Watching Ye Zhen accept that so-called letter of "advice" from His Majesty, Huang Jian, Liu Qi, and Yu Zhongwen all stared fixedly at him, terrified that the next instant Ye Zhen would say, "A general outside may refuse the sovereign's orders!"
Before setting out with the Resurrection Legion to join the Zhenhai Army, whether it was Huang Jian, Liu Qi, or Yu Zhongwen, all had been brimming with confidence.
They believed their strength and methods would let them overshadow the host and seize the master's role, turning Ye Zhen, this so-called Grand General of Cavalry, into nothing more than a banner—and only a banner.
But as they came into closer contact, they discovered that they had been wrong. Terribly, utterly wrong.
They could not overshadow the host and seize the master's role, much less bypass Ye Zhen to control the Zhenhai Army.
Moreover, the Zhenhai Army was stronger than when they had set out.
Its overall combat power had increased by at least twenty percent!
They were even grateful that the Resurrection Legion they had brought was no ordinary force; its soldiers were comrades who had fought through life and death alongside them countless times.
Had it been an ordinary legion, after these several great victories, Ye Zhen would already have overshadowed them and seized control.
Over these days, they had long discovered that Ye Zhen, whom they had initially intended to use as a banner, truly did not possess merely an empty reputation.
Beneath a great name, there were no mediocre men!
At this very moment, if Ye Zhen truly said, "A general outside may refuse the sovereign's orders," it would be the worst possible outcome—and the one they least wished to see.
Ye Zhen slowly finished reading the contents of this "advice jade slip" from Founding Ancestor Ji