Chapter Ninety-Eight: Shock and Lon's Death
The gloomy atmosphere was heavy and rippling in the general headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, although the good news of victory could not stop coming.
Xie Ning frowned and walked around the sand table with a gloomy face, Lin Han was silent, but Su Su had a stunned and incredulous look, and the senior officers in the room were even more shocked and angry.
"So, the current situation is that the barbarians have at least nearly a million troops, and they are elite, and they have suddenly disappeared? All we have to do is the remnants of their million-plus thousand? And the Allied units are clearly on the offensive passively? ”
He suddenly turned his head to a staff officer, and he asked gloomily.
"Yes sir, our reconnaissance intelligence feedback reports that it is clear that the Allied forces are not attacking with all their might, and they are facing extremely weak forces, so it is impossible for them to remain deadlocked and unable to make a breakthrough. We seem to have been deceived by the Allied feedback, whether intentional or unintentional - they keep saying that they are tight! ”
"Moreover, we are only facing hundreds of thousands of troops in Longer, we are an elite army of nearly a million, and we have the command of the chief of staff. He was able to withstand us for a few days, and it was already very difficult to drag on until now to be surrounded by us, and it was impossible for him to have the heart to take care of the other lines of defense - we even made a mistake, knowing that the barbarian forces were so weak, we didn't need to be so cautious at all, and we could solve the problem in one or two days! ”
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"We had always thought at first that the idea of the Longer was dragging us with weak forces, but trying to make a breakthrough on the Allied fronts with superior forces. We have always been wary of this and have not dared to attack with all our might. But I don't know what Longer thinks, but it seems that almost no defense is on the Allied forces and concentrates on us...... It's the idea of dragging us out for a day. ”
"Although I don't know why Longer is confronting us in this suicidal way, the conclusion is already obvious: the barbarians have at least a million or so troops missing. And the damned Western Continents, they must also have some tacit understanding with the barbarians! And then to think of our retreat and recuperation, sir, what celebration they suddenly called to - we must have been hidden something! ”
"Our miscalculation and delay of the fighter plane also relied on their good feedback!"
The staff officer replied in a low voice. His expression was full of anger.
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But why did they do it? With such a great opportunity, what kind of agreement did you reach with the barbarians? Are they all brain-dead? ”
Shainin angrily threw his baton on the sand table.
"Sir...... It is very likely that the barbarians threatened them by some means, otherwise, the people of the Western and Southern Continents, who had the same blood feud with the barbarians, would not have let them go. ”
Lin Han said calmly.
"But how can the barbarians still threaten them, and where do they have the means to let the barbarians threaten?"
Shainin said angrily.
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"I think we're missing a bit......"
Lin Han looked at Xie Ning: "Sir, you are from the empire, and your understanding of the barbarians is limited to history, but because we are in Baixing, we have always known them deeply...... They are a race devoid of humanity in the slightest, reminiscent of large swaths of land that have fallen to the Union and the Horde. There were quite a few people left on it...... The answer is clear......"
She muttered thoughtfully, and with the girl's soft words, hissing inhalations, and "nine times out of ten" affirmations, and "then what should we do", the crowd suddenly panicked one after another in the command headquarters.
Su Su, who had been silently watching them from the side, was also suddenly surprised: "You mean ......?"
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Her expression fluttered slightly again.
"You're saying that the barbarians are likely to use those people to blackmail the allies? It's quite possible...... We made a mistake...... A long time ago guessed...... No wonder Xie Ning always felt uneasy...... So what do we do now...... It's been at least a couple of days......"
She couldn't stop muttering.
"Don't panic, now is not the time to discuss whether we make mistakes or not, but where the vanished barbarian troops have gone-the blood feud of the Chinese people. We never expected anyone to do it for us. Without them, my Eighth Route Army would still take revenge! ”
Xie Ning patted his wife's shoulder gently comfortingly, and he looked around the officers in the hall and said.
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"Yes, the barbarians have escaped a million elites. But it was also foolish to split their forces in half, giving us a chance to defeat them without even the cooperation of the Allies, who had suffered heavy losses before. ”
"This half of Longer is powerless, and the other half. There is the chief, I am here, and Sister Su is here. There's the Demon Generals and the Eighth Route Army - and they're going to clean them up! Now the priority is how to catch the other half of the run! ”
"They can only flee to the Western Continent mainland or simply flee back to the White Star, but the war potential of the Western Continent has been tapped by them, and we will chase them wherever they flee! And the white star ......"
"Don't forget, the New Fourth Army is still blocked at the east end of the Continental Bridge, they can't escape!"
