Chapter 232

Some soldiers froze on the spot.

Then, they all lowered their heads!

They had been so focused on catching the assassin just now that they had forgotten about this critical matter!

Han Xin clenched his fists tightly:

"A single assassin caused you to panic to this extent. If these shells and gunpowder had detonated, and His Majesty the Emperor had been injured, who among you could have borne the responsibility?"

"Flog them!"

"One hundred military lashes!"

"No one is to be spared!"

Han Xin roared in anger!

Just then, Ying Su arrived.

Seeing Ying Su, Han Xin immediately knelt before him: "Your subject... is incompetent!"

After Yu Yu Huatian's report, he already understood everything!

Seeing that the gunpowder and shells before him were safe, he patted Han Xin on the shoulder and said, "It is good that they did not detonate!"

"There is no need to punish the soldiers so severely!"

Han Xin wept:

"This is barely a hundred paces from Your Majesty's tent. Fearing they might neglect their duties, I specifically pitched my command tent within ten paces of the gunpowder storage, just to oversee them personally!"

"Yet they..."

Han Xin was furious to the extreme, and then he shouted angrily: "Flog them! One hundred lashes for each, so you will remember this lesson!"

"From this day forward, all of you listen well: within a hundred paces of this place, not a single spark shall appear!"

He said this angrily, then knelt before Ying Su again: "I beg Your Majesty to punish me!"

"It is fine, rise!"

Ying Su spoke to persuade him, telling him there was no need to be so rigid!

Han Xin said:

"Your Majesty, military discipline must be strict! Since I have failed to govern the army strictly, I shall receive one hundred lashes along with everyone else. Execute it immediately!"

He shouted, and began to crawl toward the ground!

This scene terrified everyone.

At that moment, all the generals and soldiers knelt on the ground:

"Your Majesty, we are willing to take these one hundred lashes on behalf of the Grand General!"

"You must not punish the Grand General!"

At that moment, everyone cried out, all pleading with Ying Su!

Han Xin shouted angrily at the crowd: "Is military law a child's game?"

After saying this, he knelt before Ying Su again: "Your Majesty, although nothing happened today, we must learn a lesson, myself included!"

"If the Emperor were to suffer any harm, we would deserve to die ten thousand times over!"

"Flog them!"

He roared!

However, just as a soldier was about to approach with tears in his eyes, Ying Su stopped him:

"We are in the midst of a campaign; such punishment for the soldiers is highly inappropriate. I shall pardon your offenses for now and record them; wait until this battle is over to carry out the sentence!"

After Ying Su finished speaking, he pulled Han Xin up!

"Your Majesty... this..."

Han Xin looked troubled and wanted to say more, but Ying Su furrowed his brows:

"What? Are you no longer listening to my words?"

"I..."

He opened his mouth repeatedly, but in the end, he could only kneel before Ying Su: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At that moment, all the soldiers roared, and they all knelt and kowtowed to Ying Su!

"Rise, and from now on, remember the Grand General's orders!"

"If you offend again, even I may not be able to protect you!"

Ying Su said, signaling the soldiers to stand up!

This scene moved the many soldiers once again!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At that moment, they all shouted out!

However, just then, a soldier rushed over to report:

"Master Master Xiaomeng, along with the Hundred Poison King and Tian Guang, have killed two hundred of our Great Qin soldiers and escaped the marshlands!"

"What?"

As soon as the words were spoken, Han Xin flew into a rage!

Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, and Cao Can, these commanders were even more furious:

"They dare to kill two hundred of our soldiers?"

Cao Cao Zhengchun and Qiao Feng were the first to kneel before Ying Su: "Let us go in pursuit; even if we have to storm the enemy camp, we will capture these three!"

They were filled with boundless anger!

Even Ying Su was filled with towering rage!

Two hundred soldiers!

One must know, this was his most elite army of one hundred thousand!

He felt heartache even if just one of them died!

Seeing so many soldiers injured today, he had even wanted to use the lottery to heal them!

But now... they actually dared to kill two hundred of them?

"Li Li Yuanba, Li Li Cunxiao, when will they wake up?"

Ying Su looked toward Yao Yue.

Yao Yue said: "The poison has been neutralized; they are currently recuperating. In three to five days, they will fully recover!"

Ying Su nodded:

"Good! Prepare for battle!"

"Kill them all, leave no one alive!"

"Additionally, issue my decree!"

"The various schools of thought have colluded with the Xiongnu to obstruct our Great Qin army; this is an act of treason, betraying their country and their masters for glory!"

"From this day forward, all subjects of Great Qin shall be irreconcilable enemies with these traitors!"

"The Agriculturalists, Physicians, Yin-Yang School, Mohists, Daoists, and all other schools of thought, as well as those in the martial arts world, are to be executed by anyone! Anyone may kill them!"

"For every one killed, bring their head as an offering and receive a reward of one hundred coins!"

At that moment, Ying Su said this angrily...

And as soon as these words were spoken, everyone was instantly stunned!

This... Ying Su was truly enraged!

He intended to eradicate the various schools of thought and the martial arts world from Great Qin!

Everyone was so shocked that their scalps went numb!

But... countless soldiers were excited!

If asked why they were loyal to Ying Su?

Because... he was worth it!

Just because Master Master Xiaomeng, Tian Yan, and the Hundred Poison King killed two hundred soldiers, Ying Su was going to eradicate the various schools of thought and those martial artists!

How could they not love such an Emperor?

Why would they not be loyal to such an Emperor?