Chapter 418

Badong takes off his armor, the whole tent is trembling.

The Prince of Badong took off his armor, his eyes red, sitting on the table like a drunkard, one hand pulling his collar messily, breathing heavily, occasionally making a few manic snorting sounds from his nose, like a fierce beast grinding its teeth in a cage.

Li Jingxuan's mouth was bleeding, kneeling in a corner, hunched over.

The rest of the staff were lying on the ground like a sieve, waiting for the axe!

Xue Shao had a shoe print on his body, his lips trembling, his voice shaking:

"... the enemy's defense is solid... it should not be attacked urgently, it should be besieged slowly; the opportunity is in a moment, it cannot be delayed, it should be taken urgently—"

"I want the original words!!!"

The Prince of Badong rushed up and kicked Xue Shao on the shoulder!

Xue Shao rolled out, but didn't even scream, crawling back to his original position as fast as he could, his forehead hitting the ground heavily:

"Wenyang is a corner... slowly can, can..."

The Prince of Badong roared:

"I want the original words!"

Xue Shao was so scared that he closed his eyes tightly, his voice crying:

"The subject cannot remember..."

The Prince of Badong picked up Xue Shao and slapped him twice:

"You can't remember and you tell me! You can't remember and you tell me!"

Xue Shao was hit until he saw stars, making vague whimpering sounds in his mouth.

The Prince of Badong threw Xue Shao to the ground, walked to Tao Rui, grabbed Tao Rui's collar, lifted him halfway, his tiger eyes wide open, bloodshot:

"You, how did you say it at that time!"

Tao Rui had been desperately recalling the original words at the time, and actually recalled the first two sentences! Although he couldn't remember the words behind, he bet that the Prince of Badong remembered even less! So as long as he spoke fluently, there was no way to judge whether it was the original words!

He had already prepared a good excuse, but didn't expect to be lifted up and asked directly, his brain suddenly blank, reciting urgently:

"Those who fight for the world should fight for the essentials. Like playing chess, take the edges and corners first—"

"I'll take your mother's edges and corners!"

The Prince of Badong's evil spirit exploded, grabbing Tao Rui's neck, his five fingers like a hoop!

Tao Rui was strangled until he was almost suffocated, his head dizzy, his eyes bulging, a muffled sound coming from his throat, struggling to squeeze out a sentence:

"Subject... subject took medicine..."

The Prince of Badong threw Tao Rui to the ground like a chicken! Tao Rui's head hit the ground violently, nose bleeding!

The Prince of Badong raised his fist and smashed it hard on Tao Rui's face:

"Taking medicine is good—taking medicine is good—taking medicine is good—"

"Take medicine! Take medicine! Take medicine!"

One punch after another, blood splashing everywhere.

At first, one could still hear Tao Rui's screams, but after a few punches, the screams stopped, leaving only the muffled sound of fists hitting flesh and the Prince of Badong's low roar of "take medicine."

Everyone was scared out of their wits, their bodies trembling, smelling the increasingly strong smell of blood, no one dared to look up. Xue Shao grabbed the ground with both hands, biting his teeth tightly so as not to cry out.

"Hoo!"

The Prince of Badong was sweating from hitting, stopped his hand, and a few strands of hair hung down messily.

He wiped his sticky, blood-stained hand on Tao Rui's clothes, brushed his hair upward, sighed a few times, his expression relaxed a lot, as if he had unloaded some heavy burden, even revealing a trace of a smile:

"Who is next?"

The so-called "next" refers to the order of speaking when blocking Wang Yang's suggestion to attack Wenyang.

Guo Wenyuan felt like he had fallen into an ice cellar before his name was called, but he knew that the more critical the moment, the more he needed to be calm!

On the verge of life and death, he decided to fight!

Guo Wenyuan crawled out voluntarily, kowtowed three times to the Prince of Badong, his eyes red, his face tragic:

"The subject is shallow in knowledge, dark about the situation, and rashly blocked the strategy of Military Advisor Wang to settle Wenyang first, ruining the Prince's great plan. Even ten thousand deaths are not enough to atone for the subject's crime!

The subject does not dare to dirty the Prince's hands, and is willing to commit suicide to redeem the subject's crime!

