Chapter 237
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Chapter 237: The Guess
Meanwhile, on Luo Ji’s side.
“Leader, the forest fire has been extinguished.”
Luo Cheng, in military attire, quickly walked into Luo Ji’s office to report.
Setting aside a report he was holding, Luo Ji looked up at Luo Cheng.
“You’ve worked hard, Luo Cheng. Go back and prepare. It’s about time you got some experience on the front lines. In another two days, I plan to transfer you to Guo Zhen and Guo Jia’s side.”
“At that time, for charging into battle, learn more from Guo Zhen. For troop deployment and tactical strategies, you should learn more from Guo Jia. I will have Guo Jia write reports on your performance and send them back, so don’t be negligent.”
“This subordinate will never fail to live up to the leader’s expectations!”
Hearing this, Luo Cheng’s emotions were visibly stirred, but at the same time, a hint of nervousness and apprehension appeared in his eyes.
This moment had finally arrived!
“What? Is there anything else?”
Luo Ji casually asked, seeing Luo Cheng still standing there.
“Leader, I…”
“Just speak directly, don’t hesitate.”
“Leader, this subordinate has a question I can’t figure out!
Earlier, when that outsider leader asked you how you knew he was hiding there, you said it was a guess, but from your reaction and actions at the time, it seemed as if you already knew he would appear there!”
At this moment, Luo Cheng looked completely perplexed, having clearly pondered this issue for a long time.
“So it’s about this…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji casually picked up the cup beside him and asked Luo Cheng.
“Luo Cheng, what do you think I’m going to do next?”
“Drink water.”
Luo Cheng instinctively replied, glancing at Luo Ji’s hand holding the cup.
“Are you certain I’m definitely going to drink water?”
Luo Ji asked with a smile.
“This…”
Hearing this, Luo Cheng’s expression froze, then he replied.
“Not certain.”
“Then when I asked you ‘What do you think I’m going to do next?’ Why did you answer that I was going to drink water?”
Luo Ji continued to ask with a smile.
“Because you were holding the cup.”
“So, that’s your guess. You saw me holding the cup, so you guessed I was going to drink water.”
Luo Ji said calmly.
“Before something becomes a fact, there is nothing absolute in this world.”
“For example, right now, I might be holding this cup to drink water, but I also might not be.”
“It’s even possible that something unexpected could happen while I’m drinking, and this cup might even shatter…”
“If I drank the water, then you would have guessed correctly, but now…”
As he spoke, Luo Ji put the cup back down.
“You guessed wrong.”
“…”
“Do you think I deliberately asked you first, then deliberately didn’t drink, just to make you guess wrong?”
“This subordinate wouldn’t dare.”
“Wouldn’t dare?”
Hearing this, Luo Ji couldn’t help but chuckle twice, then he directly inverted the cup on his desk.
“See? This cup is empty. There’s no water inside at all. The water in it was already finished.”
As he spoke, Liu Ye, the young girl responsible for Luo Ji’s daily life, happened to walk in holding a kettle.
“Leader, your water has been delivered.”
“Mm, thank you for your trouble. Leave it there.”
Liu Ye quickly withdrew, and Luo Ji’s gaze once again fell on Luo Cheng.
At this moment, Luo Cheng’s entire face was flushed red, filled with shame, completely at a loss for words.
“Do you know why you guessed wrong?”
Luo Cheng remained silent, still deeply immersed in shame, unable to extricate himself.
Luo Ji, however, didn’t mind at all.
He continued.
“It’s because the information you confirmed and collected wasn’t enough.”
“My cup wasn’t held high at the time.”
“From where you are standing now, you should have been able to clearly see if there was water in the cup, or noticed that my kettle on the desk was gone, which could also have provided you with some information.”
“But you didn’t bother to confirm. You just saw me pick up the cup and immediately guessed I was going to drink water.”
“That’s why you guessed wrong.”
“Warfare is the same. If two foolish groups just rush at each other and fight, that’s called a mob brawl.”
“But warfare and war are a continuous process of mutual guessing.”
“Based on the enemy’s troop composition and formation arrangements, we have to guess what kind of tactics and offensive routines they will use.”
“After seeing some of their actual offensive methods and command actions, we then have to guess their personality, thoughts, and what actions they will take in that particular situation.”
“Through this continuous method of acquiring information and guessing, we constantly improve our accuracy.”
At this point, Luo Ji paused in his speech.
“And I guessed correctly at that time. It’s that simple.”
The amount of information in Luo Ji’s words was immense, almost instantly plunging Luo Cheng into deep thought.
Luo Ji directly told Luo Cheng to go back and think it over thoroughly.
Once he had fully digested all this information, as a general, he would undoubtedly achieve significant growth.
Meanwhile, on the other side, news also came from the military equipment research department.
Ye Xuan stated that she had already disassembled that repeating crossbow and came to a conclusion.
The manufacturing process of the early repeating crossbow had no reference value for their military equipment research department.
Well, this was somewhat within Luo Ji’s expectations.
But this raised a troublesome question of how to deal with those early repeating crossbows.
There were definitely more than just those two repeating crossbows in Wang Luzong’s civilization.
He had brought two for the vanguard battle.
Luo Ji estimated that there were at least 10 or more in stock in the cities he had annexed.
This was indeed the case.
After spending a day sending people to sweep all the warehouses of the five cities, they found a total of 12 repeating crossbows.
Each of the four branch cities had two, and the main city had four.
Excluding the one disassembled by Ye Xuan, and adding the one he temporarily stored in the military camp warehouse, he currently had 13 repeating crossbows in his possession.
Luo Ji pondered for a moment, then quickly opened his friend list and sent a message to Ye Qingxuan.
“Do you want repeating crossbows?”
The message was sent smoothly, indicating that Ye Qingxuan was not currently engaged in or being invaded by a battle.
Therefore, her reply came very quickly.
“Yes!!!”
After sending one message, she immediately followed up with another.
“But military equipment like repeating crossbows should be very important to you, too, right? Is it really okay to trade them?”
“They’re just spoils of war obtained from other players. Their technology is quite backward, so I can’t use them.”
Luo Ji replied truthfully.
“I see, how many?”
Another message came, with a rubbing hands emoji at the end, giving her a strangely cunning merchant vibe.
“13.”
“13?!
Are all you Bronze-tier players that rich?!”
Luo Ji’s expression was subtle upon seeing this message.
Over this period of time, Ye Qingxuan’s words and actions were becoming more and more like a player’s.
