The two almost fell out of their chairs. Shirakawa jumped up angrily: "My lord, you're not joking, are you? You asserted that the demons would definitely attack us tonight and would come in from the west side of the camp - all of this, are you all guessing for yourself?"

Shikawa Shu honestly admitted: "It's all my imagination. ”

"Your Excellency, when is it now, you are still making such jokes! You lie so much about the military situation, if you let Vera and them work all night in vain, and wait for dawn, those orcs wait all night, thinking that we are deliberately playing tricks on them-"

Roger: "He's just deliberately playing tricks on them!"

Shirakawa: "--Tired and angry, they will kick us over Guqi Mountain!"

Zichuan Xiu smiled heartily: "No." I'm their commander-in-chief, how can my subordinates be their bosses?"

"You idiot!" Roger and Shirakawa scolded in unison, "Who admits that you are the boss now?" you have seen it, that half-orc Vera doesn't trust you in the first place, if you mess around like this again......"

The two began to pack their bags quickly: "Hurry up, no matter how slow you are, you won't be able to run away." Lying about the military is a big crime!"

"Really, sooner or later, this little idiot will be killed. ”

"Hey, can we go and tell Vera that the adults were joking just now, tell him not to take it seriously?"

"Yes, it's still too late, the troops haven't been assembled yet, just let the soldiers go back to sleep. Roger, this honorable task is up to you! Go and apologize to them for saying that this little idiot had polio when he was three years old, and that he was a little out of his head......"

"Why do you have to apologize? Those orcs are very short-tempered, isn't it dangerous to apologize?"

"That's why I want you to go!" Shirakawa replied dryly.

Before the two of them could discuss the matter, they suddenly felt that the surroundings were surprisingly quiet: I don't know when, the large noise outside had stopped when they met just now. The door curtain sounded, and Vera's stout body had already appeared at the door of the tent: "Your Highness of Light, the team has been assembled and is ready for battle!"

All of a sudden, the cup in Roger's hand fell to the ground and shattered.

According to Shikawa Xiu's opinion, the orc team was all withdrawn from the camp, leaving only a small number of troops to confuse the enemy. The main force of the team will be ambushed in the woods around the camp, especially on the road west of the camp - where Shikawa Xiu predicts the direction of the enemy's attack, and the orcs will ambush the four best-preserved brigades there, ready to crush the main force of the demons in one fell swoop. As for the timing of the attack, Vera advocated that as soon as the enemy's main force arrived, he would attack while they were not firmly established, while Busen advocated that the enemy should be in full swing at the time of the attack, and that it would be better to wait for the enemy to enter the camp and find out that he had been deceived, and that it would be a good time to attack. There was a slight argument between the two, but in the end, Buson persuaded Vera to postpone the attack.

"His Royal Highness the King of Light" didn't say a word, his eyes rolling under the mask. No one knew what the mysterious guest was thinking, and everyone looked at him with awe.

The ambush team lay in wait in the grass in the forest, and for some reason, almost everyone except Roger and Shirakawa believed in Shirokawa's prediction. The orc soldiers lazily scattered around, sitting and lying, some already snoring softly. Someone hummed a minor key in a heavy bass: "...... Where I was born, I will never see again...... Mary, Mary, beautiful and kind girl......"

Roger and Bai Chuan shrank in a corner and tried not to attract attention from others, you look at me, I look at you, thinking of the anger of this group of bloody half-orc soldiers after staying all night and finding out that they were fooled, the two of them shivered as if they were cold.

Zi Chuan Xiu chuckled, and he suddenly noticed that from behind, the thick, hairy body of the orc looked very similar to a bear standing up.

As the minutes ticked by, the sound of the grass sounded, and a striding orc scout appeared outside the grass, and he ran straight to the side of the team leader, Vera, and reported, "They're coming!" - not very loud, but like a lightning bolt that swept across the sky, it instantly reached everyone's ears. The soldiers were all nervous, and one by one they quickly bowed down and lay down, and the sleeping soldiers had already woken up at some point, and their two shining green eyes were blinking in the grass.

"They're coming!" Roger and Shirakawa were so surprised that they couldn't believe their ears and stood up at once. A tall orc soldier in the back lowered his voice but shouted at them fiercely, "What are you doing?

