After the accidental bombing incident, the empire's suspicion of the emperor reached a peak, and even inside the army there were such voices from time to time.

The emperor also began to become a little elusive. He always felt that some courtiers were making fun of him secretly, and even refused to have an intimate conversation with any courtier, let alone handshake and other physical contact.

In order to rush back to the capital to fight the fire, Tan Yan took a great risk and adopted a strategy, and finally succeeded in breaking through the enemy's line of defense, but he himself suffered serious injuries, and even Long Yuan had to return to the factory for overhaul.

Wu Qiao was anxious, and wanted to know how Tan Yan was injured, but the emperor, the Minister of National Defense, had been consoling him, and Wu Qiao's request for dialogue was always delayed by the hospital.

He couldn't calm down all the time, dangling around in the room, Ya Jiu was about to be fainted by him.

Wu Qiao really wanted to say that he was a family member of the Marshal, so that the emperor stepped aside to make way for him.

Finally, when Wu Qiao finally succeeded in connecting, he felt that he was going crazy in a hurry.

"Tan Yan..." Wu Qiao's breathing became rapid, his voice trembling a little, "Are you okay now?"

"Not good." Tan Yan said, "I became a eunuch."

"……what?"

"You don't know what that means?"

"I know..." Wu Qiao didn't expect this situation. He wanted to comfort Tan Yan. After holding back for a long time, he finally said, "It's...it doesn't matter anymore. I'll take the initiative in the future..."

Unexpectedly, Tan Yan over there snorted: "I'm sorry to disappoint you. I was joking just now."

"...What are you proud of?" In fact, Wu Qiao hadn't really pondered the question of who should take the initiative. According to his personality, he should like to attack the role, but... he has to admit that he is served very comfortably every time, all tiredness seems to be swept away, and the body is only full of satisfaction. .

"The main injury is on the leg, and it will get better soon," Tan Yan said again.

Wu Qiao finally let out a sigh of relief.

"However," Tan Yan changed his tone suddenly, "other than a leg injury, there is something serious."

"What?" Wu Qiao immediately became nervous.

"It's disfigured and it's ugly."

"Does it affect eyesight and hearing?"

"No, it just became ugly."

"..." Wu Qiao was thinking again, what to say, after all, the other party was once a very beautiful person.

"Do you want to take a look?"

"Either way." Wu Qiao replied, "I will watch if you want me to watch it, and I won't watch it if you don't like it."

"Don't you care?"

"Don't care." Wu Qiao shook his head, "I just feel distressed, because you seem to care."

"Wu Qiao," after a pause, Tan Yan asked him, "I suddenly want to know why you are with me."

"Huh?" Wu Qiao didn't understand.

"Is it because of your looks? Or because of your status? Or because of your combat or military talent? Is it like, or infatuated, or just worship. If these things are gone, will your feelings gradually fade?"

"I don't know..." Wu Qiao himself was puzzled.

What does he like about each other?

If Tan Yan becomes ugly, he certainly doesn't dislike it. If he is deprived of his title, he doesn't seem to care. What if you can't fight? He doesn't seem to care either. If he becomes stupid, he still won't leave.

So, I really don't know.

"I can't tell." After confirming, Wu Qiao emphasized again, "What you said is correct, I like you, obsessed with you, and admires you. Even if you become nothing, I still like you, obsessed with you, I adore you. It sounds particularly irrational, but that's what I think."

"..."

"..." Wu Qiao felt a little awkward, lowered his head and stopped looking at each other.

"Okay." Tan Yan said, "show you my face."

"Ok."

After the screen shook, Wu Qiao saw a familiar face.

No difference from before...

Wu Qiaozai looked carefully for a long time, and finally found that there was a small scar above Tan Yan's left brow bone.

What is called "disfigured"? ! You can't find it if you don't look carefully!

"Marshal," Wu Qiao said with a sigh, "Don't be stupid in the future, no matter what happens, I will always love you."

"..."

——Tan Yan's injury quickly healed seven or eighty-eight.

Before he recovered, he ran to meet the emperor.

Many people persuaded him not to go, lest he be ashamed again. Recently, the emperor's moodiness and anger seems to be on the verge of eruption-the more he does not want to be the king of subjugation, the more the haze of defeat will fall toward him.

