While Bonifacio's Southern Army marched to Ajaccio overnight, Ajaccio, the epicenter of the storm, was not at peace.

"Ah, Major Trefali, and Lieutenant Seth, what's the matter?"

The commander of the Ajaccio garrison, Lieutenant Colonel Ledo, was burying his head in annotating the documents on the table, and when he saw the two of them suddenly coming to visit him, he got up to greet him with some surprise.

Major Trefali calmly led Lieutenant Seth into the room, glanced at Lieutenant Colonel Ledo's desk, and saw that it was covered with various documents and topographical maps, so he said with a slight apology:

"Sorry to bother you so late, you're busy at work?"

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo sighed, sorted out the papers on the table, and said:

"It's true, General Poly asked us to send troops tomorrow to assist in the security work in the city, and the order was urgent, and we didn't have much time to prepare."

Assist with security in the city?

Major Trevary and Lieutenant Seth glanced at each other stealthily, and both of them understood why Lawrence would let them act at this time, and it seemed that Paulie was indeed preparing to make some big move tomorrow.

"Tomorrow?"

Major Trefali pretended not to know, and asked puzzledly:

"Isn't tomorrow a regular meeting of the Parliament? Why did you suddenly ask us to assist with security this time? ”

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo glanced warily at Tripfari, and after not seeing any clue from his expression, he said casually:

"Didn't you get pretty close to those patrolmen, don't you know?"

"Patrolmen? What's wrong? ”

Major Trevally frowned and asked, he had been improving his guns without leaving home these days, so he naturally didn't know about the turmoil caused by Captain Harley in the city.

"After that Bonaparte left, a new captain came."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo shook his head helplessly, shrugged his shoulders and said:

"It's made the citizens of the city complain, tomorrow is another important day, and General Poly will of course worry about what will happen to the citizens."

"That's just as well." Major Trefali said with the same expression on his face, intentionally or unintentionally:

"But General Poly also attaches great importance to this council, and I don't know if there are any important bills."

"Who knows..."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo frowned, obviously not going to talk to Major Trevary on this topic, so he said bluntly:

"By the way, what did you two come to me for?"

In the face of Lieutenant Colonel Ledo's question, Major Trefali just smiled without blushing and said:

"Didn't the special battalion that triumphed from Bonifacio be temporarily stationed here a few days ago, we just heard rumors that General Pauli needs the special battalion to return to the Northern Army."

"Well, I did hear that the fighting in the north is a bit tight."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo nodded in understanding, and then said:

"Oh, I almost forgot, both of you are still part of the commission, so you're here to report goodbye?"

"That's right." Major Trefali nodded in unison with Lieutenant Seth.

"Okay, I got it."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo nodded indifferently, sat back in his chair and looked down at the documents, and said casually:

"Wait for General Pauly's official order to be issued, and you can go."

Although Lieutenant Colonel Ledo's words amounted to an eviction order, Major Trefali stood still in place, coughed lightly twice, and said:

"Ahem, the order is estimated to come down tomorrow, and we should be in a hurry to leave by then."

"Huh? What do you want to say? Lieutenant Colonel Ledo asked, looking up puzzled.

"Ahem, I'm wondering, as the commander here, should you show up to say goodbye to the soldiers of the special battalion, after all, they are still your soldiers."

"Tsk..."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo glanced at the papers on the table with some displeasure, and then frowned at Major Trefali and said:

"Why didn't I see you have this kind of mind before, alas, forget it, I'll just show up, don't delay me for too long."

With that, Lieutenant Colonel Ledo stood impatiently and followed Major Trefali and Lieutenant Seth out of the room, and walked to the camp of the commission, which was stationed four miles away.

......

At the end of March, the weather in the Mediterranean was still slightly cool, and with a strong evening breeze, even the hard-bodied Lieutenant Colonel Ledo couldn't help but shiver all the time.

Due to the size of the Ajaccio station, the soldiers of these special battalions had to sleep in the open, four miles away from the station.

The three of them silently walked through the path between the mountains and forests by the still bright moonlight.

What made Lieutenant Colonel Ledo a little strange was that along the way, Major Trefali and Lieutenant Seth were always silent, and even if they threw out a few words from time to time, the two of them took a few words very perfunctorily and then fell silent again.