The two of them fell down again, lying on their stomachs in the soft grass, the sharp and soft tips of the grass piercing through their clothes, and they itched all over. Roger shook as if he was sleepwalking, and said to Shirakawa stupidly, "They're coming?"

"They're coming......" Shirakawa repeated the words for some unknown reason, and suddenly asked, "Who is coming?"

"Whew!" a half-orc soldier crouching next to him laughed, "Of course the demons are coming!" he said playfully, "Is it possible, do you think it is—is the old mother coming?"

"The demons are really here!" The two of them were shocked in their hearts: How is this possible? Zi Chuanxiu actually has the ability to be a prophet of the unservants? Or is it just a complete coincidence? How can he be so sure, as if he was directing the actions of the demons?

About four hundred meters away, at the turn of the road, the first demon light cavalry appeared. In the dark, it is not very clear to see. I couldn't hear the sound of the horse's hooves at all, I could only see his vague figure getting closer and closer, I could see clearly, he was not tall, he was wearing a pointed helmet, a deep sè big cloak of unknown texture, wrapped around the armor on his body, he was afraid that the metal reflection of the armor would make people notice, and there was an unsheathed saber hanging from his waist, and his body was lying low on the horse's back, shaking and shaking.

Behind him, a number of vague figures appeared. The demon light cavalry appeared from the darkness and gathered into a team. This is clearly just an outpost of reconnaissance. Their attention was all focused on the anointing fire in the forest in front of them, and they had no interest in the dark forest on the side of the road, so they ran past the orcs who were in ambush.

After the reconnaissance outpost passed, about six or seven minutes later, the cavalry of the brigade appeared from the direction where the outpost appeared. The demon light cavalry approached secretly, with a knife in their mouths, carrying a long bayonet spear, and after one team passed, another team came, and they couldn't see their heads for a long time, and it took more than ten minutes to finish. This is the main force of the demon cavalry. To Vera's astonishment, the cavalry in front of her did not make a sound: the horses' hooves were already wrapped in soft cloth. The whole team was moving forward like a disembodied ghost, only the horses were swaying and chewing, making a slight iron sound.

Vera, the leader of the half-orc team, broke out in a cold sweat on her forehead: if it weren't for the mysterious masked man's reminder that he was attacked by the enemy's superior forces while he was asleep, his team would have been wiped out tonight.

The vanguard of the demon cavalry stopped advancing on an open field about three hundred meters away from the camp, and the troops behind followed the cavalry at the front, facing the direction of the orc camp. At this time, the troops left behind at the half-orc camp also discovered the arrival of the demon army, and someone shouted something in horror, and the voice spread far away in the silent night. In the light of the camp, countless shadowy figures were running back and forth, shouting, as if in a panic preparing for defense. As a result, the demons believed that the orcs were completely unprepared for their arrival.

The commander's sharp voice pierced the night sky: "Semuhelim!" (Long live our emperor!)

The demon cavalry shouted: "Semuhelin!" The huge sound shook the dark forest, and countless awakened night birds flew up to the sky from the forest with a strange cry.

The demon cavalry urged the war horse to stab the war horse, and the prancing horse raised the whip. A large number of men and horses formed a dense line of skirmishers and began to charge, and thousands of cloth-wrapped horses' hooves beat the ground into a dull loud noise, like the roar that came from the ground before an earthquake. The horses were so fast that they flew on the ground, and with this terrible force of shock, they flattened the camp of orcs at once. The short dash distance of three hundred meters was only a flash for them, and the advance of the cavalry was suddenly smashed into the woods, and some people shook their sabers in the air and shouted excitedly: "Wagger!", "Wagger!" (kill!)

Suddenly, more than a dozen cavalrymen who rushed in front screamed "ouch" at the same time, and even the men and horses fell heavily to the ground. Someone was screaming: "Be careful! There is a horse rope!" While saying this, more than a dozen horsemen fell to the ground, and the horses with broken front legs neighed sadly; the riders were so broken that their heads were bleeding and they were dizzy and unable to stand up, and what was worse was that the follow-up cavalry could no longer stop their momentum, and they rushed into the forest in large groups and thunderbolts, only to be knocked down one by one by the horse ropes, by their own companions on the ground, by the ditches and ditches in the grass, and the long guns "banged" It was mixed on the trunk of the woods, and the man was pulled off his horse, and he was knocked down by the branches of the tree...... The natural conditions in the forest are all against them, and the demon clan is all on their backs.

