Fairy, please let me explain.

Chapter 778: Young Master Dai sends his regards to you, Commander Yuan

"It's nice to see you again."

In the dark secret room, a gentle voice accompanied by footsteps came into the ears of the young scholar behind the desk.

Opening his eyes and looking at the middle-aged man who walked slowly in from the shadows, Yuan Hao was puzzled at first, then a trace of memories came to his mind, and he smiled:
"I remember you. Three years ago in Vientiane City, you were just a gangster leader. I didn't expect that in three years, you have climbed to such a high position."

"It is an honor for me to be remembered by you."

Step out from the shadows and stand in the flickering candlelight.

The middle-aged man in fancy clothes didn't care about the other party's words. Although he was the emperor of the underground world of Wanxiang City, to a figure like Yuan Hao, his former subordinates could only be regarded as a group of thugs:
"But everything I have now was given by you, young master."

"Is it?"

Yuan Hao chuckled and touched his chin, then simply cut off the small talk and asked:
"Let's stop being polite. Third Young Master asked you to send me out of Tianyuan Mountain Range. You don't want to transfer me to another place at this time of war, do you?"

Although Yuan Hao was appointed by the Prime Minister to be the commander-in-chief of the entire Hongnong war zone, considering the status of the Third Young Master in the Prime Minister's Mansion, he still felt a little uneasy when he was suddenly sent out at the critical moment of the war.

Although changing commanders before a battle is a taboo in military strategy, the Black Scale Army has at least two other generals who can command the Hongnong Campaign besides him. Compared with him, it is nothing more than a matter of loss and time for those two to capture the Tianyuan Sword Sect.

Bai Jingtian saw the doubt in Yuan Hao's eyes and the root cause behind it, and asked calmly:
"Commander Yuan, do you think that the Third Young Master transferred you away on purpose to protect Mr. Ran?"

Yuan Hao answered this question with silence.

He was very clear about the relationship between the Sword Sect's first disciple and the Third Young Master, and the Young Master was also aware of this madman's habit of leaving no one alive in war. If he led the Battle of Hongnong, if the Sword Sect had any bones, it would be considered a lot if two out of ten survived.

So,
The Third Young Master had every reason to transfer him away.

Bai Jingtian took a deep breath, met Yuan Hao's gaze and said slowly:

"Your guess is correct, but the young master wants to transfer you away."

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Yuan Hao was like a deflated ball when he heard that. He rubbed his brows and leaned back in his chair. The shadows in the room that the candlelight could not reach obscured the light in his eyes.

He felt that the Third Young Master he knew should not be such a person, but human emotions were sometimes so unreasonable, especially when a person possessed tremendous power.

Bai Jingtian was not affected by the other party's attitude, and his tone remained calm:

"Commander Yuan, there is no need to be discouraged, because the Third Young Master has given you another job."

Yuan Hao sneered and waved his hand:

"Go to the Western Desert to guard the gate? Or go to the Northern Territory to guard the warehouse?"

"neither."

"Neither? You can't let a psychopath like me take charge of Di'an, right?"

"It's Jiangnan."

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Dead silence.

then,

"Hehe. Haha Jiangnan?"

The sound of his low laugh and the shaking of his body all stopped. Yuan Hao slowly raised his eyes and stared at the local thug leader from three years ago. His eyes narrowed and flashed fiercely:

"Now, anyone dares to act so unruly in front of me. Bai Zhao, have you been living too comfortably in the past three years?"

When Bai Jingtian heard his past name, his eyes remained unchanged and he whispered:

"Bai did not mean to joke"

The voice has not fallen,

Bai Jingtian suddenly discovered that there was only one chair left in the shadow behind the desk. Yuan Hao had disappeared. When he was about to look for him, he felt a chill on his neck and heard a cold voice from behind him:

"Of course I know you're not joking, but did you think you were humorous by keeping me in suspense just now?"

The overwhelming murderous aura made the air freeze. Surrounded by this murderous intent, Bai Jingtian's body froze instantly, and his hands under his sleeves trembled slightly uncontrollably.

He knew that his previous attempt had made the Black Scale Killer God feel unhappy, but he still gritted his teeth and whispered:
"For the sake of the young master, this is a necessary test."

