Huaiyu is slightly cool

"The fight hasn't started yet, so it doesn't necessarily mean that we will lose?"

Zhou Huai looked at the troop strength counted in his hands, but the troop strength was actually not too bad.

She had ordered before that from the nearly [-] direct line soldiers who had withdrawn there, troops that could still fight were drawn out, and assembled with the most selected people from the more than [-] mercenaries that Dugu Bai brought back from overseas, About [-] elite.The reorganized troops set up a new designation as the former army.

And the 38 soldiers led by Zou Jie who stayed to 'assist' Zhou Huai were all young and middle-aged men up to the age of 10, mainly infantry.Including the Northwest Army that she mobilized sporadically before, the newly recruited militias total [-] people, which can be regarded as the Chinese army.

The rear army responsible for food, grass and other supplies was [-] civilian volunteers urgently dispatched by Zhou Huai from ten states in the northwest.

There is also the famous Northwest cavalry trained by Wu Guisi, which has more than 5000 people and is well-equipped. Almost one cavalry is equipped with ten rounds of ammunition, and the soldiers have also undergone the baptism of war.Zhou Huai ordered that the elites of various arms be drawn from other Northwest armies and mixed together to form a new independent combat army of [-] people.Then divide into the left army and the right army to protect the two wings of the large force and coordinate the actions of the large force.

Compared with Wu Mingtai's famous 20 cavalry, Zhou Huai's side can also be called [-] soldiers.With twice as many troops as the enemy, and the enemy also adopted tactics of encirclement and annihilation, Zhou Huai felt that if he worked hard on his side, he could still compete with Wu Mingtai.

Dugu Bai was not optimistic about this battle, but she was more worried about Zhou Huai's gunshot wound, so she couldn't help asking: "Then send someone else to lead the battle, master, you stay and recuperate."

"I want to go out with the army, boost morale, and fight to the death."

Dugu Bai knew that once she made up her mind, she would not change it easily, so she didn't say any more, just asked: "Okay, is there anything else that needs to be arranged?"

"Your task is to escort her back to the capital safely after the army sets out."

"Master, have you ever thought that if something happens to you, even if she returns to the capital safely, she may not be able to compete with others and win the power."

"Then what do you think I should do?"

Dugu Bai still wanted to fight for it again, so even though Zhou Huai was already secretly displeased, she still said: "I don't dare, I just suggest to the master to wait, as long as the life of the palace is exhausted, we will also I won. If you want to support Her Royal Highness the Princess, you can temporarily avoid the confrontation with that person now, deal with the current enemies of the Princess first, and clean up the enemies who are likely to become her in the future."

"for example?"

"Liao Qiwei, Zhou Hao, the four princes. Or Zhao Kingdom, Xirong Kingdom, Qiang Kingdom...they are all of them."

Zhou Huai stared at Dugubai, clenched his fist unconsciously, a cold light flashed in his eyes, and then he sighed silently, let go of his hand in a faint mood, and said with a smile: "I heard that Wuliangcheng and Linghuji He ran to grab Xirong's territory, but met Zhou Hao who had the same idea, and the two sides fought...Let them make trouble, and leave these headaches to Liangyue."

Seeing Dugu Bai's surprised expression, Zhou Huai said pointedly: "I thought you had seen the vastness of this world, and you would be impatient to participate in these family and country feuds."

Dugu Bai asked with regret in his puzzlement: "Obviously it can be avoided, why do you want to give up like this?"

"Ah Bai, I told you before that I was a hated thief in my previous life. I thought at that time that life is only a few short decades, and of course I can live as I want, and I really live it Very comfortable, the only person who made me suffer, also took revenge before I died, and I think life should stop at that time."

Having said this, Zhou Huai looked at Dugu Bai who was silently listening to her, smiled, adjusted a more comfortable posture, and continued: "I have earned this life for nothing. Umm...to be more precise, I should have snatched it. This body belongs to Zhou Huaiyu, and there is her soul in it, but it was occupied by me. But I didn’t know before that she is still in this body. Can you understand what I mean?"

Dugu Bai nodded, but his expression was a bit reluctant: "I probably understand. But, do you want to return the body to her now? But, I don't think you need to do this. This body belongs to Zhou Huaiyu, but it is now called Zhou Huai. We just have to keep the status quo.”

"I think so too, but... I feel less and less able to control myself, I am sleepy, I fall asleep and have nightmares again and again, as if this body is rejecting my existence, and there are many more things in my memory, everything Foggy and chaotic..."

"What's the meaning?!"

"Those things that were confusing before, I finally know the answer."

"Isn't this a good thing? After we return to the northwest, let Xi Muzhao take a look, and it will get better."

