"I am willing to be the king, but now it is not the time to die. Linjiang still needs me!" Huang Jizhong raised his head suddenly, with blood marks on his forehead.

"Haha..." Gong Ao barely stood up and sneered, "Teacher Huang just said that there is no need for me to bother with this battle. How can I go back on my word? This is another crime of deceiving the king."

"I have not deceived the emperor, so it is not difficult to deal with Jiujiang and Hengshan. In addition, we need to be alert to Bashu!" Huang Jizhong said anxiously, "If you don't be careful, I'm afraid that the people of Bashu will be able to seize Jiangling within half a month!"

"Bashu?"

"That's right!" Huang Jizhong explained, "Ying Bu is a treacherous person. He never fought alone when he followed Xiang Yu to fight. Everyone was with him. Ying Bu gave up his wife and asked for a fight. The person who followed him would definitely not be Wu Rui. Ziying thought about Ying Bu's revenge to kill the Qin army, so he would not conspire with him. The only person who could accompany him was Bashu!"

"It makes sense. After Lu Zhi seized power, it was normal for Bashu to act without rules..."

Gong Ao murmured, but his mind was another plan.

He had never heard of Ying Bu fighting with others in concert, and he regarded it as Huang Jizhong lying.

Jiujiang is strong and powerful, Wu Rui is extremely powerful, and Linjiang is extremely difficult to deal with the two countries. However, Huang Jizhong told him that the defense in the west was clearly giving the two countries a better chance to destroy Linjiang.

His heart is punishable!

"What should I do according to Commander Huang's words?" Gong Ao asked coldly.

"Return to the king, let the young master return half of the 50,000 troops fighting against Jiujiang, and the ministers will lead the garrison in Yiling. If Bashu dares to advance, their death will be the last time!" Huang Jizhong said excitedly.

"What about the 30,000 troops dealing with Hengshan?" Gong Ao asked.

"The power of Hengshan Kingdom in anger cannot be underestimated. Linjiang relies on the terrain to defend. Linjiang does not need to respond to the enemy. The 30,000 troops refused to defend for a while, and then sent lobbyists to tell Wu Rui the reason, so that they could retreat!"

Gongao completely "understood" Huang Jizhong's thoughts.

Instead of resisting Jiujiang, he resisting Bashu and Hengshan. This is all about Ying Bu’s consideration! A traitor!

"Chief Huang really thought more than 20,000 troops could deal with Ying Bu?" Gong Ao was giving Huang Jizhong a last chance.

"This..." Huang Jizhong was a little embarrassed and said, "Forgive me, the young master's 50,000 troops are not the opponent. Ying Bu should have done a perfect plan before sending troops. No matter how many people go, they will die. Nanyang is already empty in management, so it is better to give it to Ying Bu. The king refused to defend Xiangyang and only occupied Nanjun was the best strategy..."

"The best strategy? A best strategy is that Linjiang Country has only two counties, Nanyang County and Nanjun. This best strategy is to abandon the rich Nanyang? Let Ying Bu swallow most of the Linjiang Country without any effort?" Gong Ao's murderous intent roared, "I knew early on that you had bad intentions! It's true!"

"Why should the king only look at the gains and losses for a while? The future is long." Huang Jizhong advised bitterly, "Nanyang is already a dead place, why did he lose his troops and generals for the death place and hurt the foundation of the country?"

"Shut up!!"

Gong Ao suddenly stretched out his hand and waved his hand, and several flying arrows flew out from both sides of the bedroom, shooting Huang Jizhong into a hedgehog in a pool of blood.

Huang Jizhong vomited blood in his mouth, dying, his eyes blinked slightly, and he looked at Gongao unwillingly.

"The king... I am really dedicated to the country..."

"Save these words to ghosts, maybe they like to listen to them." Gong Ao raised his leg and kicked Huang Jizhong over.

"ah!!!"

All the arrows released from the side and back pierced into Huang Jizhong's chest. Huang Jizhong's eyes were so painful that he spit out, and his whole body trembled violently. He was about to say something, but he could no longer make a sound.

"Everything comes out and throw this useless thing out."

Gong Ao waved his hand casually, and four armored guards walked out after the screens on both sides, lifting Huang Jizhong's body and leaving.

Gong Ao sat back on the bed and sighed secretly. A general could walk all the way to the bedroom without being stopped. The archers who were temporarily ambushed were all arranged by him, just wanting to know what Huang Jizhong was thinking.

Unexpectedly, it was the worst result.

Gong Ao Ben thought that if Huang Jizhong was scared to honestly explain his various activities with Ying Bu, he would not have to die today.

At that time, if you are lifted from house arrest and send Huang Jizhong to deal with Wu Rui, you can still leave him with the reputation of being a generous monarch, killing two birds with one stone.

"Oh, I can't care that you are a robber, but I can't forgive the traitor easily!" Gong Ao shook his head and murmured, "For Linjiang, maybe your death is the greatest benefit to Linjiang."

Gong Ao felt a little disappointed when a talented person was not used by him.

Gulu—

A palace maid raised her feet and kicked away the Jiu Jue stained with Huang Jizhong's blood.

"What are you doing when you stand there?" Gong Ao frowned, pointed at the blood on the ground, and angrily yelled at the frightened palace maid.

"I... I'll go find something to wipe it." The palace maid was determined and left the bedroom as if she was running away.

"Oh... it's really inappropriate... Cough cough... I will definitely... let you be buried with you after I die!"

Gong Ao covered his chest and coughed violently, with a sickly flushed face. The imperial physician Ling had told him that he could only last for next year at most. In order to stop showing weakness in front of Zhao Jizhong, he deliberately pretended to be strong.

"We must... kill the traitor and the disobedient slaves... to leave a complete Linjiang Kingdom for Wei'er! They cannot let them do whatever they want..."

Gong Ao's limbs were weak, his eyes closed and limp on the bed, and there was still blood on the corners of his mouth.

"Which one will start from tomorrow..." Gong Ao's mind was full of people he wanted to kill.

"Report! Master, something is wrong!" The fat eunuch ran out of the bedroom in panic and knelt down.

"What's the matter?" Gong Ao forced himself to sit up and glared at the eunuch angrily, "Who dares to get in touch with foreign enemies?"

"It's not a traitor, it's... the people from Yufucheng found that hundreds of ships in Bashu had entered the river, and it seemed... they were coming to attack Linjiang!" the eunuch shouted on the ground.

Yufucheng was built near the river at the junction of Daba Mountain and Fangdou Mountain. It is the closest city to Bashu in Linjiang. In order to prevent Bashu, Gongao set up personnel to monitor it early.
Chapter completed!