Large numbers of wounded demon soldiers lay on the ground groaning and crawling in pain, only to be met with the help of their companions who followed them—indeed, they could not show mercy, too fast, and very dark in the woods—to trample over them. The soldiers who were trampled by the hooves of their companions let out a miserable cry of pain, which was chilling to hear. One after another, there were still many cavalry who fell to the ground, and the half-orc horse rope defense was arranged very deep and dense, from the edge of the forest to the camp, the entire 500-meter distance was arranged, so that the demons were unable to defend themselves, and the cavalry were in distress.

Only then did the commander of the demon clan realize that he had made an astonishing mistake: using cavalry to charge intensively in the dark jungle, which was simply called a suicide army. The officers shouted, "Dismount, dismount, march on foot!" The cavalrymen tightened their reins, and their horses neighed vigorously, their hooves kicking the ground violently, and raising a cloud of dust. They dismounted, drew their sabers, and rushed towards the shiny orc camp in the forest with their spears in hand. The orc army left behind in the camp had already engaged them, and then the ambush soldiers on the left and right also encountered the demons, and the battle was fought in the dark forest.

Looking at the thrilling scene just now, Vera was so nervous that she couldn't breathe. At this time, someone next to him stabbed him in the arm. He jerked his head and saw the glowing bronze mask. He swallowed his saliva: "His Highness ...... Light" His voice was very low.

"It's time to strike. A few indistinct words came from under the mask.

Vera immediately woke up: attacking now can cut off the retreat of the main demon forces and force them into the woods to fight. If they are allowed to retreat in a good time and fight in the open field, it will be a great loss to the demon cavalry with the infantry of the half-orcs. He immediately gave an order to the officers beside him: "Tell everyone to get ready!" and the soldiers passed the order in a low voice. Without waiting for the order to pass on, the bronze-masked man impatiently stabbed Vera with his hand several times, urging him to hurry.

Vera slammed herself up from the grass: "Brothers, for the sake of the temple, for the sake of the Far East!"

"For the Far East!" the half-orc soldier roared like thunder: "Huh-Zhuo-La-" Suddenly, countless half-orc soldiers appeared from the grass that was empty just now, and they ran forward with their bayonet guns in their hands, and rushed to the open ground where the demon soldiers attacked, where the cavalrymen's war horses were placed. A small group of demon soldiers guarding the war horses saw a large group of half-orcs appear on the back road, and immediately pulled out their legs and ran. The orc soldiers ignored the ownerless horses and plunged into the woods, storming the back of the demon army. The unprepared demon guard troops were killed and retreated, and the demon army exclaimed: "We have been fooled!"

At the same time, other troops in ambush on all sides also began to launch, and began to attack the demon army in the middle from all directions. The demon army shouted in fear: "We are surrounded!" The demon army was stunned: the enemy kept appearing from all directions one after another, how many troops did they have?

The half-orc Busen led a team of jīng sharp, and cut straight to the middle of the demon queue regardless of his fate, the demon team was in a mess, and there was a mess everywhere, and the people were boiling, the fighting was piercing, and in the dark forest, no one could be seen. In such a chaotic state, the commander of the demon side had no way to grasp the situation, and he was unable to launch a counter-charge against the death squad that cut into his team in time. The jīng ruined death squad rampaging through the ranks of the demon army, making a mess of the already chaotic ranks of the demon clan, and the soldiers could not see their superiors, and the commanders could not find their subordinates. In the dark forest, the two sides fought in a mess. The demon soldiers couldn't see their companions, they couldn't see their superiors, they didn't know where the enemy was, they didn't know how many they were, they were killing in all directions, their figures were everywhere, and they were so many that it seemed that the entire forest was densely stuffed. The screams sounded close at hand, and another companion was finished, and the orcs had already been killed! The sneak attacker was attacked instead, and fell from the peak of confidence to the bottom at once, unable to withstand this huge contrast, the demon soldiers were terrified, and their fighting spirit was completely lost.

