Chapter 275: Grand Marshal of the Western Expedition
"It's you! Isn't it?"
Bai Dalang grabbed Yang Mu by the collar and raised his fist to strike.
"Brother, it's not him, it's him!"
Bai Li pointed at Yang Lin and was impressed by the shamelessness of this coward.
Bai Dalang was about to go over and hit someone, but Bai Zongren stopped him.
"General Yang, how do you explain what happened today?"
"Lord Bai, I..."
Yang Mu didn't know what to say. He said that he came to find trouble with someone, but ended up being inferior in skills and got beaten.
"Cousin, why are you wasting your time talking to him? Yesterday they came to our house to beg us for soldiers, but they showed no sincerity at all and even beat me up.
We came here today to seek an explanation. She injured you again, and now she can't choose the soldiers in the barracks!"
Yang Lin saw that he was not going to get any good results today, so he used the soldiers to control them.
If she doesn't give them a satisfactory explanation today, the soldiers in the barracks will strangle her and not give her anything!
"Oh! What a big tone! I didn't even realize when the soldiers in the barracks became part of your Yang family!"
Bai Li's words made Yang Mu tremble, but Yang Lin felt proud when he heard it.
You look like you know you are wrong now and come to beg me.
"We want to see who is so bold as to claim the soldiers of the Great Zhou as his own!"
As the voice fell, a group of people walked in from the door.
The first person to arrive was Eunuch Li. Bai Zongren led the others to greet him. Eunuch Li waved his hand and said, "Lord Bai, there is no need to be so polite. Prepare to receive the order!"
Bai Zongren hurriedly arranged for Eunuch Li and his party to go into the front hall and sit down to drink tea, then ordered people to prepare an incense table. Everyone bathed and changed clothes and came out. When the incense table was ready, everyone in the Bai family knelt down to receive the order.
During this process, the Yang Lin brothers just stayed where they were and no one greeted them.
Their arrogance just now had already scared the servants. Who would want to go and get into trouble?
Before the master gives the order, Bai Fu will treat them as invisible and leave them alone for now!
"By the Will of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."
Eunuch Li was reading the imperial edict over there, and Yang Mu was listening with his ears pricked up.
They were right at the front yard door, and Eunuch Li's words fell into their ears word for word.
"…I order Bai Zongren to take over the barracks effective immediately. The former commander, Yang Mu, must obey Bai Zongren's orders. Those who disobey will be dealt with by Bai Zongren. I decree this!"
"What? Brother, did you hear that? What does the Emperor mean by this?"
Yang Lin heard it clearly, but he didn't want to understand and hoped that he had heard it wrong.
"What do you mean? The emperor handed the barracks over to Lord Bai. I have nothing to do with it now!"
"How is that possible? Brother...does the Emperor know what happened today?"
"As soon as we entered the house, Eunuch Li arrived. Even if the emperor knew, the imperial edict would not come down so quickly."
"This is, the emperor has already decided, he just issued the decree now!"
Yang Lin felt that it was none of his business, and his tone became harsh again.
"How could the Emperor do this? My brother, you led the troops to suppress the bandits last year and made great contributions. That's why the Emperor appointed you a general. Now he wants to strip you of your position?!"
"So what if he was fired?
Your brother is implicated because of you, so you are the only one to blame.
Do you think no one knows about the evil things you have done?
The Dali Temple is collecting evidence, and I believe an imperial edict will be issued soon!"
After Eunuch Li finished announcing the decree and walked out, he heard Yang Lin's words and couldn't help but speak out.
"It's perfect. Now we have irrefutable evidence that you have insulted and abused the Princess of Donghu. Come, take them to the prison first. Let the Dali Temple investigate their multiple crimes and impose the corresponding punishments before sentencing them!"
When Yang Mu heard this, his face turned pale.
When Yang Lin heard this, he was dumbfounded.
I wondered in my heart: What he did was so secretive, how did he get discovered?
The two were taken away by Eunuch Li's men, and the remaining four soldiers stood there awkwardly, not knowing whether to leave or not.
"Are you all soldiers from the barracks?"
Bai Li felt a little more favorable towards them because they had not taken action just now.
"Replying to Marshal Bai, I am a soldier from the barracks. Commander Yang ordered me to carry someone here..."
"This matter has nothing to do with you. You didn't say anything to help the evildoer just now, which shows that you are all people who can distinguish between good and evil. Are you willing to follow me to conquer the west?"
Just now, Eunuch Li first read out the imperial edict that Bai Zongren took over the barracks, and then read out that the emperor appointed Bai Li as the Grand Marshal of the Western Expedition, and ordered him to lead 30,000 troops to attack Simon.
The imperial edict also emphasized that all government offices must fully cooperate with Marshal Bai and not make any mistakes.
It’s ridiculous that Yang Lin wanted to take her card and not give her soldiers. I don’t know where he got the courage from!
The four soldiers immediately expressed their willingness to follow Marshal Bai and await his orders.
Bai Li readily accepted the four little dogs and reported their names to her father for record.
The Dali Temple would naturally follow up on the wrongdoings of the Yang brothers, but Bai Li never cared about these trivial matters.
Bai Zongren took over the barracks that day. After Bai Li selected enough people from the barracks, she gave Bai Erlang and Luo Yang a training schedule and asked them to be responsible for training the soldiers while she left them alone.
She is now fully preparing for the expedition to the west in ten days. She stores food and weapons in the space every day. When she has time, she also makes new inventions and uses existing materials to make several heavy weapons suitable for sieges and fortifications.
Bai Li is so busy every day that he is rarely seen. His family has gotten used to it. Those who are chosen to go to the battle intensify their martial arts training day and night to ensure that they can kill more Simon dogs when the time comes.
Time flies. Three days have passed since Eunuch Li announced the decree.
That day, Bai Fu looked for Bai Li everywhere, saying that Li Dong had returned from Weinan and wanted to see him for something.
Bai Li heard the voice coming out of the space, opened the door and went to see him.
When they were in Weinan, Bai Li asked Li Dong if he was willing to work under her, and Li Dong agreed without hesitation.
When he was exiled, he realized that Bai Li was no ordinary person, and later it turned out to be just as he expected.
A rare female general with both literary and military skills sincerely invited him to join, so how could he not accept?
Bai Li asked him to stay in Weinan to take care of the wounded. A few days later, seeing that they were no longer seriously injured, he returned to Beijing.
"Princess...oh no, Marshal Bai, I have fulfilled my mission and brought them back."
Li Dong was amazed. She was the idle Princess Donghu just a few days ago, but now she has returned to the capital and become the Grand Marshal leading troops to conquer the west.
"How's the seriously injured one?"
They were all injured while trying to save Bai Li, and Bai Li would not sit idly by and watch them.
He left Li Dong to take care of him and gave him a lot of medicinal powder.
"Reporting to the Marshal, the seriously injured one had a thigh injury. The bleeding stopped immediately after applying the powder. Scarring began on the second day, and he was able to sit up on the third day. So I took them back to Beijing!"
"Very good, do you want to go with me to conquer the west?"
“I couldn’t ask for more!”
Li Dong expressed his gratitude with tears. He was in such a hurry to return to Beijing just to seek a position as a small soldier, just to be able to follow Bai Li.
"Well, there are still a few days left. You can settle your family first and then report back."
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