"You... let go of our general!" Yao Wu's voice was trembling, but the general looked as if he was dead, "Ms. Zhen, even if you kill me, what will happen?"
Fang Zilan loosened her grip a bit and looked at the general with interest, "General, have we met somewhere?"
As soon as she said this, the general couldn't help but be stunned. He originally thought she looked familiar, but now that he was reminded, he couldn't help but wonder where he had seen her before.
"That's all, I just mentioned it casually." Fang Zilan calmed down her expression, but heard the general say with a sigh: "Are you..."
"What is it?" Fang Zilan intercepted what the commander was saying, and saw him lowering his eyes, and said softly as if he was mocking himself: "Impossible, the Duke of Yue has passed away, you can't be her..."
His voice was very soft, but Fang Zilan still heard every word clearly and asked subconsciously: "Have you ever been to Qiluo City?"
Hearing this, the general's expression suddenly changed and he looked at Fang Zilan in disbelief, "How did you know?"
"During the battle with Miluo, my sister-in-law Zhenzhu and I went to Qiluo City to deliver news to the Duke of Xianyue." Fang Zilan looked calm, but there was indescribable pain in her eyes, "At that time, Qiluo City was closed. , we have all prepared to die, but fortunately reinforcements have arrived, thank you General."
"You actually knew that I was rushing to help..." The general was stunned, and Fang Zilan said solemnly: "I don't know. It's just that I saw all the people in the city at that time, living and dead, and there was no general."
The general was silent for a long time and then said: "It's all over. Please forgive me, Madam Zhen."
Fang Zilan pursed her lips and changed her voice: "After the death of Duke Xian Yue, I have been working for your majesty. Does the general still doubt me now?"
The general opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he heard Yao Wu roar: "Based on these few words, do our generals believe you? How many people died in the battle with Miluo? How many of my Yao family members were buried in Qiluo? Cheng, why can you survive? It’s really unfair!”
"Unfair?" Fang Zilan turned around, looked at Yao Wu steadily, and said coldly: "What shame do you have to say it's unfair? When the Yao family's son was buried on the battlefield, he never thought that you would collude with bandits while alive. , in exchange for glory and wealth..."
"What do you know?" Yao Wu seemed to have been stabbed in a sore spot and said sternly: "If Fang Zilan hadn't refused to abandon the city, why would they have died..."
"What did you say?" The general looked at Yao Wu as if he were looking at a monster. The plum sword in Fang Zilan's hand scratched the skin of his neck, and drops of blood seeped out. "What will happen if you abandon the city? Don't you Do you know? The Miluo people massacred people in many cities, how dare you say such a thing?"
She gritted her teeth every word and was obviously furious. Even the general she was holding couldn't help but said with righteous indignation: "Yao Wu, as a soldier of the capital..."
"So what?" Yao Wu interrupted the general with disdain, "It's true that I am a soldier of Dajing, but I am a living person. Originally, I also had close relatives of flesh and blood, but what do I have now? If it weren't for the Southeast Camp There is no one I care about among them, so you think I am willing to come to Jiangnan Camp? Not to mention General Shen, even that Zhou Lang, you are not even half as good as him!"
"Yao Wu, you..." The general clenched his fists. As soon as he opened his mouth, Fang Zilan stopped him, "General, did you see that? This is the person you are protecting. Blind indulgence will not win you respect. On the contrary, it will make people think you are weak and can be bullied."
She paused and moved the plum sword in her hand downwards, "In that case, why not let everyone be afraid of you."
Before she finished speaking, Yao Wu screamed repeatedly, and a piece of his flesh was cut out. She snorted in disgust and neatly shook off the blood on her sword, "Today, I will ask you to teach me a lesson."
"What do you mean..." the general murmured, but Fang Zilan ignored him and still looked at Yao Wudao: "As a soldier of the capital, you don't take it as your responsibility to protect the territory, and you don't put the lives of the people first. He is greedy for life and afraid of death, and is not worthy of being a soldier. He colludes with bandits and bandits, ignores his fellow soldiers for profit, and hurts innocent people in order to escape guilt. He is not worthy of being a human being."
Yao Wu's expression was stagnant, as if he was risking his life, and he said angrily: "If you say that to me, then what do you have in your hands? As the general of the Jiangnan camp, he knew that his deputy general was colluding with the bandits. If you don’t dare to punish or participate, what kind of leader is he who is just a submissive?”
Fang Zilan was not surprised and just said quietly: "So you would rather collude with the bandits than replace them?"
"What did you say?" Yao Wu didn't expect Fang Zilan to say that at all, with a look of disbelief on his face.
"I heard His Majesty say that you came to Jiangnan Camp to perform meritorious service." Fang Zilan held the general's hand tightly and signaled him to calm down, but she still said to Yao Wu, "Since the general of Jiangnan Camp is useless , then it might as well be that you replace him."
She said with a sharper expression, "If I were you, I would join forces with the bandits to kill them all, and stand upright with my military exploits to replace the incompetent general..."
"It's easy for you to say." Yao Wu spat and said, "Do you know who the general you are holding hostage is, and why he became the commander-in-chief of the Jiangnan camp?"
"Military merit and background, one or both." Fang Zilan answered quickly, but Yao Wu smiled scornfully, "Military merit? What military merit does he have? He rushed to the aid of Qiluo City? If he hadn't married into the Huangfu family How can your daughter become the commander-in-chief of the first battalion?"
Fang Zilan raised her eyebrows, and when the general tried to say something to explain, she pinched his throat, making him unable to make any sound, and allowed Yao Wu to continue.
"Whether it was in the past or now, it might be possible to stand up in the army based on military exploits, but it is impossible to become the commander of the first battalion!" Yao Wu became more and more excited as he spoke, and his voice became much louder, "The Duke of Xian Yue is the only The exception is the last exception."
"Exception?" Fang Zilan repeated the word in a low voice, feeling unspeakable sadness in her heart.
Even if Yao Wu is extreme and speaks indiscriminately, she knows very well that this is the case.
The so-called exception means being different from everyone else. She was appointed by Li Shengxuan. From the first day she joined the army, she was the commander-in-chief of the first battalion and the commander-in-chief of the three armies.
Others were also dissatisfied, but she proved her strength by winning battle after battle. But now Yao Wu and others have no such opportunity at all.
A soldier with no status and background can only survive for three generations to become a deputy general. This is the highest level. If it weren't for chance, if there were no in-laws to work together, it would be a lifetime that could be seen to the end.
