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In the face of possible major events, in the face of the overall will of the politicians and the people, and in the face of the historical trend that goes against the tide, the head of a family who lags behind the requirements of the times can say the words "I am looking forward to it" in such a calm and provocative manner, which is extremely violent.

Xu Le has seen many characters who act arrogantly and have a free and easy temperament, such as Lin Banshan, who broke out of the family and regarded the family tradition as a broken shoe, such as the lady who hid in the curtain and played the federal situation, such as the uncle who was not famous but dared to resist the glory of the charter to the death, but after hearing these four words, he was still shaken hard.

Xilin Tiger spoke in a very flat tone, not arrogant, but indifferent, but from the bones of an unquestionable self-confidence, such arrogance and ease, where does it come from?

Absolute power leads to absolute authority, Xu Lemo thought of this sentence, and was a little indignant at the bearing of the middle-aged man in front of him, but he didn't think that what he revealed would really be the history that was about to happen. Judging by the logic of his engineer's thinking, he doesn't think that the Federation will do anything to the Zhong family again, because this does not fit the current situation.

The war between the Federation and the Empire is burning like wildfire, and it will probably invade the starry sky of the Empire next year, and in the last few constitutional calendars, the Federation has been cautiously maintaining a certain balance and harmony between the Cabinet and the Seven Families, how could it be possible to take the lead in setting off the internal strife of the Federation before the Great War? You must know that the Xilin Zhong family is an extremely important part of the Federation's strategy, and in this ring, stability is always the overriding political need.

He was very frank in his judgment. After a moment of silence between drinking and eating, Zhong Shouhu replied with a smile: "Our family is always different from the other six. ”

Is it because the Zhong family has always held military power in their hands? Xu Le fell into some kind of thinking that he was not good at.

"I have always had a good impression of His Excellency the President, and although I was at the Joint Chiefs of Staff, I could never have done it with the look of adoration and mistress on my face like those shameless political axe officials. ”

Zhong Shouhu still had no expression on his face, and said: "The federal political axe is not the embodiment of the collective will of the people, nor is it the embodiment of the will of an excellent politician produced by a small chance, but the embodiment of the collective will of a large group of people with vested interests in the polity. ”

"No matter how clear and calm President Pabur is, he is only a person, at most he can influence the people around him or the young students in Linhai State, but he has no power to change the historical trend of the Federation. I can even be sure that as soon as he tries to change these things, he will step down immediately. ”

Zhong Shouhu looked at Xu Le with a light ironic expression, just like looking at the young students in Linhai Prefecture who were full of a sense of justice but couldn't find a specific way.

Xu Le thought of the role played by Mo Chou Houshan in the last presidential election, the role played by Shi Qinghai and himself, and the dark transactions and disputes behind the scenes of the election campaign, he couldn't help but be silent, acquiescing to Commander Zhong's opinion, and suddenly a little worried about Mr. President, who was far away in the star circle of the capital, because he knew that Mr. President with a dark face was not a politician who was willing to go with the flow.

That's all for those things. Zhong Shouhu rubbed the wine glass lightly with three fingers, and said directly: "Next, we can talk about the increase in the voice of the army in the federal political structure with the emergence of the Empire, as well as the necessary surnames for scattered formations. ”

Xu Le was already very accustomed to the rhythm of conversation between big figures like Commander Zhong, and used to them being completely rude and very directly abort a topic and start a new one, but when he heard this series of propositions with a strong academic atmosphere, his face naturally flashed with a look of astonishment and depression.

Zhong Shouhu looked at him with a sneer, drank his cup, and said in a slightly sandy voice: "It's a joke." ”

"Oh. Xu Le shrugged his shoulders and replied quickly, "Maybe the central computer can hear it." ”

"You're a cold joke. Zhong Shouhu raised his eyebrows and said.

Two soldiers with a big difference in status and age experience, accompanied by red soup and tender meat and spirits, made a night talk, whether the joke was cold or not, the topic continued, and the best thing was that both sides of the conversation seemed to be somewhat comfortable with the atmosphere of the conversation.

Commander Zhong was a child of a family, a top student of the First Military Academy of the Federation, and led a million-strong army to resist the empire alone in the west of the Federation for more than ten years as an adult.

Xu Le is an orphan of Donglin miners, the national education has only completed six and a half years, and his ideal life is to deal with machines, but life is also wonderful, plus his uncle once forced him to read silently in the university library, and he can be regarded as a scholar if he is fake. The most important thing is that his surname is destined for him to be an excellent listener, such as Zou Yu, such as Shi Qinghai, such as Jian Shui'er, who have already proved it.

The topic left the heavy politics and intrigue, and came to the folk customs of various federal regions, people and attractions, literary history, Schiller's plays, and George Carlin's eccentricities, which suddenly seemed a lot more relaxed, Xu Le listened to the middle-aged man on the other side of the table with a hint of domineering comments and accusations, and interjected two sentences from time to time, really like two readers holding red wine, telling what difficult books they had read recently.

