248. Struggle for power
Wei Zhen met Hao Qiang and his gang in the woods, and knew that Jing Zhonghua was in a hurry to return to their secret cave to save him. In order to stop Jing Zhonghua from doing stupid things in time, he said to Hao Qiang, "There will be a period later", and hurriedly chased after Jing Zhonghua.
Fortunately, Wei Zhen finally entered the secret cave before Jing Zhonghua was ready to do something stupid. Jing Zhonghua is preparing to study the battle plan with a dozen miniature people, how to return to the palace from the secret passage to save Wei Zhen.
Jing Zhonghua was taken aback when she saw Wei Zhen appear in front of her, and asked in surprise:
"Zhao Feng said that you were arrested by them a long time ago, how did you escape?"
Wei Zhen said: "Why don't you have a brain? If I get caught, he won't tell you at all, and I won't need to threaten you. ”
Jing Zhonghua scolded: "This villain has deceived me for a long time. ”
Wei Zhen greeted everyone and said, "This cave can't stay, it has been exposed, and Zhao Feng may soon track him down from the dark passage." In order to slow down their movements, we immediately opened the secret passage, set up automatic bows and traps, and quickly escaped from this cave. ”
So, after Wei Zhen, Jing Zhonghua and the team members turned on the automatic bows and crossbows and traps, they all evacuated the cave, passed through the dense woods, climbed over the high walls of the castle, and returned to the camp in front of the gate of the castle where Liu Yan was stationed.
In the temporary tent set up, Liu Yan was very happy to see Wei Zhen, Jing Zhonghua and the team members, and after everyone sat down, he said:
"I'm glad you came back safely, and now we don't have to worry about attacking the city. Today is really a double happiness, and we also caught Hao Qiang, the captain of the guard of the mutual aid country who pretended to surrender to sincerity. ”
Wei Zhen immediately corrected Liu Yan's wrong judgment and said: "Hao Qiang used to be a general of the mutual aid country, and he was dismissed and imprisoned for offending Zhao Feng. ”
Liu Yan immediately asked the guards around him to escort Hao Qiang out. Hao Qiang, who was tied up with five flowers, was escorted to the camp, and Liu Yan greeted him with a smile and said:
"Brother Hao Qiang, I'm sorry, misunderstanding, misunderstanding!"
Liu Yan personally untied Hao Qiang and said: "I always thought that you were Zhao Feng's right-hand man, but I didn't expect that Zhao Feng, a villain, would have eyes and ignorance of Mount Tai, and it would be a pity to abandon a general like you." ”
Liu Yan invited Hao Qiang to sit down on a chair, and he instructed the guards to untie the group of people Hao Qiang had brought and entertain them well.
Hao Qiang is also very knowledgeable, he bowed down and kowtowed to everyone present to ask for guilt, please ignore the past suspicions, forgive him, and accept them.
Liu Yan immediately went up to help Hao Qiang and said:
"Ahem, you're embarrassing us by doing this, let the past pass. I have also made mistakes in the past, and I have formed a bond with General Hao, and I ask for your understanding, everyone can make progress together regardless of their past suspicions. ”
Hao Qiang was invited back to his seat by Liu Yan and sat down. Everyone began to speak freely, began to talk about the battle in the palace, when mentioning how to crusade against Zhao Feng and siege the city, Hao Qiang told everyone that he brought out only a small number of people this time, although he was convicted and imprisoned by Zhao Feng as a traitor, he still has a certain appeal in the mutual aid gang, there are many soldiers who are his subordinates, and now although they are still soldiers in Zhao Feng's guards, they are secretly supporting him, and they can be used as troops to assist the Immortal Kingdom to overthrow Zhao Feng's kingdom.
Of course, Liu Yan couldn't ask for it, he said on the spot that he welcomed more people from the mutual aid gang to defect to the country of immortals, and promised that all the officers and soldiers who came to Chengcheng could arrange their positions according to everyone's ability, and if they were soldiers who performed meritorious service, he could also be promoted.
