March 17 of 781, the twelfth day of the Battle of Kearney.

The sky is snowing for the last time of the year, the land is muddy, and winter is coming to an end.

"Woo woo woo-" The bleak battle horn sounded, and the rebels lined up. The entire camp was laid out in a line, and in the middle were six strong orc teams, all of which were regular army units of the rebel army, with the famous 1st Far Eastern Regiment as the core of the entire central phalanx. This team and the officers and soldiers of the 7th Regiment were all at the beginning of the uprising, and they were the most sharp troops in the hands of Zichuan Xiu.

On the left flank was a mixed army of snakes and orcs, numbering six regular army groups. The appearance of the snake army's army for so many days is obvious to all, and it has made the entire Far Eastern nation lose face. The representative of the Serpent Clan, Soth, defended himself: "Our Hart Clan is not afraid of the Demon Clan! We are to express our contempt for the Demon Army, turn around and face them with our buttocks, and stride away!"

The troops of the left-wing army were relatively poorly equipped, and even in the regular army, most of them used earthen javelins, and some even drove a few nails into a big stick to count them as weapons, and few people had regular standard sabers and spears. The generals were worried that if the demons wanted to open the gap, the left flank would be their best breakthrough point, and they could only hope that the orc soldiers who made up part of the left camp could perform miracles.

On the right flank is a mixed army of dwarves and dragonmen. The dwarven army suffers greatly in infantry battles due to its short size. But in actual combat, Zichuan Xiu unexpectedly discovered that the dwarf army was the nemesis of the demon cavalry.

Think about it, how laborious it is to bend down from a tall horse and cut down a villain who is only 70 centimeters tall!

Many demon soldiers lost their balance and fell off their horses, and many even sprained their waists in order to perform this difficult movement, and finally found that they had only cut the pointed hat on the dwarf's head. However, the dwarves were able to wield a giant axe very lightly to cut off the hooves of the demon warhorse, causing him to fall and turn on his back.

And the dragon army is the most proud of Zichuan Xiu. This is a silent and strong class, they don't need to train, they are born warriors, and they are very united, the tacit understanding between battles is very good, and they often roll and kill without a word, and the order is not chaotic at all, making Zichuan Xiu wonder if they have the ability to telepathize. They are powerful and strong, and they are the only race under the command of Zichuan Xiu who can surpass the demons in terms of personal combat effectiveness. It's a pity that there are not many of them, only about 2,000 people in total, and they have a strong sense of self-esteem, and they often ignore the orders of the foreign race commander Zichuan Xiu, which makes Zichuan Xiu very headache.

At the same moment, the demon array also sounded a terrible horn, and then, the gongs and drums were noisy. One after another, the demon infantry and cavalry teams drove out of the camp and formed a queue in the open space between the two armies. The auxiliary legions of the demon army, the half-orc army of six teams, and the snake army stood still - for so many days, the demons have only dispatched pure-blooded demon troops, while the armies of the Far Eastern race have been deployed in the rear and have not been dispatched. Shikawa Xiu still hasn't figured out the other commander's idea: does he want to use this group of fresh troops as a reserve to decide the outcome of the battle? Or is he worried about the loyalty of the orc soldiers, fearing that they will mutiny before the battle?

The team of the Demon Army is a pure-blooded Senea soldier, which is the ruling race of the Demon Kingdom. Senea soldiers are usually green-skinned, and although they are not tall, they are quite fierce, tough, cruel, and full of aggression.

More than 50,000 Senean soldiers were neatly unfurled under the banner of golden sè lions, numerous but not chaotic, and orderly. The demon soldiers rushed around, quiet and solemn. The accurate, well-trained, and crisp vigor with which the soldiers displayed themselves was simply pleasing to the eye.

Ten days of fighting, the armies on both sides were exhausted. Because the rebel army has a large number of soldiers and horses, they can still take turns to go into battle and rest, but the demon army, which is inferior in terms of strength, does not have this blessing, and can only mobilize the whole division, and their jīng force consumption is even stricter. After ten days of fierce fighting, they were able to maintain such a prosperous military appearance and morale, and did not appear to be tired at all, and the generals of the Far East Coalition Army couldn't help but change because of the tenacity of the demon army.

Busen was the first to waver: "Looking forward to relying on a long-term battle to consume the body and morale of the demon army, I'm afraid it's not very possible. The demon army is tenacious and durable, and I am afraid that even if they fight for another ten days, they will still be able to withstand it. ”

His worried gaze looked at Shikawa Xiu, who was surrounded by the generals. Today's Zichuan Xiu, wearing a pair of silver sè armor, the knife hanging from his waist jingled on the spur, he looked up to the west, stood up and sat down, and then stood up again, over and over again, not like the peace and composure of Xiang Rì. Today's Zichuan show looks a little impetuous.

Busen was deeply disturbed: it was a bad omen that the commander-in-chief of the whole army had been so imposing before the start of the war.

A loud shout broke the dark clouds over the battlefield: "Sem Heilin!" (Long live my emperor) The demon army began to attack again, as usual zhōngyāng breakthrough tactics, six infantry teams advanced in zhōngyāng formation, and under the neat steps of the demon soldiers, the earth seemed to be sinking. Immediately afterwards, the thunderous sound of horses' hooves sounded, and the demon cavalry army arranged on the right wing (that is, the left wing of the rebel army) also began to advance, accelerating a little bit from the beginning of the trot, and finally turned into a gallop, the demon cavalry quickly overtook the front line of the infantry, the overwhelming horse hooves were deafening, and the large sabers flashed dazzlingly in the sun, and they rushed straight to the left wing of the rebel army.

The demons began to attack! For a while, everyone's eyes on the battlefield were attracted by this grand scene, and Busen also withdrew his gaze from Zichuan Xiu and threw himself into the battlefield. He didn't notice that at some point, Shirakawa, who had been missing and missing since a few days ago, came in from outside, approached Zichuan Xiu and whispered a few words. Suddenly, Zi Chuanxiu's hesitant expression was swept away, and he whispered to Bai Chuan for about a minute, Bai Chuan nodded, walked outside again, and disappeared into the crowd of half-orc infantry.

