Chapter 124: Trying to Establish Authority, but Being Held Hostage

Just when the kingdom was thinking about what to do next, there was suddenly a chaotic noise outside.

"What's wrong?"

Wang Guo frowned and looked outside the tent.

"General! Someone caught some deserters."

Before the kingdom could send anyone to check, soldiers had already come in to report.

"Hmm~?"

After hearing the report from the soldiers, Wang Guo couldn't help but stand up.

"Ha, I want to see who is so bold as to dare to become a deserter."

When he said coldly, Guo Guo was about to walk out.

"General, they are just deserters.

It is enough to behead the head by military law and circulate it among the troops to warn everyone. There is really no need for the general to take action personally."

One of his generals said nonchalantly.

But at this moment, the soldier who had just reported said again:

"This time, Baihu is making a petition and is preparing to lead all his soldiers to defect."

Upon hearing this, both the kingdom and the general's expressions changed.

A hundred-household guard commander is naturally nothing to the Kingdom, but he is already a middle- and low-level officer.

Especially at this time, if it is not handled properly, it will cause big troubles.

"Let's go! Come with me to see"

Immediately, Guoguo walked out of the military tent with a gloomy face.

At this time, Chen Qing and his men had been taken to the school grounds and were escorted and guarded by three to five hundred people. Some generals were angrily accusing Chen Qing and cursing.

In addition, there were many people watching outside the arena.

When Wang Guo and the others separated and entered the school grounds, they heard someone yelling angrily.

"Chen Qing, you are really serving the Ming Dynasty in vain. You don't want to serve the Ming Dynasty, serve the Holy Emperor, and obey the general's orders. You actually want to defect from the traitor camp."

"good!"

Guo Guo shouted and looked at the man appreciatively.

The man seemed to be startled, his whole body became alert, and then he turned around quickly.

When he saw that the visitor was the Queen of the Kingdom, he immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Gu Qingwu from one hundred households pays homage to the general."

"Well, you did great!"

Wang Guo looked at Gu Qingwu and nodded with a satisfied smile.

He was already considering whether to transfer him to serve under him.

"Thank you, General, for your compliments. This is all due to the general's skill in running the army!"

"Um"

Looking at the group of deserters kneeling in front of them and the petitions from the leading 100 households, Wang Guo's face turned dark.

If you don't know how to praise someone, don't do it. I have reason to suspect that you are mocking me.

"Bold statement, how dare you instigate soldiers to flee."

"General, general, this subordinate realizes his mistake. Please give him a chance."

Chen Qing's hands were tied, but she still knelt on the ground and crawled toward the kingdom, begging for mercy with a look of fear on her face.

"Hmph! If I had known this, why did I do it in the first place?

Be aware that military law is ruthless! Now I want to beg for mercy, but it's too late! "

"Choke!"

Wang Guoguo was furious. He stretched out his hand and pulled out the long knife from the waist of the soldier beside him. He strode towards Chen Qing and wanted to kill him with one knife.

Seeing this scene, Chen Qing and Gu Qingwu were shocked.

"General, have mercy on me, general, have mercy on me."

Chen Qing once again begged loudly for mercy. The other soldiers kneeling on the ground, regardless of the long swords on their necks, knelt forward and begged loudly for mercy.

"presumptuous!"

Gu Qingwu shouted loudly, and after suppressing everyone's voices, he approached the kingdom and whispered:

"General, I don't think it's appropriate to kill them directly now."

"Hmm~?"

Wang Guo narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Gu Qingwu with a somewhat evil look.

Don't think that just by catching some deserters, you can teach your general how to do things.

“General, why not summon all the soldiers to come to the school grounds to watch the execution.

Although beheading them now will be a shock to others, it is ultimately more direct and effective than watching the beheadings in person."

"Yes, General, what these hundred households said does make sense."

"Well! Then summon all the soldiers in the army to watch the execution, and let them know the consequences of being a deserter."

"As you command!"

Within a moment, a rally drum sounded in the army.

Listening to the drums coming from the Ming army camp, a subtle sound suddenly sounded in a mountain forest a few miles away.

"here we go!"

"General! Do you think those people are trustworthy?"

"Ha, based on various sources, that should be credible."

Wang Dahu said with a smile, then changed his words and raised a cold arc at the corner of his mouth:

"Besides, so what if it's a trap? Can they stop us?"

"It's still a bit dangerous. If they plant gunpowder in advance regardless of their own death, we won't be able to stop them."

Staff officer Xu Ming was a little worried.

"Hey~, let's not talk about whether they have that much gunpowder. Even if they did, they couldn't have buried it quietly.

You know, the current Ming Army barracks not only has Ming Army whistleblowers, but also people from the Intelligence Department have already sneaked in.

With their capabilities, it is impossible for the Ming army to hide the explosives from them."

"Um!"

Although Xu Ming was still a little worried, he still nodded.

He would only speak out his various opinions and strategies, and make suggestions. The final decision was made by the commander of the army, Wang Dahu.

Perhaps because he has too many thoughts and worries, he is indeed not as good as Wang Dahu in making decisions on the fly.

This is probably one of the reasons why he is the staff officer and Wang Dahu is the commander-in-chief.

When the three drums sounded, all the soldiers in the Ming army camp, except those on guard around, had been summoned to the parade ground.

At the parade ground, Chen Qing and others knelt on the side, and Gu Qingwu led people to escort them with knives.