Zhou Huai's expression did not relax: "If one day I lose control, you will kill me. This is my request."

"Out of control mean?"

"For example, seizing power or doing something that hurt Liangyue suddenly."

Dugu Bai's face was a little cold, and he shook his head very firmly, "I'm afraid I have to apologize for this. Because in my heart, only you, Ah Huai, are the most important. If something happens to you, I don't think I should be in the mood to care about other things." Someone or something."

"If I die, of course everything is up to you. But as long as I live, nothing will happen to her. Otherwise, where will I save my face?"

"My subordinate understands."

Zhou Huai nodded in relief, then pointed to a box on the low table beside the bed and said, "Give this to her after I leave."

Dugu Bai nodded, took the box and asked, "Won't you say goodbye to her personally?"

Zhou Huai shook his head slowly, and said in an inaudible way: "That's it, forget each other in the rivers and lakes..."

Dugu Bai saw that Zhou Huai was in a low mood, so he didn't bother anymore, and carried the box back to her own tent, staring at the box, and after a quarter of an hour, she reached out and opened it directly.

Looking at the familiar sea route map drawn by her and submitted to Zhou Huai in the box, there is a token that can command the Bloody Guards next to the map, and there is a stack of thick-looking tents at the bottom of the box. Ben, with a twinkle in his eyes, walked over to the eldest princess' tent.

After a while, the eldest princess hurried over, and the first thing she said when she saw Zhou Huai was: "I won't go."

Zhou Huai was not surprised by her arrival, and casually replied while lying on the bed: "If you don't leave, I'll sleep with you."

The eldest princess choked, and the anger she had suppressed all the way suddenly dissipated. She asked, "Why do you want me to go?"

"Although I think I will win, for the sake of safety, you go overseas to play first. If I win, you will be the future empress. Of course, if I really lose, then you will be free. "

The eldest princess looked dignified, and asked with some puzzlement: "Is my life and death important to you?"

Zhou Huai's tone was more puzzled than hers: "I married you, so of course I have to be responsible to you!"

"Just in charge?"

"Otherwise? I said it was because of love, do you believe it?"

"I can't believe it. It's been almost ten years, and I always feel that you are still so strange. I don't know you as well as the subordinates who follow you." The eldest princess exhaled and said: "In this case, I won't be your burden either. Besides, I can help you."

Zhou Huai didn't have the heart to talk about the entanglements that were constantly cut and messed up in the past, so he just said: "You won't become a burden if you leave."

The eldest princess did not argue with her too much, but instead asked: "When are you leaving?"

"Go to Jiangtai tomorrow morning, and set off directly after deployment."

"Then go to sleep, I will sleep with you tonight."

"Ok?"

"It's just a bed, sleep peacefully for a night, and put everything else aside first."

Zhou Huai was delighted when he heard it: "I'm still afraid that you will do other things, since you want to sleep, go to sleep."

After washing up, the two lay side by side on the bed.The eldest princess closed her eyes, breathing lightly.

Zhou Huai tilted his head slightly, looked at the eldest princess, smiled, said 'good night' softly, and closed his eyes.

The eldest princess didn't fall asleep, or just lay down for a while, then got up early, and led her guards out of the barracks, where she disappeared.

Zhou Huai slept well. After getting up early in the morning and asking the whereabouts of the eldest princess, Zhou Huai had breakfast alone, then braced himself for his injuries, and finished the marching deployment and pre-war mobilization on the commanding platform, ready to lead the army directly Set off.

The army marched out, vast and vast, stretching for several miles, with smoke and dust everywhere, and the noise of people and horses.

Zhou Huai sat in the chariot and traveled with the army for two or three days. The forward sent back news of several small-scale confrontations.

The army commanded by Zhou Huai did not choose to passively meet the enemy, but adopted the tactics of actively ambushing, dividing and annihilating the enemy, but in the end the two sides fought an encounter battle on the unobstructed plain.Although Zhou Huai had the upper hand, the two sides were evenly matched.

The battle lasted for nearly half a month, with countless casualties on both sides.As the attacking side, Zhou Huai had a particularly hard time fighting.The front line is almost out of ammunition and food, and because the front line is stretched, logistical support is very difficult and the casualties are huge.Moreover, the battles were frequent, the lethality of hot weapons was strong, too many wounded soldiers had retreated, and the medicinal materials were about to be exhausted. Seeing that his own defeat was certain, Zhou Huai still ordered to continue fighting.

As for Zhou Huai himself, he did not appear on the battlefield in the following days, but rushed to the energy towers that had already been built.One after another, the towering energy towers built with countless manpower and material resources were destroyed after she rushed away with people and explosives.

When the second energy tower was destroyed, before all the explosives were installed, Wu Mingtai led people to surround the tower.