Chapter 301 The Little Nun 29
Chapter 301 The Little Nun 29
When some people initially resisted the general's policy, and even rebelled because of it, the two of them intended to follow, but were stopped by the person in front of them, who said to observe for a while and follow only when there was no danger.
At the time, he thought this person was cowardly and couldn't even keep up with the latest rebellion.
Several forces simultaneously launched an attack, and it was nighttime. What could the general do against them?
As long as they rush out under the cover of night, the sky's the limit, and even the general can't do anything to them!
Perhaps the military leaders who stormed the camp that night thought the same way they did, but who knows if their heads, hanging on the flags the next day, thought the same thing.
Having escaped a calamity, they were now completely obedient to this man. Unusually, they didn't retort to his taunts, but instead asked meekly, "Now that things have come to this, what else can we do?"
The burly man gritted his teeth: "Run!"
He glanced at the two men and said, "Each of us will only bring ten trusted men, we will not covet any property, and we will not take away any of our core soldiers!"
"For the sake of our sensibility, the general will not kill us all!"
"How can this be?" As soon as he finished speaking, the other two were shocked: "Without soldiers, how are we supposed to survive in this chaotic world?"
"Then you stay here with these soldiers and let the general chop off your head!" The burly man looked coldly at the two men who were willing to risk their lives for money, and sneered, "Don't forget what you've done before."
Upon hearing this, the other two men looked somewhat uneasy and stammered, "The general might not know about what we did far away."
Furthermore, they have changed their names and surnames, and their current subordinates are all newly recruited, making it impossible for them to know what they have done.
“I used to think the same way,” the burly man said solemnly, “but look at the general’s actions now, how can he seem confused?”
"Even if he's confused, there's still that woman, isn't there?"
Mentioning that woman, all three men gritted their teeth. If she hadn't been hiding so well and hadn't returned to the camp even once during this time, they would have definitely killed her secretly!
Everyone can see that the general's confidence in reforming the country comes from this woman of unknown origin. Killing her might just end everything!
However, this woman was so cunning that she didn't give them a chance to make a move, leaving them helpless.
"I'm leaving tonight. You can figure out what to do yourselves!" The burly man made up his mind, stopped arguing with the two, and left after lifting the curtain.
Given that woman's usual decisive and efficient style of doing things, if he doesn't leave tonight, he might never be able to leave again!
That night.
The burly man, accompanied by ten personal guards, leisurely rode out of the camp, even greeting the lieutenant he encountered with a smile.
Unfortunately, the people he greeted avoided him as if he were a plague.
"Brother, you've worked hard. Take this silver and go have some drinks after your shift!" As he left the camp, he tossed two pieces of silver to the guard.
"Where is the general going?" the guard asked routinely.
In peacetime, military camps do not restrict the entry and exit of generals.
"I'm going back to the city to see my wife and kids," the burly man laughed heartily. "I haven't seen them for almost a month!"
Those were the children born to his later wife. His first wife had long been separated from him amidst the chaos of war, and his new wife was unaware of his past. He also believed that the general would not hold a grudge against a widow and her orphan.
Riding his horse, the burly man galloped out of the camp. Once he was outside the sentry patrol area, his expression suddenly changed, and he said in a deep voice, "Speed up!"
Upon hearing this, his personal guards behind him tightened their spurs on their horses without hesitation and sped up.
Although he said he wouldn't take any property with him, the rough and burly man still brought some gold bricks and rare spoils of war to ensure his livelihood. His personal guards were there to carry these things for him, and naturally, they knew his plan.
Now that these guys who had been on edge had finally escaped the rebels' range, what were they waiting for? Run!
"He really left without taking anything with him!" The two lieutenants he had abandoned had been secretly observing his movements. Seeing that he had indeed slipped away as he had said before, they were filled with suspicion and uncertainty.
"I can't bear to part with them!" another person murmured. "It's been almost ten years. How can the soldiers I've painstakingly built up just fall into Xue Zhen's hands?"
A person with a heart full of betrayal will not even be called a general.
"I'm reluctant too, but I'm even more reluctant to give up my life." The man's eyes flickered. "How about we compromise a little?"
The two exchanged a glance and nodded in tacit agreement.
Before long, groups of two or three people from the camp left to visit their families, carrying notes given to them by the clerk.
In a camp of over 100,000 people, their movements generally leave no trace.
Unfortunately, there was always an eye secretly watching them from behind.
"How many?" In a large camp, Xue Zhen and Ling Yi sat together, and it was Ling Yi who asked the question.
"One person has 352 people, one person has 403 people."
"This is more than the soldiers I brought!" Ling Yi smiled, but her expression gradually turned cold: "Eating the rebel army's food and wearing the rebel army's clothes, do you think you can leave so easily?"
She glanced sideways at the general who was silently wiping his long sword and said softly, "General, are you ready?"
In front of Xue Zhen, besides the knife, was a stack of documents, which were the confessions of the three men who had tortured and killed civilians and raped other men's wives and daughters in the early stages of the uprising.
The ordinary soldiers under these men were unaware of their past, but their personal guards were different. They were their trusted confidants who had followed them from the very beginning to the present, and in some ways, they were even more important than their wives and children.
These confessions were information that Ling Yi extracted from several of her personal guards after they were tied up.
Her confidants were naturally stubborn, but she also possessed a set of advanced memory restoration techniques that were ahead of their time. These techniques allowed them to instantly recall the vulnerable moments when they called her "Mom," and they dared not hide anything as they clearly recounted the evil deeds they had committed in the past.
Xue Zhen had become increasingly silent these days, so upon hearing this, he simply nodded and said succinctly, "Give me your orders, and I'll do it."
This demeanor doesn't resemble that of a general in the rebel army; it's more like that of a foot soldier under General Ling.
“Alright, you go after those two groups of people, and I'll go after the smartest one who ran away first.”
When Ling Yi said these words, Xue Zhen's eyes finally came to life, and he turned to her, slowly furrowing his brows.
Knowing that he meant it was dangerous, Ling Yi spoke first: "General, don't forget, I am also a general leading troops. What makes those three weaklings under his command think they can fight me?"
If she doesn't take action soon, the bandits under her command will become weak and inflexible; she needs to find them something to do.
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