Compared with the chaos and horror on the demon side, the orc side is raising jīng and preparing for it. The momentum of the two armies was very different. Vera concentrated her forces and slammed at the chaotic left flank of the demons, completely outflanking them, and then pounced on them, slashing them with steel knives and stabbing them with spears to disperse them one by one. In the face of the half-orc army that rushed to kill like a rainbow, this part of the demon clan was the first to waver, they saw that they had fallen into an ambush, and there was no hope of winning tonight, the fear of death oppressed them, and the frightened demon soldiers dropped their weapons, broke the bushes, and ran to the open field outside the forest. The only thing that could not escape was to lie down on the ground, smear some blood on the corpse of his companion and smear his face, and pretend to be a dead corpse without moving. Others saw that they had been surrounded, so they had to raise their hands, raise their weapons above their heads, and shout in their mouths: "I surrender! I surrender!" The grinning orc infantry picked up his weapon and knocked him down with one kick, and the demon soldiers knelt on the ground without resistance......

From a very close direction, in the direction of the steep slope overgrown with trees, there were deafening killing sounds, as well as large screams and continuous clanging of metals. The horses that were left unpaid attention to in the open space were frightened by the loud noise coming from the battlefield, and kept letting out a long neigh, and snorting in their nostrils, but they could not escape because they were tied to the horse ropes. In the grass about five hundred meters away from the battlefield, when the rebellious orcs and the demon army were fighting to the death, several humans lay there and watched intently, whispering:

"Looks like the orcs have the upper hand?"

"They're on the attack!

"Vera is a fool, he shouldn't have wrapped it so tightly, he should have given the demons a way to escape - you see, there was a hole on the left!

"Well, they're starting to finish, they're going to collapse......"

At this time, a group of fleeing demon soldiers ran over the road in front of the grass with bare heads, covered in blood, snorting and panting, and even the war horses didn't have time to take them, so they ran barefoot. The chatter in the grass stopped suddenly, and when the defeated demon soldiers ran away, they sounded again:

"It's a big win!"

"My lord, how did you know that the demons would definitely come tonight?"

"I guess...... Hey, Shirakawa, don't be so rude, I said - I really just guessed, I don't lie to you...... Oops, help!"

Zi Chuanxiu smiled helplessly. There was one thing he hadn't told Shirakawa and Roger about it: after experiencing the life-and-death struggle and inexplicable long slumber in Yun Province, Zichuan Xiu found that his martial arts were beginning to recover. In the damaged dantian and meridians, the true qi rotation began to appear again, and the damaged meridians were recovering little by little, and the speed of recovery was quite amazing. His martial arts were recovering little by little, and he was surprised: At this rate, in less than two years, his martial arts would not only be able to completely regain his old outlook, but he would also have made great progress! As for why this was so, even he himself did not understand the reason.

Moreover, he found that the changes in his body were not as simple as the restoration of martial arts. His senses are becoming more and more sensitive, just now all the way over, he felt as if there was a needle pricked in his back, and his nose seemed to smell the unique fishy smell and horse sweat of the low-level demons, and he didn't need to look back to know that it was the demon cavalry who was secretly following him. In a flash of inspiration, he suddenly knew that the demons would launch a night attack tonight.

How do you know...... Zi Chuan Xiu scratched his head in pain, maybe it was some kind of intuition or inspiration, right? Night sneak attack combat is the specialty of the demon race, they failed to defeat the team of the orcs during the day today, if they were the commander of the demon race, they would definitely come over at night. If they were to come over, the orc camp was densely forested on three sides, and there was only an open area to the west that was conducive to cavalry movement, and they would surely have come in from here—but these were all hindsight reasons, like schoolchildren copying the correct answers and then making up a few steps of arithmetic. At that time, the thought came so suddenly, like lightning in the sky, for no reason: "The demons will come tonight, and they will come from the west of the woods." "Although there is no basis for it, I am as sure of it as I am of it, just as I am convinced that one plus one equals two.

Now, looking at everyone's stunned expressions, Zi Chuanxiu can't change his words. He could only put on a confident and confident posture, and no one could see the panicked expression under his mask anyway. If the prediction is wrong at that time, his "His Royal Highness the King of Light" will really have no face, and the only way out is to escape overnight with his tail between his legs, and leave the rest of the mess to Busen to clean up.

