The generals were as silent as cicadas, not daring to say anything.
Although Li Jiping always looked harmless to humans and animals, everyone knew his tenacity and far-reaching strategies. Once Li Ji made up his mind, no one could dissuade him. Moreover, Li Ji was rarely so angry and could not control his anger. It was obvious that he would never give up without severely punishing Cheng Yaojin.
I can only secretly sigh that Cheng Yaojin is so lucky to ask for it...
At the same time, he was secretly vigilant. Given Cheng Yaojin's status, Li Ji was so ruthless. Obviously, Cheng Yaojin sent troops to destroy the clan's private army without authorization and touched Li Ji's bottom line. This was not only to punish Cheng Yaojin, but also to scare the monkeys. .
Behind the clan's private army stood the Guanlong clan. Cheng Yaojin's annihilation of Duan's private army in Nanyang was bound to cause a conflict with the Guanlong clan. It was easy for the Guanlong clan to think that this was Li Li. Li Ji ordered it to be done, thus highlighting Li Ji's position.
Li Ji has always been vague and secretive about his position and tendency. Once the Guanlong clan is convinced that he is actually leaning towards the East Palace, it means that Guanlong will suffer a disaster, which will inevitably lead to a change in strategy to deal with Li Ji. He actively mobilized hundreds of thousands of troops for the Eastern Expedition under his command.
However, Li Ji was so angry that he even severely punished Cheng Yaojin for his outstanding achievements. Obviously, he was extremely dissatisfied with the possibility of causing Guan Long to speculate that he was siding with the East Palace.
So what is Li Ji’s position?
Still confusing...
The generals were silent.
After a long while, Cheng Yaojin, who had been whipped for thirty times, returned to the house, with his chest and back exposed, and his body covered with shocking scars from the whips, but his face showed no fear, he held his head high and looked around!
Li Ji said solemnly: "Are you convinced?"
Everyone naturally knows Cheng Yaojin's temper. Who can convince him except His Majesty Li Er? Fearing that he would be punished again for his stubbornness, Zhang Liang said first: "Gong Lu will definitely be convinced. Military law is as good as the mountains, and he will not show favoritism! But after all, he is already old, and his body and bones are not as strong as before. If someone comes, please move a stool quickly." .”
He wanted to give Li Ji a step down, but to his surprise, Cheng Yaojin refused. He glanced sideways at Zhang Liang, let out a laugh, and said, "You think I am as cunning and slippery as you, with a dirty mind? You made a mistake." You have to admit it, and you have to stand upright when you are beaten, but I am right, why should I admit it?"
Zhang Liang's face turned red with anger and he said angrily: "My good intentions are just like the liver and lungs of a donkey. I am of low character and not as good as Duke Lu. I hope you will fight to the end!"
He really wanted to take the opportunity to sell Cheng Yaojin a favor, but unexpectedly, this good guy couldn't help but not appreciate it. Instead, he was extremely humiliated and was a complete bastard!
Cheng Yaojin said: "Don't care whether I am tough or not, I am tougher than you anyway!"
Zhang Liang was so angry that smoke was coming from his head and his eyes were blurry. Who is this? !
Li Ji looked at Cheng Yaojin with a gloomy face and asked, "Can you admit your mistake?"
Cheng Yaojin said to Li Ji: "I am an official of the Tang Dynasty. I not only want to expand the territory for the empire, but also protect the country and the people. I sit back and watch the people being tortured by the rebel army. Where is my responsibility and where is my conscience? You might as well go out and ask Ask, look at who among the entire army is not filled with rage and righteous indignation? You are the chief minister and the leader of all officials. You have comprehensive considerations and far-reaching plans, so you can ignore the life and death of the people, but I am just a reckless military commander. A man couldn't bear the disasters suffered by the people, so he sent out troops in anger, what's wrong with that?"
Li Ji was furious and scolded with his halberd finger: "You are a soldier. You should obey orders and ignore life and death. Do you act so arbitrarily? Have you ever paid attention to the discipline of the French army? Do you think that my ghost-headed sword is not good enough to kill you?" Cheng Yaojin’s head?”
"Hey!"
Cheng Yaojin took a step forward, lowered his head, stretched his neck forward, and pointed at his neck: "The head is here, you can take it as you like. However, you would rather die than obey!"
"Whoaaah!"
Li Ji was furious and, in a rare lapse of grace, said angrily: "Come here, take this animal out and chop it down!"
Except for Zhang Liang, Yuchi Gong, Xue Wanche, Ashina Simo and others hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to dissuade him. Yuchi Gong even pulled Cheng Yaojin away and complained in a low voice: "Are you crazy? This is in the military. Military law is as strong as a mountain. If you commit such a crime, wouldn't it force the commander to kill you?"
As the saying goes, "There are no jokes in the military," this is probably true. Military law is as great as the sky, and once you say it, it will never be changed.
