Chapter 622 Who is the traitor?
"Your Highness is a prince, so naturally he is very wise!" Xiao Jiuyue praised her man without any modesty. She changed the subject and asked, "General Wang, where are the reinforcements?"
"How would I know?" General Wang rolled his eyes, staring at Xiao Jiuyue's face and saying, "Princess Ling is pregnant, and yet she came to Jiashui City to deliver supplies. It must be very hard, right?"
"General Wang is a favorite of the Emperor, and was entrusted with important tasks by him. In the battle against Yongzhao, General Wang also made great contributions."
Xiao Jiuyue put on one tall hat after another, making General Wang feel flattered. She smiled and said, "General Wang, this tea is Maojian, which I brought from Hongdu specially. Please enjoy it slowly, General."
Luokui made tea for General Wang, and General Wang was very happy to see Luokui pouring tea for him.
"That's right." General Wang had a big belly, his brows were relaxed, and the mustache at the corners of his mouth were curled up. When the tea made with water chestnut was handed to him, he cleared his throat and started drinking.
fragrant.
General Wang praised: "Princess Ling, this Hongdu tea is so fragrant."
"I specially picked the best tea for General Wang." Xiao Jiuyue's eyes flashed slightly, her gaze fell on the tea he was drinking, and her lips rose slightly.
"Do you think the reinforcements have arrived in Xiangcheng?" Xiao Jiuyue asked with a smile that did not reach his eyes.
General Wang replied smoothly, "No."
"Where are the reinforcements?" Xiao Jiuyue asked again.
"There's no such thing as reinforcements." General Wang looked at her smiling face and the words of praise she had just given him. His mouth was faster than his brain, and after he finished speaking, he covered his mouth and said, "Princess Ling, I was wrong."
"No reinforcements?" Xiao Jiuyue's face instantly turned cold. She asked in a cold voice, "General Wang, shouldn't you explain? You are deceiving the prince! You have abandoned Jiashui City and your 30,000 troops!"
"Without reinforcements, the fighting style will be different. Now, they have all gone to fight the Xijiang soldiers. If there are no reinforcements, when the reinforcements from Xijiang arrive, won't everyone in Jiashui City just be waiting to be slaughtered?"
"General Wang!"
Xiao Jiuyue slammed the table beside him and said, "You are treating everyone's lives as a joke, and the lives of all the soldiers fighting on the front lines as a joke!"
"Come here!" Xiao Jiuyue gave an order and directly arrested General Wang.
"Princess Ling, how dare you!" General Wang was now furious. Looking at Xiao Jiuyue's pretty face, he was trembling with anger. He pointed at her and said, "I am a second-rank official of the imperial court, the General Zhenbei appointed by the emperor himself! What gives you the right to arrest me?"
General Wang's eyes were as big as copper bells as he looked at Xiao Jiuyue angrily. The guards behind him also drew their swords. In an instant, the military camp, which had just been harmonious and full of laughter, turned into a battle of weapons!
"Why?" Xiao Jiuyue said loudly, "Because you concealed important military information and wanted to bury the remaining 40,000 civilians and 30,000 soldiers in Jiashui City with you!"
Xiao Jiuyue's voice was so loud that not only could it be heard in the military camp, but even the soldiers outside could hear it clearly!
The soldiers who were originally questioning Xiao Jiuyue suddenly became excited. They all wanted to know if there were any reinforcements.
"General Wang, tell me, did the court really send reinforcements?" Xiao Jiuyue's voice was crisp and resounding.
"Of course... no." General Wang wanted to correct himself, but his mouth was faster than his brain, and he blurted out as if he couldn't control himself. "The court didn't send any reinforcements at all. After Prince Duan returned to the capital, he wanted to rebel and become emperor himself!"
"My mission is to eliminate Prince Ling and tell the surviving people in Jiashui City that it was Prince Ling who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country, which is why tens of thousands of people in Jiashui City were killed."
General Wang had a loud voice, and as soon as he spoke, everyone seemed to quiet down.
"Prince Ling didn't betray his country!" Xiao Jiuyue asked in response, "General Wang, do you know who did? Otherwise, how could there be bird guns and gunpowder in Xijiang?"
"Of course it's Prince Duan. We've already discussed it with Prince Duan and the Second Prince of Xijiang. As long as Prince Ling is eliminated, Jiashui City will belong to Xijiang from now on!"
General Wang spilled all the words hidden in his heart like spilling beans. He said everything: rebellion, making false accusations, selling Jiashui City to the Xijiang people...
All the soldiers were shocked. For a moment, there was unprecedented silence, so quiet that it seemed as if a needle could drop.
The confidants behind General Wang were all stunned, looking at General Wang in shock, as if asking: Can you say this?
General Wang's mouth was dry as he spoke, so he took a sip of water. When he realized what was going on, he immediately retorted, "Everything I just said was false, all false!"
"General Wang, are you treating us like three-year-old children?" Xiao Jiuyue winked at Guo Yang, and Guo Yang held General Wang down. The confidants behind General Wang wanted to save him, but unfortunately, Guo Sheng and others who were well prepared, just used a pair of scissors to control the people.
"You, did you give me medicine?" General Wang pointed at Xiao Jiuyue and said, but before he could finish his words, a rag was stuffed into his mouth. "Such a serious matter, you should think about how to explain it to the prince, the 40,000 people in Jiashui City, and the 30,000 soldiers!"
"They are all your soldiers. As the commander, you don't care about their lives at all. I feel sorry for them!"
Xiao Jiuyue's series of curses seemed to express their inner thoughts. Aren't their lives just lives?
Jiashui City belongs to them, why should they just hand it over to the Xijiang people?
"Everyone, it's a coincidence today that General Wang felt guilty and told the truth. Otherwise, if we had waited for reinforcements, we would have been dead!"
Xiao Jiuyue is very good at stirring up emotions, and he instantly aroused the anger of the soldiers!
General Wang was captured and had his mouth stuffed so he couldn't speak. If looks could kill, I'm afraid General Wang would have died a thousand and eight hundred times!
Everyone looked at General Wang with hatred, and Xiao Jiuyue immediately sent someone to invite the prince.
Of course the prince was asleep and couldn't come because he needed to recuperate, but he brought back good news!
"Soldiers, good news!"
Xiao Jiuyue pretended not to notice the soldiers secretly bullying General Wang. She said loudly, "The prince was seriously injured before and is still recuperating. He doesn't know the news yet, but..."
Xiao Jiuyue changed the subject and said, "The prince has foresight. He previously sent people to Meicheng to ask for reinforcements. Now there is news. Soon, Meicheng will have reinforcements!"
"Long live the prince!"
"The prince is not a traitor!"
"Prince Duan is the traitor who collaborates with the enemy and betrays the country!"
Someone shouted, and the entire military camp began to cheer in unison.
Xiao Jiuyue looked at this scene and raised his lips slightly: Prince Duan wants to take the throne, then let's see whether the Kingdom of Nanyue will accept a prince who collaborates with the enemy, betrays the country and sells cities as the emperor!
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