Chen Qi asked his son Chen Deng meaningfully: "Yuanlong, in your opinion, if Cao Cao wants to take Xuzhou now, what is the chance of winning?" ”

Chen Deng's question about his father was not surprising, because these days, he has also been analyzing the probability of victory between the two sides, which is not only related to whether Xuzhou will change hands in the future, but also about the rise and fall of their Chen family, as long as they take a wrong step at this critical moment, it is very likely to lead to the destruction of the Chen family.

Chen Deng thought for a while and said, "The child dares to speculate, and I ask my father not to be angry." ”

Chen Qi touched his gray beard and laughed, although he was about the same age as Tao Qian, his mind and courage were not many times higher than Tao Qian, and he also gave birth to such an outstanding son as Chen Deng, who was not below him in terms of intelligence, knowledge, and courage, so this was also the thing he was most proud of.

At this moment, how could Chen Qi not know his son's thoughts? Although he said humble words, it was all because he respected his old father, in fact, in Chen Deng's heart, he had already had his own opinion, and he only waited for his father to tell it later.

Chen Qi smiled and nodded, waiting to hear his son's unique opinion.

After seeing Chen Qi nodding, Chen Deng began to say: "Back to my father, the child thinks that even at this time, the probability of Cao Cao taking Xuzhou is still more than ninety percent. ”

Hearing Chen Deng's answer, Chen Qi closed his eyes, touched his beard, and then said: "But I heard that reinforcements from all over the country have been sent to Xuzhou one after another, and they will arrive in a few days. ”

Chen Deng's father, Chen Qi, compared with his son Chen Deng, is more scheming, although he is old, but his mental strength and calculation are not lost to young people, and because of years of experience, he has too ordinary judgment, which is beyond the reach of his son Chen Deng.

The reason why Chen Qi is asking this question now is because he still wants to test his son Chen Deng again to see if he really knows the current situation, or is it just a subjective judgment?

I saw Chen Deng reply: "Back to my father, the child thinks that the stability of Xuzhou City is only temporary, after all, the Lord is like this, rotten wood is difficult to support, even if Xuzhou City has thick walls and tens of thousands of defenders, it is difficult to continue, and rush to help Xuzhou."

If it weren't for the accident that happened this time, let the child understand the truth that people are not as good as heaven, and know that any accident may change the situation, otherwise, the child will definitely tell his father that Cao Jun's chance of victory will be ten percent! ”

After hearing this, Chen Qi still touched his beard casually, and then asked slowly: "In that case, Cao Cao will definitely be able to take Xuzhou?" ”

Chen Deng arched his hand and replied, "Yes, father." ”

At this time, Chen Jue finally opened his eyes, he looked at his son, his eyes were sharp, and he couldn't tell that he was an old man who was nearly seventy years old

Chen Deng was a little flustered by him, his father was very strict with Chen Deng since he was a child, and the requirements for him to do things and behave were almost to a harsh level, when the children of the same age as him were still playing and coquettish, Chen Deng had to be like an adult, with a serious expression, while reading all kinds of famous books and allusions, while following his father Chen Qi to learn how to behave in the world.

It's not that he doesn't want to play like other children and be spoiled in the arms of his parents, but his father thinks that doing so will only make people's character cowardly and childish, and become useless waste, this world is a world of the jungle, if he can't learn to be independent early like animals, in the end, he will be harmed.

Therefore, even though the young Chen Deng longed to live a happy childhood like other children, under his father's strict teaching, he could only grow up in continuous hard study, until now.

It must be said that although Chen Qi's education method was somewhat cruel and deprived his son of the happiness he should have in childhood, Chen Deng did not blame his father when he grew up, because it was precisely because of his father's strict education method that he became an excellent person.

Looking at the entire Xuzhou City, in Chen Deng's view, they are all idle people, Chen Deng is very glad that he did not become a person like them, and all this is the credit of his father, so he has always been grateful to his father.

Chen Jue stared at his son Chen Deng and saw that he was a little panicked, so Chen Jue laughed and said, "Yuanlong, your analysis is good, but it is not thorough enough. ”

Chen Deng bowed down and said, "I want to listen to my father's teachings!" ”

Chen Qi said: "

Do you know which way the army rushed to aid Xuzhou this time? ”

Chen Deng replied: "Back to my father, it is Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, and Gongsun Zhan of Youzhou. ”

Chen Jue deliberately put on a surprised expression and asked, "Oh, Gongsun Zhan?" Why didn't I hear he was coming? ”

Chen Deng smiled slightly and explained: "It's because the child didn't make it clear, it wasn't Gongsun Chan who came in person, but he sent his own men with the army. ”

Chen Qi let out an "oh" again, pretending to have a suddenly realized expression, and then asked, "It turns out that he didn't come in person, so who did he send?" ”

Chen Deng didn't expect his father to be so obsessed with the reinforcements sent by the princes this time, in his opinion, these reinforcements were not enough to resist the huge number of Cao troops, at best, they could only slow down the time when Xuzhou City was breached, but the result would not change, with his father's wisdom, it was impossible not to know this, but why did he still insist on asking about the reinforcements? Instead of talking to him about more important topics? Chen Deng was a little puzzled.

But since it was his father Chen Qi's question, even if Chen Deng felt a little puzzled, he still answered him.

Chen Deng said: "Back to my father, I heard that the person who led the reinforcements from Youzhou this time was a person named Liu Bei. ”

After hearing his son's answer, Chen Qi showed a satisfied smile, and he asked again, "Really?" Then tell me, what kind of person is this Liu Bei? ”

Chen Deng was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect his father to ask endlessly about the reinforcements, and even if he wanted to ask, he should ask the more famous Kong Rong, but his father was more interested in the person named Liu Bei, and kept asking.

Chen Deng's face was embarrassed at this time, because he didn't plan to expect these reinforcements to succeed, so he didn't put too much effort into their intelligence, so the information he had now about the generals of the Youzhou army was only the name of Liu Bei, and even his origin was not clear.

Seeing that his question made his son Chen Deng embarrassed, and even beads of sweat flowed from his forehead, Chen Qi smiled slightly and said: "Yuanlong, you are very good, but there is a shortcoming from childhood that cannot be changed, that is, you look at things too subjectively." ”