In November of the year 780 of the Imperial calendar, the scorching heat gradually subsided, and although the first snow was still missing, the thick autumn mood was clearly expressed in the withered leaves and bare branches.

The last of its feeble rays shone in the western sky, reflecting the withered yellow weeds that the horses' hooves had trodden.

The cavalry reconnaissance team galloped in the direction of the cavalry, and the afterglow of the cavalry was gilded on the jumping figures of the cavalry.

The officer commanding at the front of the queue suddenly raised his hand: "Stop!" tightened his horse, and the horse let out a long neigh.

The cavalry behind also stopped one after another, and the unruly hooves of the horses kicked and beat the dead grass, and circled in a haphazard circle. Another rider in the back caught up and asked, "Shirakawa, why are you stopping?"

Bai Chuan didn't answer, tilted his head to the side, as if listening to something, and inhaled vigorously with his nose: "Ming Yu, you smell it, the smell here is a little wrong!"

Ming Yu inhaled vigorously, the air was filled with the fragrance of the land and hay unique to the grassland, and the evening breeze blew, but he felt another incongruous taste. He quickly reacted and said hesitantly, "The smell of blood?"

Shirakawa nodded and pointed to a small grove located to the south of them: "It's from there, let's go over and take a look." ”

Ming Yu was still a little hesitant, Bai Chuan had already turned his horse's head and ran straight away, and the cavalry were also following behind her, he sighed helplessly, and secretly prayed that it was not a large army of demons.

The closer you get to the woods, the stronger the smell of blood. Next to the forest, Shirakawa found what they were looking for: a shallow naturally formed ditch with the corpses of hacked demon soldiers, more than a dozen of them. Bloodstained dark faces on lips can be seen, as well as bare feet on the outside of blue cotton pants.

There was no weapon next to the corpse, even the standard iron armor on the body had been stripped off, the blood from the wound was still dry, and it was constantly dripping out, it was obvious that it was not long before death, and the murderer - whoever he was - must not have gone far, and it was likely that he heard the sound of horses' hooves before hurrying away.

Ming Yu frowned and instructed his subordinates: "Dig a pit and bury them." The cavalry complained bitterly: the commander had too much to do to clean up such a disgusting corpse.

Ming Yu didn't have the bodhisattva's compassionate heart to collect the corpses of the demon soldiers, he was just worried that if the demons found the corpses, they would definitely retaliate against the residents in this area, and maybe it would also affect the hiding place of the Xiuzi camp.

The scout came to report to Shirakawa: "Judging from the bloodstains, several of the other party may have been injured, the blood dripping all the way into the forest, it is still wet, and the footprints are also very messy, they must not have gone far." Bai Chuan nodded: it was very likely that it was her own people inside, and she waved to a group of cavalry: "Come in with me." ”

It's a birch forest, sparsely wooded, and the leaves are almost lost in late autumn, making it a great place to track. The cavalry followed the trail in the woods, the deep autumn leaves creaking under the horses' hooves.

"They're right there!" shouted the cavalry in front.

Shirakawa also saw that there were a bunch of strange faces moving among the birch trees of the light white sè, which was very conspicuous. She shook her head and whipped her horse's buttocks, speeding up to catch up. The horses' hooves rang through the forest path, and the turtledoves that roosted in them flew in shock.

Knowing that he would definitely not be able to outrun the speed of the war horse, the other party no longer hid, but instead met Bai Chuan and the others. Fearing an ambush, Shirakawa ordered the cavalry to slow down and advance in small steps. Less than twenty paces apart, they could already see each other clearly, and the two sides approached each other cautiously.

It's a group of ragged human soldiers, dressed in different attire. Some people were wearing military coats, some were wearing the uniforms of the soldiers of the Zichuan family, with a piece of incomplete armor tied between their chests and abdomen, and some people were even wearing the armor of the demon soldiers, which was stained with blood. The soldiers were dark-faced, thin, dirty, hungry, and some of them were wounded, and they couldn't even stand up straight. They all have weapons in their hands: knives, swords, bows and arrows, special hook spears made by demon soldiers, nailed wooden sticks, sharpened pieces of iron.........

Bai Chuan's eyes were blazing, and she had vaguely guessed the identity of the group of people in front of her. She jumped off her horse, put the saber on her waist on the ground, then raised her hand, patted her waist to show that she had no weapons on her, and slowly approached them, smiling on her face.

"Stop!"

A tall man with a sloppy beard shouted, "Who are you? Why are you chasing us?"

Come closer and we'll release the arrows!" the man, who was evidently the leader of the group, had just finished speaking when a "creaking" sound rang out, and several archers had already wound their arrows.

