Chapter 40 People Two Thousand Years Ago

Qi Yue walked out of the academic lecture hall angrily and sat on the steps outside.

"What's the matter, Qi Yue?" Then Yang Liu, who was rushed out, asked with concern.

The anger on Qi Yue's face has not subsided, and he said complainingly, "I really can't understand. What I said is obviously right. Why doesn't anyone believe me?"

Yang Liu sat down quietly next to Qi Yue and said, "Actually, everyone can't be blamed. According to the requirements of academic research, no one will believe the assertion without real evidence..."

"Why, even you don't believe me?" Qi Yue looked at Yang Liu in disappointment.

"No, I believe you!" Yang Liu quickly explained, "Although your evidence is not enough, I believe you are not talking nonsense..."

"Speaking of which, you believe me just to comfort me..." Qi Yue sighed and said.

Yang Liu raised his chin and said, "Qi Yue, I don't just want to comfort you, but I really believe in you!" Before I heard your remarks just now, Professor Yu and I basically have the same view, because that's what the current history textbooks say. But your words reminded me of many details in the literature. After careful consideration, I found that what you said was actually reasonable..."

Details? What details?" Qi Yue asked.

Yang Liu blinked and began to search for historical knowledge in his mind. As she thought, she said, "Let's talk about the first question first, that is, whether Xiang Yu killed 200,000 Qin soldiers. If you look at the comparison of Xiang Yu's troops before and after, I think what you said makes more sense. After the Battle of Giant Deer, Xiang Yu's direct army was about 890,000, and Zhang Han surrendered more than 200,000 soldiers. According to the Historical Records, after Xiang Yu arrived in Xianyang, there was a story of a 'Hongmen banquet'. At that time, Xiang Yu's 'army was 400,000'. If the more than 200,000 soldiers were really killed, how could Xiang Yu change from 80,000 to 400,000 troops in a short time? Although later historians speculated that Xiang Yu's 400,000 troops included the strength of other princes, in fact, there is no complete evidence..."

"That's right!" Qi Yue finally heard someone agreeing with what he said, and he was inevitably a little excited and said, "Actually, this is the truth!" Although the 200,000 soldiers collected by Xiang Yu were attacked by the Northern Legion of the Qin Dynasty in Xin'an, they only lost more than 100,000. The 300,000 northern troops of the Qin Dynasty also lost nearly 100,000. After Xiang Yu's elite troops arrived, they defeated the Qin army and took them all. That is to say, Xiang Yu exchanged the sacrifice of more than 100,000 soldiers for 200,000 of the Northern Legion of the Qin Dynasty, and his strength increased to 400,000 in an instant..."

"Well, listening to what you said, it should be more like this!" Yang Liu nodded and said, "Actually, I have been surprised before that there are actually two of the most effective troops in the Qin Dynasty. One is the 300,000 Northern Legion, which originally belonged to Meng Tian, whose main task is to fight against the Northern Xiongnu; the other is the Southern Legion led by Zhao Tuo to conquer South Vietnam. However, when the peasant uprising was suppressed at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the strength of the Qin Dynasty was mainly 200,000 jailers who built the Mausoleum of Lishan, but the two most powerful regular armies have never appeared. The Southern Legion is located in a remote place, and the commander Zhao Tuo originally intended to establish himself as king. It is understandable that he did not participate in the suppression of the peasant uprising at the end of the Qin Dynasty; but where did the Northern Legion go? Why hasn't it been mentioned in history books since beginning to end? If what you said is true, then my questions can be solved..."

Qi Yue looked at Yang Liu's little mouth and analyzed the whole problem. He couldn't help admiring the woman in front of him.

The ancients said, "Women without talent is virtue!" But Xiang Yu is not a mediocre person, and he has always admired talented women. At that time, Xiang Yu's favorite Yu Ji was a talented and virtuous lady.

Yang Liu raised his head and suddenly found that Qi Yue was looking at her. He couldn't help blushing and said, "What's wrong? Did I say something wrong? ......”

"No...no!" Qi Yue found his gaffe and quickly withdrew his sight and said, "Go on to the second question. Why do you believe that Xiang Yu did not burn Afang Palace?"

"Of course, it is also recorded through ancient literature!" Yang Liu said, "Actually, the Historical Records clearly recorded that when Qin II ascended the throne, the room hall of Afang Palace was not finished. Because the first emperor's "collapsed", it stopped work and drove 700,000 workers to repair the Qin Mausoleum. By April of this year, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang reversed in July. After such a little time, obviously, the Afang Palace can't be built! Therefore, on this issue, I actually agree more with what you said..."

"The analysis is right, it's really right!" After listening to Yang Liu's words, Qi Yue couldn't help but be very excited. He never thought that the woman in front of him could analyze more than 2,000 years of things so thoroughly, which simply restored the original appearance of history!

Yang Liu looked at Qi Yue, who was dancing in front of him, couldn't help smiling shyly and said, "Actually, the reason why I can think of this is inspired by your words. After all, these are all your credit!"

Qi Yue shook his head and said, "You can't say that! If you hadn't been smart, even if I told these facts, I wouldn't have found any evidence to prove myself, so no one would believe me..."

"What? Do you really have no evidence to prove your words? Yang Liu couldn't believe it and said, "So where did your shocking judgments come from? I thought you were full of confidence to say it in front of the public..."

"I'm really sure of what I said! However, I can't prove myself!" Qi Yue sighed and said, "One more question, if I tell you that these are the facts I have seen with my own eyes, will you believe me?"

"Facts you have seen with your own eyes?" Yang Liu couldn't help touching Qi Yue's forehead and said, "Qi Yue, you're not telling the truth, are you?"

"Of course it's true!" Qi Yue said, "How can I joke about this kind of thing!"

"But...this is really incredible!" Yang Liu said hesitantly, "In addition to time-travel novels and movies, I have never heard of anyone who can witness what happened 2,000 years ago..."

"But this is indeed true!" Qi Yue looked up at the sky and said, "If I tell you again, I'm actually not the Qi Yue you used to be familiar with, but another person from 2,000 years ago, will you believe it?"

"This...this is unbelievable! It sounds a little... a little ridiculous..." Yang Liu opened her thin mouth and said.

Qi Yue looked at Yang Liu with a frightened face and couldn't help shaking his head and said, "Forget, let's not talk about this!" I have long known that even if I tell the truth, no one will believe me..." After saying that, Qi Yue got up and went to the library.

Yang Liu is still sitting on the steps, looking at Qi Yue's back in a daze. She tried to recall the bits and pieces of Qiyue these days in her mind, and her thoughts couldn't help falling into chaos...