Reborn as the Blissful Wife in the countryside-Chapter 1096: Failed?

"Disobedience on the battlefield?" General Guo’s face instantly turned cold, his eyes filled with murderous intent, stabbing towards Zhong Yu: "What’s going on? Make it clear to me!"

General Guo had seen battles and fought against foreign enemies, and the thing he could least tolerate was disobedience on the battlefield. Hearing that Zhong Yu dared to defy orders, he was even ready to kill Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu had always thought General Guo was like a family elder, with a good relationship between his family and the general. He never expected General Guo would show such murderous intent towards him: "Uncle Guo, please listen..."

With a bang, General Guo slammed the desk, cracking it, his face grim, his voice icy, leaving no room for negotiation: "Shut up, this is the military camp, not your home. I am your superior, not your uncle. What happened with the disobedience? If you don’t make it clear, get back to Jiangnan, there’s no place for you here!"

Zhong Yu was terrified, his legs went weak, and he knelt down with a thud: "General, I’m sorry..."

Seeing this, General Guo became even angrier, pointing at him: "Why are you kneeling? Is begging for mercy all you can do when you make a big mistake? Stand up like a man!"

Zhong Yu instinctively stood up, looking at General Guo, not knowing what to do: "General..."

"Don’t feign innocence with me. What happened? Explain everything clearly. If there’s any concealment or exaggeration, even your father and brother can’t protect you!" General Guo was furious. These past two years, Emperor Chu was short on Silver, and the military salary they could give was getting less and less. To protect the young nobles under his command, General Guo had to take some Silver, but this was the first time he did it, and Zhong Yu dared to cause such a big mess!

"Disobedience on the battlefield, if it were on the front lines, not only would you be beheaded, but your entire flag team and all soldiers in your household would be punished!"

What is disobedience on the battlefield? There are two explanations: one is you want to rebel, and the other is you want to defect to the enemy. Both are serious crimes that could destroy the entire army.

Zhong Yu looked at General Guo’s angry face turning dark, scared and lost, not knowing what to say, and seeing Qin San Lang still standing upright, he called out desperately like he saw a savior: "You speak!"

Vice General Lan sneered angrily, kicking him and shouting: "General Guo is asking you, not San Lang. Are you mute and can’t speak? Or is San Lang your father, is he supposed to repeat your mistakes for you, and even take your punishment?!"

Qin San Lang: "..."

No way, my son can’t be this stupid, my son must be a promising and adorable young man.

Zhong Yu, on the verge of tears from the scolding, but still salvageable, steadied his emotions after the initial shock and fear, and explained his act of disobedience: "I hadn’t heard of the Rongshan Gang, nor did I know the true nature of Xiao Youzi. I only thought he was a vagabond magician who came to the mountain bandit village to seek shelter with Fan Tu for survival, just to find something to eat... Because of old grievances with Qin San Lang, I thought he purposely placed me at the back mountain entrance to prevent me from gaining merit. That’s why I got angry and led my men away... Xiao Youzi just fled like that."

"You disobeyed orders just for that reason?" General Guo was so angry he laughed, truly laughed in anger, pointing at Zhong Yu: "At first, I thought you were just a spoiled noble young master, acting recklessly. Now I know, damn it, you are truly stupid!"

San Lang was given military orders to eliminate the bandits, would he ignore such orders just to compete with you? You really think too highly of yourself.

General Guo pointed at Qin San Lang: "Old grievances, what old grievances do you have with San Lang? Everything arose because of your jealousy towards San Lang. San Lang is magnanimous and doesn’t hold it against you, yet you do not reflect on yourself and instead disobey orders during a bandit suppression operation. If San Lang had not captured Xiao Youzi, I would have executed you on the spot!"

"Do you know what kind of fierce bandit gang the Rongshan Gang is? Do you know what it means if the fierce bandits from the Rongshan Gang come to the south? What if Xiao Youzi wasn’t kicked out of the Rongshan Gang but was sent to scout the south for them?!"

Zhong Yu was stunned, looking at Qin San Lang: "But he said Xiao Youzi was kicked out due to poor health, that he’s been abandoned by the Rongshan Gang." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Damn it! General Guo wanted to kill someone, how could this boy be so naive?

The battlefield, he needed a battlefield to throw Zhong Yu into for training. If he could survive, he might still be salvageable; otherwise, he truly didn’t know how to teach him.

"Get out, get out of here!" General Guo, overwhelmed with anger, after finding out the details, immediately drove Zhong Yu out of the camp.

Zhong Yu’s eyes were red, tears welling up, feeling both humiliated and impotent, he straightened his back and said: "General, I know I was wrong, but can you tell me how to deal with Xiao Youzi next? Is he truly sent by the Northwest Rongshan Gang to scout?"

He was a bit scared, afraid that the fierce bandits from the Rongshan Gang would come, and he would become a sinner.

"Hey, you! Didn’t you hear to get out?" Vice General Lan was exasperated, grabbing Zhong Yu’s collar, dragging him out of the camp, and pulling him to a wooden post used for tying people, sternly saying: "Stand properly, don’t move unless ordered, or you’ll be dealt with by military law!"

After saying that, he placed one hand on the hilt of his sword, glaring at Zhong Yu with eyes as big as copper bells. If Zhong Yu dared to resist, his sword would come out at once; he was really fed up with this noble young master.

Fortunately, Zhong Yu had a sense of pride, knowing he was wrong, didn’t dare to resist, and stood obediently.

Seeing him acting properly, Vice General Lan began to scold: "Think hard about where you went wrong. If you can’t figure it out, pack up and go home. This is a military camp, a place for selling your life, not for playing around, understand?"

Zhong Yu said nothing, just hung his head, holding back tears, but his back remained straight, his stubbornness unabated.

Vice General Lan snorted coldly, called two young soldiers, and said: "Keep an eye on him, if he wants to die, don’t stop him, grant him that, let him reincarnate sooner."

The two young soldiers quickly nodded in agreement, drawing their swords and standing guard on either side of Zhong Yu.

Only then did Vice General Lan return to General Guo’s tent.

...

Inside the tent, General Guo was rebuking Qin San Lang: "How did you teach people? Not only did you fail to teach him well, he’s become even more foolish than before. You’re a failure."

Zhong Yu was the biggest troublemaker in the Prefecture garrison camp, yet he had strong backing. General Guo had received Silver from the Zhong family’s father and brothers, so he couldn’t treat Zhong Yu too harshly himself, thus giving the responsibility of training Zhong Yu to Qin San Lang, considering it as experience for Qin San Lang.

However, Zhong Yu remained that troublesome as ever.

Qin San Lang was not angry, but calmly said: "For a noble young master like Zhong Yu, to truly educate him, one must first destroy then rebuild. Now that he has been broken down, as long as we take this opportunity to train him well, we can transform him completely, turning him into a qualified soldier."