Chapter 1052 Sanctioned

Imperial City.

boom!

The furious Yun Li smashed the cup in his hand to the ground. The cup broke into pieces and the tea in the cup spilled all over the floor.

"It's reversed! It's all reversed!"

Yun Li roared with his eyes spitting fire and a sinister look on his face.

Fifteen thousand troops!

The armor for the 15,000-strong army was only completed by him years ago!

But just as he finished replenishing the armor of his 15,000-strong army, all the troops in Lulin's camp surrendered.

He worked hard to prepare the army, but in the end he only made things difficult for Yun Zheng.

In this situation, how could he not be furious?

Even if those bastards in Lulin's camp put up a little resistance, even if they were just pretending, he wouldn't be so angry.

Seeing the furious Yun Li, everyone in the Prince's Mansion was so scared that they dared not say a word.

Xiao Wanchou looked at Yun Li silently, sighing in his heart.

This is called shooting oneself in the foot.

Harming others will ultimately harm yourself!

Honestly speaking, losing 15,000 soldiers, and surrendering to their own people, is not a big deal.

But this incident explains many problems.

The imperial army doesn't dare to go to war with His Highness the Sixth Prince!

If the imperial court went to war directly with the Sixth Prince, more people would probably surrender.

Come to think of it, the Sixth Prince gained his fame through fighting one battle after another.

The troops under Yun Zheng's command are the real elite who have followed him to sweep across many countries.

Most of the imperial court's troops had never fought in a tough battle. Some of them were only expanded in the past two years. Not to mention going to the battlefield, they had never even seen blood.

Under such circumstances, it would be a miracle if the imperial army dared to go to war with His Highness the Sixth Prince.

The court had already lost the battle before it even started.

After a long while, Xiao Wanchou couldn't help but speak: "Your Highness, now is not the time to be angry. The court should think about how to appease the military to prevent similar incidents from happening again..."

"Duke Yuguo is right!"

Xu Shifu rarely disagreed with Xiao Wanchou. "The surrender of the entire Lulin camp will definitely have a serious impact on the morale of the Juzhou garrison. If the court does not take measures, such incidents may not be prevented."

Yun Li's face was filled with hostility, and he growled murderously, "Send a message to Zhao Ji to execute the families of all the generals in Lulin's camp! I want to make an example of them this time, and see who dares to surrender again!"

Hearing Yun Li's words, the eyelids of several important officials suddenly jumped.

"Your Highness, this is absolutely unacceptable!"

Xiao Wanchou was the first to speak up to stop it.

"Why not?"

Yun Zheng looked at Xiao Wanchou angrily, "If they dare to surrender, they will have to bear the wrath of me and the court! If we don't kill one to warn the rest, I'm afraid those people will follow suit in the future!"

Previously, he wanted to kill Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son, to make an example of them, but Xiao Wanchou also said no.

He admitted that it was indeed inappropriate to execute Yuan Cong and Yuan Gui, father and son.

But now, what's wrong with killing the families of the generals in Lulin Camp?

"Correct!"

Xu Shifu agreed: "No matter what the reason for those people to surrender, the court must punish them severely! We must not continue to let them go!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Xiu also nodded.

They all felt that it was necessary to make an example of him.

Apart from doing this, it seemed that the imperial court had no other way to shock the military.

Xiao Wanchou frowned and looked at Gu Xiu and Xu Shifu unhappily, "You think it's easy. If the court does this, the garrisons in many places will rebel!"

"Rebellious?"

Xu Shifu disagreed and snorted, "Who dares to rebel? What right do they have to rebel?"

Xu Shifu didn't understand what was going on in the military.

But he felt that killing one person to warn the rest was indeed a good idea.

Those generals in Lulin Camp surrendered. Didn't the court punish them at all?

In this way, isn't the court indulging those with evil intentions?

"Why? Because they were cornered!"

Xiao Wanchou angrily shouted, "Do you know how many connections there are in the army? This general's wife or concubine may be another general's sister!"

"You killed all the families of those generals at will. Do you think they won't feel hatred?"

"Xu Shifu, tell me, if I killed my daughter, would you hate me?"

"Also, if we kill all the families of the generals in Lulin Camp, they will become the mortal enemies of the court! They will fight to the death with the court..."

Xiao Wanchou's face darkened as he explained the interests involved in detail.

It is understandable that if a general surrenders, his family members will be executed.

Moreover, this is also necessary!

However, this rule generally only applies to the main generals of each tribe and some senior generals, as well as some surrendered generals who caused huge losses to the court after surrendering.

If they kill without asking any questions and even the families of officers at the level of captain or even Qu Junhou, the impact will be too great.

When the impact reaches a certain level, many things will be out of control.

Hearing what Xiao Wanchou said, Yun Li's face became even uglier.

Those damn bastards surrendered, and he couldn't even kill their families?

What? Do I have to treat their families well?

However, after thinking carefully about Xiao Wanchou's words, Yun Li calmed down a little.

Yes, there are too many connections in the military.

Once the scope of impact is too wide, I'm afraid things will get out of control.

But he couldn't swallow this humiliation if he didn't severely punish those bastards who surrendered.

"Besides, Your Highness should know the Sixth Prince's temper."

Xiao Wanchou glanced at Yun Li and continued, "When the Sixth Prince seized the military power of the Northern Army, he forced the court to send the families of the generals of the Northern Army to Shuobei. I think that this time, the Sixth Prince is likely to do the same..."

Hearing Xiao Wanchou's words, Yun Li was suddenly startled.

Yes!

It's not like that bastard Lao Liu hasn't done this kind of thing before.

What if this bastard threatens the court again? How should the court respond?

Seeing Yun Li start to think about the interests involved, Xiao Wanchou continued, "There is one more thing. The Fourth Prince was the mastermind behind this surrender. Does Your Highness want to kill all of the Fourth Prince's family members?"

"This……"

Yun Li's face was severely twitched.

He actually wanted to kill all of Yun Ting's family.

But as long as Emperor Wen was alive, he could not do this.

He began slaughtering his brothers' families before he even took the throne, which was bound to damage his reputation.

Seeing Yun Li didn't say anything, Xiao Wanchou asked again: "But Your Highness didn't even kill the family of the mastermind, but killed the families of other subordinates. How can you convince the people?"

When asked by Xiao Wanchou, Yun Li was speechless.

Damn!

This doesn’t work, and that doesn’t work either?

Don’t they have any punishment at all for those who surrender?

If that is the case, if Yun Zheng rebels in the future, won't those generals be able to surrender without any worries?

In this case, what is the point of fighting?

The entire court might as well surrender to that bastard Lao Liu!

Yun Li became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. He looked at Xiao Wanchou with flaming eyes and said, "Then tell me, what should the court do?"

"There is nothing I can do now."

Xiao Wanchou smiled helplessly, "I think that all the troops in Lulin Camp surrendered, there must be a reason! Perhaps, we can first find out the cause and effect of this matter, and then make further plans."

"..."

Yun Li's face twitched violently and he almost vomited blood.

This matter must be related to what Zhou Daogong did.

But the problem is, he instructed Zhou Daogong to do this!

If the whole process was clarified, wouldn't the fact that he framed the fourth brother be exposed to the public?

In the end, all the civil and military officials in the court turned around and accused him of being wrong...