Chapter 51 Greetings from Surha
General Lan's battle mage on the frontal battlefield has already put tremendous pressure on the empire, and at the same time, he has absorbed all the forces of Earth Street by thunder - after this incident, it has actually caused a lot of controversy within the empire, and the opinions and opinions of all parties are different. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Some people think that this is an adventure, some people think that such a move has no positive significance to the victory or defeat of the war, some people think that it will alienate the core figures of Earth Street, and some people question whether General Lan's move has not been afraid of Xu Ziling, the founder of Earth Street, who has disappeared for many years but no one knows where he is?
There are many opinions, but the facts are true, and no one is powerless to influence anything.
But one thing everyone agrees on is that General Blue's move is extraordinary. Really, before the incident, no one thought that he would choose to swallow the behemoth of Earth Street at this point in time!
And as the power of Earth Street was swallowed up by General Blue, the internal pattern of the military department also quietly changed: those who had a neutral position before silently came to the side of General Lan, whose power had soared......
In terms of the size of the forces under their command alone, the balance of the two factions of Dragon and Blue, which were once evenly matched, has been significantly tilted.
Of course, General Long himself will not pay attention to these, his personal right to speak, as well as the slightest confidence in front of General Lan, are unchanged.
That's why he dared to say in front of General Lan that he should say something to Elaine in the Surha War Zone, at least he should communicate actively, after all, you ate all the family property while they were away.
Even if General Long was aware of and acquiesced in this matter, General Long's starting point should be different from General Lan, and General Long was only thinking about winning the war.
He thought that General Lan's loss of the power of Earth Street would help improve the overall strength of the military department, so he did not object.
“...... If I'm not mistaken......"
At this time, General Lan spoke again, "When I was about to attack Earth Street, General Long, you didn't express your objection, right? Why, now I did all the bad guys alone?"
Obviously, the pride in General Lan's bones, as well as the complete domineering under his indifferent appearance, made him unable to accept that at such a time, he lowered his posture towards the Surha war zone.
General Long looked into General Lan's eyes, and said calmly: "Yes, I didn't object at that time, that is, I agreed." I don't regret it, and if I choose again, I will still support you, even in a tacit way, but directly and openly help you to complete it together. That is why we must now stabilize the Surha theater of operations. I don't think Elaine would be stupid enough to fall out with our military headquarters, after all, his son is still in our hands, but what if she does something bad for us?
"So, after all that, what do you want?" General Lan slowly stood up and looked at General Long coldly, with a somewhat condescending taste.
General Long was stunned.
Yes, this old man, who rarely shows emotions and wants to protect the empire by any means, obviously showed a stunned expression at this time.
In my impression, no matter how proud and domineering General Lan is, he still maintains respect for General Long, an old man who is a generation higher than him.
The two have had countless contradictions and conflicts caused by different opinions, but all of them are based on the most basic premise of mutual respect and equality.
Being looked down by General Lan in a posture of a superior person, this seems to be the first time in my memory?
General Blue may or may not have done it intentionally.
It doesn't matter......
At this moment, General Long suddenly laughed, a little helpless, a little complicated, a little stunned, and a little emotional.
Then, he restrained his smile and, like General Lan, slowly stood up. He still looked like the old man in a simple battle robe, without the slightest aura of a strong man, but with such a simple action of getting up, he instantly countered General Lan in terms of momentum!
There was not a trace of a smile on General Long's face, only indifference.
In fact, those who are really familiar with General Long will know that in the Civil War a hundred years ago, this old man was known for his ruthlessness and brutality, and it was only after the establishment of the empire that he slowly restrained the lion's minions.
General Long looked at General Lan coldly and said, "My idea is very simple, the power of Earth Street, we naturally have to continue to hold it in our hands. However, Xu Keng's father must be returned to Elaine immediately. ”
When General Lan heard this, he shook his head without hesitation and said: "No, Elaine's biggest scruple now is Xu Keng's father, this is the biggest hole card in our negotiations with Surha, how can we take the initiative to send her over!"
"So you don't agree?" General Long lowered his eyelids slightly and gently adjusted his battle robe.
The corners of General Lan's eyes jumped twice, as if he sensed that General Long's state at the moment was different from before, but he was silent for a moment, and still said categorically: "No." ”
The atmosphere in the headquarters has reached freezing point.
The female general spoke at this time: "I said, isn't it too embarrassing? Do you want me to go out and hide for a while, and let the two of you fight first?"
General Long snorted and sat down slowly.
General Lan turned around and walked to the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the headquarters, staring out the window without saying a word.
As the commander and pillar of the empire, of course, it is impossible for them to really fight, which is also a very helpless point, they disagree with each other, but there is no simple and crude way to decide whose plan to use.
Female generals have never chosen between the opinions of two generals.
If she had made a choice, Long and Lan would not have been in the same state as they are now, and the Long and Blue factions would not have experienced such a long time of wrestling, and they still did not win or lose.
This time, though, things seem to be a little different.
