Chapter 38: The Commander of the Army (9)
"Do you say that Sun Libin and Guo Zonghui's actions were instructed by His Majesty the Heavenly King?" Sun Zhengping said in a low voice.
The faces of the three of them changed, and they were all worried. They were the protectors of King Chung, and they were deeply taught by the words and deeds of King Chung Lee so-sung, and they took loyalty to the Kingdom of Heaven as their responsibility. After the young army came to the kingdom of heaven, he also swore allegiance to the king of heaven, Hong Tiangui, but unfortunately when faced with the two choices of the loyal king and the heavenly king, the three of them still chose the more familiar loyal king.
"Probably not, we'll be back after meeting with the commander, and there shouldn't be time to leak the news during this period. I haven't been in contact with Sun Libin, but I've heard some things about this person from the First Army, and this person is extremely bold in doing things, and he will do what he thinks he will do immediately, I'm afraid that our actions are too big and he feels uneasy to act. Xie Zhihai said in a deep voice. Among the three, Zhang Guangshuang is brave, Sun Zhengping is fine, but Xie Zhihai is calm, perhaps because he is older than the two, many times he is the one who takes the idea among the three.
"Now I can only hope for the news of the military commander, what a grievance! Let a bunch of recruits be bullied to the head. Zhang Guangshuang said depressedly.
"Bear with me, if you really want to make trouble at this time, let's not say that we can't go, even if the military commander gets the order of the Heavenly King, I'm afraid we will not be punished." Sun Zhengping's face was also very ugly.
Just then, there was a commotion outside the camp
The three of them frowned, and before they could get up, the barracks door opened, and the Heavenly Sword Daoist walked in proudly with three scrolls of edicts in his hand.
The three of them looked stunned, and the Red Heavenly Sword Daoist beside Hong Tiangui naturally knew each other, and they hurriedly got up to salute one by one.
"Three division commanders, I heard that you are leaving the Second Army, and you are going to take all the officers above two Sima in the general?" The Heavenly Sword Daoist said in a deep voice.
The faces of the three of them changed, and they didn't know how to speak for a while.
"On behalf of His Majesty the Heavenly King, I ask you, for whom do you deserve the army, and who are you loyal to?"
Facing the questioning of the Heavenly Sword Daoist, cold sweat appeared on the faces of the three of them.
"My lord, we are naturally loyal to the Heavenly King, but after all, we are from the Loyal King's personal guards, and we dare not disobey the orders of the Loyal King." Xie Zhihai said with a wry smile.
"You are loyal to the king of heaven, you are loyal to the king, there is a saying since ancient times that loyalty and righteousness are both, and if you choose to be loyal to the king, you will become a person who is disloyal to the king! Even if I go back, I'm afraid it will only discredit King Zhong! The Heavenly Sword Daoist sneered, the edict in his hand was not promulgated, but he was holding the edict with an indifferent expression.
"My lord, the three of us are also involuntarily, and we can't help but obey the orders of the loyal king."
"Then what if the Heavenly King himself keeps it?" The Heavenly Sword Daoist said in a deep voice.
The three of them looked at the edict in the hand of the Heavenly Sword, and a look of hesitation flashed on their faces.
"The King of Heaven has succeeded to the throne so far, and has never been crowned a prince, not because the King of Heaven does not reward meritorious ministers, but because the King of Heaven wants to redivide the titles of the Kingdom of Heaven, and the princes promoted by the King of Heaven in the past few years have to be re-evaluated, His Majesty the King of Heaven has said that in addition to the great contribution to the founding of the country, you can think about how many people in the entire Kingdom of Heaven are qualified to retain the throne. Moreover, the king of heaven divides the title into six levels, king, duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male, and in my hand is the baronial edict issued by the king himself, the first edict of knighthood since the king succeeded to the throne. Heavenly Sword Daoist said in a deep voice.
The division of titles in the Kingdom of Heaven is really chaotic, although it has not reached the situation of the flood of kings in the original historical trajectory, but there are dozens of kings. Half of them are children of the Hong family. Hong Tiangui has long had the intention to rectify all this, which is also an important reason why he has not used the title of king and marquis to win over the generals since he succeeded to the throne.