Seeing Shirakawa's figure disappear, Shirokawa Shu opened his fist lightly. Just as the demon cavalry began to approach the orcs and snake forwards at the front, he called Bran, Busen, Soth, Monroe and other commanders.

"The whole army is mobilized!" Zi Chuan Xiu said as calmly as possible: "This is the last day, we will fight to the death and never retreat!"

The generals were stunned for a moment, and then responded loudly: "Obey!" They immediately returned to their troops and excitedly conveyed the order. Whispers sounded in the ranks, the soldiers exchanged heads, and everyone was passing on the words: "Fight to the death, never retreat!", no one knows why, the King of Light, who has been hiding for so long, finally made up his mind, but everyone shook his head: he has been fighting for ten days, and he has been dodging and beating for so long, and today he can finally kill happily and raise his eyebrows!

But this order came too late. Before the snake team on the left flank could receive the order, their phalanx had already been trampled by the hooves of the demon cavalry, and the defeated snake soldiers scattered and fled in panic. The demon cavalry took advantage of the victory to pursue, and then charged with the half-orc phalanx, and the battle was quite fierce. The demons unexpectedly found that the enemy's resistance today was quite tenacious, and the rebel troops did not flee as quickly as they did towards Rì, and then adopted the sāo harassment tactic of advancing and retreating. This made the demon army feel inexplicable ecstasy from top to bottom! This group of rabbit cubs was finally willing to fight! Thinking that they would be able to go home immediately after the battle, the demon army burst out with tremendous combat power, "Semhelin!" "Semhelin!" Wild shouts and roars continued, the demon army rampage, as if entering no man's land, they strode forward, although the Far Eastern rebels were already trying their best to resist, they made their best efforts, the coalition soldiers fought very bravely, but no: their weapons were rudimentary, their strength was weak, and the 100,000 half-orcs, snakes, dwarves, and dragonmen coalition forces could not stop the demon cavalry cutting in like sharp knives.

The demon cavalry laughed wildly, brandished their sabers and slashed wildly, their impact arrows had already cut deep into the middle of the rebel army, and the momentum was like a red-hot knife cutting a human nǎi oil cake. Under the back and forth of the demon cavalry, the soldiers and horses of the rebel army fell down one after another, just like the wheat waves in autumn were harvested by farmers.

"My lord!" Busen rushed in front of Zichuan Xiu: "The green-haired ghost is too fierce!

Looking at the noisy and chaotic battlefield, Zi Chuanxiu shook his head.

"Your Highness, you are making our soldiers and horses in the Far East commit suicide!"

"Hold on, our reinforcements are coming, and victory is at hand. ”

The generals looked at each other: the rebel forces that had gathered the entire Minsk region were already here, where were the reinforcements? If it was those hastily patched together civilian troops, it was really unbearable for the demons to blow, and it was useless to come.

Before they could express their doubts, a faint black shadow appeared on the northwest horizon behind the right rear of the demon army, accompanied by a low sound faintly like a muffled thunder coming from the sky: it was the sound of a large horse's hooves. The shadow of yīn was getting bigger and bigger, and it was expanding rapidly, and it was already obvious that this was a new army all the way to the battle, numbering in the thousands, and all of them were high-speed cavalry!

For a moment, both armies were in turmoil: whose reinforcement was this? Lu Di ran to the high post and looked hard. This is an army, too far away, he can't see the other party's figure clearly, he can only see a black flag floating above the queue. He couldn't make out the pattern of the flag, but he thought it must be his allies, and the reason was obvious: how could those poor rebels have the money to raise a cavalry unit? He rejoiced: his troops had gained the upper hand, and with this new force, it would be easy to defeat the rebels.

Suddenly, a demon soldier with good eyesight shouted, "It's humans!

"Nonsense!" Lu Di scolded, "Where did the human troops come from?"

The subordinates didn't dare to be silent, watching the army rush closer and closer, about ten minutes, they were less than five hundred meters away. The soldiers shouted, "It's really human!"

"It seems to be the army of the Zichuan family!"

The Lu Emperor array burst into flames namelessly, and he wanted to slaughter those shouting soldiers. But he himself was stunned: The figure on the war horse could be seen clearly, it was the human army! The familiar way of controlling horses, the big black cloak that was like a black cloud flying on the flat ground, and the kind of prepared slashing posture of raising the saber diagonally over the shoulder, there was no doubt that this was the standard shock queue of the Far East Army of the Zichuan family! Under the reflection of the twilight rì, the Zichuan army was clearly visible, and thousands of people were surging in, rolling in dense queues, and the soldiers and horses rushed forward, like a storm.

"How is this possible!" Emperor Lu roared: "The Zichuan family has been defeated! How did they get over the southwest camp?"

No one can answer this question. The officers were in a panic, and several heralds hurriedly mounted their horses to meet the incoming enemy, and shouted from a distance: "Which army is it? Lord Lu Di is here to clear the rebels, please stop your army immediately, and report the number and the intention!" They shouted three times in total, and the sharp sound was clearly heard even in the deafening sound of horses' hooves. But the cavalry regiment did not hear it and rushed forward. The herald hurriedly turned his horse's head and fled.

At this point, the hostility of this army was fully revealed. Lu Di ordered: "Intercept them!" A group of demon light cavalry was drawn out of the battle team, and hurriedly turned around and prepared to meet the battle. The cavalry of the demon clan shouted and gestured, wielding countless swords, guns, swords, halberds, and constantly cheering for themselves, but they also had a bit of momentum. But in the eyes of everyone, I always feel a bit of a bluff, compared to the enemy's tiger-like momentum that doesn't say a word and just rolls forward, it is immediately compared, as if a little pug barks at a silent tiger.

The two soldiers staggered past, slashing each other, and fighting each other in close combat. The two cavalry squeezed together and slashed, the wind was galloping, and the whole line was sparkling, like lightning in the sky. Fierce blades slashed, slashed on breastplates, slashed at helmets, clanging throughout the battlefield. The demon soldiers were shocked to find that the individual combat ability of the human cavalry in front of them was very amazing! They were wearing black cloaks, raising jīng and sharp, and with incredible agility, they slashed and slashed. The soldiers were skilled in swordsmanship, equipped with jīng good, and used sabers made by jīng forging fire, and the knife skills were incredibly fast, only to see the sword light flash, followed by blood flowers and groans, and a demon cavalry fell to the dust. The demon soldiers next to them were shocked: they couldn't even see clearly how the other party used their knives and recruits! Before they came back to their senses, they saw a flash of white light in front of them, and they had to shout: "Oops!"