However, after all, Tan Yan still had a way. He not only succeeded in making the emperor less irritable, but also made the emperor promise to refer to his opinions in the military in the future.

The emperor obviously trusted him, and after the nuclear explosion, the emperor's self-confidence dropped to the lowest level in history. Tan Yan's process of persuading the emperor was not as difficult as he imagined.

Wu Qiao thinks this is a good thing. The emperor's willingness to listen to Tan Yan's words at least shows that in the military, there will be no serious mistakes. Tan Yan's advice will never be outrageous. Wu Qiao is confident about this, and he still regards Tan Yan as an idol to this day.

However, the crisis has not been alleviated immediately. It's just like in the next game. Once a lot of important chess pieces are lost in the first half of the game due to a few faint moves, it will be difficult to regain the decline even if the moves are made carefully later, and the position will continue to be anxious irresistibly, and the whole game will continue. The chess will gradually move towards an end that seems to be doomed a long time ago.

The balance is tilting to one side, the speed is too fast, no matter how to add weight to the other side, it can't keep up.

In October, Capital Star ushered in the coldest winter in hundreds of years.

Wu Qiao found that some of his generals' actions were getting more and more abnormal.

Like the emperor, they went farther and farther on the wrong path for meritorious deeds.

Wu Qiao first noticed that the record reported to him by his subordinates was very wrong.

A major general said in his report that he had wiped out 60,000 enemies in the battle, but Wu Qiao felt that no matter what he thought, the number of annihilated enemies could not reach 60,000.

Wu Qiao asked Ji Yao to take one-thirtieth of the people for individual questioning. The results showed that only about 500 people were wiped out by the one-thirtieth.

Wu Qiao questioned the major general, who was forced to admit that his report was falsified.

This fact shocked Wu Qiao.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Qiao discovered that those subordinates were getting more and more cruel in order to win.

Another major general used a strategy, which was to put the army uniforms of the enemy army rushed out on his own body, and then throw it on the path of the opponent. The people of the Republic saw the "companion" lying in the distance, so they naturally had to turn the person over to see what happened. At this time, the bomb hidden in the corpse would explode, completing its unique mission.

Those corpses had sacrificed their lives for the empire, and after death they would be bombed with no bones left, which made many soldiers feel very chilling.

As a result, Wu Qiao became more and more aware that now, the driving force for military generals is no longer to fight for the country. The generals are racking their brains to think about how to make the record look good and how to make the superiors feel satisfaction.

Although Tan Yan has cancelled many strict military systems, the generals still have lingering fears. Those systems did make them more persistent on the battlefield, but at the same time they lost many of the qualities they should have.

They transferred the pressure to ordinary soldiers and told them that they must fight to the last minute. Many ordinary soldiers regarded themselves as dead when they set out.

The military doctor told Wu Qiao that the proportion of depression patients in the army has far exceeded the normal range.

The atmosphere in the army is suppressed, the business community is full of complaints, and the people are panicked.

No matter how you look at it, it is a sign of destruction.

"Marshal..." Wu Qiao only felt that he couldn't breathe in his chest. He breathed desperately, causing pain in his internal organs. "I always feel...really...it doesn't work..."

"..."

"If this goes on, you will probably lose. I am afraid that this country has no patience to wait for you, and others are slowly helping the emperor to change the current situation. What people need is a vigorous and thorough change." The emperor under the monarchy Power is supreme, and when making decisions, you will definitely safeguard your own interests. This is also human instinct. The people of the empire usually live well, and naturally they have no determination to overthrow the monarchy at all costs. However, when the country is alive and dead, and when they may become a sacrificed child at any time, their panic is wave after wave, and a revolution is urgently needed. Save all those who are on the edge of the cliff.

"..."

"The torrent of the times has rushed over, and gradually changed from a stream to a vast ocean. The emperor is like a drowning man. Even if you drag him to his death, how long can he hold on, and eventually he will sink with you. Under the water, it became two inconspicuous skeletons."

The building will collapse, not one tree can support it.

The cobweb destroyed in the storm, no matter how hard the spider tries to knot it, it will not be able to return to its original state, and the remaining part will definitely be washed clean, no one can find it in the bright sun of the next day The slightest trace of the cobweb.

