Chapter 387: A Difficult Choice
Hearing that it was Du Qing coming, where did the guard dare to slack off, he hurriedly intervened to give a salute, and said, "General, please wait, the villain will report to the general!" After speaking, he turned around and ran towards the camp.
Now it is getting dark, Mu Wu has just finished inspecting the training of the soldiers under his command, and returned to the Chinese army tent to unload the armor, at this time someone came to report, the general Du Qing asked to see, and is now waiting outside the camp.
Du Qing will come to find him, Mu Wu is quite surprised, he and Du Qing have never met, let alone have a friendship, why did he come suddenly?
Mu Wu's mind was full of inexplicability, but he still went out of the camp to greet him in person.
After the two met, Mu Wu took the initiative to bow his hand and said with a smile: "I don't know if the general is coming, and I hope the general will not be surprised." ”
Du Qing hurriedly stepped forward, saluted Mu Wu deeply, and said, "General Mu is too polite, torture and kill the old man." ”
Mu Wu's first impression of Du Qing was good, and he felt that he didn't have the slightest domineering posture as an important minister in the court, so he waved his hand sideways and said, "General, please inside." ”
"General Mu, please!"
The two exchanged a few polite words and walked into the camp side by side.
After entering the Zhongjun tent, Mu Wu originally wanted to invite Du Qing to sit in the position of the commander, but Du Qing said that he would not say anything, seeing that he was not polite and humble, Mu Wu had to give up, and the two sat down separately.
After a few more polite words, Mu Wu opened his mouth and asked, "The general is here, there must be something, right?"
"Hehe!" Du Qing smiled slightly and said, "If you don't have anything to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, the old man is indeed in trouble." After a pause, he asked, "How is General Muwu's life in the Jin Kingdom?"
When Mu Wu heard this, the old face turned red, the questioner may not have intentional, but the listener definitely has a heart. He was originally a wooden general. Now that Mu Guo has been destroyed by Jin, he has failed to repay the country with death, but has defected to Jin Guo, and he is not without shame in his heart. He laughed dryly and said, "It's okay, it's okay!"
The two countries joined forces to cut wood, which was the meaning of the king and the imperial court. In front of Du Qing, Mu Wu didn't say much.
Du Qing glanced at Mu Wu deeply, and suddenly asked: "Could it be that General Mu Wu is willing to be a Jin Chen, and doesn't want to avenge Mu Guo and His Royal Highness King Mu?"
Mu Wu was dumbfounded, what did Du Qing mean by this? Could it be that he had made a special trip to test himself? His face was straight, and he hurriedly said: "The first king was cruel and immoral, and it was also the destiny of heaven to die in the two kingdoms of Jin and Chi, how dare the last general ......?"
He wasn't done yet. Du Qing laughed and said, "Jin and Chi joined forces to attack the wood, General Muwu really thinks that is the will of the king?"
"Is it ......?"
"The king has an order, but he was coerced by the minister Lin Haotian!" Du Qing gritted his teeth and said: "Lin Haotian used the henchmen in the court to bully the king everywhere and oppress the court, it has reached the point where it is unbearable, if General Muwu is really loyal to King Jin." He should be a thief for the country!"
These words were too shocking for Mu Wu, he could imagine it. Du Qing dared to say such things in public, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
Du Qing didn't give Mu Wu more time to think about it, so he directly took out the king's secret edict from his arms, handed it to Mu Wu, and said in a low voice: "General Muwu, this is the edict of rebellion written by the king himself. Please take a look at the general. ”
Mu Wu looked at the brocade scroll that Du Qing handed to him, swallowed and foamed, and did not react for a long time.
Du Qing narrowed his eyes, looked directly at Mu Wu, and said again: "Please take a look, general!"
Mu Wu returned to his senses. With trembling palms, he took the edict, unfolded it, and carefully read the contents from beginning to end. After reading it, he fell into deep thought again.
"General Mu Wu, the king has already counted Lin Haotian's crimes in the edict, now, it is a good time for the general to be loyal to the king, and it can be a shame for the country, what is the general hesitating about?" Du Qing stared at Mu Wu without blinking, and said in a gloomy and urgent tone.
"This ......" Mu Wu frowned and shook his head silently.
