In late April 785, Shikawa Xiu led the main force of the expeditionary force to the city of Fogrozbia and joined the forward army group in the city where he was stationed. When Shikawa Shu arrived, a very strange thing happened: Roger, who was the deputy commander of the forward army, disappeared in the city of Fogrozbia!

The staff of the Forward Legion couldn't tell where he went, only that he went out alone and didn't come back all night, Zi Chuanxiu and Lin Bing were very worried, but their hearts were that the local demon natives had murdered him. Zichuan Xiu was particularly worried, because Roger was the favorite general he brought out. He ordered: "To live to see people, to die to see corpses!" If anything happens to Roger, then the entire indigenous Yakun tribe of Fogroz Bia will be martyred for him! ”

The expeditionary force poured out of the nest to search, Lin Bing sent all the gendarmes to search the city through boxes and cabinets, and made a lot of noise for a whole day, and finally found nothing. In the evening, when Zi Chuanxiu and Lin Bing returned to the headquarters dejectedly, they all thought that Roger must be more than auspicious this time, who expected that as soon as they entered the door, they saw Roger, who had a blue nose and swollen face, was eating dinner with a blue nose and a swollen face, eating the food brought by Zi Chuanxiu cleanly, and greeting Zi Chuanxiu while eating: "My lord, I came back so late!" ”

"You...... Where did you come from? How did you get beaten so badly? ”

"My lord, that's a long story! In order to find out the enemy's situation, I went out to inspect the demon people's situation last night, and when I was having a peaceful and friendly in-depth exchange with the local natives who admired my Celestial Empire civilization, I was suddenly attacked by a group of demon thugs with malicious intentions! Although I was very valiant, the enemy was outnumbered and had advanced weapons to help it, and it was a fierce battle. Despite all these disadvantages, in the end, I defeated the enemy with a fearless warrior spirit and defended the dignity of the expeditionary force with brilliant achievements! Alas, what a thrilling experience! ”

"Oh, you've worked so hard!" Zi Chuanxiu turned around and angrily ordered Lin Bing: "Send this warrior to the confinement room!" He was not fed, and he was hungry until he screamed. Save him so much energy and run out to fight with people! ”

"Ah, my lord! I'm screaming, ah...... Ah......h

Afterwards, Zichuan Xiucai found out. It turned out that Roger ran to hook up with the local demon girl, but was blocked in bed by her husband, and the red-clothed flag of the Zichuan family was beaten firmly by several strong men of the demon clan with big sticks, and the ghost cried wolf, crying and crying for mercy, and finally was put into a sack and locked up for a day and a night.

"If it weren't for your timely rescue, I would have been murdered by those villains! They dare to murder the generals of our expeditionary force and despise the military might of my family. Holding Zi Chuanxiu's thighs, Roger said with tears in his eyes.

Zichuan Xiu had a straight face: "The military prestige of the Zichuan family has nothing to do with the pervert who was beaten for stealing. ”

Thinking of this guy's affair has alarmed so many people. In a fit of rage, Shikawa ordered Roger's confinement to be extended by a week, and he only gave him carrots, and when Luo Ji arrived, his eyes were as red as rabbits.

During his stay in Fogrozbia, Shikawa Xiu's main job was to force debts and urge Goami to pay an indemnity of three million taels of gold. This amount was so huge that Yagomi even peeled off the gold buttons on his own clothes to make up for it, and only scraped together less than 1,800,000 taels of gold from rummaging through the cabinets. The gap was huge, and he had to send an envoy to see Zichuan Xiu and beg for relief of the reparations.

"My lord, we really can't find even half a gram of yellow, so I beg you to be magnanimous. Be more or less forgiving! ”

Zichuan Xiu was resolute: "Reduction is impossible!" Seeing the emissary's disappointed look, he changed his tone: "However, if the Yakun tribe is temporarily inconvenient, it is not impossible to postpone the payment. But you have to take some collateral and come out. ”

As a result of the discussion, the gold mine in the territory of the Yakun tribe was handed over to Zichuan Xiu as collateral, and the balance of the compensation was guaranteed to be paid within one year, with an interest rate of 20 percent, and the interest would be increased to 30 percent after a year - Yagomi had a wishful thinking, anyway, the human expeditionary force could not stay in the territory of the demon clan for a long time, even if the gold mine was handed over to them. They don't have the time and time to mine, so the rest of the compensation can be relied upon.