"It's damn weather, it's really uncomfortable."

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo, who was at the forefront, sneezed, rubbed his nose and said:

"How long have we been walking, why haven't we arrived?"

Major Trefali silently poked Lieutenant Seth, who took out his pocket watch and looked at it in the moonlight for a while, and said:

"I've been walking for more than half an hour."

"More than half an hour?" Lieutenant Colonel Ledo was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Lieutenant Seth, frowned, and said:

"It's a twenty-minute journey at most, what's going on?"

However, when Lieutenant Colonel Ledo turned his head, what he saw suddenly sent a chill down his back.

Major Trefali stood still, facing him, expressionlessly pulling out his pistol and filling it with gunpowder and bullets.

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo thought that Major Cifary had seen some wild beast, so he looked around vigilantly, but not a single vole was seen in the surrounding area, not to mention the beasts.

"Trefali! Seth! What are you doing?! ”

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo suddenly broke out in a cold sweat and yelled at the two of them.

However, neither of them paid any attention to him, and Lieutenant Seth only whispered to Major Trifali:

"You can't hear gunshots in the camp, do you?"

Major Trefarli shook his head as he continued the reloading maneuver in his hand:

"Probably not, it's far enough, and it's still blocked by trees in the middle."

"Damn it!"

Lieutenant Colonel Ledo wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and scolded.

Although he had no idea why the major he had worked with for several years would do this, he watched Major Trefali slowly turn his pistol at him, and he immediately turned around and was about to run backwards.

Bang.

With a dull gunshot, Lieutenant Colonel Ledo, who had just run two steps, immediately felt a sharp pain in his leg, and then fell to the ground with an unstable center of gravity, holding his thigh in pain and wailing in a low voice.

"Major, you're so good." Lieutenant Seth turned his head and stared at Major Trefali's pistol.

"It's nothing, the gun is just a modified one."

Major Trefali hung his pistol back on his waist and looked in amazement at Lieutenant Colonel Ledo who had fallen to the ground, at his comrade-in-arms and superior, who had worked with him for nearly ten years.

"Lieutenant, do me a favor."

Major Trefali turned his back to Lieutenant Colonel Ledo and said softly, not looking at Lieutenant Colonel Ledo's struggle:

"Give him a treat."

Lieutenant Seth nodded heavily, drew his saber, and slowly walked towards Lieutenant Colonel Ledo.

Soon, in the whistling wind, Lieutenant Colonel Ledo's wails of pain could no longer be heard.

Major Trefali leaned against a boulder by the side of the road, staring blankly at the bright moon overhead, not knowing what to think.

"Major, it's done."

Lieutenant Seth wiped the blood from his knife with a handkerchief as he walked up to Major Trefali and said:

"In this way, you, as the second-highest ranking officer in the Ajaccio garrison, will be able to temporarily take over command after the disappearance of Lieutenant Colonel Ledo."

"I know." Major Trefali nodded slightly, turned his head to look at Lieutenant Colonel Ledo, who was lying in a pool of blood and no longer had a trace of life, and said slowly:

"He was a very responsible and capable soldier, he was a farmer before joining the army, he made a lot of contributions to Corsica, I first met him on the battlefield, and then we worked together at the Ajaccio station."

Lieutenant Seth put the saber in his sheath, closed his eyes, sighed, and said:

"You... Do you regret it? ”

"No"

Major Trefali shook his head firmly, looked at Lieutenant Seth and said:

"I am well aware that the blood of innocent people will be spilled in this existential revolution in Corsica. But it doesn't matter, neither you nor I are saints, nor are Bonaparte, we cannot take care of everyone, and I will not forgive myself if I stop because of this. ”

"You're right, even Jesus can't do it all." Lieutenant Seth nodded approvingly.

The two then fell silent for a moment in the moonlight.

"Lieutenant."

Major Trefali walked away from the boulder and said in a deep voice:

"Go to the special camp camp, find two well-spoken soldiers, and bury the body of Lieutenant Colonel Ledo. When all this is over, I will personally bury him as a Corsican hero. ”

"When it's all over." Lieutenant Seth nodded and repeated.

"After tomorrow, to be exact."

Major Trifali looked up at the night sky and muttered:

"Our mission has been accomplished, and the rest will be left to Master Bonaparte."