Joy of Life: I dressed as a woman and became the Queen of Northern Qi!

Chapter 142 Provoke Li Chengru and counterattack Northern Qi?

A border town of Northern Qi, Shanhai City.

The 80,000 Qing soldiers, who were so hungry that their faces were pale and their bodies were emaciated, and they were staggering as they walked, were driven out of the city, with teams of cavalry running past them.

Once they find someone doing anything strange, these cavalrymen will swing their whips without hesitation, and the sound of whips cracking and screams and wails can be heard in the air from time to time.

Li Chengru, who was walking in front, listened to the screams coming from behind, and clenched his fists again and again, but then loosened them weakly.

"Your Highness, do you really not feel anything at all? These are soldiers who have followed you through thick and thin! Are you just going to watch them being oppressed like this?"

The member of the Inspection Institute who was previously responsible for delivering intelligence to the war took a few steps forward, approached Li Chengru, and spoke in a low voice, but his tone was extremely angry.

Hearing his words, Li Chengru clenched his fists again, and the anger that he had tried hard to suppress in his heart surged even more.

He turned and looked at the man with cold eyes: "So what do you want to say?"

"We have already negotiated with Northern Qi. How much did Qing pay to get us back? Do you want to disrupt the peace talks? What is your intention?"

He was not a reckless man, so he could naturally tell that this person was deliberately instigating him and trying to provoke his anger!

But he was already angry enough without this person deliberately instigating him!

These soldiers followed him through thick and thin, and to him they were like brothers. How could he not be angry when he saw his brothers being treated like this?

But what's the use of being angry? This is a matter between two countries. They are captives. What can they resist?
Just like when they captured Northern Qi soldiers before, would they release them just because they begged for mercy? ?

Obviously impossible!!

Although the Northern Qi soldiers were deliberately looking for trouble, they did not kill anyone directly. This was because of Uesugi Tiger's strict military discipline! !
Otherwise, the soldiers escorting them would have no problem making up a reason to kill more than half of them, or even all of them!
The right to speak is in the hands of the other party, what can they do? ?

They are just prisoners now!!
"I, Li Meng, am loyal to the Kingdom of Qing. I believe I have done my duty to the Kingdom of Qing, to the people of Qing, and even more so to my parents and the world!"

"The only thing I feel sorry for is these soldiers. If the intelligence I passed on was more accurate... But the failure of that war was not my fault alone!"

"Your Highness, as a general, have you never thought about your own problems?"

“Ask yourself, are you worthy of Qing Kingdom? Are you worthy of His Majesty? Are you worthy of us, the soldiers who have followed you through thick and thin?”

"Don't forget, you are not only a general, but also the crown prince of Qing! Are you just going to watch us brothers being abused? Have you never thought about revenge for our dead brothers?"

Although Li Meng's words were light, they were deafening to Li Chengru's ears. The veins on his fists bulged, his teeth clenched, and his bloodshot eyes bulged slightly.

He was obviously extremely angry!
Seeing him like this, Li Meng nodded with satisfaction. Just as he was about to add fuel to the fire, he saw Li Chengru's red eyes looking at him.

"What do you want to say? Are you trying to provoke me so that I can lead the resistance? Or... your target is the Northern Qi delegation that just entered the city?" "Are you crazy? Our 80,000 soldiers are so hungry that they can't even hold their swords. We don't even have armor or weapons. If there is any movement, the surrounding cavalry will immediately slaughter us all!"

"You keep saying that you are doing this for the sake of Qing, and that you are doing this for the people of Qing. Is this how you are doing it? You are trying to instigate me to take them to their deaths? What are you thinking?"

If Li Chengru wasn't afraid of making a noise and attracting attention, he would have wanted to kill Li Meng right now!

This damn thing said something very high-sounding, but why did they lose that battle? Even though he was the main general, the root cause of the defeat was the wrong intelligence!

This led to a situation where they were stuck in a dilemma, and out of the hundreds of thousands of troops, only 80,000 were captured! !

Now Li Meng deliberately instigated him, wanting him to lead these soldiers who had finally survived to revolt. Is that called rebellion? That's called courting death! !
There were at least 20,000 cavalrymen coming and going. They were already starving and weak, and they had no weapons or armor. How could they fight?
If this isn't suicide, then what is?

If Li Meng was not from the Inspection Institute, he would have suspected that Li Meng was a secret agent of Northern Qi, deliberately instigating Li Meng to take the lead in the resistance, and then Northern Qi would naturally destroy the army of more than 80,000!

"Your Highness, have you been defeated by Northern Qi? I, Li Meng, have known since I was a child that I must serve the Qing Kingdom and Your Majesty! I, Li Meng, will never do anything to let down the Qing Kingdom!"

"We were defeated and Longmen City fell. Your Majesty spared no effort and was willing to exchange us back. We should be grateful! But are we going to go back just like that?"

"I know the soldiers don't have much power to resist now, but I would rather believe that they are willing to die for the Qing Kingdom and will never go back in such humiliation and be despised from now on!!"

After Li Meng said these words, he saw that Li Chengru was still angry but had no intention of taking action, which made him feel deeply disappointed and angry.

Why couldn't Li Chengru figure it out?
What's the point of returning for those who were captured by Northern Qi, causing the loss of Qing's dignity, and even paying a huge price? It's better to take a chance, and if you lose, you can consider it as serving the country with loyalty!
If they win, they can seize Shanhai City. When the situation turns around, they will no longer be sinners, but heroes!!
"I don't care what you're thinking, but I'm warning you, if you dare to deliberately do something that prevents these soldiers from returning to reunite with their families, I will kill you!!"

Li Chengru gave him a few cold warnings, then turned around and ignored him.

From Li Meng's words, he could more or less guess what Li Meng was thinking. He was simply wondering what the point of these captive people going back was?
If I go back, I will be looked down upon. It is better to fight to the death. Even if I die in battle, I can gain a good reputation and it can also give Qing Kingdom a reason to send troops to Northern Qi!
Regarding this kind of thinking, he could only say... this person is either a madman or a fool!
Everything was clearly about to end, the peace talks were completed, and these 80,000 soldiers could go home and reunite with their families, but they did this again? Just for the so-called fame? ?

In his opinion, this was completely Li Meng's paranoia. He didn't care about other people's thoughts at all, nor did he think about what the families of these more than 80,000 soldiers thought! !

This is a totally paranoid lunatic!!

"Your Highness, you disappoint me so much! I thought you were a man of both civil and military talents, loyal and filial, but I didn't expect you to be such a coward!"

"In that case, don't blame me!"

"Everything I do is for Qingguo!!"

There was a flash of murderous intent in Li Meng's eyes, and he didn't know when a broken dagger appeared in his hand.

(End of this chapter)