Dong Gongwang's sudden appearance, especially when he came with Li Ling, made Cui Chengshuang feel a great threat, and an extremely bad feeling has arisen from his heart.

But after all, he is a general of many battles who has been trained on the battlefield for many years. Although things happened suddenly and were caught off guard, he still could maintain his mentality. At least there was no strangeness on his face. There was only surprise: "Cui Shuangcheng, a man who has seen the Grand Marshal! Grand Marshal, why did you come here suddenly? But what happened in Yunzhou? If you have a place to be useful for the Grand Marshal and ask someone to send an order, the Grand Marshal will immediately lead the troops there. Why do you have to work hard to travel this time?"

Cui Shuangcheng, who had already calmed down, bowed and visited him, and asked such a series of questions with great concern. He seemed to be caring, but in fact he hid many questions and even blamed him. After all, the war in Yunzhou is in a tight position and he has not been able to defeat him for a long time. Dong Gongwang shouldn't leave without authorization.

Gong Wang looked at this general who was also promoted by himself. Although he had a smile on his face, there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes. As Li Ling mentioned before, Cui Chengshuang was indeed distracted from him. However, from his movements and tone, he could not tell that the old general was inappropriate. He smiled and held the other party, then stepped in, sat in the top position, and then pointed to the seat next to him: "You all sit down and talk first." The word "we" naturally included Li Ling.

When Dong Shuai spoke, the soldiers inside and outside the hall did not dare to be arrogant anymore. After hesitating for a while, they retreated decisively. Although they were Cui Chengshuang's personal soldiers, none of them dared to disobey Dong Shuai's orders.

Seeing this, Li Ling felt sure that he did the right thing this time, but Cui Chengshuang was secretly unhappy and obviously felt that he was completely suppressed. This was the key to his willingness to take the risk to get a chance. However, he did not dare to express himself on the surface. After saying that, he took his seat like Li Ling.

With just one action and one sentence, Dong Gongwang turned his back and became the person who dominated the scene.

He looked at the two people in front of him with a smile and said, "I can understand everything just now. You are too fucked by Chengshuang. Why don't you give Lord Li a chance to explain and be punished for him? If there is any hidden truth and I am not here, wouldn't you kill a good person by mistake? At that time, the court will also punish you severely?"

"Master General Rong Bi, it is not that he really has a grudge against Lord Li, but that he has to do this for military discipline." Cui Chengshuang knew that he could not retreat in this matter, so he said solemnly, "Mr. Li had a big problem with the food he sent before. This time, it was ten days late for the replenishment. And he himself said that the food and supplies transported this time were less than half of the original amount...Master General, as the saying goes, the three armies should go ahead before they move the food and grass. How can such a big thing be a joke? I must give an explanation to the soldiers under my command, otherwise how can I convince the public in the future if the morale of the army is shaken?"

After saying this great truth, it was really a bit righteous, but Li Ling just curled his lips and immediately retorted: "General Cui, I have already explained it. I have not tried my best to do anything to harm the public or private. Even if I have such a mind, I don't have such a courage to embezzle military rations. I am really attacked by foreign enemies along the way. In order to save half of the military rations and supplies, my brothers with me have suffered heavy casualties and have done all their duties. Of course, I also admit that half of the food was responsible for being destroyed, but I dare not admit that you want to take the charge of greed for ink military rations on my head!"

"Hmph, it's clear that it's just a quibble. These are just one-sided words of yours. How can people believe it? I just said that this is the northern border, and there are more than 100,000 troops from all over the country in a radius of hundreds of miles nearby. They are brave enough to dare to fight for military rations on the front line? This is clearly a lie you made up to cover up your mistakes!" Cui Chengshuang was already in a difficult position at this time, and could only stick to his previous statement.

After a pause, he looked at Dong Gongwang who was frowning: "The Grand Marshal clearly understands. In fact, such methods are not uncommon. In the past, some officials who were not good at doing things used the excuse of encountering thieves and bandits as excuses. If it was true, Yunzhou or Bazhou would not know, but how could other cities along the way not have any reaction? So the humble official can assert that he was lying!

"If the general cannot tell the right and wrong, he may not dare to disobey his humble position, but the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command can't rub the sand! They have just experienced a life-and-death battle, and there are many casualties. Now there are still people who dare to deduct their military rations. If they are encouraged by those who are interested, they are afraid..."

