Five years ago, Hua Lao, who was loyal to the Qingyang royal family, was shocked to hear that his emperor had put himself in danger and was besieged by Bai Lie's enemy troops.

The situation is critical!

In order to rescue the emperor as soon as possible, Mr. Hua had no time to mobilize all his troops, so he only led his close followers and rushed to the battlefield all the way from Qingfeng City.

But who knows, the original plan was to gather as many troops as possible along the way, so that when they arrived at the location, they would have a large army to fight, but the result was... Hua Lao was galloping all the way, and all the cities along the way were decorated in various ways.

The reason is that Hua Lao was not allowed to replenish his troops.

In this way, until Hua Lao came to the outskirts of Bai Lie's enemy army, all he had in his hands were his own trusted troops.

At that time, Hua Lao had certainly noticed something was wrong, but the situation was so urgent that he didn't even bother to investigate. He could only find a way to solve the danger of the emperor being trapped.

Therefore, in desperation, the only choice Hua Lao could make was to go deep alone and rely only on the little force he had on hand to contain the Bai Lie Empire.

It was later proven that Hua Lao had indeed done this, but as a result, he suffered extremely heavy losses.

Of the over 10,000 trusted troops, nine out of ten died within the Bailie Empire, and only a few hundred of them could actually come back.

How tragic?

But in the end, Hua Lao sacrificed his life for the victory, but at the celebration party afterwards, he was regarded as a man who was greedy for life and afraid of death, and his contribution to the Bai Lie Empire was completely denied.

But what is very strange is that Hua Lao, who was questioned, did not give any explanation at that time, but allowed other generals to ridicule him, and even finally made the decision to retire, which is even more evocative.

I think Mr. Hua made this choice out of shame because someone told him what he was thinking.

I have to say that according to the intelligence collected by Chen Ze afterwards, many people did speculate on Hua Lao's retirement.

And this is also a point that Chen Ze is very confused about.

At that time, Hua Lao paid a huge price to rescue the trapped people, and even his own trusted followers were killed or injured.

At that time, as a general who cared about his subordinates, shouldn't Hua Lao have argued hard to return honor to his dead brothers?

But he didn't do that. Instead, he chose not to say a word and allowed others to pour dirty water on him.

This was abnormal. After Chen Ze didn't understand it at first, he thought of a reason.

That is... Mr. Hua must have been under some kind of coercion, otherwise he would never have acted in such an abnormal way.

It was precisely because of being coerced that Mr. Hua never spoke from the beginning to the end, nor did he defend himself or his dead brothers.

This is the only explanation, otherwise it would not make sense. Why did he do nothing even though he had made great achievements and had just experienced a bloody battle? He could have sent people to do some simple investigations to prove his innocence.

Do it and say nothing.

Whether it was the ridicule from outsiders or the incomprehension of his own people, Hua Lao remained silent and did not give any response.

Thinking of this, combined with Hua Lao suddenly mentioning five years ago, Chen Ze suddenly had an idea.

"Could it be..."

He spoke slowly and looked at Mr. Hua with a slight hesitation on his face.

But what happened after that sentence was not uttered for a long time.

This is Chen Ze's caution.

In the past, it was because he was too preconceived, so many things were not actually said by Mr. Hua himself, but his own reasoning.

After all, he is not omnipotent, but his reasoning must be based on some accurate information.

Previously, Hua Lao had been influencing Chen Ze's judgment intentionally or unintentionally, causing him to be led astray little by little under his preconceptions, and finally made the judgment that Hua Lao wanted him to make.

So this time, Chen Ze did not take the initiative to speak. Even if he guessed something, he still needed Mr. Hua to say it himself, and then through this process, he could make an accurate judgment.

Instead of being guided step by step by Hua Lao like before, he fell into the opponent's trap.

This is why Chen Ze too believed in Mr. Hua before.

To be honest, when I first met Mr. Hua, because of the assessment questions asked by Mr. Hua and after Chen Ze answered them, Mr. Hua clearly disagreed, but the pathos in his tone was obvious to Chen Ze.

Feel it.

From that time on, Chen Ze believed that Mr. Hua and he were the same kind of person.

Then, Mr. Hua gave him a special mission. It seemed like a narrow escape, but it was a further test for him. The reason why he did this was to find a suitable general for Meng Yang and others, so that they would no longer stay in

There is mold in Boan Barracks.

Being able to think about his subordinates in this way, in Chen Ze's heart, he did not think that Mr. Hua was a different person, so he had more trust in him.

What follows is Hua Lao’s contribution to Chen Ze.

In the Lord's Mansion of Bo'an City, when everyone was not optimistic about Chen Ze, and even General Luo remained neutral, only Hua Lao stood up and was willing to protect him with his own life. This made Zheng Yuanyun agree to Chen Ze's proposal.

suggestion.

Use your life!

At that time, Chen Ze returned to Bo'an City and met Mr. Hua for the second time, and it was this second time that the other party was willing to guarantee his life for him!

Regardless of whether Mr. Hua saw the potential of Chen Ze's plan, no one would be willing to put their own lives on display, right?

The battlefield is changing rapidly, who dares to say that victory is undefeated?

What if this happens and my life is lost?

After this battle, Chen Ze's trust in Hua Lao became even stronger, which is why later, when he was suppressed by Zheng Yuanyun in Nantes Province and was in a weak position, he did not hesitate to ask Guo Zi to come back and ask for Chen Ze's support.

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At that time, he never thought that Hua Lao would refuse.

This is exactly the case.

If there is anyone in this world that Chen Ze truly trusts, apart from his subordinates who have passed the military commander examination, the only one is Hua Lao.

Even Commander Luo, because he has always had reservations about Chen Ze, his trust level is still lower than that of Hua Lao.

Who would have thought that Hua Lao, whom Chen Ze trusted wholeheartedly, would end up doing so many things behind his back.

However, although Chen Ze was confused, he was not too angry.

After all, Mr. Hua just deceived him and asked him to do useless work for a few days. At least for now, there was no loss to him, so he could calmly wait for Mr. Hua to answer his doubts.
Chapter completed!