Chapter 687 - 340: Zhi Li mourns! Air raid on Turing Tuo!_2
Now that the masks had been ripped off, Suo Lun’s crime of planning a rebellion could no longer be framed on anyone else, so he had no choice but to bury his head and pretend ignorance, and go directly to annihilate Tianshui City.
This course of action, without a doubt, was a tremendous destruction to Zhi Li’s prestige and the kingdom’s institutions.
How would all the lords and nobles under the heavens view him, Zhi Li?
By doing so, even if Zhi Li obliterated Suo Lun and ascended to the throne, the lords and nobles underneath would still disdain him in secret. And Duke Turing Tuo, without checks and balances, would become a powerful minister who could not be shaken off.
It could be said that launching an attack on Tianshui City without a just cause was a huge overextension of Zhi Li’s future prospects, planting a massive hidden danger for his reign as king.
Knowing all these disadvantages and still proceeding, because Zhi Li knew he had no choice but to eliminate Suo Lun.
If he didn’t eliminate Suo Lun, Zhi Li wouldn’t even be able to become king, let alone worry about the future.
The choice was still about choosing the lesser of two evils.
"Drink your medicine," Fang Qingzhuo said softly.
Zhi Li took over the medicine and drank it in one gulp, saying, "Go ask where the Tuling Tuo Army of two hundred thousand has reached? Are they about to attack Tianlang Pass soon? We shouldn’t lose this time, right?"
Li Chenglian said, "No, compared to Zhi Wei, Duke Turing Tuo is ten times stronger. The Dragon Guard Army is also much stronger than Zhi Wei’s Southeast Army. Most importantly, after Suo Lun wiped out Zhi Wei’s one hundred and fifty thousand strong army, he was exhausted and unable to fight against the Tuling Tuo Army again. If he could fight Turing Tuo, he wouldn’t have needed to kill Zhi Wei. The consequences of killing Zhi Wei are clearer to him than to us."