The great noise in the direction of the battlefield had subsided, and the orcs had sealed the victory. The demon army sounded the horn of withdrawal, but they had lost the opportunity to retreat in an organized manner. Desperate to escape, the demon team broke through an encirclement under the leadership of the officer, and escaped from there in disgrace, and the team collapsed. When they came, the neat and majestic demon cavalry team turned into a rabble in the blink of an eye, they abandoned their horses, slipped away in a mess, and panicked into the forest to hide from the grass. The organized resistance has come to an end, and there are still some demon soldiers who can't escape, scattered everywhere to fight the trapped beasts, but more of them raise their weapons and surrender, after all, not all demon soldiers have the jīng god who would rather die than give in. Since the commander can abandon himself and flee for his life, it is not a very shameful thing to surrender in order to survive.

The orcs were overjoyed, and they captured a large number of intact horses, which was a great asset to the rebels.

Zichuan Xiu is leaning against a big tree and closing his eyes to recuperate. Vera strode over, bloodied and radiant, and his weariness swept away by victory. Busen followed him, and two orc officers walked straight in front of him. Busen shouted loudly, "Your Highness of Light, we have won!"

"Yes, I saw that. Zichuan Xiu didn't raise his head, thinking in his heart that this Busen didn't know what was going on, he was always talking nonsense, it was obviously a fact that everyone knew, he had to come out and say it again.

Busen smiled "hehe" and sat down cross-legged. Vera hesitated, then sat down.

"My lord, what are we going to do next?"

Zichuan Xiuya smiled "hehe", but did not make a sound. He's not a narrow-minded person, it's just that Vera's attitude towards himself really hurts his self-esteem.

Orcs are upright, but they are not stupid. Both officers understood what Shikawa Shu meant. Buson looked at Vera with a urging in his eyes. Vera twisted her body and said hesitantly: "Your Highness of Light, this time it is really thanks to your reminder, otherwise, our troops will suffer a big loss, I am very grateful." ”

Zi Chuanxiu let out a "grace", and the sound seemed to come from the nostrils.

Vera was even more nervous: "Lord Light, I am very sorry for my previous attitude. I'm so rude......" He said as he habitually looked at the other party's face, but all he saw was the glowing mask, and he had no way of knowing Shikawa Xiu's psychology at all, and as a result, the more he talked, the more panicked he became, and his head was so low that he almost hit his chest.

Busen played a round next to him: "Alright, Alright, Vera, His Highness of Light will not be like you. ”

"Team Leader Buson, I apologize for my attitude, but not for my opinion," Vera raised her head, whispering but firmly: "Your Highness Light, I don't know how the other mutinous troops are doing now, but according to the situation on our side, Bertero's team has collapsed, and Bran's team has lost contact with us. In this way, this force in my hands may well be the last remaining armed force of the Temple, and I cannot afford not to act with caution.

Captain Busen, I'm not greedy for power. We need a commander-in-chief, in order to coordinate the whole army, and if the Elder intends to appoint Bran or the Necro - may the god Audi bless his soul - or some other Zoe as our commander-in-chief, it is true that as a general, I do not think that I am any worse than them, but I will obey the orders of the elders, without complaint. But the Elder told me to hand over the army to a—" he hesitated, "and I couldn't afford to hand it over to a human of unknown origin." ”

"Your Highness Guangming, I am not insulting you, I have great admiration for your military talent. You anticipated the attack of the demons, specified the battle plan, and you were the greatest contributor to tonight's victory. But before I know who you really are, or before we confirm that you are someone we can trust...... I beg your pardon for not being able to recognize your position as commander. Otherwise, I would not be able to account to my warriors, nor to my fathers and fathers back home. ”

At first, Zichuan Xiu was still a little annoyed, but the more he listened to it, the more terrified he became, and finally he was a little awe-inspiring to the half-orc in front of him. He began to understand that Vera was not attached to power, and that his disobedience was entirely out of public interest, out of a respectable attitude of being highly responsible for his own race.

