...

Wang Mao's words were harsh, shocking everyone in the tent.

Zhang Dian even stepped forward and grabbed Wang Mao's shoulders and sternly advised: "General Wang, what nonsense are you talking about? Liu Ce is the enemy. We surrendered for hundreds of thousands of people in Anding City.

Have you forgotten? How did our 40,000 troops in Yongzhou be massacred by Liu Ce? Have you forgotten?"

Wang Mao replied: "But the military governor has indeed kept his promise and did not harm the people. Even if Bai Qi is a butcher, he has not breached his trust.

Since we have surrendered to the military governor and have been entrusted with such an important task, how can we surrender and rebel again and be a villain who is scolding and violate our promises?"

After saying that, he looked up at Xu Zhao again: "General, you have always taught us to keep our promises. Do you think it is appropriate to return to your subordinates now? "

Xu Zhao said nothing when he heard this, but stared at Wang Mao with a complicated expression. Tian Yan and Xia Yu kept advising Wang Mao to change his mind.

However, no matter how his colleagues persuaded him, Wang Mao still acted calmly.

"Oh~"

Finally, Xu Zhao sighed helplessly, waved his hand to Wang Mao and said, "Forget it, since you insist on this, I will report to the Grand Marshal, and he will decide your life and death first..."

Wang Mao was taken out of Xu Zhao's tent under the escort of the guards. Zhang Dian begged Xu Zhao again, "General, General Wang is just confused for a moment. Please give him a mercy and save his life and his merits and his crimes..."

Xu Zhao said coldly: "I have said, how to decide Wang Mao's life and death, and it should be left to the Taiwei Lord to decide. Now you will follow the General to the city to meet the Taiwei Lord!"

...

In Qinzhou City, Xu Zhao led Wang Mao, Zhang Dian and other surrendered generals to meet Li Ji in the hall of the Taiwei Mansion.

Li Ji had already arranged a celebration banquet in the mansion hall, and all the famous officials and gentry in the city also arrived in the venue.

Seeing Xu Zhao entering the mansion, Li Ji hurriedly bowed to meet him and said with a smile: "General Xu, you have made great contributions. Come on, the banquet has been prepared, please join the banquet quickly..."

Xu Zhao bowed and said, "Don't rush to hold a celebration banquet. Finally, there are some things that I want to ask the Grand Marshal to decide..."

After saying that, Xu Zhao turned around and pointed to the group of surrendered generals who entered the palace with him, and continued: "Master Taiwei, these are all generals captured from Liu Ce's army. They are all generals in our Yongzhou army in the past. As for how to deal with it, the last generals dare not make arbitrary decisions. Everything is up to the Majesty!"

Li Ji followed the direction pointed by Xu Zhao's gesture, and saw Wang Mao, Zhang Dian and more than a dozen generals standing in place with haggard faces. Seeing Li Ji's eyes swept, they immediately knelt on the ground, lowering their heads and not daring to breathe.

"snort……"

Li Ji snorted slightly, murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and then calmly said to Xu Zhao: "General Xu, you should know the rules in our Yongzhou army. You must not tolerate the rebel generals..."

Xu Zhao's expression changed and he hurriedly said to Li Ji: "Master Taiwei, these are veterans in the Yongzhou Army. They are also sincerely willing to return to the command of Master Taiwei.

When the general led his army to attack Liu Ce, many of them took the initiative to make way, otherwise the general would not have defeated Liu Ce so smoothly.

Please give them a chance to lose their merits and sin when these generals are involuntarily responsible!”

After hearing this, Li Ji's smile gradually solidified. He walked around the captives and suddenly said to Xu Zhao: "Since General Xu is already calculating in his heart, why should you talk to this Grand Marshal again?"

Xu Zhao replied: "Yongzhou is always followed by the leader of the Taiwei, so the generals naturally dare not cross it. They should mainly follow the meaning of the Taiwei."

Li Ji turned his back to Xu Zhao and said, "It turns out that General Xu, you still have me as a grand lieutenant in your heart. This grand lieutenant thought that the whole of Yongzhou would listen to your Xu Zhao..."

Xu Zhao's face changed when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Master Taiwei, why are you saying this?"

"Hahaha..." Li Ji laughed three times and turned to Xu Zhao and said, "It's nothing, this is just a joke from this Taiwei. Someone told me that General Xu had made a rebellion and wanted to conspire with Liu Ce, and join forces with the inside and outside to take the land of Yongzhou.

But this Taiwei believed in General Xu's character. He thought that General Xu had been working diligently in Yongzhou for decades, so how could he do such a thing? Right, General Xu..."

Xu Zhao's face turned extremely ugly. He had heard from Li Ji's tone that he did not trust him, which was unacceptable to him.

Li Ji patted Xu Zhao's shoulder and said, "General Xu, as for what to do with these generals who rebel and surrender, I will leave all the Grand Marshal to you to deal with it. However, the military law of the Yongzhou Army was decided by General Xu at the beginning, so you can do it..."

This is a pure temptation, which is equivalent to giving those surrendered generals a punishment of death.

If Xu Zhao insists on protecting these generals, then the relationship between him and Li Ji will definitely have huge rifts in the future, especially now that Liu Ce has not completely failed, which is very unfavorable to the next battle situation.

But if you want to kill these generals, it will definitely make the soldiers in the army feel disappointed...

This is a dilemma, but Xu Zhao has to make a choice.

