A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 45: Zhao Kuo, an Armchair Talker
There is a cafe not far from the men's dormitory building.

It is called a coffee shop, but in fact it is more like a milk tea bar that seems to be of relatively affordable standard and quality.

A beautiful woman who looked to be about 25 or 26 years old, intellectual, elegant, and mature, was sitting by the window in the milk tea bar.

Although it looks calm on the surface, to be honest -

Yang Shuman was still quite nervous.

Just now, she received a message from [Yuye] saying that he had encountered an urgent matter and would need to arrive later.

Originally, he came uninvited and did not say hello to anyone before coming, so Yang Shuman completely understood [Rainy Night]'s late arrival:

"Not in a hurry."

Frankly speaking, the situation of each editor is different. For example, Yang Shuman is a new editor with no achievements and no great authors under him.
This was the first time for her to have a private meal with a great author.

Nervousness is inevitable.

Yang Shuman looked around and began to silently imagine the characters in "Rainy Night" in her mind:

"In class? He just said he was in class? So is he a teacher or a student?"

"I feel that it is more likely that it was the teacher. With the student's knowledge reserve, it is unlikely that he could write a work like "Poor Ghost"."

"In fact, it may not be a teacher. Is the person teaching in the classroom necessarily a teacher? Maybe it could be the building manager? Who can say for sure?"

Just as Yang Shuman was sitting in his seat and brainstorming,
The chattering voices of her classmates around her attracted her attention.

"Have you read any novels recently? I recently found a novel that is really good! I read it all night last night and cried so hard that I couldn't even straighten my back."

"So exaggerated? What kind of novels do you read?"

"What's it called? I think it's called something like 'Poor Ghost's Two Thousand Years'? Yes, that's the name!"

"You're reading this too? I've been reading it recently!!! This book is so addictive, I'm not exaggerating, when I was halfway through the book I felt so uncomfortable that I had to rest for three days."

"You two are reading this? I thought I was the only one reading this book. I was fooled by the 'cool' label of this book. After clicking in, I realized that this can also be called a cool book. Since I got into it, I found that I really can't get out of it."

"Gu Nan, Mr. Gu, my sister Nan"

Frankly speaking, Xingtian Chinese website has a great influence.

Through the full promotion of the website,
The top ten novels on the Xingyao list,

It almost occupies the space of Weibo and major short video platforms.

With such vigorous publicity, the effect is immediate.

Regardless of other things, in this school alone, there are many teachers and students who have watched "The Poor Man's Two Thousand Years of Up and Down", and for a moment -

The titles "Gu Nan", "Mr. Gu" and "Sister Nan" kept appearing in everyone's sight.

Frankly speaking, this book, "Two Thousand Years of Poor People's Life", written on a rainy night with an umbrella but no knife, is not a historical text in the traditional sense.

Excluding a series of labels such as "refreshing article" and "healing", we can analyze it from the perspective of historical articles.

In fact, "The Poor Ghost" is not the same as historical text in the traditional sense!
For example, during the Warring States Period, Zhao Kuo, the leader of the State of Zhao, was known as the "paper warrior". In traditional historical texts, Zhao Kuo, the leader of the State of Zhao, has always been portrayed as:

He is just an arrogant, conceited and frivolous second-generation official.

It was precisely because of Zhao Kuo's armchair strategy, which only knew how to discuss paper military strategies but not how to adapt them, that the 400,000-strong army of Zhao was ultimately defeated by the iron hoof of the Qin army.

Although this is what is recorded in history books, and this is how Zhao Kuo is portrayed in many historical novels:

"High expectations but low skills", "arrogant", "incompetent", "stupid".

Basically, there is nothing good to say about Zhao Kuo.

However, Yuye put forward a completely different view on Zhao Kuo in his book "The Poor Ghost's Two Thousand Years":
"The King of Zhao is not a fool. If Zhao Kuo is really a useless man who only knows how to talk about war on paper, how could he be willing to let him serve as the commander of the 400,000-man Zhao army?"

"During the Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo was only in his twenties when he served as the commander of the Zhao army. The person he faced was Bai Qi, who had made countless military achievements in the Qin Dynasty and was known as the 'Invincible Military God'. It was the first time for a fledgling commander to go to the battlefield and meet a top-level general like Bai Qi!"

"The Qin army has 600,000 soldiers, who are well-rested and have sufficient food and grass."

"Although the Zhao army boasted a force of 400,000, their food and fodder had been used up during the two years of battle between Lian Po and Bai Qi, and the soldiers were starving."

"But even in such a situation, after taking over from Lian Po as the commander-in-chief, Zhao Kuo faced the Qin army, which had far more soldiers and food than his own army, and faced Bai Qi, a super military god who was worthy of being recorded in Chinese history. He was able to defend the city for forty-six days when he ran out of ammunition and food. How could such a person be a warrior who only knew how to talk about war on paper?"

In the book "The Poor Ghost", Zhao Kuo is portrayed as a loyal and righteous general.

This is completely contrary to history!

It is precisely this view and opinion that is completely different from traditional historical texts that has caused crazy controversy among countless readers and book lovers!
Some people think that Zhao Kuo could be a brave and resourceful commander?

This is complete nonsense!
Some people also believe that those who whitewash Zhao Kuo simply have no historical common sense!

Of course, some people also think that what Yuye said in the book does make sense.
A young man in his twenties, going to the battlefield for the first time, faced the military god Bai Qi, who had been in the battlefield for more than 60 years, had extremely high military literacy, and was among the top military generals in terms of wisdom, courage and strategy.

Moreover, the Qin army was inferior to their own in terms of food, soldiers, and baggage.
It can be said that it was an absolute crushing of the Zhao army!
Under such circumstances, Zhao Kuo could at least hold out for 46 days under the mutual attacks of Bai Qi.

If it were you, are you confident that you could do better than him?
Regardless of whether this view is correct or not, from the author's perspective alone, it can spark heated discussions among readers when reading a novel.

This is already considered a success!
Inside the milk tea shop.

Several students had a heated discussion on the plot of "Zhao Kuo, the Paper Talker" created on a rainy night!
"They have no historical knowledge at all! Those who whitewash Zhao Kuo deserve to die! If they put 400,000 pigs on the mountain for the Qin army to catch, it would take the Qin army more than 46 days, right?"

"Don't brag, brother! Don't you see who Zhao Kuo was facing? In his first battle, when his troops and food supplies were inferior to those of the Qin army, Zhao Kuo was able to hold out under Bai Qi for forty-six days. That's already pretty impressive, okay? How about you take over?"

"You are 23 years old this year. Maybe Zhao Kuo was the same age as you when he went to Changping. If you were the commander of the Zhao army, are you confident that you can do better than Zhao Kuo?"

"I know I can't do it, so there's no way I'll take on this job."

Just as Yang Shuman was listening attentively to her classmates discussing the plot of the book "The Poor Ghost".

Before she could take precautions, a thin figure walked up to her.
"You, should be Yang Shuman, Editor Yang, right?"

"Hello Editor Yang, I'm Yuye."

(End of this chapter)