His hatred for Lin Haotian was actually not as deep as Du Qing imagined. As a wooden man, as a general of the dead country, Lin Haotian not only did not kill him, but also valued him, and even ignored his humble background and trusted him as the commander of the first army, which made Mu Wu's heart full of gratitude.
Of course, he also has a problem with Lin Haotian, after all, it was Lin Haotian who destroyed the Mu Kingdom and killed the Mu King. Mu Wu's current identity in the Jin Army is very embarrassing, and his feelings for Lin Haotian are also very complicated, but it is by no means a reversal.
What's more, this matter is very important, not just for him, but for the life and death of the officers and men of the whole army, how dare he make a hasty decision?
After being silent for a long time, he slowly put down the edict, raised his head, and said to Du Qing: "The king's edict, the last general has already read it, please go back and show the king that Mu Wu ...... Will make a decision as soon as possible!"
In Du Qing's mind, Mu Wu, who was a wooden general, should make a decision immediately after reading the edict, act according to the king's orders, rebel, and kill Lin Haotian, but in fact it was not the case at all, and he had to think again, which was far from Du Qing's expectations.
He frowned and asked rhetorically, "What's the matter?"
"No, no, no...... The last general will never mean that......"
"So is General Mu greedy for life and afraid of death?"
Hearing this, Mu Wu suddenly felt a sense of rejection in his heart, and he said with a straight face: "From the day the last general chose to join the army, he has already left his personal life and death behind...... "The last general is not worried about his own life and death, but about the life and death of the 150,000 soldiers of the whole army!"
He was only halfway through his words, and before he could say the second half of the sentence, Du Qing interrupted him and asked in a cold voice: "In that case, what else is General Mu worried about? The king's edict has been issued, and as a courtier, the general should act according to the order, is it just a promise that the general keeps saying that he is willing to be loyal to the king?"
Mu Wu's brows furrowed into a pimple, the king wanted to kill Lin Haotian on a whim, and gave himself such a so-called secret edict, but did the king ever think that once the Sixth Legion rebelled, he really killed Lin Haotian, and then what should he do? Can the Jin army give up? Where should the 150,000 soldiers under his command go? The Jin people didn't dare to do anything to Zhao Yu, but they would definitely kill the Sixth Legion!
Lin Haotian said that he could kill him, and did the Son of Heaven consider the consequences? Or maybe the king and the court only thought about themselves, and they didn't care about the final fate of the 150,000 soldiers of the Sixth Legion.
The Great King and the Imperial Court are just a group of selfish people! Mu Wu sighed in his heart, then straightened up and said: "General, the general will accept the edict at the end of the king, if the general has nothing else to do, please go back, this matter is ...... The last general will have to consult carefully with his brothers. ”
Seeing that Du Qing was about to speak, Mu Wu said again: "The last general is the commander of the Sixth Army, so he should think about the future of the soldiers under his command, where the Sixth Army will go, and the last general should also discuss with his brothers." ”
Mu Wu's resolute attitude was beyond Du Qing's imagination, seeing that his face was flushed and his breath was heavy, he knew that if he was again, it might backfire.
Du Qing nodded, and at the same time sighed, let go of his soft tone, moved with emotion, and said reasonably: "General Mu, if you don't get rid of Lin Haotian, sooner or later the king will die at the hands of this thief, and the Jin Kingdom will also fall in his hands." The old man did not say a word to the general as a general but as a subject of a country, for the sake of the king and the common people of the Jin country, the general should not care about personal life and death, but should focus on the overall situation!" As he spoke, he stood up tremblingly and arched his hand: "Old man...... I will take my leave first, and sit in the house and wait for the general's reply!"
When these soft words came down, Mu Wu was also moved. He hurriedly stood up as well, and arched his hand and said, "General, the last general will send you!"
"No need, General, please stay, General...... Let's take a good look at the king's edict, there is the king's blood and tears in it, the king and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are waiting for the general......" As he spoke, Du Qing slowly walked out of the Chinese military tent.
Du Qing left, Mu Wu sat in the tent, deep in thought, and did not move for a long time.
Since it was the edict of the king, he should act according to the edict, but he had such and such concerns, and for a while, he hesitated, not knowing what to do.
Just when he was undecided, someone outside the tent reported that Bai Phosphorus asked to see him. (To be continued......)