"well……"

At this moment, Xu Zhao suddenly felt physically and mentally exhausted. He looked back at the loyal generals who had been in the past, and a hint of unbearableness flashed in his eyes.

Zhang Dian's eyes were full of tears: "General Xu, we are really willing to join you again..."

"General Xu, even if you die, let us die on the battlefield..."

"General..."

The surrendered generals in the hall begged Xu Zhao to save his life and make the punishment even more heavy, which made Xu Zhao feel extremely heavy, and he didn't know what to make for a moment.

Only Li Xu and the Li family members were silent during the meal, but they were extremely proud of it.

Because Xu Zhao has too much influence in Yongzhou, with him here, it is a dream to make a comeback!

"General Xu, you don't have to make things difficult..." Wang Mao suddenly said, "We are the ones who deserve to die. Please take down the head of the Huyeqian to fulfill his intentions. Huyeqian will never blame you..."

Wang Mao's words made Xu Zhao, the iron-strong veteran, feel heavier. After thinking for a long time, he bowed his hands and kneeled in front of Li Ji and said loudly: "All right to the Grand Marshal!"

A trace of gleam flashed in Li Ji's eyes. He turned to his body and quickly helped Xu Zhao up from the ground. He comforted him with a loud voice: "General Xu, what are you doing? You are a great hero who has lifted the siege of Qinzhou. How could you do this? When it was heard from, I thought that this Grand Marshal treated you and others badly..."

After Xu Zhao got up, Li Ji asked tentatively again: "General Xu, should this Taiwei really deal with it?"

Xu Zhao said nothing, just nodded slightly.

Li Ji immediately stopped being polite and turned to Wang Mao, Zhang Dian and more than ten surrendered generals. After staring around, he shouted: "Come here!"

Two fully armed guards came in outside the office soon, stood on both sides, waiting for Li Ji's order.

Li Ji said, "Please all these ungrateful rebel generals to prison. At noon tomorrow, behead them at the entrance of the street market! As for the surrendered soldiers, they must have no choice but to stay in the army and make a contribution..."

"Mr. Taiwei is kind to you..."

"Master Taiwei, we are really honest and trustworthy..."

"Master Taiwei, why should we treat us like this..."

As soon as Li Ji finished speaking, the guards next to him dragged them all out of the palace hall, and continuous screams continued to spread in the palace hall.

When Zhang Dian was dragged away, he begged Xu Zhao bitterly: "General, do you really have the heart to look at me waiting for a different place? General, if I die, you will lose one chance of winning against Liu Ce. General..."

Only Wang Mao still had a calm expression, as if he had expected this result...

After all these surrendered generals were dragged away, Xu Zhao's face turned pale and his fists were tightly tight.

Li Ji hurriedly stepped forward and said to Xu Zhao: "General Xu, please sit down quickly. The celebration banquet has only begun now. Don't let someone wait for a long time..."

Xu Zhao waved his hand to refuse: "No, the general of the Imperial Army has important matters to return to the army to deal with it, so it is not convenient to stay here for a long time. I hope the Grand Marshal will forgive him. The Imperial Army will say goodbye..."

After saying that, Xu Zhao turned around and walked out of the Taiwei Mansion Hall with a staggering step.

"Hmph~"

A smug smile appeared on Li Ji's face, turned around and walked towards the main case, raised his glass to say to everyone during the meal, "Come on, everyone, for today's great victory in Qinzhou, everyone will raise their glasses to drink together, please..."

Everyone hurriedly raised their glasses and said respectfully: "Please..."

...

On the fourth day of the fourth month, at noon, the siege of Qinzhou had just been lifted for one day...

"Rebel..."

"Smash them to death..."

"Give back my child~Give back our man..."

Zhang Dian, Wang Mao and more than a dozen surrendered generals were locked up in the prison car that was taken to the execution ground. The surroundings were full of angry onlookers. Under the intentional publicity of the Li family, these people all became traitors in Yongzhou, and people kept throwing stones, rotten leaves, and even rotten eggs at them...

Poor Zhang Dian and Wang Mao, the loyal generals of Yongzhou who have rich combat experience, will receive such treatment. It is really embarrassing.

"General Wang, you are right... I regret it very much..."

It’s only now that Zhang Dian realized that everything Wang Mao said yesterday was true. The Li family would not let anyone he didn’t trust, even if he did make great contributions.

On the battlefield yesterday, when Zhang Dian saw Xu Zhao's army attack, he did not lead the army to resist, but instead held his troops and surrendered voluntarily. He thought he could return to the Yongzhou army to serve, but he ended up like this, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

But the excited crowd would not delve into Zhang Dian and others' sufferings, but only vented all the dissatisfaction and fears that have passed since time on them, the people who are waiting to be killed.

It arrived at noon, and Wang Mao, Zhang Dian and others were sent to the execution ground. Their executioner had already put the sharpened machete on the ground, waiting for the decree officer to give the order and let their heads land.

"It's already three o'clock in the afternoon, I'm ready to execute my execution~"

The prison officer looked at the sky and pulled out a killing order from the bamboo tube in front of the table and threw it on the ground.

"Dongdongdongdongdongdong..."

"Kill them~"

"Cut off their dog's head..."

The execution drum beats and the executioners raised their machetes together, and the onlookers immediately shouted excitedly.

"It's unfair~~"

"Catch~~"

As soon as the drum beat stopped, Zhang Dian shouted to the sky. With the order of the prison officer, the executioner's machetes fell down...
Chapter completed!