In truth, both Prince Huan Ji Ao and Marshal Hua Yong of the Fire Swallow Army knew perfectly well that although the new military law provisions were ostensibly intended to protect the secrets within Blood River Military City,
they were actually aimed at Ye Zhen.
Since the Military Law Officer enforcing military law was their own man, Marquis Kaiyuan Ji Guan, these newly added military law provisions were utterly useless against the Fire Swallow Army, nothing more than a formality.
But if used well, they would absolutely be a sharp weapon for dealing with Ye Zhen.
Yet Ye Zhen's manner remained as overbearing as ever.
You wanted to play dirty and resort to tricks? Fine!
Then Ye Zhen would charge about like a hulking bear clad in eighteen layers of armor, crashing headlong through everything in a rogue-like rampage. Let's see how you played your games then.
If death came, everyone would die together. After all, the barefoot had nothing to fear from those wearing shoes.
In the end, Prince Huan Ji Ao still compromised.
At the newly convened military meeting to discuss the military law provisions, Prince Huan Ji Ao barely spoke.
As for Marshal Hua Yong of the Fire Swallow Army, this encounter had left him thoroughly shaken.
He had seen through it now. No matter how Prince Huan Ji Ao played things, he was imperial nobility. At worst, things would get out of hand, but he would not be played to death.
But Hua Yong was different. One misstep, and he would become the scapegoat when Prince Huan Ji Ao's schemes went awry.
Thus, he too devoted himself wholeheartedly to revising the newly added military law provisions, making them more suited to the front lines and the battlefield.
He Qi, Marshal of the Northern War Zone First