I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 103 What kind of imagination is this?
"Still alive for so many years?"

"All these years?"

"for many years?"

“Year…year…”

Liu Ju's words were like thousands of steel needles piercing Li Xi and Xu Ziwei's hearts, and they kept spinning and teasing them.

This made the two of them look back on their past lives, and an indescribable feeling of shame quickly filled their hearts.

yes?

Wei Qing and the others naturally did not dare to compete.

But many of the generals and old friends who had fought side by side at the time were indeed granted the title of marquis of a thousand households, and some were even granted the title of marquis several times. But what about them?

Especially Li Xi, he felt even more deeply.

Because he was once a general under Wei Qing. Among those generals who joined Wei Qing in the northern expedition against the Huns, which one was not granted a title of nobility? And how many of them were marquises with three hundred households like him?
Gongsun Ao?
The Marquis of Heqi had a fief of 1,500 households.

Han said?

Andao Hou had a fief of two thousand households.

Li Cai?

Marquis of Le'an, with a fief of 1,800 households.

Gongsun He, Li Shuo, Zhao Buyu, Gongsun Rongnu, Li Ju...

Familiar names, familiar faces, and the titles of Marquis that one has never achieved in his life...

Li Xi, who was only a marquis of three hundred households, suddenly felt a tightness in his chest and could not breathe.

Is it my own fault?

Li Xi already had the answer in his mind.

At the beginning, these people followed Wei Qing to the north to attack the Huns just like him. At that time, he was already the Grand Marshal and was trusted by the emperor. The cavalry he led were also elite, and sometimes their number was more than that of others.

He also participated in the Battle of Mo Nan, the surprise attack on Gaoque, the Battle of Dingxiang Bei, and the Battle of Mo Bei...

But the result?
He just watched helplessly as other generals and comrades were promoted step by step, while he, a marquis of three hundred households, remained complacent and had been in the same position for decades!

I am now at this age, and this may be my last chance to lead troops into battle...

Am I going to miss this opportunity?
When I am a hundred years old, someone else's descendants will inherit my father's title of Marquis of a Thousand Households.

My descendants can only inherit from me a title of Marquis of Three Hundred Households, which is not even as good as the three elders of the county and township. Won't they be laughed at?
Thinking of this, Li Xi felt that the breath in his chest could no longer come up.

Then everything went black in front of his eyes and he fell on his back.

"General Lee! General Lee!"

Fortunately, Gongsun Jingsheng, who was unable to get a word in and had nothing to do with the matter, had been secretly observing Li Xi and Xu Ziwei. Seeing the situation, he was quick-witted and rushed over to support them.

Otherwise, this old man, who is over 50 years old, would have fallen down so straight and hit the back of his head. Maybe he could have gone back to invite his fellow villagers to a banquet.

The general died before the army set out?
This kind of thing would be enough to cause a huge topic at any time.

"General Lee?"

It was only at this moment that Xu Ziwei suddenly came back to his senses from his deep self-doubt.

He didn't have time to think about it and immediately went forward to check on Li Xi's condition.

The two shook the tent a few times, but they could not wake Li Xi up because his eyes were tightly closed and his teeth were clenched. Xu Ziwei had no choice but to call out loudly to the outside of the tent:

"Someone, go and get the military medical officer. General Li is dying. Hurry, hurry!"

……

After a while.

After the medical officer pinched his Ren Zhong acupoint and pierced his acupuncture points, Li Xi finally woke up. Liu Ju finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.

He is now reflecting on whether the words he just said were too harsh, or too targeted. Isn't it a bit disrespectful to provoke an old general who is over fifty years old in this way?

If something bad happens to Li Xi this time.

It seems that it would be difficult for him to explain to Emperor Liu Che, right?
However, this does not seem to be a problem. If Liu Che removes him from the post of "Central Military Inspector" because of this incident, he will not have to go to the war with the army, and he can get rid of the reputation of "the Crown Prince personally leads the expedition to the Western Qiang", which seems to be more in line with his plan of lying down and letting things go.

But it just made the old general Li Xi suffer...

While thinking about this, he glanced at Gongsun Jingsheng, who had a complicated expression on his face.

It was unexpected that this ball-like fat man was so agile. He was at least five steps away from Li Xi, and there was a table with a map between them.

In this situation, he actually had time to run behind Li Xi and hold him steady...

"His Royal Highness..."

After Li Xi woke up, his old eyes quickly locked onto Liu Ju again, and he gasped weakly and said,
"Your Highness...are you trying to save me and Xu Ziwei?"

"If it weren't for your Highness's direct advice, I'm afraid Xu Ziwei and I would not have understood the emperor's intention."

"If we two fail to inflict heavy damage on these Qiang people this time, and instead allow them to escape unharmed, I'm afraid we two won't survive, right?"

This was the revelation that Liu Ju’s last sentence, “You have lived so long,” brought him.

It was only when he fell into a coma and was communicating with his grandmother that he suddenly "realized" the deep meaning of this sentence.

Yes!

The emperor gave them such superior troops, it is no exaggeration to say that it is an overkill. What is he teaching them to do?
Could it be that the emperor didn't know that to defeat such a motley crowd, just sending 20,000 elite Han troops would be enough to engage in a head-on battle with them, and they would still have an absolute advantage?
"Uh……"

Liu Ju was stunned and said, “That’s not what I meant.”

I was just excited and the atmosphere was there, so I just mumbled a little.

"I have thought it through completely. Your Majesty is considering that Xu Ziwei and I are not young anymore. Even if we have not made any contributions, we have worked hard over the years. Before I retire, you are giving us a chance to return home and be granted a title of nobility."

Li Xi suddenly burst into tears again, grabbed Xu Ziwei's hand and shook it vigorously, saying,
"Old Xu, your Majesty's painstaking efforts and love have never been appreciated by the two of us."

"We two should feel ashamed. If we really failed His Majesty's kindness this time, how can we have the face to come back? We can only cut our throats in Xiqiang and apologize to His Majesty, Old Xu, do you understand?"

"His Majesty ordered His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to come here to supervise the army, not to supervise us."

"Your Majesty knows that we are dull-witted and is afraid that we cannot understand his deep meaning, so he specially ordered you to come and give us some advice. Do you understand?"

"Your Majesty's great grace is unworthy of this old minister, Your Majesty!"

While speaking, Li Xi actually struggled to sit up, forcibly pushed away the supporting hands of Gongsun Jingsheng and Xu Ziwei, knelt down and kowtowed heavily in the direction of Weiyang Palace.

"Thank... Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xu Ziwei was so moved that he burst into tears upon seeing this. He wiped his face with his sleeve and quickly knelt down with Li Xi, bowing in the direction of the Weiyang Palace.

"Sigh..."

Gongsun Jingsheng seemed to be infected as well, and quietly turned his back and sniffed.

"..."

Liu Ju was speechless at this moment. What kind of nonsense was this?
I just want to provoke you so that you will give up your conservative tactics and encircle the Qiang people to eliminate their future threat. Do you have to be so radical?
Just when I was stunned.

But Li Xi and Xu Ziwei had already turned around and kowtowed to Liu Ju:

"Thank you for your concern, Your Highness!"

　Thanks to Mr. [Wuyin Guke] for his reward and support.

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