Blood spurted out, and the head was already flying into the sky.

In the ferocious battle, the impact momentum of the demon soldiers was completely suppressed, and under a terrible saber chop of human beings, the demon soldiers in the front row were powerless to fight back, and fell to the ground one after another, and then, thousands of horses' hooves trampled them, and the screams were completely drowned in the hustle and bustle. And on the human side, there is not even a single one who has fallen off the horse.

Hit by the first blow of the human cavalry, the battle line began to twist, turning into a curved arc moon. The demons were beaten back step by step, and they couldn't stand. Although the enemy was light cavalry, their killing momentum was even more fierce than that of heavy armored cavalry. Even with the sturdy armor and chain mail of the demon soldiers, they couldn't stop the other party's slashing, and even the human armor was cut in two.

The demon soldiers who were provoked to fight back, raised heavy spears and sabers, and slaughtered forward, but it was useless, the human cavalry didn't even look at it, and slashed at it, and the last came first, and even unloaded his arm with a knife. The demon cavalry with his arm cut off sat stupidly on his horse, his eyes straight as he watched the human cavalry rush past him like water, and no one was interested in giving him a sword.

It took him a long time before he realized what was going on, let out a heart-rending scream, and rolled off the horse. The human native soldiers were silent, just slashing and killing, and the demon soldiers were like a cropper cleaning up the seedlings in the field, and they did not seem to be in a hurry. The battle line was full of white swords like snow, and the front army of the demon clan cut down the dust one by one. Under the seemingly careless attack of the enemy, they could not exert their formidable combat power at all, and they looked like withered leaves, swept by a terrible wind, and they could not help themselves. The demon soldier's spear was broken, and the crisp sound of metal breaking was audible. Under the attack of the humans, they could not withstand it, and the entire queue was broken through by the human army in the middle of the road, and the cavalry on both wings turned around in a panic and joined the infantry, and the human cavalry immediately pursued and killed. The pursuers were so close that in the eyes of the demon infantry behind, the human cavalry seemed to be slashing and killing their cavalry on the back! Before the demon cavalry could escape back into the cover of the infantry, they had already been torn apart and crushed.

The soldiers and horses of the two soldiers watched with bated breath, and the soldiers even stopped fighting. The Far Eastern Legion was dumbfounded: What a terrible combat power this is? In front of this group of human beings, the powerful demon soldiers are as fragile as babies. Where did this terrible army come from?

At this time, the situation on the battlefield was very complicated, the forward of the demon army rushed into the camp of the half-orcs, facing strong resistance from the half-orcs head-on, and their back road was cut off by the human troops who suddenly appeared. The situation of the demons is very bad, facing front and back attacks, there is a possibility that all of them will be encircled. The demon army is turning around in a panic.

For a while, everyone's eyes were on the commander-in-chief of the battlefield: Shikawa Xiu. He smiled, walked to the high post that the whole army could see, and bowed deeply to the retreating demon army like cháo water.

In an instant, everyone understood the meaning of Zichuan Xiu's action: The defeat of the demon army was just around the corner! The Far East Army was boiling! Only a command was heard, and the rebel army covered up the past. The battle groups of the people's army from all walks of life, like a flooded river, rushed towards the ranks of the demon clan, shouting and killing The sound was earth-shattering, and even the earth trembled slightly. The rebel army was the first to break through the left flank of the demon army, and the two wings were outflanked back, forming a siege of the demons.

The demon soldiers fought very bravely, and when they saw the sudden reversal of the shape, they immediately turned to attack and defended, forming a dense defensive phalanx against the cavalry, with shield soldiers and spearmen in front and archers in the back, resolutely blocking. The strong shield array, like an iron wall, stretched out from the gap in the formation with countless snow-bright spears, dense like a forest, and the archers struck with fierce strong bows behind the shields, and the rain of arrows poured down like hail.

No one had ever seen such a terrible attack in the world! Inspired by the victory of the human army, the endurance of twelve consecutive days finally broke out, and the decisive slaughter of the orc warriors was unprecedented. They didn't care about the rain of arrows above their heads, the sharp spears in front of them, tens of thousands of maces, battle axes, bayonets, and sickles, pushing and squeezing each other, rushing to the enemy line together. Countless shirtless roaring warriors rushed forward with all their might, trampling on people, pushing people, squeezing and rushing with all their might, as if they were deliberately seeking death. The warrior, who was covered in arrows, roared angrily and slammed his chest into the sharp spear, using his body as a shield to jam the demon soldier's spear. The soldiers and horses behind him immediately filled his gap, pounced forward, and stabbed and poked the demon archers through the gaps in their shields with their bayonet spears, and they were red-eyed, wielding maces and tomahawks to slash at the shields that stood in their way, and even slammed their feet and shoulders and heads into the demon shield formation. Under such a huge pressure, several huge wooden shields were knocked down with a "click", and even the demon soldiers supporting behind were crushed underneath. There is a gap in the demon phalanx!

Loud shouts rang out over the battlefield. The orcs shouted feverishly, "Huzola!" and the demons shouted in panic: "Plug the gap!" Immediately, countless spear tips emerged from the gap, dense as a forest. But as if they had been blessed with immortality, the orcs rushed upward, and the people were surging, like a huge wave that rushed through a qiē, and they were indomitable, they shouted: "The Zoe clan will win!", raised the battle axe, and slaughtered into the demon clan's phalanx at once. The demons attacked fiercely from all directions, and all the weapons of bayonets, sabers, and arrows poured in, and the momentum was like a shower. Almost instantly, hundreds of orc warriors who rushed to the front fell to the ground and died. But the follow-up troops have followed in a surging manner.

At the same time, the human cavalry also penetrated the rear guard of the demon army and entered the main camp of the demon race.

On the Kearney Plain, which is tens of square kilometers away, the three tribes of orcs, humans, and demons are slaughtered together, mixed into a dense crowd, this crowd is wriggling, convulsing, and bleeding. The black sè armor of the demon soldiers, the brown sè skin of the half-orc, the gray sè military uniform of the snake clan, and the black sè cloak of the human cavalry are now mixed together, and it is difficult to distinguish who is who.

