On the day of the march, the army bid farewell to the soldiers who were about to rush to the battlefield. This farewell ceremony is formal but secret, because they can't let their opponents notice the blitz plan.

The weather in Capital Star was a bit icy, and Wu Qiao, wrapped in a coat, also attended the farewell ceremony. This is the first time he has arranged a task for his Tan Yan since he took office. He wants to personally say good luck to the other party.

Jiang Tan Yanji was sent to the battlefield. It was so natural to say that it was as ordinary as breathing. However, when the day came, Wu Qiao realized how difficult it was to make this decision. When he had the right to decide everyone's whereabouts, he wished to keep Tan Yan by his side instead of sending him to the war by himself. The thought of one day that the other party might lose his life because of one of his own choices, Wu Qiao felt a little trembling in his heart. He found that he was really scared that he would regret it for a lifetime.

The ritual process is not much different from the imperial period. The flag is still raised first, the national anthem and military anthem are played, and then Wu Qiao is asked to give a farewell speech. Wu Qiao is indeed very talented in speaking. He once again awakened the blood of the soldiers. There were a few times when Wu Qiao asked a question, the soldiers shouted the answer.

Finally, amidst the sound of music, the soldiers’ families stepped forward to see them off. The vast majority of the offenders were wives and children, and some young soldiers were sent by their parents to say goodbye.

The family all have flowers in their hands—the flowers that the military commanded to prepare uniformly. In the eyes of the military, it is a glorious thing for soldiers to go on the expedition. The garland on them by their families is a symbol of their glory.

Wu Qiao looked in Tan Yan's direction. As Wu Qiao expected, Tan Yan did not invite his family to the scene—he had been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and he was unwilling to mobilize the crowd for another expedition. The man stood upright like that, quietly watching other people around him saying goodbye to his family.

Wu Qiao bowed his head and thought for a while, walked off the stage, reached out and picked up a garland, and walked towards Tan Yan. In that bunch of flowers, there are still a few pansies.

"..." He walked into the line of seeing off his family, did not speak, and said that the wreath was put on Tan Yan's neck.

Tan Yan was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Wu Qiao, are you sending flowers as my family?"

"Yeah." Wu Qiao also admitted openly. He also knows that in the eyes of others, this is probably just the hypocrisy presented by a head of state to an expeditionary general who has no one to say goodbye-pretending to be a writer, but most of them are actually used. The founding heads of history are all extremely good at winning people's hearts. .

Tan Yan's mouth clicked: "Others will think you are particularly hypocritical."

"Let them go." Wu Qiao adjusted the wreath again, flattening each petal, which looked very bright and beautiful. Tan Yan's face, matched with his white military uniform, and the colorful flowers on his chest made Wu Qiao tempted again. As he sorted it out, he said to Tan Yan, "They will understand later."

"after?"

"Yes, they will know in the future that I am indeed your family member." When Wu Qiao's throat tightened, his voice changed. He said, "Tan Yan...After the Republic surrenders...on the day of the award ceremony, I will If you propose to you at the awarding ceremony, you must agree to it." Although Wu Qiao doesn't care about face, but... it's too embarrassing to be rejected in front of the whole country.

Tan Yan's expression was taken aback for a moment, as if he didn't expect Wu Qiao to say such a thing. He stretched out his hand and touched the wreath on his neck, and said with a smile, "Aren't you always the most serious? On the occasion of awarding honors, it's really okay to do that kind of thing?"

Wu Qiao whispered, "Proposing to you is the most serious thing in my life." Wu Qiao felt that the occasion was quite appropriate. It was a very serious and formal occasion, but it was full of joy, and it did not necessarily follow the script. Tan Yan has been fighting for this country, and his personal affairs are all left behind. Then, on the day he succeeded in retiring, wouldn't it be a joy for everyone to let all those who like him see his beautiful home after his retirement? Many people saw the proposal, Wu Qiao thought it was quite romantic. Since this is the most serious thing in his life, he naturally has to have the most serious form so that all the people in the country can see that he wants to give Tan Yan a happy person, definitely not just casually... If Tan Yan is not allowed to do so in the future Happy, let him be scolded by people all over the country. He once saw a survey that said that the more people who witnessed the proposal, the stronger their happiness.

"But..." Tan Yan said again, "I always thought I wanted to propose to you."

"I'm coming." Wu Qiao was very stubborn and his tone was very firm.

"...Okay." Even this one has to fight, his lover is really... Tan Yan doesn't know how to describe it.

"Tan Yan..." Wu Qiao asked again, "If you have won this battle, you can get any reward you want."

"It's not the imperial period anymore." The implication is: Are you alone? Reward what you say?

"Then... I bought it myself and gave it to you."

"Okay." Tan Yan said, "it seems that the ring is going to be saved until the time to win the war."

