The next day, Badr took the initiative to find Canglong and recounted the conversation he had with Fersam yesterday, word for word. "Punish me, prophet." Badr lowered his head, without the yin owl and ruthlessness of the past, he was admitting his mistake like a kitten in front of Canglong, and asked for punishment.

"Oh." Canglong looked at the document, "Then how do you think I should punish you?" Remove you from the post of commander-in-chief? Or let a military court give you a trial? Or two together. ”

Hearing this, Badr's face changed, from knowing Canglong to now, Badr has not seen Canglong's temperament clearly, but he knows very well that Canglong will not be threatened by anyone.

"I will do whatever the prophet says, and I will accept my fate." Badr has no room for argument, in fact, it is useless for him to refute even if he wants to, what does Canglong really want to do with him, with his current strength, he can't afford to make a little wind in Basra, and the Badr Brigade is not the same as the former Badr Brigade.

"Resigned?" Canglong put down the document in his hand, smiled and said, "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 Army, if I really withdraw you, although nothing will happen, but what will the Shiite and Sunni chieftains think of me?" ”

Badr's face was pale, and it was obvious that Canglong's words meant to say, are you threatening me? But in fact, Badr did not mean to threaten at all, but sincerely came to bear the guilt, after all, with his status, at least nominally, he was still the patriarch of Basra, even if he had a different heart, there was no need to do so.

"I don't mean to threaten anything." Badr explained.

"I don't think you're threatening me, and I don't think you can threaten me." Canglong said, looking at the document again, "If I really want to punish you, no one will disagree, let alone say half a word to you, but you are not guilty, why should I punish you?" ”

"But I'm not," Badr looked up, a strange expression.

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, and if you're doing it to gain 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 until now, he has not seen Canglong dispose of any former official in Basra, but Badr has to guard against it.

"I have always been suspicious of employing people, and I don't need to use suspicious people, I really want to deal with you, I have already sorted you all down when the Prophet Army began 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, he heard the meaning of this, this was to tell them that Canglong didn't even have to fight with them.

Looking back, it seems that the truth is also true, Canglong is now a prophet, and the military and political power is basically in his hands, isn't it easy to kill them?

"I'm not going to deal with you like Saddam did." Canglong said calmly, "Because what I want is not a high-pressure and cold Basra, but an enlightened and upward Basra, and I don't plan to engage in any family-style rule, do you understand?" ”

"No, don't dare." Badr was a little flattered, he didn't expect Canglong to make his words clear.

"Looks like you still can't change it." Canglong shook his head, "If I want to dismiss you from your position one day, or kill you, there are only two reasons, the first is that you are incompetent, and the second is that you form a party for personal gain, and violate 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 smiled and said, "Can't you be like Vivian, like Su Su, like Old White and Black?" ”

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 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 reuse of Vivian, Badr also found that any person in Team B, although he may clash with Canglong in words, and even sarcastic, provocative and sarcastic, but Canglong has never taken it seriously, although in the eyes of outsiders, Canglong has no majesty at all.

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

Thinking about it made him understand what Canglong meant, it seemed that since Canglong became a prophet, they have been groveling, from Sheikh Assad to Chiram, to himself.

"At any time, don't lose yourself, I don't care what others do, but I don't need people who lose themselves here, that often means incompetence, even if it is loyal, it doesn't have much effect." Canglong said coldly, "As for loyalty, it is originally 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 go to deal with military affairs." ”

"Here we go again." Canglong shook his head helplessly, "It seems that you will be difficult to change for a while, but don't be busy leaving, 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 two words, Badr immediately showed reverence on his face: "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, you sent away the Baath Party's envoy, do you think that with Simon's character, you will wage war against us?" Where will he start if he starts a war! ”

Badr was stunned for a moment, was silent for a while, and said: "General Simon is a very aggressive general, during the Iran-Iraq War and the Gulf War, his troops have penetrated deep into Iran and Kuwait, and the only drawback may be that he is too benevolent. ”

"Kindness?" Canglong grasped the point, "Where is the specific performance?" ”

"For example, during the Iran-Iraq war, we fought with Iran for eight years, and when the Iranians invaded our territory, they would always massacre our civilians in retaliation, but after General Simon fought back, he never slaughtered their civilians, and even if he caught prisoners of war, he would abide by the Geneva Conventions, and he would deal with them with military law if there was any mistreatment of prisoners." Badr said.

"This should not be called mercy, but the way to govern the army, and 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 there is also a bottom line, and the war between the two countries is a matter of two countries, which cannot be dominated by civilians." Canglong explained, "As for why it's not a good general? It's very simple, if he is a good general, he will not bend his knees under Saddam's rule 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 fatal, so he is not called loyal 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 turned cute in the eyes of Canglong, which made him unacceptable.

"If I let you take command and fight against his troops, how sure are you that you can win him?" Canglong asked suddenly.

"This" Badr suddenly lost his confidence, in the face of a generation of famous Iraqi generals, he was once a subordinate of others, how could he have a confrontational mentality, "To be honest, I'm not sure, he fought more battles than I killed." ”

"Oh." Canglong touched his chin and wondered, "You haven't answered me yet, will he invade Basra!" ”

"It's hard to say, Basra is General Simon's hometown, and I think he would love to come back here." "And Basra has nearly 70 percent of Iraq's oil reserves, and it's the only outlet to the sea, so it would be much easier for the Baath Party to occupy it and open up access to the sea to compete with the central government." ”

"Hometown?" Canglong smiled, "This is very interesting, but most of you think about it from a strategic point of view, and you haven't analyzed his character yet, if we don't form an alliance with him, will he attack us in anger and make us succumb by force, or will he take the initiative to come over and negotiate." ”

"I think it's going to be an offense!" "General Simon should send his troops to attack us tentatively, 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?" Canglong asked.

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