My Princess and Crown Prince Are Revived
Chapter 350 - 349: Expelling the Disloyal

Chapter 350: Chapter 349: Expelling the Disloyal

The soldiers twisted their necks, remaining silent, but their demeanor clearly approved of Shi Jing’s speculation.

Another cold laugh followed as Shi Jing continued, "If we were on the battlefield now, and the enemy had already attacked. The Princess gives you an order, yet you harbor doubts about her. Would you rebel?"

The crowd again fell silent.

After a long while, a subordinate of Deputy General Zheng spoke up, "General Shi, there’s no need to test us. Since we’ve become soldiers, we know we must obey. If we were actually on the battlefield now, and the Princess gave us any order, we would follow it."

The others seemed suddenly enlightened.

They began nodding one after another.

"Exactly, we would follow the Princess’s orders."

"Really?" The scorn in Shi Jing’s eyes only intensified.

"Truly! Although we don’t agree with the Princess pretending to have superior medical skills, disregarding the lives of us soldiers, if it were on the battlefield, we would definitely unite against the enemy," they responded with unwavering certainty.

But this answer didn’t satisfy Shi Jing at all.

"Do you think I have spoken so much just to probe your attitude towards the Princess?" His gaze turned cold, and he seemed to be enveloped with resentment.

His imposing aura startled everyone; they lowered their heads, not daring to make a sound.

Yet internally they were indignant. Wasn’t that his very intention?

He was deliberately venting for the Princess!

"You say you would follow the Princess’s commands, yet the expressions on your faces tell me that you resent her, that you truly don’t trust her. If a battle were to occur and the enemy spread rumors to weaken our morale, wouldn’t you instantly doubt the Princess and then surrender your weapons?" Shi Jing said expressionlessly.

The people below blushed with shame.

Yet they didn’t feel they were in the wrong.

"If the Princess’s character truly were trustworthy, naturally we would support her. Isn’t this situation caused by... by..." They cut themselves off.

But everyone understood what that meant.

It was all because of Chu Baihan’s improper conduct!

"Ha, the Princess has campaigned for over five years, risking her life numerous times to protect the people. You only see her as the Princess, yet you do not know that her military achievements were bought with blood. In the army, how many times has she healed fractured bones, stopped the spread of disease, tested medicines on herself... Even though you haven’t seen her lead troops into battle personally, do you lack the basic ability to judge right from wrong?"

"Before she returned to the Nanduan Kingdom, how many battles did our Nanduan Kingdom lose? After her return, how many did we win? How do the borderland citizens revere her?"

"The most forbidden thing in military campaigns is mutual suspicion, the lack of ability to judge right and wrong. You think you aren’t wrong, fine, then assume you aren’t wrong! Everyone hear this order, those who are willing to trust the Princess, step forward. Those who cannot unconditionally trust the Princess, I will have someone register you, pay you a compensation, and then leave the military camp."

What?

Has General Shi lost his mind?

The people below were visibly stunned.

Even Zhu Xinyue felt a bit bewildered.

"Princess, isn’t General Shi’s approach a bit rash? These people came to the camp to make their mark. Suddenly making them leave, how could they be willing? Moreover, at a time when we especially need people, if they leave, our situation will become even more dangerous," she said in a subdued voice.

Although she too wished that Shi Jing could avenge Chu Baihan, his actions could lead to worse consequences.

But at that moment, Chu Baihan said sternly, "Once in battle, stepping onto the battlefield means entrusting your back to your comrades. If your comrades can’t trust you, it means your life is hanging over a cliff."

Hearing Chu Baihan’s words, Zhu Xinyue’s heart sank deeply.

She understood what she meant...

A comrade who can’t be tamed might as well be no comrade at all.

After all, a comrade who can’t be tamed will eventually turn into a traitor who stabs you in the back.

"As for the troops, before tonight, the troops from the capital city will arrive. Later, there will also be reinforcements from Yan Country," Chu Baihan said calmly, explaining their situation to Zhu Xinyue.

Zhu Xinyue let out a long sigh of relief.

"That seems, our situation is not so bad. Initially, when Beihai Country and Dongli Kingdom had sequentially taken three cities, I thought they would pursue their victory and continue to target Tongzhou. Thus, I was worried about our troop strength in Tongzhou, but obviously, the enemy has now slowed their attack pace, and we can also breathe a sigh of relief..."

Zhu Xinyue muttered to herself.

Thus, the actions of General Shi were also the Princess’s intentions.

Chu Baihan did not speak because she was thinking about something else.

Indeed, why had the enemy’s aggressive attack suddenly halted these past few days?

Their reinforcements had not yet fully arrived, and if the enemy had attacked earlier, their chances of winning really weren’t great.

But the enemy’s current action looked like...

They were disinterested in fighting.

At this thought, Chu Baihan’s gaze darkened slightly.

What exactly was the enemy planning!

Feng Shan stood behind Chu Baihan, eyes lowered, eyelashes trembling slightly...

Sister, did you discover something?

"General Shi, what you are doing is against the rules. We haven’t done anything wrong, why should we be driven out of the military camp!"

"Indeed, General Shi, we need to go to the battlefield to kill the enemies. By stopping us now, aren’t you letting the enemies succeed?"

"General Shi, if you think we are disrespectful to the Princess, you can punish us as you see fit. But you shouldn’t joke about matters of war!"

"We all respect you greatly, but you don’t have the right to trample on our commitment to serve our country!"

"..."

The resentment from those below was growing.

After today’s incident, they probably even hated Shi Jing.

Yet faced with the relentless questioning, Shi Jing remained unshaken.

His icy gaze swept over everyone, and then he sternly declared, "Any further objections will be dealt with directly."

As his words fell, his subordinate Gu Canyu entered with a team of guards.

The swords in their hands gleamed coldly, as if ready to drink human blood at any moment.

The faces of the crowd turned ghastly pale...

It seemed General Shi was serious.

After a prolonged silence, a few individuals mustered the courage to step forward.

"We choose to trust the Princess."

They had only started serving as military officers in the past two years, and they had always regarded the rumored Princess as their idol.

Thus, they did not believe the recent rumors circulating around the military camp.

Because some took the initiative to step forward, many others also began to clarify their own thoughts, and they subsequently joined in standing up.