Although the people of the Blue City repeatedly invited Shirakawa to stay for two more days, Shirakawa was homesick and set off at noon the next day.

The torrential rain stopped in the middle of the night last night, the sun was shining, and the horses' hooves trampled on the stagnant water and dew on the ground, and General Shirakawa set out on his return journey.

It was still the handsome Liufeng Major General Ying Mulan who sent her, and with him escorting her, the Liufeng soldiers on the border no longer checked and crossed the border unimpeded.

On the border, Ying Mulan stopped her horse steps: "Your Excellency Bai Chuan, the front is the territory of Zichuan, and it is not suitable for me to go over." ”

With a wave of his hand, all the soldiers of the Wandering Wind Family who accompanied him dismounted, and there happened to be sixteen war horses.

"This is the wish of His Highness the Marshal, give each of you a spare horse, and wish you a safe journey. ”

Flowing Wind and Frost was so thoughtful, and Bai Chuan's heart was slightly moved: "Thank Your Highness for your kindness, and Your Excellency Lao Trouble conveyed our gratitude to Marshal Wind and Frost, and wish her eternal happiness and beauty." ”

Ying Mulan smiled and said, "Thank you." Please also convey our greetings to Akira Shikawa and wish him prosperity and a safe return. Looking at the accompanying soldiers around him, he stopped talking: "Your Excellency Shirakawa, can you take a step to speak?"

The two of them left the group and walked under a birch tree in the remoteness, and the afterglow of the falling rì fell through the sparse shade on Ying Mulan's thin face, and the handsome young general's face was mottled.

Looking at Bai Chuan's puzzled expression, he said directly: "Your Excellency Bai Chuan, we are just new acquaintances, if I ask something inappropriate, it is inconvenient for you to answer, you will treat me as if I didn't say hello." ”

Shirakawa was surprised, although they had not known each other for a long time, this General Ying Mulan had a good impression on him. He was well-behaved, gentle and manly, with clear eyes and an upright man. She couldn't imagine what a faux pas such a person would ask.

"Your Excellency, please speak, and I will answer as best I can. ”

"Good. Ying Mulan nodded and asked, "Your Excellency Shirakawa, our marshal and your Zichuan commander, are they ......?"

Ying Mulan hesitated, and finally said: "Are they a pair of lovers?"

Bai Chuan's eyes flashed, and she raised her eyebrows: "Why do you think so?"

Ying Mulan smiled and said, "Bai Chuan, girls in love are very different from usual. She can hide it from most people, but I'm the captain of her guard, and it's impossible to hide it from me. On the night of the Lancang River, she traveled alone with the commander of Zichuan, and after returning, she was in a daze until dawn. Since then, she will often be in a daze, sitting on the rooftop looking at the stars, will write inexplicably, and then tear up all the manuscripts. Ever since Commander Zichuan became the commander of the Far East again, the marshal has been particularly concerned about the military situation in the Far East, and has instructed us to tell her in time if there is any news about the Far East, no matter how big or small. And this time, after receiving the news of your sudden visit, the marshal immediately suspended a very important military exercise and rushed back from a hundred miles away overnight to summon you -- you must know that even if the president of the Zichuan family brought Lord Luo Minghai over, our marshal did not attach so much importance to it!"

Shirakawa listened, silent.

General Ying Mulan is a very careful person, and she deduced the truth from the subtle clues, and she only learned the truth from the mouth of the wind and frost last night.

Coming back from the family, Zi Chuan Xiu's cheerfulness and gentleness were as good as ever, and there was nothing unusual about his appearance, he had tentatively asked him about the progress of the relationship between him and Zi Chuan Ning, he smiled, but his tone was very resolute: "This matter, you don't have to mention it in the future." ”

It's just that in his spare time during his career, he will silently look at the mountains in the west, look at the sunset, a faint sadness can be seen between his eyebrows, and his smile has a sense of vicissitudes that does not match his age.

Is it true that men can hide their feelings better than women?

She shook her head and said, "I can't answer this question." ”

Instead of saying "I don't know" but "I can't answer", Ying Mulan immediately understood what she meant.

He nodded, "I see." ”

Looking at Bai Chuan's puzzled eyes, he waved his hand and said, "Your Excellency Bai Chuan, don't get me wrong. I have no ill will towards Commander Zichuan, although I have only met once, but Commander Zichuan is gentle and generous, broad-minded, regardless of talent, personality, and quality, he is a masterpiece in the world, and only an excellent man like him is worthy of our princess. ”

Bai Chuan's heart is clear, in contemporary times, there are many generals who can fight well, and there are many handsome and dashing young heroes, but there is only one Zichuan Xiu.

Years of life and death hardships have forged his perseverance and demeanor, and that kind of gentle and masculine masculinity has an incomparable attraction to women, no wonder the wind and frost are obsessed with him.

She looked at Ying Mulan: "Your Excellency, why are you bringing up this issue?"

