District 9

Li Bokang did try his best. He ordered the defenders to stick to the airport, which was actually the last breath of mobilization for the Zhou clique. If we can hold on here, maybe the war situation will turn around, but if we can't, everything will be over.

The infiltration of four to five hundred troops would involve at least two thousand surrounding troops. However, the internal opening was blocked, which meant that the external defense would be weak. Xiang Zehao's internal and external assaults directly shattered the Zhou system. One last bit of hope.

The large number of soldiers had no idea how many people had infiltrated into the middle of the airport, but when they saw the soldiers from the three major districts who were not afraid of death and rushed forward, they completely lost their fighting spirit.

Once hope is dashed, defeat is only a matter of time.

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In the main building of the airport, in the headquarters of the underground air-raid shelter, a large number of soldiers were preparing to escort Zhou Xingli away, but then Li Bokang arrived. He looked at Zhou Xingli and said succinctly: "Let's talk?"

Zhou Xingli glanced at him and waved to the people around him.

"Commander, the airport is in chaos. You will be in danger at any time if you stay here. My suggestion is to evacuate quickly..." the guard officer next to him persuaded.

"Get out!" Zhou Xingli shouted.

Everyone was helpless, and after looking at each other, they could only leave temporarily.

In the relatively small headquarters, Li Bokang placed his gun on the table, sat carelessly on the sofa, and lit a cigarette.

Zhou Xingli looked at him with his hands behind his back: "Old Li, you shouldn't have come back."

Li Bokang glanced at him, took a deep drag on his cigarette, and did not answer.

Zhou Xingli looked at Li Bokang's expression, sighed and said, "If you are in Yemen, the Zhou clan still has a chance."

"There is no chance. Once Xia Island is lost, the war in the south will be over." Li Bokang slowly shook his head: "To be honest, I have always been desperate for the Zhou Clan. Today's situation has been played out in my mind many times. Old Zhou, since the beginning of the civil war, I have only been using the rights you gave me to do my best."

Zhou Xingli bent down and sat down, looking at him blankly: "Then why didn't you run away? If I guessed correctly, you had thought about leaving before the civil war began. At that time, I transferred you back from the Fourth District , you already want to leave the Zhou system..."

"hehe."

Li Bokang grinned, lowered his head to flick the ashes from his cigarette, turned to look at Zhou Xingli and said, "Do you want to hear my evaluation of you?"

"You tell me, let me listen." Zhou Xingli nodded numbly.

"Your abilities are only suitable for separatist parties. When troubled times come, you have the ability to pull up troops and lead a group of people to gain a foothold. But in terms of the development pattern that a political party should have, you do not have it." Li Bokang looked at it. Zhou Xingli said very straightforwardly: "The Sichuan government has experienced at least two internal massacres, but why can Qin Yu still control the situation and the remaining people are willing to continue to follow him? He can even go one step further and become the third The actual military leader of the region? But you hesitated, looked forward and backward, and tried to clean up the internal affairs several times, but you failed to achieve actual results?!"

Zhou Xingli was silent.

"Because the way you think about the problem is limited to doing well within the Zhou clique. But the problem is that you can't conquer the country with just one Zhou clique corps, let alone ascend the throne." Li Bokang said very sharply He criticized: "Qin Yu wants to clean up the inside, so he will do it. After he is done, he will have to tell the inside of the Sichuan government why I did this and what the reason is. And you, you want to use Feng's system, but you are afraid of them Too much development has replaced your position; you want to deal with the problem of Xu Hancheng's excessive power, but you are limited to playing tricks under the table and slowly consuming it. Soldiers are approaching Yemen, and what you are thinking about is not how to help the EU Zone 1 and solve the current problem. In the predicament of the war, what I want to do instead is to take the opportunity to swallow up the Feng Clan and achieve the purpose of controlling the military power in China. I will leave you eight thousand ambush troops. If the three regions come over, they can work wonders and seal the Qin Dynasty with one sword. Yu's plan, but because of some internal conflicts, you exposed the island's military strength in advance...Old Zhou, you are a person who succeeds in politics and fails in politics. Your long military and political career has made you too oily. , lacked the ability to make decisions at critical moments, and even lost the judgment of a leader!”

Zhou Xingli listened to Li Bokang's almost insulting comments. After being speechless for a long time, he replied without any argument: "Then why are you still following me? If you want to leave, why don't you?"

"...Because the wise master who is worthy of my service did not choose to use me, Li Bokang." Li Bokang said with a very helpless expression: "...In the end, the only one who is willing to use me is you, Zhou Xingli, a mediocre master!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhou Xingli laughed loudly when he heard this.

Li Bokang looked at him: "My political career has been ups and downs. At the lowest point in my life, it was you who made Zhou Yuanzheng find me, gave me rights, put me in decent clothes, and gave me absolute respect... You know, since I was dismissed for the last time and was accused of betraying my wife and living a low life, no one is willing to use me... I am eager for respect, really, Lao Zhou!"

Zhou Xingli was speechless.

"In the relationship between king and minister, I have done everything I can and cannot do. I have tried my best, Old Zhou!" Li Bokang stood up slowly, looked at Zhou Xingli with clear eyes, raised his arm and saluted with a military salute, saying Ruo Hongzhong shouted: "Commander-in-Chief, I am going to stop the enemy's attack. Please evacuate immediately!"

Zhou Xingli looked up at him, his eyes red.

"...This farewell will be an eternal farewell. Best wishes." Li Bokang said this in a calm tone, turned around and left.

Zhou Xingli looked at his back and wanted to open his mouth to call him several times, but in the end he made no sound.

After Li Bokang left, the guards rushed into the room immediately. The leading general urged Zhou Xingli in a hurried tone: "Commander-in-Chief, many defensive positions on the periphery have been captured. We must leave."

Zhou Xingli raised his head and glanced at him. He didn't say anything, but stood up slowly.

"Quick, quick!" the general urged: "Send the commander-in-chief out from the rear."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone gathered around Zhou Xingli and walked out. But he stood in the middle of the queue and hit his thigh with his hand: "Oh, my old habit has happened again, my legs are sore!"

"Hold on to the Commander-in-Chief," the general ordered to the guard officer.

Zhou Xingli waved his hand, pointed to the bathroom in the passage and said, "I'm going to the bathroom."

"Commander, it's too late..." The general was helpless.

Zhou Xingli didn't say anything, he just opened the bathroom door. Everyone looked at each other and could only wait outside.

The other end.

When Li Bokang walked out, he saw a military mirror in the hall of the main building. He suddenly stopped and looked at himself in the mirror, old and embarrassed...