Ch53 - Stalling tactics

A long time ago, the military and government of the Imperial Alliance were completely separated, but after the implementation of the energy shield system, the empire reduced a lot of troops, and the military power was gradually weakened. Now, the main appointments of the military department are made by both the commander-in-chief of the military department and the Senate Elders, where they discuss and decide together.

As a result of their discussion, the emperor has a veto power, if the emperor does not veto, then he can be appointed in this way. 

This is the most difficult time for them.

Old Marshal Gu Zehai is not only the commander-in-chief of the military department, he is also the head of the empire.

Although after the Queen’s death, Old Marshal Gu Zehai seldom showed himself as the head of state. But everyone’s heart is like a mirror, the status of that person has not been lowered because of the queen’s death, on the contrary, it has been slightly higher. Because of guilt, the emperor did not dare to be too strong in front of the marshal.

In this empire, the person His Majesty fears the most must be the Old Marshal. 

On the one hand is the person who even the emperor should respect, and on the other hand is Chu Fengyuan, who has interests and connections,

Regarding the proposal for Gu Huan’s promotion this time, everyone tried their best to come up with the best solution, trying to make it passable on both sides.

“What will the Old Marshal think?”

“It’s related to Gu Huan’s promotion. The Old Marshal was Gu Huan’s guardian, and now he’s Gu Huan’s teacher. He wants to avoid suspicion, so as not to fall into the trap of being accused of using his power for a relative. He will not take the initiative to ask where Gu Huan is sent until the end. ”

Even so, they couldn’t offend the Old Marshal.

Chu Fengyuan meant to split Gu Huan’s army into several parts, by whatever means.

They thought it would be a good idea to get Gu Huan promoted.

The old marshal also said it in the past, and Chu Fengyuan’s idea should also be accomplished. 

This is the idea of those elders who have interests with Chu Fengyuan, and the other elders who are close to the prince firmly disagree with them.

When He Yuncheng belatedly appeared, the elders looked at each other and fell silent.

He Yuncheng was the one who voiced the most opposition in the last small meeting, and behind him were the newly elected elders.

Hey, after Elder Jin was gone, their small group became more and more unstable. Now even the small meeting of their elders did not have a unified opinion. When they meet the Old Marshal later, will they really be able to do what Chu Fengyuan ordered them to do? 

Just as they were sighing, a group of soldiers followed into the meeting room.

When they raised their heads, the Old Marshal still looked like a kind old man. The young man standing beside him attracted their attention, and they couldn’t help being taken aback.

This was the first time they actually saw the General. 

The name Gu Huan has appeared many times in the round table meeting, but they still couldn’t help being a little surprised when they saw the youth appear.

The one who surprised them last time… was Empress Gu.

After regaining their senses, the elders, He Yuncheng and others stood up at the same time, and greeted the two who came from afar.

“Old Marshal Gu. General Gu.” 

“Elders, you are welcome.”

Gu Zehai nodded lightly, and Gu Huan respectfully saluted.

Gu Zehai walked towards the seat reserved for him in front of the round table, Gu Huan waited half a step behind Gu Zehai, felt a gaze, and immediately turned his head to look at the person who had been watching him.

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The other party shook his head lightly at him. 

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“Since everyone is here this time, let’s talk about today’s business: how Gu Huan’s position will be promoted.” He Yuncheng turned his head and turned to today’s protagonist. 

“What does General Gu Huan think of himself?”

Old Marshal在一旁轻咳了一声.

Facing the gazes from all directions, Gu Huan said without any panic. “The commander of the corps position is very good.” 

“This is impossible. You are a General now. The position of regiment commander is too low. No matter how you say it, you have to be a commanding officer.”

One of the elders of the Senate immediately vetoed it, pulled out the interstellar map, and swiped his fingers from east to west, directly allocating all the rich places to Gu Huan. 

“Let me see. This place is good, and the entire star field is entrusted to you. You are the commander.”

Gu Huan: “…”

If he didn’t know that this elder supported Chu Fengyuan, he would have thought he was one of his own.

Another elder came next to him, looked at Gu Huan’s expression, saw that he was not satisfied, and made another suggestion. 

“That area tends to be frequented by interstellar pirates, and there are too many things. This star field is better. This star field is safe, with right and wrong very clear, it’s quite safe.”

Gu Huan just wanted to speak, but before he could speak, an elder followed up.

“That star field has few things to do, so how can you make meritorious deeds? I think this star field is just right, and having wealth does not mean it’s particularly comfortable.”

Old Marshal coughed lightly at the side. 

The few elders who threw sugar-coated bullets finally stopped their stance of bewitching Gu Huan.

Elder He must have gotten angry with Old Marshal. No matter how good they say it is useless, it is better to start from the bad side.

Instead of talking about where to go after the promotion, let’s talk about the dismantling of the legion first.

