The prince loves me like his life, but I force him to rebel

The generals of both sides formulated the final battle plan at the command post.

Although Shu Huaiyuan was stationed at the garrison, he had already predicted the current situation.

In the defense map he gave to Lin Heng, he had taken almost all the aspects into consideration.

He even expected that the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces would adopt a strategy of "protracted war" to wear down the morale of the defenders in southern Shandong.

Sima Yao remembered Shu Huaiyuan's instructions clearly.

"A protracted war may seem disadvantageous to Lunan City, but in fact, the enemy is the coalition of three countries. They are like vultures gathering together to eat carrion. They have no patience. As long as they stay in Shazhou for a long time, the coalition of three countries will inevitably have civil strife. Although Lunan City may seem precarious, it has the entire Qiangyi behind it. At worst, we still have Dasheng."

"As things stand now, the attacking coalition of the three nations has already taken over Shazhou and several surrounding towns. They have begun to distribute interests among themselves. As long as there is an uneven distribution of interests, there will inevitably be infighting. The longer the time, the deeper the rift. We just need to hold on."

Even his arch-enemy Bai Feng had to admire Shu Huaiyuan's talent in military affairs, not to mention Sima Yao and Lin Heng who already admired Shu Huaiyuan.

This time, Sima Yao arrived in Lunan City in advance as the commander of the advance army. In addition to boosting morale and letting the soldiers defending the city see the prince personally coming to the battlefield, it was also to provide Shu Huaiyuan with a more detailed on-site situation and leave room for him to make plans for the next step of action.

"Lin Heng, take a team and quickly bring the existing information to the base camp to let Shu Huaiyuan know the current situation. Brother Hatulig, take your deputy general Ursu and quickly organize the army and leave the city with the Dasheng cavalry I brought!"

"Didn't we just say that we wanted to fight a protracted war?" Ursu was not as smart as Hatulig, and he asked such a question stupidly at this time.

"If I'm not mistaken, what the prince means is that we actually adopt a strategy of protracted war, but on the surface we have to give them some deterrence to let them know that the Dasheng army is here." Hatulig tried to analyze.

"That's right. As long as we put a little pressure on them, the three countries will have different opinions on the future battle situation. In this way, our strategy will work."

Sima Yao looked out the window. At this moment, he was full of confidence and ambition. Strictly speaking, this war was his first war as a commander. He had to win, and win beautifully.

He wanted to return to Gu Nianzhi with the glory of victory and let Gu Nianzhi know how resourceful, wise and brave the person he loved was.

He wanted to share this country, this victory, and all these beautiful things with Gu Nianzhi unconditionally.

Even if he had to give everything to Gu Nian alone, he would be willing to do so.

Lin Heng led a group of people and rushed through the provincial capital.

He lowered his head subconsciously, and only raised it when the team of more than ten people disappeared at the end of the street.

"The leader seems to be General Lin, right?"

Su Jinjun happened to walk by and responded.

"From the outfit, yes. But it went by so fast, I'm not sure."

"Where are they going?"

"Look at the direction...are we going back to base camp?"

Su Jinjun took out half a sesame cake, took a bite, and seeing that Gu Nianzhi didn't eat it, he broke his own sesame cake in half and handed one half to Gu Nianzhi.

Gu Nianzhi saw the sesame cake being taken out from Su Jinjun's dirty armor and taking a big bite, and she felt a little repulsed physiologically.

"No, I'm not hungry."

"Not hungry? My stomach has been growling since this morning. Aren't you hungry?"

Gu Nianzhi looked around and saw that everyone had already started eating their dry food.

Only her hands were empty.

"What were you doing when the dry food was distributed in the morning?"

"I guess it was leaked to me..."

Liu Huan only helped Gu Nianzhi arrange armor and horses, and did not think about details such as dry food.

"Don't be disgusted. The piece I bit is on my half. I'll give you the half I haven't touched."

Su Jinjun touched Gu Nianzhi's shoulder with the hand holding the cake.

Gu Nianzhi couldn't refuse, so he took it.

"Centurion, give me half. I'm afraid you won't have enough to eat. How about I ask for less..."

Having said that, Gu Nianzhi was about to break the cake in his hand.

"No, no, no. I'm saving my stomach for the celebration banquet." Su Jinjun stopped Gu Nianzhi and continued to nag: "Look at your little arms and legs, you look like a little chicken. Eat more and gain some weight. Once you go to the battlefield, the enemy will not take such good care of you."

Gu Nianzhi opened his mouth and took a small bite.

The cake was dry and tough, and to describe it as tasteless was an insult to the word "tasty".

Su Jinjun next to him was eating with big mouthfuls and enjoying the meal.

"You must have joined the army not long ago, right?"

"Yeah." Gu Nianzhi took the water bag handed to her by Su Jinjun, took a sip, and then swallowed the cake with the water.

"No wonder. This should be your first time on the battlefield?"

"I'm small and light, but my family used to raise horses, so riding a horse was no problem for me. So when I first joined the army, they made me a cavalryman. Not long after that, I was assigned to the Light Cavalry Advance Team. So there are a lot of rules in the army that I don't know much about."

"The only rule in the army is to obey orders and to move forward, not backward." Su Jinjun's eyes became serious: "Don't be a deserter."

Gu Nianzhi said “hmm”.

"We are the last line of defense. If we soldiers think about escaping, the common people will have nowhere to escape."

"But aren't you afraid?"

Gu Nianzhi stuffed the unfinished biscuit into her clothes and looked at Su Jinjun.

"Of course I'm afraid." Su Jinjun looked at the street in the distance, then gradually looked away. "But I'm more afraid of seeing the current situation. The people are displaced, the streets are empty, people are living in poverty, and all businesses are ruined. The happiest time of my life was when I followed my father to do business in Shazhou. At that time, the four countries were on good terms, had mutual contacts, and there was peace and prosperity. It was a good time..."

"Don't worry, after we win this battle, there will be another day like this."

Gu Nianzhi comforted Su Jinjun.

Born in a peaceful era and a peaceful country, Gu Nianzhi had never experienced war personally. Now that war was raging nearby, she was filled with fear.

Originally, she was only worried about Sima Yao and herself.

Worried about Sima Yao's life and death, and worried about his own coming and going.

But now, Su Jinjun's words made Gu Nianzhi begin to understand that this war was not only about himself and the people he loved.

Every soldier on the battlefield and every civilian in the city.

No one should become a corpse.

As the commander-in-chief of the army, Sima Yao must shoulder such responsibility, and Gu Nianzhi is willing to rush ahead of him.