Shangguan Xian furrowed his eyebrows as he looked at the letter in his hand. Not only General Feng, he had also received the summon from the Emperor in order to readjust his tactics.
"Are we going to go back soon?" Shangguan Xiao asked his older brother.
"Not so soon." Shangguan Xian stood up. "Stabilize this area and then return to the Capital City. I want to request to be the leader for our invasion to Shi Long Kingdom."
Hearing his older brother's words, Shangguan Xiao's pupil shrunk in surprise. While knew that his older brother is a very ambitious man, but he didn't expect that Shangguan Xian would want to be the leader.
There were still Great General Long and Great General Wei above him who might more likely to be deployed.
"If you were to step forward, the other two generals might not be too happy," Shangguan Xiao reminded.
In the conquest to Zhang Xu Kingdom back then, it was Great General Wei who led the army. And the Emperor might trust Great General Wei more than Shangguan Xian who didn't have great achievements aside from killing some generals in this area.
But compared to the famous Great General Wei and Great General Long… it seemed a bit lacking.
Shangguan Xian furrowed his eyebrows and then shook his head. "I still want to try. This can be my great chance."
Chance to prove himself.
Shangguan Xiao looked at his older brother who was walking away and sighed deeply. Staying with his older brother, he knew that Shangguan Xian was not very happy to be compared to Long Qian Xing and the other few younger generation commanders.
Many said that he was not comparable to Long Qian Xing, who was able to push Fan Yi Kingdom back.
So Shangguan Xian wanted a chance to prove himself.
And now that Fei Yang Kingdom was slowly setting their sight to the other three big kingdoms remaining, he wanted to be the one to take the lead to lead their soldiers against Shi Long Kingdom.
'In that case, I'll try to support you.'
Shangguan Xiao also wanted to become a general, but it was likely that the Emperor would not want two generals to appear from the same family in the same generation. Not to mention, Shangguan Xian's soldiers were much more than other generals due to the soldiers who used to follow their father, grandfather, and the others following him.
So in a way, Shangguan Xian's soldiers were comparable to that of a great general.
But his rank was still that of a general.
It might be because of the comparison of what he could not do with twice as many soldiers as Long Qian Xing but that man could do it that Shangguan Xian became more ambitious.
Shangguan Xiao stood up and returned to his own tent.
The battle is not over yet.
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