"The matter of accepting the surrender should be delegated to General Liu," Bai Zhizhan stated. Not only Liu Changxun, but even Xue Yuanzheng furrowed his brows at these words.
To represent the Imperial Navy in accepting the Saiyi Imperial Kingdom's surrender was an honor of the highest order.
When making this arrangement, Xue Yuanzheng had carefully considered, first of all, to exclude senior generals like Liu Changxun, Peng Huaisong, and Situ Jingde.
According to Xue Yuanzheng, a mere speck of a country was not worthy of an admiral of the Empire!
In essence, it was about not competing with younger officers for glory since, for generals of the commander-in-chief level, honors were already plentiful.
Thus, within the Imperial Navy, only Bai Zhizhan and Liu Xiangzhen qualified.
Although going to accept the surrender was merely a ceremony and would not affect command authority, looking back afterward, one would likely have deep regrets.
