After becoming the villain

Chapter 209 [Revision] "Returning to the Heart" and "The Conflict between the Two Factions"

After saying this, Wu Yuechang, Li Mieling, Guo Siyuan, Yan Xiao and other military generals heard the sound and cupped their fists.

Yan Wulu asked everyone in the army to bow and retire, and everyone returned to their military duties.

Li Mieling, Guo Siyuan, Yan Xiao and others resigned one after another.

Wu Yuechang, the general of the left, was still standing still at this moment. He seemed to have something to say to Yan Wulu alone.

Upon seeing this, Yan Wulu slightly motioned to Zhao Lingrui and Jiang Yueling, who were unaware of the situation, to leave first.

Upon seeing this, Jiang Yueling bowed gently and silently left the camp.

Zhao Lingrui was a little shocked, her expression seemed to be saying, "I am the majestic Princess Taiping, how dare you ask me to stand down?!"

Yan Wulu showed helplessness.

He brought out the original "Three Chapters of the Agreement". Zhao Lingrui had nothing to say for a while and had to walk away angrily.

Only Yan Wulu and Wu Yuechang were left in the huge camp.

Yan Wulu sat behind the main case made of yew wood. He put away the map of Northern Xinjiang on the case and at the same time motioned for Wu Yuechang to sit to one side.

Yan Wulu said lightly——

"Now, it's just you and me. If General Wu has something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it after you sit down."

Wu Yuechang hesitated several times, but finally sat in the seat indicated for him by the Crown Prince Yan Wulu.

Yan Wulu was the commander in chief of the marching army, and he was also the prince of Zhenbei. In fact, there was no need for him to offer a seat to Wu Yue Chang.

But he did it anyway.

This made Wu Yuechang feel even more guilty and self-blame...

Wu Yuechang was one of the five main generals in the Zhenbei Army.

He is tall and tall, and he is in the prime of his life. He is much younger than veteran generals such as Guo Wei and Yan Tiange, and a little older than the unifying general Cheng Huanian.

Also a general who wields a spear.

Back then, when Wu Yuechang was young, he decided to follow Yan Dong and join the army thousands of miles away because he had seen the power of Yan Dong's earth-shattering shot.

To this day, Wu Yuechang has followed Yan Dong through no less than a hundred battles, large and small.

During the period of melee between various countries, Wu and Yue often won fierce battles and fought countless hard battles. He took the lead and always won the "first to get there" in every siege battle.

Now his military position is General Zuo of the Zhenbei Army.

The founder and main leader of the "General Faction" in the Zhenbei Army.

And even for such a powerful general, he was fearless in the face of a life-and-death battle, but at this moment, he felt a little nervous and hesitant in his heart.

After hesitating and thinking for a long time, Wu Yuechang finally made up his mind and said -

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Yue Chang once believed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was incompetent and too embarrassed to take on important responsibilities. Therefore, he often made enemies of the Crown Prince's supporters in the Zhenbei Army."

"...But now, what the Crown Prince has done in Yanbei, Hedong, and Jinling in the south of the Yangtze River, as well as the governance of the Northland in the past few months, have made Yue Chang understand that you, Your Highness, the Crown Prince, are the real commander-in-chief. He is the most qualified successor to the Zhenbei Army!"

"...Over the years, you have not hesitated to hide your weaknesses and suffer infamy, which makes Yue Chang admire you!"

Yan Wulu was in a daze when he heard this.

He hadn't thought for a moment that Wu Yuechang suddenly had such a profound enlightenment and revealed his true feelings.

However, he didn't care much about the reason.

"That's what General Wu said."

"...Actually, I'm not that powerful. I'm just trying to learn from my father and the generals."

Yan Wulu chuckled and said for a moment, and he seemed to scratch his head. For a moment, it seemed that his originally dark and gloomy eyes became extremely friendly.

Wu Yuefeng saw Yan Wulu being so unconcerned, and when he thought of his past performances, which were like "taking a villain's heart to judge a gentleman's belly", he felt even more guilty for a moment.

His expression became more complicated...

Suddenly, he stood up, came to the center of the camp, took out the dagger from his waist, and then stabbed it into his chest!

Hot blood immediately flowed out from the dagger.

"General Wu, what are you doing!"

Yan Wulu immediately stood up and tried to step forward.

But Wu Yuechang stretched out his left hand to signal the prince not to come near.

He held the hilt of the dagger in his right hand, turned it slightly, and said with a painful expression——

"His Royal Highness, even though he said this, I don't blame him."

“...However, Yue Chang felt really, really guilty.