The cavalry behind Shirakawa moved, and the cavalrymen with strong blood drew their sabers in unison, and a blue sword light flashed. The captain shouted fiercely: "If you dare to touch our adults, I will chop you all into meat sauce!"

"Don't make a fuss!" Shirakawa turned around and harshly suppressed the cavalry. She turned her head again, stopped, spread her hands, and said softly, "I don't have a weapon, I just want to talk to you." Can you let me come closer?"

Maybe it was because of Bai Chuan's gentle tone, but more likely because of the effect of the shining saber in the back, the bearded Da Han's tone softened: "You come here, slowly." The archers also lowered their bows, which had been loaded with missing arrows, and pointed them to the ground.

Shirakawa walked over and stood in front of them, and the two sides could already talk casually.

Bai Chuan coughed dryly and asked, "Those demon soldiers outside were killed by you, right?"

The bearded man hesitated for a moment and nodded: "We did it." "It's useless to deny it, there are still blood stains on the weapons of many people behind him, and some people are wearing the armor of demon soldiers.

Shirakawa nodded, and asked with an approving look, "Has anyone been hurt?"

"A few brothers have hung up the lottery......"

Shirakawa immediately said, "Wait a minute. He turned around and walked in the direction of his own team, and commanded the cavalry captain. The captain took something out of the stuffed saddlebag and handed it to Shirakawa, she walked back and handed the captain a bottle of wound medicine and a few rolls of clean bandages: "Hurry up and treat the wounds of the brothers, otherwise it will become inflamed later." ”

The bearded man hurriedly took it, which was exactly what they lacked the most. He turned his head and handed the medicine to a young man in demon armor, and whispered to him to bandage his wounds.

Turning his head, he said to Shirakawa from the bottom of his heart, "Thank you very much. ”

Several of the wounded soldiers were helped aside to lean under the tree to be bandaged, and they also groaned and expressed their gratitude. The tense atmosphere between the two sides had eased, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and let go of their grips on their weapons.

Bai Chuan smiled and said, "You're welcome, it's just a gesture." What is your identity?"

"My name is Duke, and I am a small cavalry warrior of the Fifth Brigade of the 31st Division of the Far East Army of the Zichuan Family......" The beard smiled bitterly before he said: "It used to be." ”

The officers and soldiers around were silent, and the gods were quite embarrassed.

Bai Chuan was puzzled, but then suddenly realized: "The 31st Division? That's not the ...... originally stationed in Glock Province."

During the turmoil in the Far East two years ago, the 31st Division was one of the 25 family divisions stationed in Glock Province on the orders of Lei Hong.

This group of rebels later joined the Far Eastern Ethnic Army and became the backbone of the Far Eastern rebels. Later, when the demons invaded, they became accomplices and minions of the demons' invasion of mankind, and their compatriots killed each other, which was the most tragic page in the history of the Zichuan family.

Bai Chuan was silent for a long time before he whispered, "I see. "That is to say, the person standing in front of him is also a member of the rebels.

As if reading her thoughts, Duke whispered, "Yes, you're right, we're the most traitors. He waved his hand and pointed to the silent crowd behind him: "Now the people standing in front of you are all traitors - when Lei Hong raised his army, all the officers and soldiers who were loyal to his family and refused to rebel were killed by him. All those who survive now are traitors - traitors to the Zichuan family, and traitors to the human race. His face was expressionless, but there was desolation and helplessness in his tone.

Shirakawa looked at the group of people in front of her, haggard and emaciated, she really didn't know how to face them.

The sorrow of being slandered as a traitor has been deeply experienced by myself. In fact, even now, he and his group of Xiuzi Camp are still burdened with the stigma of betrayers, but their group is innocent, and these people in front of them are really genuine betrayers, how do they feel?

She nodded silently and asked, "What about those demon soldiers—those dead corpses of demon soldiers outside?"

"Lei Hong is dead, the demon clan sent Lu Di to be the leader of the Far Eastern Race Army, Lu Di treated his subordinates too cruelly, we didn't want to do it anymore, so we deserted. Those people outside are the law enforcement team sent by the demons to hunt us down. Results ......"

Duke laughed self-deprecatingly, "You saw it all, we killed them." ”

Bai Chuan was a little surprised, the Demon Law Enforcement Team is the supervising team in the Demon Army, and it is often served by the Jīng Rui unit in the Demon Army. The group of exhausted deserters in front of them can actually wipe out the other party in turn, so the combat effectiveness of this group of people is much stronger than they seem. Experienced soldiers in the battlefield, coupled with excellent combat commanders, these are the talents that the Xiuzi Battalion is currently in need.

