"General Zhenyuan, as a general, you dared to neglect your duties and leave your post without permission when a large army is approaching and a powerful enemy is at hand. Do you know what the consequences will be?

It was almost an hour after my Lordship arrived that you arrived.

In one hour, do you know what will happen?

If the enemy army were to attack, they could have breached the city gates in an hour. When you arrived late, all you would see were the corpses of civilians and rivers of blood."

"Did you hear the explosion just now? Do you know what just happened?

Do you know that if we hadn't stopped them, your soldiers would have been able to resist 5,000 elite soldiers?" The Duke of Huguo spoke harshly, pointing at General Zhenyuan with a scowl and scolding him, frightening General Zhenyuan to the point of fear.

"I don't want to say anything more, Duke of this country. You have deserted your post and will be dealt with according to military regulations. Go and get a hundred sticks." The Duke of Protectorate was so thirsty from scolding that he didn't want to scold anymore, so he punished him with a hundred military sticks.

"My Lord, this is unfair. The General is..."

General Zhenyuan's deputy general felt that the punishment imposed by the Duke of Huguo was a bit too harsh on the general. He was dissatisfied and wanted to plead for the general.

He had just finished speaking when General Zhenyuan pulled his clothes and signaled him to stop.

"What? Are you dissatisfied?" The Duke of Protectorate raised his eyebrows and looked at the deputy general, saying sternly.

"I submit! Please forgive him for his young age and his outspokenness!" General Zhenyuan pleaded for the deputy general.

He knew it was his fault this time. He shouldn't have left his post without permission. If the Protector hadn't been there, the enemy might have succeeded.

Without his order, not only could the city gate not be opened, but his 100,000 soldiers could not come to stop the attack.

Why did they send the people away? One reason was that they didn't want the war to harm the people and cause the tragic deaths of innocent people, so they sent them to the next county to live temporarily.

The second reason is that these houses are for soldiers to live in.

"General, that's right. The general is not sleeping at home, but is going to see the people off." The deputy general muttered in a low voice.

"Do you think that as long as you are not lazy, you should not be punished for anything you do?" The Duke of Protectorate asked coldly when he saw the deputy general's face full of dissatisfaction.

"Isn't it? The general was just sending the people out of the city and was not in the yamen. What's wrong with that?" The deputy general defended the general with confidence.

"What is the general's duty? Whose responsibility is it to escort the people out of the city?" The Duke of Protectorate asked the deputy general with a sneer.

"This, this," he said confidently just now, but now he was speechless and stammered.

"A general's duty is to stay at his post and be ready to deal with sudden changes at any time, not to escort civilians out of the city.

If it were normal times, he could do this, but now it is an emergency and the enemy can break through the city gate at any time. Shouldn't he stay at his post?

Know your position, do your job, and fulfill your responsibilities!

He did not stay at his post, but ran to see the people off.

If an army of 200,000 were to attack the city gate, and he didn't send out soldiers to defend it, what would happen if they broke through the city gate?"

"As a deputy general, you don't even understand this principle. This prince seriously suspects that you are not a good deputy general."

"My Lord punishes you with fifty military sticks and demotes you to an ordinary soldier. Do you accept this?" the Lord Protector of the Country angrily said.

"I surrender!" The deputy general was sobered by the Duke of Protector of the Country and finally realized where he went wrong.

Be in your position, do your job and fulfill your responsibilities!

A general's duty is to command the overall situation, so he should stick to his post and not leave without permission.

He was the deputy general, and his duty was not only to take good care of the general, but also to prevent the general from making mistakes, which he failed to do.

When the general was about to send the civilians away, he should have stopped the general from leaving his post instead of accompanying him.

This time, thanks to the Duke, the enemy was repelled and no major mistake was made.

If there was no Duke, when the army came to attack the city, the general was not at his post, and there was no one to command the soldiers to resist, the city gate would most likely be breached.

"Since you have accepted the punishment, go over and receive it," said the Duke of Protectorate.

The deputy general and General Zhenyuan rode back to lead the army.

"County Magistrate Huo, do you realize your mistake?" The Duke of Huguo asked sternly, looking at County Magistrate Huo, who was shaking like a sieve.

"I am ignorant and don't know where I went wrong. Please tell me clearly, Duke." Tang Siezi said in a trembling voice.

"As the head of a county, he didn't even know that the Duke of this country was here. How do you think he can be a county magistrate?" The Duke of Protectorate looked at Magistrate Huo with a sneer.

"I was handling a case in the county government office and had no idea that any soldiers were looking for me. I was not aware of this." County Magistrate Huo defended himself.

He was wronged. He didn't receive any official documents and didn't see the soldiers coming to report. How could he know about this?

"You are the head of a county, shouldn't you know what's happening in the county?

Since no one told you, doesn't that mean you hired the wrong people and governed poorly? Shouldn't you be punished?" the Duke of Protector said coldly.

"I accept the punishment!" said County Magistrate Huo.

"Okay, I'll punish you with twenty lashes of the cane and deduct three months' salary. As for the soldier who delivered the message, let him go back and never be allowed to join the army again." The Duke of Protectorate gave a light sentence to Magistrate Huo. After all, he was not at fault in this matter.

"I accept the punishment!" said County Magistrate Huo.

"Okay, you will confess your crime when you return!" The Duke of Huguo was very satisfied with Magistrate Huo's attitude of admitting his mistakes.

"Duke, let's go in." County Magistrate Huo respectfully invited the Duke of Protectorate.

So, the Duke of Huguo, Song Haiwei, and Song Haichao got on the carriage, and County Magistrate Huo took the lead and led everyone into the city and back to the county government office.

After arriving at the county government office, the Duke of Protectorate asked Changjiang, Song Haiwei, and Song Haichao to go out of the city to retrieve grenades, while he himself went to the war room to understand the situation.

Changjiang, Song Haiwei and Song Haichao pulled the grenade back, put it in their room, and went back to their room to sleep.

He is going to fly to see his master tonight. This is the request of the Duke of Protectorate.

Gao Xuankai drove the plane to the border and hid the plane in the suburbs. The three of them, along with the secret guards, tied grenades to their bodies and then quietly flew into the county town.

"Stop? Who are you?" shouted the soldiers guarding the watchtower on the city wall.

"We are looking for your General Wan. His Royal Highness Prince Jin asked us to come here." Gao Xuankai shook the secret letter in his hand and said to the soldiers on the Liaowang Tower.

At this time, the soldiers on the four lookout towers on the city wall drew their bows and prepared to shoot arrows.

This is Guanshan County, the border county guarded by Shangguan Feiyun. General Wan is Shangguan Feiyun's subordinate general, and the soldiers here are all Shangguan Feiyun's soldiers.

"You were sent by the prince, do you have any proof?" the soldier on the lookout tower asked vigilantly.

It was his fault that they sneaked into the city. If they were deceiving him and were not his own people, he would shoot them to pieces.

"The secret letter in our hand is the evidence. As long as we can meet General Wan, we can prove our identity." Gao Xuankai shook the letter in his hand and said to the soldier.

"You stand there and don't move. I will send someone to invite the general." The soldiers on the lookout tower did not relax their vigilance, but became even more alert.

"Okay, we won't move. Quickly send someone to call General Wan over." Gao Xuankai said.

So, the soldier asked one of his subordinates to go to the county government office to find General Wan. He pulled the bow and arrow with extreme vigilance, ready to shoot at them immediately if the other party made any move.