Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 458 Principles of Being a King
"Your Majesty, the subject is guilty! There is no redemption for a hundred deaths! Please punish me, Your Majesty!"

Outside Suicheng, the coalition camp.

Inside the big tent of the Chinese army, at this time Tingwei Boshun knelt on the ground with snot and tears, begging Qingji to punish him.

Originally, Qingji was supervising the battle at the front line, but suddenly received news that Bo Tong's food delivery team was ambushed by the Chu army and the entire army was wiped out.

This caught Qingji by surprise, and he quickly ordered Jin to withdraw his troops and stop attacking Suicheng.

The food and supplies of the coalition forces were burned, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the coalition forces.

Seeing Qing Ji who was sitting in the commander-in-chief silent, Bo Tong knew that he had committed a serious crime, so he hurriedly cried, "Your Majesty, this is my fault!"

"I mistakenly believed those local Chu people, and I didn't expect that there are thousands of boat masters in Chu State, haunting Qingfa Water, and colluding with the Chu people in the team."

"As a result, all the food and supplies of our coalition army were burned by the people of Chu!"

"Chen, I have failed the king's high expectations!"

Sun Wu, Wu Zixu, Heifu and other generals who were present at the scene also had dignified faces after learning that all the supplies of the coalition army had been burned.

Not to mention the military supplies, the [-] shi of grain and fodder are the rations of the soldiers of the coalition army!
For a while, tens of thousands of coalition soldiers have no food, how can they continue to fight, how can they not mutiny?
However, it was not really Bo Tong's fault.

After all, no one thought that the Chu people still had their backs at this time. Thousands of Chu boat masters had been dormant on the Qingfa water, standing still.

Shen Zhuliang's purpose must have been to take the opportunity to let this lone army cut off the coalition army's food route, so that Qingji would retreat in the face of difficulties.

You must know that the number of combatable soldiers under Bo Tong's command is only a thousand, and they really can't stop the ferocious attack of the Chu people.

Even if there were no Chu national husbands in the grain transportation team, they should cooperate with the Chu army boat division on the river, presumably Bo Tong's grain transportation team would not escape such bad luck.

Including Qingji, Sun Wu, and Wu Zixu, they didn't expect Chu people to have such a trick!
Cutting off the food road and putting the enemy in a difficult situation is clearly Qingji's usual tactic.

Back then, Qingji relied on this trick to win more with less, force Shen Zhuliang's father, Shen Yinshu, to lead his army back, and in the end Shen Yinshu was defeated and committed suicide.

Unexpectedly, this trick was learned by Shen Zhuliang.

Qing Ji is so true, hunting geese all day long actually taught the wild geese to peck their eyes blind!

For this kind of thing, Qingji was also very angry.

However, Qingji knew that it would be useless to blame Bo Tong or get angry at this time.

"stand up!"

Qingji stood up slowly, came to Bo Tong and gave a soft drink.

"Your Majesty..."

Bo Tong was still wiping away tears.

It was not easy for him to escape from the dead this time, his body was covered with dry blood, both from the enemy and from himself.

At this moment, Bo Tong also had one or two arrow wounds on his body, his hair was disheveled, and his helmet didn't know where he was thrown, and he looked very embarrassed.

"Uncle, you have disappointed me too much."

Qing Ji shook his head, looked at Bo Tong and reprimanded him: "A man, how can he be crying in front of everyone?"

"Don't cry!"

"Failing once or twice is not terrible, what is terrible is not being able to realize your shame and be brave!"

Qingji helped Bo Tong up himself, and said earnestly, "It's just that some food, fodder and supplies have been lost, and some soldiers and civilians have died!"

"It doesn't matter! It's good to be alive! Bo Tong, if you can come back alive, it will be the greatest victory for my country of Wu! This is the most gratifying thing for me!"

Hearing this, Bo Tong couldn't help tears welling up in his eyes, and said in a sobbing voice: "Your Majesty, I... I am really ashamed! I have no face to face the King, I wish I could draw my sword and kill myself at that time!"

"Please punish the king!"

The current uncle has mixed feelings in his heart, he is ashamed, moved, and resentful.

He is a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. After realizing that he could not stop the attack of the Chu army, he immediately ran away with oil on the soles of his feet, otherwise he would not be able to run anywhere alive to see Qingji again.

Draw your sword and kill yourself?

This is a very stupid thing in the eyes of Bo Tong.

Bo Tong hasn't enjoyed enough in his life and doesn't want to die.

When he was defeated, Bo Tong thought for a long time, and there were three roads before him.

One, fight to the death.

Second, flee back to anywhere.

Third, he fled to the Central Plains (Jin State).

The first option was directly ruled out by Bo Tong, and the third option was that Bo Tong was absconding in fear of crime.

Although Wu State has no tradition of overthrowing the army and killing generals, it will definitely not lightly spare a defeated general like Bo Tong.

Fleeing back to any place, Bo Tong thought of the end he might face.

To be executed by Qingji's order, to be beheaded for public display, or to be deprived of all official titles would be a crime.

This was unacceptable to Bo Tong, so he planned to flee to the Central Plains, preferably under the asylum of Jin.

However, Bo Tong gave up this idea after thinking about it.

Because he can have what he is today, relying on Wu Wang Qingji's reuse and trust.

After leaving Qingji and Wu, Bo Tong is nothing.

Even if he could find an official position in the state of Jin, I am afraid that it would be difficult for Bo Tong to be truly prosperous and rich.

For this reason, Bo Tong fled back to any place in a hurry, and told Qing Ji the ins and outs of the matter.

Bo Tong thought that he would be severely punished by Qingji, but he didn't expect Qingji to say such words of encouragement.

How could Bo Tong not be grateful for this?

Scholar die for the confidant!

At this moment, Bo Tong wished he could die on the banks of Qingfashui and sacrifice his life for the country!

Because Qingji's kindness is something he can't repay.

The generals in the big tent of the Chinese army, seeing Qingji defending and encouraging Botong like this, felt that Qingji was benevolent and lenient to others.

If this had happened to the people of Chu, the defeated general who did such a thing would have been dragged out and beheaded for public display.

But Qingji was able to forgive Bo Tong, and even offered words of relief!

How kind is this?
Qing Ji just used this method to win over a wave of people's hearts.

In this day and age, human life is indeed worthless.

If ordinary soldiers heard Qingji's words, they might have some thoughts in their hearts.

Fortunately, those present are all generals, and they don't care too much about the life and death of their subordinates.

"Come here, take Bo Tong down and beat him with thirty military sticks! Keep your job! Bo Tong, are you convinced?"

Qingji set his eyes on Bo Tong.

Bo Tong immediately bowed his body, bowed to Qing Ji gratefully and said, "I am convinced!"

As soon as the words fell, Bo Tong followed the two guards down to be punished.

Bo Tong should thank Qingji for not killing him.

Staying on the job will allow Bo Tong to pay off his meritorious deeds, otherwise he will definitely be punished by Qiu Hou after the war.

As for Bo Tong, Qing Ji also had to punish him slightly, otherwise he would not be able to convince the public.

Those who have meritorious service must be rewarded, and those who have done wrong must be punished. This is a major principle of a king!
And Qingji has a turnip in one hand and a big stick in the other, not only can he convince the crowd, Bo Tong also has no complaints or regrets.

(End of this chapter)