She asked, "Where are you going next? Have you ever thought about returning to Zichuan's house?"

Duke shook his head: "We have our own blood on our hands, and the family will not forgive us." What to do next, let's take one step at a time, one day we will be caught up by the demons, and we will forget it. Thank you, little girl, do you have any extra medicine and food? ”

Out of self-pity, he didn't want to have too many entanglements with the humans in front of him. Although we are all human beings, we are not fellow travelers.

Shirakawa stopped him, "We don't have it here, but we have it at the base, and the food and medicine are sufficient." Since you don't have much to go, would you like to come with us?"

Duke was amazed: the human in front of him knew who he was, and he was willing to accept him? He asked, "Who are you?"

In fact, they have been wondering for a long time. After the victory of the demons, they have begun to enter various parts of the Far East, and for a long time, they have not seen the army of the Zichuan family that once ruled the Far East. The young female officer in front of her was dressed in the officer uniform of the Zichuan family's unique tweed blue sè military coat and high-level leather boots, and the subordinates behind her were also wearing black sè cavalry uniforms and cloaks, and the red sè epaulettes with the number of the unit were sewn on their shoulders.

Bai Chuan saw his doubts and said with a smile: "Don't worry, we are fellow travelers: we are also rebels.

We are from the Xiuzi Battalion. ”

"Ahh

"Oh!" the rebel soldiers cried out in surprise.

Duke shuddered and asked, "You guys are from the Xiuzi Battalion...... Who are you?"

"Shikawa Shu is our boss. Shirakawa wondered the other party's reaction and asked, "What's wrong?"

Duke said excitedly: "He's a big hero! His affairs have been spread all over our military camp - the demons initially wanted to block the news, but so many high-ranking officers died, they really couldn't explain it, and the news finally leaked out."

Hearing his name, the demons will cry in fear even from their sleep!

Because of him, even we were naked, and for a long time we raised our eyebrows, and we all worshipped him as an idol!

He is the glory of our Zichuan family!" In his excitement, he even forgot his rebellious identity and blurted out "Our Zichuan family".

Another rebel soldier added: "The glory of the whole human world!"

Shirakawa and the cavalry of the Xiuzi battalion looked at each other. They did not expect that their boss was notorious in the family interior, but in the Far East, he was so famous.

Someone whispered: "Hero...... Is there a hero who loses the gamble and pays the bill?" Before he finished speaking, someone had already gagged him.

"I'll go with you!" Duke said without hesitation: "Follow Lord Xiu, even if we die, we will do it!"

He turned around and gave a quick and loud command: "Salute!"

The men in ragged clothes marched together to salute the Shirakawa army. Duke shouted hoarsely and loudly to Bai Chuan: "The Fifth Brigade of the 31st Division of the former Far East Army, all members of the 5th Brigade request to return to the team!

Shirakawa slowly returned the salute and said, "Duke Cavalry Samurai, welcome you and your men back to the team." I'm Xiuziying Qiben Shirakawa. You say this is all the members of the Fifth Brigade, where are the others?"

"Report sir, our entire brigade is here!"

Bai Chuan gasped, according to the regular army of the Zichuan family, a brigade should have more than 500 people, and the people in front of him were no more than 50 at most, and almost all of them were wounded, which shows how cruel the battle experienced by this team was.

She didn't say anything more, and led them to join Ming Yu and the others and retreat together.

The team kept heading west, but due to some delay on the way, it was late at night when the team left the grassland and entered the mountains. This kind of forest is unimaginable to ordinary people, and the dense thorns and branches are intertwined, and if you burrow into it, you can't hear or see anything. The endless bushes are like a city, and there is no more secluded, deeper, and more forested place than this.

After the second husband's trek through the dark jungle, the new soldiers were made dark and unoriented by the dark woods that could not see the sky. They couldn't understand how the soldiers of the Xiuzi Battalion could so accurately identify the direction and the road in the dark.

By the morning of the next day, the party had left the jungle and entered a treacherous valley with a narrow mouth that could only accommodate two horsemen. There was a simple stone fortress built at the mouth of the valley, and a lookout archer saw the passing team from the top of the fort, and shouted from afar: "Stop, who is it?"

Shirakawa stopped her horse, knowing that if she was not careful at this time, the ambushes on both sides of the valley would immediately fire arrows at them. She replied in a loud voice: "Password: Mikawa Banner Book." I am Bai Chuan, the commander of the division directly under my command, and I have just returned from a reconnaissance mission on my lord's order, so please let me go. ”

The figure of the archers disappeared, and the cavalrymen waited patiently in place. After a while he reappeared and said loudly, "Welcome back, White Flag Ben, you have worked hard!"

