Seeing this, Yao Guangxiao, the strategist, spoke first, "Why are you all silent and bowing your heads? What's going on?" He said, "His Highness has won a great victory. You should all be celebrating happily."
Everyone remained silent.
Bai Qi stood up abruptly. "I know exactly what you're thinking!" he said. "You're all probably cursing me in your hearts, aren't you? Calling me cruel and heartless? If so, say it out loud!"
No one was willing to speak; everyone had their faces downcast, their expressions even worse than if they had suffered a defeat.
There was a deathly silence all around.
As a leader, Lin Mo had no choice but to say something at this moment.
He stood up, walked up to Xu Chu, patted Xu Chu on the shoulder, and said, "If you have something to say, just say it."
Xu Chu looked up at Lin Mo, his eyes filled with complex emotions. "Can he really say anything? Ask anything?"
Lin Mo nodded.
Upon seeing this, Xu Chu suddenly stood up, pointed at Bai Qi, and questioned, "Bai Qi, I ask you, did you come up with this whole thing? Using us as bait to achieve your great feat!"
Bai Qi nodded calmly, "That's right!"
Upon hearing this, Qiao Shan, who had come with Yao Guangxiao, expressed his dissatisfaction, saying, "That's forty thousand lives!"
Before Bai Qi could respond, Lin Mo interrupted, "Pah!"
"You bunch of idiots!" he shouted angrily. "Compared to the lives of millions of people in the entire Shu region, forty thousand people are not even a fraction of the total! If we lose this battle, the entire Shu region will be doomed."
For this battle, we must spare no effort to increase our chances of victory. For this goal, we are willing to sacrifice anything!
If it weren't for Bai Qi, I might have died at the hands of those bastards!
"But all the soldiers who followed His Highness were kept in the dark..."
"Bullshit!" Lin Mo shouted rudely, "If the plan is exposed, far more than 40,000 people will die!"
“But…Young General.” Qiao Shan subconsciously used the same address as before. “Oh, no, Your Highness! You’ve changed so much!”
"Young General?" Upon hearing this title, Lin Mo was instantly flooded with memories of the past, and his chest felt as if it had been struck by something.
After taking a deep breath, Lin Mo said, "The young general of the Lin family is dead. Standing before you now is the King of Shu of the Great Xia!"
After speaking, he paused deliberately for a few seconds before continuing, "I hate sentimentality. Even if it were 140,000 soldiers, let alone 40,000, I would still support them as long as they can completely annihilate the Dos coalition!"
No, it's not just support; I, the King, will personally deploy and execute it!
Lin Mo became more and more agitated as he spoke, but apart from Bai Qi, it seemed that no one understood him.
That feeling of isolation and helplessness made Lin Mo even more irritable.
"Benevolence and righteousness, benevolence and righteousness! So many stupid things in the world stem from this so-called bullshit benevolence and righteousness!" Lin Mo laughed maniacally.
After a burst of wild laughter, Lin Mo's eyes turned cold, and he raised his killing intent to the extreme, gritting his teeth as he said, "No matter what you all think, from now on, Bai Qi will still be the highest commander under me."
His orders are like my own, and you must carry them out meticulously.
"I will not allow you to bring personal feelings into this place. Anyone who disobeys will be executed!"
Everyone fell silent again.
Upon seeing this, Xu Chu was displeased. He was a simpleton, and the system even noted that he wasn't very bright.
He simply couldn't understand Lin Mo's words, couldn't understand Lin Mo's "favoritism"!
In a fit of anger, he shouted, "I understand what you mean, my lord! Hahaha, the atmosphere is a bit off right now, please allow me to perform my double axe skills to liven things up for everyone."
"You understand?" Lin Mo would never believe it. "Even if a sow could fly, it would be more believable than what you're saying."
I think his performance of the double axe technique is an imitation of Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, an attempt to assassinate Bai Qi!
Just as Lin Mo had guessed, Xu Chu suddenly drew his double axes, jumped to the center, and then...
It is said that Xiang Zhuang used the pretext of sword dancing to entertain the guests, but took the opportunity to attack Liu Bang and kill him.
The movements weren't very obvious at first; they were done slowly.
Why would Xu Chu act with you?
Without any pretense, he raised his double axes high and swung them at Bai Qi.
"You bastard surnamed Bai, how dare you betray me, Old Xu! Watch me show you my ultimate head-splitting technique!"
The axe blow was so sudden and fast that Bai Qi had no chance to react.
Everyone was shocked to see this.
Just as Xu Chu's double axes were about to cleave Bai Qi's head in two, Lin Mo suddenly stepped in front of Bai Qi, shouting, "Xu Chu, what are you doing!"
"My lord, what are you doing again?" Xu Chu asked in astonishment, quickly putting away his axe.
With a "whoosh!", the double axes stopped less than three centimeters from Lin Mo's forehead.
This unexpected turn of events terrified everyone, leaving them drenched in cold sweat.
Xu Chu, that fool, almost killed his own prince.
"Get back to where you left him!" Lin Mo roared, but everyone could hear that his lips were trembling as he spoke!
Damn it, this idiot almost killed me!
"My lord..." Xu Chu was both angry and anxious. "Why are you so determined to protect him?"
Lin Mo knew that if this silly problem wasn't solved, Bai Qi might really get chopped down!
So he ordered, "Guangxiao, you should understand my thoughts. I'm leaving this to you! Xu Chu, come with me, I want to talk to you alone!"
With that, Lin Mo took Xu Chu's hand and left.
"It's me again?" Yao Guangxiao sighed.
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