"Ahem … ahem …" At the critical moment, Zuoqiu Mingyue lightly coughed twice. After hearing Zuoqiu Mingyue's cough, Ning Taisheng's battle qi waves recovered at once. After throwing a glance at Zhang Tie and Ning Taisheng, Zuoqiu Mingyue said calmly, "Don't argue anymore. All the air cavalries who died in the battle yesterday are martyrs of Taixia Country. We should compensate them heavily and let them and their family members enjoy the honor that they deserve. It's praiseworthy and compassionate for fighters to die for their country at the cost of their lives. As a commander-in-chief, we should love our soldiers like our own children. We shouldn't encourage fighters to die together with the enemy on the battlefield. However, Hua people are heroes. Since ancient times, many heroes have appeared in each holy war at the risk of their own lives. In each holy war, many brave fighters would build the glory of Hua people at the cost of their own lives and write the history of Hua people. It's a heroic deed for fighters to kill demons at the cost of their own lives on the battlefield. They shouldn't be blamed. If we forbid them to do so, they would suffer a blow to the morale of the troops, not to mention whether they would achieve the desired effect or not …"
After hearing Zuoqiu Mingyue's words, all the other heavenly knights nodded.
"You're right, commander-in-chief …"
"Elder Ning and General Mushen are both pillars in the military. You're both selfless and dedicated to the country. However, you have different perspectives and concerns. Actually, you're both doing it for Taixia Country and Hua people. Don't ruin the harmony because of this …"
"Yes, yes, if you ruin the harmony because of this, you would be a joke to demons …"
All the other heavenly knights started to persuade Zhang Tie. After throwing a cold glance at Zhang Tie, Ning Taisheng turned around and became silent.
Now that Zuoqiu Mingyue had expressed his attitude, of course, Zhang Tie didn't say anything anymore; however, he felt a bit bitter inside.
Although Zuoqiu Mingyue's attitude seemed to be neutral, he also warned Ning Taisheng to not say something that would damage the morale of the army. However, Zuoqiu Mingyue still didn't agree with Zhang Tie; instead, he preferred Ning Taisheng's opinion. All the other heavenly knights shared the same attitude as Zuoqiu Mingyue. Of course, Ning Taisheng's words were right. Heavenly knights were the top group in Taixia Country. Standing on the peak of strength, they could overlook all the other living beings in the world and talk about life and death. As long as the heavenly knights were furious, they would bleed. In their eyes, the lives of ordinary fighters might be as trivial as ants and sparrows. From the perspective of a heavenly knight, if they could make up for the shortcomings of Taixia Country in such a battlefield at a low cost, they could have one or two commoners fight demon corps in a battle of attrition. This was the advantage of Taixia Country in the war between Taixia Country and demons. What did one life and one gold coin mean? As the commander-in-chief of Taixia Country, Zuoqiu Mingyue was known as the Military God. After two holy wars, Zuoqiu Mingyue would never be irresolute on such an issue.
It was indeed a cheap deal to use air cavalries to consume wing demons. Of course, the more wing demons could be consumed, the better. Ning Taisheng's words were pretty sharp. However, those moguls in the theater of operations might be similar to Ning Taisheng's words. As the commander-in-chief of Taixia Country and the military god, Zuoqiu Mingyue had experienced two holy wars. As the old saying went, merciful people should not be in charge of troops. On this issue, Zuoqiu Mingyue would never be irresolute.
In the final analysis, Zhang Tie and Ning Taisheng were not in the wrong. They just had different ideologies. As for Zhang Tie, even though he was in a high position in the Western Theater of Operations, he still couldn't view it from the perspective of those heavenly knights. He couldn't treat those fleshy lives as figures that could be exchanged with demon fighters. Zhang Tie always remembered that his elder brother was killed on the battlefield. Although this event had passed many years ago, it was still a scar in the hearts of his parents. Although it was covered, it never disappeared. Only in the dead of night when his dad and mom were talking on the bed could they feel such a sadness from his dad's sigh and his mom's sobs, "If only the eldest brother was here …" …
In the eyes of those heavenly knights, a set of figures or a trivial battle involving tens of thousands of people was actually the death and endless grief of tens of thousands of ordinary families in Taixia Country.
'Perhaps I'm too soft-hearted. I'm really not suitable to be a commander-in-chief on the battlefield.' Zhang Tie mocked himself inside.
After this small dispute, although Zhang Tie accompanied Zuoqiu Mingyue to inspect the battlefield, he didn't utter a word during the whole process unless Zuoqiu Mingyue asked him about it.
After the inspection, all the heavenly knights returned to their own battle fortresses. When Zhang Tie wanted to leave, he was stopped by Zuoqiu Mingyue who told him that he had something to negotiate with Zhang Tie. Therefore, the two people returned to Zuoqiu Mingyue's office in Xuanyuan Fortress.
After one day, the desk in the office had been changed. Zuoqiu Mingyue couldn't find any trace of Zuoqiu Mingyue's outburst yesterday at all.
Like yesterday, after Zhang Tie entered the office, Zuoqiu Mingyue had told his attendant to leave. Since he confirmed the marriage relationship with Zhang Tie's eldest brother, Zuoqiu Mingyue had been much kinder to Zhang Tie in private. He even looked at Zhang Tie like a junior.
