"Ah, this is the life of the deputy commander I want!" Shikawa Xiu looked at the luxuriously renovated spacious office with satisfaction, the majestic large desk (the secret cabinet contains fine wine and love books), sat comfortably in the leather chair, and even loudly ordered the beautiful female secretary in a miniskirt: "Take down the 10-year-old rì zhi on the top of the cabinet for me!" When she climbed on the stool, Shikawa Xiu held up her chin and raised her head to admire it intently... Everyone is a man, so there's no need to say it so clearly!

And the work is not hard - Zichuan Xiu, the deputy commander, is obviously not taken seriously, and the main work of the day is to count how many chairs and teacups are still in each legion, and where the glass windows are broken and someone has to be sent to repair them, etc.

Zi Chuanxiu sighed: "Heaven!"

Suddenly, his gaze found something "something" that should not exist in heaven.

"Roger, Shirakawa, Nagagawa, how did you end up in my office?"

"Oh sir, you forgot, we are your "assistant to the deputy director"!"

"Didn't I mean this - don't you have your own office, whatever..."

"Not to mention, our office is narrow and broken, and the light is not good!"

"It's just that there is no air conditioning!"

"The female secretary is as ugly as a demon - my lord, have you seen 'Midnight Terror'? You don't need to go to the cinema to buy tickets, just come to our office and see our secretary. ”

"And that, they don't even serve Coca-Cola!"

"Your Excellency, you know, we are Qibena - in the Far East, a Qiben is a great official in charge of a hundred thousand people!"

"But here, we are not even as good as the refugees who petitioned!"

......

Zi Chuanxiu was stunned when he heard this: "Don't make noise, don't make noise - why is Zi Chuanning here?"

Zi Chuan Ning replied very calmly: "Oh, I came to inspect the work of the administrative department as the heir of the family - is there any problem with Deputy Director Xiuchuan?"

"Then why is Princess Cardin here?"

"Brother, you are so selfish, you all run out to play, and you leave a girl alone at home, how lonely you are--don't you feel guilty? Doesn't your conscience condemn you?"

"When people see so many people gathered in me, they will have an opinion..."

"Oh, Hidekawa-sama, then you don't have to worry!" Cardin casually put a "The meeting is in progress, please do not disturb. The sign was hung at the door: "It's a big deal, let them say:" Deputy Director Xiuchuan holds a meeting seven days a week. ", and will praise you for your enthusiasm for your own work!"

"Hell!" Zichuan Xiu cried out in despair.

"Ah Xiu, what hell are you shouting?" Sterling appeared at the door, he said with a smile, "Excuse me!"

"Where!" everyone stood to greet him, but Cardin sat still.

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Since saying goodbye that day, Sterling has visited Zichuanning's house almost once a day. Everyone is not stupid, so naturally they quickly understood that the reason why Lord Sterling visited frequently was not only because he had a good relationship with Lord Xiuchuan - not to mention that the person concerned, Sterling did not hide much about this: as soon as he arrived at Zi Chuanning's house, he opened his eyes wide and looked around, until he found Cardin's Qianying, and he was relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Roger once said to Shirakawa with a sigh: "Look at Master Sterling, he is like a middle school student who has fallen in love—he is dizzy." ”

Shirakawa replied: "The idea is above, everyone is a captive of feelings, and no one is immune." And then fell into thoughtful contemplation...

Cardin, who was only the second of the parties, was unaware of Sterling's infatuation, and he saw him as soon as he came, and he did not leave - he was no different from anyone else. It's not so much that people are thousands of miles away, but there is no half enthusiastic response.

Stirling was a celebrity in Dìdū, and the matter should have been a sensation, but under Zi Chuan Xiu's high pressure: he summoned the employees and subordinates in the family, and threatened viciously: "Whoever doesn't want to live can just say it!" Even to Zi Chuan Ning, he rarely picked up his brother's shelf, and strictly forbade her to hand over her handkerchief to Li Qing to reveal it. ――That's why this matter was fortunately not leaked out of Zi Chuanning's mansion.

