"Speak, or I will take your head right now."
Seeing the Right Chancellor's attitude, Li Xiao's eyes flashed with murderous intent, and his words revealed a murderous intent.
"It is the King."
Seeing that Li Xiao seemed to be serious, the Right Chancellor mustered his courage and said:
"Your Majesty, didn't you hand over all the spoils and compensation to the Left Chancellor? But as far as I know, not a single penny of it was ever distributed; he pocketed it all..."
"What?" Li Xiao was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "This bastard, how dare he ruin my important plans."
"Someone come here!"
"Your Majesty!"
The two soldiers guarding outside the tent also quickly entered the tent.
"Immediately send someone back to the country to tell the Left Prime Minister to distribute all the spoils and compensations without missing a single penny, and to find a way to conscript able-bodied men from all over the country to gather in the city."
"Those who delay my important business will not be spared."
"promise!"
The two soldiers acknowledged the order and quickly left.
Seeing that Li Xiao had let the Left Prime Minister off so easily, a look of disappointment appeared in the eyes of everyone in the tent, and their dissatisfaction with Li Xiao grew even stronger.
The Right Chancellor pondered for a moment, then looked at Li Xiao with a worried expression.
"Your Majesty, our country has suffered heavy losses of young and strong men after repeated battles, and now the total number is only two hundred thousand. Do you really intend to conscript them all?"
Li Xiao sighed softly, "Alas, how can we resist the Han army if we don't do this? I truly regret listening to you all and killing the Han envoy, which has led to this disaster today."
Upon hearing this, the crowd exchanged glances, their expressions grim. They hadn't expected the Han army to be so powerful, completely quelling a rebellion of 400,000 people in just three months.
The Right Chancellor respectfully said, "Your Majesty, things have come to this point, and regret is useless. I believe that the most important thing now is to immediately return the army and defend the city of Sifang."
"No, the Buyeo are about to be destroyed. If we cannot eliminate them now, they will join forces with the Han army to attack us from both sides, and our army will be attacked from both sides, which will be even more dangerous."
Li Xiao rejected the suggestion of the Right Chancellor to withdraw his troops without hesitation. How could the ever-greedy Li Xiao give up such a tempting offer?
General Zhu Yao asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do about the food supplies? The weather is cold and the roads are difficult to travel, so we cannot transport them from within the country. The army's food supplies can only last for ten days at most."
Li Xiao pondered for a moment, then his eyes lit up: "I have a plan that can not only replenish our army's food supplies, but may also allow us to break through the wooden palisade city before spring."
"Does Your Majesty have any good plan?"
Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Li Xiao with curiosity.
Li Xiao sneered: "Pass down the order, the army will immediately disperse and search all the villages and towns within a hundred miles of Muzha City, and plunder all their grain."
They burned their houses, captured all those people, and forced them into the suicide squad to drive out the Buyeo people and attack the wooden fortress.
As for the young women of the Buyeo tribe, they were all sent to the army for the brothers' amusement.
"this......"
Upon hearing Li Xiao issue such an inhumane order, everyone was stunned.
"Your Majesty, please think carefully. The Buyeo people and our Goguryeo are originally brother races. Such actions will surely create an irreconcilable hatred. Even if we can destroy the Buyeo people now, how will we govern them in the future?"
"Your Majesty, our army has captured a great deal of wealth along the way; what we lack is only provisions. You can simply send men to purchase them from the Fuyu people..."
The Right Chancellor spoke earnestly, looking at Li Xiao with pleading eyes, hoping that he would rescind that absurd order.
"Yes, Your Majesty, this method is truly inappropriate. Please reconsider."
"Your Majesty, please reconsider."
Zhu Yao and the others in the tent also tried to dissuade him.
"Nonsense! The victor is king. As long as our army is strong, how dare the Fuyu people disobey us?"
As for provisions, if you're willing to buy them, you can pay for them yourselves; this king has no money..."
Li Xiao's icy voice reached the Right Chancellor and everyone in the tent.
Seeing that Li Xiao wouldn't listen, everyone could only shake their heads and sigh.
Soon, Li Xiao's order spread throughout the army, and the Goguryeo soldiers left the camp with excitement, spreading out in groups in all directions.
In a tent not far from Li Xiao's main tent, the Right Chancellor, Zhu Yao, and several generals sat around a brazier.
Hearing the excited shouts of the soldiers outside the tent, the Right Chancellor couldn't help but sigh deeply.
"Your Majesty's unscrupulous methods have brought disaster to Buyeo. In the future, our two countries will surely become sworn enemies, and Goguryeo will likely never have a peaceful day again."
"Hmph~, that Li Xiao listened to the slander of the Left Chancellor and murdered the envoy of the Han Dynasty. Now that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is personally leading the expedition, Goguryeo is in danger of being destroyed at any moment. What future can we talk about?"
General Zhu Yao, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but snort coldly, expressing his extreme dissatisfaction with Li Xiao and the Left Chancellor.
"Yes, Your Majesty is corrupt and favors his relatives. Just because the Left Chancellor is the Queen's brother, he allows him to embezzle the spoils and the soldiers' pensions at will, which has led to the loss of popular support. How can Your Majesty possibly defeat the Han army?"
"Indeed, I believe that the Left Prime Minister is extremely greedy and will certainly not return the embezzled spoils and compensation. He might even use coercive measures to forcibly conscript young men from across the country into the army. How can such an army fight a war?"
The other generals also began to discuss the matter with worried expressions, clearly not optimistic about resisting the Han army.
Upon hearing what everyone said, Zhu Yao's face darkened, and he turned to look at the Right Chancellor beside him.
"What does the Right Chancellor think we should do?"
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