[Interstellar] The king who doesn't want to return

This New Year's Eve in the Commonwealth, there is no trace of New Year's joy.

Walking down the street every day, you can see students parading with banners, propaganda slogans everywhere, all kinds of radical words, and on the giant screens in squares and commercial buildings, scenes of mourning meetings and wars with the speaker are repeatedly played Declaration image.

On the second day of the new year, Tang Rui sent Li Zhifei away.

This girl is also from Tianhong Star. She finally got admitted to the Central Military Academy and came to Capital Star. Except that her father just came to attend her graduation ceremony and escaped, her mother and grandparents were all on the list of sacrifices.

When Tang Rui saw the sad and even older father, his parents and wife had no bones, and now he sent his only daughter to the battlefield, his expression was extremely firm.

Originally, Li Zhifei was his adjutant, and he was still in Capital Star, so naturally there was no reason for an adjutant to go to the battlefield alone.However, the girl's eyes were red from crying, with flames of hatred, Tang Rui had no way to refuse her challenge.Although he has to stay in the capital star himself, he still has the authority to send someone in. Lan Yao and Li Zhifei are also familiar, so it is safe to arrange for him to be by his side. Go to the front.

Chen Xi's team left, and Tang Yan and Chen Li naturally returned to school.Even though schools are closed, students still have plenty to do.

In the fourth year of the new year, Tang Rui walked alone on the streets of District A, passed the oncoming student parade, pulled the woolen scarf, and could only smile wryly.

He really doesn't know the meaning of the empire's destruction of the poor Tianhong star. The artificial satellite has no resources and no important facilities. The 50 people who died are just the most ordinary people. , nothing can be achieved.On the Federation side, the anti-war voices that have never ceased have all disappeared. The factional parliament is extremely united, and the entire country's anti-war expectations are unprecedentedly fanatical.

If it wasn't for him knowing that the federal parliament would not be shameless enough to massacre its own people, and Zuo Shaobai's intelligence department also confirmed that there was no abnormality in the transfer of troops, Tang Rui would almost doubt whether this was a good thing the federal government did by itself.

In fact, this move of the empire is at the expense of oneself and others. Is it just to vent its anger, or give the federation a blow?That Emperor His Majesty is not such a childish person.

Walking into the military headquarters, the cold building seemed even more empty.

As usual, Zuo Shaobai kicked open the gate of the intelligence department, and Zuo Shaobai was too lazy to complain.

The major general, who always pays attention to his image, is now in a wrinkled military uniform, which has not been changed for a few days. His eyes are sunken, his hair is disheveled, and a stubble is emerging from his chin. To describe it in two words - decadent.

"How's it going?" Tang Rui didn't talk nonsense, and sat down directly opposite him.

"The first batch of troops has already set off early this morning." Zuo Shaobai rubbed his eyes, and glanced at him weakly, "Aren't you going to send Zhou Yuze off?"

"What are you giving? The ten-mile long pavilion held hands and looked at each other speechlessly?" Tang Rui rolled his eyes at him with a look of disgust.

"It's heartless." Zuo Shaobai curled his lips.

"Thank you." Tang Rui raised his eyebrows.

"Are you really not worried?" Zuo Shaobai finally looked him in the eye.

"He still has the ability to take care of himself." Tang Rui said indifferently.

"Why, it sounds like you are not optimistic about this war?" Zuo Shaobai asked in surprise.

"Suddenly coming out like this, it's only a ghost if the empire doesn't come to fruition." Tang Rui snorted coldly, "Especially this time the marshal of the Federation..."

"Almost forgot, you still have such a big opinion on Tu Shuai." Zuo Shaobai laughed.

"Does he think that the surname Tu can really kill the emperor?" Tang Rui sneered, "I said it seven years ago, my mind is rigid, my thinking is old-fashioned, and I stick to the tactics decades ago. If I were the marshal of the empire, Half of the troops will definitely eat him to death."

"Actually...Tu Shuai is not so bad." Zuo Shaobai could only smile wryly when he heard the words, and said after a while, "He is old, and it is true that he is more conservative in tactics, but being conservative also means prudence. The Empire thinks It is not easy to find loopholes in his hands, even if this war is delayed, at least it will not be lost."

"I won't lose. Turn it over, it means I won't win." Tang Rui hit the nail on the head.

"You're right, but..." Zuo Shaobai was silent for a while after hearing the words, "Blindly using strange things is not the way of a king. It is better to be upright and upright when fighting with all the strength of a country."

Tang Rui sighed and did not continue to argue with him.

"What are you going to do?" Zuo Shaobai said again.

"Wait." Tang Rui didn't hesitate to ask this question.

"What are you waiting for?" Zuo Shaobai was taken aback.

"The empire must have something to rely on for such a move. As you said, the rare soldiers... either won or lost." Tang Rui said lightly, but his tone was very cold, "The empire was defeated. Naturally, I will wait for Xiao Zhou to come back." Follow me to get married—"

"Pfft—" Zuo Shaobai couldn't help laughing, but soon, he restrained his smile and said in a deep voice, "If the empire wins..."

"Tu Shuai... No, I guess there is no Tu Shuai." Tang Rui said.

"Ah." Zuo Shaobai said helplessly, "Even if he does not die, the Federation will not let him continue to be a marshal. The military court is his only way out."

"Yes." Tang Rui responded.

