558: Family Relocation (Part 4)

Their two hundred thousand were scattered among the three armies, following the young girl who had been promoted to Commander of the Army as she led them into battle. The girl trained her troops like a deity, yet in the successive dozens of battles they still lost tens of thousands of soldiers. By the time they repelled Dajin and stabilized the border, only one hundred and fifty thousand remained.

It was then that the girl returned with her troops to the Imperial Court and also resigned her commission to Departure from the Capital. But little did she expect that the situation would turn turbulent, and the Ninth Princess suddenly lost her power, faced with the pressure from the Imperial Court, the loyalty of people could easily shift.

Tens of thousands died in resistance, and tens of thousands betrayed their initial blood oaths and beliefs, leaving only these eighty thousand "Ghosts."