Ying Mulan did not avoid her gaze, and replied calmly: "I hope the marshal can be happy." However, the grudge between the Liufeng family and the Zichuan family in the Hundred Years War is too deep, and the two of them are walking on the edge of a cliff, and if they are not careful, they will fall to pieces! This is a road of no return, and I am very worried about the fate of the marshal. If he wasn't Zi Chuanxiu, she wasn't a flurry, if they were just two unknown little people, or maybe they were just characters like You and Me, maybe it would be easier to be happy!"

Coming into contact with the hot gaze of the handsome young man, the eager anticipation and anticipation in his eyes, Bai Chuan suddenly understood the allusion in the other party's words.

She lowered her head in a panic, and she didn't notice the flush forming up on her cheeks, gradually spreading.

For the battle-hardened female general, this mood made her panic, even in the face of the demon army.

She wanted to run away immediately, but for some reason, her feet couldn't move as if they were nailed to the ground, and she was scared and a little expectant that the other party was about to exit.

"Your Excellency Shirakawa, when I saw you for the first time yesterday, I had a feeling that I had never felt before......" Ying Mulan pondered, as if she didn't know how to say those words, his voice trembled slightly, and his eyes burned brightly, illuminating Shirakawa's pink cheeks.

"Shirakawa, you, what do you think of me?

She shook her head in a panic: "Your Excellency, I am a Zichuan soldier. ”

Ying Mulan said excitedly: "This is not a problem, your commander His Excellency Zichuan Xiu is also a soldier of the Zichuan family! Bai Chuan, do you have a sweetheart?" Excited, I don't know when, he had already grabbed Bai Chuan's hand, Bai Chuan struggled, but for some reason, the female general who was so easy to capture the flag could not break free from the other party's warm hands.

She shook her head again and again, flustered: "No, I don't have a sweetheart, and I don't hate you......"

After breaking free of Ying Mulan's hand, she calmed down a little: "Ying Mulan, you are a very good man." However, at the moment of the great enemy, you and I are both soldiers and have responsibilities, so it is not appropriate to talk about this issue now. I won't think about it until the demons are defeated. ”

Ying Mulan stared at Bai Chuan with blazing eyes: "Before we defeat the demons, if we can finally repel the demons......

Bai Chuan bowed his head and whispered: "At that time, if there is fate, we will naturally meet again." ”

"If there is fate, we will naturally meet again. Ying Mulan repeated Shirakawa's words, and he smiled heartily: "This is a promise?"

"I guess it's more of a hope. ”

"It would be great if there was a day. The handsome young general whispered.

The twilight wind blew through the trees, and the men and women who had once been enemies stood in the birch forest, looking out over the endless northwestern plains, and the gray figures of the hills were faintly visible on the horizon, and their figures were stretched by the afterglow of the falling rì.

"It's a long way to go, so take care. Under the grim shape of the beacon fire everywhere, he and she could understand the meaning of those four words.

"Take care, too. Shirakawa said softly, giving a military salute and turning and walking back into the queue.

The procession began to set off, with their backs to the direction of the fall, and they galloped fast. It wasn't until he had walked far away that Shirakawa looked back, in the birch forest, the tall figure was still standing, the barren grass and autumn wind, the fallen leaves flying all over the sky swirled and floated past him, and the smile on the face of the handsome young officer made Shirakawa unforgettable for life.

The wind blew in his face, and Shirakawa was at a loss. For the first time in her life, she felt the abrupt taste of what the world calls love.

The road back was long and lonely. Shirakawa and his party returned from the northwest, and when they passed dìdū, they did not go in again, but made a detour and inserted directly from the war zone into the demon control area.

The road back was relatively smooth, and I didn't encounter any trouble along the way.

On the road of Dama Province, Shirakawa saw a large group of demon soldiers and horses marching towards Dìdū. Compared with the demon soldiers who burned and plundered all the way across the border, the discipline of this demon army was better and it did not disturb the people very much.

Passers-by told her that this was the new demon army from the Far East.

"A new army from the Far East?" Shirakawa wondered.

At present, the demons have two armies in the Far East to contain Zichuan Xiu, they are the Fifth Army led by Ling Buxu and the Seventh Army led by Gusta, but if the demons transfer troops from the country, they will also have to pass through the Far East.

Ordinary civilians don't understand, and they all call them "armies from the Far East", which has caused a great misunderstanding to the world, and many village husbands and fools think that the demons are produced locally from the Far East.

Bai Chuan observed the newly opened demon clan on this road, and the clothing and weapons of the demon soldiers, especially the red shield on the banner, made her confirm that this was indeed the fifth army of the demon clan.

This discovery surprised her very much, the Fifth Army has always been the main force of the demons in the Far East, and it is the powerful magic weapon of the demons to suppress the Far East coalition army. She often fought against Ling Buxu, and she knew very well that this time the army was well-disciplined, the soldiers were strong, and the experience was rich, and in terms of combat achievements and merits, it was not inferior to any army in the kingdom.

