After finishing the first bowl of wine, everyone looked at Li Chen eagerly, looking forward to his speech.
Li Chen pondered for a moment, and then said: "Everyone, I actually prepared a lot of long speeches on the way here, but now sitting here, I find that they are useless."
"When it comes to feelings, you all have the deepest feelings for Yue Ya."
"In terms of experience, you have been at Crescent Gate the longest."
"In terms of ability, Yueyangguan has been able to survive for many years and cannot do without you."
"So I am now asking you to retreat and leave Yueyang Pass. In a sense, I did not take into account your thoughts and feelings, and forcibly made an extremely dangerous move. In the eyes of ordinary people, it is tantamount to destroying the country and the country.
It’s child’s play.”
Li Chen's voice continued, and no one interrupted Li Chen's words.
"However, national affairs should not be trivial. I have indeed never considered your feelings, but in front of the country, any personal feelings are unimportant, including my own."
"Putting aside personal feelings, I would like to ask you, if this time the battle plan fails and we take the initiative to introduce the Liao army into the country, and then we lose, what will happen to me?"
This question made everyone look heavy.
"I will become a sinner for the ages."
Li Chen said expressionlessly: "It doesn't take until that moment for me to imagine the scene of being pointed at by thousands of people. No one will understand me, and no one will explain to everyone my original intention."
"In the face of established facts, no matter what your original intentions, they are all excuses."
"I can continue to follow the previous policy, stick to the Crescent Pass, and wait for the Liao army to retreat. It is nothing more than fighting a more difficult defensive battle for a few more days. I have persisted for so many days. What's the harm in a few more days?
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"The most important thing is that winter has come, and it is impossible for the Liao army to stay outside the Crescent Pass for the winter, so they want to launch this decisive battle in order to win a quick victory. If it fails, they must withdraw their troops."
"Perhaps in the eyes of the vast majority of normal people, this is the best and most secure solution."
Having said this, Li Chen punched the table hard, causing the food and wine on the table to jump.
Li Chen's eyes were burning with anger, and he said, "But I don't want to!"
A cry of reluctance sounded like thunder.
Everyone was shocked.
The retreat of the Liao army has always been the only thing that means everything will be fine and a good thing worth burning incense, but this prince is not willing to do so.
"Why do we, Great Qin, have to be the ones who get beaten? Why do the Liao army come and leave when they want? Why do they come to invade us when they want to, and can go back at any time if they want to?"
"Even the laughing woman in the Goulan can choose not to accept guests. Our Daqin soldiers are not as good as the turtle men in the Goulan. We can't even refuse, so we can only be forced to welcome them and send them off?"
These words made the generals who were seated blush all over.
Even they themselves have become accustomed to the fact that maintaining success is a good thing, and surviving another attack by the Liao army is a credit. However, no one has ever thought that Da Qin is not a piece of fish to be slaughtered by others.
Li Chen's words today made this meaning clear.
"So I want to kill you!"
"This knife will kill the Liao army on the neck. Even if it cannot kill them, it will make them shed all their blood. They will never be so arrogant again!"
