"After the city falls, I can understand even if there is a massacre of the city's inhabitants, but you dare to order your soldiers to harm the women in the city? How many lives do you have?"
The husband's questioning left Li Xin, who knew he was in the wrong, with no opportunity to refute or defend himself.
Helpless, Li Xin knelt on one knee, cupped his hands and said, "This humble general is guilty, please punish me, General!"
"Punishment?!"
The wicked man sneered and said in a deep voice, "Whether you live or die is not for me to decide!"
"Guards, hurry back to Xianyang and report General Li Xin's actions to the King. Please decide how to deal with him."
"Take him away and remove his armor!"
Li Xin was struck dumb, his face drained of color, never expecting his wicked husband to act in such a way.
Little did they know, this was not the end of it.
The wicked man then said, "Tomorrow morning, bring Li Xin into the city to be executed, with fifty strokes of the cane, as an apology for his transgressions."
"His 150,000 soldiers were exempted from all military merits in this battle, and the wealth they surrendered was reduced by half."
"General..." Li Xin was completely dumbfounded and collapsed to the ground, powerless.
The wicked man showed no mercy and said coldly, "Li Xin, you deserve to die. Logically speaking, I should execute you tomorrow."
"Considering your young age and the fact that you possess some strategic acumen, I have entrusted you to the King for trial."
"If the king spares your life, then in the future... hehe, you'd better think about it carefully."
After saying that, the wicked man waved his hand, and the guards outside immediately came in and took Li Xin away.
To be honest, Li Xin's actions did cross his bottom line, but as a general of Qin, he did not want to cut off the supply of talent to Qin.
With Yue Ye watching from the side, I had to put on an act no matter what.
His real purpose was to take this opportunity to teach Li Xin a lesson, so that he could become one of Qin's sharpest weapons against foreign aggression in the future.
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