The camp was almost in ruins at this time. Countless tents were thrown out. Even the general's tent in the center had collapsed. The ground seemed to have been turned over. There were shouting and wailing wounded soldiers everywhere. They were all soldiers busy treating the wounded and cleaning up the camps.
After Li Chengfeng caught three soldiers in succession and questioned them, he found out the whereabouts of Generals Long Tenghai and Gao Shenghan: they were on a hillside in the rear army.
Li Chengfeng ignored Zhao Feiyue's blockage and ran all the way until he reached the foot of the hillside and saw that the place had become a temporary camp, surrounded by guards and patrolling elite monks.
After seeing the figures of Li Chengfeng and Zhao Feiyue, these guards and elite monks let Li Chengfeng pass without questioning.
The temporary Central General's tent was set up on the back of a very remote hillside. There was no one around, and there were only heavily guarded guards dozens of meters away. As soon as Li Chengfeng climbed up the hillside, he heard the tent with his extremely keen hearing. There was a faint sound of voices coming from inside.
"You're crazy...you actually...puppet...you're against...the dead..."
The sound was extremely soft and intermittent, like a ghost floating in the night wind, making it difficult to hear its meaning. However, the closer Li Chengfeng got, the clearer he could hear it.
At this time, candles were dimly lit in the tent, and cold wind came in from time to time through the gaps, causing them to twist and sway.
Gao Shenghan and Long Tenghai were facing each other in the flickering candlelight, one with a red face and thick neck, full of anger, the other with a calm expression and eyes full of calmness.
Gao Shenghan said: "General, when all the birds are gone, a good bow is hidden! Aren't so many tragedies in the past and present not enough to alert the general?"
Long Tenghai angrily slapped the pillars in the camp, causing the tent to shake violently: "Gao Shenghan, do you still remember that you are a minister of the Emperor of Da Qi and the military advisor of our Zhennan Army!!"
A faint smile appeared on the corner of Gao Shenghan's mouth, which seemed to be sarcasm and ridicule: "General, Gao is just the general's strategist! Gao owes the general his life, but Gao does not owe the emperor his life."
Long Tenghai stared at Gao Shenghan, his chest heaving, he was obviously mad with anger but he was trying hard to control the fire of anger not to engulf himself: "Did you know that your words can already be confiscated and beheaded!! Don't think that You are a monk, Daqi’s laws have nothing to do with you!”
Gao Shenghan smiled: "General, there is no need to scare Gao. Gao knows that the imperial sword can kill a monk's head. If the court blames him this time, the general can put all the blame on Gao. Gao This is like repaying the general’s life-saving grace.”
"You!!" Long Tenghai was furious, "Who do you think I, Long Tenghai, am!?"
The two have been getting along for nearly ten years. Long Tenghai saved Gao Shenghan when he was in the most desperate situation, and Gao Shenghan helped Long Tenghai when he was at his lowest. Over the years, the two of them have been inseparable from Meng Buli. Jiao, even Long Tenghai's most beloved wives and concubines spent less time together than he spent with Gao Shenghan.
The two of them supported each other and helped each other on the battlefield. They already had a deep trust and tacit understanding. Their feelings for each other could no longer be explained by simple words of love.
Gao Shenghan can trust Long Tenghai with his life, and Long Tenghai can also trust Gao Shenghan with his wife and children. This is a tacit understanding and trust that the two people have never expressed.
But now Gao Shenghan said these words, making Long Tenghai feel even more humiliated and angry.
Of course, what really made Long Tenghai angry was not Gao Shenghan's words, but Gao Shenghan's actions without telling him.
Although he can understand it emotionally, because obviously, any smart person can see that Gao Shenghan must be colluding with the puppet country, otherwise the other party's Holy Light Knights would not be able to rush into the fortress without warning. , this must be done by releasing water.
If he just colluded with the other party and allowed the other party to capture Grayhelm Valley again, then Gao Shenghanli Tongwai's treason charge would be confirmed, and he would definitely die even if he was a golden expert.
