The Second Company Commander let out a breath and sat down on the grass.
He bent his legs, hugged his knees with his palms, and looked at the lake with a sad look on his face.
If he were alone, he might not need to think too much. Now, his decision affects 20,000 brothers, and he is in trouble.
The fifth company commander gently patted his shoulder and said, "Take a short rest and see if we can find a way out later."
The second company commander looked back and nodded lightly: "Okay, that's the decision."
Before nightfall, 20,000 soldiers gathered around the hot spring lake again.
There was a fire set up nearby, and some soldiers were preparing dinner, and smoke was rising from the fire.
The two company commanders and more than twenty captains who came out of the team sat around a fire near the hillside.
"Everyone is aware of the matter. We don't have much time now. How about we vote to decide whether to stay or not?"
The second company commander looked around at everyone and said.
"good."
"That's it."
"Agree!"
More than twenty captains voted one after another and agreed with the decision to vote.
The fifth company commander remained silent, which was regarded as acquiescence.
"Those who agree to go back to the Stone Forest and continue to look for a way out, raise your hands."
The second company commander raised his eyebrows and asked.
No one doubted Feng Jiuer's words, the valley would soon be ushered in poisonous smoke, and if they didn't leave, their lives would be controlled.
But, leaving is easier said than done?
The second company commander looked around the crowd, then around again, and finally frowned in disbelief.
"how?
Are you all willing to stay and be slaves to that woman?"
"What if, she is really Feng Nu..." A captain just raised his eyes, then lowered his head.
"I once heard my grandfather say..." Another captain took a deep breath.
"Back then, Prince Ye was the king, but later he left the palace for no reason, and the throne fell into the hands of the emperor."
"If this is true, then it is very likely that Lord Ye is the phoenix, and the phoenix gave birth to the phoenix daughter. This..." "The princess's people are right. It would be easy for them to kill us."
The captain sitting next to the second company commander said in a low voice.
"It seems like the princess is not a bad person."
"To be honest, maybe because of my father's influence, I have always respected Lord Ye."
There was a captain holding a branch and scribbling something on the ground.
"If my dad were still alive, he would tell me what to do."
"Lord Night, I respect him too."
The second company commander sighed.
"But now Lord Ye wants to usurp the throne. This is a treasonous act!"
The second company commander looked at the captains who had their heads drooped and remained silent. Finally, his eyes fell on the fifth company commander.
"Lao Wu, what's your decision?
You are smarter, I will listen to you!"
The fifth company commander looked at the second company commander, then at everyone, and asked: "Are you afraid of death?"
"Don't be afraid!"
The first captain shook his head.
"I'm not afraid either."
The second captain shook his head.
"When you join the army, you should put life and death aside."
The third captain threw away the tree trunk in his hand and raised his head.
The rest of the people looked at the fifth company commander and shook their heads: "We are not afraid of death."
"good."
The fifth company commander nodded lightly, "I'm not afraid of death, but before I die, I hope to figure out one thing."
"Who is Fengzi?
Who is the emperor of the Phoenix Clan?
Yeah?"
A captain asked in a low voice.
"Um."
The fifth company commander nodded, "Throughout the ages, Fengzi or Fengnu have been in power."
"If the emperor is really not Fengzi, he is not worthy of our following for the rest of our lives."
