Until Xuanyuan Fortress reappeared in his vision, Zhang Tie could still hear the cheers of those Hua fighters who received the new equipment in his mind, which made Zhang Tie feel a bit less guilty. Perhaps nobody knew that Zhang Tie didn't like wars; neither did he like to see others die. It was not worth celebrating for Zhang Tie no matter how glorious or humble one's death was.
However, as a knight and a man, Zhang Tie had no other choice in this damn world. The holy war only provided Zhang Tie with two choices, one was to escape like a coward and hide somewhere; the other was to bury his sorrow and mercy in his heart like a fighter and turn himself into a scorching steel and march towards the battlefields without any hesitation. He would face challenges one after another and crush those demons who wanted to enslave and exterminate humans once again. The more he exterminated, the more he would feel comfortable; the more he would feel comfortable.
As it was wartime, after Zhang Tie escorted the first batch of equipment to the ground base in Helan Mountain Range, they didn't talk too much with each other. After having a glass of wine with the 7 corps leaders, Zhang Tie's airboat had set off towards the air zone between Weishui River and Helan Mountain Range where Xuanyuan Fortress was located before they finished handing over the equipment on the other airships.
When Zhang Tie saw Xuanyuan Fortress again, the sky was already full of stars. Xuanyuan Fortress and all the battle fortresses in the surroundings were bathing in starlight.
As the private vehicle of Weiji General in the theater of operations, Zhang Tie's airboat could directly berth in the airboat berth of Xuanyuan Fortress.
"I'm going to stay in Xuanyuan Fortress for a few days. As for the rear affairs, I'll leave them to you. After that, you could return by this airboat …" Zhang Tie told Lu Yanyu before getting off the airboat.
"Erm … this airboat is the private vehicle of commander-in-chief. Just leave it here. Xuanyuan Fortress has regular airboats which could transport supplies from all the provinces. This humble official and his subordinates could return by other airboats …"
"As I'm here, I don't need to be so ostentatious. It's a waste for this airboat to stay here. You can go back by airboat first. When I want, you could pick me up by airboat …" Zhang Tie waved his hand to stop Lu Yanyu. After thinking about it for 2 seconds, Zhang Tie added, "Perhaps … a new Weiji General might come here to take over …"
After hearing Zhang Tie's last words, Lu Yanyu widely opened his eyes as he watched Zhang Tie in an unbelievable way, "Commander-In-Chief … commander-in-chief … is going to resign …"
Even though Lu Yanyu had been immersed in the officialdom of Taixia Country for dozens of years, he still couldn't believe that Zhang Tie could make such a decision. After serving as Weiji General for over half a year, Zhang Tie had already successfully solved the problems of grains, fiery oil and airplanes in the theater of operations. Numerous officials, businessmen and commoners had benefited from Zhang Tie's grains, fiery oil, airplanes and armaments in the four provinces. All of them appreciated Zhang Tie very much. As a result, Weiji General was awe-inspiring in the officialdom and popular among the commoners and was deeply loved by them; especially after the bumper harvest of grains, Zhang Tie's prestige in the rear end had skyrocketed like a rocket. In this case, even if Zhang Tie didn't do anything, he only needed to keep everything in the rear end as usual. After a couple of years, when the rear end was completely stabilized and had some bumper harvests, he would have made great meritorious deeds in terms of fiery oil, grains and armaments. Such meritorious deeds could match that of a commander-in-chief in Taixia Country. As long as Zhang Tie promoted to a shadow knight in the future, it would be a piece of cake for him to be a commander-in-chief.
Lu Yanyu didn't understand why Zhang Tie wanted to resign at this moment. If Zhang Tie resigned at this moment, he would gift his meritorious deeds to others. Was the cultivation of knights really that important? However, it seemed that Zhang Tie's cultivation wouldn't be affected even if he was a Weiji General. Take a few days ago, when Zhang Tie disappeared for over 2 months silently, didn't he still keep everything in the rear end as usual?
"I do have such a thought …"
"General …" Lu Yanyu moved one step forward out of excitement as he cupped his hands towards Zhang Tie and said, "Although I've just known you for a short time, I've seen what you've done for the Theater of Operations as a Weiji General over the past half a year. This humble official really admires your broad-mindedness and means very much. Without general, there would not be such a situation in the rear end. General is far-sighted and broad-minded. Your virtue as a gentleman is like spring breeze and rain, which could benefit the four provinces. This humble official really admires you. At this moment, general, please listen to this humble official's sincere words. It's really pitiful for general to resign from the position of Weiji General.
Please consider it carefully … "Zhang Tie watched Lu Yanyu as he cupped his hands towards Lu Yanyu solemnly," Thanks for telling me this, Lord Lu. It's not a waste for us to get acquainted with each other! "
"This humble official hopes that general could continue to be the Weiji General of the Theater of Operations for both public and private reasons. If general resigned from the position at this moment, your subordinates would definitely be dissatisfied. As a result, the good situation that has just been established in the four provinces would also be affected. I think that Military God would not agree with you to resign at this moment!" Lu Yanyu said as he paused for a second before adding, "Even though the prime minister is powerful across the country, as a Weiji General, you've made a lot of meritorious deeds. Additionally, you're in the theater of operations. Meng Shidao might not be able to do anything to you."
Zhang Tie shook his head with a smile as he said, "It's not because of Meng Shidao. It's just that I don't want to have a glorious career even though I could be one of the top three chancellors in the future!"
"It turns out that commander-in-chief has another dream …" Lu Yanyu understood it right away as he watched Zhang Tie with an admiring and complex look as if he had known Zhang Tie for the first time. 'This world is so strange. What many people spend great efforts to pursue is just like passing clouds for others. They don't even feel nostalgic about high positions and generous salaries …'
Zhang Tie patted Lu Yanyu's shoulder as he said, "Take care …". Closely after that, he walked out of the airboat under the complex look of Lu Yanyu.
A knight attendant on Zuoqiu Mingyue's side was already waiting for Zhang Tie outside the airboat.
It was Zhang Tie's first time to return to Xuanyuan Fortress as Weiji General for a report since he left Xuanyuan Fortress as Weiji General.
A black sedan was waiting outside the airboat. At the sight of that black sedan, Zhang Tie became absent-minded. If it was on the ground, no knight would throw a glance at it; however, in Xuanyuan Fortress, such a sedan was very eye-catching. It was the traffic tool of important figures in Xuanyuan Fortress. Even heavenly knights didn't need to fly here and there in Xuanyuan Fortress.
Zhang Tie got on the sedan, which then drove towards the high tower in the center of Xuanyuan Fortress. On the way, all the knights on the streets of Xuanyuan Fortress looked at them …
"Ahh, isn't that Qianji Hermit? Qianji Hermit has returned to Xuanyuan Fortress …" A knight on the roadside recognized Zhang Tie at once at the sight of him in the sedan …
"Isn't Qianji Hermit Weiji General? How could he be in Xuanyuan Fortress …"
"It's nothing strange. Who said that Weiji General couldn't come back? You're too ignorant …"
However, before Zhang Tie met Zuoqiu Mingyue, the news that Zhang Tie had returned to Xuanyuan Fortress had been spread over …
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