He Kai fell even more silent. He knew the He Family was capable of such things.
And in the He Family's eyes, those killed in battle were nothing more than numbers, money spent—anything but living people.
Over the past few days, He Wei had contacted him repeatedly, playing the emotional card and indeed sending over quite a few supplies.
But He Kai had still seen reality clearly.
Seeing Li Yang still sneering, the usually silent He Kai spoke up to break the silence. "Everyone should have recognized the truth long ago. Mercy has no place in command. In truth, we're no different from them.
I don't want to find myself some noble excuse. I only want to stop living like an ant in the future."
He Kai knew he was no different from He Wei and the others.
On the battlefield, he too would coldly watch the knights under his command march to their deaths.
He would also send them on high-risk missions, then assign the safer tasks to his old brothers.
That was human nature. Few could overcome it, and those who did would certainly come to no good end.
He Kai had laid bare everyone's hypocrisy, but there was nothing to regret.
"Brother He has a point. Since we're all birds of a feather, let's not talk about morality. If the rear sends us reinforcements, we'll use them. Just make sure to pick out some like-minded people and keep them around. Preserve a bit of our foundation if we can. We still have a long road ahead of us," Li Yang said, smoothing things over for He Kai.
Afterward, the atmosphere returned to normal, and they began exchanging the intelligence they had gathered.
As frontline officers, they might not obtain any major intelligence, but they still had plenty