The "incident a few years ago" refers to the "Barron's treason", and Batug played an extremely dishonorable role in the process of determining Barron's guilt! This is also the most fundamental reason why Rogge and Hope broke off their friendship with him.

"Born into a small aristocratic family, Batug was sent to the 'Stone Town' by his father at a very young age, where he received a rigorous education. ”

"I have to say that Batuge is a very smart and hard-working person, and in a place like 'Stone Town', where elites gather, his achievements can still remain at the top!"

"Back then, someone pulled the four of us together with the title of 'Four Great Gate Gods', but in fact, the other three of us were all stained with his light!"

"It was under the joint efforts and command of him and that person that we were able to block the Fengqi army in Hulunbei City and survive to the moment of counterattack!"

"It should be due to the fact that he received too much hierarchical education when he was a child, and Batug is extremely competitive and utilitarian. Sometimes, in order to achieve his goal, he will even do whatever it takes to betray his comrades-in-arms who have lived and died together!" Speaking of this, Rogge's feelings also became excited, and he let out a few breaths, which barely calmed his breath.

"In fact, with his merits and ability, after Eagle City broke the convention that guards can only come from the royal family, Ben has the best chance of becoming the main general there! It's a pity that he didn't get into that position in the end!"

"That being said, I still don't think Baturg would do anything to betray the interests of the country!" just when the others thought that Rogge was about to decide that Baturg might be a traitor. His attitude suddenly took a 180-degree turn, negating people's previous speculations.

What surprised Li Zijun a little was that. Hope actually nodded slightly at this time.

"For the time being, this is the end of our discussion for today. If there is anything to say, let's talk about it after retreating to the second line of defense!" Seeing that it was difficult to draw a conclusion from this discussion, Li Zijun reluctantly gave the order to continue retreating.

"Bridget, you didn't have a chance to speak just now, now it's just the two of us, tell me, which side of their opinion do you prefer?" Li Zijun looked at the backs of Diarra, Rogge, and Hope, and asked Bridget thoughtfully.

"Relatively speaking, I am more inclined to the judgment of Rogge and General Hope. There wasn't much reason for that, just because I trusted the abilities and vision of these two generals more!At the same time, I also felt that they were more objective than Master Diarra!" After a slight hesitation, Bridget finally spoke his mind.

Li Zijun patted Bridget on the shoulder, just smiled, and didn't say anything more.

Aubrey and Buck chose to ignore the retreat of the Aojin army, and they still insisted on their steady pre-war plan, and did not chase Li Zijun and others, but continued to advance steadily. This also made Li Zijun's team retreat into the second line of defense very smoothly.

As soon as Li Zijun gave the task of settling the troops, Hope came to his camp alone.

"Looks like you've got a judgment, let's talk about it. Where do you think Usman has a problem?" Li Zijun asked Hope with a smile after sitting down face-to-face.

"I know I can't hide it from you!"

"But I want to state to you first: I'm just guessing, not any real evidence!"

"If only there was real evidence. You won't wait until now to come to me. Say, I just want to hear your 'nonsense' speculation!" Li Zijun looked at Hope and blinked. Just kidding.

Seeing Li Zijun's expression, Hope shook his head with a wry smile. Slowly said what was in his heart:

"First of all, I don't agree with Master Diarra's statement that Usman is a 'rising star in the Proud Golden Military Circle'!"

Li Zijun didn't expect Hope to use this as his 'opening remark', he became more interested in Usman as a person, and his face gradually became solemn.

"I've been with Usman for a while, and he's barely had a shining appearance, and in my opinion, he's at best 'middle-class', and even in the Proud Army, he's definitely not very good. ”

"But for some reason, after we separated, he always had a very prominent appearance. At the time I thought he had found some brilliant brain, but after some later understanding, I found that this did not seem to be the case, and he became more and more mysterious. ”

"Secondly, Master Diarra said that Usman and his wife were on good terms, and I was a little unimpressed by that. When we were together, he was already a member of the royal family, but he always used the excuse of living in the barracks and not coming home to spend time with his wife!"

