Jin Ming shook his head violently, his face deathly pale, and he shouted:
"No! That's not how it is!"
"That's not how it is!"
With a loud "smack," Jin Jianren slapped Jin Ming across the face, and at the same time, a roar followed:
"Wake up!!"
"Do you think I wanted this? The rebels marched into Huichang; who would have thought they had such a force!"
"If I could fight, I definitely would!"
"But at this point, there's no other way. If they don't stop the rebels, we're all going to die!"
Jin Ming covered her face, which was red from the slap, and screamed in despair:
"But didn't we agree? We're going to live and die together!"
"We're brothers!"
"No, we can't just leave like this, we have to go back!"
He pulled on the reins and roared at the soldiers, "Go! Follow me back! Launch a surprise attack! Slay the traitors!"
But no one listened to him. The soldiers were all loyal followers of Kim Geon-in, their faces numb and expressionless.
Seeing that they remained unmoved, Jin Ming roared:
"Go back! Go back!"
Everyone is still working incredibly hard!
Jin Jianren had already grabbed his arm and shouted angrily:
What's wrong with you?!
"The reason I made you follow behind me is because I value you! You're someone I personally trained!"
"You've forgotten what you said?! You were supposed to help me become emperor! Have you forgotten?!"
"You want to go back to your death? If you die, you'll have nothing left! With them here, that's enough!"
"We still have a long way to go. As long as we survive, we have a chance to make a comeback!"
At this point, the two had stopped.
Jin Ming abruptly shook off Jin Jianren's hand, tears streaming down his reddened eyes, and he cried out:
"The General who protects the country, my good elder brother, shouldn't be like this!"
"He's so powerful and brave, how could he betray his brothers and let them die so that he could save his own life!"
"The road is still long? What kind of road is this?! I'm not taking this kind of road!!"
Jin Jianren's face was ashen as he spoke, word by word:
"The success of a general is built on the bones of ten thousand soldiers, let alone becoming the ruler of a country!"
"If you want to achieve great things, you must be willing to give up everything!"
At this point, he grabbed Jin Ming and pulled him close, almost dragging him off his horse. He gritted his teeth and said:
"Listen to me carefully, the path I'm taking is the path of hegemony!"
The king is unambitious and only seeks stability, while Jin Fengluan is short-sighted and only knows how to sit in her palace and issue a bunch of nonsense imperial edicts!
As for me, over the years, I have painstakingly cultivated and gradually seized military power.
"If it weren't for this traitor, I would have already become emperor!"
"With DaGan in my hands, it will become even stronger, and its territory will be infinitely vast! Wherever I point, there will be DaGan people!"
"I will lead the Great Army to the pinnacle of this world, and all foreign lands will have to submit at my feet!"
"But now, the traitors have driven me to this point, it's practically a death sentence!"
"But I will never admit defeat! Never!!!" He seemed like a madman as he shouted this.
"As long as I have a life left, I will be able to make a comeback sooner or later!"
"Their deaths are inevitable, but you must continue to follow me and start over with me! Do you understand?"
Tears streamed down Jin Ming's pale face, and his lips trembled as he spoke:
"So, to become a king and a hegemon, you have to sacrifice everything."
“You can even abandon your subordinates and brothers who have followed you for so long.”
Kim Geon-in, his face contorted with rage, gritted his teeth and said:
"Do you think this is child's play? War! People will die!"
"Nothing is perfect! You've been in the military for so many years, don't you understand this principle?"
"How could you be so stupid! If I don't tell you, when will you ever understand!"
Jin Ming shook his head, pushed Jin Jianren's hand away again, pulled on the reins and backed away, his voice trembling violently:
"No, no...."
"There is no future, brother, you are so unfamiliar."
"I don't recognize you anymore! I can't recognize you!"
"If you put it that way, then what are we?!"
He pulled on the reins, crying as he backed away.
Jin Jianren said angrily, "I made you follow behind me because you are the person I trust the most!"
"Some people will die on the road to stop the rebels, and you will continue to walk with me!"
Jin Ming's body stiffened, and her face twitched, a result of intense emotional turmoil.
"Then what are they?" He seemed to have all his strength drained away, and his voice was weak and feeble.
"Soldiers! Just soldiers!"
"People will always die, but their deaths can create opportunities for us. As long as we live, there is always hope!"
"Do you understand?!" Jin Jianren shouted.
Having received the answer, Jin Ming fell silent, staring at Jin Jianren, whose face was contorted with anger, without uttering a word.
But his hand was still gripping the reins, the rope digging into his palm and turning his already pale hand red.
In that instant, as Jin Ming looked at the person before her, her beliefs crumbled completely.
The man before him had always been the man he admired and respected the most.
He understood perfectly well that the chances of winning the battle at Huichang today were almost nil.
But as a soldier, especially one personally brought into the army by the person in front of you, dying on the battlefield with all your might, even if you are no match for them, is still an honor!
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