Na Zhi was so angry that she rolled her eyes. She grabbed her eldest cousin's ears hard and said in a voice that was raised an octave: "You don't want to hear that you are a fool, do you? What good news can you have? Rohan

You are allowed to go to the front line, right? You want to make a contribution, right?"

"My wife is smart."

"Smart? Aren't you too stupid?"

"pain!"

The elder cousin grimaced in pain, and a smile emerged from his painful mouth.

"Excessive."

Nazhi let go of her cousin's ears in anger, she took the pillow and put it in her arms, looking at her husband with sadness.

Seen in this way, the eldest cousin was still puzzled. He asked: "What's wrong with you? This is good news. Mr. Rohan has given us a house to live in. With this yard, we can live a good life in the future, right?"

"

"We have our own home in the royal capital. But as for you, you want to use artillery to blow our home to pieces. There will be debris everywhere, and only half of all the buildings will remain."

"You're here again. I know you're still angry about this, but you obviously promised me to allow me to go to the front line. As a noble, how can you not keep your word?"

"Nobility is from the old times!"

"But there are also nobles in the new era."

"You...forget it, play the piano to the donkey." Nazhi hugged the pillow and put away his sorrow, "I had a dream, and I dreamed of a darkness, very dark, very, very dark. Have you seen it? The surroundings

The feeling of everything being swallowed up?”

"That's not true. Anyway, it's quite dark at night without light. I can't see anything."

"It's not like that. It seems like there is no end, and it seems like it's all the end. Can you understand what I mean? That's all, I guess you can't understand it.

Although it was very dark, I could see many people, including my grandfather, father, mother, eldest brother, second brother, third sister, and me. Many of them were greeting me. I wanted to get closer to them, but they were getting farther and farther away from me.

It's getting farther and farther, I want to catch it but I can't.

I'm afraid, I'm afraid of dreaming about you, I'm afraid that you are also in that endless darkness."

"No, don't worry, I'm still safe..."

"When I was crossing the mountain, I also thought about death. I felt that death was nothing to be afraid of, at least nothing or terrible. But today was different. I tried hard to think about what it would be like after death. After thinking about it for a long time, I had only one result, that is

When you die, you will have no feeling, even the feeling that you still have feelings will be gone, and it will last for endless time and forever."

"What? The feeling of feeling nothing, the feeling of feeling something? What does it feel like?"

This passage almost caused the elder cousin to completely shut down. It is estimated that if he continues to think about it like this, his brain will be burned out.

"I'm afraid, I'm afraid. I've never been so afraid of death, because my life now has meaning." Nazhi forcibly grabbed his cousin's hand, "Because of you, I became afraid, and I just wanted to leave.

The center of the storm. It may be meaningless no matter what you say. Don't be a fool who fights for others. I will pray for you. You must come back alive. Come back alive, okay? Don't let me become a human again."

Na Zhi's originally red eyes became moist again, and the eldest cousin finally understood his wife's worries. At this moment, he seemed to understand some of the meaning.

He also grabbed Na Zhi's hand, looked at the sweat on his wife's forehead, and said extremely calmly: "I will do it."

"You promise, no, you swear."

"I swear to come back alive."

"I can't get involved in your affairs. If it were before, I could still use my grandfather's relationship to find your superiors. But it's different now. You can only go on your own. What will happen if someone takes advantage of you?"

"Don't worry, I've already sworn an oath, don't be so pretentious."

"This is not hypocritical, why don't you understand? How can you make me feel at ease like this?"

Nazhi's worry was not unreasonable. This time, his eldest cousin's innocence was taken advantage of. Rohan wanted to use this innocence to make military exploits and weaken the prestige of other generals.

Although she wanted to get it, Nazhi was unable to make any changes. She finally warned her eldest cousin: "Resign and leave the army immediately after the war."

"Why?"

"If you don't listen to me this time, then I will have no choice but to kill you."

Nazhi Juoran didn't look like he was joking, so his eldest cousin panicked and quickly said, "Okay, I agree."

After hearing what she hoped to hear, Nazhi no longer threatened her. She sent her eldest cousin off the next day, stuffed everything she could think of into boxes, and loaded three boxes full on the carriage.