The team then advanced, passed through the valley, and walked for about half an hour, and suddenly the eyes suddenly opened up. Duke and the other new officers and soldiers were stunned by what they saw: a small town and barracks appeared in front of them.

As if sleepwalking, they slowly walked into the town. On both sides of the road are newly built wooden houses, and the street is very lively, the road is bustling, people come and go, merchants are selling the roadside, and the shops on both sides are full of dazzling goods, and the goods are very rich. In it, Duke and the others saw fruit specialties such as red potatoes and wolf fruits from the Dìdū region of the family's interior, and these products were even kept fresh!

There were military personnel in the crowd, and even more civilians who did not wear military uniforms. There were many old men, women, and children, both human and orc, and Duke and the others were very surprised that humans and orcs could live in harmony in the same town, and that such a scene was unimaginable in the present Far East. Half-orcs have always been the main force in the demon army, in the previous Far East rebellion war, they have the deepest hatred for the Zichuan family and humans, and they have always killed humans when they see them, how can they get along so harmoniously? There is another thing that also left a deep impression on Duke: the people here, whether they are half-orcs or humans, all have ruddy faces, and their demeanor exudes a taste of wealth and peace. Compared to the famine and starvation outside, Duke couldn't help but sigh: "What a paradise this is!"

Shirakawa explained to Duke lightly: "There weren't so many people in this place, but since we settled here, we have taken in a lot of human refugees who had been displaced by the war in the Far East, and gradually we have gathered so many people.

Later, the adults vigorously developed commerce, using our grain to trade minerals with various races in the Far East, and exchanging minerals with mankind for food and weapons, and gradually, more and more people did business with us, and the place became prosperous -- of course, we did not develop for a long time, not even more than half a year. So the facilities here are still very basic. ”

The procession leads from the prosperous streets of the town, causing a rush of hawkers on the side of the road. The team did not stop in the town and went directly to the barracks. The barracks were built on the edge of the town, and hundreds of wooden houses with their facades painted in light green were lined up one after the other. The houses were built to the same specifications as the buildings in the town, but compared to the chaos of the town's buildings, the design of the barracks was more neat, and groups of soldiers in light brown uniforms were marching out of the line, some were training in empty-handed combat, shouting "kill" and roaring into the sky, some were running, and some were conducting equestrian training in the open field. On the school grounds, neat queues are lined up one after another, and there is no end in sight.

Duke and the others were shocked when they saw it: they hadn't seen the Zichuan family's army for a long time, and they were really excited to see such a magnificent soldier and horse again.

The people around saw that Shirakawa was back, and their attitude was also very friendly, and from time to time someone came over to greet Shirakawa: "Sir Shirakawa, what is the good harvest of going out this time?" Shirakawa responded one by one with a smile.

One of the soldiers beside Duke whispered to him, "Sir, somehow, as soon as I stand next to the people here, I feel like I'm a head shorter, and I can't even speak well. ”

Duke let out a whisper of "shhh

Although his own martial arts are not very high, his vision is very good. He had already discovered that all the officers and soldiers he had seen here had no weak martial arts. Some people walk steadily, walking in the dust, and the light in their eyes is not revealed, which is obviously already at the master level of the grandmaster, but looking at the mark on his body, it is just the rank of squad leader.

Duke was secretly frightened: An ordinary soldier here can at least serve as an officer in any unit of the Zichuan family.

When he first met Shirakawa and the others, he had already found that none of the opposing cavalry were mediocre and far stronger than other troops, which was of course rare, but it was not surprising to think that in general, scout troops would choose the best players in the army. But when I arrived at their base camp, I was even more proficient.

On the way, he saw a soldier washing a horse lifting a water tank and pouring water on the horse, the horse was so frightened that he was about to jump up, and the other soldier immediately held the horse with one hand, and pressed a tall military horse to the point that he couldn't move, and he neighed vigorously, and his hooves kicked the ground indiscriminately, and the earth was flying.

Everyone was stunned one by one: Look at the full tank, I'm afraid there is not a hundred or ten pounds, right? There is another one who has the ability to overwhelm the startled horse, what a terrible power is this? But look at their light-hearted appearance, as if they were twisting a straw, and humming a minor tune while working.

Duke tugged at Shirakawa's sleeve vigorously!"Sir Bai, Sir Bai, look, look!"

Bai Chuan turned his head, looked at it casually, and then turned his head again: "What's so beautiful about washing horses, we wash them every day." ”

"Ah, Wash the Horse?, sir, I didn't mean that, I meant ......"

Shirakawa has gone far.

