Chapter 283 You Are Giving Your Life Out
Now, the Son of God put himself in the right place and listened to Li Ye all the time. Although he was the son of the Great Sage Roc, he couldn’t defeat Li Ye and the cultivators under his command were also beaten by Shangguan Qingcheng, so he had no choice but be Li Ye’s subordinate obediently.
The Son of God knew that since he was less competent than Li Ye, it would be slap in the face in the end if he insisted to pretend to be powerful. Fortunately, the Son of God had a good mentality and he didn’t think it was improper to obey Li Ye’s orders. In the final analysis, he feared the strong.
Within two hours, the Son of God reappeared in the tent. This time, he stood in the center of the tent instead of standing beside Li Ye. He was carrying a young drunk in splendid clothes, like carrying a chicken. Obviously, that person was drinking with others when he was taken away by the Son of God. But now, he had already sobered up.
He was the commissioner of the Tianping Army, Xue Wei.
A moment before, he was drinking happily at the banquet, but the next moment, he was already in the air. When he reacted, he was pulled by the collar up to the sky, frightened. With his cultivation, if the other side loosened his grip, he would fall to the ground and die. Then, he found that the one, who pulled his collar, was a Yang Spiritual Master, so he felt more frightened and did not dare to resist.
When he saw Li Ye, Xue Wei suddenly realized what was going on. He shuddered, with fear in his eyes.
The Son of God was bad-tempered, so he threw Xue Wei to the ground and kicked him on the knee. “Kneel down!”
After that, the Son of God raised his eyebrows toward Li Ye, looking as though he had done a good job. Li Ye looked at him with appreciation, and then, he turned to look at Xue Wei. He smiled and said, “General Xue?”
Like wakening from a dream, Xue Wei hurriedly knelt on the ground. He said with fear, “Your Highness Prince An, I’m Xue Wei!”
Li Ye continued to smile. “I heard from your messenger that you would stay in Yunzhou obediently without making trouble only if I gave you military pay and food.”
When Xue Wei looked up and saw Li Ye’s smile, he couldn’t help but shiver. Li Ye’s smile was sinister, as if he had planned a great conspiracy. He quickly said, “It was a misunderstanding! Your Highness Prince An, I, I don’t need anything, and I promise that the Tianping Army won’t take action without permission!”
“Oh?” Li Ye faintly said.
Li Ye was dissatisfied with Xue Wei’s answer. Xue Wei shivered immediately and was very regretful.
Li Ye sent troops to Hedong and wanted to ask Xue Wei for help, but he didn’t send a messenger to visit Xue Wei. Instead, he asked Xue Wei’s men to come and take the order. Xue Wei was dissatisfied, so he sent Xue Kuang to go. He didn’t expect that this mistake would lead to the current situation... Yang Spiritual Master. Why would Li Ye have a Yang Spiritual Master under his command?!
Xue Wei quickly said, “I, I’m willing to send troops to help you on the battlefield. I will obey all your orders!”
Li Ye didn’t comment and he said in a flat tone, “Well?”
Xue Wei didn’t get the expected reply, so he looked at Li Ye in shock. Xue Wei trembled when he found that Li Ye’s pressure was as heavy as the mountain and his breath was as deep as the sea. Li Ye was not worse than the Son of God.
No one knew who took Xue Wei away from Yunzhou, so if he died here, no one would know it was Li Ye who killed him. He said immediately, “I will immediately order Yunzhou to prepare military pay and food for you!”
Li Ye faintly asked, “How much food?”
Xue Wei gritted his teeth. “24,000 tons!”
“Hmm?”
“No, 48,000 tons!”
“Oh?”
“No, 54,000... 60,000 tons! Your Highness, that’s really all I have!”
Li Ye glanced at Xue Wei and seriously said, “60,000 tons of food is a lot. General Xue, are you really willing to do so?”
Of course not. That was all the food in Yunzhou’s granary! Xue Wei looked up and wanted to use this as an excuse to refuse Li Ye. But when he saw Li Ye wearing a spurious smile, he was horrified and no longer dared to say no. He forced himself to smile and promised, “Yes! I’m willing to do so as long as I can help you even if Yunzhou has to surrender its last resource!”
Li Ye smiled. “General Xue, please get up and take a seat. Since the Tianping Army wants to help me and offer food, then you fight Hedong with me together.”
Xue Wei opened his mouth but could say nothing. Li Ye intended to detain him here, but Xue Wei could only bow and said, “Thank you...”
After Li Ye ordered the tea, he no longer paid attention to Xue Wei and continued to deal with his business.
Xue Wei sat behind the small table, sweating, as if there were needles on his seat.
The Son of God glanced at Li Ye thoughtfully. Even though he was thick-skinned, he still admired Li Ye and felt that it was right to follow Li Ye.
In the afternoon, the messenger of the Henghai commissioner came.
Henghai was adjacent to Pinglu, on its right side. It also related to the safety of his troops, so Li Ye asked them to come and show their attitude.
The Henghai commissioner sent the secretary of the commissioner, who ranked a high position, to come. Besides, unlike Xue Kuang’s arrogance, he was very friendly and smiling all the time. After he saluted to Li Ye, he took the initiative to promise that he was willing to follow all Li Ye’s arrangements and coordinate with the Pinglu Army.
“This is...” After the secretary of Henghai showed his attitude, he saluted to Xue Wei, who felt restless on the side, with folded hands as well.
“Xue Wei, the commissioner of the Tianping Army.” Xue Wei tried his best to look graceful.