Jing Zhonghua, who was sitting, kept his mouth shut and didn't say a word because he couldn't get used to Hao Qiang's face. In order to avoid unnecessary embarrassment, Wei Zhen stood up and said goodbye to Liu Yan and others, he said:
"I want to go back to the fairy country with Jing Zhonghua and let the president know that Jing Zhonghua has been rescued."
Several miniature people also followed Wei Zhen and Jing Zhonghua out of the camp and returned to the Immortal Kingdom.
A few days after Wei Zhen and Jing Zhonghua left, Liu Yan made an important decision: to appoint Hao Qiang as the captain of the 3rd detachment of the Immortal Country Army. As soon as this news came out, it caused controversy among all parties.
Jing Zhonghua raised objections, she thought that people like Hao Qiang could not be reused, he was capricious and had a bad character, so that he would have too much power and threaten the immortal country in the future; Liu Yan's reasons are also very sufficient, he promoted Hao Qiang with his considerations, he believes that Hao Qiang is capable, and promoting him can play a role in dividing and helping the officers and soldiers of the country. Of course, Wei Zhen and Wei Leader also agreed with Jing Zhonghua's opinion at first, but as some officers and soldiers of the mutual aid country defected to Liu Yan's troops, they also began to support Liu Yan. Both Wei Zhen and the Wei leader wanted to liberate the castle peacefully and save the miniature and miniature people from war, so they changed their minds.
Originally, according to Liu Yan's battle plan, as long as Jing Zhonghua was rescued, he would immediately lead his troops to attack the city. In the past few days, at Hao Qiang's suggestion, he stopped the siege operation. Liu Yan felt that Hao Qiang was right, most of the siege troops were his officers and soldiers, and miniature people accounted for a small part, and the siege must have soldiers killed and wounded, consuming the manpower and material resources of his troops, if the siege was successful and the castle was liberated, he would not get any benefits as vice president, and the credit was all the Wei chief, but if the siege failed, he, the vice president, would be unlucky, and he would definitely have to be demoted, so that he might as well use his existing prestige and the strength of the troops to force the Wei chief president to give way, and he would be the president of the fairy country, He always believed that miniature people are robots and cannot lead humans, and that miniature people must rule microhuman beings.
So, Liu Yan ordered the troops to withdraw from the camp and return to the Immortal Cave.
Wei Zhen was incredulous at Liu Yan's sudden withdrawal of all his troops, and he said to Liu Yan in his office in the presidential palace:
"If you do this, if Zhao Feng finds that there are no troops stationed at the dark passage and suddenly launches an attack on the Immortal Cave, the loss of the Immortal Kingdom will be great."
Liu Yan disagreed, and said: "Zhao Feng occupies the Immortal Cave, he is also from the earth, I am not afraid." If the humans of the planet become slaves of robots, that will be the greatest tragedy of our human beings. ”
Wei Zhen asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" ”
Liu Yan said bluntly: "We don't approve of Chief Wei being president, because he is a robot, and he is not qualified to lead us humans." ”
The leader of Wei was escorted into the office by Hao Qiang's gang, and the leader of Wei said:
"I don't have a problem with who will be the president, as long as we humans don't kill each other."
Liu Yan saw Hao Qiang escorting the leader of Wei, thinking that the seizure of power had been successful, he stood up and said arrogantly: "The leader of Wei has no leadership skills at all, you see that he does things only and wants to solve the problem by peaceful means." I tell you, politics is power, it is violence, and your peaceful means are useless, they are illusions, and you will never be able to liberate the castle. If I had been president, the castle would have been liberated long ago. ”
Wei Zhen looked at Liu Yan very calmly and asked:
"There are only more than 3,000 miniature and miniature people combined, and everyone fights and kills for power, or it won't be long before natural disasters occur, and human beings will kill themselves. Can't we all live together peacefully? ”
Liu Yan sneered: "Who are you living with peacefully? Now this era is the law of the jungle, you, Wei Zhen is not a good thing, I have always wanted to support your puppet Wei leader, let him obey you, you said that you don't want to fight for power, in fact, the power is in your hands, what you say Wei Leader will do according to your wishes. ”
The always calm Wei leader shouted angrily: "You are talking nonsense! ”
Hao Qiang and the soldiers twisted the arm of Leader Wei forcibly, and Hao Qiang said sharply: "Don't talk nonsense. ”
Liu Yan walked up to the Wei leader and asked proudly, "How is it?" President Wei, do you think about it? ”
Leader Wei twisted his arms hard, his body suddenly turned, and he grabbed the wrists of Hao Qiang and the soldiers, and then gently pushed, pushing Hao Qiang and the soldiers down more than a dozen steps away, Liu Yan saw this and punched the leader of Wei, and was gently flicked by the leader of Wei, and Liu Yan was pushed to the ground. Hao Qiang and the soldiers were not convinced, they stood up and clenched their fists and rushed towards the Wei chief, only to see that the Wei leader was not in a hurry and calmly responded to the battle, and Liu Yan also joined the fight with the Wei chief.
