Warhammer Fantasy: I Have Total War System

The atmosphere has been built up to this point.

He thought of all the soldiers' families in his camp who needed his protection.

"I'll just hold on a little longer," Li Lin thought. "Anyway, it seems like I have someone backing me up now. They're all kneeling before me, so I should at least send them back to Nangao."

However, being condemned by everyone is a truly unpleasant feeling.

This small coalition society is roughly a microcosm of the entire Zhen Dan society a hundred years after the departure of the Dragon Emperor and the Moon Queen.

Li Lin still held onto the trump card of "throwing the junk" in his heart.

Commander Yu gave a signal, and Yun Mosige, who had been silently standing behind him and was the one who had previously come to Li Lin's camp to deliver a message, strode forward.

"General Zhao, excuse me."

This man was not particularly burly; in fact, he was even thinner than the average Jade Warrior.

But when he walked up to Li Lin's dragon sedan chair, he didn't make any unnecessary movements. He simply bent down, grabbed the crossbar at the bottom of the chair with both hands, and with a forceful effort, he steadily lifted the solid metal sedan chair, which would have been difficult for twelve people to lift together. Then he moved it next to General Zhao's seat.

From this moment on, Li Lin's status in the Allied Forces changed from an insignificant pawn to a player sitting alongside the nine commanders.

As he was being carried, Li Lin was constantly amazed by the strength of this Zhen Dan military officer.

Xing Ganqi and the others standing to the side also had their pupils shrink. Although they tried their best to appear calm, their extreme surprise and tension were still evident.

"Is this really a power that humans can possess?" Their expressions seemed to say.

Yun Mosige, one of the Seventy-Two Military Officers, is the pinnacle of martial prowess in Zhen Dan.

Li Lin estimated that even if he completed all the red lines, it would be difficult to create such a superhuman from Aurora using only the power of the system.

Moreover, the strength of the Haotian Generals present is no less than that of Yunmosige.

General Zhao patted the dragon sedan chair and sat back down.

"The trial continues."

When the soldier took the stage again and read out the document, the names he read out were almost all those who had been shouting the loudest earlier.

"Bi Zheng, of the Cth Brigade of the Rear Guard Army's Infantry Battalion, Lushun, deserted his post, causing the flank of friendly forces to be exposed. According to the Shangyang Military Law, he is hereby stripped of his rank and his troops' private property is confiscated."

"Ma Ji, deputy commander of the Brigade of the Cavalry Battalion of the Rear Guard Army, has deserted his post and led his personal guards to retreat first. According to the military law of Shangyang, he is stripped of his rank and his troops' private property is confiscated."

"Wang Bodang, of the E-Brigade of the Rear Guard Army's Infantry Battalion, Lushun—forged military orders, falsely claimed to be retreat signals, and disrupted the entire army's formation. He shall be punished according to the Shangyang Military Law..."

Wang Bodang on the platform fell to his knees with a thud, scrambling to his feet and crashing to the front of the platform. His forehead struck the warm, gravelly bluestone with a loud thud, and blood flowed everywhere.

"Commander Yu! Chief Steward Li! Generals! This humble general confesses his crimes! This humble general confesses everything!"

This was an officer of similar build to Li Lin, with an ordinary appearance. Li Lin couldn't even remember if he had seen this person before in the side tent. He was clearly a nobody with no background.

Commander Yu nodded to Li Lin, who coldly replied, "Speak."

"It was Lu Pingchuan! It was all Lu Pingchuan's doing!" Wang Bodang shouted shrilly, pointing at the officer surnamed "Lu." "He said that Commander Li was the only one in the entire rearguard army group to have made meritorious contributions. As long as we pinpoint him to the ground and portray him as a criminal, everyone can share his achievements equally, and he will never be held accountable for desertion! He said this... this is what they call 'the power of public opinion to melt metal'!"

The audience erupted in uproar.

Commander Lu Pingchuan, who was standing at the front of the crowd, turned from pale to ashen in an instant, and then his face turned bright red, as if someone had slapped him a dozen times.