I only heard the female general say slowly: "So, let me say a few words, how about it?"
General Long raised his head in some surprise, and General Lan also turned around and looked at the female general with a frown.
I saw the female general flip her hand, magically take out a letter, and said softly: "This is just sent from the Surha war zone." To be precise, it's a letter from Elaine, so let's take a look at it first. ”
As she spoke, she tapped on the letterhead, and light and shadow intertwined in the room, forming characters in the air, revealing the content of the letter.
This is Elaine's handwritten letter, which was sent as soon as she led the army to take the Surha war zone and sent it to the imperial capital.
The content of the letter was very simple, and the two generals, Long and Lan, read it carefully, and were surprised to find that the entire letter was about the situation in the Surha war zone, including casualties, food, supplies, fortifications, and the remnants of the battle mage's side in Sulha, and so on.
Looks...... It's like a routine report from a theater general to the headquarters of the military department!
From beginning to end, Elaine didn't mention her son Xu Keng's father, let alone say anything about asking for the property to which Earth Street belongs!
Seeing the end of the letter, the corners of General Lan's mouth were already smiling.
He was satisfied, Elaine seemed to be sensible, or rather, she understood that her son was still here at the military headquarters, so she didn't dare to act rashly.
Your son is in our hands, and at this time, it should be you who express your sincerity and lower your posture, why do you want me to lower my attitude?!
General Lan's evaluation of Elaine in his heart also became a lot lower at this moment.
Originally, he was a little jealous of the so-called Xu Ziling's wife who suddenly appeared, after all, he was not familiar with the other party's style and way of doing things.
But now it seems that the woman is not atmospheric enough after all, and it is related to the safety of her son, so she doesn't care about the overall situation.
Thinking of this, General Lan glanced at General Long on the side. In his opinion, compared to Elaine, General Long was much more ruthless. Because the news that Long Qiqi was also in the Surha War Zone had been transmitted back to the imperial capital, General Lan knew it, and General Long had no reason not to know. But this old man didn't care about this at all, what he should do as an imperial general and what he should do as a grandfather, these two things are very separate from General Long.
"Now, there should be no objections. General Lan exhaled, sat back in his chair, and tapped his hand on the huge conference table.
General Long frowned and was silent for a long time before he said in a low voice, "I can't understand...... In fact, Elaine's attitude is even more suspicious to me. She has no reason to say this, and she softens her attitude like this, which is not reasonable at all...... Unless, she's already going to fight us. ”
General Lan said expressionlessly: "Can't you understand? In fact, General Long, I can't understand your timid and scared appearance? Where did that 'Iron Blood Dragon Rider' go a hundred years ago?"
General Long's face turned red suddenly.
The Iron-Blooded Dragoon was the title of the Dragon General back then, and it was the glorious name of his iron-blooded battlefield, but it was also the pain of his life.
It is precisely because of this false name that General Long once indulged in the battlefield and killing, and indulged in fame and honor, which indirectly led to the death of Long Qiqi's grandmother, that is, General Long's wife.
Therefore, after the establishment of the empire, the name of the iron-blooded dragoon is no longer a title of glory, but a taboo term, and no one dares to mention it in front of the dragon general.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend. General Lan sighed and said, "I don't know much about the events of that year. It's just that if you don't retreat in that battle, Madame Zun probably won't ......."
"Alright, that's enough!"
The female general interrupted General Lan's words.
She looked at General Long, whose face had turned purple and seemed to be about to attack in the next moment, and then at General Lan, who was expressionless like a man cast in iron, and said slowly: "One of you thinks that Elaine's letter is soft, and the other thinks that it seems to be soft but it is actually to lower our vigilance, but in fact, it ...... Elaine is demonstrating. ”
"What?"
"How?"
The female general took a breath, stretched out her hand to the seemingly blank space at the end of the letter, and said, "I also found out not long ago, this letter is a double letter, didn't you find it?"
In times of war, for the sake of intelligence secrecy, many communications will have a surface layer and an inner layer.
This is not a novel method, but the three generals did not expect for a moment that there would be a "mezzanine" hidden in the letter sent by Elaine to the military headquarters.
The female general shook her head, unwilling to explain more, but said, "See for yourselves." ”
As she spoke, she flicked her fingers to untie the "camouflage" at the end of the letter that seemed to be blank, and presented the contents of the "mezzanine".
The content is still Elaine's tone-
Oh, by the way, the one who single-handedly took down Nami and Landry, and asked me to say hello to the military headquarters.
You don't know who he is yet.
And he said his name was: Caesar.
At this moment, there was silence in the headquarters, only silence. General Long couldn't care about his anger anymore, and General Lan was no longer as indifferent and arrogant as before.
They all seemed to have been struck by lightning, and their faces were full of surprise and confusion.
The female general slowly leaned back, looked at the ceiling a little tiredly, and thought, "Caesar...... Which Caesar? Which Caesar? If it was really that Caesar, what did he mean by such a 'greeting'......" (To be continued.) )