The scene was as hideous as hell, and there was ferocious slaughter everywhere. Arrows rained overhead, and in front of him was a bright metal reflection, countless swords and spears. Blood flowed all over the ground under his feet, seeping deep into the dirt, and it was bloody. The shouts of the soldiers, the screams of the dead, the groans of the wounded, the rude shouts and curses of the demon soldiers, the angry roars of the orcs, the sound of steel knives splitting bones, the sonorous sound of weapons colliding, the wheezing of fighters, the neighing of war horses, all the sounds were mixed together, and the huge waves could be heard clearly even from more than ten miles away.

Due to the sudden entry of the human army into the battle, the demon army has lost all its advantages and cannot get out of the melee.

The poignant battle cry of "woo woo woo" swayed in the sky above the demon camp, and Lu Di urgently ordered the six orc auxiliary teams arranged on the left flank to attack, assault the half-orc camp from the side, and cover the retreat of the main force of the legion - although Lu Di himself knew that the army of the half-orcs was not very reliable, but now it was the most critical moment, and it was really desperate.

More than ten minutes passed, and the formation of the half-orcs did not move at all.

Lu City ordered the trumpet to sound a second time, and sent heralds to urge them to move. But after a while, the herald came back in a panic to report that the orc team had refused to fight their siblings.

Lu Di was furious, twisted his bloated body due to long-term inactivity, and personally came to the half-orc barracks, and called the half-orc officers to talk. Looking at the orc officers who were quite respectful on the surface, he talked about the favor and trust of His Majesty the Demon God Emperor to the warriors of the Zoe clan, the feat of the Demon Kingdom and the warriors of the Zoe clan who fought side by side, the long-standing traditional friendship between the Zoe clan and the Demon God Kingdom, and so on. He spoke breathlessly, foaming at the mouth.

The orc officers just smiled, and no one interrupted or refuted him. But at the mention of the attack, the expressions on the officers' faces immediately changed, and uneasiness and yīn sen's hostility appeared beneath the lowered eyelids. In the end, it was only when Emperor Lu promised a heavy reward and threatened to send in a law enforcement team that the orc troops reluctantly and reluctantly dispatched.

The half-orc skirmishers moved forward slowly, the soldiers shuffling, their spears resting lazily on their shoulders, their knives not even drawn, looking at each step, turning back in three steps, and staggering and unscrupulous towards the opposite side. If it weren't for the fierce Demon Law Enforcement Team with whips in the back, I'm afraid that this short distance between the two armies would be enough for them to walk for a year.

Shikawa Shu ordered Deren to lead a half-orc civilian army to intercept them, and instructed Delenn: "Don't make the first move. ”

Following this order, the orc army led by Deren did not release arrows. They laid out a three-way skirmish line in the direction of the advance of the auxiliary army. Behind the defensive line, the Demon Army was slashing and slashing with the Far East Legion, and the noise of the war group was deafening.

Here, however, there was silence between the camps of both armies, and these faltering attackers slowly approached the defenders on the opposite side: the same unwarlike orc team.

The orc soldiers who walked in the front of the rebels slowly came to the front. He lowered his eyelids and looked at the rebel half-orcs in front of him with a stern expression, a sad expression on his face.

None of them pointed their weapons at each other.

Finally, as if he had made up his mind, he slowly took out a homemade cigarette, put it in his mouth and leaned forward: "Brother, borrow a fire." ”

The rebel soldier in front of him smiled, took the flint from his cloth pocket, and helped him light a cigarette. The two opened their arms at the same time and hugged each other tightly. Like beating a big drum all around, a warm cheer and applause rang out in the sky. Tens of thousands of Zoe soldiers shouted together: "We are brothers!

The Zoe will never kill each other!" Suddenly, the attacking orcs poured into the ranks of the rebels, and they embraced their rebellious brothers affectionately. Countless people were cheering and clapping, "Hurrah! Hurrah!" Countless hats were thrown into the sky, people raised their weapons and cheered loudly, their arms raised like the ocean, and there was no end in sight.

Seeing this situation, the demons' hearts were cold. The cavalry of the law enforcement team raised their knives and began to slash the orc soldiers who fell behind. In an instant, dozens of corpses were lying on the ground. Enraged, the various orc teams turned their guns and flashed their weapons at the Demon Law Enforcement Team. Someone shouted: "Down with the demons!", and the mutinous troops immediately responded, and tens of thousands of people roared like thunder: "Down with the demons!"

The mutinous half-orc army attacked the demon law enforcement team with a completely different momentum just now, and the half-orcs had long been resentful of this supervising army that had been pressing themselves behind them to send them to death and release cold arrows, and now they would burst out of their long-standing grievances at once, and they were particularly fierce, killing particularly hard, and extremely brave. The law enforcement team of the demon clan was defeated, and fled to the zhōngyāng in the position. The half-orc army was in hot pursuit, and there were fierce battles with the various demon teams that blocked it, and for a while, the battle line of the demon clan was in chaos. Because of the mutiny in front of the half-orc auxiliary army, a gap was vacated on the demon front, and the surging waves were directly killed by the snake auxiliary army, seeing the fierce half-orc army, the snake army once again played their fine tradition of wall grass, shouting: "Far Easterners, don't commit suicide! We are in revolt!" Tear off the banner of the demon clan and kill the demon army.

The four human divisions in the Demon Army had long since withdrawn from the right flank, avoiding the battlefield far away and not participating in the battle. They have long been dissatisfied with the usual severe oppression of the demons, and their loyalty to the demon army, if at all, does not add up to the weight of a tablespoon, and no one is interested in accompanying the demons to "fight to the last drop of blood"; All in all, this is a war that has nothing to do with itself, and it is not worth shedding its own blood. They found a cool hillside and stood high watching the two armies slash and slaughter, smoking dry tobacco.

The sun had set, and the battle was nearing its end - in fact, as early as the moment when the half-orc team mutinied, the defeat of the surrounded demon army had been determined, and it was only because of the courage and tenacity of the demon soldiers that they were able to hold the battle line for so long.