In his opinion, those who hold military power must remain absolutely loyal to their leader, especially generals like Yuan Hao who like to lead charges, distribute rewards and have fun with their soldiers.

Yuan Hao stared at Bai Jingtian's profile and said coldly:

"Probing? So you think I'm loyal?"

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The other party's impatience made him suspicious, but he couldn't say it out loud.

But unexpectedly, Yuan Hao actually said it for him:

"If you don't answer, then I will answer for you. I, Yuan Hao, have never been loyal to the Third Young Master, or even to the Prime Minister."

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Hearing these outrageous words, Bai Jingtian broke out in a cold sweat and swallowed with some difficulty.

Yuan Hao chuckled again upon seeing this, and withdrew his murderous intent, patted the other party's shoulder, walked slowly to the back of the case, and said casually:
"You don't have to panic. The Prime Minister and the Third Young Master know about this. My loyalty to the Prime Minister's Mansion is just due to a deal we made back then—"

Speaking of which,
Yuan Hao sat down in the shadow behind the desk, put his hands together in front of his stomach, and crossed his legs:

"The Prime Minister provided me with an opportunity to slaughter others, and I gave him everything, including my life."

The words fell,

Amid the solemn silence around him, Yuan Hao suddenly clapped his hands together, then opened them and said with a smile:
"It's that simple, so you don't have to doubt me. My infidelity has been tacitly approved by the Prime Minister and the Young Master."

Bai Jingtian broke out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, he seemed to have gained a preliminary understanding of the black-scaled killer god in front of him.

No desire, just perversion.

"It was Bai who overstepped his authority."

"No problem." Yuan Hao smiled and waved his hand. After thinking for a while, in case the other party didn't understand the purpose of his anger, he explained clearly:
"I didn't scare you just now to target you personally. I just hope you won't interfere with my military decision-making out of suspicion, and don't hinder me in logistics."

Bai Jingtian is loyal, but many precedents tell Yuan Hao that sometimes loyalty can do the most harm.

What if this former gangster leader suspected that he was planning a rebellion and stabbed him in the back when he was deploying his troops? That would be a lot of fun.

"I understand." Bai Jingtian bowed his head in response.

Yuan Hao nodded slightly and said:

"In that case, let's get down to business. Bring out the documents of this battle."

"Yes."

Bai Jingtian stepped forward and took out dozens of piles of confidential documents from his Xumi Ring: "This is the strategic plan proposed by the young master and detailed by the prime minister. You can adapt it to your situation."

Yuan Hao was not surprised when he saw this scene. He quickly browsed the contents with his mind.

Whether it is a large-scale dispatch, the food and clothing of hundreds of thousands of people, or the coordination of more than a dozen military branches, the number would be astronomical if it were stated in words.

Bai Jingtian said slowly:

"Commander Yuan, during the entire campaign, you will directly command a large army group with a total of 270,000 soldiers, three war giants, and 6,700 monster birds of various types. It will have four Class A elite military towns under its jurisdiction: the Second Town, the Third Town, the Seventh Town, and the Thirteenth Town.
"The Institute of Gewu will provide three Tiangong camps with 2,300 array, alchemy, and animal trainers as logistics.
"The Black Scale Guards and the Internal Affairs Department will provide more than seventy high-level cultivators, including seven Transcendents and twenty-one Origin Masters, to provide support."

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"The army has secretly set off two weeks ago. It is expected to start from the north of Hongnong, along the Qinling Mountains and the Han River, fly eastward to the Endless Sea, and then go south on the sea, spanning 230,000 miles. For the sake of concealment, it is expected to take two weeks, and finally converge at the Qianji Island overseas, and land near Lin'an Prefecture, the core city of Jiangnan."

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"We gave up attacking the Hongnong Sword Sect because they were already prepared and we lacked intelligence on their territory."

"The Jiangnan region is the most prosperous place for the Great Yan Sect. It is peaceful and prosperous. However, in the past few decades, during the trade exchanges, the Black Scale Guards have completely infiltrated this area. Our Xiangguo Mansion has an absolute intelligence advantage here."

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“Since the young master submitted the Immortal Tax Law, the Jiangnan clans and aristocratic families have begun to purge their ranks, but the various mineral veins, large warehouses, and important military equipment sites that have been leaked over the past few decades must have been too late to move. The Black Scale Guards have already marked these locations on the map.