He took a sudden step forward, pointing his finger at Wang Bodang's nose: "You're spouting nonsense! You—"

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Pingchuan was held down by several attendants of the Nangao officers around him, and could only stare wide-eyed and whimper.

Wang Bodang confessed everything along the way, revealing in detail how the officers of Nangao colluded to frame him, and how they bribed and used connections to try to buy off the officials around the commander.

"Nonsense! Absolutely nonsense!"

"Wang Bodang, you ungrateful old dog! If it weren't for my father, you'd probably still be cleaning latrines in that army camp!"

Those whose names were called turned pale, veins bulging on their foreheads, and they cursed Wang Bodang.

Wang Bodang ignored him and continued to confess: "Their statement was that Pang Yi, Ma Ji, and I shared the credit for holding the line, Bi Zheng, Zhou Sanwei, and Duanmu Di shared the credit for annihilating the Sanya Beast cavalry, and Lu Pingchuan alone took credit for dealing with the Stone Horn Beast."

"If you commanders were to interrogate these people separately, you would find that not a single word they said matches up!"

Upon hearing this, all those named knelt down, trembling like leaves, sweat streaming down their temples.

Commander Yu did not answer immediately, but turned to Li Lin.

When it comes to holding people accountable, Li Lin, as a lawyer, is an expert. In fact, despite the many bombshells Wang Bodang revealed, the people he mentioned would not have escaped trial anyway.

The real big fish, the "Young Master Wei" who harbored some malice towards him, was never mentioned.

However, since he was the first to confess, he should be given some benefits.

He nodded slightly.

Commander Yu withdrew his gaze and crisply announced the verdict: "Squad leader Wang Bodang, courtesy name Sun'an, is guilty of desertion in the face of battle and of participating in the framing of his colleagues."

"Considering his voluntary confession, he will be treated leniently, stripped of his official rank, all his private property and retainers, and relegated to the supply battalion as a cook, never to lead troops again."

Wang Bodang collapsed to the ground like a punctured balloon, repeatedly muttering, "Thank you, commanders, for sparing my life!"

In the ensuing trial, to Yu Tongling's surprise, he did not execute Lu Pingchuan and others who had participated in framing Li Lin.

Instead, he was "removed from his official position, stripped of his private property and servants, demoted to a commoner, and awaited further punishment."

There was no death penalty; he was exiled to the supply battalion, without even a single extra rebuke.

However, the expressions of the several Nangao officers became even more unpleasant than before.

Awaiting further action?

Who will decide their fate?

That's Li Lin!

Commander Yu is giving Li Lin a chance to take revenge himself!

Moreover, when the time comes, there won't be many generals watching over how to deal with it; it will all be up to Li Lin to decide!

Lu Pingchuan had offended Li Lin the most. He suddenly looked up, a surge of evil rising within him, and knelt down, shouting at Commander Yu on the high platform, "Commander Yu! This humble servant pleads guilty and accepts punishment, but there is one thing this humble servant disagrees with!"

He pointed at Li Lin: "The battlefield was a scene of utter chaos, with yellow sand everywhere. How were his military achievements recorded? Who reported them?"

"Who would believe that seven peasant conscript units could crush the mobile force of an entire ogre army?"

"If any commanders wish to use this opportunity to consolidate military power and supplies, they should simply state so! There's no need for these obviously fake tricks!"

Commander Yu ignored him.

The pale-faced young man who had been sitting quietly to the side of the commander's seat chuckled softly upon hearing this, snapped his jade fan shut, and stood up.

"I am the one who reports the many achievements of Chief Steward Li in Fangyuan and Nangao."

"Since you want evidence, then I will give you evidence."

His voice was gentle and clear, with a distinct Nangao accent, and his pronunciation sounded like reciting poetry.

Everyone in Nangao shuddered upon hearing his surname.

Li Lin's reaction was equally dramatic; he could hardly believe his ears.

"What's your name?!" he roared inwardly.

If this person were to utter something like "I knew the hardships of the world from an early age," he would faint on the spot and would do anything to escape the Allied forces the next day.

The Insect Real Person is still chasing me!