The storm that Bai Zhizhan was worried about did exist, and it was for Xue Yuanzheng.

Before the war broke out, Xue Yuanzheng's reputation in the empire had reached an unparalleled level. Although in the early stages of the war, to be precise, a few days ago, his leadership was questioned. Why did the powerful southern fleet be attacked in the home port? However, after the Imperial Navy almost wiped out the permanent fleet of Naiyi, the doubts changed and no one dared to doubt Xue Yuanzheng's command ability.

As the empire entered a state of war, Xue Yuanzheng became the actual supreme commander of the empire.

This situation continued until the Luosha Federation reversed.

Those with ulterior motives took the opportunity to attack Xue Yuan.

Before this, for other reasons, the imperial authorities highly praised their friendship with the Luosha Federation and the importance of the alliance between the three giants. It seemed that as long as the alliance relationship was maintained, the alliance group could easily win.

In essence, the senior executives of the empire led by Xue Yuanzheng did not have much fantasy about the alliance of the Big Three.

As for publicity, it is just publicity.

Wartime propaganda itself is very exaggerated. When encountering extreme situations, it is necessary to deliberately release false news to confuse the public.

As a result, these publicity was used by people with ulterior motives.

In late October, after the Luosha Federation reversed, rumors about Xue Yuanzheng appeared in China, and some people found out old stories.

During the last war, Xue Yuanzheng served as the garrison commander in the northeast of the empire, the Ice Storm Peninsula. The Nayi army boarded a huge land in his defense zone and quickly swept half of the Ice Storm Peninsula, causing the Imperial Army to fall into a death battle in this direction.

It’s not that Xue Yuanzheng is a spy from the Nayi Empire, but that he holds a grudge against the Nayi Empire.

It is precisely this that he deliberately pleased the Luosha Federation in order to eliminate the Nanyi Empire and ignored the harm caused by the Luosha Federation's rebellion.

To be more straightforward: In order to completely eliminate the Nayi Empire, Xue Yuanzhang weakened the troops in the northwest region, so he gave the Luosha Federation an opportunity to take advantage of it.

If heavy troops were deployed in the northwest, the Luosha Federation may not dare to rebel.

If so, Xue Yuanzheng was responsible for the rebellion against Luosha Federation.

In addition, there are rumors that Xue Yuanzheng advocated reconciliation with the Luosha Federation after the end of the last war, which laid the root of disaster.

Also, not sending troops directly to capture the narrow land is also considered a wrong decision.

According to rumors, if the Imperial Army seized the power of sea control at the beginning of the year, that is, after seizing the power of sea control, it could occupy the entire territory of Sai within half a year, so as to end the battle in the west and the east and west when summer came, and send heavy troops to the northwest.

At this time, even if Luosha Federation takes advantage of the leopard's courage, it will never dare to rebel.

The reason is very simple. In the severe winter, the Luosha Federation may not be able to withstand the attacks between the Goman Empire and the Liangxia Empire.

If heavy troops can be deployed to the northwest in the middle of the year, the value of the Luosha Federation will become minimal.

In addition, with heavy troops in hand, even if the Luosha Federation reverses the waters in the fall, the threat is not very big.

If you do not reconcile with the Luosha Federation, that is, there is no possibility of an alliance between the three giants, you must increase your attention to the army before the war, and there is hope that you can advance sea and land after the war begins. According to the blitzkrieg theory, joining forces with the Taurus Empire can defeat the Luosha Federation within one year.

Whether it is to ask the Luosha Federation to sign the alliance or to send troops to conquer the Luosha Federation, it can greatly alleviate the problem of oil shortage.

In short, Xue Yuanzheng was responsible for the dangerous situation facing the empire and was attacked.

Of course, the so-called responsibility is to resign.

According to rumors, the one who is most qualified to replace Xue Yuanzheng is Situ Jingde.

However, Lian Xusheng immediately denied this.

Situ Jingde quickly returned to the imperial capital to show Xue Yuanzheng that he had no intention of taking office.

The two have had decades of friendship and shared interests.

Even if Situ Jingde doesn't have much political mind, he will not be stupid enough to be used as a gun by others, let alone being an enemy of Xue Yuanzheng.

As for those rumors, they are just used to deceive the uninformed people, how could they deceive Situ Jingde?

Besides, the current situation is not as dangerous as rumored.

In Lian Xusheng's words, Situ Jingde is ready to resign from the commander-in-chief of the Imperial Guard, and the one who is qualified to take over is Lian Xusheng.

Situ Jingde's move was to prove that he had no political ambitions and would not do anything to harm the empire even if he took off his military uniform.

This is also the key to Lian Xusheng's return.

Of course, with Lian Xusheng's qualifications, he may not be able to become the chief assistant even if he stays for another 10 years.

Li Yunxiang mentioned one thing here.

The one who makes a fuss behind the scenes is likely to be the Ma family.

That's right, it was the Ma family founded by Lieqin and Zhanlin, one of the eight pillar states of the empire.

In addition, Ma Zhongyi, the former commander-in-chief of the Imperial Army, was Ma Zhanlin's great-grandson.

In the past few decades, the Ma family has emerged with five marshals, 12 generals and dozens of generals after Matthewlin.

Of course, not all of them have surnames, and there are many relatives and disciples.

In short, the Ma family's status in the Imperial Army is similar to that in the Liu family's navy.

To be honest, it was only in Ma Zhongyi's generation that something went wrong.

After Ma Zhongyi, the Ma family began to go downhill. When Peng Huaisheng took the position of commander-in-chief of the army, the Ma family was already in decline.

In terms of relationships, Peng Huaisheng is actually Xue Yuanzheng's member, and Xue Yuanzheng is a member of the Tang family.

Li Yunxiang said this to excuse Peng Huaisheng and told Bai Zhizhan and Lian Xusheng that Peng Huaisheng had no intention of replacing Xue Yuanzheng.

Of course, Li Yunxiang's attitude is nothing strange.

Although the strategic aviation force of the Army Aviation has basically been independent, whether it can be established independently depends on the commander-in-chief of the Army in the end.

Having a good relationship with Peng Huaisheng will definitely be of great help to the formation of the Air Force in the future.

To be said, among the current army generals, Peng Huaisheng is relatively open-minded and relies on Xue Yuanzheng, so he lacks his own opinions. It is also true that Peng Huaisheng has little say in the establishment of the Air Force, which mainly depends on Xue Yuanzheng's meaning.

As for the independent establishment of the Air Force by China Airlines, a commander-in-chief in chief with little opinion is definitely more reliable than an arbitrary commander-in-chief.

In fact, even if Li Yunxiang doesn't say it, Lian Xusheng and Bai Zhizhan will not doubt Peng Huaisheng.

Peng Huaisheng is able to be today because of Xue Yuanzheng. Everyone knows that he is Xue Yuanzheng's man, so as long as Xue Yuanzheng falls, he will be ruined!

So, is it really the Ma family members who are doing it?

Bai Zhizhan doesn't think so. After all, the Ma family is similar to the Liu family, and its influence is only in the army.

In other words, no matter how powerful the Ma family is, it may not be able to find a talent suitable to serve as the chief minister of the cabinet, let alone lead the empire during wartime.

The Ma family is just someone else's pawn, and there is a larger family behind it.

A political family!

The answer is obvious.

Among the large families of the empire, there is actually only one who can compete with the Tang family and has a strong political influence, and it is also created by the eight pillars.

The key is that this huge family has not been silent.

In the wartime cabinet, there were spokespersons and they were in high positions.
Chapter completed!