flstandardbreds Chapter 1133 Self-Preservation
Chapter 1133 Self-Preservation
Marshal Yuan wanted to get food and save hundreds of thousands of troops, so he agreed to the Crown Prince's request even though he knew that no miracle doctor could be found. After all, he did look for someone, so it's not his fault if he couldn't find one.
So, he nodded quickly and said...
"Your Highness, I agree to all your requests, but the issue of food is urgent. Can you help us solve it as soon as possible?"
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sneered and said...
"Marshal Yuan, we are all smart people. We are all just pretending to be weak. Just because you agree, I will work hard to help you get dog food. Do you think I am stupid?"
Marshal Yuan swallowed his anger and said, "Your Highness, you also know that it takes time to find a miracle doctor. It takes time to find a miracle doctor."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince glared at Marshal Yuan fiercely and said aggressively, "Let's not talk about the miracle doctor first, let's talk about the murderer first. It's been several days since the incident happened, and you haven't said anything. What does this mean?"
What he meant was that if he didn't even hand over the murderer, and still expected him to risk his life to buy food for him, that was simply impossible.
Upon hearing this, Marshal Yuan's face froze. That incident was very strange and he didn't know who did it. He couldn't just push someone out as a scapegoat, right?
He can't do it and he won't be able to do it.
After all, he cherishes every soldier in the army.
He lowered his head and said humbly, "Your Highness, don't worry. The murderer is under investigation. We will inform you as soon as there is any result."
Look, it’s official language again.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not stupid. He certainly knows that Marshal Yuan is deliberately delaying time. By the time he buys food and solves the problem of rations for the Moli Kingdom’s army, the murderer’s case will be left unresolved.
So, he said grimly: "I am not in a hurry, you can investigate slowly, and I will buy food for you when you find the murderer."
"You..." Marshal Yuan got anxious when he heard this. Just when he was about to argue with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, he was stopped by the military advisor next to him. He shook his head secretly at him, and then said to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince with a smile...
"Your Highness, rest assured. The marshal has already caught the murderer who hurt you and is preparing to give you justice. Please wait a moment, we will bring the murderer to you for punishment."
After saying this, he pulled Marshal Yuan out of the Crown Prince's tent.
Marshal Yuan was confused. He walked about ten meters and could not bear it any longer. He shook off the military advisor's hand and said...
"Hey, military advisor, why are you lying? When did we find the murderer?"
Upon hearing this, the military advisor also became anxious and said that Marshal Yuan was stubborn and did not know how to adapt. They were in urgent need of food to save their lives, and they had to appease His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so that the army would have a chance to survive. Even if there was no murderer, the murderer had to be found and handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for punishment.
Marshal Yuan understood, his eyes widened, and he shouted in disbelief: "Military Advisor, do you mean we just find a scapegoat?"
The military advisor quickly covered his mouth with his hand, then glanced around furtively, and after making sure that no one heard him, he said, "Shh, Marshal, keep your voice down, be careful not to be heard by others. We have no choice but to do this. We can't just watch hundreds of thousands of soldiers starve to death, can we? How can you bear it?"
"This..." Marshal Yuan was in a dilemma. Indeed, as a marshal, he could not act on impulse. By sacrificing the life of one soldier, he could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers. This was indeed the only solution.
But who would do such a cruel thing?
The military advisor continued to chatter on: "Marshal, as the marshal of hundreds of thousands of troops, your decision is related to the life and death of hundreds of thousands of troops. You must think twice before acting. In fact, sacrificing one person is nothing. Our priority is to maintain our strength. You can't bear it. Let everyone starve to death together?"
"I know, I understand, but who would do such an immoral thing?" Marshal Yuan said that he could not do it.
The military advisor's triangular eyes rolled around and he said, "Marshal, leave this matter to me. Don't worry about it."
"Okay, okay, go ahead." Marshal Yuan waved his hand weakly, indicating that he had no more time to watch, and that as long as he could collect food, it would be fine.
Sure enough, in less than an hour, the military advisor said that the murderer had been found and handed over to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for handling.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had his penis cut off, and he was filled with rage. He immediately pulled out a knife from the waist of the soldier beside him and chopped off the murderer's limbs. Immediately, blood flowed all over the ground, and screams resounded through the sky.
All the soldiers fell silent when they saw this scene.
Because they knew very well in their hearts that the soldier was just a scapegoat in order to save them, and he was not the murderer who hurt His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at all.
In fact, doesn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince know that the so-called murderer is innocent?
However, he still attacked without mercy.
Because he wanted to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, to give Marshal Yuan a warning, and also to warn him that he was not easy to mess with. Don't think that you can secretly send someone to cut off his vitals and then find someone to be a scapegoat and get away with it. He remembered this account.