Yagomi had a good idea, but unfortunately, he got the wrong object. He didn't know that he was facing not only the leading young star of the Zichuan family. It is a rare profiteer for thousands of years. This little abacus he made was not worth mentioning in the eyes of Zi Chongxiu. Zichuan Xiu sold the right to use the gold mine for one year to Gotha Khan for 1.5 million taels of gold - unlike Goami, which has gold mines in the territory, the gold stock in the Gotha Khan clan is not much, and he can only take out 700,000 taels of gold with all he has, but he promised to pay off the balance within two years after he ascended the throne.

Zichuan Xiu scoffed: "Two years? In two years, you will be the Demon Emperor! The hardest thing in the world is to ask the emperor for debts, and I'm not stupid! ”

The two struggled for a long time, and finally Zichuan Xiu reluctantly backed down and allowed Gota Khan to use the treasures of the clan to pay off part of the debt. As for the price of the treasures of the Goang tribe - after calculation, Lord Xiuchuan was so careful that even the pilgrimage of those century-old pawnshops could not be compared, and the precious furs were purchased by catties, jewelry and jewelry were purchased by sacks, rare jade toys were purchased by blocks, and calligraphy and painting cultural relics were purchased at the price of waste paper.

Looking at Zichuan Xiu bargaining excitedly there, Gota Khan blurted out: "My lord, I haven't had much contact with the high-level officials of the Zichuan family, and I don't know your people. However, I guess among the generals of the Zichuan family, you should be a relatively different person, right? ”

"Huh? What do you mean? ”

"Nothing." Gotha Khan smiled bitterly and shook his head. If another general is to lead the army to attack the kingdom, at most he will burn and plunder a few cities, and if it is a big deal, he will massacre the cities a few times. This can't frighten the demons - no matter how brutal the enemy kingdom is, is there a more brutal creature in the world than the demons? Only Zichuan Xiu, since entering the country, there have been few battles, and countless money has been looted. For him, there is no such thing as a sacred thing at all, the hatred of the country and the family can be used to pay the debt with money, the life can be redeemed, the slaughter of the city can also avoid death, and even the position of the demon emperor is sold at a clear price. This serious and tragic revenge counteroffensive was made to look like a trade, and I really don't know if such a person came close to the war against the kingdom, I really don't know whether it was the sorrow or luck of the kingdom.

In the city of Fogrozbia knocked on a large bamboo pole in agomi, at the beginning of May of 785. The expeditionary force continued to advance towards the Demon God Castle, passing through Dhamlairdan, Mentesiva, Mizmigrad, and other places - these place names of the demons always made Shikawa Xiu angry.

Since leaving the Goon lands and entering the Yakun lands, the army has moved from the open plains into the rolling hills. Unlike the dense vegetation and verdant forests in the interior and the Far East, the mountains here are in line with the poor mountains and bad waters, with no grass, evil rocks and phosphorus, dangerous peaks poking the sky, the land is scorched and black, coupled with the low sky covered with black clouds, which makes people feel extremely sinister at first sight.

The officers and soldiers are all talking about it, the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, and the water and soil of the demon clan are so sinister, no wonder the demon cubs produced are so hateful.

Ever since he entered the Demon Kingdom, the fear of encountering the enemy's large-scale guerrilla war has always been a lingering shadow in Zichuan Xiu's heart, especially after seeing such a sinister landscape. His sense of unease was even stronger. Stirling encountered numerous guerrillas and rebels during the rebellion in the Far East, and the demons also encountered desperate resistance from the inhabitants when they invaded the Far East and the interior. Now, the human expeditionary force is facing the same situation, the reputation of the demons for being strong and bloody is even better than that of the Far East, and invading this country with strong folk customs will inevitably lead to a terrible guerrilla war.

