Still thinking about this million-strong army?

After saying these words, no matter how calm Chen Ze was, his eyes instantly became sharp.

Although it only lasted a moment, and he soon regained his composure, he was still noticed by Commander Luo, who had been observing him.

"You don't have to be hostile to me."

Sensing something strange about Chen Ze's expression, Mr. Luo suddenly smiled and said, "What you said to me several times, I finally have the opportunity to return it to you this time..."

"This matter is actually..."

He shrugged, "It's not hard to guess!"

Chen Ze was silent, and then heard General Luo say again: "I knew that Lao Zheng's words were trying to convince you, but you agreed too readily, which also aroused my curiosity, so I didn't refute it on the spot.

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"Facts have proven that your indifference when you heard that Zhu Yan's army did not attack Tel City in a large scale is enough to tell me that you are not surprised by this."

"Then, did you really lead the troops out of the city so decisively just to give Lao Zheng some face?"

Commander Luo stared at Chen Ze and said word by word: "Based on my understanding of you these days, I'm afraid it won't be that simple, right?"

Chen Ze shook his head helplessly, "So the Commander-in-Chief insists on setting off with the army. Is it just because of curiosity?"

"Yes, not entirely."

General Luo nodded and shook his head, "My curiosity is not limited to this one item, but I am full of curiosity about you as a whole."

These words made Chen Ze's heart tighten.

The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. He has a secret that he naturally does not want anyone to notice. The last thing he wants is to attract other people's attention.

Fortunately, Commander Luo's subsequent words made Chen Ze feel slightly relaxed, because the curiosity in the other person's mouth seemed to have another meaning.

He said: "From the first time I saw you in the city lord's mansion that day, I knew you were an extremely ambitious person."

General Luo sighed: "If it weren't for the support of ambition, it would be hard to imagine that a person with only the rank of counselor would dare to talk in front of many high-ranking generals, or even take a big risk to personally lead the army to cut off the rear."

"Don't tell me that the reason why you do this is because of your sincerity towards the empire?"

The conversation changed and he teased in a teasing tone.

Chen Ze was silent.

When these words came out of Mr. Luo's mouth, he really didn't know how to respond.

But this is indeed the case.

Looking at the entire empire, there are so many low-ranking generals, but if you really want to say who is loyal to the empire and joins the military for the purpose of being loyal to the empire, I am afraid that less than one in ten.

Of course, no one will admit this. On the surface, everyone seems to put the empire first, but in fact...

If the sky falls, there will be someone high to support them. The purpose of low-priced generals like them to climb up is mostly the same - to put their own interests first!

This is understandable. If you want to climb up, you must accumulate a lot of military exploits. Establishing military exploits means doing something beneficial to the empire. The two complement each other, and the empire's senior officials naturally know this.

Only one can keep his thoughts in mind, but no one is stupid enough to make his thoughts public in public.

Of course, Chen Ze is not stupid. At this time, it is certainly impossible for him to express his opinion that General Luo is right, especially when he knows that the other party has a royal background.

Commander Luo seemed to know what he was thinking. He only mentioned this and then stopped talking. Instead, he continued the previous topic, shook his head and said:

"From what I saw at that time, everything about you showed great ambition. But the strange thing is that after the work was completed, you actually retreated and were willing to make Zheng Yuanyun's wedding dress. Isn't this contradictory?"

"So I guess that's not your ambition."

General Luo paused, a flash of disappointment flashed across his eyes, because what he saw on Chen Ze's face was a look of calm, as if everything he said had nothing to do with Chen Ze.

Although he was calm but no longer silent, Chen Ze slowly spoke: "Then what is my purpose as seen by the Commander-in-Chief?"

General Luo smiled and said, "I think it's this million-strong army?"

"No!"

He thought for a while, changed his wording, and said seriously: "It should be millions of bandits!"

Chen Ze frowned slightly, but he breathed a sigh of relief.

Without him, Mr. Luo had a rough guess, but he still hadn't guessed his true purpose.

The reason why Chen Ze gave up most of Bo'an City's military exploits was because of the 100,000 elite soldiers at hand.

It can be said that he exchanged the imperial military exploits that were insignificant to him for the control of 100,000 elite soldiers.

This deal is extremely cost-effective for Chen Ze.

You must know that even a general at the level of governor can only borrow 50,000 troops from the military aircraft department.

One hundred thousand people?

Unless the situation is urgent, under normal circumstances generals at the governor level cannot command so many soldiers. What's more important is that after using them, they have to be returned to the military aircraft department, so they cannot be regarded as their own soldiers.

But what about Chen Ze?

With Hua Lao's tacit approval, the 100,000 soldiers who will be transferred to Xiyun City in the future will be completely at Chen Ze's disposal. This is not as cost-effective as staying in Bo'an City to gain a share of military exploits, being promoted to the rank of staff leader but offending Zheng Yuanyun.

?

If he continues this operation, although his military rank is not high, his actual power to lead troops is equivalent to that of two generals at the superintendent level combined. What he lacks is just some military rank benefits.

Chen Ze is rich.

First, he robbed Guijianchou's lair, and then made a fortune in Xichuan City. For him, he could raise millions of dollars without blinking an eye.

It was more than enough to feed his few men.

So what could be more exciting to Chen Ze than owning a private army?

General Luo didn't guess this, but it was because of the deep-rooted concepts in his cognition. In other words, he wasn't bold enough in his guess. He didn't expect that Chen Ze, a low-level general who had just been promoted to assistant commander, would dare to

The idea hit the private soldier's head.

And millions of bandits...

It's not that Chen Ze hasn't thought about it, but that's something to talk about later.

At the moment, he naturally followed General Luo's words and said: "Yes, this million-strong army is indeed a great military achievement. Compared with it, I really don't have to go head-to-head with City Lord Zheng."

"My lord, the General Soldier, is right. After losing Bo'an City and Ter City, Zhu Yan Empire's one-million-strong army has no way out."

"Go in, Tel City has been captured and cannot be entered."

"Retreat, Bo'an City will return to the hands of City Lord Zheng, and there will be no retreat."

He shrugged, "The current situation of these millions of troops is actually very bad. Although the Qingyang Empire wants to attack them, the Zhu Yan Empire will not look good after suffering a huge defeat and losing its extremely important main city.

What's more important is that we are unable to respond to this force in a short time."

"So the only way out for them right now is, as the Commander-in-Chief said, to turn from the army into bandits in order to save their lives."
Chapter completed!