Lin Shaotang felt like he was in a dream. Not long ago, he was still in the inspection office, in that dark and damp dungeon, calling the heavens and the earth not spiritual.

And now, he is sitting in the spacious and luxurious car of Ding Chengshan, executive deputy minister of the Ministry of Homeland Defense.

What's going on? Who's going to tell me? Am I dreaming?

Ding Chengshan looked at Lin Shaotang, who was confused, and said with a smile: "Deputy Commander Lin, this time has made you suffer." ”

Lin Shaotang hurriedly raised his hand and saluted, "Don't dare." ”

Ding Chengshan waved his hand and said, "There are no outsiders here, and my brother doesn't have to be formal." ”

Lin Shaotang put down his hand, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Minister, what happened? Why did you come to pick me up in person?"

Ding Chengshan said: "After receiving the news that you were arrested by the inspection institute, I will arrange for someone to investigate secretly." Now that it has been found out, it was the two subordinates you arrested before who held a grudge against you and deliberately climbed you. ”

"Just now, I brought the evidence to the inspection institute, found Vice President Yin Haichuan, and had a detailed discussion with him. He also verified and found out the truth of the matter. So, I'm going to release you very happily. ”

Of course, Lin Shaotang knew that what Ding Chengshan said was not the truth. He also knew that he was arrested by the inspection institute, and it must have been Jerry Yang and Lu Kezhang's climbing. However, it is difficult to say who instructed them to climb the dirt.

As for what Ding Chengshan said, he took the evidence to overturn the case for himself, which is even more impossible. The reason is very simple, because the two do not have such a relationship.

However, Lin Shaotang is an adult and is well versed in human affairs, even if he knows that Ding Chengshan is deliberately showing credit to himself, he will not stupidly expose the untruths in his words.

Besides, no matter what Ding Chengshan says, he is also a hot ministerial-level senior official, and he is just a deputy commander-in-chief of the border guards who is not welcomed. He can intersect like this, if he pushes three or four, he will be too ignorant.

So, Lin Shaotang was very grateful, and gave a military salute again, saying: "Minister Dag, Shaotang is grateful." ”

Ding Chengshan pressed Lin Shaotang's arm and said, "You're welcome." We are all soldiers, brothers who carry guns together. When a brother is in trouble, reaching out to help is within his bounds, so how can he be grateful?"

"I'll take you to the ministry's guest house first. You take a good shower to get rid of bad luck. At six o'clock in the evening, I will send someone to pick you up and attend your appointment ceremony. ”

Lin Shaotang was stunned, "Appointment?"

Ding Chengshan smiled and nodded, "That's right." Congratulations, Brother Shaotang. You will be the commander of the Northern Border Guards right away. ”

Lin Shaotang was even more surprised, "Northern Border Guards?"

The strength of the Northern Frontier Army is second only to the corps directly under the military headquarters, and it is much stronger than that of the Northwest Frontier Army. Lin Shaotang went from being the deputy commander of the Northwest Frontier Army to directly serving as the commander of the Northern Frontier Army, which is not a small step.

Ding Chengshan smiled: "That's right. Lao Xu of the Northern Frontier Army was transferred to the post of commander of the corps directly under the military headquarters. ”

Lin Shaotang was still puzzled and said, "I just came out of prison." Such a major personnel adjustment, according to the normal procedure, needs to be carefully studied, how can it be appointed so quickly?"

Ding Chengshan said with a smile: "I don't have a bottom in my heart, don't I think it's incredible? Hehe, then I'll tell you a message that will make you know the bottom in your heart." Xue Shuai is out of the customs. The appointment ceremony in the evening was also attended by his old man. ”

Lin Shaotang almost jumped up excitedly.

No wonder!

No wonder all this was reversed so suddenly. It turned out to be Xue Shuai's handiwork!

Ding Chengshan looked at Lin Shaotang with some envy. He also hopes that he can be like Lin Shaotang and have a big backer like Marshal Xue Weifeng.

Unfortunately, he didn't. Every step he took relied on his own efforts. Now he felt that there was no way forward.

Therefore, he couldn't wait to get in touch with Marshal Xue Weifeng.

Because the current Minister of National Defense, although he was born in the branch of the Xin'an Wang's family, his family background is not very prominent, his ability is average, and his resume is also very plain, and he does not have much brilliance, but he is Marshal Yang Liren's old department.