That was specially arranged by Wang Guo. He wanted all the soldiers to see the fate of being a deserter.

Then, Wang Guo led a dozen of his personal soldiers and slowly walked to the parade ground, ready to tell the soldiers below the stage about the fate of being a deserter.

Seeing this scene, Gu Qingwu and Chen Qing and others' eyes flashed. Wang Guo finally left the large number of personal guards.

Just when Wang Guo just came to the center of the parade ground, Gu Qingwu hinted to his soldiers to prepare.

And Chen Qing and others, who were kneeling on the ground waiting to die, also untied the ropes tied on their hands in an instant according to the pre-made buckles.

Then, Gu Qingwu and others reached into their arms, took out a short knife from their arms, and handed it to Chen Qing and others who were kneeling on the ground.

Then they suddenly turned the blades, some of them raised their swords to kill Wang Guo and others, and some of them rushed to the area around the generals' platform.

Chen Qing and others who took the short swords also acted instantly, just like Gu Qingwu and others, some killed Wang Guo and some rushed to the area around the generals' platform.

"What do you want to do?"

"Stop them!"

"Damn it, save the general!"

Seeing this scene, Wang Guo was shocked and quickly ordered his personal soldiers to stop them, and the generals under the stage also reacted instantly and ordered the soldiers to rescue.

However, they were blocked by the soldiers on the generals' platform.

Wang Guo's personal soldiers, who were anxious to save people, instantly fought with everyone on the stage.

"Ding Dang!"

"Puchi!"

"Ah!"

The sound of weapons colliding and screaming was continuous.

However, even if there were more soldiers under the generals' platform, they could not rush up in a short time.

In particular, some of the soldiers were like chicken blood, with speed and strength.

Some people were killed by a single blow before they could react, and some had their weapons knocked away, and then they were killed instantly, just like chopping melons and vegetables.

This, this, this.

Many people were stunned by the invincible performance.

Especially those who were familiar with Chen Qing and Gu Qingwu were even more incredulous.

When did Chen Qing and Gu Qingwu have such brave men under their command?

And based on their performance, although there were more soldiers under the stage, it was impossible to break through their defense in a short time.

Looking at the other side, there were also many very powerful soldiers, who rushed to Wang Guo and others with just a few steps.

Facing Wang Guo's personal soldiers, their swordsmanship was sharp, and their strength and speed were far beyond ordinary.

Some personal soldiers had their necks cut before the long swords on their waists were unsheathed.

Even if the personal soldiers who followed raised their weapons, they could not even block a single blow in the face of the attacks of those soldiers, and their weapons were knocked away in the same way, and they were directly killed on the spot.

Seeing this, some people couldn't help but secretly complain.

These people are really similar to the Salvation Army. Why haven't you been so brave when fighting against the Salvation Army?

But suddenly, many people reacted suddenly, looking at the people who were fighting bravely and invincible on the stage, and gradually widened their eyes.

Could it be, could it be that these are the Salvation Army?

They said, where did Chen Qing, Gu Qingwu and others get the confidence to hijack a military commander in a nearly 10,000-strong army?

It turned out that the Salvation Army was secretly supporting them.

For a moment, everyone felt a little relieved.

It turned out that they were supported by the Salvation Army, so it was okay.

If they had the support of the Salvation Army

When they thought of this, many people couldn't help but shake their heads violently, getting rid of the absurd thoughts in their minds. They were loyal to the emperor and patriotic.

In this sudden scene, except for a few people who knew the inside story and gradually guessed what happened, most of the soldiers and generals in the audience were basically all confused and had no idea what was going on.

"Wow!"

After gradually reacting, the crowd couldn't help but make a chaotic noise.

Many people also wanted to rescue the kingdom.

However, most of the soldiers were indifferent, watching all this happen coldly, and even gloating.

Although they didn't know what happened, so they didn't rush forward to help, they also blocked the way of those who wanted to rescue the kingdom intentionally or unintentionally.

It can be seen that the kingdom is now very unpopular.

On the other side of the general platform, when Gu Qingwu led other soldiers to surround them, the king's personal soldiers had been almost killed.

However, at this time, the kingdom, under the protection of a group of personal soldiers, retreated to the edge of the general platform and was about to jump off the general platform.

At this moment, a figure suddenly pounced.

In an instant, he was thrown to the ground.

When he reacted, he found that the person on top of him was Chen Qing who was tied up earlier.

It turned out that Chen Qing had been paying attention to Wang Guo when he was charging, so he threw him down before he jumped off the general's platform.

Gu Qingwu, who came later, saw this scene and shook his head secretly, feeling quite sorry.

At this time, Wang Guo had gradually reacted, and at first glance, he saw Chen Qing grinning.

"You you you"

"Don't you you you, I me me."

Chen Qing grinned, put the knife on his neck, and then pulled him up and retreated to the center of the generals' platform.

The cold blade made Wang Guo shudder all over, and stopped many words he wanted to say. Without any resistance, he let Chen Qing pull him to the center of the generals' platform.

At this moment, Wang Guo's heart was cold.

He originally wanted to kill these deserters to establish his prestige and deter other soldiers with other thoughts.

This time, not only did he fail to establish his prestige, but he was kidnapped.

This is really unpredictable.

However, he still had some hope in his heart.

Maybe these people just wanted to ask for military pay and food?

In this way, he still has hope of a comeback.

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