Liucheng, General's Mansion.
The night was as dark as ink, and the candlelight flickered.
A female soldier captain strode into the tent and knelt on one knee.
"General, an envoy from the Peacock Kingdom has arrived fifty miles outside the city."
"They said they came to negotiate peace."
Upon hearing this, several trusted generals inside the tent all revealed disdainful sneers.
One of them scoffed, "Peace talks?"
"We just blew up three thousand of their men with lightning bombs, and now they're coming to negotiate peace?"
"Did a donkey kick your brain?"
Everyone burst into laughter, and the tent was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
Only Yu Luo, sitting in the main seat, tapped her fingertips lightly on the table, her expression calm.
She raised her eyes, a glint of light flashing in them.
"It's not about negotiating peace."
"It's a divisive tactic."
The laughter inside the tent stopped abruptly.
A general asked, puzzled, "General, what do you mean by that?"
Yu Luo analyzed:
"Tula knew that a direct assault wouldn't work, so he tried to dismantle us from within."
"He sent envoys in a grand manner, making a show of seeking peace, just to put on a show for the new emperor in the capital."
"He wanted the new emperor to think that I, Jiang Hongying, was a powerful military commander who was secretly colluding with foreign enemies and plotting a rebellion."
The confidants instantly understood, and they were all filled with righteous indignation and burning with rage.
"Shameless!"
"These bastards from the Peacock Kingdom only know how to use such despicable methods!"
"General, this subordinate will take men and kill that messenger right away!"
"Wait a minute." Yu Luo raised his hand, stopping everyone's impulsiveness.
Her smile deepened.
"This is exactly what I want."
Everyone was stunned again.
Yu Luo slowly stood up, her gaze sweeping over every face in the tent.
"The new emperor was already extremely suspicious of me, and now Tula has added fuel to the fire. What do you think he will do?"
One of the female soldiers paused for a moment: "He will be utterly enraged!"
Yu Luo nodded: "Only then will we have a legitimate reason to fight!"
Imagine, 300,000 soldiers fought a bloody battle here to protect their homeland, only to be met with the monarch's suspicion and execution.
Who wouldn't be heartbroken?
…
A few days later, a new team arrived in Liucheng in a grand procession.
This time, the procession was even more imposing.
The leader, Eunuch Chen, was white-faced and beardless, with sinister eyes. He held a bright yellow imperial edict in his hands and stood in front of the three armies.
He unfurled the imperial edict in a high-pitched voice.
"By the mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees!"
"Jiang Hongying, the garrison commander of Liucheng, has a large army, disobeyed imperial orders, and colluded with foreign enemies. The evidence against him is conclusive, and he is truly a traitor to the country!"
"Take him down immediately and behead him on the spot as a warning to others!"
So be it!
The last two words were deliberately drawn out.
The entire training ground was stunned.
All the soldiers were stunned, as if they hadn't heard the contents of the imperial edict.
The next second.
The rifle in the old soldier's hand clattered to the ground.
Countless people stared in disbelief.
They shed blood and sacrificed their lives here to protect their territory, yet the emperor in the capital wants to kill their commander.
"Bullshit!"
It was someone who uttered the first roar.
"Protect the general!"
"Kill this eunuch!"
"Purge the court of corrupt officials! Kill the treacherous ministers!"
The roar, like a mountain collapsing and a tsunami crashing down, instantly engulfed the entire city of Liucheng.
The centurion, with a full beard and bloodshot eyes, charged at Eunuch Chen, brandishing his ring-pommel sword.
"I'll kill you first, you dog who delivered the message!"
Chen Gonggong's face instantly turned pale.
His eyes rolled back, and he fell straight backward.
I'm dizzy.
…
"stop."
Yu Luo's cold voice rang out.
The soldiers, who were about to step forward, abruptly stopped in their tracks.
They turned their heads and looked at their coach with worried eyes.
Yu Luo calmly walked forward, picked up the imperial edict from the ground, and gently patted off the dust.
"Soldiers, you have all heard that."
"This is not His Majesty's intention."
She looked around, her voice firm and resonant.
"It's because treacherous officials have appeared around His Majesty! It's those wicked and wicked men who have deceived His Majesty!"
"They are jealous of our military achievements and want to seize my command, hoping to put me to death!"
"If I die, Liucheng will surely fall! What will become of the 300,000 soldiers on the Liang Kingdom's border, and the people behind us?"
"We cannot sit idly by and wait to die!"
She held the imperial edict high in her hand.
"We must return to the capital, purge the court of corrupt officials, and quell the national crisis!"
"Purge the court of corrupt officials! Resolve the national crisis!"
"Purge the court of corrupt officials! Resolve the national crisis!"
The soldiers were completely enraged, their fury reaching its peak.
…
Yu Luo naturally did not sit idly by and wait for his death.
Soon, a message was sent out.
Jiang Hongying, the garrison commander of Liucheng, has been arrested by the newly arrived envoy for the serious crime of treason and will soon be escorted back to the capital for execution.
The news reached the Peacock Kingdom's main camp.
Upon hearing this, Tula burst into three wild laughs in his command tent.
"Hahaha! Heaven is helping me!"
"Jiang Hongying destroyed her own defenses! Without her, Liucheng is just a ghost town!"
He immediately gave the order.
"All troops, attack! Flatten Liucheng!"
The Peacock Kingdom's army poured out in full force, charging aggressively towards Liucheng.
However, when they rushed to the city, they found that the city gates of Liucheng were wide open.
The city was deserted.
Tula's heart skipped a beat, realizing something was wrong.
"We've fallen for their trap! Retreat!"
But it was too late.
On the city wall, countless fireballs were ignited, crashing into the Peacock Kingdom's army formation like a meteor shower.
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