"…Ok."

"Then, make a copy of the thing you secretly made and give it to me."

"..."

"Don't think I don't know." Tan Yan said again, "You put all the news, comments, videos, analysis, and my column articles about me into an electronic magazine-like collection... and it's an annual issue. , With the year number."

"..." Those things are indeed arranged by year. For example, the general in 2230, the general in 2231, the general in 2232...like a museum, Wu Qiao can find out everything that Tan Yan has done, including Those who have already forgotten even myself.

"Come back and show me."

"Don't," Wu Qiao was scared, "Otherwise, I also knit a scarf for you when I have time?" In fact, Wu Qiao doesn't know how to knit it, but it is performed in the TV series of Ya Jiu. It seems to be a good thing, there are many in it. Men and women were so stupid that they were all woven in the end.

Tan Yan smiled: "Let me read your "annual" first."

"..." Wu Qiao stretched out his hand to flatten the petals again, and said in a low voice, "As long as you win back, you can do whatever you want."

"Then it's settled."

As soon as this sentence is finished, the family farewell phase is over.

On the other side, Ya Jiu secretly watched the ceremony, envious, and found a rope, ran into the yard, pulled a few wild flowers to tie the rope, and ran to the mecha starting unit. "Oh", he buckled the wreath on the iron neck of Longyuan.

Long Yuan: "..."

Ya Jiu said, "I can't accompany you. I can't go without Wu Qiao..."

"Of course." As a mecha, he must be by his side at all times.

"That...that...then I'll wait for you to come back."

"Yeah." Long Yuan groaned, and suddenly stretched out his claws to pull out a flower from the wreath, and inserted it into a vent on Ya Jiu's head, "Wait for me to come back."

"Huh..." Ya Jiu touched the little flower on his head, squeezed for a while, clutched his head and ran away.

It feels so happy. Long Yuan gave it a flower, although he just pulled one out of the flower it sent.

…

After the farewell ceremony, the army set off directly.

Tan Yan's troops will sneak past and, together with the soldiers of the neutral countries, will launch a blitz attack on the Republic. In order to supplement personnel, Wu Qiao and Tan Yan even recruited some mercenaries. The mercenary's mouth is very strict, as long as the money is collected, it will never leak out. With the support of the businessmen and the alliance with neutral countries, an important feeling of Wu Qiao is that the economic pressure has been reduced a lot.

Everything is ready, and the battle begins.

The course of this battle is extremely controversial. Everyone has their own opinions on why the Republic failed miserably. Everyone has found a different scapegoat for the Republic.

In Wu Qiao's heart, he believes that the biggest factor in his victory is that he and Tan Yan understand each other and trust each other. In the study of military history, scholars always tend to study the numbers. They tell in great detail what kind of offense one side launched, what kind of response the other side made, and how many people were killed or injured in the end, trying to solve all cause and effect. Attributable to tactics or techniques. However, looking at Wu Qiao over the years, I found that the psychology of both parties often plays a more decisive role. Sometimes, there is no reason at all, it's just the bad luck of the defeated.

In this battle, at the beginning, the two sides fell into a stalemate.

Moreover, in the first stage, the enemy's right wing has a considerable advantage. However, the beginning of a series of related proximate causes that led to the defeat of the Republic was that the right-wing commander overplayed his victory. This exaggeration made the commander of the Republican Universe Third Fleet mistakenly believe that the right wing really fought a hearty victory, which directly led to him making the wrong decision. He happily mistakenly thought that there was a great opportunity on the right wing, so he unnecessarily sent the three squadrons on the left wing to reinforce the right wing, hoping to be the first to open up the situation on the right wing. It is said that he was so happy that he sang the songs of his hometown that night, without knowing that one of his small platoons actually planted the seeds of frustration, and that night's singing was the joy of the last night before the nightmare.

Tan Yan's army against the enemy's right flank shrank inward, turned counterclockwise, and merged with the troops from the neutral nations to support it.

Over there, the most advanced warships of the neutral nations were waiting, and the powerful firepower blasted past in an instant. Jing Yan once told the stories of these scientists. They were originally from the Republic, and they were all top scientists. They once strongly criticized the Republican government for launching war, and fled to a neutral country in order to avoid the war. Later, they repeatedly urged the Republic to truce, but the Republic ignored them all. Decades ago, the republic wanted to borrow a neutral country, but the neutral country would not follow it to the death. The Republic immediately found an excuse, citing the unprovoked deaths of three citizens of the Republic in a neutral country, and strongly urged the Republic’s army to enter a neutral country to eradicate extremist organizations to protect the safety of other citizens. This document is regarded as one country against another country in history. The most excessive request made. The situation was tense at that time, and the war was about to break out. These scientists were disappointed with the Republic and collectively applied for neutrality. They also designed advanced warships and hung the flag of a neutral country, expressing their resolute maintenance of justice.

