zChapter 880 - Imperial Daughter Heads South (2/2)
The two servants thought about it and thought that this was true, but they truly felt unreconciled, thus Huang Quan cursed the eighth prince once again. It was only when Ban Zou could not hold back and also chimed in with a few curses that she felt a bit better.
In the South, ever since Xuan Tian Ming had begun an investigation of the Southern Army, the people who had communicated with Gu Shu under orders from the eighth prince, Xuan Tian Mo, began to appear. There were a total of 20 people that fell into their grasp. When Xi Fang brought this report, he was not at all surprised, even saying: “There are definitely more, but to continue investigating would consume too much time. This will do for now!”
Because Deputy General Jiang Xuan had been locked up, the Southern Army’s camp had been in a state of lacking a leader the entire time. But it was not without someone to manage it. Xuan Tian Ming had sent a group of people to take care of the matters over there. At the same time, he had Xi Fang investigate their internal affairs. The Southern Army was dissatisfied with this in the beginning, but when the Divine Intent Army carried their guns and shot into the sky, the army of 300 thousand became obedient! Nobody dared to provoke Xuan Tian Ming’s troops.
On the day that Xuan Tian Ming arrived, the people all came out of their tents and watched the figure in purple robes ride a camel. They could still remember Xuan Tian Ming launching an attack on Sha Ping City with those thunderous sounds. There were many people that believed that this sort of shock would leave a horrifying impression on them for the remainder of their lives. It was such that when Xuan Tian Ming stood before them, regardless of whether or not they had originally favored the eighth prince, they all felt horror when it came to His Highness Prince Yu.
Xuan Tian Ming held the military tally and gave the order to gather the army. When the 300 thousand people gathered, a large amount of dust was kicked up; however, he did not move. His eyes did not even squint a little. He just sat atop the tall camel and looked at the people crowded together below. The purple lotus on his brow looked even more mystical.
Jiang Xuan had also been brought over from the camp to the South of Sha Ping City. It was just that the soldiers that had accompanied Xuan Tian Ming also rode camels, while they had tied a rope around his neck. It was as though they were walking a dog. When the Southern Army saw Jiang Xuan’s appearance, they felt even more horrified by the ninth prince.
In Da Shun, everyone knew that the ninth prince was an extremely capricious person, and he was also very willful, yet the Emperor just happened to favor him. It was such that he had developed this carefree personality from childhood. This was not all. Even after growing up and receiving the rights to lead an army, he was still so discourteous towards his deputy general. For some people, their impression of Xuan Tian Ming dropped drastically.
But Xuan Tian Ming did not care about such things. He would do whatever he had planned to do. He had never needed to explain it to irrelevant people. He was indeed the general, but he was only responsible for his own soldiers. Although these people were now under his command, they only listened to the tally in his hand. In their hearts was actually old eighth, who was in the capital. They did not view him as their general. Why should he believe that they would respect him?
300 thousand troops faced Xuan Tian Ming’s group of not-quite-100 people; however, they did not have any semblance of an imposing manner. They could not create a feeling of oppression that came from having over 100 times more people. Because Xuan Tian Ming’s people were holding guns, with just a casual pull of the trigger, the people across from them could only wait to die.
Xi Fang took the initiative to take a couple steps forward. Receiving the rope that held Jiang Xuan, he coldly looked at the 300 thousand troops and loudly said: “Do you know why Deputy General Jiang has met with this end result?”
The people shook their heads, and someone bold said: “The new general does not like us.”
Xi Fang loudly laughed, “Bullshit! Our general has always treated soldiers like his own comrades. When going onto the battlefield to kill the enemy, he always charges forward first. Regardless of what danger he might face, he would never use a comrade’s life to save his own! When traveling, he would share the good tea and food that he has, while he himself would drink the dregs. Even the pastries that he brings along would be given to the younger comrades, while he himself eats a plain steamed bun. Do you think that this sort of general would dislike soldiers?”
“That’s to you guys! It’s different with us!” Someone felt that this was unfair, “You are his people!”
“Say that again?” Xi Fang became furious and immediately ordered for that person to be dragged out, “You mean to say that we are the general’s people, but you are not? General is holding the military tally for the Southern Army of 300 thousand troops. You don’t acknowledge yourselves as his people, so I must ask, whose people are you?”
“We…” That person was tongue-tied and had no ability to argue. He could not say that he was one of the eighth prince’s people and unrelated to the eighth prince, right?
Xi Fang continued: “General has always treated the soldiers as his own people. Today, we will not hide it from you. The reason that the 300 thousand troops have been gathered here, the reason that Jiang Xuan is on a leash like a dog and the reason that you have been left to move about freely these past few days while also having more people stationed here as guards, do you really not understand why?”