"Young Master and the Prime Minister will personally show up at the Tianyuan Mountains to draw the attention of the clan alliance to Hongnong. The Black Scale Army will launch an unprecedented raid in Jiangnan at this time.

"Commander Yuan, you are about to command the largest-scale aerial descent in human history! Two thousand war birds and ninety thousand elite Class A troops will use the Flowing Cloud Boots to raid the town and open up a landing area for the follow-up troops."

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".With the number of ships in the Xiangfu, it is impossible to build a supply line across 100,000 miles on the sea, so the purpose of your trip is not to occupy, but to destroy all the important targets listed in the copy within half a month, and to destroy the future war potential of the clan alliance as much as possible!"

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The voice finally died down, and the secret room fell into silence.

Yuan Hao said nothing, but silently browsed through the mountain of military secrets. Time passed silently in the dim secret room.

I don’t know how long it’s been,

It was not until Yuan Hao had completely memorized the last word of these military secrets that he slowly raised his objection:

"These secret military letters do not seem to record how the army should retreat after achieving the goal. A raid across hundreds of thousands of miles would overdraw the life potential of flying beasts and demon birds. They cannot sustain such a long round trip."

Bai Jingtian smiled slightly and handed over a secret letter from his arms:
"This is the secret letter from the Third Young Master. It should explain this problem."

Yuan Hao took it in silence, and with a "swish" sound, he opened the letter and read the contents. He couldn't help but chuckle and murmured:
"Is that so? Third Young Master is a great talent. Besides that, I have one last question."

Bai Jingtian responded:
"Please make it clear."

Yuan Hao uttered four words:
"Not enough supplies."

This problem is even more catastrophic.

The hundreds of thousands of miles of travel made transporting supplies almost impossible.

In other words,
Yuan Hao needs to use this batch of supplies to fight the entire war.

But this is simply not possible.

The amount of food and fodder needed for 10,000 people on the march is already an astronomical number, let alone 270,000.

Although the supplies that could be carried by 6,700 flying beasts and birds of various kinds and the 200 military Sumeru Rings provided by the Black Scale Army were a lot, they were still too little for a war that needed to support 270,000 people.

However, Yuan Hao raised this objection not to veto the feasibility of this action, but to wait for the other party to help him lift a certain "ban".

after all,

Things like baggage are completely cheap.

Especially in the prosperous area of ​​Jiangnan.

And soon,
Bai Jingtian then gave the order he wanted:
"Commander Yuan, the storage in the Black Scale Secret Ginseng is the blood and sweat of the people of Da Yan, and let's not even talk about the sects in the Jiangnan region. The noble families there are richer than you think. But you'd better act at the beginning of the war. No one knows whether those noble families will choose to burn the earth and perish together with you."

Yuan Hao laughed when he heard that, and he laughed as happily as a child, but the excitement in his dark eyes was like a demon from hell.

But suddenly,
Yuan Hao seemed to remember something and suddenly whispered:
"By the way, Di An is not afraid of accidents when he gives such important military secrets to someone of your low cultivation level like you? In my opinion, it is more appropriate to give such military secrets to Chief Black Scale or the Director of the Internal Affairs Department."

Bai Jingtian smiled slightly when he heard this and glanced outside the door:
"Commander Yuan has misunderstood. Chief Lou is also on this Thunderbird."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hao immediately raised his eyebrows in surprise, pondered for a moment, and asked slowly:

"Oh? In that case, are you here to deliver military intelligence for the Prime Minister or for the Third Young Master?"

Bai Jingtian felt a little solemn when he heard this.

Yuan Hao's question may seem casual, but it actually contains a lot of important information.

Although Chief Black Scale has a close relationship with the Third Young Master, she is still an extension of the Prime Minister's will, while Bai Jingtian represents the Third Young Master's will.

The scale of the war that was about to happen should have been the responsibility of the Prime Minister alone, but abnormally, it was handed over to the representative of the Third Young Master to be responsible.

Therefore,
The meaning of this commander-in-chief's words was already very clear.

Will there be a change in the Prime Minister's Mansion, or in the Xu family, soon?
Bai Jingtian just stood up slowly, bowed and said truthfully:
"I extend my regards to you on behalf of the young master, Commander Yuan."

(End of this chapter)