Therefore, although Ding Chengshan is an ally of the great consul Xie Mingdian, there is no way to replace the current minister!

Only when he finds a backer who can be on par with Marshal Yang Liren can he have a chance to replace Minister Wang, otherwise, he can only be the second oldest in ten thousand years.

When he learned that Marshal Xue Weifeng let out a message and asked people to take Lin Shaotang out of the inspection institute, he didn't think about it, and was the first to come over to do this.

Originally, he considered that he had some old friendship with Yin Haichuan, so he would talk a little more about the old days, so as not to directly move out Marshal Xue Weifeng, embarrass Yin Haichuan and hurt the friendship.

Unexpectedly, he directly grasped Yin Haichuan's flaws, and he didn't need to move out of Marshal Xue Weifeng at all, so he easily completed this matter.

This is equivalent to saving face for Marshal Xue Weifeng.

Marshal Xue's face, that's a treasure that money can't buy.

Ding Chengshan secretly pondered how to implicitly tell Marshal Xue that he had rescued Lin Shaotang without using his face.

Marshal Xue should also be happy. Because although the face is one's own, it is given by others. Even if he is an eighth-level grandmaster, his face is very effective, but if he uses it too much, it will be worthless. Marshal Xue definitely didn't want to be said by others to rely on his old face and oppress people with power.

Six o'clock in the evening. Dressed in a brand-new, dark blue general's dress, Lin Shaotang stepped into a conference room of the Ministry of Homeland Defense.

The conference room is not very large, it can only accommodate fifty or sixty people. There were not many people inside, only about twenty, all of them were gathered in front of the rostrum, and the entire conference room was mostly empty.

However, the people in the conference room were all generals wearing dark blue military uniforms, and there was not a single officer wearing a yellow-green military uniform. At this moment, everyone was looking at Lin Shaotang, who was walking forward.

Sitting in the middle of the rostrum was a tall old man wearing a black embroidered gold marshal's military uniform. He was a little bald, his hair was gray, his eyes were bright, his face was serious, his lips were pursed, and he was not angry.

Seeing him, Lin Shaotang's eyes moistened.

This old man is Marshal Xue Weifeng.

"The mountain is high, I am the peak, and I am proud to reach the sky. ”

This is the portrayal of Marshal Xue Weifeng.

Seeing Lin Shaotang, Marshal Xue Weifeng nodded lightly at him.

Next to Marshal Xue Weifeng, there was a tall and thin old man, wearing a purple general's military uniform, who was none other than Wang Weilin, the minister of the Ministry of Homeland Defense.

Seeing Lin Shaotang coming, Wang Weilin stood up and said, "Please General Lin Shaotang step forward." ”

Lin Shaotang came to the rostrum and saluted to the rostrum.

Wang Weilin returned the salute, took out a document, and said, "On behalf of the Ministry of Land Defense, I announce the promotion order for General Lin Shaotang. With immediate effect, General Lin Shaotang was promoted from lieutenant general to general and assumed the post of commander of the Northern Border Guards. Next, Marshal Xue Weifeng is invited to confer the title on General Lin Shaotang and issue a letter of appointment. ”

The conference room burst into applause.

They can not give Lin Shaotang's face, but they can't give Marshal Xue Weifeng's face.

Lin Shaotang took a step forward, stood in front of Marshal Xue Weifeng across the rostrum, and gave him a standard military salute.

Marshal Xue Weifeng stood up and saluted back, awarded the award certificate and appointment letter to Lin Shaotang, and whispered: "You have been wronged." Come to my office in a moment. ”

Lin Shaotang took the award certificate and the letter of appointment, lowered his head, raised his hand again to Marshal Xue Weifeng, and saluted a standard military salute.

Then, Lin Shaotang turned halfway and saluted Wang Weilin, then turned to everyone and saluted again.

The crowd stood and raised their hands in return, and then applauded enthusiastically.

Ten minutes later, Lin Shaotang was already sitting in Marshal Xue Weifeng's office on the highest floor of the office building of the Ministry of Land Defense, making tea for the marshal with his own hands.

Marshal Xue Weifeng likes to drink black tea, add a small packet of sugar to the tea, add 20ml of fresh milk if there is fresh milk, add a piece of milk if there is no fresh milk, and sometimes with some small snacks. This way of drinking tea is very popular in the army.