Although Li Ji was extremely angry, he also knew that Cheng Yaojin could never be killed. His face turned red with anger, and he finally sat back under the dissuasion of Xue Wanche and Ashina Simo, and just pointed at Cheng Yaojin. He said: "You should leave this place quickly and don't let me see you again, otherwise I will kill you without mercy!"
Cheng Yaojin was always a generous person, but now he was a bit over the top: "You look like a traitor, but you are as timid as a rat. If you have the ability to kill me with a knife, I respect you as a man!"
"Mom!"
Li Ji was furious, but Xue Wanche and Ashina Simo held him down and tried to persuade him. On the other hand, Yu Chigong pushed Cheng Yaojin out of the door.
Li Ji then gave up angrily.
He is not as generous as Cheng Yaojin. He has always been calm and has realized that the purpose of Cheng Yaojin's actions is to force him to reveal his inner position and tendency. How can he be willing to give in?
It's just that Cheng Yaojin really forced him to step down, so he couldn't kill him. But if the trouble continues, Li Ji has made up his mind to let the tough guy taste the power of the military stick, which is not comparable to whipping...
Yuchi Gong pushed Cheng Yaojin out of the house and said with a wry smile: "Why is this so?"
Cheng Yaojin glanced at him. The rain hit him and there were whip marks on his body, which made him grin in pain. He shook his head, turned around, and strode away under the guard of his own soldiers.
Yuchi was stunned for a moment and looked at Cheng Yaojin's back with deep eyes.
This guy is indeed generous, but definitely not stupid. No matter how the political situation changes over the years, he has always stood at the core of the army and has never wavered. His political cultivation is absolutely outstanding. Today, forcing Li Ji to punish him obviously had other intentions.
After standing at the door and thinking for a while, Yuchi Gong turned around and entered the house. Li Ji asked: "Did that bastard ever make such nonsense? If so, I will definitely not forgive you!"
Yuchi Gong shook his head, returned to the chair and sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Those powerful private soldiers should indeed be killed, and now that Lu Guogong has killed them all, it will definitely trigger a shock in Guanlong. I wonder how the commander-in-chief plans to deal with it?"
Li Ji had a headache.
This was what he feared the most. From the moment the Eastern Expeditionary Army withdrew from Goguryeo, he tried hard to hide his stance, but at this moment he was almost completely destroyed by this rough-and-tumble man. Once the Guanlong clan heard that thousands of Duan's private troops in Nanyang had been wiped out by Zuo Wuwei, they probably would not think that it was Cheng Yaojin who sent troops without permission, but that it was Li Ji who used this to declare his position.
And once the Guanlong clan thinks that he has confirmed his position, no matter what the consequences may be, they are definitely not what Li Ji wants...
He said to Zhang Liang: "Please ask Duke Yun to go to Chang'an in person, meet with Duke Zhao, and explain the matter clearly to avoid misunderstanding."
Zhang Liang nodded in agreement.
On the side, Xue Wanche endured it again and again, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, so he said: "In my opinion, Lu Guogong did not do anything wrong. Military law is important, but after all, we are the official army of the Tang Dynasty. We can just let the Chang'an rebellion watch from the other side. Now even The rebel army is raging in Guanzhong and torturing the people, but they turn a blind eye. What kind of official army are they? Not only should the commander-in-chief not explain it to Changsun Wuji, but he should send someone to give instructions to restrain the army and not harm the people!"
Mother! One and two have turned the world upside down?
Today, Li Ji completely threw away the "calm and wise" image he had created in the past. He became angry again and again, glared at Xue Wanche, and asked, "Do you want to be guilty of the same crime as Cheng Yaojin?"
He had forgotten that when it came to the word "hunger", Prince Consort Xue was three points better than Cheng Yaojin. Wen Yan was not afraid at all, but showed a big smile: "Master Lu is not afraid of the handsome man's ghost." Is Mr. Xue afraid of the knife? It’s just that there is no proof, so the commander might as well give it a try.”
"Get out!"
Li Ji shouted sharply.
He was so worried that he could obviously see that Cheng Yaojin was pretending to be crazy, but he was just too lazy to care about it, and he couldn't care about it. Then another Xue Wanche popped up... Why did these two hard-charging guys gather under his command? Even though he claims to be as good at military strategy as Li Mu and Bai Qi, he has so many bastards under his command that he really can't lead this team...
After everyone retreated, Li Ji was sitting alone in the room worrying. Cheng Yaojin caught him off guard and spoiled his whole plan.
Leng Buding raised his head and saw Zhu Suiliang silently appearing at the door.
Li Ji: "..."
Can one or two of these special girls have a decent person?
The walkway looks like a cat, is there something wrong with you?
Taking a deep breath, he asked in a deep voice: "What's the matter?"
Zhu Suiliang said nothing, but turned slightly sideways.
Li Ji thought for a moment, then stood up and strode out of the house from Zhu Suiliang. Zhu Suiliang followed suit and left the house one after another.
