Opening his mouth, Li Zicheng decided to wait. Even though he knew that the fighter planes on the battlefield were changing rapidly, if Duan Qirui could not come forward to strengthen Xu Shuzheng's mind now, I am afraid... even if this battle is fought, it will end in an anticlimactic manner!

Li Zicheng's silence was beyond Duan Qirui's expectation. When he thought about it, if Li Zicheng had made up his mind, he might have lobbied him non-stop, and in the end he would not stop until he achieved his goal. Since Cong Youzheng left,

, for many things, he does not want to interfere, nor does he want to intervene. In the eyes of others, Xu Shuzheng's chief of staff is his "win", but only he knows that without Xu Youzheng, his Duan Hefei is almost missing.

Soul, if possible, he hopes that Xu Youzheng can come back. At the worst, he can ensure that he can become the deputy chief of the army again.

However, after receiving the secret message from Youzheng from Europe, he also struggled for a long time about his gambling nature. For Duan Qirui, he did not have much gambling temperament. He would not fight a battle that he was not sure about.

But the telegram that hit the mark made it very clear - "Although there is no chance of success, there is a will to be benevolent." In other words, there is not even a 40% certainty. Can this battle... be fought?

Can't fight!

Why doesn't the president take a stand? Is it because he can't take a stand?

no!

It can be said that this is the shrewdness of the president. When generals are away, military orders are not given. After the expeditionary force is dispatched, they are thousands of miles apart. Whether to fight or not is not something that the base camp in Beijing can control, but the base camp

But it can influence a little bit - responsibility!

Someone always needs to be responsible for some things!

If it is true that Chengren will take charge of Songpo and Youzheng, who the president hopes will be responsible for it will naturally be Youzheng, whom he has long disliked, but if... Looking at Li Zhiyuan, Duan Qi, who has been silent all the time

Rui sighed in his heart, this person...can't he be more selfish?

Duan Qirui never believed people who said people had no selfish motives, but if he said Li Zhiyuan was selfish and calculated, he was the first to not believe it. But in many things, he couldn't see his selfishness at all, and he was even as shrewd as Zheng.

, can't see him clearly, let alone see through him.

Serve the public wholeheartedly!

This kind of person is admirable, but...

"Zhiyuan, you have to know that there is no chance of winning in this battle..."

Seeing that Duan Qirui finally broke the silence, Li Zicheng breathed a sigh of relief and nodded first.

"There is no chance of winning... If there is a 100% chance of winning, Songpa and Zheng will not send this telegram! But we must fight this battle, not to win or lose, but for the sake of the country!"

"But, if we lose..."

Looking at Li Zhiyuan again, Duan Qirui reminded him expressionlessly.

"Someone will be responsible then!"

Responsible!

Who will be responsible?

After listening to Duan Qirui's reminder, Li Zicheng was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile to himself.

"I am still the deputy commander of the base camp!"

Listening to these seemingly ordinary words, Duan Qirui fell silent, but it was not beyond his expectation. Finally, he shook his head and sighed helplessly.

"I will not send a telegram from the War Department!"

Then he looked up at Li Zicheng and said.

"However, I can send a telegram to Youzheng!"

Listening to Duan Qirui's words, Li Zicheng knew that he got what he wanted.

"In this case, Zhiyuan would like to thank Brother Zhiquan!"

Looking at the western sky - in the vast twilight, Li Zicheng seems to see the lingering smoke of the old continent of Europe...
Chapter completed!