Chapter 495: Chapter 5: Women Are Not Inferior to Men (Part 5)

Hua City is located at the center of Dragon Country, further south is Jiang City, followed by Chun City.

The Chun City army is the armed force under Qian Feng’s control in Chun City.

And the Chun City army controls Chun City, Jiang City, and five other surrounding cities.

Unable to capture Hua City, which is close to Jiang City, has always been a source of shame for Qian Feng.

He had high hopes for his son, hoping that one day his son could capture Hua City, and then expand northwards using Hua City as a base.

However, after a year, his son still hasn’t managed to take control of the entire army, much to his disappointment.

No matter how disappointed he is, it’s still his son. Watching those old comrades bully his son makes him feel very displeased.

After Qian Dingguo failed in issuing commands, Qian Feng decided to personally go to the military camp to support his son.

He thought that after a year of tempering, his son should have grown in terms of mindset. If he doesn’t back his son now, some people might develop untoward thoughts, possibly even ruining his son, and he’s not dead yet.

Qian Dingguo was in a state of utter confusion. Initially, he believed that his few years of studying abroad had made him capable. When his father told him to take over the Chun City army, he was excited, thinking of implementing new policies in the army to make it stronger, capturing Hua City, and then continuing to expand, etc. However, while the ideals were beautiful, the reality was harsh; every time he made a new move, those military ruffians would always oppose him.

He wanted to make an example of a few people, but the elders jumped out, saying this one was someone’s son, that one was someone’s nephew, and another had died gloriously for the Chun City army, and how could they chill the hearts of the old guard, and so on.

Qian Dingguo knew those people didn’t want him in power. However, his father is the Grand Marshal, and he is his father’s only child, the future leader of the Chun City army. Those people making things difficult for him are essentially rebelling.

He didn’t understand why his father kept tolerating those people, those traitors could just be dragged out and shot.

However, he always remembered his father’s words, to show respect to the elders.

Living like this was incredibly difficult.

Tomorrow is the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the Chun City army.

At that time, his father would be there, yet he knew nothing about the anniversary celebration.

Everything he wanted to do was vetoed, so in the end, he had no idea what activities were planned for the anniversary celebration.

His father would definitely come then, and how would he explain everything to his father?

Qian Dingguo knew he had let his father’s expectations down.

That day, in the military camp on the outskirts of Chun City, everything was decorated in red, full of festivity.

When the celebration began, Qian Feng asked Qian Dingguo a few questions, but Qian Dingguo had no idea about anything.

Qian Feng understood then, this foolish son had probably really been played for a fool.

He sighed a bit inside but also felt some resentment towards his old comrades.

This is his only son, though he wanted his son to gain some experience and let the veteran comrades temper him. But not in this way; the son now had no shred of sharpness left in him.

However, Qian Feng was a crafty old fox; otherwise, he wouldn’t have gotten to where he was today. Even after watching the celebration, he didn’t lose his temper.

After the celebration was over, Qian Feng then had people notify all the high-ranking officials to hold a meeting.

The conference room was large, and the table was rectangular. Qian Feng sat at the head, while Qian Dingguo stood behind him.

He watched as the people who usually shirked responsibilities and flaunted seniority filed in one by one, sitting down without daring to utter a word.

Once everyone was present, Qian Feng didn’t say anything but quietly watched everyone.

The people in the conference room had all been with him for a long time, calling each other brothers for many years. However, when did their intentions start becoming impure?

The silence in the conference room made some people feel uneasy.

Everyone knew the Grand Marshal’s temper, but he had appeared rarely in the past year.

The Grand Marshal wanted the Young Marshal to succeed him, but no one was convinced by this young upstart.

Naturally, some difficulty was applied in their actions.

After all, the Grand Marshal said to let them temper the Young Marshal a bit.

They were doing the Grand Marshal a favor, weren’t they?

But the atmosphere in the conference room at this moment made them a bit worried.

Even though today was the anniversary celebration, the Grand Marshal not only came to watch but also wanted to hold a meeting. Who would believe there wasn’t something significant?

But everyone was involved, and surely nothing would happen, right?

“You have all fought alongside me for many years. I have a clear conscience about my treatment towards you. I am getting old and it’s time to let my son take the reins, but why do you make things so difficult for him? Can I no longer command the Chun City army, or have some of you developed untoward thoughts?”

“You exaggerate, Grand Marshal.”

“Yes, Grand Marshal, everyone just wants the Young Marshal to become more competent, so we’ll have more security in following him in the future.”

“Indeed, but alas, the Young Marshal is still too young and doesn’t listen to advice in many matters.”

“Yes, exactly, all of us mean well for the Young Marshal.”

Qian Dingguo was furious, his face turning red.

Qian Feng suddenly laughed: “My stance is clear, from now on, everyone will follow the Young Marshal’s arrangements. Disobedience will be dealt with as defiance of military orders.”

Everyone looked at each other, a bit annoyed. Being forced to listen to a young kid made them unhappy and unconvinced. But with the Grand Marshal saying this, where does that leave them? It almost blatantly accuses them of bullying his son.

Especially Zhang Ji, he was very upset.

When the Chun City army was first established, he helped a lot. Without him, Qian Feng wouldn’t have become the Grand Marshal.

But now, after standing firm and the Chun City army becoming more prosperous, the Grand Marshal discards them, the old guard.

The Grand Marshal had already left with the Young Marshal. Zhang Ji was the last to leave.

Returning home in Chun City, he sat there in a daze.

“Brother Zhang, Brother Zhang, what’s wrong?”

Zhang Ji snapped out of it.

“Oh, it’s Shao Guan. What’s the matter?”

“Brother Zhang, thanks to your care during this period, Shao Guan is now fully well. My wife said we can have a meal now, so I came to get you. Brother, you seem lost, has something happened?”

Zhang Ji looked at Shao Guan and sighed. He knew this lad, though physically weak, was incredibly sharp. Maybe talk to him and see what he thinks?

“Little Guan, you know where I work, my position. Now the Grand Marshal wants to hand over to the Young Marshal, yet the Young Marshal is clearly not fit material. What should we, who have rendered great service to the Chun City army, do?”

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