Chapter 1020: Insult

As Shen Kuan continued to move forward, many soldiers blocking the entrance of the camp began to retreat.

"stop!"

Yuan Cong's face changed drastically, and he shouted angrily: "Anyone who retreats will be killed!"

Hearing Yuan Cong's angry shout, the retreating soldiers stopped one after another.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

However, Shen Kuan's eyes were sharp as a torch, and he was still slowly approaching on his horse.

Behind Shen Kuan, more than a hundred elite cavalry followed closely.

As they continued to approach, the soldiers retreated again.

"Hold on! Hold on to them all!"

"No retreat!"

"No one is allowed to retreat!"

Yuan Cong was in a panic and kept yelling.

But no matter how loudly he shouted, most of the soldiers kept retreating.

A soldier wanted to stop Shen Kuan and his men due to Yuan Cong's order, but was pulled back by his companions.

"Brother, don't be stupid!"

His companion whispered to him, "Don't you think about yourself? Think about your whole family! The man outside is the famous King Jingbei. If you dare to touch his guards, do you want to die?"

The soldiers hesitated and said helplessly: "But if we retreat, General Yuan will not let us go!"

"D!"

His companions whispered again, "General Yuan, can you kill us all? General Yuan himself doesn't dare to order the arrows to be shot, so why are you being so stupid?"

After being reminded by his companions, the soldier suddenly came to his senses.

Yes!

Yuan Cong himself didn't dare to give the order to shoot, so why were they so stupid?

"Thank you for the reminder, big brother. You will be my big brother from now on!"

The soldier looked at his companion with gratitude and immediately retreated.

Yuan Cong saw it and was anxious, but no matter how much he yelled, it was meaningless.

As the soldiers at the camp gate retreated one after another, Shen Kuan quickly led his men into the camp and headed straight for the arrow tower.

Seeing that Shen Kuan and his men were about to arrest Yuan Cong, Yuan Cong's personal guards immediately stepped forward to stop them.

However, as soon as they moved, the tips of Yun Zheng's personal guards' guns were against their necks.

For a moment, Yuan Cong's personal guards dared not move, not even to breathe.

Seeing that the situation was hopeless, Yuan Cong could not help but shout in anger, "Back off!"

Rather than being taken down by force, it is better to be calm about it.

In this way, you can at least save some face for yourself.

Yuan Cong ordered his guards to leave, forced himself to remain calm, and slowly walked down the arrow tower.

"Take it!"

Shen Kuan waved his hand, and two bodyguards immediately stepped forward and took Yuan Cong down.

At this time, Yun Zheng outside the camp also began to lead his guards into the camp.

Yun Zheng glanced coldly at the soldiers still guarding the camp and ordered in a deep voice: "Pass the order down, all troops return to the camp immediately, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

"Yes!"

The guards received the order and immediately rushed out, shouting, "The prince has ordered that all troops return to the camp immediately. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"

"The prince has ordered all troops to return to camp immediately..."

As Yun Zheng's orders were passed down, soldiers from various units began to retreat one after another.

Looking at this scene, Yuan Cong felt even more sad and angry.

These are not our soldiers at all!

These are clearly Yun Zheng’s soldiers!

But what can he do?

Yun Zheng is a prince and also serves as the general of the country!

Both his status and position were far above him, a fourth-rank general.

Useless!

So cowardly!

Under Yuan Cong's angry gaze, Yun Zheng went straight up to the platform and ordered his personal guards to bring Yuan Gui over as well.

At this time, two guards brought two chairs for Yun Zheng and Miaoyin to sit on.

After the two sat down, Yun Zheng immediately shouted: "Come on! Bring Yuan Cong to me!"

"Take Yuan Cong!"

As the guards beside him shouted in unison, Yuan Cong was escorted over by Shen Kuan and others.

Yun Zheng sat on the chair and looked at Yuan Cong coldly: "What is the crime of committing treason?"

