Nangong Ye looked at Li Tao's stubborn eyes and couldn't help but tremble.
"You...you haven't repented until now. Do you have to gather forces with General Dongfang and kill all the rebels under your command before you can return from your lost ways?
Back then, several of your uncles joined forces to gather 400,000 rebels, but they couldn't even resist more than 200,000 elite troops for ten days.
With more than 100,000 mobs recruited by yourself, you want to succeed in the rebellion?"
After Nangong Ye finished speaking, he glanced at the Prince of Shu, Li Geng, from the corner of his eye. He lowered his head involuntarily, his face full of unnaturalness.
"If your skills are not as good as others, I will be convinced.
But uncle, don't forget, if you hadn't arrived in time, my son would have already invaded the capital on his own.
Although the capital's 60,000 imperial troops rushed back in time to save King Qin.
However, among the 100,000 forbidden troops, only about 40,000 soldiers and horses are elite soldiers who have experienced battles.
With them included, it is only a matter of time before the kid breaks through the capital.
I can single-handedly capture the well-defended capital, which has proven to the world that I am stronger than my elder brother."
"You relied on the power of artillery. Otherwise, it would be a question whether you could attack the city wall with just the rabble under your command."
Li Tao stood up directly and stared at Nangong Ye's slightly disdainful eyes.
"You are elite border troops, but didn't you rely on the power of artillery to attack the Jin Kingdom, so you were able to capture the Jin Kingdom's heavily defended and fortified city so easily in just one year?
Can you elites use artillery to attack a city?
Why can't children use artillery to attack the city?
My uncle originally forged artillery for the convenience of siege.
If you don’t use them, what’s the point of casting them?”
Li Tao's powerful rebuttal left Nangong Ye speechless. He closed his eyes and sighed and became silent.
After a long time, Nangong Ye sighed deeply: "Child, stop it.
Now you only have about 110,000 troops after all the attacks are completed.
When General Dongfang and his uncle join forces in the city two days later, let alone your 110,000 soldiers and horses, even if you gather another 110,000 soldiers and horses, it is impossible for the rebellion to succeed.
There are 110,000 of you, and you don't even have the strength to compete head-on with the 50,000 cavalry under my uncle's command.
Once my uncle joins forces with General Dongfang.
If you fight to the death, your entire army will be wiped out in less than ten days.
Now stop in time, thinking that you have not caused a big disaster, your uncle and your grandmother will intercede for you, and your majesty will treat you lightly.
It is inevitable to lose your freedom and be imprisoned in the clan mansion. It is better than losing your life.
You are only sixteen years old, and you still have a long time to go. Don’t go down the road of no return! Brothers fighting tigers, father and son go into battle.
Now that foreign troubles are still going on, there is actually going to be civil strife between you brothers.
How can you let your father's spirit rest in peace in heaven?
Be obedient and stop."
Li Tao listened to his uncle Nangong Ye's sincere words of admonition, and was silent for a long time, then lowered his head and sneered twice.
“It’s my fault, Li Tao, that I was born at the wrong time; it’s my fault, Li Tao, that I was unlucky.
If my cousin Liu Chengzhi is interested in me, the person who said these words today is not your uncle, but me, Li Tao.
It's a pity that my uncle Liu Mingzhi was a hero, but he gave birth to such a naughty son like his cousin Liu Chengzhi.
Knowing that his father's death was unknown, he accepted the imperial court's comfort so cowardly.
But Liu Chengzhi has 30% of his uncle's heroic spirit.
I'm Li Tao.
Why did Li Tao, the Great Dragon King of Zhao, end up like this?"
With a face full of reluctance, Li Tao loudly vented the anger in his heart and showed a self-deprecating smile.
Looking at Nangong Ye's stunned eyes, he picked up the pot and poured a cup of tea and walked towards Nangong Ye.
"Uncle.
A child who raises an army to rebel is a crime worthy of death.
Since I dare to rebel, I don't think I can return to Zhao land alive.
Although the child is no match for your elite 100,000 border troops.
But the child was not willing to plead guilty and be executed in such a cowardly way.
I am the son of Li Baiyu, the Great Dragon Wuzong, and the King of Great Dragon Zhao.
I am a king, and I cannot die like this.
Although I am no match for you, I can at least choose to die in battle and die heroically.
Although Li Tao died, he would not dishonor the blood and dignity of the royal family.
If you dare to take four people and break into the main camp of the Boy's Army alone, you must have already arranged backup for the deputy general.
Even if you force the child to stay, you won't be able to change anything.
Uncle, please come back after drinking this cup of tea.
See you on the battlefield."