Imagine yourself as soon as you enter the country. Guerrillas, death squads, death squads, the Yamaguchi-gumi, and the Boy Scouts should have swarmed up, and they and their subordinates were tired of parrying and fighting all day long. In order to deal with the rebels and guerrillas in various places, Shikawa Xiudu was ready to lose 30,000 soldiers.

But what happened collectively shocked the high-level of the expeditionary force: since entering the territory of the demons, except for Yagomi and some resistance, the people have not reacted at all. The demon people were obediently tamed, which surprised Zichuan Xiu. The expeditionary force shouted: "I want food!" The demon natives immediately emptied their last rice bag; The expeditionary force said: "Timber!" So the natives obediently removed the roof beams from their houses and sent them to the expeditionary force to use as firewood; The expeditionary force said: "Labor! So the village chief nodded from house to house, and made up strong men to carry grain and grass for the expeditionary force.

Seeing this situation, Wen He and others were greatly encouraged, thinking that they had a way to fight and no way, and to relieve the people from hanging upside down, so the righteous division was supported by all the people. But after a long time, Zichuan Xiu found out that this was not the case at all! It's not because the demon residents love and support the expeditionary force, the "righteous ground liberation army", it's purely because the traditional characteristics of the demon race that respect the powerful are doing tricks, and the demon race is used to obeying the strong. The Demon God Emperor back then was powerful, and they all bowed down to the Demon God Emperor; Now that the Demon God Emperor has been defeated by the Zichuan family, the iron cavalry and sabers of the expeditionary force have pressed on their heads, so they are all submissive to the Zichuan family.

Zichuan Xiu really can't figure out what those green heads are thinking? The human army is slaughtering their capital. Are they so calm that they don't care at all?

"They obey only the strong, not the righteous. It is incredible that when a country is facing its demise, not a single subject should rise up and fight for her! ”

The demons have a capricious temperament, both loyal to the main group, and rebellious, both brutal and bloody, and at the same time cowardly as a mouse, and scattered at the touch of a button. It's incredible that so many contradictory personalities are concentrated in one race, and they haven't died of schizophrenia.

All the way to the march, the roads in the territory of the demon clan are not as smooth and wide as the roads in the interior, and most of them are potholed dirt roads, which become muddy during the rainy season. Because the expeditionary force had picked up a large amount of baggage, the march had to be very difficult. Even though they were not intercepted, they were advancing at a speed of only fifty or sixty miles a day.

Since passing Mizmigrad, the terrain has changed from a mountain to a desert. In the mainland, people often say that the demon clan is vast and sparsely populated, but after experiencing it firsthand, Zichuan Xiu understands how desolate the empty country is. It took four days to drive, and I walked almost 300 miles on the road, not to mention the city, not even a small township or even a small village.

At first, Zichuan Xiu thought that the demons were practicing the tactics of clearing the wilderness, but the guide told him that this place was originally deserted, and there was no one living within a radius of hundreds of kilometers around the Gobi.

Barren grass, lonely roads, endless yellow sand, suffocating dead silence, wind and sand blowing in the face. Survival, the most basic life activity, has become a luxury in this land.

It was early summer. But the sun on the Gobi was already very violent, and it couldn't shine brightly, and even Zi Chuanxiu's originally fair face was tanned and rough. In the morning, strong winds and sand blew from time to time, and the soldiers of the expeditionary force took off their heavy armor. Cover your head and face with your coat and face the wind and sand. In many places, the yellow sand has obliterated the roads, and the men and horses have to trek through the sand without feet, and they can only take one step at a time. From time to time, there were wagons loaded with heavy loads that got stuck in the sand pit and couldn't get out, so they had to mobilize the whole team of soldiers to push the cart together, and pull the cart out hard, and the men and horses were tired and sweating like rain.

