Zhang Shilei suddenly sobered up: "Is there a battle to be fought?" ”

I said in that cold, nerve-wracking tone, "Yes." ”

"But...... The old general is still drunk! ”

I grinned at him, "You know why I said I was going to do something earth-shattering, right?" ”

Zhang Shilei shuddered: "Young master, don't harm us!" ”

"What's the mess with me!"

Zhang Shilei muttered: "I am familiar with this, when I was a child, a group of children and the son of the village chief went to ring the bell at the entrance of the village, and he didn't do anything, and we went home at night and were beaten half to death." ”

I glared and said, "If you want to go, you will go, and if you talk nonsense, I will let you go home and be the village chief now!" ”

"Huh." Zhang Shilei hurriedly went to work.

The ancient marching war order is forbidden to rely on all kinds of ringing instruments, everyone is generally known to hear the drum and enter and smell the gold and retreat, the Hong Lie Army is similar, but when gathering, the horn is used to gather the soldiers, and the special drum sound represents the gathering of the generals, the drum is to all the generals to the commander's tent to hold a meeting, Zhang Shilei went not long after the drum sounded, and listened to the sound of "pass, pass, pass, pass" resounded throughout the city, it didn't take long for the nearby generals to hear the sound to come, and the generals of the other battalions also hurried to this side, It took about half a pillar of incense for the generals to get it in the big tent. So I stood at the door, and when I saw that all the people had arrived, I turned and entered my account.

The generals stood in two rows, and they didn't know what was going on, because even in peacetime when there was a war, the general drum was not commonly used, and the commander-in-chief dispatched which troops and horses were all ordered for a purpose, and if everyone was gathered together, there must have been some chaos.

In the whispers of everyone, I went straight to the handsome case, and someone whispered: "Why haven't you seen the old general?" ”

I pressed my hands down and said, "I'm presiding over this meeting, don't you have any opinions?" ”

There were a few veteran generals whose faces softened when they heard this--I have already guessed their thoughts, I am in charge, it must not be any military affairs, and the veteran and serious Pu Qixiong will not let a newcomer give orders, maybe it is an inconsequential pre-war mobilization, and someone laughed and said: "Is the Sword God General going to tell us how to cultivate sword qi?" The others also followed Ying He and said: "It turned out that it was to give us all a small stove, to be honest, we don't care about military salaries or anything, the lowly officials have long wanted to hear General Xiao Shi's cultivation experience." Speaking of which, the atmosphere has become a harmonious group, probably everyone has this idea in their hearts, the officers and soldiers of the left road are now consciously or unconsciously superior in all the armies, chasing the source, all because of me, the sword god, and because of my relationship with Shi Cundao, the generals are close to me, but no one looks at me differently because of my young qualifications.

But my next sentence directly shattered this atmosphere of friendship and harmony:

"Tomorrow early morning or this morning, the Feifeng Army will launch a surprise attack on the central part of Wu Si, and I want you to follow me out of the city on the hour to respond."

"Huh?" The generals were directly stunned by me, and in extreme astonishment, they fell into a short silence, I was originally ready for a storm, but I didn't expect this reaction, and I didn't know how to continue to say it for a while, so the whole big tent was looking at me and I looked at you, and no one spoke.

After a long time, a questioning voice came from somewhere: "The actions of the Feifeng Army...... Didn't you say the day after tomorrow? ”

I said, "This is the latest battle report, and it is definitely today!" ”

"Hum-" The people were only now relieved, and suddenly there was chaos. A member of the front row came out of the crowd, turned around and waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then turned to stare at me and said, "Where is the battle report?" ”

I spread my hands and said, "Verbal battle report." ”

The man reluctantly said, "Then what about the source of the battle report?" ”

I said, "Daughter Country." ”

The generals were confused again, and the man said calmly: "In other words, this battle report bypassed Marshal Shi and was directly sent to General Xiao Shi?" ”

I said, "Exactly." ”

The man nodded and walked back into the queue without saying a word, and then said lightly: "In this case, I'm afraid we won't be able to obey our fate." ”

I looked at him and said, "Why?" "At this time, I also remembered the name of this person, his name is Guo Dingyuan, he is the highest rank in the Left Route Army under Pu Qixiong and me, the de facto second in command of the Left Route Army, Pu Qixiong and I emphasized that this time without me, Guo Dingyuan is likely to take advantage of this western expedition to become the left front general, among the generals here I can call the name of not many, Guo Dingyuan is one of the few exceptions, and I am not difficult to think of him from his position in the queue, Pu Qixiong said that this person leads the troops strictly, iron-faced and selfless, At the age of less than 50 years old, he has made great achievements, and he is also very prestigious in the entire Hong Lie Army, and he is a protégé of Shi Cundao, from the age of 16 when he was admitted to the martial arts champion under the door of Shi Cundao, these years people have made the best of their talents and promoted rapidly, although it is inseparable from personal talent, but it is undeniable that Shi Cundao gave him his own stage of display, so Guo Dingyuan can be described as loyal to Shi Cundao, and stuffed me to the left army to top his position is also because of this - Shi Cundao regards him as a descendant, So don't worry about him being dissatisfied, but now it seems that this move is still wrong, at least for me, now he comes forward to argue with me, and Guo Dingyuan has a strong background and reasons in public and private, which really gives me a headache.

