Han Yue left the military camp without permission, and Princess Yun Qiao suddenly proposed that attacking the immortals was a perverse act. These two things immediately chilled the hearts of all the generals of the Qilin Army.
You know, the driving force that has been supporting them in moving towards Jiutian City is the support of the royal family.
But now, even Yun Qiao has said that this crusade was wrong, so what should these generals do?
Yuan Qiao is the daughter that King Mo loves very much. If they continue the crusade now, then if they win, they will offend King Mo and those who share the same idea as Yuan Qiao.
But is the possibility of winning high?
If we do not continue the crusade, we will directly offend Emperor Yuan.
In other words, no matter whether the Qilin Army is advancing or retreating, winning or losing, it will be difficult for it to gain a good reputation or have a good ending.
This is why no general in the palace took the initiative to step forward.
Because they have been through many battles and are very far-sighted, they know that this is not the right thing to do.
Only a fool like the current General Qilin would lead the army into battle recklessly without thinking carefully about the details.
"Yuan Qiao, do you know what you are saying? Do you know what you represent? Do your parents know that you are doing this?" General Qilin knew that if Yuan Qiao continued to hold this attitude, it would surely cause chaos in the army, so he drank immediately.
"General, although I cannot represent the attitude of the royal family, I can represent the attitude of King Mo. Besides me, there are many other children of noble families who think that this expedition is a mistake. General, please order the troops to withdraw for the sake of the people, the lives of the soldiers, and to avoid punishment from the gods."
Yuan Qiao said this and bowed to General Qilin.
"you..."
In extreme anger, General Qilin no longer intended to please Yuan Qiao, but pointed at her and said, "Come here, Princess Yuan Qiao has gone insane, take her into a tent and keep her under strict guard, and don't let her come in contact with anyone."
At this point, General Qilin had no choice but to put Yuan Qiao under house arrest and hand her over to King Mo after returning.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
But who would have thought that after General Qilin made this decision, none of his personal soldiers came in, but instead a group of noble children came in.
Their status was not as high as Yuan Qiao's, so as soon as they appeared, they all knelt on the ground and yelled at General Qilin.
"Please, General, don't do this!"
"General, please don't trigger the punishment from heaven!"
"General, please think about the people!"
"General, please think about the soldiers!"
Four requests, four heart-piercing words, almost made General Qilin so angry that he swung his sword and killed them.
"Damn it, you are a bunch of cowards. You clearly don't dare to participate in the war. You even talk about doing evil things and causing punishment from heaven. I tell you that punishment from heaven will never come. There is no punishment from heaven in this world."
Although General Qilin was angry, he knew that he had to stabilize the morale of the army first, at least to prevent the generals around him from sharing the same idea as Yuan Qiao.
After all, although he was a great general, in this civilization where communication basically relied on shouting, one person could not command an army of 100,000.
"General, since you said there is no heavenly punishment, how about we make a bet?"
Yuan Qiao seized upon General Qilin's words and immediately proposed to make a bet.
She brought it up at this time, leaving General Qilin with no choice.
If General Qilin does not agree to the bet, it means that he also believes in divine punishment.
Since they knew that divine punishment was coming, who among the soldiers would be willing to attack Chen Mo?
You have to know that the reason they went on this expedition was because Emperor Yuan personally told them that Chen Mo was a demon, a monster, and a rebellious immortal, and that God would not favor Chen Mo at all, and that they sent troops to enforce justice on behalf of God.
But if heavenly punishment comes, it will prove that they are acting against heaven.
Therefore, once General Qilin does not dare to gamble with Yuan Qiao, it proves that heavenly punishment will occur, and they are acting against heaven.
As a result, with the organization of someone with ulterior motives, these 100,000 troops might all defect to Jiutian City and join the side favored by God.
General Qilin naturally did not want to see such consequences.
So, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say, "I bet with you! God's punishment will never come."
"Okay, if the punishment from heaven doesn't come at noon today, then I will be the vanguard of the Qilin army and fight bravely for the general. But what if the punishment from heaven comes?"
When Yuan Qiao heard that General Qilin agreed to the bet, he immediately struck while the iron was hot and continued to ask questions.
"If divine punishment comes, it will prove that we are acting against heaven." This is all General Qilin could say.
"Very good! Since this is against the will of heaven, it proves that you, General Qilin, are totally unqualified. Then, I want everyone present to bear witness for me and deprive him of his military position as General Qilin. At the same time, I will temporarily give the seal of command to me for safekeeping."
Yuan Qiao was a princess, and she had no right to deprive the general of his title. However, because this incident involved divine punishment, no one dared to object to her words.
In addition, given her status as the leader of the group, she asked to take charge of the command seal after the divine punishment came, which meant she would become the new Qilin General. Naturally, others had no objection.
"Humph! Yuan Qiao, you are helping me in this way. After I successfully kill the evil spirit, I will tell the story to Emperor Yuan!"
General Qilin didn't want to say any more to Yu Yuanqiao, so he stood up and walked out of his tent, wanting to find a quiet place.
In fact, he could also order people to drive Yuan Qiao away, but since his personal guards were all timid, he simply left his tent himself and stopped looking at Yuan Qiao and the noble children who were annoying him.
After he left, Yuan Qiao turned his attention to the other generals.
"Everyone, General Qilin has done such a perverse thing, and the punishment from heaven will surely come. So if you don't want to die under the punishment from heaven, follow me to the outermost area of the army."
After saying that, Yuan Qiao ignored everyone's reactions and led his men to the edge of the army.
In addition to these, the personal soldiers of the noble children also joined the team one by one.
In this way, Yuan Qiao had not walked far when her team had grown to more than 200 people.
By the time she arrived at the edge of the army, the number of people had increased to a terrifying number of more than 3,000.
Among these more than 3,000 people, there are only more than 100 children of nobles, and including their personal soldiers, there are only more than 1,000 people.
As for the remaining one thousand or so people, they were all soldiers with the same idea.
In the military camp of General Qilin.
When Yuan Qiao left, all the noble sons who followed her stood up and followed her.
As a result, there were only a group of generals left in the entire tent, looking at each other.
Fortunately, since they were able to become generals, their will was still very firm.
Even though they were stimulated just now and had a brief hesitation, as long as the heavenly punishment did not appear, they would eventually choose to follow General Qilin.
"Hey! I hope there is no punishment from heaven in this world, otherwise..."
An old lieutenant sighed and then walked out of the general's tent.
Afterwards, other generals also left.