Chapter 305: Such a Reputation
When Yuan Ruan heard the second half of the sentence, the corner of her mouth twitched.
Yuan Ruan: [Tong'er, please get to the point.]
The system immediately responded: [Okay, Ah Ruan. In the previous branch, the two generals of the Lin family defeated General Li alone, causing General Li to retire in despair and die in depression. Later, a descendant of General Li's clan rose up and vowed to restore the glory of the Li family and wash away the failure of his predecessors. The first battle this person fought after leaving the mountain was to challenge the young general of the Lin family.]
Yuan Ruan was stunned: [Ah! So fierce?!]
System: [Isn't he Tiger? He went to find General Lin to prove his talent, but General Lin had already made a name for himself. This guy stubbornly rushed over to fight, but he didn't win and was captured.]
The people who were originally full of expectations turned into small eyes: …
Wait, System, didn’t you say that this is the last general of Daxia?
How come this guy is so aggressive at the beginning? Being aggressive is fine, but he was captured after the first game? Can he still be considered the last general star of Daxia? !
Yuan Ruan was also stunned and couldn't help asking: [What about the reversal? General Lin released him back? ]
System: [No reversal. Lin Xiao himself had been through that phase, and he thought this man was talented, so he naturally wouldn't let him go! This man was captured. After he was captured and taken to Chen State, he was given a high position in Chen State because of his strong military talent.]
Everyone was even more shocked:!!!
What!?
The last great general of Daxia mentioned by the system, not only did he not escape after being captured, but he was also reused by the enemy country? !
Isn't this treason?!
Yuan Ruan couldn't hold it in any longer and complained: [Tong'er, this man was captured by the enemy general when he first left the country, and was later reused by Chen State. He can't even be called a Da Xia person. How can he be called the last general star of Da Xia? At most, he is a talented general born in Xia State.]
System: [Ah, I haven't finished yet. This person is pretending to surrender to the Chen Kingdom.]
Everyone: ???
A reversal? A false surrender?!
Yuan Ruan also became curious: [Fake surrender? So he is still working for Daxia in his heart?]
System: [Yes. After being captured, this man discovered that Chen State's military strength was far stronger than Daxia. At that time, the royal family of Xia State was in turmoil. He thought that if he fled back to Xia State, he would only be an unappreciated young general and would not be able to play a big role. But if he stayed in Chen State, it would be different. As long as he became a general stationed on the border between Chen State and Xia State, he could become a force to stabilize the border situation between the two countries.]
Yuan Ruan still didn't understand and asked: "His idea makes sense, but it's naive. First of all, how can he be sure that after he surrenders, Chen will use him in the military and send him to the border with Xia. 】
All the civil and military officials in the court nodded: Yes, who can guess the appointments of other emperors?
System: [He can be sure. The Xia Kingdom on that line is in chaos, and there are many generals who have rebelled or defected to other countries. After these generals defected to Chen or Shu, the other two countries stationed them at the border with Xia Kingdom in order to observe whether these generals are loyal.]
Yuan Ruan was puzzled: [Chen and Shu are so bold? Aren’t they afraid that their own people will be harmed by the rebels?]
System: [Aruan, the Xia Kingdom in the previous branch lost a lot of territory. In other words, the border lands guarded by these rebels also belonged to the Xia Kingdom before, and were inhabited by Xia citizens. The high-ranking officials of the Chen Kingdom and the Shu Kingdom did not feel sorry for these people at all, and even thought it would be better if they died.]
The emperor's face was gloomy enough to drip water.
Although the decline of Daxia could be detected from the frequent changes of the throne, he was shocked to hear that his territory was occupied by another country and used as a place to test the loyalty of the surrendered generals...
The emperor suddenly exerted force with his right hand and crushed the blue flag he was playing with.
Qi Yue's expression was solemn. The Third Prince felt inexplicably uncomfortable and self-blaming.
The Minister of War opened his mouth to ask, but quickly shut it up.
Yuan Ruan was in a very heavy mood, and inexplicably thought of a saying, "When a country prospers, the people suffer; when a country perishes, the people suffer."
The system suddenly whispered: [Aruan, are you in a bad mood? ]
After a while, Yuan Ruan sighed, but did not give a direct answer. He continued: [Hmm...Tong'er, there is another question. After this man pretends to surrender, doesn't he worry about his relatives who are still in Xia Kingdom? How can this man be sure that the Emperor of Xia Kingdom will trust him and believe that he is pretending to surrender and protect his relatives? ]
System: [He couldn't be sure. He was just taking a gamble, or rather, he placed all his hopes on the queen at that time.]
Yuan Ruan was stunned: [Empress Dowager? Did the Empress Dowager become the emperor at that time? ]
System: [Not yet. But the Queen has done a lot to save the situation, such as promoting him and a group of young talents to serve as officials despite public opinion, so this person trusts the Queen's political wisdom and character.]
The emperor's heart moved, and his expression softened a little.
Yuan Ruan sighed: [As expected of the Empress, she has a lot of charisma. Since Tong'er said that he is the last great general of Daxia, then his gamble must have been a good one.]
System: [A Ruan is really smart! Many people wanted to kill his entire family at that time, but the queen overcame all the heroes and saved the entire family of this general. This general did not live up to the queen's trust. He joined forces with Chen Guo Taisun and used a slow-acting poison to destroy Lin Xiaojiang's body, and at the same time seized back a large piece of territory. However, he was also seriously injured. When he fled back to his country, he was ambushed and killed by the furious Lin Xiaojiang.]
The emperor narrowed his eyes.
The Minister of War almost cursed out loud, but quickly realized that this Young General Lin was not that Young General Lin.
Yuan Ruan: [Hiss. After being captured by one of the Geminis, he pretended to surrender, then managed to kill the Geminis and even took back a large piece of land. This man should have left a significant mark in history books.]
The system's voice suddenly changed: [...Yes, that's correct.]
Yuan Ruan heard the subtlety of the system and guessed: [Is it because his reputation is not very good? That's right, after all, the Xia Kingdom failed in the previous line. The winner is the king and the loser is the enemy. The most he can get is a good evaluation of "a good match between a monarch and his subjects."]
The emperor and his entourage thought so too.
Historians, anything written down by humans will always have a crooked side.
System: [This... he didn't leave a good reputation. For example, later generations compiled a lot of scandals between him and the queen, and there are even unofficial histories saying that it was because the queen gave him an illegitimate child and raised him in his family. So after he surrendered, the queen tried her best to protect the child and keep his family alive.]
The emperor's face darkened.
The Third Prince and Qi Yue's faces kept twitching. The imagination of later generations is too weird.
In order to prove that he had not eaten the melon, or in other words, had not heard the melon clearly, the Minister of War slapped the sand table with his hands to make a "bang bang" sound when he was analyzing the battle situation on the sand table to prove his innocence.
Yuanruan: [Ah? That's too outrageous.]