Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

The boss was also surprised by this incident, but he immediately noticed the omission. After the battle of the New 1st Regiment, he did not receive Li Yunlong's report on Cao Geng's outstanding performance in Cangyunling... Although Li Yunlong informed the headquarters of the Cangyunling incident in detail in other aspects, they knew nothing about Cao Geng! It is obvious that Li Yunlong intended to hide Cao Geng after seeing his ability.

"This Li Yunlong..." The boss slammed the table, furious. The Eighth Route Army was in such urgent need of talent, but Li Yunlong wanted to keep Cao Geng privately, totally disregarding the overall interests and ignoring his cultivation. If Li Yunlong was not punished, he would be too much.

"Boss, let's not talk about Li Yunlong for now. Cao Geng was a member of the Central Army..." the deputy chief of staff said hesitantly.

The general manager looked at the deputy chief of staff and was touched, but he did not speak. The deputy chief of staff looked at the general manager and continued, "I admit that Cao Geng is indeed capable and has managed to lead the team in a short period of time. But if we promote him to the head of the regiment now, I am afraid that the people under him will be dissatisfied."

The boss began to ponder. Indeed, although Cao Geng was capable, he had two serious problems. First, he had joined the Eighth Route Army for too short a time. He did consider promoting Cao Geng, but if he was made the head of a regiment so soon, I'm afraid that 90% of the Eighth Route Army in northwest Shanxi would not accept it. What's more, Cao Geng was a member of the Central Army before.

A company commander of the Central Army became a battalion commander immediately after joining the Eighth Route Army, and then quickly promoted to regiment commander. How would the brothers of the Eighth Route Army view this? What would the major forces in northwest Shanxi think? Public opinion was difficult to calm down.

Although the Eighth Route Army was poor, it still had to be cautious about its reputation. "What do you think?" The general looked at the deputy chief of staff. Although he had an idea in his mind, he still wanted to test the deputy chief of staff.

The deputy chief of staff suggested: "In my opinion, if his third battalion can recruit enough troops within half a year, he can become the regiment commander. But if he has less than 2,500 men, then I'm sorry, he can only continue to serve under Li Yunlong."

A battalion recruits 2,500 people, and the strength of the new regiment will reach the scale of a reinforced brigade in half a year. It can be said that 2,500 soldiers is the minimum standard for the deputy chief of staff to recruit soldiers for Cao Geng. If he fails to recruit, it means Cao Geng is incompetent.

If more people were recruited, Cao Geng would be able to become the head of the regiment, with a status equal to that of Li Yunlong.

"Okay, let's do it!" As soon as the deputy chief of staff finished speaking, the boss immediately made the decision.

In fact, he planned to let Cao Geng accumulate military merits and then promote him to a higher position.

In his opinion, the deputy chief of staff's proposal was completely feasible.

This surprised the deputy chief of staff.

“Is that decided?”

He thinks the boss should carefully weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.

"if not?"

However, the boss just blinked and seemed unconcerned.

In fact, the boss had long seen that Cao Geng was extraordinary.

If Cao Geng truly wanted to fight against Japan for the Eighth Route Army, the boss would be willing to use him no matter where he came from.

Although Cao Geng's existence may have a negative impact on the Eighth Route Army.

But as long as Cao Geng is capable, the boss will protect him even if the king of heaven comes!

Moreover, if Cao Geng can continue to win battles.

The boss will not only withstand the pressure to protect him, but also promote him.

Regimental commander, brigade commander, division commander!

No matter how capable Cao Geng is, the boss will give him a corresponding official position!

The boss is not a stingy person.

Li Yunlong had the courage to promote Cao Geng to battalion commander.

Why can’t the boss give Cao Geng a higher position?

Of course, if Cao Geng couldn’t even pass this small test.

Then sorry, he can only continue to serve as Li Yunlong's battalion commander.

"Then it depends on Cao Geng's performance in half a year."

Seeing the boss's determination, the deputy chief of staff did not hesitate, took a deep breath, and suddenly became full of expectations for Cao Geng's future performance.

Just as the deputy chief of staff was looking forward to Cao Geng's performance.

The headquarters of the 358th Regiment.

Chu Yunfei learned about the situation in Huaiyi County through Fang Ligong.

"What? It was Cao Geng who captured Huaiyi County?!"

The moment I got the news.

Chu Yunfei was stunned.

Looking at the information in his hand, his face was full of surprise.

He originally believed that the Eighth Route Army camp that captured Huaiyi County must be a reinforced camp.

It definitely couldn't be Cao Geng's Third Battalion.

But he never expected it.

The ones who actually captured the county town were actually Cao Geng’s Third Battalion of the New First Regiment, which had already been in ruins!

He had repeatedly denied before that the Eighth Route Army battalion that captured Huaiyi County could not be Cao Geng’s New First Regiment Third Battalion.

As a result, within less than a day, he was slapped in the face.

You know, there were only about two hundred people in the third battalion before.

However, Cao Geng actually captured Huaiyi County, which was guarded by a Japanese army regiment, with only these two hundred people?

Chu Yunfei took a deep breath and felt unbelievable.

Is he crazy, or is the world crazy?

More than 200 Eighth Route Army soldiers were able to defeat an entire regiment of Japanese troops.

Before that, their Jinsui Army had fought with the Japanese for more than half a year, but they were unable to defeat them...

This is unbelievable.

Is it a dream?

Despite my doubts,

Chu Yunfei always believed in Fang Ligong's information.

What's more, he has confirmed the reliability of the intelligence many times.

Even if you don't want to accept it,

Chu Yunfei had no choice but to admit the fact!

Then, Chu Yunfei took a deep breath.

"In that case...Brother Ligong, immediately convey the message to Battalion Commander Cao Geng. Tomorrow, I will go to Huaiyi County in person as the commander of the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army to celebrate the great victory of the commander of the 3rd Battalion of the New 1st Regiment, Cao Geng!"

Fang Ligong understood that Chu Yunfei went to Huaiyi County not just to celebrate the victory, but he also wanted to seize Huaiyi County from Cao Geng.

However, the Chief of Staff does not need to ask about the specific details of the negotiations.

Fang Ligong answered without hesitation: "Yes!"

He was ready to carry out the mission immediately.

However, just as he was about to leave, Chu Yunfei called Fang Ligong again.

Chu Yunfei thought about it and said, "Brother Ligong, if Cao Geng can hand over Huaiyi County to our 358th Regiment, can we get great credit from the commander-in-chief?"

Fang Ligong smiled bitterly: "If Cao Geng really gave Huaiyi County to us, let alone other things, even if you fell in love with the commander-in-chief's concubine, he probably wouldn't frown... But the question is, why did Cao Geng give Huaiyi County to us?"