() The next day, Badr took the initiative to find Canglong, and recounted the conversation he had with Ferham, word for word: "You punish me, prophet", Badr lowered his head, and did not go to Rì's yīn and ruthless, in front of Canglong, like a kitten, admitting his mistake and asking for punishment

"Oh," Canglong looked at, "Then how do you think I should punish you, remove you from the post of commander-in-chief, or let the military court judge you, or the two together"

Hearing this, Badr's face changed, and from knowing Canglong to now, Badr didn't see Canglong's spleen clearly, but he knew very well that Canglong would not be threatened by anyone

"The prophet said that he would do whatever he wanted, and I would have accepted my fate," Badr had no room for argument, in fact, he wanted to argue, and it was useless for Canglong to really take him, with his current strength, he could not afford to make any waves in Basra, and the Badr Brigade was not the same as before

"Accept your fate," Canglong put down the piece in his hand and smiled, "I really didn't expect such a frustrating word to come out of your mouth, you are the general of the Badr Brigade and the commander-in-chief of the Prophet's Army, if I really remove you, although nothing will happen, what will the Shiite and Sunni chieftains think of me?"

Badr's face was blue, and it was obvious that Canglong's words meant to say that you were threatening me, but in fact, Badr did not mean to threaten at all, but sincerely came to take the blame, after all, with his status, at least nominally, he was still the patriarch of Basra, even if he had different intentions, there was no need to do so

"I didn't mean to threaten anything," Badr explained

"I don't think you're threatening, and I don't think you can threaten me," Canglong said and looked at it again, "If I really want to punish you, no one will disagree, let alone say half a word to you, but you don't have any crimes, why should I punish you?"

"But I'm not," Badr looked up, curious

Canglong waved his hand and said: "Who doesn't have the slightest ambition, it's just that some people hide their ambitions in their hearts, because they don't have the strength to realize their ambitions, but it's the first time I've seen you be so honest, if you do this to win my trust, you don't have to."

"I" Badr has nothing to say, in fact, the purpose of his coming here is also to worry that he will be discovered by Canglong if he has different intentions, after all, the intelligence agency in charge of Su Su has become the most mysterious organization in the entire Basra, and Su Su only listens to Canglong, although he has not seen Canglong dispose of any of the former officials of Basra so far, but Badr has to guard against it

"I have always used people without suspicion, I don't need to use suspicious people, I really want to deal with you, I have already put you all together when the Prophet Army is beginning to take shape, and I think it is a waste of time to intrigue with you," Canglong said calmly

Badr's face was very bad, and he understood the meaning of this, which was to tell them that Canglong didn't even have to intrigue with them

Looking back, it seems that this is also the case, Canglong is now a prophet, and the military and political power are basically in his hands, and it is not easy to kill them

"I won't deal with you like Saddam," Canglong said calmly, "because what I want is not a high-pressure and cold Basra, but an enlightened and uplifting Basra, and I don't plan to engage in any family rule, do you understand?"

"No, don't dare," Badr was a little flattered, not expecting Canglong to make his words clear

"It seems that you still can't change it," Canglong shook his head, "If one day I want to dismiss you from your position or kill you, there are only two reasons, the first is that you are incompetent, and the second is that you have formed a party and violated any point, no matter what position you have, and no matter how many people will intercede for you, understand?"

Hearing this, Badr suddenly raised his head and returned to his former demeanor: "Understood"

"Now that you understand, why do you have to grovel so much," Canglong said with a smile, "Can't you be like Vivian, like Su Su, like Lao Bai and Lao Hei?"

Badr obviously didn't come back to his senses, it seems that in the Prophet's army, the high-ranking generals appointed by Canglong will never grovel to Canglong in words, for example, Vivian, as the Minister of Administration, seems to have great power, but in fact, her rights are all given by Canglong

But Vivian always likes to compete with Canglong in some places, and the two sometimes even compete against each other, but this does not hinder Canglong's heavy use of Vivian, Badr also found that although any member of the team may clash with Canglong in words, and even sarcastic, provocative and sarcastic, Canglong has never taken it seriously, although this is not majestic at all in the eyes of outsiders

But Badr knew that these people's respect for the dragon came from the bottom of their hearts, not from words and forms

Thinking about it this way, he understood what Canglong meant, and it seemed that they had been groveling ever since Canglong became a prophet, from Chief Assad to Chiram to himself

"Don't lose yourself at any time, I don't care what others do, but I don't need to lose myself here, that often represents incompetence, even if it is loyal, it doesn't have much effect," Canglong said coldly, "As for loyalty, it is a false proposition, a truly capable leader has the confidence to suppress his subordinates at any time, even if they have different intentions, and beware of the leaders of his subordinates, either they have done too much bad things, or they have no confidence in themselves."

