu tribe.]

[The Zhou army won a great victory, and the Xiongnu army led by Tugutai escaped with only a few personal guards.]

[“With such ability, you dare to come and attack so easily? Do you think there is no one in my Liangzhou?”]

In Chu Shizhao’s simulated perspective.

Duan Qi's army directly crushed the Hun army named "Tugutai".

Chu Shizhao thought that Li Jin would have a great victory and achieve great results, but he never thought that the first to open the battle was the Liangzhou Army led by Duan Qi and Huan Sheng. Of course, it is not to say that Duan Qi and Huan Sheng's cards are worse.

Chu Shizhao had never thought that Duan Qi would risk his life like this.

Except for the army led by Chu Shizhao himself and the troops led by Dou Li and Yang Zhuting, Chu Shizhao did not have overall command over the armies led by other people.

There is only one overall command authority.

How other troops want to fight still depends on the commander's decision.

To be more direct, the soldiers led by Duan Qi and Li Jin can be regarded as their own private troops.

Yang Fang's situation was even more embarrassing because he was just a general in name only, and the central army took orders directly from the empress dowager.

When Chu Shizhao saw Huan Sheng and Duan Qi's simulated information, and they were even trying to figure out Chu Shizhao's thoughts, he felt even more amused.

He now understood why history is often a process of cause and effect.

Because the people who actually make the decisions often don't think too far ahead at the beginning, but they can't resist the imaginations of later generations and the executors below the decision-making level who have too many ideas.

Chu Shizhao fought against the Huns.

He was simply angry at the Huns for taking advantage of the situation, so he just fought.

Doesn't he know that this behavior is irrational?

Chu Shizhao knows.

But he was unhappy.

In the last simulation, Chu Shizhao had been holding back his anger for twenty years and had not fought the Huns. He had weighed the pros and cons for his entire life, just to protect this damn country. He was thinking about the Great Zhou Dynasty that he had worked so hard to build, and he couldn't lose his temper and give it away. If the time came, it would be difficult for his son Chu Jimin to inherit the empire.

The first time he went up, he gave away so many things.

This time, he couldn't hold it back.

Because the memories in the simulation are real.

Anyone who has seen such a scene would probably not be able to accept that their own people were treated so cruelly.

Moreover, the biggest realization Chu Shizhao gained after the first simulation was that it is often the least capable people who would weigh the pros and cons.

A truly capable person is one who wants to do something, then does it and finally succeeds.

Fuck it, just do it.

If they don’t kill in the simulation, would you dare to do it in real life?
Do we also need to weigh whether this will work and whether that will work?
If you don't dare to do it, you will never be able to do it.

What was the thing Chu Shizhao regretted most in the last simulation?
We just failed to launch a northern expedition against the Huns!

Now Chu Shizhao has completely understood this point.

People live forever.

If you want to be the best, be the craziest!

If you want to fight, beat him to death!
Otherwise, wouldn't it just be regrets?

(End of this chapter)