Lin Han also said unusually calmly, the girl held her head proudly, and her face was full of stubbornness.
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The entire command suddenly fell silent, and the panicked crowd gradually became a little excited.
An officer suddenly ran into the headquarters with a beaming face.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the news has come from the 137th Heavy Division, they have broken through the barbarian base camp with the Demon General Regiment, Long'er has been caught by us, and is being sent back to the General Commander, the barbarians have no leader, and victory is today!"
He exclaimed in glee.
Xie Ning and Lin Yan glanced at each other, and they were already leading the way out.
The Huaxia officers glanced at each other, and followed the figures of the two out of the hall.
"With the commander and the chief of staff here, don't be afraid of the sky falling!"
They whispered.
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"You ...... Who is Shainin, who is Lin Han......"
Covered in blood and tied up with flowers, Long Er asked in a low voice as he looked at the crowd in front of him strangely.
"Although you are a defeated general, although you are a human being, you do not have any human nature, you help to abuse, destroy human nature, there is no atonement for sin, and you are innocent of death! But...... At least. Your wisdom also deserves our respect. ”
"When death comes, you are also entitled to know who killed you and the barbarians - this is our commander, His Highness Shainin. This is our Chief of Staff, General Lin Han, and this is our Imperial Goddess, Her Highness Su. ”
A staff officer stepped out of the crowd, looked at Long'er and whispered.
"Original...... That's you......"
Longer swept his gaze over the three of them in turn.
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"You're so young......"
He muttered.
"Lin Han, I know, I thought she was an unborn genius...... But I can't think of it...... King Yong of the Empire, the goddess of the empire...... It's all so young......"
"I didn't lose unjustly. I didn't lose unjustly......"
He burst out laughing.
"You shouldn't have fought this battle."
Lin Han said indifferently.
"With your wisdom, you shouldn't have fought like this, you know that I am on the other side, and you dare to be so arrogant? You're sending you to death. ”
She looked at Long'er with a faint look of pride and pity in her eyes.
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"yes...... You shouldn't be fighting like this......"
Longer muttered.
"But what can I do...... What can I do......"
He smiled desolately.
"Your presence has lowered my trust among the barbarians to the freezing point...... They just abandoned me, abandoned me! ”
He burst out laughing.
The humans looked at each other in amazement.
"I see...... Then all the irrationality can be explained......"
Xie Ning muttered suddenly thoughtfully.
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"And where did your fugitive army go? Do you want to go back to the Western Continent or to go back to Shirahoshi? ”
After a pause, a staff officer asked eagerly.
Longer shook his head slightly: "I won't say it." Limited to the Oath of the Soul Vein...... Didn't your allies also limit themselves to the Soul Oath and didn't say anything? ”
He suddenly smiled strangely, but suddenly glanced in the direction of the extreme north.
Shainin's expression moved. He was already shocked.
"I see...... Do you have any last words? ”
He asked softly.
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"Kill me......"
Longer said in a low voice.
"I suddenly missed my mother...... Although she died very early...... But I now know that it's only her...... is the ...... who truly loves me It's just that I understood it too late...... Barbarian...... Why should I consider myself a barbarian? ”
A look of remembrance suddenly appeared in his eyes. He muttered.
"Why should I consider myself a barbarian...... What am I in their eyes? What am I? But my enemy, defeated my enemy. hated my enemies, but gave me wisdom and respect...... What the hell am I trying to do......"
Suddenly, he burst into tears.
"Kill me......"
He muttered again.
"Kill him and bury him."
Xie Ning stared at Long Er for a long time, and he suddenly said softly.
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Long'er was suddenly moved, he looked at the young man in front of him in a strange way, but he was already in tears.
"Now, I know that you ...... Why did you win my ......"
He said in a low voice, his eyes showing incomparable respect.
"The reason why human beings are noble from other intelligent races is not the so-called good and evil, nor the power of demonic energy. It lies in the vast wisdom of our souls, the perseverance of our hearts, and the unyielding spirit of protection of what we love......"
"The famous words of Lord Xie Zhi ......"
"Love, mercy, wisdom, indomitable ......"
"Is this human...... What are the barbarians compared to them? Is it really that powerful? ”
"I was wrong...... Am I wrong...... I'm conceited and smart, but I'm the stupidest of all......"
"Thank you for allowing me to ...... Buried in his homeland......"
He couldn't stop muttering, and closed his eyes peacefully.
Shainin nodded and didn't speak again, he waved his hand to the few sergeants who were escorting Long'er, but turned away with the crowd. (To be continued......)