Chapter 316 Burying the Truth
In Chang'an, the capital of Republic, the Grand Marshal's special ward, the old marshal, who was in a coma, finally woke up under the rescue of the doctors. His arm was covered with tubes, transporting the adjusted medicine, and connecting the electrocardiogram and life monitor to his chest to observe his physical condition at any time.
Because I need to rest and don’t disturb me, there is only Liu Fusu in the ward except for the doctor.
After the old marshal opened his eyes, his first sentence was: "Leng Yuan... is he back?"
Liu Fusu knew that the old marshal would definitely continue to ask questions. Instead of not answering, he was worried, he would not be honest about telling the matter: "No, she was determined to defend the border to the death."
The old marshal closed his eyes slowly. Perhaps he had already expected that the answer would be this. His emotions did not fluctuate too much, or he had no strength to get angry.
Liu Fusu looked a little hesitant. He had something hidden in his heart. He didn't know whether to say it. The old marshal should be anxious when he said it, but he didn't say it and conceal the situation. He could not make the decision with his power as an admiral. In the end, he could only admit helplessly: "There are also problems in the military regions in various places. The Central Propaganda Department issued a newspaper and exaggerated the fact that Leng Yuan was trapped. Now a large number of wilderness expedition forces are demanding support for the Northern Expedition."
"I didn't have an order to block the news and not disclose this to all places!" The old marshal's brows frowned and his breathing became rapid. "You can send someone to the Central Propaganda Department later to investigate who was dereliction of duty, and all the person in charge will be held accountable!"
"We probably don't have time to deal with this small matter." Liu Fusu smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying frowningly, "Some cities' wilderness expedition forces rushed into the military region, and bloody conflicts have occurred. The most serious one is the Lin'an Military Region. The place has completely lost contact and may have been defeated."
"What??!!" The old marshal's heart beat faster and the sound of the life monitor became rapid.
Several doctors rushed over and the attending physician looked at Liu Fusu with a reproachful look, and then comforted him with kind words: "Master Marshal, please lie in bed and rest first, so don't worry about national affairs in the next few days."
"What are you resting in peace! No matter how quiet you rest in peace, the light of the Republic is gone!" The old marshal snorted coldly, pulled out the tube and instrument connection cable on his body, put on his clothes, and walked out of the ward despite the doctor's persuasion and said to Liu Fusu, "Call the generals!"
Soon, the generals gathered in the conference room again. The old marshal's hands like a dead tree took the documents and read them carefully. They were all reports submitted by military regions in various places. The more he read, the more frightened he became. What happened during the period when he was unconscious? Why did the sky collapse when he woke up!
The old marshal said anxiously: "What good thing did the Central Propaganda Department do? They instigated the Wilderness Expeditionary Force to rebel??"
Liu Fusu shook his head: "This is not true. It is hard to say whether the mutiny in various places has anything to do with the Central Propaganda Department, but according to reports submitted by some military regions, the fuse of the mutiny is similar."
"It is reported that the wilderness expedition forces confronted the defenders everywhere. After the conflict broke out, someone suddenly opened fire. Under the chain effect, the conflict escalated rapidly, causing a bloody mutiny." Liu Fusu's deep eyes swept over the generals present and said quietly, "It doesn't look like a random emergency."
The old marshal was completely shocked after hearing this. What's going on? Is someone secretly manipulating it, intending to take advantage of the chaos to rebel?
But if it is a single military region, it would be fine. Now the military regions across the country are basically in chaos. Which general has the ability to set up such a big situation?
This must be at least a lieutenant general or above, which means that it is likely that the group of people present in the Chang'an conference room!
The old marshal put down the report in his hand slightly, and his eyes became as sharp as a blade. He swept over the generals present. The generals more or less realized the old marshal's thoughts, and held their breath and remained silent, fearing that they would burn their bodies.
Just as the atmosphere became silent and everyone in the conference room had their own ulterior motives, a report was sent in by the personal guards. Liu Fusu Dai's old Marshal Liu looked at it and suddenly his expression was stagnant: "Three military regions have captured the soldiers who took the lead in firing."
"Seize it and investigate it strictly in the future. I want to see who is so bold and attempt to make money from the national crisis!" The old marshal's words were an order to Liu Fusu, but they also indirectly attacked a group of generals present.
However, Liu Fusu seemed to have not heard it. He hurriedly turned on the electronic device he carried with him, verified his identity and entered the Republic Zhihui Database. While operating, he said in a daze: "I have seen these people... they all seem to be subordinates of 'that person', but how is this possible..."
After a while, Liu Fusu, who had always been calm, lost his blood on his face. He raised his head blankly and handed the electronic device to the old marshal.
The old marshal rarely saw Liu Fusu losing his mind, and his whole heart became heavy. He took the electronic device and looked at it. When he saw the face of the "dead", he trembled like an electric shock: "Leng Luan?... These soldiers are all Leng Luan's old subordinates?"
At the beginning, the old marshal was still considering whether this was a coincidence. After all, Leng Luan was respected during his lifetime and had many old subordinates. It might be a coincidence. Moreover, Leng Luan had been dead for 7 years. How could a dead man rebel?!
However, the next thing shattered the old marshal's fantasy, and the first soldiers who opened fire were found in various places. They were all Leng Luan's old subordinates, without exception!
In an instant, the generals present couldn't help but feel cold in their limbs, and inexplicably had an illusion that there was a dead person standing in the dark corner staring at them gloomyly.
Zhang Gongbo broke the pen in his hand and said pale: "Leng Luan has been dead for 7 years, why is it still so dark?!"
At this moment, many pictures suddenly appeared in the old marshal's heart.
Leng Yuan's "Expression of Rebellion" was submitted by the People's Republic of China, and the brilliance of the capital, the pride of sealing the wolf's servant, the plot of flooding the rebels, and later the confrontation of tough resistance, the abnormality of insisting on pursuing, the absurdity of defeating the snowfield, and the decisive death of trapping the national border.
Inexplicably, these little things seemed to be strung into a thread, and the trend flowed downwards, pointing to a terrifying fact.
The old marshal was a little confused about Leng Yuan on the issue of the Northern Expedition. Some of the things at the beginning were reasonable, but the subsequent disobedience later destroyed the Dragon Guard and the Central Guard like crazy. This could no longer be explained by the "character" factor.
Especially the fact that the fall from Xueyuan really makes people want to break their heads and don’t understand why such a ridiculous thing happened.
After thinking about it carefully, Leng Yuan's performance in the entire Northern Expedition was abnormal. Every step she took seemed to be to wipe out the rebels, but it always made people feel a little confused and incomprehensible. It seemed to be understandable on the surface, but every decision seemed to be hiding something.
With what happened now, the figures of Leng Yuan and Leng Luan inexplicably began to merge in the mind of the old marshal. Without warning, a lead passed through all the fragmented clues and burst into dazzling light in the darkness. A dense cold sweat oozed out of his forehead, trembling like epilepsy: "If... it was not a coincidence, then what happened now was definitely not suddenly! But it had been planned long ago! When... When Leng Yuan was promoted to general this year? During the 4 years of the Avant-garde War? No... it was very likely that day... when 'she's sacrifice... it had already planned..."
The old marshal looked at the pale generals almost dull, and his face looked like a sick person, and said tremblingly: "Can Leng Yuan's purpose... was not the Northern Expedition from the beginning..."
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Chapter completed!