"If you want to incriminate someone, why bother?"

Yuan Cong snorted coldly, "Your Highness brought troops here without permission. I don't know what Your Highness wants to do. I am just doing my duty. What crime have I committed?"

Yuan Cong learned his lesson and did not dare to say that Yun Zheng intended to rebel.

He had heard from Yuan Gui that before in Sifang County, the Crown Prince was severely blackmailed by Yun Zheng because he had asked Yun Zheng whether he was planning a rebellion out of impulse, and even Emperor Wen was helpless to do anything.

If he dared to accuse Yun Zheng of treason, the best outcome would be that Yun Zheng would slap him hard in public.

As for the worst result, it would naturally be to accuse the prince of treason.

"Are you deaf or stupid?"

Yun Zheng sneered: "I am here with my own guards. Do I still need an imperial decree?"

"Do you have a pig brain? If I want to do something, why would I bring just a few people with me?"

"Or do you think Juzhou is your own territory and I am not allowed to come?"

What a sharp tongue!

It's obvious that he is the one who has his own army, but he still wants to accuse himself of having his own army?

Your Highness the Crown Prince is right, this Yun Zheng is a bastard!

Yuan Cong cursed in his heart, but answered with gritted teeth: "I... don't dare!"

"Don't you dare? But you did it!"

Yun Zheng snorted coldly, "Since we are in the army today, I will follow the military rules! Tell me, what is the crime of committing treason in the army?"

Yuan Cong's face changed, and he quickly explained: "Your Majesty, I am also..."

"This king is asking you something!"

Yun Zheng interrupted Yuan Cong with a shout: "If you don't answer, I will charge you with contempt of superiors!"

Yuan Cong cursed in his heart, but could only bite the bullet and answer: "According to military regulations, if an inferior offends his superior, the punishment will be 20 strokes of the cane at the lightest, and... beheading in public at the worst..."

"Well, not bad, you still remember the military rules!"

Yun Zheng nodded slightly, "Since you didn't dare to order the arrows to be shot, I will punish you leniently! Come, drag Yuan Cong away and beat him with twenty military sticks!"

"Yes!"

Shen Kuan took the order and immediately dragged Yuan Cong away.

Yuan Cong subconsciously wanted to speak, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

He would rather be beaten with twenty military sticks than beg for mercy from Yun Zheng!

Soon, Yuan Cong was stripped of his armor and placed on a long chair.

Following Shen Kuan's order, two guards on the left and right hit Yuan Cong on the back with their sticks.

Bang!

When the military stick fell, Yuan Cong twitched all over in pain, but he clenched his teeth tightly to prevent himself from screaming.

bang bang...

The military sticks fell one after another.

The two bodyguards were quite strict. When they said they would punish someone with a caning, they meant only a caning. They did not kill them.

Otherwise, after these twenty blows of military sticks, Yuan Cong would have basically lost half his life.

Just as Yuan Cong was being punished according to military regulations, Yuan Gui was also brought over.

"Father, father..."

Seeing his father being beaten with a military stick, endless anger suddenly burned wildly in Yuan Gui's heart.

After calling out several times, Yuan Gui suddenly turned his head and looked at Yun Zheng, his eyes spitting fire and he shouted: "Yun Zheng, what on earth do you want to do? This is Juzhou, it's not your turn to be arrogant!"

"..."

Hearing Yuan Gui's words, Miaoyin beside Yun Zheng quickly turned her head away and tried hard to suppress the smile on her face.

Yuan Cong was already in terrible pain, and after hearing Yuan Gui's roar, he almost passed out!

This idiot!

Didn't he see that Yun Zheng was here to cause trouble?

Is he still going to be so stupid as to bump into Yun Zheng's knife?

"I am too lazy to talk nonsense with you!"

Yun Zheng glanced lazily at Yuan Gui, then waved at his guards, "Drag him away and give him twenty military sticks to teach him a lesson!"