Ten days passed in a blink of an eye.

After some bargaining, Zhao Yue and the military minister Ye Haotian reached an agreement that was acceptable to both sides. Ye Dingxi became the official division commander of the Third Division of the Western Legion, and Zhao Yue also successfully got back the organization of the Fourth Division. After the humiliating defeat three years ago, the Western Legion finally restored the complete organization of the four divisions.

As Meng Hu expected, Lei Ming became the division commander of the reorganized Fourth Division, thus crossing the seemingly insurmountable gap and officially joining the Jianglin! When he received the appointment, Lei Ming couldn't even believe that this was true. It was not until the Ministry of War officials from the imperial capital handed the golden sword engraved with the imperial emblem to him that he believed that all this was true.

Meng Hu naturally became the corps commander of the Fifth Light Infantry Regiment of the Fourth Division.

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Jining, the capital of Qingzhou, Mingyue Empire.

The hall of the residence of the Governor of Qingzhou Situ Rui was already crowded with people. All officers above the commander of the Qingzhou Legion had gathered here, but everyone was bowing their heads and didn't even dare to make a sound. The atmosphere in the hall was a little depressed, so depressing that it made people breathless.

Situ Rui held his hands on his back and looked at the table in the middle of the hall with cold eyes. He had not said a word for a long time.

There was only a brocade box on the table in the middle of the hall. The lid of the brocade box was opened, and there was a ferocious head inside. The head was naturally Situ Biao. This was specially sent by Zhao Yue, and of course the purpose was to demonstrate to Situ Rui, the old opponent.

Amid the chaotic footsteps, a unkempt officer with a gaunt face and haggard face was taken into the hall by Situ Rui's guards.

Seeing Situ Rui, the officer knelt on the ground, walked forward a few steps, and cried loudly: "Governor General, I am incompetent, I am incompetent, I am incompetent, I am incompetent, I am incompetent..."

Situ Rui suddenly raised his right hand, and the officer's crying stopped abruptly.

Turning slowly, Situ Rui stared at the officer coldly and asked calmly: "Speak from beginning to end what happened on the battlefield that day."

The officer did not dare to hide anything, and said everything that happened at that time was originally said. Finally, he shook his head sadly and said in panic: "The person who killed the second general seemed to be just a light soldier squadron leader of the Guanghui Empire Army. His subordinates called out several times. This should be his nickname..."

"check!"

Before the officer could finish his words, Situ Rui collapsed from his teeth, "Send someone to sneak into the western province of the Glorious Empire, and find out the details of this person at all costs!"

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Xiling City, the capital of the western province of the Glorious Empire.

Lei Ming hung half of his butt, and sat tremblingly in the magnificent hall of the Governor's Mansion. On the other hand, Meng Hu next to him, although his military position was lower than Lei Ming, he sat steadily and seemed calm and composed.

Lei Ming and Meng Hu are about to go to the garrison of the Fourth Division. Before leaving, they will of course come to the Governor's Office to say goodbye to Zhao Yue and listen to the Governor's teachings. This is already a practice in the military. Lei Ming has been serving in the Western Legion for more than 20 years, so of course he still knows this rule.

The sound of footsteps sounded, and Zhao Yue, the governor of the Western Province, appeared accompanied by his confidant aide Zheng Ke.

Lei Ming, who was sitting upright, quickly stood up, and Meng Hu on the side had to stand up lazily. Zhao Yue's eyes swept past Lei Ming, but when he turned to Meng Hu, he deliberately stopped for a moment. Meng Hu looked calm and met Zhao Yue's sharp gaze, without any intention of avoiding it.

Zhao Yue nodded slightly and said happily: "Sit down."

After saying that, Zhao Yue sat down in the main seat, Zheng Ke sat down, Lei Ming and Meng Hu thanked Zhao Yue, and then sat back.

After the two of them sat down one after another, Zhao Yue's expression suddenly became serious and said in a deep voice: "I won't say much about the extra words. This time the Fourth Division was reorganized, and this governor specially moved the station to Hexi, hoping that you can be ashamed and brave, and get up wherever you fall."

Lei Mingran stood up suddenly and responded excitedly: "Please rest assured, Governor, I will never let you down."

Zhao Yue nodded with satisfaction, stood up and said, "Well, I just want to say this. For details, let Lord Zheng tell you."

After saying that, Zhao Yue left.

When Zhao Yue went far, Zheng Ke suddenly laughed and said, "Old Lei, don't always stand, you're tall, right? Sit down and talk."

Lei Ming laughed silly and sat down with the flow.

