1238 Banquet (3)



"Heh, do you think luck alone can make you a general?" Shangguan Xiao rolled his eyes. "Anyway, I lose this first battle, so I owe you a bottle of wine. Next time, I'll be the first to become the great general."

Long Qian Xing shook his head. "You owe me too much. Just bring me a cart of wine on my marriage later."

"You're still going to get married?" Shangguan Xiao was surprised. He was not that clueless about the news at the Capital City, so he was surprised when he heard that Long Qian Xing was going to get married.

"In the future."

Long Qian Xing thought of Nan Hua and knew that his road was still very long. But he felt that it was fine to take one step at a time as he also wanted to know more of this little lass who had taken his heart with her.

When he thought of Nan Hua, he remembered that Nan Hua was still inside the hall. It seemed that he should take his time to find her after he finished talking with Shangguan Xiao.

Compared to talk with these rugged man, he prefers talking with his soft fiancée.

"Tsk." Shangguan Xiao clicked his tongue. "Anyway, I'm betting another bottle of wine that I'll be the next great general."

"You should be telling that to your brother."

"Ah?"

"No matter how generous His Majesty is and how special the current situation is, there was no way that he will allow two great generals to be born in the same family." Long Qian Xing shrugged.

Many Emperors were paranoid.

They were afraid that their subordinate would be too powerful and overthrow them. Even though the current situation was special and delicate, there was still no way Emperor Yang Zhou would let two people from the same generation of family to become great generals.

That would be equivalent with him having two big powerful armies who might go against him at the frontline.

Long Qian Xing himself knew that the only possible way for him to become a great general was if his father retired. That was why he was no longer in a hurry and would instead become more powerful as a general.

Anyway, his current status was more than enough for him to develop his force and influence.

While he still had to limit his reputation and some others, he had to make sure that he still had enough power in his hand to protect his family. This was the most important thing in his mind even when he had reached high position in the military.

Shangguan Xiao was silent. "I guess having too powerful family members are not exactly that good."

There was no way he could wait until his brother retired before he became the next great general. There would be more people from the younger generations and it was highly possible that things wouldn't be that peaceful either.

How annoying.

But Shangguan Xiao himself also hadn't reached the rank of general. He knew that he would have to make more achievement if he wanted to become a general, which was not easy to do.

There were many factors that needed to be considered and things to do for him to truly become a general.

Long Qian Xing laughed. "Don't be so fixated with the title. Becoming a general alone had already granted you a lot of freedom."

At the very least, the number of soldiers under their banner wouldn't be so heavily restricted anymore. Previously, Long Qian Xing could only spread his men to have their own separate armies, but now they could collaborate to work together more.

It meant that his battle power had increased significantly.

Shangguan Xiao nodded. "True enough."

"You're no longer collaborating with your brother?"

"He didn't exactly need me to babysit him." Shangguan Xiao laughed. "He's already quite powerful by himself and I only help to arrange the battle tactics to make sure that he will not screw himself over."

His brother, Shangguan Xian, might not be too bright, but he was not a complete idiot. Shangguan Xiao knew that Shangguan Xian had already arranged for strategist to help him in the war, so he was not worried that there would be anything wrong with his brother on the battlefield.

If Feng Ao Kuai was here, he would have felt jealous.

Because his older brother was proven to be much more annoying and stupid as compared to Shangguan Xian.

"I see."

Shangguan Xiao smiled faintly. He felt that it was good that his older brother was not as stupid as a certain commander who had been reprimanded countless times.

They heard footsteps getting closer.

Long Qian Xing glanced to the back and saw Nan Luo, Feng Ao Si, and Nan Hua finally came out. It seemed that they had to take some time to shake off the other nobles who wanted to talk with them.

It was indeed not easy for them to get away when they were still in the limelight and attracted a lot of attention.

"I didn't expect to get more popular again." Feng Ao Si laughed lightly. Just now, Nan Luo had to be the one to brush off these nobles so that they could get out of the siege. He saw the two of them and quickly greeted, "General Long, Second Young Commander Shangguan."

"It's been a while." Shangguan Xiao nodded at Feng Ao Si.

Long Qian Xing smiled. He was truly not used with this title. Previously, everyone always called his father as General Long. But from now on, this title belonged to him.

It was indeed an honor.

"Congratulation for your promotion, General Long," Nan Luo added from the side. There was a faint envy in his eyes when he looked at Long Qian Xing. He also wished that he could get promoted quickly.

Nan Hua looked at Long Qian Xing and mouthed out, "Congratulation."

Long Qian Xing's smile grew wider. His eyes were fixated on Nan Hua as he replied, "Thank you everyone."