The night was getting deeper, the red soup pot was not dry, the fireworks outside the window had long since stopped, and only the cool wind kept passing through the poor and no longer existent glass, blowing into the faces and arms of the two men.

In the end, the topic naturally leads to the most important thing in the entire universe at the moment, and that is this war. The voices of the two men did not become impassioned by the alcohol and the life and death on the front line, calmly and seriously discussing the war on the three fallen stars.

Someone told about how he commanded more than 90 divisions to encircle Planet 3320 in what formation, someone told about how he led his team to cross a small river beach, someone told about the long-planned strategic intention of the Federation and analyzed how the emperor would respond, and someone told about how he trained new soldiers in the barracks, not knowing if it would annoy their old father.

Like the morning sun in the morning dew, like the emperor and the farmer, Zhong Shouhu and Xu Le's status are too different, and the level of the topics they talk about is too different, but the wonderful thing is that because of a very pleasing emotion, Xu Le is not willing to be a listener, but seriously tells his own opinions.

Xu Le was extremely excited to be able to discuss the macro or details of this war with Commander Zhong, and it was a very rare opportunity to be able to look at many things in the past year from another angle or height, and to be able to hear the powerful commander-in-chief of the Federation talk about the command intentions above the stars in the tone of a commander.

Zhong Shouhu, the legendary warlord, who kills people without blinking an eye and ignores the laws of the Federation, turns out to be not as cold and terrible as the people of the Federation imagined, but rather a young scholar who is thin enough to live in a cramped university dormitory, and is angry because of his lack of ambition...... Xu Le stared at his somewhat drunken eyes, clenched his wine glass, and tried to catch every word he heard in his ears, and he had such a clear idea in his heart that he knew that this would be a conversation that he would remember for the rest of his life.

Maybe it was because he drank too much wine, and Xu Le mentioned the great feats of the Iron Seventh Division on the planet 5460 a little inappropriately.

It was precisely because he drank too much wine that the cold and arrogant Commander Zhong didn't care about the obvious sore spot of the kid opposite, and said indifferently: "Du Shaoqing is a relatively smart pig. ”

Xu Le lowered his head, endured a wry smile, and hurriedly took a drink.

"The Imperials can't break through those two torsion holes in a day, and if they want to attack the Federation itself, they will have to drift in the universe for six or seven years before they can float to Xilin. The Union army is more advanced than those imperial cubs from head to toe, and how can they not win the war?"

"The Imperial Expeditionary Force is just a bunch of tired old dog-like junks who have come from afar, with a few broken guns from six or seven years ago in their hands. No matter who goes to the front, if they can't win the other party, they are stupid pigs. ”

Commander Zhong looked at Xu Le and said, "Even if you go to command the Iron Seventh Division, you can still win." ”

Xu Le raised his head, subconsciously touched his nose, and didn't notice the ugly tendency of the double holes, so he couldn't help but exhale lightly.

He didn't have any reason to like Du Shaoqing and the Iron Seventh Division, but thinking of the fierce battle situation he saw on the front line, thinking of the heroic achievements of the Iron Seventh Division, and feeling that Commander Zhong's evaluation was a little unfair, after a moment of silence, he said: "The Iron Seventh Division has advanced the fastest on 5460, and in fact, the Imperial Expeditionary Force has been in Xilin for decades, and there are not many people who can defeat them so quickly. ”

If the transfer of the Iron Seventh Division to the front line is the most disgusting headache for Commander Zhong, then the fact mentioned by Xu Le is the heaviest part in the hearts of all the officers and soldiers and the people in the entire Xilin Region.

Zhong Shouhu was not angry, and said calmly: "The people in the capital circle have always complained about my Xilin, thinking that in the past ten years, we have not driven the imperial expeditionary force out of Xilin, which is a dereliction of duty on the battlefield of the Xilin Military Region. ”

Xu Le was seriously looking forward to the other party's answer.

"We really didn't do everything in our power to liberate those three fallen galaxies. ”

Zhong Shouhu's face was filled with a trace of complicated emotions, and there was a little deep coldness in the mockery: "Xilin, from me to the most ordinary homeless man on the street corner, is unwilling to sacrifice too much for the Federation, or to be precise, for the slogans shouted on the capital star circle, this is not because we want to hide any real strength, but because ...... From the moment the Imperials invaded, it has always been our sacrifice. ”

"The Imperial people are coming, and it's us Xilin men who are fighting. The Empire has been crippled, but the Federation is unwilling to support us in our final victory. ”

"Because there's an old guy who thinks the Federation needs to keep those Imperial Cubs in order to train his troops. Therefore, the Federation resolutely and indifferently implemented the strategy of the Xilin Wheel War for more than ten years. ”

Zhong Shouhu looked at him, his eyes were quiet with wind and thunder, and he said word by word: "Fight in the land of our Xilin people?...... Why?"

Hearing the old guy's three words, Xu Le was shocked and silent, not knowing how to speak.

(To be continued)