Duke and the others stood there in a daze. He was secretly frightened: if everyone in a unit had such a level of martial arts, coupled with the well-trained tacit cooperation, the combined power of such a battle formation of thousands of people would increase in geometric progression. I have the impression that there is no second such a terrible army among human armies. Even among the demons, I'm afraid that only their most powerful force, the Palace Guard Brigade (Armored Beast Legion), can compete with it.

In front of the camp, Shirakawa jumped off his horse and called the quartermaster: "There are more than fifty new joiners today, prepare clothes and weapons for each of them, those who are injured go to the infirmary first, and the others can enter the camp, take a bath first, and then rest." Duke, you come with me, and I'll take you to your lordship. ”

Duke hurriedly responded. What kind of appearance should a general who commands such a powerful army, a hero who single-handedly enters the demon camp, and treats thousands of troops and horses as nothing?

The burly and tall middle-aged man, not smiling, Yan Sù's brows are always very tight, not angry but mighty, his eyes are so sharp that he can even see through the back of the wall, and when he speaks, his voice is loud and thick, shaking the whole room buzzing, and he keeps saying: "Little ghost, it's good!" and patted his subordinates on the shoulders to express encouragement (after that, the subordinates will go to see the orthopedic surgeon to apply bruising potion, and if the body is weak, they may vomit blood on the spot and die), at a glance, they know that they are the kind of leaders who are full of confidence and can show the way forward for all mankind.

The thought of meeting his idol, somehow, Duke's nervousness was pounding. He straightened his back, straightened his old military uniform, and tried to make a good impression at first glance.

"Come on, someone, there's another hooligan peeping into the women's locker room!"

There was an exclamation in the distance, mixed with the woman's scream, and before Duke could react, "Hulala"

A large group of townsfolk rushed in front of them with kitchen knives and sticks.

Looking at the direction in which the townspeople were rushing, Shirakawa Kimoto's face immediately became very strange, and he gritted his teeth and whispered: "This bastard, take advantage of my absence...... away"

Duke didn't hear clearly, and asked her, "Sir, what did you say?"

"It's nothing, you just come with me. ”

Shirakawa led the way in front, in the same direction as the townspeople. Walking less than a hundred meters, there was a lot of people in front, a large group of townspeople gathered together, and in the middle was a young man with a very delicate and smiling face, who was very calm and said to everyone: "Ladies and gentlemen, you have misunderstood, I am not peeping. ”

"Then what are you doing lying on the ventilated windowsill of the women's locker room?"

"Oh, this one is because the glass in the dressing room is broken, and I'm repairing it, and by the way, it's just ...... to investigate the latest achievements in our longing technology. ”

The crowd swarmed up and knocked the peeping thief to the ground, and a crowd surrounded him and punched and kicked him.

"Damn thief, we've finally caught you this time!"

"My daughter lost three pieces of underwear this month, he must have done it!"

"Teach him a good lesson!"

"Hit, hit, kick, kick!"

Even Duke, who was passing by, walked over and kicked the rascal a few times.

The hooligan let out a scream: "Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, don't get me wrong...... Help me...... Ouch, Shirakawa, it's you, come and save me, Shirakawa!--you dead mother-in-law, you can't save ...... when you die."

Duke was a little surprised: "Sir, he seems to be calling you!"

Bai Chuan didn't reply: "That's an illusion." But you shouldn't hit him like that. ”

"I'm sorry, sir, I couldn't help it...... for a moment."

Shirakawa jerked out his saber and handed it to Duke: "Cut him off with this!"

Bai Chuan took Duke to a very ordinary house in the middle of the barracks: "This is the adult's reception room, you wait here first, I'll go and see if the adult has come back - that kind of Cheng Dù's blow shouldn't kill him." ”

Duke didn't understand what she meant, but replied respectfully, "Yes, sir." ”

Shirakawa nodded and walked out the back door of the room. Duke sat down in his chair and looked around: the room was not very large, the walls were white-painted, with the smell of wood peculiar to the new house, but there was not much furniture in the room, only a simple coffee table and a dozen chairs, and a large table, all of which looked very simple, and had not even been painted, revealing the pale white sè of the wood itself. The only decoration in the room is a large painting of dragons flying and phoenixes dancing in the middle of the wall, and Duke looked at it for a long time before he realized that it was: "Dominating the world"

Four big words, but they are upside down.

After waiting for a while, he heard the footsteps of "Answer" outside approaching, and Duke immediately stood up and waited. Shirakawa led a man into the house and introduced, "This is our unit commander, Lord Shikawa Shu - Duke, Duke, what's wrong with you?"

She went over to sniff and looked up, "He passed out." ”

"It's strange, how can a good person say that he is faint?" Zi Chuan inhaled the cold air, his face was blue and swollen, and he was full of scars.

