The Era of Generals

Chapter 498   Trouble with a word

Xilong City.

In order to vent his anger, Zheng Yuanyun massacred Xilong City. As the most important place in Xilong City, the City Lord's Mansion was naturally damaged so badly that it has not been repaired until now.

Fortunately, the military plane just across the wall is well preserved and can be used for meetings.

At this time, Chen Ze and other generals were in the military training room of the Military Aircraft Department...silent.

Everyone, including Luo Zongbing, in the nearly one million army, all people of military rank gathered together, and many of the more than a hundred generals were all in this military exercise room.

The crowd was obviously divided into two groups, a small part of them stood on Chen Ze's side, while everyone else was behind Zongbing Luo, which seemed to be clearly separated.

This position made the two people who were promoted as the leaders of both sides dumbfounded.

These two people are Luo Zongbing and Chen Ze.

It was originally just a debate, but later it evolved into a standing among all the generals.

Some agreed with Chen Ze's statement, and some agreed with Luo Zongbing's opinion, and obviously because of Luo Zongbing's higher rank, there were obviously more people on his side.

However, this standing in line was just what the lieutenants thought they were standing in line with, and between Chen Ze and President Luo, they knew very well that there was no question of standing in line or not.

That's right, General Bing Luo put forward a suggestion to defend Xilong City, but it was just a suggestion after all, whether to listen or not, to choose or not, in fact, it was up to Chen Ze to make the final decision, and General Bing Luo would not have any Opinion.

It's a pity that the deputy generals over-interpreted the meaning of Luo Zongbing.

Originally, according to their military ranks, how could they propose such future-focused strategic planning proposals.

But Zongbing Luo just mentioned by the way, anyway, it is not easy to defend and must be defended, so why not defend Xilong City, and the next best thing is to go to Ketan City to defend?

Just this one sentence, before Chen Ze could express his opinion, the lieutenants responded in great numbers. Qi Qi thought that General Luo's words were justified, so he should stand firm in Xilong City

It's not known how many of them really think this should be the case, or if there are more people who just want to flatter Luo Zongbing.

But in the end, there were still a small number of more conservative generals who agreed after Chen Ze proposed that they should still retreat to Ketan City.

What Chen Ze said was not wrong.

Although Xilong City is already a burnt and abandoned city at this time, because of its special geographical location, it is the first and most important city in the entire Nantes Province that cannot be lost.

Of course, under Zheng Yuanyun's frantic attack in the early stage, Xilong City really couldn't hold it.

Not only Xilong City, but even the entire Nantes province might not be able to hold on at that time, and would fall to the Qingyang Empire.

In the face of losing the entire province, the loss of a Xilong City really can't make people feel more.

But the situation is different now.

Zheng Yuanyun's troops were defeated in Hecheng, and Ouyang Lixing annihilated Zheng Yuanyun and his troops with affordable losses, rekindling the hope of the Zhuyan Empire to defend Nantes Province.

Of course, because of Ouyang's strict conservatism, they only took back more than half of the Nantes province at this time. As for the three most important main cities, they will not be able to take back for a while.

But not being able to take it back doesn't mean they don't want to take it back.

Even in the worst case, if the Zhu Yan Empire gave up the three main cities, it would have to leave a solid barrier for itself, that is, Xilong City.

Therefore, once Xilong City is moved, it is tantamount to moving to the main artery of Nantes Province, which will force the opponent to go all out.

When Chen Ze expressed his concerns, a small number of generals who were not weak in vision immediately nodded their heads in agreement with Chen Ze's statement.

As a result, the two camps suddenly became very different from what Chen Ze and Luo Zongbing didn't expect.

Not long ago, the two sides had a red-faced quarrel in this military exercise room. Everyone thought their side's argument was more reasonable, and everyone wanted to try their best to persuade the other side to recognize their side's view of the battle.

Instead, the original instigators, Chen Ze and Luo Zongbing, were left aside.

This made Mr. Luo can only touch his nose and smile wryly.

He also suddenly put forward a little opinion of his own. He didn't think much about it at the time. After all, he had stayed with Chen Ze and was used to this kind of conversation. But he never meant to force Chen Ze. It was agreed at the beginning However, as long as he goes to Nantes province with Chen Ze, all decisions on the way must be made by Chen Ze.

In the end, he forgot that he and Chen Ze were not the only ones at this time, but also a large group of generals from the empire.

In his capacity, not to mention a single sentence, even if he only said a punctuation mark, it would be regarded as a golden word by many people.

Especially at this time, Zheng Yuanyun died, and the backer that the generals had been relying on collapsed. After all, some people wanted to find a new backer as soon as possible, and his status as the commander-in-chief could very well become This new backer candidate.

So this result was also something he hadn't thought of before speaking.

In the end, the situation became what it is now. With no one able to convince anyone, the military exercise room fell into silence for a while.

Chen Ze touched his nose, feeling helpless.

At this time, Luo Zongbing naturally can't express any more opinions. His identity is there. No matter what he says now, it will only cause a new round of disputes.

If Zongbing Luo suddenly changed his mind and thought that what Chen Ze said was reasonable, it would damage his prestige and make people think that he would be persuaded by a low-ranking general because he turned his back on his word.

And if Zongbing Luo sticks to his own opinion, after listening to Chen Ze's analysis, he has actually realized that it is not a good choice to stick to Xilong City. If he insists on doing so, it will add infinite variables to the current situation.

No matter what you choose, it's not very good.

So at this time, Luo Zongbing wisely shut his mouth and did not express his opinion easily.

Then if Zongbing Luo doesn't speak, Chen Ze has to stand up, otherwise, how long will this dispute last?

"Everyone..."

Chen Ze thought for a while, and then slowly said: "Actually, I think the suggestion of Lord Chief Soldier is also unreasonable."

"Um?"

As soon as this remark came out, not only the lieutenants, but even Zongbing Luo looked up at Chen Ze in surprise.

Immediately, a smile appeared in Luo Zongbing's eyes.

He knew that Chen Ze would say that because he was looking for a step down for himself, and it would not be good to damage his prestige as the commander in chief.

But what Chen Ze thought was going further than him.

"That's why I think it's fine for us to stick to Xilong City."