Before leaving, she asked: "Write a letter back every three days, do you hear me?"

"Now that we have telegrams, sending letters is too slow."

"Write as you are told."

"I understand, my dear wife, can I leave?"

"Let's go, be careful along the way."

A few days later, a group of people came to the frontline army.

Zuo Lan was the commander-in-chief of three engineering regiments and an artillery regiment, Wu Peng was appointed as the staff officer, and Arnold was sent as the telegraph operator. Together with his eldest cousin and several Taihui liaison officers, a team was formed.

The generals already on the front line were skeptical and somewhat hostile to the newly launched ones.

First of all, the eldest cousin does not belong to any faction, Wu Peng is unheard of, Arnold is one of Rohan's secretaries, and Zuo Lan seems to have frequent contacts with Rohan.

In other words, the latest ones to arrive at the front line are Rohan's cronies.

What the generals couldn't understand was that in addition to the artillery regiment, Zuo Lan was going to lead three newly formed engineering regiments. Why engineers? Because the Minba soldiers who came to the army were basically responsible for digging trenches and fortifications.

Three engineering corps were formed at once. Are they preparing for a big battle?

The generals couldn't understand, so they asked their acquaintances in the rear. Surprisingly, their acquaintances didn't know what was going on. They only knew that Taihui people were involved.

Things are becoming more and more confusing.

After arriving at the army, Zuo Lan inspected and found that each soldier in the Engineer Corps was issued a shovel, but only five people could be assigned a gun.

Similarly, when my eldest cousin came to the artillery regiment, there was not a single cannon shell in this artillery regiment, and the artillery pieces were all old models. They were not the same concept as the heavy artillery he commanded before. He thought about it when he was crossing the mountain, and Chen Lu vowed to give it to him.

An artillery unit ended up like this.

Logistically, the situation is even worse. There is a shortage of food and grass, and there is no station of its own. All friendly forces are unable to provide assistance due to difficulties.

These troublesome situations were quickly resolved. Rohan had expected this to happen, so he arranged for his close associates to serve as the engineers' security.

Truck after truck of supplies were delivered quickly, and each artillery piece was quickly replaced. Taihui also provided special artillery shells.

Wu Peng inspected the engineering corps, and there were more than a thousand old acquaintances among them, all of whom he had secretly trained at the bottom of the valley. They were the backbone of the engineering corps.

In order to effectively exert his combat effectiveness, Zuo Lan assigned trained engineers to lead the untrained Minba. As a result, the Minba learned about Zuo Lan's deeds and were willing to fight for Zuo Lan.

Let alone fighting, all the early work can be exhausting. It will take time for this team to become combat effective, but time is very tight.

One person can't wait to be divided into several and used. It is impossible for Zuo Lan to obtain information from friendly forces. He has to go to the front line to personally conduct reconnaissance, discuss the technical details of weapons with the Taihui people, and inspect the training situation of the army.

When everything was ready, it was time for the final moment.

The engineer brigade's position is located directly south of the Royal Capital, far away from the Guards stationed in the Royal Capital, which is a tough nut to crack.

Moreover, the morale of the king's army has not diminished, and there are troops on the left and right who can quickly support him. On the other hand, his allies have no hope at all.

In September, Zuo Lan held a military meeting and he prepared to launch an attack.

This is the last deadline, while the south wind will still blow.

In the short preparation period, the engineers and soldiers changed drastically. Not only did they have the weapons they needed, but each of them was also issued a gas mask.

The artillery has two types of shells, one that releases deadly gas, and the other is a regular type.

It's just that the first battle has not yet been fought, the combat effectiveness has not been tested, and the cooperation between the arms has not been tempered.

This also increased the workload of Zuo Lan and others.

In order to successfully attack during the last south wind period, he thought of a risky tactic.

Risking all the strength at once, let the engineering regiment attack the protruding part of the enemy defenders and force the defenders of the royal capital to support them.

If he succeeds, he can gather most of the enemy's forces together; if he fails, his troops may never be able to retreat.
Chapter completed!