Duke, who came to his senses, looked at him sympathetically, and whispered comforting him, "The feeling of being broken is very uncomfortable, right? ”

Shirakawa instructed him, "Tell your lord everything you know, we are very short of information about the demons now." One thing that strikes me wonders, why is the casualty rate of your troops so high, and there are only a few of you left in a brigade?"

"Yes, my lord, Chief Bai, the army of the demon clan has always been divided into several ranks, among them, the army of the Senea tribe is the most favorable, they are the best treated, the most weapons and equipment are the best, the supply is also the most sufficient, and the salary is the most favorable.

The armies of other races of the demon race are divided into the second level, and the treatment is inferior, but it is far better than the army of the Far Eastern race; in the army of the Far East race, the army of the demon race is most valued by the half-orc and dragon army, the former has the largest number, the latter has the strongest combat effectiveness, and the second is the army of the snake race. ”

Duke's words were filled with grief and indignation, and he continued: "And the army that is most discriminated against is us humans, and they will send us wherever there is danger and heavy casualties." Like the last time we attacked Payi, we were sent in the first round of attack waves, followed by the demon warlords, many brothers were not even allowed to retreat if they were injured, they could only be trampled to death by the follow-up troops, they wanted to use our corpses to help them pave the way! Our treatment is not as good as the jīng spirits who serve as servants in the army, not only are our salaries often withheld, but all we are given are moldy food, and we can't even eat enough......

Sir, the demon army doesn't treat us as human beings. In fact, not only us, but all the human officers and soldiers in the race army did not want to be right, that is, they did not have a chance. After Lei Hong died, we fled in large numbers, and the demons sent law enforcement teams to chase and kill them, and they caught the deserters and hung them on trees and burned them alive! In the Tussauds Province, the smell of burnt corpses was everywhere. We retaliated: If you want our life, I will kill you first! That day, we set up an ambush and killed none of the pursuing law enforcement teams. ”

Zi Chuanxiu nodded and said approvingly: "Good job! Ask you something, Duke: How many human soldiers like you are there in the demon army now?"

Duke was very talkative, and asked ten questions: "My lord, when Lei Hong rebelled, there were a total of twenty-five divisions, ten of which were cavalry divisions, with a strength of about 200,000 people. But after fighting for such a long time, the casualties of all units were very large, especially after the death of Lei Hong, many soldiers secretly deserted themselves - now there is probably only about 100,000 human puppet troops in the demon army, but the establishment still retains the establishment of twenty-five divisions, in fact, one division is not even half of the previous strength. The morale of the troops was extremely unstable, the management was chaotic, the discipline was extremely poor, and soldiers often fled, and the officers often turned a blind eye and pretended not to see it, and some officers even simply took their subordinates with them, such as me. ”

Shikawa nodded with satisfaction, glanced at Shirakawa, and saw joy in each other's eyes.

Although it is relatively safe to hide in the deep mountains and dense forests of Wag, it also has the disadvantage of a lack of information from the outside world. What they lacked most now was information about the demon army.

As Zichuan Xiu expected at the beginning, the peak was followed by the trough, and after the ecstasy of conquering the Far East, the morale of the huge war plane of the demon race inevitably declined.

"Do you know the distribution of the demons' forces in the Far East now?"

Duke was a little embarrassed, frowned and thought for a while, and replied hesitantly: "This, my lord, the status of our human beings in the demon army is very low, and we can't access a lot of important information. It's just that I've heard a lot of rumors, and I don't know if it's true or not......"

"That's it, we won't blame you. ”

"Yes. One thing is certain, the current strength of the demon clan is not as good as it was when the war began.

In the Far Eastern War, although they won the human race, they also paid a lot of price, especially the battle of Lord Stirling in Pai City, everyone said that the casualties of the demon army must be very large, otherwise the Demon God Emperor would not agree to negotiate peace so lightly. It is said that the Jīng Rui army, which lost tens of thousands, was forced to change generals before the battle, and the crown prince was also withdrawn.

"After the end of the war, their domestic agricultural production needed manpower, and the demons transferred a large number of troops back to demobilize. The Demon God Emperor's palace has been abolished, the palace guard brigade with the strongest combat effectiveness has returned to China, and the main forces of the kingdom have also left, such as Caton, Karan, Yun Qianxue, Yerma, Ross and other heavy generals, I heard that they are no longer in the Far East.

