Chapter 274

Some soldiers stood frozen on the spot.

Immediately, all bowed their heads!

Just now, we were so focused on catching the assassin that we forgot this matter!

Han Xin clenched both fists:

"One assassin has thrown you into such panic. Fortunately, these cannonballs and gunpowder did not explode. If they had exploded and injured Your Majesty, who among you could bear the responsibility?"

"Strike!"

"One hundred military lashes!"

"No one is to be spared!"

Han Xin roared in anger!

Just then, Facing Ying Su arrived.

Seeing Facing Ying Su, Han Xin immediately prostrated himself before Facing Ying Su: "Your subject... is incompetent!"

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

Seeing that the gunpowder cannonballs before him were unharmed, he patted Han Xin's shoulder and said: "It is good they did not explode!"

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

Han Xin wept:

"This is merely a hundred paces from Your Majesty's tent. Your subject feared they would neglect the orders, so I specifically pitched my command tent within ten paces of the tent storing the gunpowder and cannonballs, precisely to guard them personally!"

"But they..."

Han Xin was furious to the extreme, then shouted loudly: "Strike! One hundred military lashes for each of you, to make you remember!"

"From now on, all of you must pay close attention. Within a hundred paces of this place, not even a single spark is allowed to appear!"

He spoke angrily, then prostrated himself before Facing Ying Su again: "Please, Your Majesty, punish me!"

"It is nothing. Rise!"

Facing Ying Su spoke, persuading him not to make such a big deal out of it!

Han Xin said:

"Your Majesty, governing an army must be strict! Han Xin has not governed the army strictly. Punish me along with everyone else with one hundred military lashes. Execute it immediately!"

He shouted and began to crawl onto the ground!

This scene directly terrified everyone.

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

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

"Do not punish the Grand General!"

At that moment, everyone shouted, and everyone pleaded with Facing Ying Su for mercy!

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

After speaking, he prostrated himself before Facing Ying Su again: "Your Majesty, although nothing happened today, we must all, including myself, learn a lesson!"

"If Your Majesty were to fall ill, we would deserve death a thousand times over and could not escape our guilt!"

"Strike!"

He roared!

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

"Now is the time for military action. Punishing the soldiers so severely is highly inappropriate. I forgive your crimes for now and will record them. Wait until this battle ends, then carry out the punishment!"

After Facing Ying Su finished speaking, he grabbed Han Xin and pulled him up!

"Your Majesty... this..."

Han Xin looked distressed. He wanted to say more, but Facing Ying Su frowned:

"What? You will not even listen to my words?"

"I..."

He opened his mouth repeatedly, but finally could only prostrate himself before Facing 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 Facing Ying Su!

"Rise. In the future, remember the Grand General's military orders!"

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

Facing Ying Su spoke, ordering the soldiers one by one to stand up!

This scene moved the soldiers deeply once again!

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

At that moment, they all shouted out!

However, just then, suddenly, a soldier rushed in to report:

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

"What?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Han Xin flew into a rage!

Fan Kuai, Lu Wan, and Cao Can, this group of generals, were even more furious:

"Dare to kill two hundred of our soldiers?"

Cao Zhengchun and Qiao Feng immediately bowed to Ying Su: "Let us pursue them! Break into the enemy camp and capture these three, even if we must!"

They were filled with boundless fury!

Even Ying Su was raging with anger!

Two hundred soldiers!

Remember, this was his own most elite army of one hundred thousand!

He would have felt heartache even if just one of them had died!

Seeing so many soldiers injured today, he had even wanted to draw lots to heal them!

But now... they actually dared to kill two hundred people?

"Li Yuanba, Li Cunxiao, when will they awaken?"

Ying Su looked toward Yao Yue!

Yao Yue said: "The poison has already been neutralized. They are currently recovering. Three to five days; within three to five days, they will be fully restored!"

Ying Su nodded:

"Good! Prepare for battle!"

"Kill them all; leave not a single survivor!"

"Furthermore, issue my decree!"

"The Hundred Schools of Thought have colluded with the Xiongnu to block our Great Qin Army. This is an act of treason: betraying one's country, selling out friends, and betraying one's lord for personal gain!"

"From this day forward, all subjects of our Great Qin shall hold an irreconcilable hatred for these traitors!"

"The Agricultural School, the Medical School, the Yin-Yang School, the Mohist School, the Daoist School, and the other Hundred Schools of Thought, as well as all martial artists of the Jianghu, shall be subject to execution by all! Everyone is permitted to kill them!"

"Whoever kills one person and brings their head as a trophy shall be rewarded with one hundred coins!"

At that moment, Ying Su spoke in a furious voice...

But the moment those words left his lips, everyone was instantly stunned!

This... Ying Su was truly enraged!

He intended to exterminate the Hundred Schools of Thought and the martial artists of the Jianghu from the Great Qin!

Everyone was so shocked their scalps tingled!

But... indeed, countless soldiers were excited!

Ask them why they are loyal to Ying Su?

Because... it is worth it!

Just because Master Master Xiaomeng, Tian Yan, and the Hundred Poison King killed two hundred soldiers, Ying Su is going to exterminate the Hundred Schools of Thought and those Jianghu martial artists!

How could such an Emperor not earn their love and respect?

How could such an Emperor not deserve their loyalty?