528: Chapter 517 528: Chapter 517 Song Yun watched Li Yueyue, who was looking down at a Korean drama on her phone, and whispered with a laugh, “The teacher wants you to go up and solve a problem.”
Seeing Song Yun’s schadenfreude expression, Li Yueyue snorted lightly, adjusted her imaginary glasses and said proudly, “This kind of simple math has bored me since high school.”
After saying this, she went up, wrote a series of formulas with chalk, and after finishing she added, “Teacher, there are four other methods to solve this math problem.
Should I list them all?”
The female teacher was quite astonished by Li Yueyue’s actions.
She truly hadn’t expected that the student she randomly picked, who had been looking down at her phone, was a math genius.
The teacher chuckled awkwardly and said, “This student did it very correctly, and she used the simplest and clearest method.
Let’s give her a round of applause.”
Song Yun looked at Li Yueyue, who returned to her seat with a contemptuous expression, and whispered, “How are you so amazing?”
“Isn’t it obvious?
Sis is a genius.
People like you wouldn’t understand,” Li Yueyue replied with a wrinkled nose and a smile.
Song Yun was left speechless by this.
After the class ended, he stood up from his seat, his back sore and legs cramping.
He couldn’t understand why he could go several days on a task without moving and be fine, but just forty minutes in class left him this way—it didn’t make sense.
During the break, he went to smoke a cigarette in the restroom and decided to quickly finish the last period of the day and then head home.
Song Yun really didn’t want to come to school anymore.
Why had he agreed to Mr.
Li’s request in the first place?
The last class was ancient history.
Song Yun started listening but soon fell asleep.
The teacher on stage saw that Song Yun was not paying attention and grew angrier.
She picked up a piece of chalk and threw it at him.
Song Yun groggily sat up, his dream self having had a wild time with a beauty for quite a while, which was strange.
In dreams, no matter what, you can never see the other person’s face, but you know who they are.
The teacher, seeing Song Yun’s sleepy look, angrily shouted, “This student, please repeat the key points I just discussed.”
Song Yun was furious inside.
How could he possibly know what the teacher had talked about while he was asleep?
If you want to screw me over, just say so directly, why use such a lame excuse.
“Sorry, teacher, I was a bit distracted just now.
Could you tell me the key points you mentioned?” Since he was caught sleeping, it was right to admit it, given that he was a student and should behave like one.
The teacher tapped the desk with her pointer, cleared her throat, and said, “Since this student shows remorse, who will recount the question I just raised?”
After that, she pointed to a student who had been looking at his phone and said, “You, tell him the question I just asked.”
That student chuckled nervously and mumbled, “Should it be about the history of the Eastern Han period?”
“You weren’t listening properly either.
We already covered the Eastern Han in the last class.
Ah, you students today sit in such spacious classrooms yet still don’t feel grateful.
Back in our day when we were students…” The teacher was clearly a chatterbox and no longer intent on troubling Song Yun, just prattling on by herself.
After listening to the teacher drone on about old histories for most of the class, she said, “We were discussing the history of the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period just now.
The student who was asleep, tell us which figure from that era you like the most.”
Song Yun thought for a moment and said, “Actually, my favorite figure in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period is Bai Qi.”
The teacher, surprised, asked, “Bai Qi is considered a villainous character during the Period, and in the Battle of Changping, he killed four hundred thousand Zhao prisoners.
Both in official and unofficial histories, he is not highly rated.
Why do you like him?”
“Bai Qi, being the most hated character in that era, was despised by everyone, especially since official histories label him as a ‘man-killer’, proving he killed countless people in his life.
Yet, people forget the military talent Bai Qi displayed.”
“Bai Qi, also known as Gongsun Qi, served under Qin Zhao Wang and battled across the Central Plains to lay one foundation after another for the unification of the Qin State.
He achieved great military honors unmatched in his lifetime and was posthumously titled Military Marquis, even after having killed a million people.”
“Especially in the historically detested Battle of Changping, Bai Qi fully utilized his military talents.
Facing Zhao Kuo, who was reckless and arrogant, he decided to implement a strategy of enticing the enemy to advance and then surrounding and annihilating them.
He ordered the front-line troops to act as bait while a few thousand elite troops wedged between the enemy’s vanguard and main forces, ready to sever Zhao’s forces.”
“Zhao’s army, unaware of the trap Bai Qi had set, confidently pursued their ‘victory’ until reaching Qin’s fortifications, but the Qin Army had prepared well; their fortification was robust and their supplies ample, effectively barring Zhao’s army outside.
Then Bai Qi led flanking forces to split Zhao’s army apart, employing a strategy of slow consumption to continuously harass Zhao’s troops.”
“By then, Zhao’s army realized they had been deceived, but stranded and isolated, they could only fortify their position and wait for reinforcements.
However, Bai Qi wouldn’t give them a chance to revive; he personally led troops to cut off Zhao’s supply routes, isolating the rescue team from the 400,000 men.”
“After months without supplies, Zhao’s army was starving and resorted to fratricide in desperation.
Zhao Kuo then made a second misjudgment—instead of rallying his remaining forces to break through in unison, he dispersed them to test the waters, plunging his army into a hopeless situation.”
“Then about the matter of those captives surrendering, teacher, if you were Bai Qi, what would you have done?” Song Yun finished asking.
The teacher thought for a moment and said with a wry smile, “If it were me, I would definitely have incorporated the 400,000 surrendered soldiers, as they represented a substantial force that could benefit Qin in the future.”
Song Yun nodded and continued, “You also recognize that these 400,000 were a strong force, but what if this force turned against Qin in the midst of subsequent battles?”
“If 400,000 men coordinated with the remaining forces of Zhao for an inside-outside attack, Qin would likely suffer a severe blow, losing its opportunity to battle across the Central Plains.
Moreover, even if these 400,000 men didn’t betray Qin, as the state was constantly in battle, sustaining itself through warfare, suddenly adding 400,000 mouths to feed would be an insurmountable challenge for Qin’s supplies alone.”
“Bai Qi, ignoring the denunciations from the Confucian scholars of the Spring and Autumn Period, unyieldly massacred the 400,000 men.
This action severely weakened Zhao, which could no longer contend for supremacy in the Central Plains, thus solidifying a firm foundation for Qin’s subsequent pacification.
Therefore, I view Bai Qi as a true warrior, a real Old Qin Person.”
The teacher, after listening to Song Yun’s explanation, applauded and said, “This student’s thinking is broad and insightful, unconventional yet rational.
It appears society has misunderstood Bai Qi for so many years.
Bai Qi’s story teaches us that some issues should not be considered from just one angle.
Divergent thinking should be utilized.
Alright, that’s it for this class.
Class dismissed.”