"...I feel guilty when I think about how your prince, you, were obviously extremely good at the time, but I was completely ignorant, ignorant, and made things more difficult for you. I did not know my own abilities."

Yan Wulu listened quietly.

However, although……

He still wanted to complain in his heart. If he felt guilty, he would feel guilty. Why would he harm himself? !
Wu Yuechang also seemed to see the concern on the prince's expression for his wounds.

He opened his mouth and explained——

"Yue Chang is a mixture of Western Yi people from the south and people from the Central Plains. If it is true, maybe his ancestor Wu Zesan, the king of Heping Xi, has some relatives."

"...In the Xiyi hometown of Yuechang, if you make a big mistake, there is also a saying in the Central Plains of "bearing a thorn to plead guilty," but it is just that you need to hold a dagger like this to plead guilty."

"...If I can't get your forgiveness, Your Majesty, I will stick to the rules and keep stabbing until I bleed out and die."

Wu Yuechang said with a serious expression.

Yan Wulu was also slightly serious when he heard the words.

He looked at Wu Yuechang, sat upright and said -

"General Wu, I have never blamed you, so how can I forgive you?"

When Wu Yue Chang heard this, he suddenly raised his head.

His eyes flickered and he looked at Yan Wulu, full of surprise, confusion, guilt and self-blame.

"Actually, judging from Wu Lu's "pretending" performance in the past few years, he is indeed not worthy of his responsibilities."

Yan Wulu calmed down and began to analyze in detail: "...let alone General Wu, if you look at it from another position, even Wulu himself would find it difficult to obey the orders of a dandy and a good-for-nothing."

"...What's more, this is still related to the future 20 Zhenbei Army. There is no room for any mistakes."

Yan Wulu said this.

Wu Yuechang seemed to want to argue, but when Yan Wulu waved him off, he knew what the other party wanted to say.

"I know what you want to say, General Wu."

"...But General Wu treated me like that, doesn't it just mean that Wu Lu is disguised very well?"

"...It also shows that General Wu is a loyal and courageous man who considers the Northern Army wholeheartedly, rather than a flatterer who brags about flattery."

Yan Wulu said, and in the end he did not forget to affirm Wu Yuechang's role.

When Wu Yue often heard this, his eyes flashed, filled with tears of gratitude.

"His Royal Highness, it is more and more common that he has such a huge amount... he is extremely humble and sincerely convinced!"

"General Wu, it's better to get up quickly and let the army doctor come and see how the wound is. Don't let it get worse." Yan Wulu said with concern.

"It's just a minor injury, nothing serious."

Wu Yuechang said, stood up, clasped his fists in salute again, and continued sonorously and forcefully——

"In fact, since the time when the prince was appointed to the throne in the king's army camp, the prince defeated hundreds of captains in the army. General Zhu Gongqi also brought a large number of Northern Xinjiang Huqi captured by the prince to prove that the more often he was at that time, the more powerful he was. I already know that Your Majesty, you are not as simple as you used to appear."

"...to this day, Guan Shizi's performance in Jinling and other places, and his uniqueness when presiding over the political affairs of the North, are only an afterthought."

"...In the final analysis, there is only one sentence: Your Majesty, you are the real hero! I, Wu Yuechang, am willing to follow you in this life!"

Wu Yuechang's "blah blah blah" praise made Yan Wulu not know how to answer for a while.

Yan Wulu smiled a little reluctantly...

He said—

"General Wu is exaggerating. Wu Lu is just an ordinary person. There is no such thing as a hero or a hero."

Yan Wulu declined modestly.

But Wu Yuechang still strengthened his belief.

He is such a person, if he believes in something, he will stick to it.

Just like Yan Dong would follow Yan Dong for thousands of miles because of his martial arts skills.

Just like when he was at the Zhenbei Military Camp, he would risk the disapproval of the world to contradict Yan Dong's appointment of Yan Wulu...

"Your Majesty, you are too humble. A leader does not necessarily need to be proficient in government and military matters."

"...Back then, the Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty was far less talented than the Overlord of Chu, but if he could recruit the world's talents into his account, he would be able to dominate the Central Plains and unify the world!"

“Know people well, make good use of them, and employ them without suspicion.”

"...This is also the style of a hero."

As Wu Yuechang said, he couldn't help but change the topic and continued -

"Yue Chang, as a 'general' figure in the army, has been in trouble with the prince many times."

"...and the prince, not only do you not have any resentment, but on this trip to the northern border, you have brought Yue Chang with you like a confidant. The prince's mind is really beyond the reach of others. I admire Yue Chang again!"

"... From now on, I am willing to be a pawn in front of the prince, and only the prince will follow his lead."