Nangong Ye stared blankly at the tea that Li Tao handed to him for a while: "My child, do you really want to go to the end of the road of no return?"
"Uncle, you've already rebelled, how can you turn back?"
Nangong Ye silently stared at the calm-looking Li Tao for a while.
"Since my uncle can't persuade you, let someone else do it. Let your soldiers send the four brothers under my command in."
Li Tao glanced at Nangong Ye in surprise and shook his head firmly: "Uncle, forget it, it doesn't matter whoever it is, I won't change my mind."
"Let's meet. Maybe you will change your mind."
Li Tao looked at Nangong Ye's eyes full of meaning, pondered for a moment and nodded to the soldiers beside him.
During the tea time, four of Nangong Ye's soldiers walked in, guarding two beautiful figures of almost the same height.
"Tao'er!"
"elder brother!"
Li Tao looked in astonishment at the concubine He Shu and the younger sister Li Jingyao who walked into the tent.
"Mother, sister, what are you doing..."
As Li Tao spoke, his expression quickly changed and he looked at Nangong Ye who was standing aside.
"Uncle, what do you mean?"
Nangong Ye looked at He Shu, who was staring at Li Tao with tears flashing in his beautiful eyes, and sighed at the somewhat haggard Li Jingyao.
"Your Majesty sent someone to fetch the concubine from Zhao. I hope she can persuade you to step back from the cliff in time."
He Shu's delicate body trembled and she walked towards Li Tao, looking at Li Tao's gloomy face with water mist and tiredness in her eyes.
"Tao'er, listen to mother and stop.
Your eldest brother... His Majesty said that as long as you step back from the brink, you can avoid death.
Now that all the elite members of the imperial court have returned, you have no chance of winning!
Be obedient, okay? If something happens to you, how will your mother live in the future?"
"Brother! I'm afraid!"
"Mother...mother concubine! Little sister! I...I can't look back."
"Uncle, my eldest brother should not do anything to anger his mother, concubine, and sister!"
"No, but if you insist on not repenting, my uncle dare not say how far things will go."
Li Tao trembled when he heard this, and fell silent looking at the panicked expressions of his mother-in-law and younger sister Li Jingyao.
"My child, please go back. Mother only has you and Jingyao to depend on each other. If you have another trouble, Jingyao will be alone from now on. How can you let mother survive?"
Mother, please, please don’t continue to do stupid things. If you don’t look back, you will die. Do you know, mother, please kneel down for you, okay..."
Li Tao supported He Shu who was about to kneel down to him. He looked at the sorrow, worry and fear in his mother's eyes. He turned to look at Nangong Ye, who had been silent for a long time before kneeling in front of He Shu with a plop.
He kowtowed three times.
"The child is unfilial and makes the mother and concubine worried."
"Son, mother doesn't blame you. As long as you are good, mother will never blame you.
Go back, mother can't live without you."
Nangong Ye turned his head to the side with a disappointed look.
How pitiful are the hearts of parents in the world.
"Mother and concubine, if the child raises an army to rebel, he will die.
If I can see my mother and concubine for the last time, the child will die with peace of mind.
Please forgive the child for his unfilial piety, as he will no longer be able to serve his mother and fulfill his filial piety.
Uncle, I, Li Tao, am willing to die to atone for the sins of my mother, concubine, younger sister, and the 110,000 soldiers under my command.
I hope that after the child's death, the court can forgive their crimes.
But I asked my uncle to give me a message for my eldest brother.
Although I, Li Tao, am dead.
But I’m still not convinced.”
After Li Tao finished speaking, without He Shu reacting, he took out the Junzi Sword with a cold light from his waist and wiped it towards his neck.
"don't want......."
There was a soft clang.
The long sword in Li Tao's hand was knocked out by the tea cup in Nangong Ye's hand, and fell to the ground.
Nangong Ye looked at the scratch on Li Tao's neck, which was soaked with bright red blood, and shook his head lightly.
"Whether you live or die, you should be handed over to His Majesty..."
Boom! Boom! Boom...
Suddenly, the rumbling warning drums sounded on the walls of the capital. The drums were fast and dense, dull and melodious.
In an instant, the atmosphere inside and outside the capital became tense.
Nangong Ye looked towards the capital in astonishment.
What happened that caused such a fierce warning of war drums?
Are there enemy troops approaching the city?
But such a dense early warning war drum would require at least 200,000 enemy troops.
The 200,000-strong army should have the momentum, how could you not hear any movement from where you are?
Nangong Ye waved to the four soldiers.
"Look at King Zhao!"
"Got the order!"
After Nangong Ye finished speaking, he held the weapon on his waist and ran towards the outside of Li Tao's military camp in a somewhat glum manner.