In the harsh winter of February in 779 in the imperial calendar, the war situation in the Far East took a new turn. Just as Di Lin's army was besieging the 200,000 demon army of Gemara and Yun Qianxue in the ice and snow, a new enemy appeared in the depths of the demon kingdom. The second prince of the demon clan, Karan, led 200,000 troops of the Praetorian Guard to reinforce Yun Qianxue. After trying to fight a few times, Di Lin understood that the opponent he encountered this time was different from the past, and the Demon Clan's Jīng Rui Praetorian Guard was far superior in terms of morale, combat effectiveness, and loyalty. Fearing that he would be attacked by Yun Qianxue and Karan's belly and back, and because the human army was not conducive to fighting in the cold winter, and it was becoming more and more difficult to raise food and grass, Di Lin immediately made a decision and ordered a retreat.

Because the retreat of the Dilin army was orderly, the army was at its peak, "the first movers are not chaotic, and the latter is not afraid", and they were impeccable, so Karan and Yun Qianxue did not dare to rashly launch an attack, and it was better to say that it was a "pursuit" than a "gift" to chase to the front line of Hengchuan, and the two sides resumed their original fronts, ending this military operation that lasted half a year and was later called "the first great conquest".

In this battle, more than 51,300 soldiers of the Zichuan family were killed and 116,000 wounded, (more than 30,000 of the dead were non-human soldiers forcibly conscripted by Dilin, and more than 80,000 wounded also belonged to the non-human race)

And the price paid by the demon army for this was 273,000 killed and 288,000 wounded (156,000 of the dead were slaughtered after surrendering). But this is only a loss on the part of the army.

According to Tang Chuan, a scholar of the war history of the Zichuan family after Rì: "In the first great campaign of the Emperor Lin Red Cloth Banner, the demon clan was bloodied and burned in five large cities, seventy-two towns, and more than two hundred villages. There are as many as 1.8 million civilians of demons and other non-human races who died directly (collectively slaughtered) or indirectly (starved to death or cold death by taking food and cold items for the winter) at the hands of the Dilin Legion. (Later, some scholars often criticized Tang Chuan's statement as too conservative, believing that his position was too unobjective -- Tang Chuan himself also ate the salary of the Zichuan family, and was suspected of beautifying the family's predecessor Di Lin.) ）

The entire western border of the demon race was ruthlessly "baptized by the sword" and fire by Di Lin, and it was difficult to recover the vitality for a hundred years, and the hatred of the demon race and other non-human races towards human beings reached an unprecedented level - this kind of bitter hatred, even after the Zichuan family ruled the entire Far East, the vigorous implementation of benevolent government could not be eliminated, and finally only when the Zichuan Xiu, who was known as the "King of Light", returned to the Far East, the exchanges between various races and humans began anew...

At this time, some people praised him as the "new god of war" of the family, the first general of the family after Yarime, and his achievements were high, and some people scolded him as a "cold-blooded madman", "executioner", "murderer"...

However, he himself returned to the headquarters of the Far Eastern Army in Valen without any emotion, and received a letter of appointment for promotion to the post of deputy commander and a medal of merit.

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On March 11, 779 in the imperial calendar, Yang Minghua, the president of the president, on behalf of the command office, proposed to the chief Zichuan Sanxing: "In view of the long-term war of the deputy commander of the emperor and his subordinates, the merits are high, and the body and mind are exhausted. The family should reward the meritorious people, and Tiyì sent the deputy commander of Di Lin back to Dìdū to receive commendations and recuperation, and his subordinates 50,000 meritorious soldiers also returned to receive commendations. ”

On March 12, the chief Zichuan Shenxing briefly replied: "Agreed." ”

On March 19, Di Lin, who had received instructions, brought 50,000 "meritorious soldiers" from the Far East and set out from the Wallen Fortress with the goal of dìdū.

In the secret room of the command office, Yang Minghua slowly drank a glass of wine, and said to Luo Minghai with great ambition: "Wait for Di Lin to come back... At that time, you will be the new president. ”

Looking at Lei Xun, the commander of the zhōngyāng army who was a little jealous next to him, Yang Minghua comforted him and said, "Don't worry—after waiting for me, the position of the commander-in-chief will be yours." ”

Luo Minghai just nodded coldly: "Thank you for cultivating!"

Lei Xun said to Yang Minghua gratefully: "My lord is so kind, how can I tell the lower officials to reciprocate? However, the lower officials feel that it is enough for us to carry out the action, and there is no need to wait for Di Lin to come back! This kid is too arrogant and difficult to dispatch..."

Yang Minghua laughed heartily: "Lei Xun, you are jealous - I will transfer Di Lin back to be useful, you don't have to think about it, he is still very useful... Hahaha..."

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In the Governor's Mansion, Zichuan Shenxing said to Sterling in a dry voice: "Yang Minghua has transferred Di Lin back, and he is about to start working." ”

Sterling asked puzzledly: "The lower official has something unclear, and I want to ask the lord to enlighten him - in the army in Dìdū City, Yang Minghua has Lei Xun's zhōngyāng army, and its strength is far stronger than ours, zhan has an absolute advantage, why did he add enough snakes to transfer Di Lin's army back, it is not necessary at all." ”

Zichuan Shenxing smiled: "Sterling, what time is it today?"

Sterling didn't understand what Zichuan Shenxing meant, but still answered honestly: "March 20th, Tuesday." ”

"Next Monday, it's the family's annual general meeting of officers above the rank of Qiben, and almost all the senior officers will attend—including Ge Yingxing, who also has to come back. ”

"My lord, do you mean that Yang Minghua transferred Di Lin back to deal with Ge Yingxing?"

"Yes, Ge Yingxing will come back with his 6,000 guards, but Di Lin is 50,000 people, and the ratio of ten to one will definitely kill Ge Yingxing. ”

"Yang Minghua is so bold, isn't he afraid that the Far East Army will rebel?"

"At that time, Brother Hou Yingxing was already dead, and he had no scruples-even if Brother Yingxing's subordinates Luo Bo and Lin Bing had an opinion-anyway, the murderer Di Lin was a general of the Far Eastern Army, and all the soldiers who did it were soldiers of the Far East Army-Yang Minghua could use the excuse that this was an internal strife in the Far East Army, and it was none of his business, it was a big deal to hand over Di Lin to calm the anger of Brother Yingxing's subordinates--the plan was not well planned!"

Sterling smiled: "He's too smart!"

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At Zi Chuan Ning's house, Zi Chuan Ning said to Zi Chuan Xiu: "Brother, I heard that Di Lin has brought an army of 50,000 and is coming back!--What are you looking for?"

"Oh, the bill for the furniture damaged in the last duel -- obviously Di Lin should have paid for it, why did he plant it on my head! That's a lot of money, more than seven thousand, plus half a year's interest..."Ah Ning, do you say that we calculate the interest according to the official price interest or the black market interest?... For the sake of many years of friendship, I don't need to calculate compound interest with rolling interest..."

"But even if he rolls profits, he can't be poor, right? I heard that he was a corrupt official in the Far East and scraped the land--scraping the poor demons one by one..."

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