"Yes, but..."
Fengting Linwan looked grief-stricken. "Those were twenty-five million young warriors, burning with fervor, eager to serve their country and duty-bound to answer the call. How could those Tai Yu imperial clans let more than twenty million living people go die for nothing just because of court infighting, because they couldn't stand my father...?"
"Whether they're being sent to die or not, we'll know once we reach Mutian Abyss. There is already an army of over a hundred million stationed there. The conflict hasn't erupted for now; they're holding each other in check just fine. Once people like us arrive, how will we be deployed? How will we be handled? Those are all questions. This so-called Primordial Chaos Military Manor reinforcement, to put it bluntly, is the backlash from military expansion—a scheme plotted long ago." Li Tianming was unafraid and spoke his thoughts outright.
"All right." Fengting Linwan looked even more worried. She loathed court struggles, and even less did she want these passionate young people marching out to become sacrificial pawns.
"Sister Wan, what official rank does Yang Cheng hold as commander-in-chief?" Li Tianming asked.
"Tai Yu Marshal." Fengting Linwan bit her lip. "Since he'll command twenty-five million troops, his position was naturally raised temporarily. He's now Principal Fourth Rank, equal in rank to Yue Li Jun."
"Yue Li Jun can appoint someone to a position equal to his own? What a farce." Li Tianming actually laughed.
They had given Yue Li Jun far too much power.
"Military ranks work this way. They're somewhat different from civil offices. Military appointments come first; if you fight well, you keep the post, and if you fight poorly, you're stripped of it and kicked out... They do rise faster than civil ranks. Our Primordial Chaos Military Manor combines civil and military