"Now the main forces left by the demons in the Far East are only the Lu Di Legion and the Ling Buxu Legion. Lu Di was the newly appointed Grand Governor of the Far East, and most of his troops were already scattered throughout the Far East, while the Lingbu Legion was deployed around the Valen Fortress in the west, tasked with monitoring and defending against the human defenders in the Valen Fortress. In addition to them, the only forces left by the demons were the Racial Coalition Army in the Far East. ”

Zi Chuanxiu said in surprise: "Emperor Lu has already been appointed as the governor of the Far East?

"There's a reason for this: before the war began, the Demon God Emperor made an agreement with his generals: whoever kills the most enemies will be the new governor of the Far East. As a result, after the end of the war, everyone compared and found that although he had the experience of defeat under the city of Valen, the most killed enemy was the Ludi Legion, and in the battle of Moon Bay alone, he completely annihilated more than 100,000 family people's troops, and with this alone, he far surpassed other generals. Therefore, the Demon God Emperor also kept his promise and made him the governor. ”

Zichuan Xiu groaned, when he was in the demon army, he had heard many rumors about Emperor Lu and understood his style.

Shirakawa led Duke down to rest first.

Ming Yu, who was waiting outside, came in to report, and Shikawa Xiu asked him, "How is the situation outside when you go out this time." ”

"My lord, we went out to explore several provinces this time, and the situation was similar, drought, famine, and disaster. As we passed, the grange was empty, no one was farming, and there were starving corpses everywhere along the roadside. The common people hid in the deep mountains and old forests and did not dare to come out, for fear that the demon army would pull the strong men to collect food, and they were afraid that the thieves would ransack the village - there were thieves everywhere, and we went all the way, not to mention more than 100 robbers. It's a little better in our Wag province, maybe because the people in this area have our help, and we can finally get by. ”

"Have you ever encountered a demon patrol?"

Ming Yu laughed unnaturally: "Patrol, if you want to say that it is a whole group of demon regular army, it is almost the same.

In several provinces along the Great Highway of the Far East, they are crowded with demon armies. We've run into them at least fifty times!

More than a dozen times, we only broke out by killing and slashing with fast horses.

As for whether they are following us behind, I'm not sure. ”

Zi Chuanxiu was taken aback: "Didn't you say that the main forces of the demon army are concentrated in the southwest camp and Tussaud?"

Ming Yu replied in the affirmative: "Yes, my lord." It seems that the demons are indeed planning some kind of action, and they have gathered heavy troops in the area of Sharo and Minsk, with at least thirty teams or more. I suspect it could be directed at us. ”

Zichuan Xiu shook his head: "Impossible." They don't know what we're capable of, and if they're going to deal with us, they won't bother so much, at most they'll send a few raiding teams. Have you entered the Cloud Province?"

"Yes, sir. I entered the Cloud Province, but I was unable to meet the Elders. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to complete my mission. ”

Zi Chuanxiu frowned: "Why? You didn't get in touch with them? Didn't you show the joint recommendation letter from the orcs from Delun and a dozen other villages to the elders?"

"My lord, as soon as I got there, I made it clear to the local people who I was here and what I was here for, but their elders refused to see me. The brethren were annoyed, and they all cried out, 'Slaughter this village!' but there were really orcs there, and the knives were already in sight, and they didn't even blink an eyelid. ”

"Don't see blood there, it's a holy place. If we kill people in the Holy Land, the whole Far East will stand up against us. ”

Ming Yu looked a little embarrassed: "Yes, my lord, you are completely right. I immediately stopped the brothers, said sorry and left. It was really rude and I failed to complete the task. ”

"Have you shown them Delenn's letter?"

"My lord, I gave it. They knew exactly who we were, but they deliberately ignored us.

It's infuriating. They also said, 'I want to see the elders of our village, and let your light show yourself.' ’”

Ming Yu cursed angrily, and said, "What bullshit elder, what's the big deal, isn't it just a hillbilly in a broken village?"

Zichuan Xiu chuckled, but did not make a sound. This was not surprising, since Ming Yu did not know the status of the Sacred Temple of Yun Province in the minds of the people of the Far East, and he had not heard of the name of the Elder of the Holy Temple, Budan, who was a household name in the Far East and the leader of the half-orc god Jīng.

At that time, it was he who led the rebel people, who were still at a disadvantage, and set up an ambush to annihilate the 30,000 Zichuan crusading army led by Li Ke Hongyi Qiben, so that the rebellion could spread in the Far East. Later, for some unknown reason, when the Race Army grew stronger, he suddenly left the leadership core of the Far Eastern Race Army and retired back to the Holy Temple. It is said that this is because most of the leaders of the Far Eastern Race Army at that time were in favor of forming an alliance with the Demon Army, while Boudan alone disagreed, believing that the alliance with the Demon Army was undoubtedly a wolf companion, but no one supported him, and he resigned in anger. Later, the development of the form shì also proved his foresight. Now, his status in the eyes of the people of the Far East is unattainably high, and the thirteen tribes of the orcs all revere him as an elder, and he is in charge of the temples of the Far East.