With the help of the new warships, although the number was far less than the opponents, the coalition forces did not quickly collapse.

The commander of the Third Fleet of the Republic found out that his subordinates were talking nonsense, and became furious. From then on, he felt grieved that he no longer believed in his subordinates on the right.

Such suspicion is a taboo of the military. After that, no matter what the Republic’s right-wing generals report, the commander of the Third Fleet will personally verify it. As a result, the reaction time is greatly slowed down. If the opponent is someone else, it doesn't matter if it is a little slower, but the Wuqiao faction is Tan Yan, and if there is a slight mistake, he will be bitten to death. In the slow half-beat of the Republic, Tan Yan gradually accumulated his advantages, and one day finally began a large-scale counterattack.

On the other side, taking advantage of the enemy's right wing to become passive, Tan Yan sent troops to carry out a strong attack, cutting off the enemy's left and right wings.

Then Tan Yan stepped up his attack on his left wing.

At the same time, Wu Qiao let people release the news that a large number of troops have rushed to the front of the front through a neutral country. The evidence is that the transport vehicles that transported soldiers have once again appeared on a large scale. In fact, this time Wuqiao only sent 20,000 reinforcements, but the number was said to be 200,000, and some people speculated that it was 400,000.

The left-wing general believed that his rear was under serious threat and began to consider retreating. In the atmosphere of the war, the frustration of the generals will inevitably affect the morale of the soldiers of the whole army in killing the enemy. Many people began to return to their hearts, and the emotion of giving up spread quickly. The commander of the Republican Army had considered whether this was groundless, and was exaggerated to this point through the mouth of some imaginative people, but in the end, in order to ensure that it was not compromised, he decided to retreat temporarily. He did not expect that the psychological impact of the order to withdraw would be incalculable.

In order to restore the decline, the commander of the Republic's Third Fleet tried several tricks, but Tan Yan saw them through. He is like a juggling clown, throwing several glass bottles at the same time, but in the end they all smashed on the ground and caused a piece of debris, which was of no use other than piercing his own feet. There was already a problem with the military's mind. Even if all the bottles were glued with strong glue, those cracks would always exist, and they could no longer be the same as new bottles.

The left wing of the Republic also began to fail.

Counting from the firing of the first shot, only twelve days later, the battle was over.

During this process, Tan Yan also encountered crises several times, and once even lost at first sight. Many people advised Wu Qiao to order Tan Yan to retire, but Wu Qiao fully believed in Tan Yan's judgment. Once, the commander of the neutral country’s army directly contacted Wu Qiao, stating that Tan Yan would go his own way. The coalition could never block the enemy’s right wing. Wu Qiao’s reaction was to suggest that Jing Yan replace the neutral country’s command because this person had failed in series. .

In the end, the coalition forces defeated the Republic’s Third Space Fleet, which seemed indestructible in the past. They recovered the three star regions and used the rock-solid fortifications for their own use. It is on the border and connected to a very convenient passage, which can drive straight into the mainland of the Republic. Entering its homeland to force its surrender is a very important step in the Wuqiao plan.

With this victory, Wu Qiao promoted Tan Yan to the country's marshal.

Tan Yan once held the position of marshal.

However, after the establishment of the new country, Wu Qiao couldn't keep his position as marshal. After all, Tan Yan was only left behind by the empire and did not make any contribution to the new country. It is impossible for him to receive this honor directly.

Now, everything is different.

Tan Yan became the first marshal of the two dynasties in thousands of years.

Those admirers of Tan Yan were ecstatic when they heard the news, thinking that their vision was confirmed again, because Tan Yanguo was really an extremely different person, who could be the only person for thousands of years.

Wu Qiao is also very happy.

"Tan Yan..." he said, "I also feel very happy."

"Oh?"

"This shows that I am also a happy person." Wu Qiao replied, "because my lover is the only marshal in thousands of years."

Wu Qiao originally thought that such a narcissistic person would be very proud, but he did not expect that Tan Yan said to Wu Qiao mercilessly, "Isn't that yours?"

"..."

"Fake public for private benefit."

"I do not…"

"Then why do you want to make your lover the first **** of war in the ages?"

"Because..." Wu Qiao stared at Tan Yan's eyebrows blankly, "I think... my lover is the first God of War through the ages."

"..." Tan Yan raised his chin when he heard this, and kissed him without saying a word.

"..." With a kiss, Wu Qiao also wanted to take the initiative to try, but Tan Yan did not agree, and licked and pressed hard against Wu Qiao. Wu Qiao soon lost his strength and could only soften there, as if he was a little standing. As if he couldn't help it, fortunately Tan Yan hugged him firmly.