But now, they can't do anything anymore. Behind, the human cavalry army was like a sharp knife, stabbing at the weakest defense link of the demon race, unstoppable. In front, the half-orc legion was like a rolling torrent, advancing violently, and the seven demon infantry teams at the front were all cut to pieces. The middle army of the demon army has been penetrated, and their main camp has been cut into two pieces.

Seeing that the matter was no longer salvage with manpower, Lu Di, the commander of the demon army, took half of the cavalry team arranged in the back, abandoned the troops in the melee, fought his way out, and fled shamefully to the east. The orc cavalry then caught up and pursued them all the way, slashing them to pieces.

The situation of the demon army's retreat was very miserable. The fierce battle reached seven o'clock in the evening, and the army, which had been holding on for more than five hours, first sounded the cry of the demon language from which area: "Traitor!" Then, all the soldiers shouted: "Traitor! Traitor!" and someone shouted: "Flee for your life!" As a result, the army was defeated, like a river thawing, and all of them were broken, disintegrated, collapsed, and collapsed. The native soldiers rushed into each other, pushed each other, and panicked.

Lu Di's disappearance was the direct cause of the Demon Army's loss of fighting spirit. The battle banner of the golden lion behind him has disappeared, and his commander has fled! The demon soldiers who were aware of this fact let out a desperate and angry scream, and the only reason why they still insisted on fighting hard and never retreating in the face of being surrounded - the glory and loyalty of the warriors of the demon kingdom had now been shamelessly blasphemed and betrayed. They no longer had the fighting spirit, looking at the half-orc warriors who were surrounding them, a demon soldier threw down his weapon in a daze, crouched down and hugged his head and cried, ignoring the bloody axe that was about to fall above his head. As if there was an infection, the sounds of "dang chang" and "dang chang" sounded continuously, and the weapons of the demon soldiers fell into the dust one by one. They gave up their resistance and watched the cheers of the victors soar into the sky, their wounds dripping with blood.

Some of the troops were prisoners of war, while others were desperately fleeing. The defeated soldiers shouted, discarding their weapons and armor, and scrambled back with the bodies of their companions. The demon soldiers have lost their reason, and the roads, trails, hills, fields, valleys, and woods are all filled with tens of thousands of defeated demon soldiers. The demon baggage team was thrown on the side of the road, the baggage soldiers untied the cart, rode on horses and fled for their lives, and countless grain carts blocked the way of the defeated soldiers on the road, leaving only a very narrow passage, which caused a tragedy. In order to gain a chance to escape, the demon soldiers did not hesitate to use their knives to slash and kill their companions who were blocking in front, stepping on their corpses. Behind the defeated army, the human army was in pursuit, and the cavalry were chasing after them, killing, chopping, and slashing with all their might, killing the demons when they saw them. Peasant guerrillas and village self-defense regiments from all over the country also came to help encircle and suppress, and they beat the water dogs in the villages, mountains, forests, and grasses everywhere, and hung the lone demon deserters alive one by one on the trees and skinned them, and the corpses of the demon army were scattered from the battlefield to the field more than ten kilometers away. The meritorious troops of the Demon Kingdom, the victors of Moon Bay, Pai, Blue River and other places, and the arrogant Ludi Legion are now all lying on the open plain in front of the city of Kearney soaked in snow and blood.

Originally, the Far East Legion did not kill prisoners of war, but in order to retaliate for the massacre of civilians in Shaluo Province by the Demon Clan, the King of Light ordered that none of the soldiers of the 65th and 71st teams of the Ludi Legion be left. But twelve days of brutal warfare had distorted the human xìng, and the orcs and human soldiers, enraged by the sacrifice of their comrades, made the most of the order.

When they saw the wounded soldiers and prisoners of the demon clan, they sneered and asked, "Are you from the 65th Regiment?"

The demons could not understand the language of humans and orcs, and looked at them blankly, pleading pitifully with their mouths and their eyes showing panic. But the hard-hearted native soldier didn't care so much, he went up and hacked him to death with a few swords, and reported to the officer with his bloody head: "Sir, he himself admits that he belongs to the sixty-fifth regiment!"

The officer said, "Well done!"

It wasn't until midnight that night that Zichuan Xiu realized that there were surprisingly few demon captives caught. According to the figures reported by various troops, there were nearly 20,000 prisoners of war belonging to the 65th and 71st Regiments of the Demon Clan-even a reorganized Demon Clan team was only more than 3,000 people, not to mention that after 12 days of fierce fighting, the number had been greatly weakened. He immediately ordered a ban on such indiscriminate killings. But before that, more than 10,000 demon soldiers had been brutally killed after being captured.

On the fifth day of January in the year 78o, the Lu Di army slaughtered more than 100,000 Zichuan troops in the Battle of Moon Bay.

A year later, on March 17, they received retribution for this.

In this battle, more than 65,000 demon troops participated in the battle, 53,000 people were killed, 8,000 were captured, and more than 4,000 fled. The commander-in-chief of the Demon Legion, Lu Di, fled, the head of the Minsk garrison, Kara, was killed, the governor of Deya, Leyun, was killed, and the governor of Tussaud, Yerko, was killed. After this battle, the largest military force of the demons in the central provinces of the Far East was completely destroyed, which announced that the rebel army in the six provinces of the central Far East had no opponents to compete with. The rebels won a great victory, but they also paid the price in blood. More than 80,000 soldiers of all nationalities in the Far East heroically gave their lives.

In the wilderness outside the city of Kerney, there was a terrible mountain of corpses and blood on the battlefield, corpses piled up, and the air smelled of blood. On the bloody battlefield, the black-clad cavalry legion stood quietly in formation, steely queues, silent, and only the hunting cries of the evening breeze blowing the banners could be heard.

The snake soldiers, the orc soldiers, and the dragonmen looked at them in awe, the greatest contributors to today's victory, muttering admiration in their mouths, but wondering in their hearts: Where did this army come from?

They didn't dare to come forward to ask, in these human beings, there was a different temperament from ordinary human beings, cold, strong, silent, that sharp feeling like a blade, which made people chill at first sight, as if they were not flesh and blood, but real iron and steel. You don't have to fight hands-on, just standing face to face like this can make people feel their terrifying strength. Seeing them, the generals of the Far East realized that an army composed of flesh and blood could be so powerful! Compared with their previous army, which was formed by merely cobbling together the number of people, it was a world of difference!