“General Xue, nice to meet you. You came to see Prince An personally. You’re really loyal and considerate. I think that the Tianping Army also takes the initiative to help,” the secretary of Henghai said kindly.
Xue Wei twitched his mouth slightly. He was speechless, like a dumb person tasting bitter herbs, and felt as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly. He peeked at Li Ye and was thankful that Li Ye didn’t intend to tell the truth and helped save his face. He coughed and said with a smile, “Of course. Prince An fights for the country. It’s our pleasure to be near Pinglu, so we should try our best to help!”
“General Xue, you’re our role model. I admire you!” the secretary of Henghai said with admiration, but he thought to himself, “Xue Wei came personally, but Henghai just sent him, a secretary, to come. What will Li Ye think about Henghai? Will Li Ye be dissatisfied?”
Different from Xue Wei’s recklessness and arrogance, the Henghai commissioner had always been friendly with Pinglu and had been trying to curry favor. When the secretary of Henghai saw Xue Wei arrive first, he felt things were bad and thought that Xue Wei came to strive for Li Ye’s favor and military merit.
The secretary of Henghai decided to do something, or Henghai would be suppressed by Tianping. Before he came, the Henghai commissioner gave him a lot of authority and let him make decisions on his own.
“Your Highness Prince An, you’re going to fight the rebels for the country. Although the Henghai Army is not powerful, we’re willing to offer food to your troops.” The secretary of Henghai looked at Li Ye sincerely and made a quick calculation in his mind. How much food did he need to give so that he wouldn’t lose to Xue Wei? “According to the general, we’re willing to offer you 24,000 tons of food!”
After finishing speaking, the secretary of Henghai felt a heartache because 24,000 tons of food was a lot.
The secretary of Henghai originally thought that Li Ye would feel happy about what he said, but Li Ye, who sat behind the table, was expressionless and just responded faintly.
The secretary of Henghai’s heart suddenly thumped and he immediately realized that something was wrong. He quickly smiled and said, “We have done our utmost to offer 24,000 tons of food. However, this battle is very important, so we’re willing to add another 12,000 tons with all our strength!”
At this point, the secretary of Henghai was distressed but breathed a sigh of relief secretly. Anyway, that was a lot of food. He thought even Xue Wei could only take out 30,000 tons of food at most.
Unexpectedly, Li Ye still said nothing when the secretary of Henghai watched him with expectancy.
At this moment, the secretary of Henghai became a little gloomy. How would that not be enough? How could that not be enough? He turned to look at Xue Wei and asked with a smile, “General Xue, how much food are you going to offer to His Highness Prince An?”
Xue Wei chuckled with a sad face. His heart was bleeding, but he pretended to be righteous on the surface. He squeezed out a few words from his teeth, “60,000 tons!”
The secretary of Henghai couldn’t help but take three steps back. He looked at Xue Wei differently, like looking at a fool or a monster.
“Brother, do you really need to be so desperate? Even though your Yunzhou has a lot of money, you can’t use it that way. I think 60,000 tons of food is your stock for a few years. Do you still want to keep an army when you’re so generous? What can we do? You don’t give us a way out! Do you really need to be so desperate just because you want to curry favor with Prince An and share military merit? You’re not currying favor with Prince An but giving your life to Prince An!”
Xue Wei could understand the expression of the secretary of Henghai, but he could say nothing. “Brother, I’m miserable and I don’t want to do that, but I have no choice. I was forced! B*stard! You didn’t have to compete with me. Prince An didn’t force you. Why did you have to suppress me?! Both of us live in the vassal states, so you don’t have to be so desperate.”
The secretary of Henghai’s face slightly trembled. He finally restored his calm. He quickly bowed to Li Ye and said bitterly, “Your Highness Prince An, this...”
Li Ye waved his hand. “Don’t worry. I know Henghai’s situation. You don’t have to compare to Tianping. You try your best to give as much food as you can.”
The secretary of Henghai said uncertainly, “Really?” “You won’t hold a grudge against Henghai for this, will you? You’re going to fight Hedong. You won’t fight us after the victory, will you?”
Li Ye smiled. “Rest assured. I mean what I say.”
Hearing Li Ye’s words, the secretary of Henghai was finally relieved. He quickly said, “Thank you. Your Highness, rest assured. I won’t give short weight of 36,000 tons of food!” It couldn’t be less because he had promised. If he couldn’t give 36,000 tons of food, it was impossible that Prince An wouldn’t mind.
Xue Wei looked at the secretary of Henghai, and then, he looked at Li Ye. He wanted to cry. “Why didn’t you treat my Tianping as well as Henghai? You just thought about Henghai. Do you know I can’t live the rest of my life if Tianping gives you 60,000 tons of food...”
Li Ye was in a good mood after he solved the problem of the adjacent vassal states. Moreover, he received more than 60,000 tons of food, which was a great fortune.
Competing for the world was to compete for people and food. It was a surprise that so much food had been sent to Li Ye before the battle began. It would also have a great influence on the battle situation in the future.
In addition, after Tianping and Henghai paid such a great price, both of them would try their best to help the Pinglu Army, because only if the battle was won could they get their pay back.
The situation was good. Then, he waited to see how the Weibo commissioner would react.
Li Ye wasn’t worried about the Weibo commissioner’s reaction because what he wanted to do was to subdue all the vassal states in the world. He would take charge of all the vassal states in the world sooner or later. It was just a matter of time.
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