It's just that the Prince has the grace of knowing the subject, and the subject has words from the bottom of his heart that must be told! Only hope the Prince will forgive for a moment, allow the subject to pour out, then the subject will have no regrets even if he dies!"

The Prince of Badong sneered:

"Learning from Wang Yang?"

Guo Wenyuan hurriedly said:

"The subject dares not! The subject really has words to say to the Prince—"

Clang.

A sword was thrown in front of Guo Wenyuan.

Only heard the Prince of Badong say coldly:

"The Prince is not listening, you commit suicide."

Guo Wenyuan went numb.

"Still not committing suicide? Do you want the Prince to do it himself?"

The Prince of Badong's voice came from above.

Guo Wenyuan shook all over, slowly stretched out his hand, wanting to grasp the sword hilt, but his fingers wouldn't listen, shaking even more violently.

The Prince of Badong laughed contemptuously:

"You can't even hold the sword and you talk about suicide, what kind of suicide are you doing?"

Guo Wenyuan's eyes turned fierce, holding the sword with both hands, raising it high, the tip of the sword about to pierce his right chest!

At this moment, he finally heard the Prince of Badong speak again!

"Fine, since you're idle anyway, listen to what you have to say."

Guo Wenyuan hurriedly put down the sword, his whole body almost falling to the ground, his forehead hitting the ground heavily, his voice hoarse:

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"What's there to thank? You speak first, and you will still die after speaking."

Guo Wenyuan suppressed the wild beating of his heart, forcibly calmed down, and said:

"The past cannot be admonished, the future can still be pursued. Things have come to this, regretting in vain is useless. Although the situation is bad, it has not reached the point of no return. As long as the remedy is timely, victory or defeat is still unknown!"

The Prince of Badong laughed out:

"Remedy? Guan Yu lost Jingzhou, how to remedy?"

"It can be remedied! Your Highness is not Guan Yu, and the opposite side is not Sun Quan! Wang Yi and Liu Tan have just taken Jingzhou, their footing is not stable, Your Highness has a great army in hand, return the army to the west, travel day and night, and you will definitely be able to retake Jingzhou—"

"Absolutely not!" Li Jingxuan suddenly shouted.

"You still dare to speak!"

The Prince of Badong gritted his teeth, pointing at Li Jingxuan!

Who said Wang Yang wanted to delay time?!

Who said they must leave Jingzhou immediately?!

Who slandered and bewitched the Prince to remove Wang Yang?!

Who was cautious and didn't let the Prince use Wang Yang's strategy of rushing to Parrot Island?!

Who overturned my navy vanguard?!

The Prince of Badong wished he could tear Li Jingxuan apart directly!

Li Jingxuan didn't care, kowtowing until he bled:

"Your Highness absolutely cannot return to Jingzhou! Now that there are rumors, the military heart is floating. Once you return, it is confirming that Jingzhou is lost! Most of the families of the three armies are in Jingzhou. The thought of flesh and blood, who can forbid it! If they hear the change, escape will surely arise!

If our army retreats, Yingzhou will surely know that there is a change in Jingzhou, their morale will be greatly boosted, how can they not follow us? At that time, there will be defenses in front and pursuers behind, attacked from both sides, with nowhere to advance or retreat!

And the method of using troops, fighting far and fighting hard, the edge cannot be resisted; staying in one's own land, soldiers are easy to disperse and die! (This is the meaning of "scattered land" in Sun Tzu's Art of War. Li Quan noted: "Soldiers rely on land, miss wives and children, and disperse when urgent, this is scattered land.")

If the attack is not successful and they retreat in a panic, morale will surely fall! Even if they luckily return to Jing, the road ahead is bleak, people are worried and afraid, their spirits are separated and their hearts are shaken, how can they have fighting spirit? Even if there is an opportunity, it cannot be used! Once the great army approaches the hometown, it will surely disintegrate! This will be the end of the great cause!!!"

Li Jingxuan's voice was urgent, every word anxious!

The Prince of Badong laughed a few times, his expression absurd:

"You have misled me to this point today! Do you think I will still believe you?"

Li Jingxuan suddenly raised his head, his forehead covered in blood:

"The subject does not dare to hope that Your Highness will believe in the subject again! But this plan concerns the survival of the three armies! Even if the subject has lost a hundred plans before, this plan dare not be wrong! If Your Highness does not believe it, you can ask Military Advisor Wang! The Military Advisor is deeply versed in military strategy and will definitely not approve of returning to Jing!"