Marshal Yuan looked at the blood all over the ground and his men screaming in agony, frowning and holding back his displeasure, and asked, "Your Highness, we have also handed over the murderer who hurt you. So when will the food you promised to buy for us arrive? Our army will be out of food tomorrow. Without food, we will all starve to death."
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince spread his hands and said angrily...
"Let's wait until you find a miracle doctor. I'm not feeling well right now, so how can I help you buy food?"
When these words came out, everyone present was dumbfounded. Wasn't His Royal Highness the Crown Prince playing tricks on the Marshal? He clearly said that if the murderer who hurt him was handed over, he would help them buy food, but in the end, he said that he would not buy food until he found a miracle doctor to perform surgery.
Then how long will it take?
Maybe they had all starved to death by then.
Marshal Yuan was so angry that his whole body trembled when he heard this, and said...
"Your Highness, what do you mean? Are you kidding me?"
"Isn't this obvious? Do you even need to ask?" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was very frank and said in a very infuriating way...
"Marshal Yuan, now you know what it means to be dumb and eat coptis, right? When you sent people to harm me, did you ever think that this day would come?"
Marshal Yuan said that he was really wronged. He did not send anyone to harm His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he had to sacrifice the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
He was really unwilling to accept it, so he explained humbly...
"Your Highness, I have told you many times that I really did not send you a gift of red wine, and I certainly did not send anyone to harm you. You are the crown prince of Dayao. To harm you would be to destroy the peace between the two countries. I will not do such a stupid thing."
However, no matter how Marshal Yuan explained, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince just didn't believe it and insisted that he find a miracle doctor to reconnect his penis before he would help them buy food.
As a result, Marshal Yuan and the military advisor were at a loss.
They walked out of the tent listlessly, looking at the soldiers lying on the grass to rest with sad faces.
Marshal Yuan recalled the soldier who had his hands and feet chopped off by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. He was upset and could not help but blame the military advisor beside him: "Military advisor, we really lost more than we gained this time. Even if we had someone impersonate the murderer, we still didn't get His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help us buy food, and we lost a soldier in vain. He has no hands and legs, and the rest of his life is ruined. How could you bear it?"
In fact, this is not the point. The point is that if the food is not bought, hundreds of thousands of troops will starve to death. He was anxious, so he said this.
The military advisor looked at Marshal Yuan with a face full of grievance and said, "Marshal, this is not my fault. It's all because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was too cunning. He didn't intend to help us buy food from the beginning. We were all fooled."
"As for the soldier whose hands and feet were chopped off, I will make proper arrangements for him so that he can live a carefree life for the rest of his life. They are all brothers who have followed the Grand Marshal through thick and thin. I will not let them down. I hope the Marshal can rest assured about this."
After hearing this, Marshal Yuan's expression became less grim. He nodded and continued...
"Our army will run out of food tomorrow. The most important thing right now is to buy food."
"Alas! After all, this matter is all the fault of that damned King of Youzhou. He was so despicable that he issued a notice to all countries, not allowing any country to sell grain to us. Otherwise, they would be enemies with Youzhou."
"Now that Youzhou has merged with Yuezhi, it is becoming more and more powerful and has become the leader of the four countries. How dare other countries go against them? Only our emperor, who is an old enemy of the King of Youzhou, dares to fight him to the death and sends us here."
The military advisor nodded and said...
"We don't know what's going on in the capital. We've been sending people there for so long, but there's still no news. Has the emperor given up on us? Is he going to watch hundreds of thousands of our troops starve to death?"
"No, I believe there must be something wrong in some link. The emperor is not that kind of person." Marshal Yuan shook his head firmly.
The emperor has fought with the King of Youzhou for half his life. Their army has finally arrived outside the city of Youzhou. There is absolutely no way the emperor will ignore them.
The military advisor sighed and said...
"Hey, let's not think about these things for now. The most important thing right now is to find food."
"Come on, let's go back to the tent and think about it together."
Just like that, Marshal Yuan and the military advisor returned to the commander-in-chief's tent sighing, holding their chins and thinking over and over again, but they could not think of any way to buy food. Finally, they set their sights on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
"Military Advisor, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that if we can't find a miracle doctor and help him get his penis back, he won't help us buy food."
The military advisor smiled wickedly and said...
"Marshal, have you forgotten? I know how to imitate handwriting. Let's write a letter now and send it to the emperor of Dayou, saying that the prince asked him to send food over, right?"
Unexpectedly, Marshal Yuan shook his head and said...
"No, military advisor, have you forgotten? The emperor of Dayao Kingdom, in order to protect himself, dared not offend the King of Youzhou. Even if the letter was delivered, he would not send food."