"Li Dutong, we have been stationed here for many days, why haven't you gone to knock on the pass?"
"If this delay is continued for a long time, it may be detrimental to our army!"
A general was persuading Li Xianzhong at this time.
"You don't even know the strength of the bandit army, so you rashly urge me to lead troops to attack Guangcheng Pass?"
"Since I haven't attacked Guangcheng Pass for a long time, of course I have my own plan!"
Li Xianzhong responded.
"But now there are rumors in the camp!"
"If you don't knock on the gate, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be disturbed!"
The general continued talking.
"Gossip?"
"What rumors are circulating in the camp now?"
Since Li Xianzhong was released by Xu Xian, he has been staying in his military tent and has almost never gone out. Of course, he does not understand the situation outside.
"The rumor is that...the soldiers are all talking privately, saying that they are worried that Li Dutong has secretly communicated with the enemy, and sooner or later he will lead us soldiers to surrender to the thieves!"
The general said it truthfully.
"Who said that?"
"Who said that this general wants to surrender to the traitor?"
"Let's go... follow this general to take a look!"
Li Xianzhong was shocked when he heard the news and hurried out of the camp.
After a while, Li Xianzhong ordered people to summon all the senior generals in the army.
"I, Li Xianzhong, have summoned you here today not for anything else but to ask you a question!"
"Why on earth do you suspect that I, Li Xianzhong, am treason?"
"Do you think that I, Li Xianzhong, am really a slave of the three surnames?"
Li Xianzhong began to question his generals.
"Li Dutong!"
"We didn't... how dare we doubt you!"
"yes!"
"How come we are suspicious of you, Li Dutong?"
"You people, don't deceive Li Xianzhong!"
"We are just suspicious of Li Dutong, what's wrong?"
"If Li Dutong had not collaborated with the enemy, why would the enemy have released General Li unharmed?"
"Why didn't Li Dutong explain anything to us for a few days after he came back, and why didn't he lead troops to attack Guangcheng Pass?"
"Can you still say without conscience that you have no doubts about these things?"
Suddenly a general named Guo Yong came out and interrupted the others.
"good!"
"Since you, Guo Tongzhi, have raised these questions, I, Li Xianzhong, will explain to you, explain!"
"First of all, the rebel bandits let me go, Li Xianzhong, all because I, Li Xianzhong, had a lot of friendship with the bandit leader Xu Xian, so the bandit leader Xu Xian let me go out of affection!"
"But I, Li Xianzhong, promise that I will never collaborate with the enemy regardless of my status as the commander of the Song Dynasty just because a traitor lets me go!"
"Secondly, I didn't explain to you when I came back, nor did I lead troops to attack Guangcheng Pass. It's because I already understood the general situation of Guangcheng Pass, so I have been thinking about how to capture Guangcheng Pass these days, so I didn't
Meet you!"
"And I, Li Xianzhong, came out today to lead you to capture Guangcheng Pass!"
Li Xianzhong explained one by one.
"Li Dutong!"
"Have you really thought of a way to capture Guangcheng Pass?"
"It turns out that Li Dutong was trying to figure out how to capture Guangcheng Pass!"
"It seems we have misunderstood Li Dutong!"
"We really misunderstood Li Dutong!"
"Li Dutong, we were wrong!"
"We were wrong!"
At this time, all the generals came to apologize to Li Xianzhong.
"You are not wrong!"
"correct!"
"Li Xianzhong is a collaborator with the enemy!"
Suddenly, a strange figure appeared behind the generals.
"You...who are you?"
"Why should we, Li Dutong, be unlimited?"
Immediately a general came out to question the man.
"Take a good look at yourself and see who I am!"
The visitor opened an edict.
"You...you are the staff advisor sent by the Holy One?"
After the general saw the handwriting on the edict, he immediately understood the identity of this person.
"Yes!"
"I am the new staff advisor Shao Hongyuan!"
"And the Holy Father also ordered me to come here to investigate Li Xianzhong's collaboration with the enemy!"
It turns out that this person is actually Shao Hongyuan.
"Commander Shao, you said that I, Li Xianzhong, am a collaborator with the enemy!"
"What evidence do you have?"
Li Xianzhong was naturally very dissatisfied with Shao Hongyuan who had such an arrogant attitude.
"Didn't you just say that the leader of the thieves, Xu Xian, let you go out of past feelings?"
"As a leading general, you actually have a deep friendship with the bandit leader. Are you not collaborating with the enemy and treason?"
"And during the Battle of Dengzhou, you did not send more troops to Dengzhou to help Wang Zhen capture Dengzhou as soon as possible. As a result, our army was defeated miserably in the Battle of Dengzhou, and all 30,000 soldiers were killed at the hands of thieves. Isn't this a crime of dereliction of duty on your part?
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"So you, Li Xianzhong, not only neglected your duty, but also committed the serious crime of collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country!"
"Do you still dare not to plead guilty?"
Shao Hongyuan questioned.
"Since you regard the friendship I had with Thief Xu as collaboration with the enemy and the country!"
"I, Li Xianzhong, am indeed to blame for the defeat of Dengzhou!"
"Since you were sent by the Holy One to punish me, Li Xianzhong, then I have nothing to say!"
Li Xianzhong didn't know what to explain, so he simply admitted it.
"good!"
"Now that Li Dutong has confessed!"
"Catch him yet!"
"Bring him back to Lin'an immediately and hand him over to the Criminal Department for disposal!"
Shao Hongyuan ordered.
"Master Shao!"
"You can't wish Li Dutong like this!"
"Li Dutong has just explained to us that it has not collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country!"
"It really is not a traitor to the enemy!"
"Moreover, the two armies are fighting, and the winner has not yet been determined. How can the general's crime be easily cured?"
"yes!"
"I believe Li Dutong is innocent!"
"It is absolutely impossible for Li Dutong to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country!"
All the generals began to speak for Li Xianzhong.
"Do you believe Li Dutong is innocent?"
"Then where is your evidence?"
"Since there is no evidence, don't believe anyone!"
"Besides, Li Dutong himself has just confessed his crime, and you still want to protect the criminal. Are you also ignoring our military law of the Song Dynasty?"
The general named Guo Yong came out to speak again.
"You don't have to explain to me, Li Xianzhong!"
"Justice prevails in people's hearts. I, Li Xianzhong, am not afraid to return to the Ministry of Criminal Justice to accept investigation!"
"But I hope that Commander Shao can give me Li Xianzhong three days to capture the rebel Guangcheng Pass within these three days!"
Li Xianzhong turned his attention to Shao Hongyuan.
"Three days?"
"Could it be that you want to find a way to lead the soldiers to defect to your new master Xu Thief in these three days?"
"I, Shao Hongyuan, am here to tell you, it's impossible!"
"You must hand over your command seal immediately today and return to Lin'an for trial!"
Shao Hongyuan seemed unwilling to give Li Xianzhong any chance.
"Shao Hongyuan?"
"What...what do you mean?"
"Why are you always my enemy, Li Xianzhong?"
Li Xianzhong's dissatisfaction was fully expressed at this time.
"I have no intention of being an enemy to you. Everything I do is entrusted by the Holy Spirit!"
"Since you have confessed your crime, please don't embarrass these soldiers!"