Wei Zhen sat on the side and just laughed, he didn't participate in the fight between either side. The three of them couldn't imagine that Leader Wei's kung fu was so good, and they tried their best to use their housekeeping skills to deal with Leader Wei, but they couldn't hurt Leader Wei. Leader Wei seemed to be very comfortable dealing with the three people in front of him, and the two sides fought back and forth for more than a dozen rounds. Liu Yan already felt that Leader Wei had been hiding his strength and had not really fought back, and his kung fu was very powerful. At this time, Jing Zhonghua walked into the house and scolded angrily:
"What are you doing? How dare you be unreasonable to the president in the president's office! ”
Everyone stopped, and Leader Wei made a big round for the three of them, and said with a flat smile: "We are learning martial arts." ”
Jing Zhonghua didn't believe it, and scolded: "Is there such a martial arts?" What exactly do you want to do? It's nonsense! ”
Wei Zhen replied for Liu Yan: "They want to be president." ”
Jing Zhonghua snorted and said, "If you want to be president, you don't look at yourself in the mirror." Are you the material? ”
Hao Qiang said indignantly: "We just don't want robots to be our president." ”
Jing Zhonghua pointed at Hao Qiang and scolded: "I knew it must have been you." ”
Chief Wei still spoke for them: "Their proposal is very good, this president really needs a capable person to be a capable person, Liu Yan is a capable person, I am willing to give way." ”
Jing Zhonghua waved her hand in disagreement and said, "No! Whoever becomes the president must be democratically elected, and if you want to give way to the head of Wei, you have to convene an election meeting of the Immortal Country, which will be democratically elected by everyone. ”
Hao Qiang sneered and said, "It's up to you now." ”
Jing Zhonghua asked coldly, "Really?" You see, who has the final say in this immortal country now? ”
Liu Yan had already seen the clue in Jing Zhonghua's confident eyes, and he said:
"I still support Chief Wei to continue to be president."
Jing Zhonghua said: "It's too late for you to say this. Bring them in! ”
As soon as Jing Zhonghua's voice fell, the robot of the Immortal Kingdom brought the two officers under Hao Qiang into the house. Seeing this, Hao Qiang asked, "What's the matter?" ”
The two officers replied, "The robots thought we were rioting and arrested us." ”
Hao Qiang smiled and said, "I said, the robot is unreliable, how can our officers riot." ”
Seeing this, Wei Zhen stood up and said, "Everyone is a misunderstanding. Liu Yan, you better hurry up and pull your troops back, do whatever you have to do. ”
The leader of Wei said in front of Liu Yan and Hao Qiang: "General Liu Yan, if you can take down the castle this time, I will definitely elect you as the president of the Immortal Country, because you deserve it." ”
Liu Yan and Hao Qiang were afraid that the Wei leader would detain them, so they used the siege as an excuse to quickly return to the gate of the castle with their soldiers and set up camp. This time, Liu Yan vowed to take the castle, and Hao Qiang discussed with him that after they captured the castle, they would set up a separate country and completely break with the fairy country.
Jing Zhonghua was very unconvinced, she asked the leader of Wei: "You know that Liu Yan and Hao Qiang want to usurp power, why don't you arrest them and let the tiger return to the mountain, they will be the scourge of the Immortal Kingdom in the future." ”
Leader Wei smiled but didn't answer, and Wei Zhen told her: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed. ”
A struggle for power has just begun.