Chapter 1406 - 335: Stance_3

Chapter 1406: Chapter 335: Stance_3

It’s better than now......

"Direct Thief, I’m pissed off!"

Li Fusheng dropped the military flag in his hand and spat twice on the ground.

Today’s offensive halted once more, and the Yan Army began to retreat while the Chu people on the walls cheered.

"Report, General, the Prince and Lord Pingye are here!"

Upon hearing this, Li Fusheng’s face flashed with shame and anger again.

It wasn’t that he resented anyone, but the battle had been stagnant without progress, making him embarrassed to face Tian Wujing. As for Zheng Fan, he had also arrived. Comparing their achievements, it was truly incomparable, making him feel rather foolish!

Remember, last time in his own command tent, when Prince Jingnan directly said that there was no problem on Zheng Fan’s side, he was quite unconvinced.

He rubbed his face vigorously with both hands,

Li Fusheng instructed one of his close guards:

"Summon the generals for a military meeting in the command tent.

Also, go bring the new leather boots I asked you to find last time."

"Yes, General."

Ignoring the exhaustion from a day’s siege, the various generals hurried to the command tent for the military meeting.

Everyone’s expressions were somewhat serious.

Initially, Li Fusheng was still normal when the siege didn’t show much progress.

But after East Mountain Fort was breached over there, every day following that, Li Fusheng would angrily berate everyone during the military meetings.

Everyone was used to this, as it wasn’t the first time fighting under their general’s command.

Seeing the legitimate sons being scolded just the same, the subordinate military heads didn’t feel anything, as everyone was being scolded together.

But this time, hearing that Prince Jingnan came again along with Lord Pingye,

not only did Li Fusheng, the main general, feel ashamed, but the various generals below also felt tremendous pressure.

Within an army, every division competes secretly, let alone two different command tents under two respective generals.

The most important thing is, what kind of soldiers are under Lord Pingye?

They are Barbarians, Jin people, and supposedly even wild people slave soldiers.

And what kind of soldiers do they have?

They are the direct troops following Li Fusheng from the desert to the imperial capital of Qian State, and then to Jin State!

Barbarians were their defeated opponents, Jin State was crushed by them entirely, and wild people, what even are they!

Yet, Lord Pingye straightforwardly took East Mountain Fort, while on their side, there still hasn’t been much progress; how can they not feel depressed?

Inside the command tent,

Tian Wujing sat in the command seat originally belonging to Li Fusheng.

Lord Zheng stood next to him,

looking like he just needed a dust whisk.

Upon entering, the generals first saluted Prince Jingnan, followed by saluting Lord Zheng, before standing divided into two columns.

Finally,

Li Fusheng entered as sounds arose outside.

In the military, especially within the command tent’s vicinity, noise is highly discouraged.

Prince Jingnan spoke:

"What’s happening outside?"

Li Fusheng replied: "Reporting to the Prince, didn’t I bet with you last time that if Lord Pingye could take East Mountain Fort in a few days, we would cook the boots and eat them, and now, they are boiling the pot outside."

Prince Jingnan shook his head and ignored this.

Zheng Fan’s mouth moved slightly, but he couldn’t say anything.

Honestly, it was just a joke. Prince Jingnan wouldn’t take it seriously, nor bring it up in front of everyone to make Li Fusheng follow through.

After all, no matter how favored Zheng Fan was by Tian Wujing, it wouldn’t be like this.

Li Fusheng brought it up proactively, which made his purpose clear: to highlight Zheng Fan’s fame, even willing to use himself as leverage.

Although he felt ashamed,

for a long time, Li Fusheng always saw Zheng Fan as his junior.

Among the seven major generals under the former Earl of North Border’s house, he was the oldest, often going mad in battles, preferring to lead charges himself, but in other aspects, he actually lived quite transparently.

Today, he proactively mentioned it, this matter would undoubtedly spread, becoming one of Lord Pingye’s celebrated tales.

Fortunately, cooking the boots still needed some time, and following that, under Tian Wujing’s hosting, the military meeting began, discussing merely the pros and cons of the siege over the recent days.

Everyone said a lot, while Lord Zheng listened on the side, without voicing his own opinion.

In fact,

his mind started revisiting the memorandum from earlier in the King’s Tent.

A blind man had once analyzed Prince Jingnan’s stance with him, clearly showing that Prince Jingnan had become indifferent to the notion of "family" or had willingly abandoned it, thus his belief was upheld by the "nation."

The foundation of the Yan state is the Yan people.

With his relationship with Prince Jingnan constantly getting closer, Lord Zheng hadn’t felt the sense of "accompanying a ruler like accompanying a tiger" for a long time, but this didn’t mean Lord Zheng let down his guard.

In the memorandum, including Prince Jingnan’s questions, actually contained a consideration of Zheng Fan’s own political stance.

After all, there were still too few real Yan people under Zheng Fan’s command. If it truly follows "education without discrimination"...

From a politically correct perspective, it surely advocates all beings equally.

Tian Wujing wouldn’t simply say that because he is Yan, he must favor Yan people, but from his viewpoint, only by persisting in a Yan-centered doctrine can the empire developed through his extensive campaigns continue to endure.

This is a political stance, and Lord Zheng currently has no choice but to align with Prince Jingnan.

While he was lost in thought,

suddenly,

Lord Zheng saw Prince Jingnan looking at him,

"What do you think?"

He had been so absorbed in his daydreaming that Lord Zheng had completely forgotten what they were specifically discussing before, so he just said:

"As the Prince says."

Upon this remark, the expressions of many generals in the command tent immediately changed, with some even showing visibly aggrieved expressions.

Lord Zheng suddenly felt something was off.

Tian Wujing nodded and said:

"Hmm, you agree with my statement, indeed they are unreliable."

"......." Lord Zheng.

But this wasn’t the most embarrassing part,

the most embarrassing was,

subsequently,

Tian Wujing pointed below at Li Fusheng,

and said:

"In that case, let Lord Pingye command for two days instead."

"!!!" Zheng Fan.