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There was an old man on the shores of Philadelphia Lake, and everyone from the president down to the street corner vendor was accustomed to call him old man with great respect and affection, and the uncle in the mine who munched on bison with red wine called him disdainfully old man. Xu Le also once shouted, but this does not mean that he has the confidence and qualifications of an uncle to ignore the brilliance of this person.

Old guy, is there anyone in this universe who dares to call a generation of military gods so indifferently and mockingly? Xu Le did not hide the shock in his eyes, and looked at Zhong Shouhu on the other side of the wine table in a daze.

Zhong Shouhu is in a sense the first person in Xilin, and the military god Li Pifu he mentioned indifferently before is undoubtedly the first person in the Federation, which has nothing to do with the political system, it is purely a condensation embodiment of the people's fanatical worship and the will of the army, even in the land of Xilin, but Zhong Shouhu said this with a trace of unwillingness and a trace of coldness.

In order to plan for the cosmic war that will span several constitutional calendars, the federal military god Li Pifu did not hesitate to use Xilin as a training ground, deliberately retained the remnants of the imperial expeditionary force, and used the Xilin rotation battle to let the federal army in the era of temporary peace constantly smell the smell of bloody gunsmoke, get used to the cruelty of war, and improve the combat effectiveness of the troops...... This is a strategic arrangement that is easy to guess, and even a state that many people in the upper echelons of the Federation know and acquiesce, but what is a little chilling is that in the past ten years, no one in the entire Federation has made any noise about it, even if they know how unfair and cold-blooded this strategic arrangement is to the citizens on the fallen stars and to the entire Xilin Region.

Xu Le did the same, until he heard the middle-aged man on the other side of the table disdain to say the three words of the old guy, his mind buzzed, remembering this fact that he should have understood a long time ago, and accepted the federal strategy that a federal youth like him had been deliberately forgetting, giving birth to a trace of sincere shame, and then fell silent.

His outlook on life is not the one that the old men of the family disdain but hate: only black and white, day and night, light and dark, clear-cut, tenacious and cold. In fact, he knows very well that there are always all kinds of last resorts in the world, and there must be gray areas, and it is only when the gray shadow creeps past his bottom line that he will react violently.

The god of war, Li Pifu and the federal political axe, sacrificing the peace of the entire Xilin Region, in order to constantly consume the empire's endless huge expeditions and will, in order to maintain the vigilance of the entire federation and the combat effectiveness of all the federal forces, this is a cold-blooded but ...... Strategically absolutely correct plan, for the future of the entire Federation and the sustainable development of the races in this universe, such a strategic plan seems to have no other words to describe it than wise.

Xu Le used to think the same way, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the old man's consideration, but at this moment, he was in the land of Xilin, surrounded by Xilin soldiers and civilians who were tired and even a little numb from decades of war, and he had just returned from the front line full of bloody smell and the desolate graves of the early residents of the fallen star in the wilderness...... only to find out that the people of Xilin would definitely not think so.

"Since the beginning of the constitutional calendar, Xilin has been fighting together, and the war has never really subsided for a day, but it has never burned into the fields and manors of the people in the star circle of the capital for a day. ”

"All Xilin men, in this life, they always have to go to the battlefield to experience the harshest test of life, within three generations of my Zhong family, more than a hundred direct collateral children have died because of this, not to mention ordinary Xilin people, the owner of this restaurant was originally four brothers, and he may have come back alive from the battlefield, but he is the only one. ”

Zhong Shouhu's voice became extraordinarily faint, like coffee brewed with countless cups of water, revealing a subtle but unpleasant taste: "You and I are professional soldiers, defending the land and protecting the people, serving the Federation, and dying in battle, as a matter of course...... But why do I, the Xilin people, endure the pain of sending white-haired people to black-haired people from generation to generation?"

"The most shameful thing is that if you really defeat you, with the iron courage of my Xilin Erlang, can't I drive those imperial cubs out of the star field......? The people of the Capital Circle were unwilling. ”

The corners of Zhong Shouhu's lips flashed with a hint of deep mockery, but he didn't know if he was mocking his concession back then, and said: "Fighting a war requires logistics and resources, not just the money and love donated by the people of Shanglin, those who can buy a good life, but can't buy real victory." The federal political axe does not give these, and the energy quota is seriously insufficient, how can we fight?"

He looked at Xu Le's slightly drooping eyes, and said in a deep voice: "In the final analysis, the political axe is not worried about raising bandits with war, and the non-stop assistance will fatten my Zhong family, the largest, most arrogant and shameless warlord in the universe. ”

"Especially that shit round fight. Zhong Shouhu's eyes narrowed slightly, and the cold light gradually penetrated, "When we really fight a tough battle to the death, it is when we are from Xilin, and the people in the capital star circle are like spectators watching the play, occasionally going on stage to play some roles, and at the end of the curtain, they have to stand in the center of the actors, accepting the handshake and cordial reward from Mr. President...... Is this fair to Cillin?"

Xu Le, who had been silent for a long time, clenched his fists slightly, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "But the old man's strategic plan is not wrong, after all, this is for the ...... of the Federation"

"For the sake of the Federation, then who cares about Xilin's life and death?"

