Chapter 2583: Commendation and Promotion (4)

The meeting hall fell silent.

Jiang Chen's voice was not loud; he was simply stating things calmly.

Yet his words slipped precisely into every Lingzhu's ear.

The Lingzhus listened in silence.

"Although for the Lingzhus of the River Valley General Corps, the life passage has been secured.

"But because things happened so suddenly…

"Regiment headquarters was not fully prepared. At the very start we took losses, and some Lingzhus were lost.

"Fortunately, Regimental Commander Yao Feng reacted swiftly and counterattacked at once, stabilizing the situation. Together with the River Valley General Corps Lingzhus, who were resolved to fight to the death, they encircled and killed off most of a werewolf General Corps.

"This was also one of the most brilliant major battles of this evacuation fight.

"But it doesn't end there.

"Because the werewolves besieging the River Valley General Corps were an entire werewolf General Corps, so many werewolves put enormous pressure even on regiment headquarters.

"So… Captain Shangguan once again took the initiative, leading two Squadron Lingzhus to draw the werewolves' attention and ease the pressure on regiment headquarters.

"She successfully drew off nearly half a werewolf General Corps's forces, greatly reducing the combat pressure on regiment headquarters.

"One wrong move in such an act, and death was almost certain.

"Truly worthy of Captain Shangguan.

"But it still doesn't end there.

"Captain Shangguan successfully drew off nearly half a werewolf General Corps and escaped safely.

"But instead of fleeing north directly, she came back to reinforce our Binghe General Corps and the Bronze Rock General Corps.

"Our situation at the time was also very bad.

"Giant beasts held the outer perimeter, and the fighting inside was at a severe disadvantage.

"The two squadrons of reinforcements Captain Shangguan brought truly improved our disadvantage considerably.

"And she herself, just like Captain Li, jointly defeated seven State-level Lingzhus, and altogether reinforced five State-level battlefields.

"Such achievements are truly extraordinary.

"Therefore.

"This time, the Medal of Valor, the Medal of Tactics, and the Medal of Support will all be awarded to Captain Shangguan!

"In addition, she will also receive the Individual Special Class Honor Medal and a reward of 10,000 contribution points.

"Moreover.

"Combined with Captain Shangguan's consistently outstanding record, the regiment and the army have unanimously agreed to promote Shangguan Ting to Deputy Commander of the Binghe General Corps, and to confer the rank of Major General as encouragement.

"At the same time, she will continue to hold the position of Phantom Squadron Captain.

"Please invite Regimental Commander Yao Feng to present the award to her!"

Applause filled the venue.

One could say that apart from the personal rewards given to Yao Feng and General Yan Ling, everything Shangguan Ting received was comparable to Li Ruanyu's.

She was now also a Major General Deputy Commander.

Standing on stage, Shangguan Ting's heart surged; she felt an unknown power welling up inside her.

She could not help but take a deep breath.

She noticed that Jiang Chen's account differed somewhat.

In reality, Shangguan Ting had not greeted Yao Feng at all; she had simply cleaved straight through Yao Feng's territory.

There had been no time for greetings back then.

And even if she had greeted her, Yao Feng would not necessarily have agreed.

After all, the situation was extremely dangerous.

It could very well have dragged Yao Feng into it as well.

Shangguan Ting understood Yao Feng.

She knew she was not someone who feared death.

But the problem was Yao Feng was not alone; over a thousand Lingzhus followed at her side.

Such an action could very well have dragged those thousand-plus Lingzhus who had already escaped back into danger.

Yao Feng would absolutely never let those Lingzhus take such a risk.

She was the regimental commander.

Any decision she made could determine the life or death of over a thousand Lingzhus.

She had to be extremely calm.

Even cold.

And the elites around Yao Feng absolutely could not be lost, absolutely could not be captured and absorbed by the werewolves.

Once held up by the werewolves, it was very likely more werewolves would be drawn in.

When that happened, Yao Feng and the regiment headquarters Lingzhus would be wiped out, and the White Tiger Regiment would cease to exist.

Yao Feng did not fear death.

But this situation could have been avoided in the first place — why take the risk?

If Shangguan Ting were the regimental commander, she might well have made the same decision as Yao Feng.

But there was no choice.

The situation at the time left no time to think too much.

After all, although it was dangerous, there was still a sliver of hope.

Shangguan Ting was, in a sense, gambling.

The lord of the Gambling Regiment Headquarters plus the River Valley General Brigade could rout that half-brigade of werewolves and escape safely before the enemy's main force arrived to reinforce.

She had bet correctly.

Of course, she hadn't pushed all that enormous pressure entirely onto Yao Feng.

So she hadn't entered Yao Feng's territory, but instead led two squadrons of lords as bait, luring away a considerable number of werewolves.

Therefore…

Yao Feng forgave her.

She took upon herself the responsibility for the lords who had sacrificed their lives at the regiment headquarters back then.

Now it was being announced publicly by Jiang Chen.

That was equivalent to clearing Shangguan Ting of responsibility.

The responsibility for those lords who died at the regiment headquarters did not lie with Shangguan Ting.

But since this action was initiated by Shangguan Ting, the credit was still hers.

Shangguan Ting quickly figured out the reasoning behind it.