"Who do you think has made the greatest meritorious deed in resisting demons in the Western Theater of Operations?" The moment he entered the office, Zuoqiu Mingyue had turned around as he gazed at Zhang Tie. Apparently, Zuoqiu Mingyue didn't want Zhang Tie to answer this question. Before Zhang Tie opened his mouth, Zuoqiu Mingyue had continued, "Do you think it's you? No, it's me? No. It's only one person who has made the greatest meritorious deed — — the crown prince who is supervising the country in Xuanyuan Hill. Am I clear? "
Zuoqiu Mingyue's words were like a steel saber piercing into Zhang Tie's flesh. Zhang Tie's heart raced at once.
Zhang Tie lowered his head. After being silent for a short while, he slowly nodded, "Thank you, commander-in-chief. I see!"
"It's good that you see it!" Zuoqiu Mingyue nodded too as he slowed down his tone and let out a sigh, "Humans are not plants or trees. How could they be emotionless? However, in the chaotic world, the higher one is, the more emotionless one has to be. If one person could save 10 people, in my eyes, the one who dies is valuable. Even if he doesn't want to die, I have to kill him. You're good at everything except that you're too soft-hearted. You're not like a knight who has experienced life and death. It's fine in peaceful days; however, in the holy war, so many demons and monsters are running amuck in the world. Your soft-heartedness is your biggest weakness. As long as your weakness is grasped by the enemy, they might kill you …"
Zhang Tie revealed a bitter smile as he said, "I might not be able to be as emotionless as commander-in-chief and the other commanders for the rest of my life!"
Zuoqiu Mingyue waved his hand, saying, "It doesn't matter if you can't do it. You don't need to be stubborn. Perhaps when you reach my age, you will see through it. You've already done everything that you could. Nobody could say anything about it. You've already become the thorn in demons' eyes after yesterday's battle. The demon commander has already revealed his intention to kill you. In the battle, he even ordered two shadow knights to kill you. I call you here to talk about this with you!"
"Commander-In-Chief, what's your instruction?" Zhang Tie's face turned solemn. As it was related to his life, Zhang Tie would not be casual. After all, he cared about his life very much.
"From today on, without my order, you're not allowed to fight demon knights on the battlefield anymore. You're too eye-catching. If you go to the battlefield later on, you would face a fatal battle formation. Perhaps, even a heavenly demon knight would attack you. You can't die now. If you were killed by demons, it would be a great strike to the entire Xuanyuan Fortress. Additionally, the rear might be in trouble. Therefore, as long as you're alive, you'll make a meritorious deed …"
"I'll make a meritorious deed if I'm alive?" Zhang Tie became dumbfounded as he had not imagined that Zuoqiu Mingyue could say such words. Neither had Zhang Tie imagined that he could reach this step on the battlefield one day. 'Being alive means making meritorious deeds. What's this? This is an auspicious treatment …'
"That's right. Just as I said, if one person's death can save ten people, I will let that person die. If one person's life can allow millions of people to live a better life, I will not let that person die so easily. Therefore, during this period of time, you should stay by my side. You still have the identity of the Minister of War, so no one will say anything if you stay by my side …"
Zuoqiu Mingyue intended to keep an eye on Zhang Tie on his side so that demons couldn't do anything to him. With such a sage-level knight on his side, who else could kill Zhang Tie?
Zhang Tie became a bit hesitant. He had to consider Zuoqiu Mingyue's words. Zhang Tie always felt a bit unwilling to stay on Zuoqiu Mingyue's side. He felt that he should do something …
Only after thinking about it for a short while, Zhang Tie's eyes turned resolute at once, "Commander-In-Chief, I want to join the air cavalry troop."
"What …" Zuoqiu Mingyue almost thought that he had misheard Zhang Tie.
"All the flying skills and battle skills of air cavalries were taught by me. These skills are the summarization of my battle experience against wing demons in Selnes Theater of Operations. They are more suitable for personal air battle experience. After watching the battle between air cavalries and wing demons yesterday, I found that air cavalries could further improve their battle tactics in the air as a whole. I want to join the air cavalry troop as an ordinary air cavalries and further improve the battle tactics of air cavalries in the air. I hope for your approval, commander-in-chief!"
"As an ordinary air cavalries …" Zuoqiu Mingyue became hesitant.
"I have body-changing immortal bloodline. I only need to change my face. Additionally, I could at most fight wing demons below knight level in the air cavalry troop. Demons above earth knight level would not target at me. It's always better to do something for the theater of operations than to do nothing on your side, commander-in-chief …"
Zuoqiu Mingyue knew that Zhang Tie would make another choice when he couldn't prevent something from happening. However, Zhang Tie still didn't compromise; instead, he still wanted to do something. If Zhang Tie couldn't prevent those air cavalries from dying together with wing demons after running out of incendiary bolts, he just wanted them to kill some more wing demons before running out of incendiary bolts so as to reduce casualties in the future.
If people had obsessions, this should also be Zhang Tie's obsessions.
Watching Zhang Tie's young and passionate look, Zuoqiu Mingyue suddenly let out a sigh inside. Closely after that, a purple secret method crystal appeared in his hand. Zuoqiu Mingyue directly gave it to Zhang Tie, saying, "This is a secret method of swordsmanship that I got by chance when I was young. It's useless to me now. You can have it. As you've just got the essence of sword song yesterday, the contents inside this secret method could be verified with your sword song. It might be useful to you …"
After taking it, Zhang Tie ran his spiritual energy. Closely after that, a sword light exploded in Zhang Tie's mind. The sword light broke the chaos while some words gradually appeared in Zhang Tie's consciousness — — Big Sword Sutra …
(To be continued.)
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