"Good, this news comes at a very opportune time. It seems my friend is becoming increasingly capable in his work gathering intelligence for the Bohai Firm. The information you provided is crucial. Setting aside for a moment whether General Qin Shang is still a man of the Imperial Father-in-law Ye Batian, this fact alone shows that General Qin Shang is not entirely a bad person. Looking at his record of stationing troops in Xuhai City over the years to resist the Beast Tide, this year was no different. Yet, to suddenly transfer the entire garrison from Xuhai City to the capital of Chenghai Commandery—only two people could possibly have the authority to do so. Otherwise, given General Qin Shang's current rank, he lacks the qualifications, or perhaps the daring, to arbitrarily redeploy the entire garrison of Xuhai City."
"There are only two people who could order such a move: the current Emperor of the Great Qin Empire, or the Commander-in-Chief of the Suppression Army, the Imperial Father-in-law Ye Batian. At this moment, the imperial capital of Yanjing is far further away from Chenghai Commandery in Xiliang Province than Bohai Commandery is. Therefore, I suspect the order to transfer the troops from Xuhai City to Chenghai Commandery must be the handiwork of the Commander-in-Chief, Ye Batian. But why would Ye Batian transfer the more than 8,000 soldiers of the Great Qin Empire that Martial General Qin Shang had stationed in Xuhai City to the capital of Chenghai Commandery?"
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Chapter 405