"It's me."
Yu Ling snapped out of her reverie, glanced at the man, then turned her head away, lost in thought again. With the entire Dongli Kingdom gone, he had lost all interest in continuing to call himself "this general."
"Tsk tsk, General Yi has fought on the battlefield for many years, but now he has fallen to such a state. I wonder what you think? Isn't it infuriating? Come, tell me, let me have a laugh?"
After making sarcastic remarks about Yu Ling, the leader continued...
"Hey? Don't stay silent! General, we common folk have never seen such an important person as you before. Oh, by the way, that guy who was sent here last time, that strategist from the Southern Yue Kingdom... guess how he is now?"
"Hey! You have no idea, I only went hungry for a few days, and now he's as obedient as a dog!"
After the leader finished speaking, he started pointing and gesturing at Yu Ling, criticizing her and constantly bringing up Dong Li, each step precisely hitting the original owner's sore spots.
Even if Yu Ling didn't want to cause trouble, her character wouldn't allow it!
"Ha, arrogant little man, utterly ignorant!" Yu Ling looked him up and down and sneered.
"Oh ho~ You're pretty cocky! You've got quite a temper, huh? Well then, don't blame me for putting your general's arrogance to a halt first!"
As the leader spoke, he pulled out a large broom from a pile of junk next to him.
A broom?
Yu Ling was stunned.
If it weren't for Feng Yi's order to confiscate all his weapons, including those of all the prisoners, he would have at least given the other party a handy tool or two and thrown this shameful broom aside.
Unfortunately, this is just a beautiful idea.
Back to the other side, the leader was charging forward with a broom in hand, raising his hand to hit Yu Ling with the broom.
Yu Ling didn't dodge. Her hands were tied, but her feet could still move, right? She was kicked so hard that she was stunned, and the broom didn't even scratch the edge of her clothes.
The leader was thrown hard, and he immediately became anxious and furious. He grabbed the broom and held it with the forked end, intending to teach Yu Ling a lesson with the hard broom handle.
Yu Ling did the same thing, and kicked!
"Ah—! You, you, you, you actually dare to resist! Guards, quickly restrain him!!!"
The leader was so angry he was stuttering. A group of guards rushed over and first separated Yu Ling from the group of prisoners, pulling her out on her own. Then, they worked together, some grabbing her shoulders, some her waist, some her legs, and so on, to hold Yu Ling firmly in place.
Bang!
This time, a broomstick struck her hard on the back, but Yu Ling didn't budge.
Clang, clang, clang! The leader struck three times with a broomstick, but Yu Ling remained calm and unmoved.
The leader refused to believe it and unleashed another barrage of attacks. In the end, his arms ached, and he even broke the broom handle, but Yu Ling remained unfazed, her back still ramrod straight.
Is this person made of stone?!
Unbeknownst to others, Yu Ling possesses the Longevity Turtle Breathing Technique, granting her strong self-healing abilities and making her both resilient and capable of fighting.
It's possible that only Yu Ling was carrying it. Not to mention that the leader's arms were sore from hitting people, the guards who were holding people down couldn't take it anymore either!
The reaction force was so strong that their hands were almost numb!
However, although the attempt to intimidate Yu Ling failed and it seemed that he could not control her, the leader was not afraid at all because he had another special skill.
That is, they have incredibly thick skin!
He dismissed the guards who were holding people down, coughed to clear his throat, and began to speak to Yu Ling in a more pleasant tone.
"Well, I'm just... yes, because you're a general, I'm giving you face! How about this, you give me face too, let's call a truce! We can both get by!"
As he spoke, he gestured for the guards to untie all the other captured soldiers as well. Ignoring the cold look on his face, the leader leaned close to Yu Ling and grinned lewdly.
"As expected of Yi Lanbin, who is on par with General He Feng, his skin is so tough, no, I mean, so strong and unyielding! I admire you! I am Luo Xiaocan. General Yi, you will be spending your time here with me from now on. Um... please take care of me?"
"I wouldn't dare to offer advice. Just do what you're supposed to do, and I won't get in your way."
After speaking, Yu Ling stretched her body and looked around, completely disregarding the leader, Jun Xiaocan. She perfectly portrayed the arrogance of a general.
Luo Xiaocan wasn't angry. This was the privilege of the strong; as long as you had the ability, you didn't have to be subservient to anyone, no matter where you were. Of course, this didn't apply if the other party was of extremely high status.
However, Luo Xiaocan was not so kind to the others. He led them to the pile of junk where he had taken the broom, just like herding livestock. He gave each prisoner a piece of junk and then made them clean it up.
The mud hut was just a shell and couldn't be lived in yet. If they didn't want to spend the night outdoors, they had no choice but to work overtime to finish it. There wasn't even any wild vegetables in this desolate wilderness, and the only way to get there was a patrol team guarding it. They weren't worried about the prisoners escaping, so they let the prisoners move around freely.
"General Yi, where would you like to stay? I can arrange a clean one for you. Or you could stay with that South Vietnamese military advisor? All the South Vietnamese prisoners except him have been transferred away, so you can keep each other company."
Luo Xiaocan firmly believed that one should be tolerant of capable people, because who knows, they might remember your kindness when they become successful? So, although he wasn't particularly attentive, he was willing to give Yu Ling some extra privileges.
"You can arrange it." Yu Ling wasn't interested in any of this; even though he came here, he had no intention of doing any work!
The prisoners got to work with great enthusiasm. Luo Xiaocan told the guards to keep an eye on things and then left. Yu Ling had acted fiercely earlier, so no one dared to approach her for the time being. Yu Ling found an open space to sit down, her eyes glazed over, and looked up at the sky.
In reality, he was just continuing to space out.
Yu Ling's situation is temporarily resolved, but Dong Li Wang's is not doing so well.
He was forced to "attend" Feng Yi's wedding and the banquet where the Northern King officially announced the unification of the three kingdoms.
As for why it was said to be forced to "participate"?
That's because he didn't come as a guest, but was tied up and displayed as a trophy in an open space similar to a performance stage, accompanied by the King of Nanyue, who had been captured earlier.
The two men, surrounded by a group of drinking and merrymaking guests, were so embarrassed by the laughter around them that they wanted to die.
"Your Majesty, I... I think that the Eastern King and that other person look so dejected, it's such a downer!"
Just then, the scene that King Dongli had feared occurred: a drunken minister stood up and suggested to King Beishang,
"Anyway, we'll be feeding and taking care of Bei Shang for free from now on, so why not take advantage of this opportunity to have them dance for us to liven things up?"
It was a rather outrageous suggestion, but perhaps because the Northern King was too drunk, he actually agreed and ordered the two former kings to be untied.
This is a king dancing for his own amusement!
At this moment, everyone in the audience had anticipation written all over their faces, and all eyes turned to the King of Dongli in the center and the King of Nanyue beside him...
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