1209: Chapter 674, Infighting 1209: Chapter 674, Infighting The words Qin Zhiping spoke were his true sentints.
He fully understood the thoughts of these people.
The Northern Line Army was defeated, and then its remnants were incorporated into the Southern Line Army.
If the war is won in the end, will they benefit in any way?
It’s very unlikely.
The most they could expect is distribution based on their combat achievents, but they would still bear the responsibility for the earlier defeat.
Once that’s deducted, they probably won’t be left with anything.
However, if they could ‘rebuild’ the Northern Line Army, things would be different.
Although the previous defeat would still be an indelible stain, they hadn’t been completely annihilated.
Instead, they beca an independent force and played a crucial role in the subsequent war.
When it cos ti to reward achievents, being an independent army group would certainly bring far more benefits than being a defeated remnant.
But the only problem is: engaging in internal conflict before the battle, with so many hidden agendas, can they still win?
Now, they’re already a remnant army, and they’re still engaging in this chaos, which really disgusts Qin Zhiping.
He genuinely believes that the Northern Line Army’s earlier loss was due to inadequate organization, insufficient unity, and too many people with divided loyalties.
Otherwise, if they had truly held their ground and fought fiercely, the Northern Line Army might not have collapsed and failed in the naval battle.
At least it wouldn’t have been such a miserable defeat.
To put it bluntly, becoming like this is purely deserved.
How can you defeat the enemy when you mingle with these worms?
To seek victory and to wash away the sha of defeat, they should listen carefully to Mr.
Gu’s orders and fight well under the command of the Alliance Army.
Qin Zhiping holds Gu Hang in high esteem.
Earlier, when he heard many rumors, especially Marshal Leroux’s evaluation of Gu Hang at the ‘Oath Ceremony,’ he wasn’t very impressed with Gu Hang.
He even had so malice.
After all, the goal this ti is to tackle the issues that arose from local separatist forces developing, and although Mr.
Gu is an ally fighting alongside them on the Southern Line, it doesn’t change that Gu Hang’s so-called ‘Alliance’ has a strong scent of local separatist traits.
Moreover, if the Alliance hadn’t developed in such a short ti and wasn’t so strong earlier, it would have been more suspicious than the armored forces.
This is a view from Qin Zhiping’s own perspective as a Judge.
The armored units, after all, are a battle group.
In the Empire’s political environnt and political conventions, they possess inherent power.
The Warband’s Howorld belongs to them; they have a high level of command authority and can take over the command of various Imperial Army forces in battles without other Interstellar Warriors.
Coupled with the legitimate cause of countering a ‘Void Black Hole,’ their expansion and developnt are quite reasonable.
The Alliance’s legitimacy is much smaller.
As a Judge, from a professional perspective, he is naturally full of suspicion about such circumstances.
But now, he doesn’t see it that way.
The Alliance saved his and his subordinates’ lives, but that’s not the main factor.
More importantly, the nature of this action can be interpreted as Gu Hang not caring for personal honor or disgrace and being unconcerned with his previous adverse relationship with the Northern Line Army.
He would act for the ultimate goal of the Empire’s victory and humanity’s victory.
How loyal he is!
Moreover, after being rescued, he has been among the Alliance Army for several months and has seen a lot.
He believes Gu Hang is very loyal; Gu Hang’s managent and governance of the Alliance, at least in military aspects, are thorough and reliable, better than any other army he has seen with his own eyes.
In the Alliance Army, even as a Judgnt Chief, he hasn’t found corruption issues…
In comparison to the originally unrelated and forcibly bundled-together Northern Line Army, the Alliance is much more reliable.
There might not be much difference when the going is easy, but once they face adversity and need to persevere, the disparity becos clear.
Now, Qin Zhiping believes that to achieve victory, they must follow the Alliance and Mr.
Gu.
This bunch of incompetents now wants to push Xi Rui out to cause trouble, and that’s directly stepping on Qin Zhiping’s bottom line.
Get lost already!
If it were just those worms, Qin Zhiping wouldn’t even waste ti arguing with them, he’d directly report to Gu Hang and suggest: arrest all these people, then he can have a good talk with their deputies and mid-level officers.
The disloyal ones can be dealt with; those who are wavering, he can make them more loyal.
Then, the Alliance can dispatch so mid-to-high-ranking officers to take over these units.
However, the biggest variable and the most difficult person in this is Marshal of the Black Cross Army – Xi Rui.
If he wasn’t currently a guest on Xi Rui’s ship, he would have reprimanded Xi Rui together.
But isn’t it feasible?
He also had to worry whether Xi Rui had arranged three hundred axen beside him, waiting for the signal to barge in and take him down.
Then, everything would be over.
No matter how Xi Rui acts, he probably won’t kill him.
But even just imprisoning him and utilizing his ‘Northern Commander’ status to act as a central figure, causing division, and establishing an independent command system outside of the Alliance on an equal footing…
That’s still very likely to succeed.
He doesn’t doubt that the final victor will be the very impressive Mr.
Gu, whom he has observed during this period.
However, before the great battle, having internal unrest first is definitely not a good thing.
He needed to stop all this, and the key figure here was Xi Rui himself.
His earlier persuasion was more for Xi Rui than for everyone else.
“The process of the war has reached a predetermined outco.
But failure is not the most terrifying; the more terrifying thing is the complete downfall with ruin after failure.
If the scenario we all don’t want to see happens, the impact may not just be on us, but everything behind us.”
His words already had a warning tone, just short of explicitly saying: Xi Rui, if your mind isn’t clear and you go ahead, it’s not just you who will suffer, but the entire Black Cross Army.
He believed Xi Rui understood.
At this mont, Xi Rui sighed and shook his head.
Without acknowledging Qin Zhiping, he said to the others on the communication, “All of you want to step forward and negotiate with Gu Hang, advocating for the Northern Line Army to be unified and independently directed in operations?”
“Yes.”
Many people answered.
“I oppose it!” Qin Zhiping’s voice, pale and isolated, stood out.
“Then so be it.” Xi Rui said, “I will consider it, and all of you should prepare.”
With that, he closed the communication.
He turned to face Qin Zhiping.
Qin Zhiping had already taken out the plasma pistol he carried with him.
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Hey, I finished writing the second chapter before going to bed!
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