However, Gao Shenghan used his prestige and power in the military to bypass Long Tenghai and secretly mobilized several elite monks to strike a "meteor from the sky", which not only dealt a heavy blow to the last trump card of the Puppet Kingdom, but also Gray Helmet Valley was completely sealed, so Long Tenghai could no longer waste time in Gray Helmet Valley, and then put himself into a dangerous situation that he could not extricate himself from.
On the other hand, Gao Shenghan's two-way operation sealed the Gray Helmet Valley, which not only made Long Tenghai lose the possibility of continuing to enter the puppet country, but also cut off the possibility of the puppet country to continue to leave the country in a short time. It is unlikely that there will be any major war within one or two years.
This not only ensures that the Puppet Kingdom will not be beaten to death by Long Tenghai in pursuit of victory due to the defeat of this battle, achieving the effect of raising the self-respect of the invaders, but also ensures that Long Tenghai will not overwhelm the master with his achievements and avoid being liquidated by the emperor in the end. .
Gao Shenghan's plan to kill two birds with one stone can be said to be to play with the world's forces and people's hearts, and even involve himself in it. If Long Tenghai is ruthless and pushes everything to Gao Shenghan, then all the fruits of victory will be Long Tenghai's. , and Gao Shenghan will bear all the blame and die.
Will Long Tenghai do it
As an uncrowned king who controls the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the southeastern provinces, and a general who has climbed to the highest position of general with countless military exploits and bones, can he not bear it
Long Tenghai was in pain!
Everyone who knows him knows that he is a strong person, decisive in killing, seemingly gentle, but actually domineering. Gao Shenghan's actions completely broke through Long Tenghai's bottom line. If he is let go this time, what about next time? From now on, if everyone in the army comes to do this, how can we lead the army
However, are we really going to push Gao Shenghan to the butcher's knife
No, Long Tenghai can't do it!
He is indeed a domineering, ruthless and decisive general, but he is also a chivalrous and gentle man, a great man!
If he was really just a selfish warrior, how could he possibly march into Greyhelm's Deep? Could it be that he, Long Tenghai, has no political acumen at all, and doesn't he know that by marching into Gray Helmet Valley, he is forcing the Puppet Kingdom to fight for his last wealth? Doesn't he know that if he kills the puppet country with one stick, his fate will definitely be death
Long Tenghai knew it, but he still did it, because instead of being an old Yinbi, he wanted to be a great hero who would go down in history and leave his name forever. He would rather sacrifice himself, but also have his name be deeply remembered. He will be engraved into the long scrolls of history, and he will let his light be so dazzling that all generals can only look up to him!
Now, the person he trusted the most had ruined all of this, destroyed his sweet dream, and forcefully forced him to become a self-respecting old Yinbi.
He survived, and his family could also survive, but he was not willing to give in!
So, he is angry!
He didn't want to kill Gao Shenghan, even if he deeply violated his taboos and bottom line, but Long Tenghai knew that this was a person who really thought about himself, and his every move was in the hope that he would survive!
Let Gao Shenghan die? He couldn't bear it!
This dilemma made him extremely painful!
Long Tenghai took a deep look at Gao Shenghan, and the two looked at each other until Long Tenghai sighed deeply, waved his hand and said, "That's all, you can go and talk to Her Highness the Princess."
Long Tenghai and Gao Shenghan turned around and saw Li Chengfeng and Zhao Feiyue standing at the entrance of the tent. Apparently they had heard the fierce quarrel between the two people.
Li Chengfeng's face was extremely ugly, and Zhao Feiyue's face was also gloomy and uncertain.
Only Gao Shenghan's face remained normal. He smiled and cupped his hands towards Zhao Feiyue, saying: "Next, the Puppet Kingdom will definitely have peace talks with me, Daqi. Can you trouble Her Royal Highness to go on an envoy again?"