"I don't believe anything will change in the future, and some of the things that happened next confirmed my suspicion! I'm sure that even if he and his wife are not 'cold and cold,' they will never be respectful and raise eyebrows. For such an emotionless wife who has been single for three years, no matter what other people think, I don't believe it!"

"Finally, there is some circumstantial evidence: Saeed is not only an 'old-fashioned' and 'tenacious', but also a representative of his family, and his whole mind now is focused on how to educate, nurture and promote his juniors. At this moment, even if someone put a knife on his neck, he would never dare to betray Aojin!"

"As for Batug, I admit that this man has many shortcomings, but there is one thing I dare to assure him: that he will never betray his country!"

"Based on some of His Highness Marcas's descriptions of Eagle City, there must indeed be something wrong with Eagle City. Since there are no suspicions in Saeed and Batug, then I can only suspect that something is wrong with Usman!"

"It seems that you 'Four Great Gate Gods' have not completely severed contact with each other!" After listening to Hope's analysis, Li Zijun's eyes lit up, and he stared at Hope's eyes and said slowly.

"You're really not even twenty yet?"

"Am I really old?" Li Zijun touched his nose with a little astonishment, and asked Hope a little embarrassed.

"Everywhere else you look young, even younger than your peers, but your eyes are different, and I see a thick vicissitudes there!" Hope replied, staring into Li Zijun's eyes.

"Hey, I'm still being seen by you! I'm just young with this body, but in fact, my soul is already fifty or sixty years old, how can my eyes not be full of vicissitudes?!" Li Zijun sighed slightly.

"Alright, no kidding!" Hope never thought that Li Zijun's words were true, he smiled and waved his hand to Li Zijun.

"I don't have any contact with Batug, he just sends me a letter every once in a while to tell me about what is going on around him and what is going on recently. You guessed it right, a large part of what I just told you came from his description. ”

"Brother Hope, 'hearts are separated from each other'! aren't you worried that what he mentioned in his heart is to lie to you?"

"Lie to me as an idle man, do you think it's necessary? Batug has not corresponded to me recently, and he has not stopped writing to me since we separated. ”

"Strange to say, I thought that if I didn't reply to him, he would gradually write fewer to me, but on the contrary, instead of decreasing, his letters were more than before. ”

"At first, I didn't quite understand his intentions, but after a long time, I slowly realized between the lines of his letter that he was expressing his dissatisfaction with the injustice he had been subjected to in this way!"

"After General Barron's incident, almost everyone turned away from us, and Batug's situation seemed to be better than me and Rogge on the surface. But in fact, because he once betrayed the general in a sense, he also endured all kinds of exclusions, whether overt or covert, and under internal and external difficulties, I even felt that he was not as comfortable as me and Rogge. ”

"In a sense?" In Li Zijun's impression, Barron was wronged, and he didn't understand why Hope would say this.

"In the final stage of the general, he did some not-so-honorable things, strictly speaking, Batug only told the truth, not betrayed!" Hope sighed softly and explained to Li Zijun.

"You don't seem to hold much of a grudge against Baturg anymore?"

"When I first heard about the general, I was very dissatisfied with him! Although I have heard about some of the general's actions, I still cannot accept Batuge's act of exposing this. ”

"But as I learned more and more about the truth of the matter, I gradually began to understand him, especially when I learned that he had passed by the position of Eagle City Lord for this, the last trace of resentment in my heart disappeared!"

"That's why you didn't return his letter?" Li Zijun sighed deeply as he remembered the process of his contact with Barron.

Hope hesitated, but finally nodded to Li Zijun.

"Although Batug is full of dissatisfaction with many people in the court, it is precisely because of these grievances that I am sure that he will never betray the Aojin Empire!" Hope said with great certainty.

"If something really goes wrong with Usman, then the next thing will be troublesome!" Listening to Hope's analysis, Li Zijun's brows immediately furrowed tightly.

"The Fengqi Sword Saint who was shot and wounded by you on the battlefield before, can he participate in the battle now?" Seeing this change in Li Zijun, Hope was slightly stunned, and then he showed an extremely shocked expression. (To be continued......)