But nothing beyond this battle mattered any more to Zilan. If it be war against his lessers, then he would win that war.
"You," he said pointing to one of his Rogue Commandants. "You will command this army in my place."
If there was a risk to be taken, then General Zilan was determined to take it. He removed the fetters of politics that limited him. Rogue Commandant Torn was a man to be trusted. He was a man that General Zilan had seen brought up through the ranks himself. He wasn't a man merely at his side for the sake of someone else's marriage. There was true competence in the manner.
