"The last general will not dare!" Nadu said that he didn't dare, but his body had no intention of retreating.

"Huh? Is there anything else you can do? If not, then hurry back and prepare, if you delay the time, you will not be spared! Liu Chongjing shouted coldly.

After all, he was born in a general, his status is noble, and he has been in the army for so many years, and he is still very majestic when he scolds loudly, that is, there is no difference between him and those veterans who have led the army all year round.

Nadu Tou was obviously taken aback by his cold drink, but he still didn't mean to retreat, but took a deep breath and said: "General, with the meaning of his subordinates, it is better for the general not to send troops at this time than to send troops!" ”

"Presumptuous! How Ben is going to behave is something you can question? Liu Chongjing shouted angrily.

"Doesn't the general want to quickly remove the sub-word in front of the name?" But the head of the capital was out of the way, and asked loudly as well.

Liu Chongjing was stunned for a moment, and looked at the head of the capital, only to see that this person's face was obviously full of fear, and he was obviously worried that he would anger Liu Chongjing and be directly killed by him with a military order.

Now that the war is urgent, if Liu Chongjing is really taken down on the charge of violating military orders, whether he is punished on the spot and disciplined, or handed him over to the people of the Military Justice Department for disposal, it will be difficult for him to escape the fate of falling to the ground.

However, this head is obviously also gambling, he is gambling with his own life on his observation of Liu Chongjing.

In this person's opinion, in order to be able to make meritorious contributions, Liu Chongjing disregarded military discipline and sent troops to fight with the Chu army without authorization, which led to a big defeat, which is enough to show that Liu Chongjing attaches great importance to fame and fortune in his heart.

And he himself is now in his forties, although he has been in the army for many years, but because of his mediocre ability, he has only been a capital leader until now, and he has not been able to cross this hurdle, become a commander, and become a real general.

At this age, this person knows that if he has no accidents, he may only be able to grow old as the head of the capital for the rest of his life.

If you are lucky, you may be able to be promoted and become an honorary commander in the future.

But all this is not attractive to him, what he wants is fame and fortune, and it is to worship the general, not the ineffective addition before retiring.

It is the so-called wealth and danger.

He felt that he could not be promoted, although his lack of ability was a reason, but more importantly, because he had no foundation and no background in the army.

Like Chen Fan and Fan Sicong in the right Tengxiang army, their abilities are also relatively mediocre, but the two of them have such a big backer as Wu Wang Yang Wu, so the two of them are now in command of both official residences.

The Liu Chongjing in front of him is also bent on climbing up like him, but unlike him, Liu Chongjing is the eldest son of Liu Wei, the Duke of Song Guo, and the Liu family has a deep foundation in the army, which is by no means comparable to himself, an ordinary person.

If he can take refuge in Liu Chongjing and become his confidant, then in the future, if Liu Chongjing is promoted, will he not help himself?

"Chen Fen, Ben will remember that you have been sitting in the position of the head of the capital for almost eight years, right?" Liu Chongjing's tone was still very cold.

"Yes, this year is the eighth year that my subordinates have served as the head of the capital!" Seeing that Liu Chongjing did not directly order himself to be taken down, Chen Fen breathed a sigh of relief.

He is still only a capital head now, if he could still call himself the "last general" before, but now with the establishment of the state of Wu, Yang Wu clearly issued an edict that officers below the capital can only call themselves "subordinates", etc., and cannot call themselves "last generals" and "generals".

So now he can only honestly call himself a "subordinate".

"You can do the top position, I think you should know the rules of the army very well, and you don't need to be a general. Now that the military situation is urgent, Ben will not have time to say more to you, so you can say your reasons as quickly as possible. ”

"If your reasons can convince Bensho, then Bensho will not only not punish you, but will also give you some reward; But if your reasons are not very good, then don't blame Ben for dealing with you with military law! ”

Liu Chongjing said indifferently, and at the same time stared at Chen Fen with his eyes, wanting to see what reason he planned to convince himself.

"Yes!" Although it is the winter of November, Chen Fen is sweating coldly on his forehead, and he doesn't dare to reach out to wipe it.

"Please also ask the general to let these brothers step back first......" He didn't speak directly, but looked at the few guards left in the camp tent and asked Liu Chongjing.

Liu Chongjing didn't know what he wanted to say, but he knew that since Chen Fen suggested that he should not send troops to rescue Ma Ye, it was likely that there would be some reasons that were not known to outsiders.

Therefore, Liu Chongjing pondered for a moment and ordered many guards to withdraw first, leaving only two by his side.

"These two are Ben's henchmen, if you have any reason, just say it bluntly, don't waste time, Ben's patience is limited."

