Ying Zheng bowed and said"general you are truly wise. I will take my leave now and do not hesitate to summon me any time you want." Ying Zheng started moving behind while still bowing then turned around and left.
General Qing Huan did not even look at Ying Zheng and waved him absent-mindedly saying "Alright Alright Alright you can leave now commander Ying Zheng."
By the time he finished saying this Ying Zheng had almost reached the door and left. Hearing general Qing Huan's absent-minded answer Ying Zheng smiled inside and left.
Midnight of last night Ying Zheng was with his pretending to be drunk.
In the past few days, he had been doing this but sneaking out to see where Lin Feng was and what he was doing.
Ying Zheng had hoped that Lin Feng would go mad with anger and try to slaughter the general and some of his higher-ups but that was his dream he did not expect Lin Feng to magically make them into reality.
General Qing Huan had just been deployed to this region around eleven months ago and he started to slowly clean up the military to make it more favorable to him and his family.
Luckily Ying Zheng was also deployed in this region a few months after him and luckily for Ying Zheng, the general could not make soldiers go into suicide battles immediately after being so he had to wait a few months to make the soldiers acknowledge him. And foolishly the soldiers believed that the former general was still in charge and had the most support. So Ying Zheng saw a good opportunity and squeezed himself comfortably into general Qing Huan's lap but he was special in no way there were others like commander Ren Long and Min Hao who entered the military almost at the same time as him.
Unexpectedly Ying Zheng found out that Lin Feng always trained with a sword at night away from his men and just to make sure Lin Feng does not miss out any night Ying Zheng inspected him for a few nights.
Ying Zheng found out that Lin Feng was very diligent in training with his sword and does not stop until it is past midnight. Although Ying Zheng disapproved of training at night and preferred training in the mornings but he still had to commend Lin Feng for his diligence. Ying Zheng believed that the night was a time for drinking women or sleeping the night is a gift and is for leisure and resting while the daytime is for work business and everything diligence.
After making sure Lin Feng was training at night Ying Zheng went ahead with his plan and killed all the commanders himself swiftly and returned to his camp and slept like a baby.
The next morning between the late morning and the early afternoon some informant soldiers came to Ying Zheng to inform him of the death of the commanders and the nobles.
Ying Zheng found out this he pretended to be shocked and immediately ran to general Qing Huan and told him the not so pleasing news but to Ying Zheng's surprise, he took it too well and was infact not scared just angry some might even say he took it like a champ.
Ying Zheng was now doubting general Qing Huan's mind was he stupid as Ying Zheng believed or was he smart since he could keep his cool under such pressure but still a wise general would have already known what happened before anyone else but to Ying Zheng's surprise the nobles and he were the first to get the news.
Withholding information is the essence of tyranny. Control of the flow of information is the tool of the dictatorship.
It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data. Insensibly one begins to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
Still, Ying Zheng tried to stay calm not theorizing about general Qing Huan's state of mind without evidence.
The next few days went ahead as he expected Ying Zheng was promoted to a 3000-man commander along with commander Ren Long and Min Hao.
There were two openings for the 4000-man commander position and five positions for the 3000-man commander adding the three dead open positions and the two that had just left leaves with five positions available.
A 3000-Man Commander or a Brigade Commander is a military commander who can command 3000 men and usually is the leader of a 3000-Man Unit. Like with other ranks a commander can gain this position by getting achievements, like slaying generals/important commanders, fulfilling tasks, and proving to be worthy.
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Ying Zheng was sitting under a tree looking at the sky then sighed to himself 'Everything is going according to plan and is even ahead by a bit ahead of time but I should not be overconfident and spoil my plans now that Lin Feng will be sent away and probably die hmph I do not believe you have luck equaling the heaven's but just in case you do I will have a few surprises for you just Incase you survive' Ying Zheng smirked and toasted the sky and laughed.
'Although I believe according to my calculations I have four years and five months give or take nine months but it should probably be given since I went as tight as I could on the time but it never hurts to be early after all a wise man must know his surroundings.'
Ying Zheng then cleared up his head and looked at the sky glittering with a million stars the bright full moon, even the clouds could not hide its glory Ying Zheng then laughed to himself and started reading out a poem from his previous life
From the life of a cloud to the death of a star.
2 magnificent events as I look on in awe.
The exciting explosion of the erratic great sun.
To the glistening glory of the cloud of fun. But when the sun goes down and the moon shines bright,
The beauty of the night brings the stars into sight.
With the darkness in sight, you can't help but unwind.
Cuz into the world of pitch black enters the land of the blind.
But when a star explodes even the blind can see,
What frightful events are coming to be?
But to others it's wonderful fireworks in the sky; It tickles their spines and brings wonders to their eyes.
How I wish it was it was closer as I watch it from afar, From the life of a cloud to the death of a star.
Finishing this poem Ying Zheng slowly started walking while he was not he still handled himself and continued on walking under the bright night sky and plains with grass almost reaching the knees and a lush tall tree behind him.
"Sigh!" Ying Zheng thought he heard a sigh and looked back to find no one was near or in the view of his eye and thought he must be drunk and just continued on ahead with walking.
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