Guo Dingyuan looked at me and said without showing weakness: "This matter is very important, bypassing the marshal to transfer troops, the old general does not have this right...... Well? What about the old general? At the same time, the generals also remembered Pu Qixiong at this time, and his question would naturally be much simpler, so they all looked around.

"General Pu is drunk and unconscious, and I have already asked someone to arrange for him to rest."

"What?" The generals couldn't help but look at each other, and couldn't believe that Pu Qixiong was drunk and mistaken at this juncture.

I simply said, "I got him drunk." ”

"Uh......" The generals were speechless for a moment, and involuntarily focused their eyes on Guo Dingyuan.

Guo Dingyuan said: "May I ask what General Xiao Shi wants?" By the time he said this, his tone had become stiff, revealing an undisguised sternness.

I pretended to be calm and said: "I know that the marshal gave a death order not to allow a single soldier to go out of the city to meet the Feifeng army, and I also know that the old general will definitely not disobey the order to go out of the city, so I drunk him, and I also saved the old general from embarrassing." ”

Guo Dingyuan said coldly: "Then how do you know that we are willing to go out of the city on the charge of disobeying military orders?" ”

"Will I bear all the blame for all my sins afterwards?"

Guo Dingyuan shook his head and said, "I'm afraid you can't afford it." ”

"What if I have to send troops? Don't forget, now I'm the Supreme Commander of the Left Army! "So far, I can only make this last move, I have a showdown from the beginning because I understand that it is impossible to solve this matter by lying, there are too many loopholes, the opponent is too fine, and lying can only cover up.

Guo Dingyuan did not flinch from my question, but said in an orderly manner: "First of all, there are marshals and general Pu Lao who are higher in my Honglie army than you, and you drunk General Pu Lao without the marshal's knowledge, at least you said that you were transferred to a higher level, and at worst said that you were guilty of the following crimes, of course we have the right to disobey, and there is another question - why is the latest war report of the daughter country only known to you?" ”

I squinted at Guo Dingyuan and said, "You don't believe me?" ”

Guo Dingyuan paused and said, "This ...... Of course not, but I'm afraid that they just grasped General Xiao Shi's eagerness to make meritorious service and show their own psychology and encouraged, and they played such a trick at the beginning of the alliance between our two countries, so we must guard against it. In short, General Xiao Shi wants to insist on sending troops, Guo will be difficult to obey, and I can't care what the other generals want. ”

Some of the generals nodded secretly, some seemed to smile, and some simply pretended to be unconcerned, but obviously Guo Dingyuan was their weather vane, since he refused to obey, they were also happy to get out of the matter, my plan to use the rank to suppress people failed without accident, but I didn't expect these guys not to give me a little face, they just did it to me face to face gong and drum against me, it seems that there is still a gap in the kimono, as a sword god, they serve me, but when it comes to fighting, these veterans don't treat me as a dish at all, Pu Qixiong said that they are little rabbit cubs, Lao Pu has been in the army for 50 years, and these little rabbit cubs have turned into big-tailed wolves in front of me, all of them are old and cunning.

I pressed my hands on the table, looked at the bottom helplessly and heavily, and said: "I know what you are thinking - this kid is relying on the shit luck of a sword god hat falling from the sky and his grandfather is a marshal, I don't know what I am, arrogant and do whatever I want, and I don't know what to do, I got into the trap set by other people's daughters and didn't know it, and if I let him mess around, I will soon bring disaster to the country and the people, and the image in my mind is probably the kind of gentleman who doesn't know the height of the sky." ”

None of the generals spoke, but they gave me a tacit acquiescence.

I said earnestly: "Actually, I have been in contact with the people of my daughter's country for a long time, they are actually not what everyone thinks, these women are still very good at fighting, and I can prove that their intentions to form an alliance with us are sincere, if we can't cooperate sincerely at this time, not only will we hurt the friendship between the two countries, but we will even miss the opportunity to defeat Hegis......"

Guo Dingyuan interrupted me and said: "The problem is here, you said that they are very sincere, we don't think so, what if it is Zhao Fanghua's full set up to lead us out of the city?" ”

I said: "It's easy to tell the truth from the fake, the Feifeng Army is going to kill from the encirclement of Wu Sizhong, can't you see from your eyes whether they are really charging or playing?" ”

Guo Dingyuan said: "Even if it's true, it's the same if we are in the city to receive the Feifeng Army into the city, why do we have to go out of the city?" ”

I patiently said: "It's just a gesture, why should the ranking generals shirk left and right, are you already scared by Hegis and don't dare to go out of the city?" ”

I thought that as soon as this sentence came out, the people below must be excited, but this agitation method is as ineffective as a mud cow entering the sea, Guo Dingyuan sneered: "All the people present are veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, and there is no need for General Xiao Shi to comment on this, we don't want to send troops just because we feel that this matter is strange, lest we accidentally mistake the social affairs of my Honglie Empire." ”

I spread my hands and said, "Just believe me?" ”

Let's start with a chapter of verbal battles......

(To be continued)