"Yes!" Chen Fen knew that the two guards who stayed behind must be the people Liu Chongjing trusted the most, so no matter what amazing news there was, he could say it in front of them, and there was no need to hide it.

"My subordinates heard that after the general returned to the forbidden army from the box army, his original position should be that of the commander, but because now there are already commanders of all armies and guards, the general can only serve as the deputy commander for the time being, and he will serve as a vacancy in the future."

"However, the subordinates feel that the general has been delayed for two years, and now there is a punishment on his body, even if the position of the commander is vacant in the future, I am afraid that it may not be the general's turn to be promoted!" Chen Fen said cautiously while carefully observing Liu Chongjing's expression.

He saw that the corners of Liu Chongjing's mouth twitched when he mentioned the word "Xiang Jun", but there was no sign of anger, and he immediately knew that he had made the right bet again.

"You go on, what does this have to do with whether or not Ben sent troops to rescue General Ma?" Liu Chongjing asked quietly.

"General, if you are promoted normally, if you want to become a commander, I am afraid that it will take a lot of time; But right now, there is an opportunity for our army to vacate a place for a commander! Chen Fen stepped forward and whispered.

Liu Chongjing listened to it, but his heart exploded.

"Vacate a place for the Commander!"

This sentence was like a drum beating next to his ears, and he couldn't help but change his face greatly.

Yes, under normal circumstances, as the so-called radish and a pit, there will be an additional number of commanders, either the Wu army will expand the army, or there will be generals with higher positions than the commanders who have retired, or otherwise, someone will die!

Directly kill a commander or even a general above the commander, no matter how bold Liu Chongjing is, he will not dare to do so.

However, if a commander is killed by the enemy, then it is no wonder that he is not to blame.

What's even better is that this commander happens to be the commander of his guard, if Ma Ye is killed by the Chu army, then won't he, the deputy commander, just be promoted?

No matter who it is, it doesn't have to be replaced by a commander from somewhere else, right?

Thinking of this, Liu Chongjing's heart beat violently.

At present, he obviously has reached the time when he needs to make a quick decision, whether it is to send troops to rescue, or to accept Chen Fen's advice to delay time, and deliberately let Ma Ye be killed by the Chu army, he must make a quick decision, and there is no time for him to delay.

In the next appearance, Chen Fen saw that Liu Chongjing's face was cloudy, and suddenly became even more nervous.

He knew that it was time to decide his life and death, and whether his gamble would give him a bright future, or whether he would make a head-to-head landing and his life would not be guaranteed, it would depend on how Liu Chongjing decided next.

"Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to vacate the post of commander without a year and a half; Even if there is a vacancy, as long as the vacant commander is not ours, then it is unlikely that I will be transferred to the post of commander. ”

"The last time I asked my father to intercede in front of the king and transfer me from the box army to the forbidden army, my father regretted it greatly; If there is a vacancy in the future for other guards, my father will definitely not intercede for me again. ”

"Without my father's help, it is too unlikely that I want to fill the gap in other guards......" Liu Chongjing shook his head and sighed secretly.

Although he has a father at the level of a Huainan veteran, although he does not have much actual power now, he still has great influence.

It's a pity that this father has an indifferent mentality, has no idea of fighting for power and profit, and is even more unwilling to run around for his own affairs.

He felt that if his father was willing to speak for himself, then where would he have been transferred to the Xiang Army for two years, and finally he was able to return to the forbidden army by those means.

"That's it, my father doesn't want to speak for me, if I am promoted normally, it is too difficult to get ahead!"

"Anyway, I have already cooperated with that Wang Zhong at the beginning, and now it is not a big deal to add another crime!" Liu Chongjing gritted his teeth and made up his mind in his heart.

People are like this, once they have the first illegal act, they are often prone to the idea of breaking the jar and breaking it down.

"This time Ben will not go to the rescue, but find a way to delay the time in the middle, this time does not need to be too long, at most a quarter of an hour, if it is too long, it is easy to arouse suspicion."

"As for whether Ma Ye is dead or alive in the end, it depends on his life!"

"If he survives, then Ben Jiang can only honestly continue to wait for the opportunity!"

"If his life is not good and he dies, then God will give Ben a chance to be promoted!"

"Presumably a quarter of an hour's delay won't arouse the suspicion of others!"

After making up his mind, all kinds of thoughts crossed Liu Chongjing's heart, and finally he said: "You are very good, it is a pity to only serve as a capital leader!" ”

Chen Fen was overjoyed when he heard it, although Liu Chongjing did not say it explicitly, but his meaning was not much different from what he said.