The generals of the Far East whispered: "What should we do? Who will go up and negotiate with them?" Everyone pushed and dragged each other: if this group of unknown humans suddenly turned their faces and slaughtered themselves, they would die too unjustly.

Zi Chuanxiu smiled and led everyone to the front of the black-clothed cavalry army. With a whistle and a crisp sound, more than 10,000 cavalrymen drew their swords out of their sheaths at the same time, raised them high above their heads, and a blue stalk dazzled.

The leader of the snake clan, Soth, ran away, and the leader of the dwarf clan, Ruzo, sat down on the ground, and the representative of the jīng spirit monster rolled his eyes and fainted very dryly. Several orc generals immediately surrounded Zi Chuanxiu, and Bran took a step forward and said, "What do you want to do?"

The next scene stunned everyone: the cavalry dismounted in unison, knelt down on one knee before them, saluted, and then turned on their horses, raised their swords over their heads, and remained motionless like sculptures.

"See your lord!" the cavalry shouted in unison like thunder.

Zi Chuanxiu stepped out of the crowd, faced the black and oppressive team, and replied in a loud voice: "Brothers, well done!

"Your Excellency, you've done a great job!" the cavalrymen responded in unison, and at the same time ended their ceremonial swords, and their movements were pleasing to the eye.

"Don't worry," Shikawa Xiu told the generals in the Far East, "this is my subordinate." With a proud smile on his face, he pointed to the flag fluttering in the wind above the queue: "This is my army's 'Xiuzi Battalion' - the flag is clearly written, don't you see?"

Looking at the ghostly handwriting on the banner, the Far Eastern generals muttered: "Who can understand it!"

Looking at the stunned expressions of the generals of all clans, Zi Chuanxiu secretly laughed, but asked loudly, "Where is the captain?"

In the cavalry queue, the three generals lined up and saluted one after another: "Commander of the First Division, Roger, see Lord Xiuchuan!"

"Commander of the Second Division, Ming Yu, see Lord Xiuchuan!"

"Shirakawa, the commander of the division directly under him, see Lord Xiuchuan!"

"Tell your lord, the Xiuzi battalion is coming for reinforcements, please instruct!" Roger's rich bass voice spread far and wide like beating a big drum.

Shikawa Xiu rode on his horse and looked at the neatly arranged cavalry with a satisfied expression, his heart full of joy. This is the jīng Rui Legion built by himself, not the rabble of the past, let alone those hastily assembled civilian army, but an extraordinary force, tempered by strict training and testing, which can be called a first-class iron army hussar in the world, even if it is not inferior to the windy iron army. Ten years of sharpening a sword, their strong strength, through today's actual combat, has been terrible verification. And in the future, there is no doubt that he will rely on them to fight in the north and south, and compete with the demons for dominance in the world!

He looked at the stunned Far Eastern generals again and snickered in his heart. Although the half-orc soldiers are strong, they are not their own personal guards after all, and if they want to fight the world, they must also rely on themselves to have an army that is absolutely loyal to them. Otherwise, no matter how much effort is put in, no matter how nice the official position and title are, in the rebel army, which is all Far Eastern races, his identity will always be just a "guest secretary". Since Elder Boudan could appoint himself, then he, who was far away in Yun Province, only needed a piece of paper, and he could also be removed from his position. This kind of taste under the fence has tasted too much when I was at Zichuan's house. If we want to build our own Far Eastern forces, it is absolutely impossible for people to succeed, and we must have our own real strength. With the arrival of the Xiuzi battalion, he was able to obtain real control over the Far Eastern army.

In the middle of the night, when the moon was setting, the various legions had already completed the cleaning of the battlefield. From time to time, the neighing of horses sounded on the plain, and the triumphant soldiers and horses of all walks returned to the camp one after another. Large hordes have been captured by disarmed demons and are being guarded by the orc warriors commanded by Bula.

"Your Highness!" Bra came over and asked Zi Chuanxiu for instructions: "May I ask Your Highness, how do we deal with this batch of demon captives?"

That's a lot, tens of thousands!"

Zichuan Xiu was stunned: He hasn't thought about this problem yet. After thinking for a while, he said, "Hold them up first, and send a team to guard them." Maybe in the future we will have to build a special prisoner of war camp. Hey, tell the warriors not to kill indiscriminately, the slaves of the demon clan are very valuable. ”

One of the generals next to him said: "Your Highness, we might as well build the entire Demon Kingdom into a prisoner of war camp!"

The blood-stained generals laughed together. Shikawa Shu also smiled. He suddenly remembered something, smiled, and said to Bra: "Order, we will not accept the surrender of the sixty-fifth and seventy-first field infantry teams of the Demon Kingdom, and explain to the soldiers, if you encounter the soldiers of these two forces, you will not be killed!"

Bra's expression was solemn, and he immediately responded: "Yes, Your Highness!" He hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "In this way, Brother Vera can be blinded." May the god Audi bless his heroic spirit. ”

"Your Highness," the orc Busen came to report, "the representatives of the human auxiliaries who did not participate in the war in the demon army have asked to meet our supreme leader. He lowered his voice: "Their army is still armed. ”

Zi Chuanxiu raised his head and looked at the bright torches on the hill to the south, which was the phalanx of the human auxiliary army in the demon army. In today's big war, they did not participate in the war, it seems that they wanted to observe the timing and see which side was stronger. From a personal point of view, Zichuan Xiu despises this kind of despicable wall-to-wall behavior, but he is also glad for this: In today's war, the difference between victory and defeat is only a thin line. If they were to stand on the side of the demons regardless of life or death, the half-orc auxiliary army in the demon army would not be so resolute in rebellion, and it would be difficult to say who would die at that time.

He asked Busson, "What do they want?"

Buson shook his head: "They didn't say it, they just offered to see our leader." ”

Shikawa Xiu nodded, and Busen stepped back. Zi Chuanxiu waved his hand to Bai Chuan, whispered a few words to her, and Bai Chuan took the order. After a while, several human officers wearing demon uniforms, led by Busen, came to Zichuan Xiu. Next to them were two long columns of Xiuzi battalion guards holding torches and standing as straight as nails, and they were shocked by this majesty, and the expressions of the officers were a little frightened. They had just seen the entire battle process with their own eyes, and witnessed how the powerful demon army collapsed under the indiscriminate slashing of this mysterious cavalry force. If the other party turned his face, just one impact would be enough to wipe out his panicked auxiliary army, not to mention the hundreds of thousands of half-orc troops next to him.