Because tea can refresh the mind, milk, sugar and snacks can replenish calories, it is more suitable for when the physical exertion is intense and there is no way to eat, such as between battles, staying up late and working overtime, etc., to quickly replenish physical strength.

Xue Weifeng has been on the front line for decades since he was young, and he still retains many of the habits he developed on the front line when he was young. For example, he likes to drink black tea, smoke hand-rolled cigarettes, drink spirits, and so on.

Lin Shaotang put the brewed black tea in Xue Shuai's hand.

Xue Weifeng is reviewing documents. Lin Shaotang took a quick glance and saw that the document read, "Material Deployment Plan for Fighting the Beast Tide......

What's that?

Lin Shaotang had a question. However, it was not good for him to ask Xue Weifeng directly.

After Xue Weifeng finished browsing, he handed the document in his hand to Lin Shaotang and said, "Take a look, do you have any opinions." ”

Lin Shaotang was even more puzzled. Why do you want him to see it? Does it have anything to do with him? If it has nothing to do with him, it doesn't seem to be in compliance with the rules of secrecy, right?

However, since Marshal Xue Weifeng said it, look at it. What's the matter, Marshal Xue Weifeng is on top of it.

He took the document, read it quickly, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Is there a big war in the north?"

He knew very well that after crossing the border in the north, it was a barren land where birds did not, except for a few neutral human strongholds, there was no force that could threaten the Eastern Chu State.

But why is there so much military material listed in this document, and it has to be transported to the northern border guards as quickly as possible?

At the same time, the corps directly under the military headquarters should also send two divisions to assist the northern border guards in strengthening their defenses. This is clearly the rhythm of the big war.

Xue Weifeng took a sip of black tea and said very seriously: "Not bad." However, it's not a war with humans, it's a war with mutated creatures. ”

Lin Shaotang was even more confused, "Mutant creatures?"

Xue Weifeng nodded lightly and said, "In the north, five hundred kilometers north after crossing the border, there is a great wilderness full of deadly radiation and devilish whispers. ”

Lin Shaotang nodded. He knew that many cultivators would choose to venture into the Great Wilderness in order to break through themselves. But often, nine deaths and one life, only to see and not to return.

Xue Weifeng continued: "Continue five hundred kilometers further north, there are a large number of mutated creatures there. These creatures are completely irrational, they do nothing but prey on living creatures within a certain range around them, and they eat carrion when they have no live prey. ”

"Moreover, these mutant creatures are extremely powerful, the weakest also has the strength of a sixth-level Force Master, and the strongest is not even weaker than an eighth-level Grandmaster. ”

Lin Shaotang was completely stunned. Is it hell there? Otherwise, how could such a powerful monster exist?

Xue Weifeng continued: "There, there is no one there yet, who can safely enter and exit from the land. It is possible to pass only from the air. Even so, be careful to avoid the habitat of mutant birds. So, there are a lot of situations that we don't know. ”

"Every hundred years or so, those mutated birds and monsters will cover the sky and the sun, and rush to the south like a tide. This is the beast tide. ”

On Lin Shaotang's forehead, fine beads of sweat suddenly appeared. With so many powerful mutant birds and beasts, who can stop them?

If they rush to the territory of the Eastern Chu Kingdom, then the common people will be unlucky!

Wrong. Lin Shaotang suddenly reflected.

If the beast tide is so powerful, then there will definitely be records in history, and the losses caused by the beast tide will definitely not be recovered in ten or eight years, but why are there no such records in history?

Lin Shaotang looked at Xue Weifeng in confusion.

Xue Weifeng smiled slightly and said, "I heard a problem?"

Lin Shaotang nodded, "The beast tide is so powerful, if it enters our country, it will inevitably cause huge losses, not only will the lives be destroyed and the people will be displaced, but I am afraid that our entire country will be greatly damaged." ”

"There is no way to recover without dozens or hundreds of years. It is impossible for history not to record such an important change. ”

Xue Weifeng nodded, "Not bad." You're quite right. Once we let the beast tide enter the country, we have a lot to lose. Therefore, we must keep the tide of beasts outside the borders of the country. ”

Lin Shaotang was even more puzzled, because even if the whole army was mobilized, plus all the cultivators in the country went into battle, they might not be able to stop the beast tide!

He couldn't help but ask, "How to block it?"