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Everyone smiled as Sterling walked in unconsciously, and Changchuan, who was sitting next to Cardin, quickly got out of the way: "Sit, sit, sir!" Sterling also sat down honestly and unceremoniously, as if this was the most natural thing to do - even the always brazen Zichuan Xiu had to admire this person's thick skin.

"What are you talking about?" said Sterling, talking to everyone, with only eyes on Cardin.

Cardin didn't answer, and Zichuan Xiudai replied: "Talk about the battle situation in the Far East Dilin!" and handed over a newspaper.

Sterling had already seen it, but he pretended to read it for the first time, and there was a sound of "En" in his mouth, as if the news was very interesting, and after a few minutes, he asked, "What do you all think?"

"We all think that Dilin is not in a good situation. Roger replied first, hoping to give this idol an image of jīng Ming: "The lone army is deep, there is no one to support, and the strong enemy is blocking the way, and you can't go forward." ”

"Well, Ah Xiu, you see it that way too?" Sterling looked at Zichuan Xiu, and the two met their eyes, and immediately understood what the other party meant.

Zichuan Xiu said softly: "No, I think that at this time, Di Lin Zhan has an active strategic advantage. ”

Sterling said briefly: "I feel the same way!"

"Why?" asked several voices at the same time.

Zi Chuan Xiu smiled: "You only see that Sterling is facing east is the city of Gemara, stationed 200,000 demon troops, led by the famous general Yun Qianxue, but it is said that the defense is impregnable, so Di Lin will inevitably attack Gemara, and he will definitely not be able to attack it-right?"

"But if Dilling doesn't attack Gemara, then what? For example, he can turn around and attack the weakly defended city of Ica in the southeast - if he captures Ika, Dilin will be able to contact the garrison of the deputy commander of Leibang in the southeast, and he won't have to worry about the rear road and reinforcements." At the same time, it can completely isolate nearly 5,000 square kilometers of demon territory, and it can be gnawed away slowly and gradually..."

Zichuan Xiu said: "If Di Lin doesn't attack Ika City, he can march to the Guosen Grassland in the northeast and occupy the Guosen Grassland - it is equivalent to ending the origin of the Demon Clan's magic crystal stones and walking dragons." Di Lin could use the captured walking dragon and philosopher's stone to build a 100,000-strong magic dragoon force - at that time, the demons would be even more miserable. ”

Sterling: "Even if Di Lin doesn't fight Guosen, he can directly besiege Kamara with superior forces, and the 200,000 people waiting for Yun Qianxue are so hungry that they can't stand it and surrender obediently." ”

There was silence. Bai Chuan hesitated and said: "But there must be a condition, that is, Di Lin's legion support materials must be continuously transported, and he is not afraid of being cut off from grain and grass, otherwise he will not be able to fight for a long time." But now that the thousand-kilometer-long transportation line is in the territory of the demon race, how can it be guaranteed?"

Shikawa Xiu and Sterling glanced at each other and smiled bitterly together.

"It's a problem for you and me—but it's not a problem for Dilling. This may be the difference between a famous general and a mediocre general. There was an indescribable dryness in his tone.

Zichuan Xiu also smiled bitterly: "This has nothing to do with ability, it's just a matter of concept - you don't have to belittle yourself too much." ”

Everyone didn't understand, and looked at Zichuan Xiu, hoping that he would explain.

Zi Chuanxiu sighed and only said one sentence: "Plunder on the spot and solve the problem of grain and grass." ”

Everyone understood: in order to be able to fight for a long time, Di Lin was bound to send various detachments to sweep away all the food that could fill his stomachs in the fields, villages, towns, and cities, and he would never let his soldiers starve. In this way, if Di Lin can support it for two months, then Yun Qianxue, who is trapped in the city, will definitely not be able to last for even three weeks.