They looked left and right, looking at the orcs and human warriors who were waiting around them, not knowing who the leader of the rebel army was.

All of them stood, except for a human in light armor sitting cross-legged on the ground, head bowed, unaware of their arrival. Behind him, there was a sea of flags fluttering in the wind of the Far Eastern Legion, and in front of him were piles of bloodstained demon flags, which were today's trophies. The brightly armored human guards, the burly and tall orc guards, the fierce snake warriors, the silent and resolute dragon soldiers, and the majestic generals of all races embraced the seated human in the middle like a circle of stars, with respectful expressions.

The officers were stunned as if they were sleepwalking: the commander of hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern armies, the terminator of the Ludi Army, and the famous leader of the uprising, King Guangming, was such a sven, thin young man? At first glance, they had a feeling at the same time: this person's temperament is extraordinary. On the battlefield of killing and blood, seeing such a person is like a gust of breeze slowly blowing around you under the scorching heat, which makes the heart immersed in blood suddenly calm down.

Zi Chuanxiu raised his head and looked at them with a clear gaze. He smiled, "Good work, everyone. ”

The officers blushed and were speechless. For a whole day, the human auxiliaries did not spare even an arrow, and they had been watching the excitement from the sidelines, so why did they say so hard? But they were not sure that the other party was sneering, because the smile on his face was so kind and gentle. Although he sat cross-legged and spoke to the guests very impolitely, no one thought his attitude was arrogant, but took it for granted. His awe-inspiring temperament seems to be born to stand above everyone.

The half-orc Busen reminded beside him: "This is His Royal Highness the King of Light, the supreme leader of our army. ”

The human officers woke up from a dream and saluted. Zi Chuanxiu just nodded slightly, even if he returned the courtesy. He deliberately showed that he was arrogant, and first suppressed the swaying wall grass in terms of momentum, so that it was convenient to negotiate with them.

The human officers introduced their identities one after another. There were three of them in total, all of whom were at the level of division commanders. One is named Lehler, one is called Mero, and the other is called Duafeng. Zichuan Xiu asked seemingly casually: "The position of the three is the head of the division, so when you are in the Zichuan family, everyone's rank should be Qiben, right?"

The faces of the three people changed. Zi Chuanxiu's words touched the most painful wound in the depths of their hearts. Once a rebel, you will never be able to turn over.

The head of the Duya Wind Division said vaguely: "We only took office after the Far East Incident, and it turned out that we were not the flag ......."

"Oh, who promoted you, Deputy Commander Lei Hong, or your Demon Clan Master?" Zichuan Xiu smiled, but his words pierced the hearts of several officers like needles, and even the officers of the Xiuzi Battalion who were listening changed their faces.

Roger glared at Bai Chuan: "The adults are frequently provocative, it seems that they are planning to turn their faces with them, we must be ready to do it." ”

The faces of several officers changed, blue and white. Mero yīn had a calm face, and Li Le shouted angrily: "The turtle son just wants to do things for the demon clan! Don't think that our rìzi is comfortable!" Du Yafeng pulled his clothes again and again in the back, but Li Le still said vigorously: "If you have the ability, you can kill us all, why humiliate people so much! We have come to this point, and we are also forced to do this! The demon clan looks down on us, the family wants to kill us, and now even the hillbillies in the Far East look down on us! Who knows our suffering?"

Zi Chuanxiu frowned: "What's the problem? ”

"Phew!" Li Le spat out a mouthful of phlegm: "Lao Tzu doesn't tell you little ghost!

There was a light sound of "rubbing", and the surrounding Xiuzi battalion guards drew their swords out of their sheaths at the same time, so neat that there seemed to be only one sound, and a piece of knife light was dazzling. Everyone's eyes were on Zichuan Xiu: as soon as he nodded and looked at him, they immediately pounced on this impudent guy and cut it into pulp.

Shikawa smiled and shook his head.

The soldiers put away their knives together. Du Yafeng breathed a sigh of relief, only to feel that the sweat had soaked through the clothes on his back. He hurriedly came out to play a round game: "Your Highness Guangming, you have a lot, don't worry about this rough person." If Your Highness is interested in this, let me tell you. ”

"Things have to start with the events of 779. At that time, several of us were still only small banner warriors, each leading a brigade under Lei Hong's subordinates. In March of 779, a meeting of senior officers at and above the level of the dìdū banner was held, and the commander of Ge Yingxing was ordered to go to dìdū, and before leaving, he ordered the three deputy commanders to stick to their posts and prepare soldiers and horses to respond to any eventuality. The three deputy commanders were Lei Hong, the deputy commander of the Far East Army, Luo Bo, the chief of staff, and Lord Lin Bing, the commander of the town guard of the Valen Fortress......"

Shikawa Xiu interrupted him: "You don't have to start from the beginning. And then there's the dìdū incident, right? I know all of that. I just want to know, why did you dare to poison your boss, Brother Yingxing, what was going on at that time?"

Shirakawa and Roger looked at each other. Neither of them expected that the deceased Far Eastern Commander had such a profound influence on Zichuan Xiu that he would reach such a journey. It's been more than two years, the world has changed, the world has changed, and the personnel have changed completely, but Zichuan Xiu is still relentlessly pursuing the truth of Ge Yingxing's death. Bai Chuan looked at the human officers and couldn't help but sweat for them: if a few of them participated in the events of the year, it would be difficult for them to get out alive.

Li Le shouted angrily: "Whoever thought of poisoning my brother at that time was raised by a son of a bitch......!

Du Yafeng pulled him: "That's enough! Let me say it!" He looked at Zichuan Xiu and softened his tone: "Your Highness Guangming, you are not from the Zichuan family, and we don't have to lie to you: we are shameless enough to live like this today."

But back then, we were also dignified family officers, and no matter how much we said it, we didn't dare to act as a rebel, let alone treat Lord Ge Yingxing. ”

In the middle of the night that day, an emergency bugle sounded. We were summoned in a daze, and Deputy Commander Lei Hong lectured us, saying that there was a rebellion in Dìdū, and Lord Ge Yingxing was urgently summoning us to secretly go to King Dìdū Qin to save the country.

