Xi Mingyan asked the other ministers to leave first, leaving General Shuo alone.
He solemnly said to General Shuo, "I have always respected you, General Shuo. When I was very young and could not hold a sword, General Shuo, you were already sweeping thousands of armies on the battlefield and became famous..."
"Don't dare to take it, Prince Yan. Prince Yan, you are the number one warrior in our Netherland Kingdom. That Ye Xingyue is so abominable. She actually plotted against Prince Yan so that you could not take command. She was right. Prince Yan, you will definitely keep your word.
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"But Prince Yan, right now it is not a battle between loyalty, but a battle between country and country! I have no intention of letting Prince Yan break his promise, but I hope that Prince Yan can put the country first! Personal reputation is nothing more than..."
Xi Mingyan stopped General Shuo from continuing, "What if I tell General Shuo that even if I take command, I may not be able to win?"
"How could it be possible? Prince Yan, you have always been victorious in every battle..."
"That's against other tribes. In fact, I have never won the battle with the Northern Territory! Not to mention that Baili Hengtian itself is a difficult opponent.
"Now there is Ye Xingyue who is full of resourcefulness! And she is a woman... As a woman, many people look down on her, but she has an advantage, that is, it is easy for people to underestimate her. I admit that I underestimated her before and underestimated her.
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"That's why I made that bet with her and was fooled by her! In front of the heroes of the world, I promised not to set foot in the north again, so I can no longer take command.
"This is a lifetime of pain and a lifetime of shame.
"But when I think about it, why did I lose? Was I captured alive? Wasn't it because I was inferior to others?
"Actually, Ye Xingyue and Beijing could have killed me, but they didn't do it and let me come back anyway! I know that Ye Xingyue did this to destroy my ambition. I have to admit that my ambition was somewhat destroyed.
Already..."
"Prince Yan, what do you mean by this?"
Xi Mingyan, "What I mean is, has General Shuo ever thought about...surrendering? Or negotiating peace."
"Peace negotiation?"
General Shuo simply couldn't believe that these two words came out of Xi Mingyan's mouth. In the past, what Xi Mingyan talked about was to conquer the North and expand the Netherland...
Why are you thinking of negotiating peace now?
"Prince Yan! You..."
General Shuo didn't know how to describe his thoughts about Xi Mingyan at this moment.
Xi Mingyan also knew that his thoughts were scary, so he talked to General Shuo privately instead of saying it in front of everyone.
He was also prepared to list the arguments that negotiating peace now is better than surrendering later, but General Shuo said, "Prince Yan! I didn't expect you actually wanted to negotiate peace, or that you actually wanted to surrender. You forgot that we, the people of the underworld,
A creed? It’s better to die than surrender!”
"General Shuo, this king is just suggesting, don't get excited. You know that I have no power now. It's just that the king has fainted and cannot manage politics. Now this burden is temporarily on me... I did not force General Shuo.
You must listen to my opinion, but now that we are negotiating peace, I feel that we can still keep the name of the Kingdom of the Underworld. In the future..."
"Prince Yan, why do you help others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige? I believe we will win and the king will wake up! We can take a break and regain our strength immediately, and then kill him on the battlefield without leaving a single piece of armor behind.
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"We want to conquer the northern border, capture the Eastern Moon, and then capture the entire ten kingdoms of the world. Isn't this your ambition all along, Prince Yan?"
Xi Mingyan fell silent.
He knew that he could not convince General Shuo. He could not convince even one person, let alone many ministers.