Just as everyone was congratulating each other, a figure slowly walked out of the military camp tent.
When they saw clearly who was coming, everyone moved out of the way.
Because the person who came was none other than Xie Dongcheng, who was now in charge of the military camp.
At this moment, Xie Dongcheng had a smile on his face.
It seems that he is happy that Lord Deng has returned in triumph.
"Master Deng is really powerful. He defeated the Qin invaders without even using a single soldier."
Xie Dongcheng stepped forward and praised him directly.
Seeing Xie Dongcheng's arrival, everyone got out of the way.
They naturally knew what Xie Dongcheng's arrival meant.
I even knew that Xie Dongcheng was coming to congratulate Mr. Deng.
But even so, when the officers and soldiers present looked at Xie Dongcheng, the expressions on their faces were somewhat different.
After all, it was Xie Dongcheng who escorted General Bi back to the capital.
For them, General Bi was their savior.
If it weren't for General Bi's appearance, I'm afraid they would have been buried in the sea long ago. How could they survive until now?
But no matter what the situation is, no one wants to offend Xie Dongcheng at the moment.
After all, Xie Dongcheng is the imperial envoy supervising this war.
Now that General Bi is gone, it means that he is the one who truly has the highest control in this military camp.
There is obviously no benefit in offending him!
For them, let alone offending them, it would be good if they could save their own lives.
Now that Mr. Deng can return in triumph, it is great news for them.
But at this moment, Deng Kai, who was surrounded by everyone in the center, had a strange expression on his face.
Because he had already said when he came back that they had suffered a disastrous defeat in this battle.
No matter how he explained it, no one believed him.
In fact, regarding this matter, even he would not want to believe that there was such an unscathed defeat.
But that's the fact. If it weren't for Lord Qin letting them go, they might have died in the sea long ago.
Now that he saw Xie Dongcheng congratulating him, the expression on Deng Kai's face naturally became weird.
After just a moment's hesitation, Deng Kai knelt down and cupped his hands.
"Thank you, Sir. I am a low-ranking official, so I did not win this battle this time."
Originally, in Deng Kai's opinion, Xie Dongcheng would definitely get angry after hearing what he said.
In fact, this is not the case.
Instead of getting angry, Xie Dongcheng stepped forward and directly mixed up Deng Kai, saying with a smile on his face.
"Master Deng, what are you talking about? Now that you can come back with your officers and soldiers unscathed, you must have won the battle. Why do you need to be so humble?"
Saying that, Xie Dongcheng forcibly helped Deng Kai up.
Deng Kai didn't know how to refute Xie Dongcheng's words for a moment.
Because he couldn't find any words to refute it.
Could it be that he also said that it was because Lord Qin and the others let him go?
If you say this, it will definitely harm your subordinates, and they will fall into a situation of no return.
This also caused him to dare not tell the truth.
If he told the truth, it would be tantamount to seeking death.
If he was the only one who was beheaded, he would have accepted it, but now, the hundreds of officers and soldiers under him would be implicated.
So he can't tell the truth right now.
During the hesitation, Xie Dongcheng's voice sounded again.
"Master Deng, go back and have a good rest first. I will definitely reward you heavily at this time."
Xie Dongcheng turned and left without giving Deng Kai time to react.
Seeing this scene, Deng Kai didn't say anything more for a while.
After Xie Dongcheng left, everyone gathered around him again.
Seeing Xie Dongcheng leaving, Deng Kai had no intention of staying.
He returned directly to his big tent.
Not long after Deng Kai returned to the tent, there was a sound of footsteps outside.
After a moment, the curtain of the big tent was opened.
Several figures filed in.
After seeing the person coming, the expression on Deng Kai's face softened a lot.
Among them was Lao Zhao, who went to Dongqin Island with Deng Kai.
But at this time, Lao Zhao was following behind everyone.
The person walking at the front came to Deng Kai and asked eagerly.
"How is it? General, is he okay?"
Hearing the visitor's words, Deng Kai nodded.
"Great! The general is fine!"
When everyone heard Deng Kai's words, they all smiled.
But at this time, Deng Kai's face was full of sadness.
When everyone saw this, they also reacted. Now they looked at the person who asked before and asked again.
"Old Deng, what's wrong with you?"
When Deng Kai heard this, his expression did not change.
"Old Zhao should have told you, right?"
Deng Kai's words made everyone present focus on him.
Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Lao Zhao quickly waved his hand and said.
"I'm stupid and didn't say anything. Just ask Deng Kai!"
Lao Zhao's words immediately brought everyone's attention back to Deng Kai again.
But at this moment, Deng Kai sighed heavily before speaking.
"It's better not to talk about this in this military camp..."
As he spoke, Deng Kai's eyes fell on the big tent and he whispered.
"The walls have ears..."
His words naturally made everyone react.
They didn't say anything more at the moment, but left the tent one after another.
Before Deng Kai said this, there were actually people outside the big tent eavesdropping.
Fortunately, the man did not hear clearly the previous conversation in the big tent.
When a group of people came in, they made a lot of noise, and the person couldn't hear clearly what was said.
After finally getting quiet in the big tent, there was a sound of footsteps.
Seeing the person coming out of the tent, he was so frightened that he fled directly.
The person eavesdropping was none other than Xie Dongcheng's servant.
After returning to Xie Dongcheng's tent, the servant told him everything that had just happened.
Seeing that he did not get any useful information, Xie Dongcheng was not angry at all. He just waved his hand and asked the servant to leave.
Now Xie Dongcheng is the only one left in the big tent.
He seems to be thinking about something...
…
East Qindao, inside the stone house where prisoners are held.
The screams kept ringing out, which made people feel terrified.
At this moment, the person being tortured in this stone house was none other than Xie Qingshan.
Xie Qingshan finally understood the meaning of what Qin He said when he left.
Sure enough, under such torture, it was impossible for him to forget.
"Come on! Stop howling like you're mourning! These are just superficial injuries, not your bones and muscles."
Li Yang, who was holding a whip in his hand, said helplessly.