This was to threaten Dong Gongwang with a mutiny in the army. Cui Chengshuang finally took the courage to take the step towards becoming an enemy of Dong Gongwang for his own interests. When he said this, Dong Gongwang's old eyes were stunned at first, and then a flash of light: "Why, as the chief general of the army, can't even restrain these soldiers? Or do they think that if they have made some contributions, they can be lawless?"

The old general's words were low, and there was obviously an invisible pressure to press against the other party, which made Cui Chengshuang twist his body uneasy. But soon, he calmed down again and looked back at the other party without escaping: "The last general is just a matter of matter, and I hope the general will put the overall situation first in everything!"

"A good situation is the most important thing. Is the so-called overall situation meant to wrongly accuse a person who has made merits and no demerits?" Dong Gongwang finally couldn't help but slammed the table, "Li Ling, do you have evidence to prove that what he said is true?"

"Some, not only are the enemies and the corpses of our brothers in the army that can be used as physical evidence, but also testimony and confession. They are all in our camp now. The officials said this to General Cui just now, but he refused to adopt it at all." Li Ling replied immediately.

Cui Chengshuang opened his mouth angrily, but it was difficult to refute it, because the conversations just now, Dong Gongwang, who was standing outside the hall as a guard, was heard by his own ears. He could not open his eyes and talk lies, right? Dong Gongwang did not give him too much time to react, and immediately slapped the table and said, "Since that's the case, it's easy to find out. If someone sends the relevant evidence and physical evidence, you can also let the defenders in the city take a look. It's easy to hide such a thing from one person, but it's not difficult to hide tens of thousands of soldiers in the city, right?"

"But the Grand Marshal..." Cui Chengshuang was a little panicked when he heard this. He never expected that Gongwang Dong would make such a big deal, and he wanted to call on the soldiers of the whole city to come and check it together.

Li Ling instantly understood the purpose of Dong Gongwang. He was trying to prevent Cui Chengshuang from jumping into the wall and taking a gamble. If he only found out the truth in this yamen, he might end up taking risks for his own success or failure and killing all the relevant people. But as long as the matter was put in front of everyone, with Dong Gongwang's identity and prestige, Cui Chengshuang would no longer be able to take the wrong path in front of everyone.

So Jiang is still old, and Li Ling nodded quickly and responded: "The officials thought this was the best. If you prove that what I said was false in front of everyone, you don't need to take action. I, Li Ling, will punish myself and thank the soldiers of the border!"

"Okay! Then that's it!" Dong Gongwang didn't give Cui Chengshuang any chance to object. He immediately stood up and walked out, and ordered, "You all go out to pass the orders and mobilize the troops in the city, and find out the matter in the open space on the crossroads over there."

Among those personal soldiers, some people hesitated to look at their heads, while others agreed and turned around and left after being watched by Gong Dong. Seeing this, Cui Chengshuang felt even more sank. When things reached this point, he couldn't even stop them.

This made him feel very angry, but he was helpless. After all, he underestimated Dong Shuai's prestige in the minds of all the soldiers. Even if he was just alone, he could control the entire situation. No, the one he really underestimated was Li Ling. He never expected that this guy not only had a great life, but also had such ability to invite Dong Shuai over. Could it be that he and Dong Shuai have any friendship?

At this moment, Cui Chengshuang regretted his previous cowardice. If Dong Gongwang had not recognized his identity when he showed up, he took him and Li Ling together, or even killed him together, he would not have had so many worries.

It’s a pity that he had missed the opportunity, and he took the initiative to admit his identity, so he fell into a passive position. Now it seems that it is unlikely that he will take Li Ling’s life again.

When Cui Chengshuang stood in the hall with regret, Li Ling and the others had already strode out and soon came outside the yamen. As the orders were conveyed, the entire Bazhou City also caused a sensation.

Cui Chengshuang has actually been building momentum for military rations for a long time. Of course, the statement is very unfavorable to Li Ling and the others. Even the batch of officials who transported grain were detained in the army before. Everyone is quite dissatisfied with this and scolds and accusations a lot on weekdays. They originally had the intention to deal with them today.

But now, things have become more complicated, and there are Dong Shuai, who is truly respected by all the soldiers of Jinzhou, who have personally judged, which naturally attracted everyone's attention. With the order issued, the soldiers stationed in all parts of the city quickly gathered, and in less than an hour, they all came to the crossroads.

Bazhou is a border military prefecture, so the land is vast and the people are sparse, which makes the streets in the city much wider than other cities. This crossroads look particularly empty due to their location. At this time, it looks like a schoolyard, with tens of thousands of soldiers and horses marching here, but they are not crowded.
Chapter completed!