In the evening, in Bai Yicheng's room, he and Jiang Yitian sat opposite each other at opposite ends of a table.
"You are too impatient." Bai Yicheng said with a somewhat reproachful tone.
"Teacher Bai, we are short on time. Don't forget what our main purpose is." Jiang Yitian said.
Bai Yicheng shook his head slightly and said, "Then you shouldn't be so aggressive towards Wang Jiyuan. Do you think he, the commander of the guards, is an easy person to get along with?"
"I don't think there's any need to worry too much. First, we have the imperial sword of the committee. Second, we have the public opinion that all time travelers want an explanation. Third, it's also related to the morale of the entire guard. We won't allow Wang Jiyuan to trip us up.
Wang Jiyuan wants to run the Guard like an iron bucket that cannot be poured into. Do you think those people in the committee are not worried? Guo Qian has already received several proposals for military reform. If Wang Jiyuan makes things difficult for us now, he will suffer the consequences.
I pushed a little harder to show my stance and determination, hoping to make it easier to carry out the work later.”
Bai Yicheng looked at Jiang Yitian, who was talking freely, but he secretly disdained him. There were too many young people among the time travelers, and they easily mastered various supernatural powers. Many people were very impatient in their dealings with others, and the one in front of him was a typical representative of them.
Wang Jiyuan was the head of a group in his original world. How could a young teacher like you compare to him
He said, "Also, don't keep your eyes on Xiao Chen and Huang Zheng. You need to wait for the right opportunity to do this. Don't push them to the opposite side right away. These two have done so many things and are deeply rooted in our entire team. When you don't have enough power, don't provoke them easily. If you don't kill the snake, you will suffer from it. Do you understand?"
"I will act according to circumstances, but Mr. Bai, we don't have much time left, so you have to do your best. After this war, there will be elections. Now that this has happened, we can take this opportunity to suppress them. Do we have to wait for them to strike back at the Empire, make them war heroes, and then walk into the new committee with open arms?"
Bai Yicheng said: "But they may be useful in the future war. You should be very clear about Xiao Chen's strength. Even Huang Zheng is a high-level magician!"
"One thing I know very well, the Imperials are nothing to worry about, they are nothing more than natives. This time the intelligence team has obtained information about the losses of the Imperials. More than a hundred of their Black Guards died, and this was achieved when they attacked us by surprise." Jiang Yitian tilted his head and looked out the window with a look of contempt. "Of course, I know the overall situation very well, and I will not hinder our war, but I don't think that only Xiao Chen can undertake such a task and receive such an honor."
Bai Yicheng looked at Jiang Yitian and said, "I will watch over you, just like I promised them."
"Of course, of course. Then I'll go to work." Jiang Yitian stood up, made an OK gesture to Bai Yichen, and walked out the door.
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The first person Jiang Yitian looked for was naturally Zhang Hong, who was safe and sound.
He still had a deep impression of Zhang Hong. He had been captured by bandits before, and he had captured a wild mage by accident. He felt good about himself and thought he was a hero. Jiang Yitian had seen him bragging about these things when chatting with others.
Jiang Yitian had talked with the wild mage Andrew before. Although Andrew described the process of Zhang Hong capturing him in great detail, like a story he had memorized many times, Jiang Yitian instinctively discovered some obscure details in the process. It was like putting a suit of armor on a farmer, making a skinny man look like a brave knight.
As for the fact that he organized a team at Heimu Pass and helped others retreat, Jiang Yitian felt that he could see through his true nature at a glance. This guy was afraid of fighting the Imperials head-on, so he retreated to the rear and started retreating before any result was achieved.
A coward who is good at packaging himself.
This is how Jiang Yitian characterizes him. There are many people like him. Their biggest characteristic is that they always talk more than they do, and they can always find various high-sounding explanations for what they do. So Jiang Yitian was not surprised that when Zhang Hong sat in front of him, there was always a little bit of nervousness in his eyes.
"You know what? Your problem is actually very serious." This was the first sentence Jiang Yitian said.
You can even see the other person shudder when he hears these words.
"Minister Jiang, I have no problem." Zhang Hong retorted in a very weak voice.
"Of course you have problems. The only difference is how the committee is going to characterize these things. What do you think of the good things you have done?"
Zhang Hong said: "I really don't understand what Minister Jiang means."
Seeing that the other party's expression did not change much, Jiang Yitian gave up on deceiving him and said, "When the front line wanted to find you for help, you were nowhere to be seen. This is no different from running away from the battle. On the front battlefield, maybe with you as a weight, the balance of victory could tip to our side, but you never showed up!"
"But I organized everyone to evacuate."
"That's another matter. If we hadn't been defeated before, why would we need to retreat? Making up for one's mistakes won't work here!" Jiang Yitian said coldly.
Zhang Hong hurriedly explained, "But this is what Captain Shi asked me to do! He had already determined that the situation was not good and needed someone to report the situation to Suero and organize the retreat. So he chose me who is not very good at frontal combat."
"Do you have any evidence? Shi Hao won't have a chance to prove this for you."
"No, this kind of thing cannot be known to others. It will disrupt the morale of the army, right?" Zhang Hong said.
What he said was not without reason. Jiang Yitian interrogated him for a long time and did not feel anything was wrong.
Zhang Hong defended himself like a petty calculus.
Jiang Yitian repeatedly negotiated with him on some issues, but Zhang Hong basically gave the same answers.
It seemed that after asking for a long time, the reason why Zhang Hong did these things was really as he said. It would be great if he could invade other people's brains to interrogate them like Xiao Chen did. Unfortunately, Zhang Hong himself was also a high-level mage, and I was afraid that it would be difficult for Xiao Chen to use the same method on him as last time.
So Jiang Yitian, who had no results, changed the topic and asked: "Do you think there are any problems with the combat command of the regiment commander Shi Hao and the political commissar Liu Xiang?" (To be continued)