"Xia Xiao naturally has that strength. Although Senior Qu Lun did not attend the meeting, they said that they must include countermeasures against Xia Xiao in the marching plan, but they later decided to deal with Xia Xiao themselves. In other words, Xia Xiao is now within the scope of the response of the strong Qu Lun and is not in the marching plan. We soldiers have to deal with soldiers from the Great Xia Alliance. He is quite special."
Wang Ling murmured softly, which made the Iron-faced General get rid of his original arrogance as a general and began to apologize to Wang Ling.
"Senior Qu Lun is powerful and arrogant, and the generals in the army are quite paranoid. If they have offended Your Highness, please forgive them. I am here to apologize to Your Highness on their behalf."
At the meeting today, countless people mentioned Xia Xiao. The higher they praised him, the lower Wang Ling's face fell. This was one reason. Another reason was that everyone showed distrust of the information provided by Wang Ling, and some even chose to ignore it. In the presence of others, Tiemian couldn't say anything, but when he was alone, he had to express something. After being a general for so many years, if he didn't understand this little bit of human relations, I'm afraid it would be difficult for him to get to this point in his official career. General Tiemian was a powerful person, but he also knew that he should not be arrogant when he should bow his head.
"The general is an important official of the empire. There is no need to be so polite. Please stand up quickly."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Wang Ling could not bear the great honor of helping the general who was about to kneel down. However, he asked curiously:
"General, do you know why they don't believe me?"
"this……"
"If the general is not comfortable speaking directly, I will ask. If the general thinks that I am right, just nod. Do they think that Xia Xiao and I are both students of the academy, so they don't trust me, or even think that the information I provided is problematic?"
Tiemian was reluctant to do this, but he nodded anyway.
"Xia Xiao can improve his strength instantly. I have also mentioned that point, but no one took my letter to heart. When something went wrong, they said that I, as a prince, was inferior to others. When Xia Xiao returned to the Great Xia camp, some people cheered and respected him. His words were like military orders. They would definitely modify the battle plan because of his opinions. I have less things to do than him. I just want to let everyone know some information, but I am treated like this. General, do they still regard me as a prince?"
Today, the Iron-faced General's knees could not avoid hitting the ground. He said in a deep and magnetic voice:
"Your Highness, everyone is just feeling unfair. The gap brought by the first battle was a bit too big, so they... ignored Your Highness. Please forgive me."
"General, when the two armies confronted each other, Xia Xiao received treatment that I did not receive in my own army. I told Senior Qu Lun about Xia Xiao's situation, but he said that I should not have come back because I brought Xia Xiao back. No one took my proposal seriously at the previous meeting. You are innocent, and I am guilty, that's all."
Wang Ling didn't want to complain anymore. He was no longer the boy who was arrogant in the Golden Palace and clamored to raze the wilderness. As a prince, some people thought it was better to be arrogant. The Southern Merchants needed an arrogant leader. Weak people could not survive in the Southern Merchants. But now he was mature enough. When people looked at him like this, he only sighed. People didn't know that their behavior was really unworthy of Wang Ling's efforts.
Walking out of the tent alone, Wang Ling first thought of his teacher. If he knew he was treated like this, he would definitely feel unfair for himself. But the person he wanted to write to now was his father. He wanted some power in the army. As a prince, everyone could let him down, but he could not let everyone down. He wanted to win, win Daxia! Win Xia Xiao!
This was a game. The two of them sat in front of the chessboard. Although many of the chess pieces on the board were extremely powerful and difficult for them to use directly, they could always pick them up and make them fall where they wanted. Wang Ling walked past the last candle in the tent and walked into the dark night.
General Tiemian felt bad for Wang Ling, who had been away from Nanshang for too long and seemed to have forgotten the rules. Nanshang was a country that respected military power. Tiemian understood what everyone was thinking. Although Wang Ling was a prince and a student of the academy, he was despised by everyone because he was no match for Xia Xiao. Wang Ling didn't know that because he underestimated the courage of the soldiers, he thought they would not look down on him, but were just prejudiced. But which of the generals and counselors who sat here before was not licking blood from the edge of a knife all the time?
A counselor who is with the emperor is like a tiger. If he is not careful, he may be killed. Military generals run on the battlefield every day and are never afraid of death or injury. Therefore, these people who are far away from the court are more courageous than those in the imperial capital. They dare to do things they dare not do and kill people they dare not kill. If there is no military order, they may really be lawless. Seeing Wang Ling's performance, if he was not afraid of his identity and deliberately restrained his emotions, I am afraid that those people would roll their eyes and argue with him, calling him a waste!
Most people who live with the god of death don't like to suppress their emotions. This is one of the reasons why the generals are reckless. They don't know when they will disappear from the world. If they keep holding their anger in their hearts, wouldn't it be too embarrassing? Wang Ling didn't think about that. He didn't like to get to the bottom of things. That way, he would see not the essence, but excuses.
Everyone is an independent individual, so it is not right to say that there is no evil, only different positions, because there is no accurate definition of right or wrong. But no matter what the reason, people should pay for their actions and pay the corresponding price.
Wang Ling wrote a letter under the candlelight, his thoughts gradually became paranoid. For the first time, he felt that his status was so low. In fact, compared with most people, he still enjoyed the treatment of a prince. But because of Xia Xiao, he always felt that the people around him did not respect him, so he wanted to change and prove himself.
After being in the academy for so long, Wang Ling admitted that he was not as strong as Xia Xiao, but he did not want to admit that he was not as good as him in other aspects, so he wanted to suppress Da Xia in the use of troops. As long as Da Xia was defeated, it would prove that Xia Xiao was defeated, because it would be a shame for him to be unable to change the situation.
Having been at peace with Xia Xiao for such a long time, Wang Ling suddenly felt a desire to win and fight, and wanted to defeat him with all his strength. Thinking back to the past two years, Xia Xiao only took half a year to go from looking down on him to crushing him and then to standing at the same level, and even surpassed him.
Wang Ling has a lot of memories in his mind, including many about Xia Xiao, but he always looks up to Xia Xiao. This time he finally has some advantages, and he is eager to win.
"It's really pitiful. I've never won in the true sense."
Wang Ling sighed and handed the envelope to the guard outside the door. He was always waiting outside the door. After knowing his needs, he left Fujikawa at full speed, passed through the yew trees, and headed for Heitai. Here was stationed the powerful army of 500,000. The oppressive atmosphere made the slightly cool night in the second half of the night even colder. The breathing of everyone who came became weak, as if frozen.
The soldier delivering the letter looked towards a place in the city and suddenly lost his mind, as if his soul had been taken away. He was slashed hundreds of times by the overwhelming aura, which made him lose his energy. After a long time, when the sky was slightly bright, the soldier shuddered and came back to his senses, but he was not in a good mood, as if he had just woken up from a dream, and everything had changed. He was stunned for a long time, and was discovered by the patrolling soldiers, who then handed the envelope in his hand to the fast-footed practitioner, who rode on the big roc and flew towards the imperial capital.