Zhao Yue left immediately, and Lei Ming was not as reserved as before. After all, Lei Ming and Zheng Ke were old friends. When Zheng Ke first entered the Western Legion, he was a baggage officer for Lei Ming. At that time, Zhao Yue was just a regiment leader, just like Lei Ming, but that was a past ten years ago. Later, Zheng Ke was promoted step by step, and the two rarely interacted.

After Lei Ming sat down again, Zheng Kecai said in a serious tone: "Old Lei, there is something I must tell you."

"What's the matter?" Lei Ming said carelessly, "You said."

Zheng Ke said: "Although the Fourth Division has been rebuilt, the Governor can only give you a corps personnel and equipment, and it is light infantry equipment, and you can only give a portion of the food and supplies first. However... you can lead two veterans from the Third Division over, and the Tiger Squadron is also among them."

Lei Ming was obviously not mentally prepared for this and could not make a sound after hearing this for a long time.

Zheng Ke gently patted Lei Ming's shoulder and said earnestly: "Old Lei, you don't know some things. It's difficult for him to be the Governor. He also wants to rebuild a fully established Fourth Division as soon as possible. He wants to and is anxious about anyone else, but in reality, he doesn't allow the Governor to do this."

"I see."

Lei Ming responded solemnly, but in fact he didn't understand anything.

Meng Hu, on the other hand, suddenly had a hint of undetectable ridicule, and it was difficult for him to be the governor? This is simply nonsense. As the governor of the western province, Zhao Yue has a population of millions. What's the difficulty of recruiting troops from a division? As for materials and equipment, the Xiling Armory is piled up like mountains. Not to mention one division, it is more than enough to equip two divisions!

The reason why Zhao Yue arranged this way was clearly because he wanted to deliberately make things difficult for Lei Ming. Of course, from another perspective, it can be said that he wanted to test Lei Ming to see if he could bear the heavy responsibility of the division commander. If Lei Ming could be competent, then the remaining four regiments would be in place soon. If Lei Ming was not competent, then Zhao Yue could make a fuss in a noble way.

These inside stories seem obscure, but in fact it is easy to guess that these are all the results of political struggles.

The emperor is old and has been seriously ill since the beginning of spring. This is well-known in the Guanghui Empire.

The current glorious empire can be said to be a storm coming, and the battle between several princes has entered a fierce heat. The Ye family, led by Ye Haotian, is obviously the second prince's person, because the second prince's biological mother, Concubine Ye, is Ye Haotian's sister. As for which prince Zhao Yue is, Meng Hu doesn't know, but one thing is certain, Zhao Yue will never be the second prince's person, otherwise he would not have fought with the Ye family to death.

Ye Dingxi took over the Third Division and the Fourth Division was rebuilt. These were the result of the struggle and mutual compromise between the two factions. Lei Ming was appointed as the division commander of the Fourth Division, which was also the result of the compromise between the two factions. Meng Hu had already expected this as early as when the Battle of Sirius just began.

It was precisely because Meng Hu foresaw this result that he would risk breaking into the Mingyue Middle Army and killing Situ Biao in formation. He did this to cause a series of chain reactions thereafter and push Lei Ming to the high position of the commander of the master.

Now, although Lei Ming has become the commander of the Fourth Division as he wishes, he is not so easy to be a division commander, because this is the result of Zhao Yue and the Ye family compromise. In other words, Lei Ming is a unlucky child who does not love his grandmother and does not like him, and neither side will please him. If there is any mistake, he will be taken over by any of the forces.

Now, before Lei Ming took office, Zhao Yue began to deliberately make things difficult for him. The division was only given to one corps, and it was the least combat-free light infantry corps. He only agreed to give some of the food, grass and supplies first. Isn’t this intentional nuisance?

"Just understand." Zheng Ke said, and said enviously, "No matter what, you are now a general who commands thousands of troops, and your name has been engraved with the general's pillar outside the Arc de Triomphe of God's Capital. Thousands of years later, the history books of the empire will inevitably leave your reputation and achievements."

Lei Ming smiled silly, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

Zheng Ke's eyes suddenly turned to Meng Hu and said, "Meng Hu, Tianlang Fortress fought beautifully in the battle. You and your Tiger Squadron have become famous in one battle. Now the entire empire is talking about you. The Governor is also optimistic about you, saying that your future prospects are limitless, and I hope you can do it well after you arrive at the Fourth Division."

"Governor General is too good." Meng Hu replied lightly, "Meng Hu is just a man, ashamed."

Although Meng Hu's tone sounded respectful, it was faintly indifferent to keeping others from thousands of miles away. Zheng Ke had to swallow the words he had prepared back into his stomach. He was originally going to take this opportunity to win over Meng Hu, but now it seems that people don't want to date him at all, so Zheng Ke had to give up.

"It's getting late." Meng Hu glanced at Lei Ming and said calmly, "General Lei, it's time for us to set off."

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