Chapter 986: Great Talent in the County

Ji Guo.

In Jiaozhi Commandery, Ji Guo's one million three hundred thousand troops were stationed here, and ahead was Shuanghuai Commandery, which was also the main base of the rebel army. After the Ji army defeated the rebel army, they chased all the way here, and Duke Long suddenly stopped the military momentum and set up camp on the spot, which had been more than three months.

On this day, in the main army camp, many burly fierce generals surrounded a man who looked quite scholarly and thin in the middle, and were fiercely asking to fight.

This man kept shaking his head, firmly forbidding the battle, and ordered people to drag the two generals who jumped the most fiercely down and beat them with military sticks, beating them until their skin was torn and flesh was ripped.

Some of the generals who were unruly revealed murderous intent, looking at this scholarly man who was only a Dao Foundation cultivator with fierce eyes. In their view, at this time, the rebel army was only huddled in a corner of half a commandery, totaling no more than three hundred thousand people. Anyone could clean them up, which was simply a merit that could be collected without effort, and sealing their wives and sons was just a matter of time.

In the face of such great merit, Duke Long still wouldn't let them fight, so many generals had bad thoughts, feeling that Duke Long was planning to give this merit to his own people. No matter how divine Duke Long was in using troops, he was only a Dao Foundation cultivator, appearing particularly fragile among many Dharma Form cultivators, not to mention that there were two Dharma Form Dukes in the camp.

If Duke Long himself were a Dharma Form cultivator, everyone wouldn't dare to say much, but Duke Long had no cultivation talent, and he was only in the late stage of Dao Foundation so far, and his Dao path ended there. Many generals felt that they could slap this fragile guy to death with one slap, so why should they listen to him?

Others felt that the battle was fought by themselves with knives and guns, and this guy was just pointing fingers in the big tent, so where did he have any real talent?

In the blink of an eye, the two generals who were dragged down were carried back, and there was no good skin left on their buttocks and thighs. The arrogance of the generals only then slightly converged.

At this moment, the horn sounded, and the imperial envoy of the King of Ji arrived.

The imperial envoy was a eunuch, and he didn't talk much with Duke Long, directly entering the tent to proclaim the decree. This decree mainly urged Duke Long to fight, to pacify the rebel army as soon as possible, so as not to waste money and people.

But after Duke Long received the decree, he ordered people to put away the imperial decree, and then said to the eunuch: "When the general is outside, he is not subject to the king's orders. Please ask the eunuch to reply to the King of Ji that it is not yet time for a decisive battle with the rebel army."

The eunuch was the number one confidant in the King of Ji's palace, and hearing this, he said with a fake smile: "... This servant will definitely report it truthfully. It's just, Master Meng, this is the fourth imperial decree the King has issued, and you have rejected it four times. Please forgive this servant for saying one more word, now there is no money or grain in the national treasury, I am afraid it is difficult to support the consumption of one million troops for a long time!"

Duke Long's face sank, and he said, "The army is outside, grain and grass are the top priority! There is no money in the national treasury, and there is no money in the homes of the lords? Without completely exterminating the rebel army, do the lords want to fatten themselves so as to welcome the butcher knife of the rebel army?"

The eunuch sighed and said, "Master Meng, calm down. This servant is just a messenger; it's useless for you to get angry with me! However, I will definitely bring these words of yours to the lords in the court."

Duke Long said coldly, "Then please ask the lords in the court to do their own jobs well. As for me here, it's not their turn to point fingers! Whoever thinks they can beat Lu Jiande, just come over, and I will yield the position!"

At this time, Duke Long's reputation was at its peak, and the officials in the court who could lead troops were all defeated by Lu Jiande. Who dared to jump into this fire pit? Finally, the eunuch left in disgrace, inevitably carrying resentment when he left.

Duke Long ignored the generals who asked to fight and directly moved out military law, saying that whoever dared to mention fighting again would be dealt with by military law on the spot!

The generals were all silent, and only then did Duke Long breathe a sigh of relief and return to the big tent.

He lit the lamp and spread out the map, watching intently. On this map, from Jiaozhi to Shuanghuai Commandery, four eye-catching marks were drawn along the way. These places were all sandwiched between mountains on both sides, suddenly narrowing in the middle, and the terrain was very similar to the pass where Duke Long broke Lu Jiande that day. And there was only one majestic pass in front of the capital of Ji Guo at that time, but in Shuanghuai Commandery, there were a full four similar passes!

Although the rebel army only had more than three hundred thousand left, in Duke Long's view, those who remained were all core elites, and what was removed were just farmers who picked up hoes and shovels, so the rebel army's strength remained, and because they were mobilized like arms and fingers, their combat power might be even stronger.

The rebel army had already shrunk back behind the four passes, and only occupied a small county in a corner of the map, which looked very abrupt. Duke Long was a bit strange, he seemed to have sent a partial division to recover this piece of land, how come so much time had passed, but there was no movement at all?

Just as he was immersed in studying military strategy, a maid came over and served a bowl of ginseng soup.

Duke Long didn't remember asking for ginseng soup, but at this time all his thoughts were on the map, so he took the soup bowl casually and was about to take a sip, when suddenly the maid had a dagger in her hand and stabbed it into his lower back!

Duke Long was stunned, turned his head slowly, and asked, "Why?"

The maid's face was vicious, twisting the dagger hard, and said, "The King of Ji asked me to say hello to you!"

"King of Ji..." Blood kept gushing from Duke Long's mouth, but his face was very calm. He pondered for a moment and asked, "Why?" ===== CHAPTER 987 =====