“General Gu, your assault group is an all elite.” 

“Since it is an elite, it happens to be able to lead other legions. Each legion has hundreds of people. Isn’t that a good way to improve the overall strength of the army?”

“Yeah, right.”

“I know that you have feelings for your soldiers, but this kind of splitting and reorganization of the army is very common, and it’s not like they will never see each other again. Maybe the next time the army is reorganized, they will meet again? General Gu Huan, you must focus on the overall situation. After becoming the commander, I guarantee that you will have at least tens of thousands of soldiers.”

Gu Huan frowned. 

It’s one thing to have gotten along with each other. On the other hand, he really needs such an experimental field. As a matter of fact, how many soldiers are capable of making their own decisions?

“You really want to dismantle this legion for this reason?”

He Yuncheng immediately interjected a sentence.

“Who gives you instructions in private, you know it in your heart.” 

“This matter…”

“I agree to the promotion of Gu Huan, but I firmly disagree to move his army.” Elder He extended his hand and patted the table.

“…”

The scene fell into silence for a while. 

Gu Huan’s eyes flashed, and he spoke in the silence.

“Since we are going to lead other legions and make progress together, I have no objection.”

“But after a while, they have to come back.”

The elders who just played the emotional card wanted to look at each other.

“This… this is not impossible.”

After dismantling his soldiers and promoting them again, if they have an ambitious heart they will not easily go back to the start.

Gu Huan’s side is not easy to persuade, but the soldier’s side may not be difficult to persuade. 

As they thought this way, several elders with dark hearts immediately had an idea.

Then one of them nodded, and the others immediately followed.

“So be it.”

“I agree.” 

He Yuncheng saw that Gu Huan took the initiative to propose, and although he knew that they must have bad intentions, he couldn’t say anything more.

“Since General Gu Huan also thinks this is appropriate, then so be it.”

“Those star fields mentioned earlier, look where you want. You have been promoted, and you can’t stay in a small military area anymore. Which of these star fields do you prefer?”

The elders who pointed out all the good places just now felt some remorse in their hearts. 

If they had known that Gu Huan was so talkative, they wouldn’t have mentioned those good places.

But that is what they have already said, just like water that has been spilled, it is not easy to take it back.

“Just… here.”

Gu Huan looked around and saw a familiar place. 

Canaan star field.

The Canaan star field is close to the Capital star field, and the geographical location is good. What’s even better… Jialin Star is in the Canaan star field, so he doesn’t even need to change his base camp.

They mentioned so many places, but in fact, he only took a fancy to this one place at a glance.

After coming out, he ran into Elder He who had not seen him for a long time. Seeing that Elder He seemed to have something to discuss with him, Gu Huan saluted Old Marshal Gu Zehai, then turned and walked towards him.

“Congratulations, General Gu Huan, commander of the Jialin Galaxy’s military region.”

“I didn’t expect… to be promoted from regiment commander to commander of the military region so quickly.”

Gu Huan felt as if he had no intention of climbing up. 

But everything around him is pushing him to climb up, and the speed of promotion is like a rocket.

“Although some people have left, don’t be discouraged, they can be cultivated back.”

“I don’t think most of them will go…”

Gu Huan felt that at least half of his legion would come back. 

Keppel should be able to come back. Because of the latest achievement, Mo Xiao became a brigadier general. It is enough to be a regiment commander in one place. It is understandable if she does not want to come back after being assigned.

He saw that they gave him a star field, so he was excited.

A planet is too small to organize military exercises, but if that star field is his own military region, he doesn’t need to report. He really wants this convenient condition to organize mecha training.

If someone is going to leave his regiment with a better future, he readily agrees. 

“I’m relieved if you can think like this. If you tell me about the Zerg infestation during the worm tide period today, things will definitely become more complicated.”

Gu Huan pursed his lips in silence, He Yunguo was really reminding him not to say that.

He really wanted to put forward the Zerg threat theory, but as He Yuncheng reminded him, of course he couldn’t say it.

“Although I don’t know who is the real person to be afraid of, you have reminded me so repeatedly that I can’t fail to understand.” 

Chu Fengyuan would rather let himself be promoted than dismantle his army. This reminded Gu Huan of He Yuncheng’s previous reminder.

——“Hurry up and train your army, train your own abilities. Make yourself a synonym for strength, let everyone believe that you can lead them to defeat everything and overcome fear, even if they want to take away your strength and force you to bow to the Zerg, you can also say no.”

Someone will try to take his power away.

They start by breaking his army structure. 

“You did very well.”

He Yuncheng patted Gu Huan on the shoulder.

“I believe you are the one who can break the mold.”

Gu Huan nodded slightly, his golden eyelashes covered his eyes, and he said lightly. 

“Elder.”

“I’m just a General.”

“I’m just following another person’s footsteps, that’s all.”