Zhong Shouhu looked at him silently: "The Xilin people are like orphans of the Federation, wandering in the universe and singing sad ballads in the west wind...... In the end, you can only get some alms from well-wishers. ”

Xu Le suddenly thought of the Xilin folk song that he learned on the 163 Fallen Star, and felt a faint sense of confusion and sentimentality in his heart, and found that with his own thinking ability, it was indeed difficult to sort out these complicated things.

The night breeze entered the window, the red soup was slightly condensed, and the atmosphere at the wine table also fell into freezing and condensing with silence, until Zhong Shouhu smiled and picked up the wine glass, broke the embarrassment, and said indifferently: "This is the end of the boring topic, change to a more happy topic." ”

"Like what?" Xu Le's mood was a little low, and it was difficult to follow the rhythm of the other party's speech and immediately cheer up.

"For example, Du Shaoqing, who once suffered a big loss in your hands...... He's just like you, a Federation hero deliberately cultivated by the old guy and the Federalist political axe, and I said he's just a smarter pig, will you have an opinion. ”

Xu Le smiled a little bitterly and said: "I have no opinion, I even agree with Uncle Tian's evaluation of Master Shaoqing, that is, an ice and snow pig demon." ”

"Don't please me, although I always think that Tian Da Stick beating Du Shaoqing back then will definitely be in the top three among the most interesting things I have ever seen in my life. ”

Zhong Shouhu laughed three times, suddenly withdrew his smile, and said solemnly: "But Du Shaoqing is really smart, in the first courtyard, my grades are not as good as him, I have pressed him so much that he can't enter the Xilin front line for ten years, the Capital Star Circle and the Ministry of Defense have a lot of opinions, do you also think that I am a jealous and capable person?"

"I don't know. Xu Le replied honestly.

"Actually, the reason is very simple, although I am known as the biggest warlord in the Federation, I am a citizen of the Federation who grew up under the Ming Boiled system, and of course, above this, I am also a Xilin person. Zhong Shouhu looked at him and said calmly: "So as long as I live for one day, I will suppress Du Shaoqing and the group of soldiers he represents at all costs." ”

Xu Le looked at him in a daze, not understanding what he meant.

Du Shaoqing likes to play the snow and Hanmei, dressing himself up as the most standard professional soldier in the universe, and his goal in life is to become the second Li Pifu. Zhong Shouhu said with a slight mockery: "But don't forget that the red plum in the snow is like blood, and this person has the most fanatical heart under his coldness." ”

"I always remember this man saying in a strategy seminar class in school that in order to defeat an empire that is full of power, the federal political axe needs to be stronger, and the political structure of the federation must become more efficient and concise. ”

But this is not the point, the most important thing is that from that moment on, I always felt that there was a very dangerous tendency within the Federation, or more precisely within the army, that is, some people had a strong desire to change the political axe system. ”

Xu Le wanted to say that you are a typical representative of military interference in politics, so he quickly took a sip of wine and almost choked out.

Zhong Shouhu looked at the night tree outside the window with a serious expression, and said in a deep voice: "If there is a military and political axe in the Federation, what will the world become?"

Hearing the three words of the military and political axe, Xu Le's eyes gradually narrowed, obviously this term was quite unfamiliar, but he didn't know why, he felt that the hairs on the back of his neck were standing up because of some kind of coldness, his brain was running rapidly, and the introduction of the military and political axe in the dictionary, as well as the absurd interpretation of several plays by Master Schiller, gradually became clear.

"No way. He said very resolutely: "The Federation has a charter bureau, and it is impossible for such a deformed monster as a military and political axe to appear!"

"Really?" Zhong Shouhu raised his eyebrows slightly, and said slowly: "There was also a Charter Bureau in the imperial era, how did His Majesty the Emperor step down from the dragon chair? It seems that Charter Glory has never been a staunch defender of the federal political system, and I would like to think that the Charter Bureau will only be a bystander in these aspects. ”

"Proof, this kind of thing needs proof. ”

Xu Le felt a strong sense of crisis, he grew up in a Ming boil society, although he has felt the hypocrisy and weakness of the federal political system countless times, and even he has done a lot of actions that are completely contrary to the spirit of the system, but in the final analysis, deep down, he still has a certain childlike persistence and innocence, he can't accept the Federation he loves deeply, and there will be a terrible future in which soldiers control the will of all the people with guns in their hands.

At this moment, he thought of the assassination incident in the underground gymnasium in Linhai Prefecture, where Yang Jinsong, then Vice Minister of National Defense, and those young and strong officers of the Second Military Region, in order to maintain the glory of the so-called troops, did not hesitate to use military mecha to launch a shameful attack on a federal citizen.

There are still many pictures flashing through his mind, overlapping and becoming heavier, but neither the instant feedback from the old thing nor the things he has mastered can convince him to add such a serious accusation to Du Shaoqing, even if he doesn't like this indifferent major general.

"What evidence did you have before you killed Medellin?" Zhong Shouhu asked indifferently.

(To be continued)