Fighting Bloody Battles To Defend The Border, The Love-Brained Empress Ordered The Troops To Withdraw? - Chapter 17
Li Yunfei did not answer immediately, but his expression was indifferent.
But his eyes were filled with anger.
His right hand held the sword tightly!
He once gave this sword to an old soldier with a broken arm, and personally led the soldier to charge into the barbarian base camp. In that battle, the barbarians were killed in pieces and cried for their parents.
But the old soldier with the broken arm was exhausted on the road due to his serious injuries and the long journey.
Before he died, flames flashed in his eyes.
The whole person became lively and bright.
He said to Li Yunfei: “General, with you here, I believe that our Shanhe City will not be lost.”
“My little man, I will die with my eyes closed!”
But what’s the use of Li Yunfei alone?
In such a huge border army, even the military inspector could do such absurd and outrageous things, wantonly corroding from the inside the fortress that hundreds of thousands of soldiers of Shanhe City had fought for with their lives.
The wind and snow fell in his eyes, and the anger in his chest surged.
Li Yunfei gritted his teeth, clenched his knife, and said coldly: “Master Hu, have you ever thought that your smoke signals will disrupt the signal transmission in the army?”
“Have you ever thought about letting countless common people die under the swords of the barbarians?”
“Have you ever thought about it? They were born by their parents and they want to live too?”
Every word and sentence resounded like bells and drums in the general’s mansion.
The soldiers standing around all had red eyes.
They all stared at Hu Leqi at the same time.
He stared at Hu Leqi with eyes as sharp as knives.
Hu Leqi was just stunned for a moment, and then he clearly felt the tremendous pressure and Li Yunfei’s extremely unfriendly attitude.
This also made him feel a little angry.
——His Majesty does look upon you, Li Yunfei, differently, but he, Hu Leqi, is also on the “Heroes List”. Is he afraid of you, Li Yunfei?
Over the past three months, I have given you, Li Yunfei, enough face, including today.
Originally, he was busy expressing his love for Adele, and was so anxious that he had no time to think about other things, but he still gave face to you, Li Yunfei.
When you, Li Yunfei, invited me three times, I put aside my important matters and came in person. I was also polite and respectful to you, Li Yunfei. But it would have been fine if you, Li Yunfei, didn’t feel grateful, but why did you act like this?
Do you really think that Hu Leqi is a soft persimmon?
Immediately, his face darkened, he snorted coldly, and said, “General Li, aren’t your words too harsh?”
“As the military supervisor, how can I not care about this mountain and river pass? How can I not care about these common people? These are all my achievements.”
“I care much more about this than you do!”
“Don’t think of accusing me of such a big crime. I just passed some information to the woman I loved.”
“How did it delay the transmission of information in the army?”
“What’s more…”
As he spoke, Hu Leqi became more confident and said, “I am also very concerned about the wolf smoke. A few days ago, my subordinates reported to me that they saw a small group of barbarian forces.”
“I made a prompt decision and immediately set off smoke signals to warn you so that you can know in advance and make arrangements as soon as possible.”
“I have tried so hard, but General Li, you are slandering me now. Do you really think that my eloquence can defeat you in the court and in front of His Majesty?”
When it came to the last sentence, Hu Leqi’s words were as sharp as a knife.
What you said is really grand and glorious.
but,
Hu Leqi, a smoke signal?
When did it happen?
“Bang!”
Zhao Xun, the guard who was supported at the back of the hall, rolled out and crawled. He fell to his knees with a plop, his eyes red as he shouted, “No, no, it’s impossible!”
“Xiao, I have always been sticking to my post.”
“I have never been lazy. If Lord Hu sent out a warning signal, how could I not know?”
“How dare you know this and not report it?”
He knelt and turned around, facing Li Yunfei, and kowtowed repeatedly: “General, I dare to swear on my life, no, I dare to swear on my ancestors, Sir Hu, there was absolutely no smoke signal.”
“Absolutely not!”
“How could there be nothing?” Hu Leqi also became ferocious. He rushed over and grabbed Zhao Xun’s head. With his weak body as a civil servant, he actually lifted Zhao Xun up.
“I have issued warnings at least three times.”
“I remember this clearly.”
“There will be absolutely no mistakes.”
“It’s clearly your fault as the barrier officer, but you’re trying to put the blame on me?”
“I love Adele deeply. Adele asked me not to get angry easily, so I will naturally listen to her. But this does not mean that I don’t have a temper.”
“You slander me so much.”
“I will report this to His Majesty and I will exterminate your entire clan!”
Zhao Xun was terrified.
Zhan Wei was just an insignificant official, and was by no means comparable to Hu Leqi, the Imperial Censor and Military Inspector. He did not dare to accuse Hu Leqi easily, but now all the dirty water was thrown on him.
It made him anxious for a moment.
He is not afraid of death.
But he was afraid that he would be blamed by the folks in Shanhe City after his death.
General Li had put in all his efforts to protect Shanhe City and their homes for them. If they had misunderstood him, countless fellow villagers would have died. Even if he died, he would have found it difficult to meet his ancestors in the underworld.
He struggled to break free from Hu Leqi and continued to kneel in front of Li Yunfei, his voice filled with fear and urgency: “General Li, it’s true!”
“Really not!”
“Master Hu, no warning message was sent.”
“I watch the smoke signals every day and record them in my file. Even in the past few days, when the smoke signals were frequent, I stayed up for days and nights without sleep, but I also recorded them in my file.”
“But I have never seen the warning smoke signals sent by Lord Hu.”
Such heart-wrenching testimony made Hu Leqi a little angry, and he said angrily: “Nonsense.”
“Seven days ago, I ordered people to send out red smoke signals. A heart shape appeared on the smoke signals. The smoke signals were surging and burned for more than an hour. Do you dare to say that you didn’t see it?”
Zhao Xun, who was filled with fear and urgency, was stunned for a moment.
“Did I see the smoke signals, little one?”
“But……”
“What’s the but?”
Hu Leqi remembered it clearly, and continued, “Six days ago, at noon, I had someone send out blue smoke signals. The smoke signals appeared in the sky, and it was so beautiful. Do you dare to say you didn’t see it?”
“I, I, I, I saw it, but…”
“And…” Hu Leqi didn’t give Zhao Xun any chance to explain, and read out the three warning messages he had sent one by one.
Zhao Xun’s face became paler and paler as he spoke.
He could indeed see the three smoke signals clearly.
He also recorded it all.
But those colorful, prosperous-looking, dreamy smoke signals… are they warning signals?