Cardin screamed, "What about our civilians, will they starve to death like this?"

All the officers of the Zichuan family in the room turned their heads, not daring to meet the girl's bright eyes. Only Roger muttered twice, "War is cruel...", but no one paid any attention to him.

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"What a sinful feeling I just had. When only Shikawa and Sterling were left in the room, Shikawa whispered, "I was so happy that I almost forgot that Cardin was from there." ”

Sterling just sighed.

Zi Chuan Xiu: "If it were someone else, I would still have a big reason to fight back against him: "Don't you look at the demons who have bullied us for hundreds of years? Such a small return, not even interest!" But seeing Cardin's eyes, I can't say anything..."

Sterling still sighed.

"Seriously, Di Lin is doing this in the Far East, and it will be difficult to clean up this mess in the future. Zi Chuanxiu said: "He only cares about the convenience of the moment, and kills all the prisoners, who will dare to surrender to us in the future? Also, slaughtering civilians and plundering people's food, these practices are really difficult for me to approve of—how can our family gain a foothold in the Far East if we lose the hearts of the people?"

Sterling was speechless, remembering Dilin's domineering and courageous voice: "I don't need the support of those untouchables, I just need their fear and obedience! In the final analysis, the reason why we can dominate the Far East is not by popular votes and elections, but by the sword in our hands!"

Sterling actually didn't approve of Di Lin's violent approach in his heart, but Di Lin was their brother after all, and Zi Chuanxiu, the younger brother, could complain a few words, but it was inconvenient to condemn it from the position of his second brother.

He sighed again.

"I said Sterling, don't sigh like a deep woman, say something. ”

"What's the news lately, I mean dìdū you're here. ”

"Nothing new. First, Yang Minghua did not agree to give Minghui's border guards new equipment, and as a result, the equipment fell into the hands of Lei Xun's zhōngyāng army; second, our director Ge Shan quarreled with Luo Minghai about this matter, saying that Yang Minghua should not break the convention, and that new equipment has always been equipped for the border guards first -- I am a little confused about the position of this old virgin. ”

"Oh, there is such a thing? Looks like I can do something about her, maybe I can win her over. ”

Zi Chuan Xiu squinted his eyes and glanced at Sterling, looking very strange.

"Why do you look at me like that?"

"Sè wolf, please chase the girl and be a little more restrained, okay? You like Cardin, don't be so blatant, I'm afraid of spreading it... I can't hold it back!"

Sterling was speechless.

"Does Li Qing know?"

"She's just suspicious, suspicious that I have a second woman out there, but doesn't know who it is yet. ”

"Tsk, a woman's intuition is really terrible! She asked Zi Chuan Ning to ask me to help her scout your whereabouts, and I coaxed her over for the time being, and next time I can't pass the test so easily." What's Cardin's reaction?"

"You see it all: no response! She never gives me a chance to be alone......"

Zi Chuan Xiu scolded: "This little demon is so cunning! I said, you just tell the chief directly, as long as he supports you, it will be difficult for others to intervene." You don't have to sneak around!"

"I will say, but not now--Yang Minghua, they will never let go of this opportunity to attack us, if not, he will force me to resign because of this. Besides, I don't want the adults to be distracted by my affairs at this time. ”

"That's too. ”

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Zi Chuanxiu looked at Sterling's face, he had already lost a circle, his cheekbones were prominent, and his two eyes were deeply nested. He didn't understand that this dear friend of his had to deal with heavy military affairs every day as if nothing had happened, and he was intrigued with Yang Minghua and his gang, and worked hard...

He sympathized with Sterling, admired his perseverance even more, and even thought: "If it were me, I wouldn't be able to do it." - Fortunately, I won't be so stupid, what kind of love, I'm sorry!dìdū The young women wandering under the big hotel, which one is not as beautiful as a fairy, three hundred yuan a night, why bother with love!"

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