Zuo Shaobai looked at him, hesitated to speak.

"Actually... I think it's easier to wait for Xiao Zhou to come back and get married." Tang Rui leaned back in his chair.

Zuo Shaobai continued to smile wryly... If he could choose, of course he would also like to, it means that the work of the intelligence department would be much easier.However, both he and Tang Rui knew that the possibility was very small.

"The intelligence department still hasn't found anything?" Tang Rui asked again.

"It's not that there are none, on the contrary... there are too many." Zuo Shaobai spread his hands.

"How to say?" Tang Rui froze for a moment.

"Just in the past few days, the news of imperial spies turmoil in the Federation has come from all over the country like a snowflake. If you look down, you can almost find a lot of things involved. Let it go, it's really trivial, let it go, but it's not completely It doesn't matter—" Zuo Shaobai had a toothache expression on his face when he mentioned it.

"So you are short of manpower." Tang Rui calmly pointed out his embarrassment.

Zuo Shaobai looked up at the ceiling.

"The empire has done a great job." Tang Rui praised, "The big hermit hides in the city, blindly hides and is chased by people. Sooner or later, there will be clues that will be caught by the tail. When the time comes, you will follow the clues, and there will be a lot of them. But... mixing something really useful into thousands of pieces of garbage, and asking people to find a drop of water from the sea, that is tossing people."

"Are you talking about yourself?" Zuo Shaobai twitched the corner of his mouth.

"What are you going to do?" Tang Rui coughed twice and changed the subject.

"Headache." Zuo Shaobai only had two words.

Tang Rui shrugged, sincerely expressing sympathy.It is obvious that Zuo Shaobai's scruffy appearance is the result of staying up all night sorting out the mountains of information. However, intelligence information is his specialty. If even he has a headache, then others have nothing to do, and they can only rely on him in the end. own up.

"Forget it, forget it, I'll do my best." Zuo Shaobai waved his hand impatiently, and said again, "If, I said if, the empire can really have a surprise army to destroy our main fleet, those guys in the council can't help it , will definitely push you out to take over this mess."

"It wasn't so cheap back then." Tang Rui snorted.

"Hey... you want to take advantage of the fire?" Zuo Shao said black and white.

"Except for that time, who else could dig out a piece of meat from those old foxes." Tang Rui gave him a disdainful look.

"Don't play too much." Zuo Shaobai warned.

"I know—" Tang Rui replied, and couldn't help laughing, "It sounds like you don't like the Federation either."

Hearing the words, Zuo Shaobai lay down on the table and pretended to be dead. After a long time, he said sullenly, "I didn't say that."

Tang Rui ignored him, took out the cigarette case from his pocket, took out one, put it in his mouth, and slowly took out the lighter, lit the cigarette, took a deep breath, and then held the cigarette between two fingers, Slowly exhaled a wisp of smoke ring.

"Speaking of which, if you don't like the Federation so much, why don't you worry about Zhou Yuze?" Zuo Shaobai seemed to suddenly remember something, sat up straight suddenly, and said in surprise, "I said, you can't really be so heartless, can you? The Dawn Squad is on the front line, and if something really happens, they will be the first to go to the battlefield."

"I'm ruthless, so..." Tang Rui was silent for a long time, holding a cigarette between his fingers, before slowly opening his mouth, "After all... I can only take care of him alone."

"You are sure, even if the Chenxi team is wiped out, you can save him?" Zuo Shaobai asked curiously.

"I set up a life insurance for him on Blizzard, which can save his life once. As long as he doesn't want to die, he will definitely not die." Tang Rui said.

"I don't think Zhou Yuze would choose to leave his team members and escape alone at that time." Zuo Shaobai frowned, "Even if he is the only one left after the battle, he will not escape."

"You do understand him." Tang Rui said in surprise.

"He's a soldier." Zuo Shaobai sighed, then looked up at him again, "Just like you back then."

"That's why I didn't tell him it was life insurance." After being quiet for a while, Tang Rui suddenly laughed softly, but there was really no joy in the laughter.

"Hey... don't you..." Zuo Shaobai's face changed.

"Ah, I told him that it is a device that can only be activated once between life and death." Tang Rui said.

"He will definitely understand it as a super weapon similar to annihilation." Zuo Shaobai was speechless.

"I'd rather he hate me, but I only want him to live." Tang Rui said softly.

"Hehe." Zuo Shaobai suddenly laughed.

"What?" Tang Rui raised his eyebrows and gave him a sideways look.

"I never thought that Ye Ling, who is cold-blooded and ruthless, would fall in love with someone, and he loves so much...with all means." Zuo Shaobai continued to laugh.

"Before I fell in love, I didn't think about it." Tang Rui spread his hands.

"However, you are pretty good like this." Zuo Shaobai said, and added, "At least it is much better than the lifeless attitude of the previous few years, as if waiting for Tang Yan to get married and then completing the task, and life or death is not the case. gone."

Tang Rui turned his head, pretending not to hear.

"By the way, Su Yingtang's challenge was rejected." Zuo Shaobai said.

"At this time, the higher-ups are not willing to let him leave Capital Star." Tang Rui was not surprised.

"However, I really don't want to have the chance to fight side by side with you again, I believe Su Yingtang is the same." Zuo Shaobai said seriously.

"I hope so." Tang Rui sighed.