Badr nodded: "I will definitely live up to the prophet's expectations, if the prophet has nothing else to do, I will take care of military affairs"

"Here it is again," Canglong shook his head helplessly, "It seems that you are difficult to change for a while, but don't be busy with it first, I still want to ask you about Simon, the information is very one-sided, I want to know the real situation of this Simon"

Hearing Simon's words, Badr's face immediately showed reverence: "He is a great general, even if he left Iraq with his troops during the Iraq war, it was not his fault"

"What I need is not this kind of official one-sided evaluation, but something internal," Canglong said calmly, "For example, if you sent away the Baath Party envoy, do you think Simon's xìng grid will wage war against us, and if it does, where will he start?"

Badr was stunned for a moment, and said for a while: "General Simon is a very strong general who invaded Xìng, and during the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, his troops penetrated deep into Iran and Kuwait, and the only drawback may be that he is too merciful."

"Benevolent" Canglong grasped the key point "where is the specific manifestation"

"For example, during the Iran-Iraq War, we fought Iran for eight years, and when the Iranians invaded our territory, they always retaliated against our civilians and slaughtered them, but General Simon never slaughtered their civilians after he fought back, and even if he caught a prisoner of war, he would follow the Rì Neiva Convention, and if he mistreated the prisoners, he would deal with them maritally," Badr said

"This should not be called benevolence, but the way of governing the army, it can only be said that he is an excellent soldier," Canglong commented

"Why a good soldier and not a general," Badr asked curiously

"A good soldier is disdainful of doing the kind of thing that massacres civilians, soldiers are soldiers, although they are carrying out orders, but they also have a bottom line, and the war between the two countries is the business of two countries, and civilians cannot dominate," Canglong explained. As for why he is not a good general, this is very simple, if he is an excellent general, he will not bend his knees under the rule of Saddam Hussein for so long, under the presence of American soldiers, what he should do is not to flee the country with his troops, even if he has more reasons for him to do so, this is deadly, so he is not called loyalty, but pedantic, if the army cannot protect his country and people, it is not called the army, but although he is pedantic, this is also his loveliness."

"Cute" Badr couldn't believe that the great General Simon had become cute in the eyes of Canglong, which was difficult for him to accept

"If I asked you to command and fight against his troops, how sure do you think you could win him," Canglong asked suddenly

"This" Badr suddenly lost his confidence, facing a generation of famous Iraqi generals, he was once a subordinate of others, how could he have a confrontational mentality, "To be honest, I am not sure, he has fought more battles than I have killed"

"Oh," the dragon thought, touching his chin, "you haven't answered me yet, will he invade Basra?"

"It's hard to say that Basra is General Simon's hometown, and I think he would be more than willing to come back here," Badr said, "and Basra has nearly 70% of Iraq's oil reserves, and it is Iraq's only outlet to the sea, if the Baath Party can occupy this place and open up the mouth to the sea, it will be much easier to compete with zhōng yāngzhèng fǔ."

"Hometown," Canglong smiled, "This is very interesting, but most of you have considered it from a strategic point of view, and you haven't analyzed his xìng grid, if we don't ally with him, he will be angry and attack, we will use force to make us submit, or will you take the initiative to come over and negotiate"

"I think it's an attack," Badr affirmed, "General Simon should send troops to test us, and when he has firmly controlled the five central provinces, he will be overwhelmed, or at least give us the illusion that he is going to wage war."

"Why are you so sure all of a sudden?" asked Canglong

"During the Gulf War, General Simon's troops were the main force of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, and he was one of the commanders, and he was stationed in Basra at the time, and he did the same at the beginning, and it was not so much that Iraq's invasion of Kuwait was a war, but that the Iraqi army took over Kuwait directly, because we didn't encounter much resistance after entering Kuwait at that time, and it all depended on General Simon's strategy," Badr said

"In that case, you can go back and prepare," Canglong said

But Badr didn't know why: "What to prepare?"

"Prepare for war," Canglong said coldly, "From now on, in addition to the adjustment of the grand strategy, you have the supreme command tactically"