"This...it's better for me to ask the Holy One for permission to allow Liu Dutong to go home to recuperate temporarily!"
At this time, Yang Cunzhong was caring about Liu Qi who was lying on the bed in the camp and was vomiting continuously.
"No...it's okay!"
"I'm fine!"
"No…!"
As Liu Qi spoke, he suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood.
"Liu Dutong, you are so sick, you may continue to stay in this military camp!"
"I must, I must have someone arrange for you immediately to return to Lin'an for treatment!"
"Someone...come here!"
Yang Cunzhong was naturally very worried when he saw Liu Qi was so ill.
"don't want!"
"Stop calling people!"
"I am the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army. If the soldiers know that I am so ill, or I go to the rebel army, what will happen?"
"Moreover, our army in the middle route has now suffered a huge defeat. Now the only one who still has hope to consume the bandit army and pacify the Central Plains is our east route army!"
"If something happens to our Eastern Route Army again, won't this Northern Expedition be a complete failure?"
"What hope is there to regain the Central Plains in the future?"
"Besides, in order to prevent the Northern Expedition from suffering a disastrous defeat, Zhuge Kongming insisted on concealing his illness when he was about to die of illness, and finally allowed the Northern Expedition army to return to Shu intact!"
"So although I, Liu Qi, know that I don't have a few days left, I can't delay the army or you!"
"I…!"
Liu Qi told Yang Cunzhong feebly, and inadvertently coughed up another mouthful of residual blood.
"Liu Dutong, why are you doing this now?"
"You should not have agreed to the Holy Majesty's request to lead troops to this front line when you were already sick!"
"I, Yang, should have rested in my mansion, but I heard that my friend Liu Dutong went on the expedition despite being ill. I was worried, so I requested your Majesty's order to temporarily assist Liu Dutong in your Northern Expedition in the name of a staff advisor!
"
"It's a pity...it's a pity that Liu Dutong didn't listen to me. He always insisted on following the army to the front line regardless of his own safety!"
"It's fine now, look at what a mess you've made of yourself?"
Yang Cunzhong looked like he couldn't bear it.
"However, for the success of our Northern Expedition and the recovery of the Central Plains, I, Liu Qi, will be willing to die here!"
"Commander Yang, please stop trying to persuade me!"
"Cough...cough!"
Liu Qi said and coughed again.
"well…!"
"Old general, why is this necessary?"
"It's now time. There is something I, Yang, really don't know whether to say or not in front of the old general!"
Yang Cunzhong looked like he was hesitant to speak at this moment.
"Commander Yang, if you have something to say, just say it!"
"cough…!"
"We have been friends for so many years, what else is there to have a grudge against?"
Liu Qi's expression still looked very painful and uncomfortable.
"I might as well tell you the truth, old general!"
"According to my expedition and the news I received from everywhere, the reason why the Holy One asked us to expedition to the Central Plains was not because we wanted to regain our homeland, but because we were afraid that the Xu Ming regime would grow in size and threaten the Holy One's own dominance!"
"Furthermore, I learned from many sources that the Holy One had secret communications with the Tatars before the Northern Expedition. Not long ago, he reached some humiliating and treasonous agreement with the Tatars!"
"So I'm afraid it's a lie that we quelled the rebels and recovered the Central Plains this time. We are working for the Tatars and helping them get rid of the Xu Ming regime that threatens them."
"As for the land in the Central Plains, even if we completely eliminate Xu Ming, I'm afraid these lands will still be handed over to the Jin people in the future!"
Yang Cunzhong couldn't help but said.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"It is impossible for the Holy One to betray our Song Dynasty like this!"
"I believe in the Holy One!"
Liu Qi was naturally loyal to Zhao Gou.
"Back then, the Holy One refused to save the two Holy Saints who were captured by the Jin people!"
"And when the Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated peace, you and I were both witnesses. Didn't we never see the scene when the Holy Emperor aggrieved and sued for peace?"
"Although it was said that they were trying to endure the humiliation and bear the burden, why did the Jin people advocate sending back Emperor Qinzong, one of the two remaining saints, but the saints refused to accept it and were even willing to cede the land in order to prevent the Jin people from returning Emperor Qinzong
Woolen cloth?"
"Last time, the Tatar Emperor Wan Yanliang launched a large-scale Northern Expedition. As you saw, after our Holy Father learned the news in advance, he immediately fled south regardless of the safety of the soldiers and civilians. It was under the auspices of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Marshal Xu that we were able to turn the tide.
Defeated the Tatars and saved the Song Dynasty!"
"As a result, the Crown Prince and Marshal Xu were focused on the Northern Expedition to regain the Central Plains. When the results were obtained, the Holy Emperor took the opportunity to return to Lin'an, imprisoned the Crown Prince, and dismissed a large number of anti-war officials!"
"And forced Marshal Xu to proclaim himself emperor, completely breaking away from our Song Dynasty!"
"Although the Holy One has sent us to the Northern Expedition to conquer Xu Ming in the name of regaining the Central Plains, he secretly sent people to seek compromise from the Jin people, and even betrayed the interests of the Song Dynasty. Not only did he surrender his identity and change his name to Wan Yanliang, but he also betrayed
The land of the Central Plains wants to reach the original boundary of the Huaihe River with the Jin people!"
"But I heard that it was because the Jin people were greedy and demanded the cities of Xiangyang and Haizhou, that's why the Song-Jin collaboration was not completely reached!"
"The Tatar army has not moved south for a long time. Isn't their intention obvious?"
"I just hope that our Holy Majesty and Xu Ming will lose both sides in the fight, and in the end the Tatars will come to reap the benefits!"
"But the Holy One can't control these things now. He just wants to keep his throne and live an ignoble existence. He bullies the weak and fears the strong. He thinks Xu Ming is easy to deal with. What happened!"
"The army in the middle route is in a mess, and we can only rely on our army in the east route to hold it up!"
"So General Liu, don't have any delusions about regaining the Central Plains. Even if you regain the Central Plains, sooner or later, our Holy One will give it to the Tatars in vain!"
"That's why I've been blocking you, old general, recently. I don't want you to take such a risk and attack Xu Ming!"
Yang Cunzhong explained everything to Liu Qi one by one.
"What you said is just hearsay!"
"I don't believe it!"
"I don't believe that the Holy Spirit would be like this!"
"Go down and give your orders for me!"
"Tomorrow I will go out in person to... attack Guide Mansion!"
"If I die... I will die on the road to death in battle!"
"cough…!"
As Liu Qi spoke, he coughed up a pool of thick blood, and then fainted on the ground.
"well…!"
"Old General!"
"I, Yang Cunzhong, don't believe you don't understand this!"
"But why do you have to pretend to be confused?"
"Is it true that people live their whole lives just for the so-called reputation?"
"For the so-called foolish loyalty?"
"Is honor and integrity really more important than justice, is it really more important than justice?"
"Although Xu Ming is a rebel, he represents the justice of recovering the Central Plains and driving out the Tartars!"
"The Holy One represents loyalty and patriotism, but as the monarch, what the Holy One secretly does is humiliation and betrayal of the country!"
"It's ridiculous...ridiculous!"
"well…!"
"Perhaps I, Yang Cunzhong, never understand this!"
"I can't understand this!"
"Perhaps this is the helplessness of us people?"
After Yang Cunzhong finished speaking, he began to personally take care of Liu Qi, who was already seriously ill.