The biggest threat to this Gobi march is the lack of water. Because of the hot weather and excessive physical exertion, the drinking water carried by the army was drunk in only two days, and there was a panic in the team, and Zichuan Xiu was ready to slaughter mules and horses to drink blood. Fortunately, there was a Goang guide in the army, who was familiar with geography, and he led the troops to find the clear springs and water sources in the Gobi, so that the army could support itself.

Zichuan Xiu secretly called it a fluke, but fortunately chose to cooperate with the Goang clan. Without them to lead the way, this harsh natural environment would have brought the expeditionary force to its knees.

At noon on May 15, a misty black line appeared on the horizon. With an excited look, the Goang guide ran to report to Zi Chuanxiu: "My lord, we have walked out of the Gobi no man's land!" ”

Sure enough, beside the next road, there were already lush green grass and low shrubs, although there were not many, but after looking at the barren and monotonous yellow sand for several days in a row, this little bit of greenery was extremely moving, and the soldiers were all in high spirits, and even the pace of progress was much brisker.

That afternoon, the expeditionary force finally saw the crowd. It was two demon herdsmen, an old man and a young man, who were grazing on the side of the road with a few sheep. The coarse cloth the old man wore was so dirty that he couldn't see his original color, barely enough to cover his lower body around his waist, and his naked upper body exposed rows of ribs. The sheep are also very thin, like a team of skeletons. When the soldiers and horses passed, the old man and the young did not dare to raise their heads, prostrate on the ground and kowtow, and did not dare to raise their foreheads against the ground.

Touching a living person for the first time in a few days, Shikawa Xiu stopped.

The guard kicked the old man of the demon clan who was prostrate on the ground: "Old man, raise your head!" Adults want to ask you! ”

The old man looked up, and then Shikawa Xiu saw an old, haggard, and frightened face, and the wrinkles on his face were full of mud and dirt. He raised his hands high, spread his black and thin fingers like branches, and said something quickly, Zi Chuanxiu only understood a few words: "Master...... Wretched...... Take them all ......."

"What did you say?"

The old man repeated, he was so frightened that even his voice was trembling, but Zi Chuanxiu didn't understand.

It just so happened that Gota Khan was by Zichuan Xiu's side, and he told Zichuan Xiu: "My lord, this is a member of the Gosa tribe. ”

"The Gosa tribe?"

"A small tribe, less than 30,000 people in total. They are a nomadic tribe that is dependent on the Yakun people. The old man spoke in the dialect of their tribe, and he was pleading. ”

Gota Khan acted as a temporary translator and translated the old man's words: "Poor military master, leave me a ewe, one ewe is enough!" With the ewe, my grandson and I can live! Take the rest, the military master is good! ”

Zichuan Xiu asked, "This is your grandson?" What about your son? ”

"Master Jun, he's dead."

"How did you die?"

"He participated in the Western Expedition and was killed. Master Jun, I beg you, leave me a ewe...... Just one ewe is enough, otherwise I will really starve to death......"

After listening to Goda Khan's translation, the generals all showed heavy faces, and Baichuan took out a handkerchief and secretly wiped his eyes. Looking at the begging old man, the scrawny man and the sheep, his fingers black like chicken feet, a strange mood that had not been seen for a long time flooded Zi Chuanxiu's heart.

Shikawa Xiu wanted to ask this old man, why did he leave a ewe? When the ewes give birth to lambs, it will take a long time. During that time, did they eat sand for a living?

"Let's go!"

As he was leaving, Zichuan Xiu threw two cakes and a silver coin at the old man, and the old man's eyes were so surprised that his eyes were about to bulge out of his sockets - Zichuan Xiu was not naïve enough to think that a few coins could change the tragic fate of the pair of grandchildren, but at least they would ensure their safety. With an army of 300,000, it is inevitable that there are not a few vicious guys who want to make a pot of mutton soup with a few lean sheep. They may not have mercy, but they have some scruples about a herdsman whose commander has just given money.

The old man looked straight at Zi Chuanxiu. His eyes flickered, as if he had encountered something incredible. For the first time in their lives, the army of the transit not only did not plunder, but gave them alms.