Zi Chuanxiu thought for a moment, and slowly took off the mask, revealing a delicate face. Vera exclaimed "ah": he didn't expect Zichuan Xiu to be so young. Shirakawa, who was next to him, was empathetic and handed over a wet towel. Zi Chuanxiu wiped his face and exhaled with satisfaction: the mask has been stuffy for so long, and the taste is really uncomfortable.

"Captain Villa, you're right. My true identity is indeed something that you should know. ”

Buson next to him interjected and said, "Your Highness Guangming, you-"

"Don't worry, I'm sure Team Leader Villa won't leak it. My name is Lin He, and I was originally an officer of the Zichuan family, but later fell out with the family over some things and went into exile in the Far East. During the Battle of the Temple, I became acquainted with your Elder Boudin, who trusted me and asked me to lead the battle on his behalf. Buson can testify for me, and I am telling the truth. ”

Vera was blank on her face. Now although he knows Zichuan Xiu's "name" and true face, he still doesn't know anything about the name "Lin He". Zichuan Xiu saw his embarrassment and smiled: "I have another name, but now the Zichuan family forbids me to use it, so I didn't say it just now: My name is Zichuan Xiu." ”

"Ahh

Shirakawa muttered quietly, "What a colorful life......"

Roger sourly: "Zichuan Xiu, who owes us gambling debts for half a year and doesn't pay them back." ”

Zi Chuanxiu touched his nose with a wry smile: "It seems to be me, right? But can you sit down?"

Vera sat down slowly, with an expression of disbelief on her face, looked at Zi Chuanxiu in awe, and suddenly said: "I understand why you can't see people with your true face, knowing that if you are still alive, the demons will go crazy, they hate you to the bone, and they are afraid of you to death." ”

"We have heard many things about you. During the Civil War, you treated our captives well, gave to our refugees, and everyone said you were a friend of our Zoe clan, no wonder the Elders trusted a human. Vera said, suddenly laughing, and her expression suddenly brightened: "Since it's you, Your Excellency Zichuan, I didn't say it, you and the demon clan are incompatible, and I am worried in vain." I just want to ask you one question. ”

"Speak. ”

"You used to be the general of the Zichuan family, and now you lead the army of our Zoe clan. But if one day, our Zoe clan and the Zichuan family go to war, which side will you stand on?"

The crowd's faces changed: the question was so acute that Busson wanted to stop it, but hesitated but did not say anything: he also wanted to know the answer to the question.

Zichuan Xiu smiled casually: "This is impossible." The Zichuan family and the Zoe clan both have a common enemy, the demon clan, and they are allies, and it is impossible to go to war. ”

Vera asked, "I just said 'what if'!

Zi Chuanxiu groaned and replied, "I will do my best to prevent this kind of thing from happening." But if there is a day...... The Zichuan family is my place of origin, and the Zoe clan has a life-saving kindness for me, so I can only help each other at most. ”

Vera slapped her face very dryly, and said with satisfaction, "That's true. "Shikawa Xiu understands the xìng character of the orcs very well, they are bold, upright, enthusiastic, and most disgusted with traitors and fraud. If he had just replied that he had helped the Zoe clan to fight humans, not to mention whether the other party would believe it, he would have betrayed his own race by turning around and beating humans as a member of the human race, and the orcs would never appreciate such an act. Of course, if you say that you are on the side of humans and fight orcs, it will anger everyone.

"Your Excellency Zichuan, can you guarantee that unless it is a war with humans, you will be loyal to our Zoe clan and will not betray?"

"No!" Shikawa replied crisply. Everyone was stunned, and Zi Chuanxiu smiled: "I swear to be loyal to the liberation cause of the Far East until I drive the army of the demon clan out of the Far East and establish a Far Eastern country where all races are equal!"

The orcs glanced at each other, and there was delight in their eyes. Vera stood up and solemnly pressed her right hand to her chest: "Lord Zichuan-oh, no, His Royal Highness the King of Light! I will obey your command! In the war to liberate the Far East, please allow us, all the officers and men of the 1st Regiment of the Far East to follow you! Under your leadership, we will definitely fight bravely and never retreat!"

Zichuan Xiu also stood up and touched his chest with his hand: "Thank you! I swear that I will never fail to live up to your trust." ”

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