Of course, he was chosen not only because he was born into a commoner family, which just made up for the vacancy left by Huo Yushen, but also because his wife was from a distant branch of the Rong family, which was a disguised way of joining the Rong family.
So when a civilian candidate was needed, this position fell on him.
Otherwise, no matter how many military achievements he had in this life, he would only be able to be promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and corps commander.
Now that he has become a general, he has broken the promotion ceiling for civilian officers. He also hopes to build his own power and help some officers who also come from civilian backgrounds.
Rong Tui Di certainly understood Zheng Xing's thoughts, but he just wouldn't agree.
For senior officers who come from civilian backgrounds, they only need one person at a time.
No second person is needed.
Rong Tui Di said calmly: "I propose Rong Shengwei."
"Although he comes from the Rong family, he is not an inexperienced person."
"He was originally the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet and a key figure in this war."
"He believes in the abilities of Zoron David and his men and hopes to cooperate with them to win this battle."
Zheng Xing was surprised and said, "But Rong Shengwei is already the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Interstellar Fleet. Does that mean he will be the commander-in-chief of two interstellar fleets?"
This is indeed the idea of repelling the enemy.
But the other three people showed disapproving expressions, and Rong Tui Di knew that his wishful thinking might not be so satisfactory.
He thought about it and quickly said, "Then let him be the commander-in-chief of the newly formed Star Fleet."
"As for the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, Executive Vice Captain Chen Rongnan will temporarily take over."
He has put his selfish motives out in the open.
The idea is that when Rong Shengwei returns victoriously, this newly formed fleet will definitely merge with the Fifth Interstellar Fleet, and then Rong Shengwei will legitimately become a large interstellar fleet, and will rightfully rank first among the five major interstellar fleets of the Beichen Empire.
Everyone knew what Rong Tui Di was planning, and Rong Tui Di also knew that everyone knew what he was planning, but he didn't care.
The four great nobles cannot extend their hands into the military, so the nobles under the four great nobles must of course keep the military firmly in their own hands.
Zheng Xing knew that his chances were slim, but he would never give up unless he tried.
Now that he had tried and given up hope, he brought up another matter.
"My dear colleagues, Your Majesty has asked us to follow through on what we discussed at the last meeting."
"Except for the time and method of sending troops, nothing else can be changed."
After he said this, everyone looked at each other in surprise. They almost forgot that when they had a meeting with the Empress Tan Tai Zijun last time, they discussed other things besides the time and location of the troops.
It was only when Zheng Xing brought it up that they remembered the issue of Xia Chujian.
Rong Tui Di was busy discussing the newly formed interstellar fleet with Rong Shengwei. He said impatiently, "Just do what we said last time. What's there to discuss? — Dismissed!"
He left in a hurry, and the other chiefs of staff also agreed with the idea of letting the enemy retreat.
After all, to them, even though Xia Chujian now holds the rank of lieutenant colonel and the position of corps commander, he is still a low-level officer and can be dealt with at will.
They just took advantage of Xia Chujian's advice this time to achieve their own goals.
After all, they all had doubts about Zoron David.
Soon, the highest authority of the Beichen Empire’s military, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, released a message on its official account on StarNet.
[Joint Chiefs of Staff]: Based on the joint resolution of the military and His Majesty, the date for the deployment to the Southern Cross has been temporarily postponed. At the same time, a new interstellar fleet will be formed to launch an expedition to the Southern Cross!
This announcement was immediately released to all major military groups.
This announcement completely put an end to the previous dispute between the "send troops" and "not send troops" factions.
Those soldiers who did not want to follow Zoron David into battle breathed a sigh of relief.
Those who hoped to follow Zoran David into battle and quickly gain military merit also found a way out.
That is the newly formed Star Fleet!
It has been named the Purple Lord Interstellar Fleet by the military!
Just listening to the name, it is obvious that it is above the military's current five major interstellar fleets.
So all of a sudden, the new Starfleet account was flooded with people signing up.
Attracted by this enthusiasm, some new recruits who wanted to go all in were also motivated to join the newly formed interstellar fleet.
In less than a day, the newly formed Purple Lord Interstellar Fleet was fully staffed.
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