Empire

In a heavily guarded military tent of the 9th Battalion of the Qinghe Army, more than a dozen people with bruised faces and noses were huddled in a corner in frustration.

These more than ten people were from the personal guards of Deputy Commander Xu Fu. They were responsible for the mission of setting fire to the grain depot in the west of the city, but failed and fell into the hands of Chen Ziang.

They were now upset and regretful. They thought Xu Fu would rescue them, but who knew that Xu Fu turned his face and refused to recognize them, which made them completely desperate.

They naturally knew that setting fire to the grain depot would cost them their lives. Now it seemed that they had no other choice but to wait for death.

"This guy named Xu is a piece of shit. We really shouldn't work for him."

"But it's too late to say anything now. I'm afraid we won't survive." Someone said with a look of despair on his face.

"Alas, how could we be so blind that we didn't see clearly how cruel Xu Fu was!"......

They waited in despair, cursing Xu Fu. If Xu Fu had not sent them to burn the granary, they would not have ended up like this.

While they were talking, footsteps were heard outside the military tent, as if someone was coming.

The dozen or so people stood up, knowing that their death was probably imminent.

Sure enough, an officer walked into the military tent with wine and food, took a look at them, and put the wine and food down.

"We are all brothers from the Qinghe Army. I have prepared some food and wine for you. After you have eaten your fill, you can set off on your journey."The officer said.

After hearing the officer's words, the dozen or so people looked gloomy, and some of them couldn't help sobbing.

"Eat it while it's hot. You'd rather die of hunger than die of thirst."

The officer said, breaking the seal on the wine jar and filling each wine bowl with wine.

"Thank you, General Bai."

Although they were about to die, they were still very grateful that someone brought them wine and food.

"By the way, Deputy Commander Xu asked me to tell you a message. Go without worry. He will take care of your family members."The officer looked at the door and said one more sentence in a low voice.

As soon as the officer finished speaking, the dozen people looked at each other. Some were angry, while others were numb.

They were cursing Xu Fu for not saving the dying, but now they were ashamed when they heard this.

"Thank you, Vice Marshal Xu."

Although their death was inevitable, they had no regrets as long as their families were taken care of.

Just as they were about to drink their farewell wine, have a hearty meal, and then go to their death, a group of people broke into the military tent.

"General Wang, why are you here?"

Seeing General Wang Hu, a thousand-man general, and his men walk into the military tent with dark faces, the general who brought the wine and food over had a flash of panic on his face.

Wang Hu didn't respond to him at all, and asked directly:"Why are you here?"

The general replied:"They are going to be beheaded, aren't they? I brought them some wine and food."

"How do you know they will be beheaded?!"

"I...I heard that."The general looked flustered.

"Come on, take him down!"

Wang Hu suddenly shouted coldly when he saw the hesitant general.

Several soldiers who had been prepared quickly stepped forward and held down the general.

"General Wang Qian, why did you arrest me?"

The general was immediately anxious when he saw Wang Hu arresting people for no reason.

Wang Hu ignored his shouting and turned his eyes to the food and wine in the military tent.

"Test the poison."Wang Hu turned around and ordered

""Yes!"

A soldier stepped forward quickly, took out a silver needle and put it into the wine bowl, and the silver needle quickly turned black.

Seeing the blackened silver needle, more than a dozen people who almost drank the wine were suddenly filled with anger, because someone actually wanted to poison them.

And now they don't need to guess, they know that it must be someone sent by Xu Fu, who wants to kill them to silence them.

Thinking of this, they were all furious, and seeing the captured generals of a hundred men, they wanted to rush up and tear them to pieces.

Deputy Marshal Xu Fu was worried that he would be implicated, so he sent people over to try to kill them to silence them, but unexpectedly, the security here was tight and they were directly discovered.

"Everyone, my general has asked the Marshal to pardon you. From now on, you are free."

Wang Hu looked at the dozen people and knew that they were just pawns abandoned by Xu Fu. He felt sad for them. After experiencing ups and downs in an instant, the dozen people didn't know whether they should be happy or sad.

The master Xu Fu, to whom they had always been loyal, tried every means to kill them, but Chen Ziang, who had never met them before, pleaded for mercy and pardoned them, which made them feel mixed emotions for a while.

"General, please tell General Chen that we are very grateful for saving our lives."

While they were glad to have escaped death, they also expressed their gratitude to Chen Ziang.

They thought they were going to die, but now they had hope of survival again. Naturally, they were grateful to Chen Ziang.

In fact, Marshal Zhang Dayuan asked Chen Ziang to deal with it himself, and Chen Ziang could have ordered their execution.

But Chen Ziang knew in his heart that they were just pawns at the mercy of others, and the fault was not theirs.

So Chen Ziang finally gave the order, which was to pardon these scapegoats and spare their lives.

As a general, it is naturally right to be merciful and decisive in killing. But he couldn't be too murderous.

Because it only takes a word for a general to kill someone, and naturally there would be many people vying to help him kill. So as a general, Chen Ziang always wanted to restrain his murderous intention.

These people had become Xu Fu's abandoned children, and they were almost poisoned by the people sent by Xu Fu.

Although Chen Ziang pardoned them, they suddenly found that there was no place for them in the entire Qinghe Army.

Not only did Chen Ziang not pursue the crime of attempting to set fire to them, but he magnanimously forgave them, which made them grateful. At the same time, he also asked Wang Hu to tell them that they hoped to be able to join Chen Ziang.���Under the command of Chen Ziang

"If Deputy Commander Xu knew that they were not dead, he would not give up."

When Wang Hu reported to Chen Ziang that these ten people wanted to pledge their loyalty, Chen Ziang knew that they were absolutely loyal.

"You make arrangements to create a false impression that they were poisoned, then give them new identities and let them leave our Ninth Battalion. Chen Ziang told Wang Hu

"Sir, why don't you take them in?" Wang Hu couldn't help asking.

Chen Ziang said,"No, from now on they are members of our Ninth Battalion, but they are not suitable to stay in the barracks. Give them some money and let them go to other provinces to help us collect intelligence. Maybe they will be useful in the future."

"What if they run away with the money?" Wang Hu said worriedly.

"Just run away, we don't need that little money"

"promise!"