369: General Li has such great authority!

When Li Chengliang arrived, the Generals were roasting food in the open air, as they had been woken up and came directly here with their weapons, without even having eaten yet!

"Quickly, quickly!" Wang Da Tou impatiently shouted.

"Alright, General, please wait a moment. I just need to sprinkle some spices," Zhao Ponu said with a smile.

"Where are my sons, Rubo and Rumei?" Li Chengliang asked, frowning as he stepped forward.

"Here, here!"

Li Chengliang looked over and saw a young man say, "Brother Po Nu, the spices are over here."

Two black lines appeared on Li Chengliang's forehead. He then heavily whipped the ground with his horsewhip, kicking up dust that covered the freshly roasted wild rabbit meat in Zhao Ponu's hand.

Zhao Ponu stared blankly at the wild rabbit meat in his hand and cursed, "Damn it..."

"What did you say, kid!" a martial General beside Li Chengliang immediately cursed angrily.

Wang Da Tou, however, immediately burst out swearing, "Grandma's, what are you barking about!"

The martial General was stunned. It had been a long time since he had seen such an arrogant person in Liaodong Commandery!

He then cursed angrily, "Damn it! You must be tired of living!"

Just as Wang Da Tou was about to curse back, She Jian stopped him.

"If a dog bites you, are you going to bite it back? Don't be like a child."

Li Chengliang's eyes narrowed upon hearing this. He then sneered and said, "She Jian? So it's you. I thought some divine being had graced this place, requiring me to personally intervene."

Wang Da Tou's anger turned into a smile upon hearing this, and he couldn't help but say to She Jian, "Heh heh, you see? They don't even put you in their eyes."

She Jian smiled upon hearing this, "I didn't expect the old General to still remember me. That's right, it's your grandpa!"

"Are you trying to die?" The martial General immediately wanted to step forward and teach She Jian a lesson!

But Li Chengliang stopped him, "Cao Fu, you stand down first."

He then said to She Jian, "Did your superior not teach you about hierarchy? Or has your Great Wall Legion become a bit overconfident with its great victory? I am standing in front of you, and you are just sitting there?"

"Why don't you sit too?" She Jian gestured to an empty seat beside him.

Li Chengliang was somewhat annoyed, and then said in a deep voice, "Enough with the nonsense. I can overlook today's matter, but you must hand Lin Yue over to me!"

Lin Yue immediately smiled and said, "Old General, why are you calling me?"

"Heh heh, so you are here. Do you also have no sense of hierarchy? Why don't you salute your superior when you see him?" Li Chengliang said in a deep voice.

"What great authority," Lin Yue clicked his tongue, "May I ask whose superior you are?"

"Although you are in the Great Wall Legion, as long as you are in Great Qin, I am your superior!" Li Chengliang said.

"If we are talking about saluting superiors, I'm afraid you should salute me first," She Jian said indifferently.

"You are just a small Colonel. Even if the Great Wall Legion won a great victory this time, you are at most just a General. What virtue and ability do you have to make this old man salute you?" Li Chengliang asked.

"Po Nu, tell him whether he should salute me!" She Jian said with a smile.

"Yes, sir!" Zhao Ponu responded, then cursed at Li Chengliang, "Hey, old fellow, listen up! This person in front of you is a Great Qin Earl, Titled General of the Great Wall Legion, She Jian!"

Li Chengliang was stunned upon hearing this. No one would dare to impersonate a Great Qin Earl, so did that mean She Jian had really been promoted to Titled General and Earl?

But that wasn't all. The young General continued:

"The other one is a Great Qin Viscount, Titled General of the Great Wall Legion, Wang Li!

And his Vice General, General Wang Han!

As for this one, he is a Great Qin Earl, Great Qin Imperial Guard, Lin Yue!

Open your dog eyes and see which one of them is your subordinate!"

Zhao Ponu shouted angrily, completely unafraid.

"Someone without even a noble title dares to bark here? One day I'll pull out all your teeth!" She Jian cursed.

Previously, Li Chengliang had been stripped of his noble title because he had sat idly by and ignored Nurhaci's deployment of troops to Haixi, preparing to unify the Jurchen. In this era, trying to play the historical trick of fostering bandits to enhance one's own importance was purely courting death.

Now, with Li Chengliang having no noble title, it could be said that the majority of the Generals present had higher noble titles than him!

Li Chengliang's heart was currently churning like a raging sea!

In this short year, a former Colonel, a small Commandant, how did they all become Earls!

He was now in a dilemma. After all, the two of them had previously held grudges against him, and now his own son was in their hands!

This made him feel a little uncertain.

However, though the fierce tiger may be old, its prestige remains.

Li Chengliang dismounted from his horse, calmly stepped forward, and said, "Where are my two good-for-nothing rebellious sons?"

She Jian gestured to the side upon hearing this. Li Chengliang followed his gaze and saw Li Rumei lying on the ground twitching, while Li Rupo was hanging from a cavalry spear, unconscious.

Without exception, both of their faces were swollen like pig heads!

Li Chengliang took a deep breath and said coldly, "Gentlemen, it's fine to teach young people who don't know their place a lesson, but isn't this a bit too much?"

"This is my Fief. General Li, as an Earl—oh no, a former Earl—should also know the consequences of leading troops to trespass on a Baron's Fief. Sparing his life is already out of respect for you; otherwise, his death would be meaningless," Lin Yue said.

Li Chengliang looked at the two lying on the ground with a look of disappointment upon hearing this, then instructed the martial General behind him, "Take these two rebellious sons away!"

Then Cao Fu and another martial General stepped forward in response.

"Wait!" She Jian spoke up, "Did I say they could leave?"

As he spoke, Zhao Ponu, Yang Dengshan, and others pointed their spears at the two martial Generals opposite them, preventing them from taking another step forward.

"General She, General Lin, it's best to leave a line for future encounters. After all, this is Liaodong," Li Chengliang said coldly.

What he said was true. After all, he had cultivated Liaodong for nearly twenty years, with countless disciples and former Generals under his command, and many connections in the imperial court. Therefore, even without a noble title, Li Chengliang was not afraid of She Jian in the slightest.

Even if She Jian was that powerful dragon, he couldn't guard his Fief forever. Here, he, the local snake, still had the final say!

"Are you threatening me?" Lin Yue was a little surprised. Who gave him the courage? Liang Jingru?

"It's not a threat, just some experience from an old man," Li Chengliang sneered.

"I have more than just these two sons. If these two rebellious sons die, then they die. But if there were suddenly fires, floods, Mountain Bandits raiding villages, causing widespread anger and resentment, that would always be bad."

All the Generals stood up and glared at Li Chengliang upon hearing this. This was a naked threat!

But he was right. Such insidious and underhanded tactics were indeed hard to guard against!

Just as the atmosphere on the scene was tense, a slightly sharp voice rang out.

"Oh, Lord Li, what great authority you wield!"