When Yan Wulu heard this, he smiled even more reluctantly...

If possible, Yan Wulu even felt that he could run for the title of "Fake Smiling Boy" in the future.

In fact, the reason why he brought Wu Yuechang with him in the first place was mainly because he thought that among the five generals in the army, Wu Yuechang was the least supportive of him.

But Wu Yuechang was also a general of the Zhenbei Army, and he was also a senior general in the army.

He has absolute deterrence among the people in northern Xinjiang.

At the same time, his status as the general of the Zhenbei Army means that he will definitely try his best to protect himself.

Bring him with you, what if you let him stay behind and he secretly expands the so-called "general faction" to support Cheng Huanian?
Although Yan Wulu didn't care about the "General Faction", if this faction continued to expand in the army, it would inevitably cause difficulties for him.

...It's like a group of people are inexplicably staying around you every day, secretly despising you and spitting on you.

The key is that you can't actually kill them, otherwise the loss will be too great and the gain will not be worth the loss, which is really annoying.

but……

Yan Wulu did not expect that Wu Yuechang would interpret this decision to take him by his side as that he trusted him very much.

...Brain augmentation is a really scary thing.

But that's not wrong.

Yan Wulu has always trusted his father's sergeants.

In the camp, Wu Yuechang became more and more excited as he talked.

For a moment, he ignored the dagger still stuck in his chest and knelt down on one knee in the center of the camp again, expressing his loyalty to Yan Wulu.

He claimed that he would "dedicate himself to death and die!"

Yan Wulu couldn't help but be slightly surprised for a moment.

After all, this Wu Yuechang was one of the five most powerful generals under his father, with strong abilities and high qualifications. Yan Wulu did not expect that he would pay such a big gift to him and make such a declaration.

Yan Wulu hurriedly stepped forward and helped the other person up with both hands.

Wu Yue was often helped up by Yan Wulu, and for a moment he seemed to be crying with gratitude.

Yan Wulu was still so kind on his face, but he smiled helplessly in his heart.

He began to admire those monarchs in ancient times who could "smile on the outside but kill your whole family on the inside"...

You must also learn to perfectly control your expression and hide your thoughts completely in your heart.

At the end of the conversation, Wu Yuechang did not forget to add:

"Cheng Hua thought of General Cheng. Although he knew about the 'general faction' forces in the army, he never participated."

"...However, he has never suppressed me."

"... Yue Chang is sure that General Cheng is loyal to the king and loyal to the North. But Yue Chang is not sure whether General Cheng really does not have the ambition to command the Northern Army."

Wu Yuechang said.

Thinking about it, he really couldn't figure out Cheng Huanian's true inner thoughts, and felt that the other party might really have a slight tendency to replace the prince with the military power, so he established the "General Faction".

Wu Yuechang continued to remind—

"Your Highness, you asked General Cheng to stay in the north and take charge of military affairs. Although there are four other generals to assist you, you still have to pay more attention to your influence in the army."

When Yan Wulu saw Wu Yuechang, the former leader of the "General Faction", but now he was so concerned about his own influence, he found the contrast funny for a while.

He said—

"Thank you, General Wu, for reminding me, but just don't worry."

"...General Cheng Huanian, he is actually a person with very weak desires and emotions. Come to think of it, he is definitely not as ambitious as General Wu said."

Wu Yuechang was a little shocked, "But General Cheng Huanian has always acquiesced in the existence of the 'General Faction'!"

"Ok, I know."

Yan Wulu simply continued: "...That's actually because Cheng Huanian is too lazy to manage anything other than Zhenbei's military affairs."

"... As long as he feels that the 'General Faction' does not affect the Zhenbei Army, he will not care about it. In fact, the 'General Faction' can also put pressure on me in a sense, forcing me to turn to the elite generals. Development. In this way, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages for the Zhenbei Army."

"...That's why Cheng Huanian left the 'General Faction' alone."

Wu Yuechang was still a little puzzled.

However, after thinking about it several times in his mind, and judging from the few exchanges with Cheng Huanian, he was indeed the person Yan Wulu said he was.

"Your Highness, how do you know so clearly?" Wu Yuechang asked curiously.

"Don't forget, my archery skills were taught by Cheng Huanian."

Yan Wulu said, thinking more deeply for a while, recalling the days when he practiced martial arts and archery.

"Cheng Huanian, he is also my archery master."

"...In a sense, the time I spend with General Cheng Huanian is no less than you, General Wu. Maybe even more, General Wu."

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　After this chapter was first published, I was not satisfied with it and revised it again.

　　
　
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