At that time, the situation was very tense, and there were rumors everywhere that Yang Minghua was going to rebel, and it was our direct commander, Lord Lei Hong, the deputy of Lord Ge Yingxing, who said it himself, where do you have any suspicions?"

"We set out urgently that night, and 30,000 men secretly went out of Valen. When we arrived in the area of Huangshi Mountain, there was an order from above, saying that there was a group of Yang Minghua's rebels, wearing the uniforms of our Far Eastern Army, waving the banner of Lord Ge Yingxing, pretending to be Lord Ge Yingxing's personal guards, and they were going to attack the Valen Fortress. We were all very angry when we heard this: the damned rebels actually used such shameless methods! Lei Hong said to everyone: 'Don't be impulsive, we will set up an ambush and kill them by surprise.'

We all lay in ambush around the cliff, and when we saw it, the soldiers and horses were all wearing the uniforms of the Far Eastern Army under the banner of Lord Ge Yingxing. Before they could get out of the cliff area, Lei Hong gave the order, and we fired the arrows with all our might, and the result was ......"

He shook his head gloomily, and Le's "bang" punch hit the ground, sending smoke and dust flying. The other Mero, who had been silent, had tears in his eyes.

"We know that after the big mistake, four flag officers committed suicide on the spot, and the whole camp burst into tears. Damn, that Lei Hong, he was also crying, he said that he was also framed, and people deceived him with fake news, and the people who framed him were Lin Bing and Luo Bo, the two deputy commanders. He cried so sadly that even the tiger would shed tears when he saw it. As a result, we believed him again and raised troops to confront Lin Bing and Luo Bo. - Of course, there were also people who didn't believe it, and pointed at Lei Hong and shouted, 'Traitor!', but those people were later killed by Lei Hong and his cronies. ”

"We, the middle and lower-ranking officers, were ignorant, and we didn't know the truth until much later, but by then it was too late. Rayjon told us that we had our own blood on our hands, and that it was impossible for our family to forgive us. It's a dead end to turn back, so it's better to do it with him, maybe you can find a way to live!"

"We were also greedy for life and afraid of death, and there was no other way to go at that time, so we had to keep going wrong like this......" He lowered his head and couldn't go on.

There was silence. Intuitively, Shikawa knew they were telling the truth. The mystery that had been hidden in his heart for a long time was finally solved, and from the mouth of a personal participant, he knew how the betrayal happened back then, and his heart was turbulent, but the surface was still calm.

"So, what advice do you have when you come to see me?"

Several officers glanced at each other, and finally Du Yafeng spoke: "Your Highness, we want to come and ask you for a few things.

First, our army is not against you today, and I hope you will allow us to leave safely. ”

Zi Chuanxiu was surprised: "Of course you can go! No one will stop you!"

"Thank you, Your Highness. It's just that the various legions under your command are chasing the rout of the demons, and the guerrillas are also intercepting the defeated soldiers of the demons, and we are worried about what misunderstandings and conflicts will happen if we run into them. I would like to ask Your Highness to issue a warrant or a road slip so that we can prove it to your various armies and guerrillas. ”

Zi Chuanxiu nodded: "This is no problem." ”

Du Yafeng looked delighted: "Thank you, Your Highness! The second thing is that some of the equipment and materials in the baggage convoy captured by Your Highness belong to our troops, and I would like to ask Your Highness to return it to us." ”

Zi Chuanxiu pondered for a moment: "The materials in the convoy are all wealth looted by the demons from all over the world, and they belong to the people of the Far East, and they can't be given to you." But I can give you some food from it, and if you save some money, you will have enough to eat on the road. ”

Although the request was not fully met, several human officers were already very satisfied, and I felt that although this King of Light was a little bitter, he was still reasonable. Du Yafeng bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Your Highness!" Even Li Le, who had always been angry, said a few words of "thank you".

"But," Shikawa Shu asked, "where are you going?"

Several officers looked at each other. Du Yafeng smiled bitterly: "Your Highness, there are more than 20,000 of us, and there is no other place to go but to return to the demon clan." Rest assured, if we encounter you next time, we won't be your enemy. The demons are not worth our lives. ”

Zi Chuanxiu smiled faintly: "There will be no next time." Do you know how the demons deal with deserters? Wrapped in sacks and trampled to death with horses' hooves? You stand by and watch the defeat of the Ludi Legion, and they will not let you go. ”

Several officers looked frightened and overwhelmed. Zi Chuan Xiu asked gently, "If you don't have anywhere else, how about coming to me?"

A few people hesitated a little, and Du Yafeng asked: "Your Highness, with our status, is your army willing to accept us?"

Zi Chuanxiu smiled and raised his voice: "Duke!"

Duke stood in front of Zi Chuanxiu from among the guards: "Your Highness!"

The three were so surprised that they couldn't even speak: "Duke, you're not dead?"

Zichuan Xiu smiled: "Duke, you tell them." ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Duke turned to the three of them, briefly recounted his desperate incident of being taken in by the King of Light, and excitedly told his old boss that not only was he not discriminated against in the army of the King of Light, but he had also become an officer because of his bravery in battle!

"But," all three were moved, but still a little hesitant. Du Yafeng said: "But, we still don't know the true identity of His Highness?"

Duke turned his head to look at Shikawa Xiu, who nodded to him and gestured for approval. So Duke leaned close to the ears of the men and whispered a word. The three men jumped on the spot in surprise. They immediately made up their minds. Du Yafeng said excitedly: "Your Highness, please allow us to join!"

Zichuan Xiu stood up quietly: "Welcome to the Xiuzi Camp." If the truth is really as you say, as long as you fight bravely in the war against the demons in the future, wash away your sins with your hands, and one day, I promise that you will return to the Zichuan family with dignity! However, if you dare to have any bad intentions, no matter how far you go, I will not let you go, Lei Hong is an example!" His tone was solemn, as cold as the snow on the peak that would not melt all year round.

The three of them bowed to the ground at once: "Show ...... No, His Royal Highness the King of Light, in the future, our lives will all be handed over to Your Highness!"

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