"Master Jun, you ...... You give me money? ”

Shikawa Xiu smiled self-deprecatingly. Old demon, I'm not a god, there's only so much I can give, you ask for more blessings!

At this time, Shirakawa did something, and Zichuan Xiu felt that this was not good for the girls, and they were always overflowing with sympathy, and how many bullshit things were caused by them - she ran to pick up the demon boy who was lying on the ground and didn't make a sound, and asked him softly, "How old are you?" Where's home? ”

The demon kid suddenly got up from the ground, stood up straight, and shouted two words at Bai Chuan, his expression was very angry.

No one understood what he said, but Gotha Khan's face turned white.

Seeing that everyone did not understand, the boy shouted again, this time in Senease language, and the words were round and clear: "Aliens, do you think that you have really conquered the kingdom?" So, you are entitled to come and have mercy on us? ”

Like a lightning bolt suddenly hitting the top of his head, Zi Chuanxiu was stunned.

Since the beginning of the Eastern Crusade, countless demon clans' big cities and villages have surrendered without a fight, and the proud generals of the kingdom have knelt down in front of them. Mon Khan whispered and went to the expeditionary force to beg for surrender; Ya Gomi's face was full of despair, and he sold the last handful of silver spoons in the family to make up compensation; Even the supreme emperor's throne was lost to Gotha Khan like a bone, in exchange for his courteous service to his saddle and horse.

Unexpectedly, in this poor mountain and remote Gobi, I would meet such a person, a demon boy with no clothes and no food, skinny and weak! It was such a man who dared to shout to himself, "Do you think you have really conquered the kingdom?" ”

The mighty army did not frighten him, poverty and hunger did not overwhelm him, and alms were treated as an insult - this is only a child!

What a nation this is! Is the only way to bring them to their knees is to kill them all?

The wind swept through the yellow sand, and the bushes on the side of the road were rattling. In the silence, Zi Chuanxiu looked at the young man gloomily.

The young man stood in place and looked at Zi Chuanxiu, with fear in his eyes, but his gaze did not dodge.

"Little cub, let you talk nonsense!" Gotha Khan grimaced and gritted his teeth. It was the first time that this mild-mannered man had such a terrible expression. He strode towards the grandson, murderous.

Everyone could see what Gotha Khan was going to do, and the old man was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground like mud, foaming at the corners of his mouth. Although the young man was still stiffened in place, his body was obviously trembling a little, and his feet were weak.

Gotha Khan pulled his sword out of its sheath, and the crisp sound of the sword unsheathed was chilling. Facing the child's head, he raised his sword diagonally, a very standard diagonal slashing preparation, and it was impossible to see that this well-mannered leader of the Goang clan also had good martial arts.

As if all his courage had been exhausted, the child sat down on the ground in fright, clutched his head tightly, closed his eyes, but begged for mercy.

"Stop, sir." At this time, the only person who has the ability to stop the Gotha Khandi is Zichuan Xiu: "Sir, there is no need to be like this, he is still a child." ”

Gotha Khan turned around, his sword still raised: "My lord, the remnants of the Senea clan are stubborn, and they dare to confront you in front of you!" This kind of person is innocent of death, and adults don't have to pity him! ”

"If you kill him, won't you make the world laugh at me, Zichuan Xiu doesn't even have the measure to accommodate a child?"

Gota Khan was stunned for a moment, and finally lowered the sword in his hand. He glared at the kid angrily, and put his sword back into its sheath: "Count your luck!" He strode away.

Looking at his angry back, Roger was surprised: "Gotha Khan has such a big temper today? Is it worth it with a little furry boy? "He doesn't understand the demon language, and he can't understand the conversation just now.

Zi Chuanxiu said lightly: "Maybe this little hairy boy said what was in his heart!" ”

He walked over and looked down condescendingly into the child's eyes, looking at his pupils that had shrunk like a needle out of fear, and Zichuan Xiu said clearly in Senea, "Child, whether the kingdom will be conquered or not, you will see with your own eyes." If you can live to old age, then you can tell your children that the person who destroyed the Demon Kingdom spared my life! ”

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