Baron? The lowest rank of the six knighthoods? It seems that the brigade commander in the army was originally named a viscount. Moreover, the five-level title system implemented by the Kingdom of Heaven, no matter how you think about it, these five-level titles are more valuable than sixth-level titles.
"Dare to ask my lord, can this baronial status be hereditary?" Xie Zhihai's eyes moved, and there was a hint of excitement in his calm voice.
"No! When a person dies, the descendants of the viscount can inherit the title of the baron, and the descendants of the earl can inherit the title of viscount, and the descendants of each level of the title are automatically demoted to one level, and the baron becomes an ordinary person. Heavenly Sword said in a deep voice.
"His Majesty the Heavenly King has already made up his mind to carry out this matter?" Xie Zhihai asked in a deep voice.
"Yes, but it hasn't started yet!"
Zhang Guangshuang and Sun Zheng looked at each other flatly, feeling that the king of heaven was too stingy! If you want to win over yourself, you can use the lowest baron, it is better for them to return to the command of the loyal king, with the rank of their commander, the marquis can be expected.
At this time, Xie Zhihai took a step forward, knelt down on one knee, and said, "The last general, Xie Zhihai, is willing to swear allegiance to His Majesty the Heavenly King!" ”
Zhang Guangshuang and Sun Zhengping were stunned, they didn't expect Xie Zhihai, the calmest of the three, to make such a choice.
"Big brother, you're crazy! A little baron......" Zhang Guangshuang said.
Sun Zhengping's expression was uncertain, and finally he gritted his teeth abruptly and knelt on one knee with Xie Zhihai.
"Old Sun, you ...... You ......"
Xie Zhihai turned his head to look at him and said in a deep voice: "Guangshuang, if you can trust me, follow me to be loyal to His Majesty the Heavenly King, I will not harm you." ”
Zhang Guangshuang's face was hesitant, and finally he sighed helplessly, and knelt on one knee with Xie Zhihai.
As everyone knows, the sudden allegiance of the three of them made the Heavenly Sword Daoist a little stunned. The reason why he explained in detail that Hong Tiangui wanted to implement a new title level was that he had no confidence in Hong Tiangui's reward this time. The sixth-level title is the lowest, and the generosity before the old king is completely in the same heaven and on the earth. But he didn't arrive first, but this lowest edict of knighthood actually subdued the three division commanders,
The three edicts were handed to the three of them, and the Heavenly Sword Daoist did not ask, mainly because he couldn't pull it down.
"The three division commanders, since they are loyal to His Majesty the Heavenly King, then immediately restrain the armies under their command, without the order of the Heavenly King, not a single soldier can be transferred out of the barracks!" Heavenly Sword shouted in a deep voice.
The three of them should say yes.
Seeing off the Heavenly Sword, the three of them returned to the barracks again.
"Big brother, tell me what's going on?" Zhang Guangshuang said dissatisfied. Originally, I went to Shanghai to find the loyal king, but now I suddenly accept the canonization of the king of heaven!
Xie Zhihai carefully put away the bright yellow edict, then turned his head to look at Zhang Guangshuang, and said, "Guangshuang, tell me what you joined the army for?" ”
Zhang Guangshuang was stunned for a moment, and said without thinking: "It was to eat a full meal, but now it is for the glory of the ancestors!" ”
"That's right! Glory to the ancestors! What are we fighting for? In the army, you should have discovered that in the past two years, the king has paid less and less attention to the title, and there are a large number of marquis in the army. The old king of heaven relied on the king to control the whole army, and the new king succeeded to the throne until now but has not been crowned, even if the king of England has achieved a great catastrophe on the Western Front, the king of heaven has a generous reward, but no one has obtained the title. Now that I have finally gotten accurate news from the mouth of Lord Heavenly Sword, I am afraid that the Heavenly King is going to abolish all the princes who were sealed during the period of the Old Heavenly King! ”
"What! That's impossible! Zhang Guangshuang was shocked.