The Prince of Badong's eyes were cold:

"Do you mean to let the Prince abandon Jingzhou?"

"The subject dares not speak of abandonment! It's just that Jingzhou is lost and cannot be recovered urgently! Forced by the situation, act according to the circumstances! For the current plan, take advantage of the fact that the three armies do not yet know the truth about Jingzhou, attack the three cities day and night, and quickly pull them out! Then the military heart can be boosted! Food and equipment can be collected! Manpower can be used! After Yingzhou is stable, then plan for the future!"

The Prince of Badong had a look of distrust, his expression restless, and he didn't know if he had listened to it.

Li Jingxuan was about to persuade again, when suddenly a report came from outside the tent that Wang Yang had entered the camp!

The haze in the Prince of Badong's eyes suddenly broke, a touch of surprise and hope burst out, as if a drowning person grabbed a floating wood! As if a person dying of thirst saw an oasis!

He strode out to greet him, shouting from far away:

"Zhiyan! Zhiyan!!!"

Wang Yang was wearing the brocade robe gifted by the Prince of Badong, bowing and bending, his demeanor like jade:

"Subject Wang Yang, see the Prin—"

The Prince of Badong almost cried when he heard the words "Subject Wang Yang"! He hurriedly rushed forward to support him:

"What kind of empty etiquette is there between us! Come into the tent, the Prince has a big matter to discuss with you!"

Wang Yang was dragged by the hand by the Prince of Badong and walked into the tent. As soon as he entered the tent, he saw a person lying on the ground, his face covered in blood and flesh, his features unrecognizable, and a large pool of dark red blood spreading beneath him.

The Prince of Badong said: "Someone! See if he is dead!"

The guards entered the tent, checked Tao Rui, and reported that he had already stopped breathing.

The Prince of Badong's voice was slightly cold:

"Dead is just right! Even if he wasn't dead, he would have to die!"

He pointed at Tao Rui and said to Wang Yang:

"Zhiyan, Tao Rui has made rumors several times before, framing you, and alienating the two of us! Although the Prince was temporarily deceived by him, I also noticed that his words were mostly false, so I pretended to be deceived, just to find out what conspiracy he had! Now it has been found out! It turns out he had been in correspondence with Yingzhou early on, colluding with the enemy camp! That's why he tried every means to slander you to the Prince, letting the Prince remove your power! The Prince killed him today, not only to clear the traitorous minister, but also to vent your anger!"

Everyone in the tent was shocked!

The Prince of Badong's confidant staff, Tao of Xunyang, actually colluded with the enemy!

Guo Wenyuan half-believed; Xue Shao was most familiar with Tao Rui and didn't believe he colluded with Yingzhou at all! But he didn't dare to speak.

As for Li Jingxuan, he understood that the Prince of Badong saying this could be considered covering for himself.

He didn't know how many slanders Tao Rui had made in secret, but the matter of removing Wang Yang's power was indeed suggested by him and finalized. Now pushing everything to Tao Rui also proved that the Prince of Badong was not prepared to kill himself.

His life was saved.

Temporarily.

The Prince of Badong waved his hand:

"Come! Chop off the head of the traitor Tao, and tell the three armies: this traitor repeatedly slandered, framed the military advisor! Causing the military advisor to lose his position and the navy to suffer setbacks! Now the evidence has been found, behead him at the camp gate! If there is any more slander, alienating the Prince and the military advisor, regardless of official rank, all will be executed!"

Everyone was terrified.

Wang Yang knew clearly that Tao Rui was not only killed to take the blame, but also killed for himself to see. Showing sincerity and intimidating himself. Taking a human head to be a step for you, do you dare not step down?

In addition, after he lost his position, the Yanyue Rampart was defeated, and the three cities were besieged but not taken. Although the soldiers didn't say it in their mouths, how could they not have resentment in their hearts? So creating a drama of "killing the traitorous minister" was very satisfying.

Since ancient times, if the superior does not want to take responsibility for his own mistakes, he must find someone to blame. Is it just Tao Rui alone?

The river wind carried the smell of blood, rolling through the tent, chilling people to the bone.