The orcs who were familiar with him, such as Delen, Dekun, and Deb, all said that if they wanted to make a big deal in the Far East, they must enlist the support of Elder Boudin. He listened to them, and then sent Shirakawa and Ming Yu to get acquainted with him with gifts - he didn't dare to send Roger over because he was afraid that Roger's fiery temper would be bad. Unexpectedly, he sent two of his most senior subordinates over, and also brought a joint letter of recommendation from the heads of more than a dozen nearby villages, but he still ate a closed door.

Sure enough, just as rumored, Elder Boudin was very arrogant. But fortunately, on the way back, they met Duke and other fleeing rebels, so they did not return empty-handed.

Zichuan Xiu thought about it and said, "Okay." I'll go over tomorrow. ”

"Ah, my lord, where are you going?"

Zi Chuanxiu said lightly: "Didn't they say that they wanted me to go over by myself? ”

Ming Yu was shocked: "My lord, it's just a few rural buns, it's not worth your visit."

Why don't you go on another trip, and bring the brothers over and ask him to come over, but if he refuses, I'll slaughter that village!"

Ming Yu gritted his teeth, obviously still holding a grudge against the indifferent treatment he received last time.

Zi Chuanxiu shook his head and said, "No." I need his cooperation, I can't use force. Besides, I haven't moved around for a long time, and I want to go out and see the outside world. ”

At this time, Shirakawa pushed the door in, and when he heard Zichuan Xiu's words, he said in surprise, "My lord......, do you want to go there yourself?"

At this point, several people fell silent. Shikawa Xiu has never recovered from his illness due to severe internal injuries, external injuries, and physical injuries caused by the harsh environment on the way to escape. After the secret treatment of the half-orcs in the village, the external injuries were quickly closed, but the two internal injuries were entangled, and the damage to the meridians and dantian was great. Now, Zi Chuanxiu can't have luck at all, and he is equivalent to a waste person who doesn't know martial arts at all.

Zichuan Xiu smiled: "It doesn't matter. Isn't there still you?"

Bai Chuan's heart was sour: the hero who once dared to break into the demon camp single-handedly has now become this powerless appearance, and he has to rely on the protection of his subordinates to dare to go out, and the hero's shortness of breath is really sad to watch. Several subordinates felt sorry for him in private, but he didn't care at all, and he was busy peeping into the women's locker room all day long.

She quickly lowered her head to prevent him from seeing the pity in her eyes: "Yes." Then we'll go down and prepare the convoy. The two came out and discussed in a low voice for a while, and then went to Roger to explain the matter.

Shirakawa said to the two of them, "We must ensure the safety of the adults on the road." You bring me all the best players you have. Roger, come with me personally!"

The two of them agreed without saying a word, and Ming Yu said: "In my army, you can choose whichever one you like." The safety of adults is important. Why don't I come with you too?"

Bai Chuan hesitated, but still said: "Forget it, a few of us are out, and we have to stay at home to deal with emergencies." ”

For the next half day, Shirakawa was busy choosing an escort for Zichuan Xiu. Her requirements are very high, not only to be good at hand-to-hand combat, but also to fight in close quarters, kill with white blades, light skills, and ride shè...... All kinds of skills must be proficient, and they must have a good mind and quick reactions, and they must be absolutely loyal, and they must have the courage to use their bodies to block arrows for their superiors at critical moments - there are indeed not many people who meet these conditions, but fortunately, today's Xiuzi Camp is full of talents, and after some selection, she finally found a total of fifty guards, who are not only masters of all-round skills, but also have their own specialties. For example, some people are particularly good at saber fighting, some people are good at empty-handed fighting, and there are more than a dozen sharpshooters who wear a hundred steps.

This creates a defensive network that is both offensive and defensive.

In particular, a few are masters who are good at foreign kung fu, and they are invulnerable to hard kung fu. In Shirakawa's plan, they will serve as Shirokawa Shu's closest bodyguards, specializing in guarding against those outlaws who are desperate.

In terms of mounts, Shirakawa managed to select a group of war horses from the Xinga Province and equip them for Zichuan Xiu and the guards.

The province of Xinga has always been famous for producing horses, their horses, which can bear weights, are good at sprinting, and have endurance and tenacity, compared to the war horses of the demons, both in speed and endurance are much stronger. The Iron Armor Legion of the Zichuan family has always gone to the Xinga region to buy war horses. In this way, if you encounter a large army of demons, you can at least escape.

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