Diao Jun was baffled by Cen Pei's decision, but what he cared about more at the moment was whether he could return home.
After the two of them finished eating the fish, they came out of the cave and wanted to hit the road.
After just a few steps, war horses came towards them from a distance, and a group of cavalry quickly surrounded the two of them.
The leader jumped off his horse and came to them: "Vice General Cen and Vice General Diao, we have found you!"
It turned out to be Chen Sheng who was with us last night. He was leading a group of Qi Kingdom cavalry, and they looked very tired.
"You..." Diao Jun, who thought he had a chance to escape, almost exploded in his heart.
"Our army has conquered Bashui County," Chen Sheng was very excited. "General Zhe Chong ordered a search for Vice General Cen and Vice General Diao. They searched all around Bashui County! I also tried my luck to look here, but I didn't expect to find them.
You! Hurry! Follow me back to the city."
Diao Jun was depressed, and the chance to escape that he finally got was gone. If he had known not to eat fish, he would have walked away when he woke up, and he might not have been stopped.
Looking back at Cen Pei, he saw him shrugging his shoulders and spreading his hands at her expressionlessly, meaning it had nothing to do with him.
If you can’t help it, just leave!
Chen Sheng ordered the cavalry to give up their two war horses, and took Cen Pei and Diao Jun directly to Bashui County.
After entering the city, he entered the prefect's mansion without stopping and met General Zhe Chong Yu Cheng.
"The last general Cen Pei (Diao Jun) pays homage to the general!!" Entering the hall, he knelt down on one knee in front of many generals, and the two bowed their heads in salute.
"Just come back!" Jia Zhengjin nodded slightly. He arranged for the army to go out to search early in the morning, especially near the cave where the two men were hiding. He did not give the other party any chance to escape, "Cen Pei!"
"The general is here!" Hearing the general call his name, Cen Pei quickly raised his head and responded loudly.
"Do you know your guilt?" Jia Zhengjin said with a cold face, showing the majesty of a general.
"The general doesn't know!" He thought the general was going to reward him, but when he was suddenly questioned, Cen Pei looked confused.
"I ordered you to lead the troops last night, why did you disobey the military order and rashly deceive the city? You and Diao Jun led 1,000 cavalry, but now they haven't even returned, and the whole army has been wiped out! How audacious!"
With a "bang" sound, Jia Zhengjin slapped the case and stood up, frightening all the generals in the palace to tremble.
Cen Pei was also frightened. He lowered his head and did not dare to speak. He did not have the aura of a fierce general on the battlefield.
"Disobeying military orders and wiping out the entire army, what crime should be committed?!"
There was silence.
"General, you should be executed if found guilty!" A lieutenant standing nearby stood up and said loudly.
Cen Pei's body went limp and he sat slumped on the ground, looking up at General Zhe Chong in disbelief.
Diao Jun was also dumbfounded. Didn't he say that he had done great service last night and would be rewarded based on his merits when he came back? Why was he suddenly convicted and his head lost...
He glanced at Cen Pei and felt it was a bit unfair, so he turned to the general: "General Yu, there is a saying that 'if the general is out, the emperor's orders will not be accepted'! Vice General Cen only assesses the situation and makes a decision based on the situation at that time, otherwise he will also attack
Don’t break the water..."
"Vice General Diao, do you think nothing will happen without you?" Jia Zhengjin looked at him coldly.
"Ah?" Diao Jun was confused. He wanted to intercede for Cen Pei, but why was he involved?
"You guys acted together last night and you all disobeyed military orders!" Jia Zhengjin scolded sternly, "Did you take this general seriously?"
At this time, even Chen Sheng and Yang Ting were stunned. They hurriedly got out of the queue and knelt on the ground, trembling.
Jia Zhengjin walked down, walked around in front of the four kneeling generals, stood still and stared down at them. Until the heads of the four generals in front of him were completely blank, and they didn't know how to react, he softened his tone slightly: "You four are disobeying
The military order was taken privately and the city was defrauded, which caused heavy casualties to our army. We should have been executed! However...you waited until you killed Sha Yihe, the prefect of Bashui, and helped our army successfully capture Bashui County. I have made a great contribution!
I have sent a letter to Danyang day and night to ask for merit. Anyone who has made merit in this battle will be rewarded by Your Majesty!"
Just now, my heart was in my throat and I thought I was dead. The next moment when the four of them heard this, they all looked like they were surviving a disaster and kowtowed hurriedly: "Thank you, General!"
The feelings just now were just the general's deliberate attempt to scare people, and some kind of trick that combined kindness and power.
After frightening them, Jia Zhengjin slowly walked back to the general's position and sat down: "Get in line first!"
"Yes!" Cen Pei stretched out his hand to help Jiao Jun, whose feet were shaking, stand up and retreated among the generals.
Yang Ting and Chen Sheng also stood up and retreated into the crowd.
Jia Zhengjin looked around, paused for a few seconds and continued: "This general never thought that the capture of Bashui County would be so smooth! Although you violated military orders, the result is good. But next time, you must not make your own decisions at will, unless
It’s a last resort, understand?”
"Understood!!" Not only these four people, but other generals also shouted loudly.
"Yeah~" Jia Zhengjin nodded, "Just understand. This time we captured Bashui County, our troops suffered heavy losses. The envoys sent out will ask for troops from Your Majesty, but it will take a long time to come. In the meantime
, we need to hold on with the only remaining troops and not too much rations, which is quite troublesome!"
"General!" Cen Pei heard the words and stood up, "Yesterday's raid on Bashui County, the enemy should not have had time to move the food in the city, how could there be not enough?"
"Chen Sheng, tell him!" Jia Zhengjin turned his head and looked to the other side.
"Yes!" Chen Sheng, who was called, quickly came out to salute, and then turned to Cen Pei, "Vice General Cen, yesterday you and Vice General Diao made a surprise attack out of the city, so we don't know what will happen next. Our army entered the city, and the enemy general Zhuo Yan
, Morico was in a panic and was unable to organize his army, so he had to withdraw from the north gate. But before withdrawing, a fire burned the granary. We tried our best to put out the fire, but failed to save a single grain."
"How could this happen?" Cen Pei looked shocked.
"We only have a small amount of food that we carry with the army, which can barely last four or five days." Chen Sheng continued, "Although the general sent envoys to ask for help, Danyang was raising troops and food, and they were afraid that they would not be able to come. And although the enemy withdrew,
We will definitely send troops to retake Bashui County as soon as possible! Once our army is surrounded, without military rations and short of troops, we will be trapped in the city!"
"Then we can only abandon the city in advance and retreat?" Cen Pei frowned.
"In yesterday's battle, our army lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Now that we have finally occupied Bashui County, how can we withdraw?" Jia Zhengjin sighed, "How do you want me to face Your Majesty then?"
"this......"
"Now do you know why I reprimanded you?" Jia Zhengjin locked eyes with Cen Pei, "The decision you made in defiance of military orders is basically throwing this general on the fire of a dilemma!"
"The general will finally be convicted!" Cen Pei hurriedly knelt down.
Diao Jun, Chen Sheng, and Yang Ting also quickly knelt down.
"Okay, okay! What's the use of talking about this now?" Jia Zhengjin thought for a while, "Now our army can't retreat, and the enemy is bound to come back. For the current plan, we can only try to solve the problem of soldiers and military rations!"
