12dz Chapter 540: Questioning the general and fighting for military power!
Chapter 540: Questioning the general and fighting for military power!
"Your Highness, the general and the other generals are here!"
Not long after Chu Ning asked Zhao Yu to take Yan Yucheng away, the voices of soldiers were heard outside the camp.
coming!
Chu Ning grinned and said calmly: "Let them in!"
The curtain was lifted, and Xiahou Ren and a group of Chu army generals walked in one after another.
"Greetings to His Majesty the King of Chu!" Everyone bowed and saluted in unison.
Chu Ning smiled and extended his hand to signal: "Generals, there is no need to be polite. This battle can be won completely thanks to your bravery in killing the enemy."
"Thank you, Your Highness the King of Chu!" The generals were very excited.
No matter what, they did win this battle. As for the extent of their contribution, it all depends on their individual performance in this battle.
Many of them believed that they had fought bravely in this battle and would definitely be rewarded.
Seeing that everyone was in a good mood, Chu Ning couldn't help but smile and said, "However, during this battle, I also discovered some problems with our army."
He looked at Xiahou Ren, his eyes gradually became cold, and he said in a deep voice: "For example, the general disobeyed the king's order and sent troops without authorization, which led to our army being ambushed and losing more than 3,000 people!"
"General, what do you have to say about this matter?"
Xiahou Ren's face changed.
It seems that Chu Ning wants to cause trouble for himself tonight.
Humph, all the generals here were promoted by me. Do you think I am afraid of them?
Thinking of this, Xiahou Ren stepped forward and said in a deep voice: "Your Highness, it is not that I disobeyed orders, but the enemy was defeated at that time, and I wanted to lead the army to expand the victory. I didn't expect that the enemy had an ambush, and I fell into the trap without noticing."
"enough!"
Chu Ning shouted, "Is this what you told me? If you follow my orders, you only need to guard the rear camp. Why would you pursue us?"
Without the pursuit, there would be no ambush. Without the ambush, those three thousand soldiers would not have died in vain on the battlefield!
Xiahou Ren, you are a sinner of our dynasty!
Come, take him down!"
Ran Ming glared and rushed forward to attack.
But Xiahou Ren snorted coldly, and the four trusted generals behind him immediately rushed up to block Ran Ming's way.
For a time, the two sides were at war with each other.
Xiahou Ren sneered, "Your Highness, King of Chu, are you trying to use this incident to get rid of me?"
Chu Ning narrowed his eyes, his whole body full of awe-inspiring aura: "If you make a mistake, you must admit your punishment!"
He paused, glanced at the other generals, and asked, "Generals, what do you think?"
This is meant to let everyone take a stand.
A group of generals looked at each other, and then a tall man stood up and frowned, saying: "Your Highness, this matter is of great importance. Let the court decide this matter."
The other generals reacted.
They cannot obviously stand on Xiahou Ren's side at this time, otherwise they will offend Chu Ning.
It just so happens that this battle was commanded by Chu Ning, and the victory report must have been written by Chu Ning. It is not wise to offend Chu Ning at this moment.
But after all, they were brought up by Xiahou Ren, and it would be unreasonable not to speak for Xiahou Ren.
In the end, they chose this method and let Chu Ning hand the matter over to the court for handling.
At least in this way, there will be no conflict between the two sides now.
The generals who reacted immediately echoed: "Yes, Your Highness, the general is in a high position and has great power. If you deal with it rashly, I am afraid you will not be able to explain to His Majesty."
"The general has been guarding the border for decades for our dynasty. The general cannot be generalized."
"Such a major matter should be reported to His Majesty, who will make the final decision."
If the matter is reported to the court, the emperor will surely consider the general's many years of contributions and make a big deal out of a small matter.
Xiahou Ren looked at the general who spoke well of him, and a smug look appeared on his face.
So what if Chu Ning is a prince? He is the real master of this place and all the generals must listen to him!
While feeling proud, Xiahou Ren did not forget to look at Chu Ning and said in a cold voice: "Your Highness, King Chu, you have also seen that all the generals think that you are not suitable to handle this matter."
"If there is nothing else, I will go back to rest!"
After saying this, Xiahou Ren turned around and was about to leave.
Unexpectedly, Chu Ning's eyes turned cold and he shouted sternly: "How dare you! Did the king let you go?"
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Xiahou Ren's eyes. He turned around and stared at Chu Ning: "Your Highness, Prince Chu, what do you want to do?"
"doing what?"
Chu Ning sneered: "You colluded with foreign enemies, leaked my whereabouts, intended to murder me, and deliberately told the enemy about the deployment of troops, hoping that the enemy would attack the camp and seize the food and grass!
This is such a serious crime, I cannot let you go!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the generals changed drastically.
At this moment, Xiahou Ren was shocked.
How did Chu Ning know that he did these things?
No, I absolutely cannot admit it, otherwise Chu Ning will definitely use this as an excuse to deal with me.
Taking a deep breath and trying to calm himself down, Xiahou Ren sneered, "You can always find a pretext to accuse me of something without any evidence. How can you slander me like this?"
"Evidence, huh?"
Chu Ning raised his lips slightly: "This king will satisfy you!"
Then he shouted outside the camp: "General Zhao, bring him in!"
Zhao Yu brought Yan Yucheng, who was tied up, into the camp.
Xiahou Ren's face suddenly turned ugly.
Only he and Yan Yucheng knew everything. If Yan Yucheng pointed the finger, he would have no way to defend himself.
While he was deep in thought, he heard Chu Ning said calmly: "General Yan, tell me how Xiahou Ren colluded with you."
Yan Yucheng glanced at Xiahou Ren and said indifferently, "Xiahou Ren knows that I hate the King of Chu very much, so he leaked your whereabouts to me, hoping to use me to get rid of you.
But I didn't expect that you had reinforcements, which helped you escape and boosted your prestige.
To this end, he came up with a plan. He asked our army to pretend to attack your rear camp, and he would bring troops to support it. I will take the opportunity to rush into the camp and seize food and grass, so as to shift the responsibility to you.
All of this was his plan!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of all the Chu army generals changed drastically and they looked at Xiahou Ren in disbelief.
Some even questioned: "General, this... is this true?"
"Of course it's... fake!"
Xiahou Ren's face was filled with anger. He stared at Yan Yucheng and roared, "You and I are enemies. Why would you listen to me?"
Yan Yucheng sneered: "That's because you said Chu Ning came here to snatch military power from you and you wanted to get rid of him, so I believed it!"
"You...you're talking nonsense!"
Xiahou Ren's eyes turned, a ruthless look flashed across his eyes, and he shouted angrily, "You want to slander me before you die!"
After he finished speaking, Xiahou Ren suddenly drew out the sword from his waist and stabbed towards Yan Yucheng!
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Zhao Yu snorted coldly, turned his body, deflected the sword with a palm, and forced Xiahou Ren back with a backhand punch.
Afterwards, Zhao Yu protected Yan Yucheng behind him.
Seeing this, Chu Ning sneered, "Want to kill and silence the witness? I won't give you this chance. Come, take Xiahou Ren down!"
At a command, a group of soldiers rushed into the camp from outside.
Xiahou Ren was immediately furious: "Don't even think about killing me! Come on, stop them!"
Immediately, footsteps were heard outside the camp again, and Xiahou Ren’s personal guards rushed in!
For a moment, the two sides started fighting!