"I know." Tan Yan was extremely calm over there. It seemed that these things had been turned in his mind thousands of times, "But I can't go, the enemy is waiting around me, I can only hold on."

"...Hmm." Wu Qiao understood that that person would not leave. Now the empire has only Tan Yan to deal with the Supreme Commander of the Republic who loves to play table tennis. If Tan Yan ignores it, he is afraid it will collapse. Mutiny is also extremely risky. First, there are not so many people in the army who dare to point at the emperor, and there may not be many people willing to obey the rebels. Second, Tan Yan has been on the front line for a long time, leading troops to attack the capital star occupation. The imperial palace forcing the emperor to abdicate is tantamount to giving up the current struggle with the Republic, and it is easy for people to take advantage of it. The palace cannot be easily captured in just a few days. It is extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack. The emperor’s huge guard army directly obeyed the emperor. Moreover, for the sake of stability, the emperor has always divided the power of the army between two people, one and one half. It used to be Tan Yan and Xiao En, and now it is Tan Yan and Dai Lun. Establish a civilian minister of defense, and the current minister of defense is one of the emperor’s greatest cronies. Tan Yan was recently promoted to marshal, only for the purpose of exaggerating his military exploits. In fact, he did not let Dai Lun listen to him. Dai Lun still directly reported to the emperor and the minister of defense. Therefore, if any one of Tan Yan and Dai Lun wanted to make a mutiny, the other would rush to fight the fire. Tan Yan knew that Dai Lun was loyal to the emperor. No one can predict what the emperor will do. The situation is difficult to control, so he dare not bet. Many of the emperor’s former officials in the palace are still powerful, and it is even more unrealistic to solve the problem single-handedly.

"I don't care if the emperor is overthrown. I don't want to fight the revolutionary army, but maybe I have no choice..." Tan Yan said suddenly, "What I worry about is that after the change of dynasty, after I was executed, the new leader and the new government ......Can the Republic be destroyed?"

"Don't say anything about not being executed!"

"Okay. After I lose the military power, can the new leader and the new government destroy the Republic? Isn't that wrong? The country changed hands, the supreme commander of the revolutionary army and the person who led them to take over the military headquarters Isn't it something that is expected and reasonable? Even if I surrender to them, there is no reason for the old marshal to continue to be in charge of the military. Then, that person... can I trust him?"

"Tan Yan..."

"I can't predict whether the emperor will win or the revolutionary army will win in this struggle. If the emperor wins, I will continue to withstand it and wait for new opportunities. Now the emperor has agreed not to intervene in the war as much as possible. In my eyes, the war can be sustained and will not end soon. However, if the Revolutionary Army wins, will they fight worse in the subsequent battle with the Republic? After all, I have already played against the Republic. The generals have fought countless times, but the people of the revolutionary army have not."

"marshal……"

"Wu Qiao..." Tan Yan has rare fatigue in his eyes. "Recently, I have often wondered if I didn't fall in love with you, if I still just admire you, would it be better... In this way, no one is here. It is clear that in tomorrow’s troubled times, we can choose a path each, so that this country will not be entrusted. If the emperor wins, at least I will be there. If the revolutionary army wins, there will be you in the future... You can also rest assured."

"..."

"But then I think about it, I haven't experienced the feeling of liking someone, I'm not reconciled anyway."

"I thought about it too." Wu Qiao lowered his eyes, "I'm pretty sure that the monarchy will be overthrown, but I don't know whether it is now or at some point in the future... If the uprising fails, you will persuade the emperor to be better than From then on, the emperor's decision alone was much stronger."

"..."

"Tan Yan, the two of us are too narcissistic." In terms of narcissism, the two of them are really a couple.

"..."

"But Tan Yan..." Wu Qiao let out a small animal whimper, "If one person chooses one path, maybe... the two of us... will never be together again."

One person chooses one path. With so many variables in that kind of thing, who can guarantee that there will be no problems?

It has always been Wu Qiao's greatest ideal in life to change the world and make people in this country live better.

However, in the distant past, Wu Qiao never thought that he would pay such a price for his ideals.