"Butler of the palace, you have no military position, how can you order the whole camp here to hold a banquet?"
Xia Hougong raised the question, not because he was afraid of Ming Hong, but mainly because Shen Wanjun had repeatedly reminded the Shen Jiajun officers and soldiers not to immerse themselves in the situation and rush, but to use their brains more, especially if someone stretched their neck. If you cut it, then you have to find a way to take advantage of it first, so that if you are implicated in any responsibilities later, I can wipe your butts with confidence.
Xia Hougong executed this very well.
But his question changed its taste in the eyes of Ming Hong, Zheng Yu and others.
They thought that after Minghong took all the so-called blame on himself, Xiahou Gong would not dare to be as arrogant as before due to the former's status as a popular figure in King Feng's circle.
Asking such a question is nothing more than digging a hole for yourself that is too deep and you have to find a way to climb up.
But will Minghong give Xiahou Gong a step?
Obviously not!
Because once Minghong gave in even half a step on this basis, it meant that he would have to choose a scapegoat from King Feng's camp and use his life to build a few steps for Xiahou Gong to climb out of the pit.
But what followed meant that King Feng's camp was still weak after all, and King Feng still had to lose face in the end.
Can the king lose his face casually?
Originally, Shen Wanjun, the king of the Jin Dynasty, relied on the late emperor's words "to be the head of kings with different surnames" and did not pay attention to the princes of the other eight states. Even the king of Zhongzhou under the emperor's feet, Shen Wanjun, Jun scolded him whenever he wanted at home, not caring if anyone would spread his words to King Zhong.
Shen Wanjun's domineering and unreasonable behavior is destined to make him stand on the opposite side of the Eight Kings of the Eight Provinces in the overall situation. The only difference is that some conflicts are big and some are small.
However, Minghong wanted to save Prince Feng's face and the reasonably sensible Zheng Yu and his subordinates, but someone got smart and leaned forward with his head pointed and his neck stretched out.
Deputy General Cao Jing has been sitting in the position of third-level commander for too long.
Although he usually behaves very loyal to Zheng Yu and is willing to play the role of a lackluster in many things, in fact, he is very aware of how much unwillingness and grievance the one-level difference has brought him.
For example, during the war, their battalion fought to the death on the battlefield.
In order to obtain more rewards after the war, Cao Jing tied his head to his belt to strive for military merit every time he fought.
On the other hand, Zheng Yu, who was always a little taller than him, always sat in the rear and was spared many illnesses and injuries.
As a result, every time a battle was won, Zheng Yu would deliberately downplay Cao Jing's heroic performance when he went to King Feng alone to "repay the debt", and his words were all about how well he commanded.
Even the heads of enemy generals that Cao Jing chopped off with his own hands could be said by Zheng Yu to have been brought back by him.
So from that time on, Cao Jing pretended to be Zheng Yu's dog, while waiting for a good opportunity to make a comeback.
Now that the time has come, Cao Jing must seize it!
As long as you perform well in front of Ming Hong, can you be promoted to a second-grade military general? Isn't it just a matter of this Ming Butler blowing wind in Prince Feng's ears?
If he succeeds and faces Xia Hougong in the future, he, Cao Jing, will no longer have to dare to fart because he is a lower-ranking official!
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind quickly. Cao Jing quickly strode forward, stood next to Minghong and patted his chest fiercely:
"Xia Hougong, please stop digging holes for Butler Ming. Since he is not serving in the army, he will not overstep his authority and transfer the officers and soldiers of my camp. To tell you the truth, the order to hold the banquet was given by me, Cao Jing. Butler Ming and Feng Due to the king’s kindness, it is rare for him to come to the camp in person, so what’s wrong with us setting up a banquet to entertain him?!”
After Cao Jing said this, Minghong, who was still a little drunk just now, suddenly broke out in a cold sweat on his back!
so close!
If Cao Jing hadn't stepped forward to take over the conversation in time, wouldn't it have given Xia Hougong a handle once he said it was his order?
From this, Minghong's eyes when he looked at Cao Jing changed instantly. Cao Jing also felt the satisfaction in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel more and more complacent in his heart.
