12dz Chapter 542: Killing two generals in public!
Chapter 542: Killing two generals in public!
It was a dark night, and the brightly lit camp of Chu seemed out of place amidst the surrounding mountains.
At Chu Ning's command, the entire Chu army assembled.
The Chu army, which had just won the battle, did not understand why, but did not dare to disobey military orders and quickly gathered towards the central army.
At this time, Chu Ning had already asked Yan Yucheng and Shen Hui to write their confessions.
Afterwards, Chu Ning asked Ran Ming to escort Yan Yucheng to the stage to select the generals.
Under the cover of night, the cold wind was howling, the chill was biting, and the battle flags were fluttering in the wind.
The torch shone on Chu Ning's handsome face, revealing a cold look.
"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!" Zhao Yu took the lead and bowed.
The Chu army reacted immediately and shouted in unison: "Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!"
Chu Ning nodded slightly and said loudly: "This battle annihilated most of the main forces of the Yan army. All of you soldiers have made great contributions. I will personally ask my father for your credit."
Different from the last time, this time Chu Ning opened his mouth to ask for credit for everyone.
"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Chu!" All the soldiers were very excited.
Originally they thought that since they were the general's men, the King of Chu would suppress them, but they did not expect that the King of Chu would dispel their concerns as soon as he opened his mouth.
Just when everyone was happy, Chu Ning stretched out his hand to signal everyone to be quiet.
"We have won a great victory in this battle, and we have also captured Yan Yucheng, the great general of the State of Yan. This man has repeatedly invaded our borders and even attempted to murder me. His crimes are unforgivable!"
Chu Ning waved his hand and said, "Come here, execute Yan Yucheng on the spot!"
Ran Ming on the side chuckled and kicked Yan Yucheng, making him kneel on the ground.
Then a soldier handed over a big knife.
Yan Yucheng, who knew he was about to be beheaded, did not panic at all. Instead, he turned his head and looked at Chu Ning, with a hint of amusement on his lips, and sneered:
"Chu Ning, the victors make the kings, the losers are the bandits. Although I lost, you should not be too proud. You have made such great achievements in the war. How can the people in the court tolerate you when you return?
After all, you are an illegitimate child, born among the common people, and you have repeatedly damaged the interests of the aristocratic families and touched the power of other princes. They will definitely unite to deal with you, hahahaha!"
At this moment, Yan Yucheng was not worried about his own life or death, but instead became worried about Chu Ning.
Ran Ming became furious upon hearing this and raised the sword in his hand to chop it down.
But Chu Ning waved his hand to stop him, and said with a calm smile: "I didn't expect that General Yan would actually worry about me!
Don't worry, I will die after you no matter what, and you will never see my end.
Now, General Yan, you should go on your journey with peace of mind. Have a safe journey on the road to the underworld!"
After he finished speaking, Chu Ning's eyes turned cold and his right hand dropped.
Ran Ming smiled grimly and slashed with his sword!
"Puff~Tong~"
Yan Yucheng's head was chopped off and blood spurted out.
The great general of the State of Yan died at this point.
Chu Ning did not stop his plan. With a wave of his right hand, Xiahou Ren and Shen Hui were brought up.
This scene made the Chu army's faces change drastically and they started talking about it.
"What happened? Why was the general arrested?"
"Yes, why did His Royal Highness the King of Chu arrest the general?"
"Look, the man next to the general seems to be General Shen."
"Does His Royal Highness the King of Chu want to exclude dissidents?"
People were talking about all kinds of things, and for a while, the scene became noisy.
Chu Ning was not surprised by this.
But before Chu Ning could speak, Xiahou Ren shouted, "Chu Ning, you are avenging your personal grudges with public power, you are excluding dissidents, you are abusing public power for personal gain!"
As he spoke, he shouted to the soldiers, "My fellow soldiers, I brought you all here. Do you want to let him behead me in front of you?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the confused Chu army immediately started to make a fuss.
"Your Highness, Prince Chu, you cannot kill the general!"
"Yes, Your Highness, the general is good at commanding troops. If we kill him, who will lead the troops?"
"Your Highness, the King of Chu, the general is a top official in the dynasty, you have no right to kill him!"
"Shouldn't such a major matter be reported to His Majesty for the decision? Your Highness the King of Chu, you are overstepping your authority!"
For a moment, everyone blamed Chu Ning.
This scene made Ran Ming so angry that his face was filled with murderous intent, and he roared: "Shut up!"
The angry roar shook the whole world and some soldiers who were close to him covered their ears in fear.
Ran Ming stared at the Chu army and scolded: "You know nothing, you only listen to this guy's one-sided words, shouldn't you listen to His Royal Highness the King of Chu?"
The soldiers were frightened by Ran Ming's power and no one dared to speak.
At this time, Chu Ning slowly said: "My fellow soldiers, I know you have many doubts, but it doesn't matter, I will make you understand that Xiahou Ren deserves to be killed!"
Pointing at Xiahou Ren, Chu Ning said coldly: "This man colluded with foreign enemies, leaked my whereabouts, and intended to murder me. This has been personally admitted by Yan Yucheng, who even wrote down his confession!
This plan failed, so he deliberately mobilized troops last night and let the enemy go to the rear camp, and other food and grass in the front camp were seized by the enemy, in order to frame me.
After this matter was discovered by me, he actually sent Shen Hui to inform Le Yi, causing Le Yi to escape with the troops in the rear camp.
Shouldn't such a rebellious person be killed?"
Everyone fell silent immediately.
At first they didn't know the situation, but now after hearing Xiahou Ren's crimes, they were speechless.
Each of these crimes is punishable by death.
No one expected that the general they respected would actually collude with foreign tribes, murder the prince, and even want to deliberately give food and grass to the other side.
Such a traitor should be killed!
Xiahou Ren noticed that everyone looked unhappy, and he quickly shouted, "It's easy to find a pretext to accuse someone of a crime. These are Chu Ning's one-sided words, and they cannot be believed!"
"is it?"
Chu Ning sneered and looked at Shen Hui beside him: "You are his confidant, tell me, is what the king just said true?"
Shen Hui glanced at Xiahou Ren and sighed, "General, now that things have come to this, just admit your guilt. It's just a matter of death, why bother with so much trouble?"
This sentence undoubtedly confirmed that what Chu Ning had just said was true.
"you……"
Xiahou Ren was furious. He struggled to break free from his restraints and roared, "If it weren't for you, a traitor, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"
Shen Hui sighed and said, "General, I will accompany you on the road to the underworld."
After saying that, Shen Hui knelt down on his own initiative.
Ran Ming narrowed his eyes, chopped off with a knife, and the head rolled to Xiahou Ren's side.
Seeing his loyal confidant being killed, Xiahou Ren trembled in his heart and finally felt afraid.
He suddenly knelt down in front of Chu Ning and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, Prince Chu, I know I was wrong. Please give me one chance, and I will obey your orders from now on!"
Chu Ning looked at this person with indifference: "It's too late to admit your mistakes now!"
Ran Ming chuckled when he heard this, and without waiting for Xiahou Ren to say anything, he slashed with his sword.
As his head flew up, the great general of Chu State died.
In one night, two generals were killed!
The surrounding Chu soldiers looked at Xiahou Ren's body with subtle expressions.
After all, they were brought up by General Xiahou Ren. Now Xiahou Ren is colluding with foreign enemies. If they are implicated in this matter, it would be a serious crime of having their property confiscated and their entire clan exterminated!
At this moment, everyone became nervous.
Chu Ning noticed the change in everyone's expressions, and he also understood that if he did not dispel these people's concerns, they would definitely mutiniate once he left!