At this time Xiahou Gong asked again.
"This banquet also includes sending two women to the camp to accompany you?"
At the mention of women as companions, the expressions of Minghong and others changed instantly.
Cao Jing's eyes flickered, and then he forced himself to argue calmly:
"What woman? We have been in the camp every day and never left. How could a woman not know about it?"
Xia Hougong decided to eat the bowl of rice one bite at a time, so he changed the topic and returned to the "second question".
"Is there a woman? Later, the general will search the camp. Now, let me ask you Cao Jing again. Is it your order to hold a banquet for innocent people today?"
Thinking that he would soon be promoted to a higher position under the good words of Butler Ming, Cao Jing concluded that Xia Hougong did not dare to take action, so there was no reason to back down!
"That's right! It's me!"
As he spoke, Cao Jing took another big step forward and stood at the front of the crowd.
However, one thing that no one expected was——
Xia Hougong took action.
Everyone saw a burst of dust and sand. Although Xia Hougong was big, he moved like thunder. In an instant, he rushed to Cao Jing. He didn't even give him a chance to draw his sword. He raised the golden dragon sword high and then moved without any movement. He hesitated and slashed down!
Until the picture is frozen, the whole process takes only a blink of an eye!
The entire King Feng camp became audible!
The huge golden dragon knife in Xia Hougong's hand slashed from top to bottom. The land under Cao Jing's crotch, which was made of sand and loess, was cut into a deep trench that was about ten feet long by the violent infuriating energy!
And this distance, no more, no less, spreads right to Minghong's feet.
Look at Cao Jing again.
His face still retains the arrogance from the previous moment, and his eyes still retain the secret joy of being promoted.
But his body was no longer under his control.
"Bang-bang-"
After a while, Cao Jing fell to both sides with his body split into two parts with hard silver armor. The blood and internal organs in his body were scattered all over the ground.
Although some splattered on Xia Hougong's white armor, this set of white armor carefully crafted by top craftsmen did not stain any blood and flowed down very smoothly.
The metal used to forge the armor is called Five Colored Spirit Iron, and it is produced from the Five Colored Treasure Mountain. Or, to be more precise, even with the rich experience of Shen Wanjun who fought in various countries, apart from the Five Colored Treasure Mountain, he has Wucai Ling Iron Ore has never been seen in other mountain ranges.
The place where the Five-Colored Treasure Mountain is located is a little-known little country called the Maruo Dynasty. To reach it, you have to pass through the Southern Territory of Great Yan and then travel thousands of miles to the southwest through mountains and rivers.
When Shen Wanjun led his troops to the Maruo Dynasty, it was not that the Maruo Dynasty was involved in planning the invasion of the Great Yan Dynasty.
It was purely because Shen Wanjun killed and sealed off, and ran all the way through the entire Nantai Dynasty, accidentally hitting the Maruo Dynasty and taking care of it.
In order to protect the country, the king of the Maruo Dynasty immediately raised his flag and surrendered, and sincerely offered the entire five-color treasure mountain for the Shen family's army to exploit.
Speaking of which, the value of this five-color treasure mountain is probably higher than that of the entire Maro Dynasty!
The reason is very simple. The five-colored spiritual iron is indestructible, and ordinary swords cannot even leave scratches on it. It is simply born to make battle armor.
So the 800,000 Shen family troops had five colors of armor.
The remaining 600,000 soldiers were composed of the Qinglong Camp with blue armor, the White Tiger Camp with white armor, the Xuanwu Camp with blue armor, and the Suzaku Camp with red armor.
Moreover, every Shen family soldier who retired could keep a sword made of fine steel in his hand, but he had to keep the armor from head to toe. There was no way, the five-color spiritual iron was too rare, and even after mining the five-color treasure mountain, Shen Wan The army has no doubt that it is impossible for anyone in the world to create a battle armor with the same specifications.
So the battle armor is like the battle spirit.
Even if a certain battalion of the Shen family army is completely wiped out on the battlefield, the rest of the Shen family army will definitely try their best to recover it, recover the lost armor, and replenish the indispensable fighting spirit!