In the Battle of the Red River Valley, a Fifth Army defeated the entire Far East and almost annihilated.

Compared to the Yulin Army, which was composed entirely of noble children, the soldiers of the Fifth Army were more hardworking and tenacious, and they were truly the Jīng Rui division of the Demon Kingdom.

Now, this army has been transferred from the Far East, which means that the strategy of the demon clan has been readjusted.

Unable to contact Shirokawa, Shirakawa did not know whether the Far East Allied Forces Command had already learned the news of the Fifth Army's advance into the interior, nor did she know what measures the Far East Command would take, let alone what this change meant for herself and the fate of the Far East.

One day, Shirakawa and his entourage were resting in a hotel in the town, when suddenly there was a commotion outside the window.

She leaned closer to the windowsill and looked around, only to see groups of demon soldiers running out of the town's garrison point with cheers, forming a battle queue in the square, cheering one after another: "Wagra!" and "Semuhelin (Long live my emperor)!"

And the local human puppet government officials also stood around the square, with a flattering smile on their faces, waving small flags with colorful sè in their hands, and laughing with the demon soldiers, cheering in unison: "Semuhelin!"

Shirakawa ran out of the house and grabbed a passerby: "Excuse me, what are they called, is there anything to be happy about?"

"Girl," amid the deafening cheers, the middle-aged man looked down at Shirakawa with jǐng ti's gaze and lowered his voice: "In this world, what they are happy about may not be what we are happy about." ”

Bai Chuan was stunned for a moment, and also lowered his voice: "They will never last long, our people will eventually come back." ”

The two exchanged eyes and understood each other tacitly.

"Perhaps. But no one can say what year or month it was. The middle-aged man said melancholy, "Girl, this is not a secret, and it doesn't hurt to sue you." The herald arrived, bringing the latest battle report, saying that the demon army had just forcibly crossed the Vagne River and defeated our border guards. It is said that even Lord Minghui has been captured, and they have already occupied the northwestern town of Kadara!"

"What! The demons have occupied the northwest, and Lord Minghui has died in battle?" she cried out in shock. Passers-by looked sideways, and the middle-aged man didn't dare to linger any longer, so he walked away quickly.

The northwest is the granary of the Zichuan family and the last place for the reserve army to collect soldiers, if even the northwest is occupied by the demons, then the dìdū defenders will have no more soldiers to help, no more food to enter, and it is not far from being destroyed.

Bai Chuan stood on the edge of the square in a daze, looking at the crowd singing and dancing in the square, listening to the laughter and laughter in her ears, she had a feeling of wanting to cry, and terrible thoughts came out of her heart irrepressibly: "Could it be that the Zichuan family is really over like this?"

She shuffled back to the inn with heavy steps, and her companions looked at her.

Everyone got the same news, and the atmosphere was heavy. Brown asked in a low voice, "My lord, the demons have occupied the northwest, what should we do now?"

Shirakawa froze, and she realized that her face was so ugly that it affected her subordinates.

The news of the victory of the demon clan came one after another, and everyone became panicked.

"Set off at once, and hurry overnight! We must hurry back to the Far East as soon as possible, and report the news to the adults as soon as possible. ”

Her heart was heavy, and only when she thought of her comrades-in-arms in the Far East, and only when she thought of Zichuan Xiu, did she feel a little comforted.

No matter what the situation of the family's war in the interior is, the Far East will insist on resisting and will never give in! For Zichuan Xiu, she has an almost fanatical blind trust, as long as Zichuan Xiu is here, no matter how difficult the situation is, he will definitely have a way to solve it!

By the time Shirakawa actually returned to the Far East, it would be a week later.

Kuaima quickly reported the news of Shirakawa's return to the Far East Command, and although the King of Light could not greet her in person, a general who was also a heavyweight came to greet her, that is, General Lin Bing.

Alarmed Lin Bing to come to greet him in person, Bai Chuan was very frightened. Although she is already a triple general of the Far Eastern Army, she has much more respect for this senior of the Far Eastern Army who has rich merits and qualifications than when she saw Zichuan Xiu: "The lower official just went out for a turn, how dare he greet him in person as a tired adult." ”

Lin Bing smiled lightly: "You Shirakawa are willing to take great risks and go deep behind enemy lines to obtain important information for our army, thank you for your hard work." Originally, the Commander was going to come to greet you in person, but he couldn't get out of it, so he entrusted me to come over. ”

After the politeness was over, Lin Bing quickly turned to the topic: "How is the situation in the mainland?

Bai Chuan reported to Lin Bing what he had seen and heard along the way. Of course, it is impossible to tell about the experience of going to the Blue City to meet with the flowing wind and frost, but it is just that it was delayed when the Guò Demon Clan's blockade line was passed.

She focused on depicting the great victory of Dìdū that she saw in person, Di Lin waved his army and killed directly, Jin Ge Iron Horse, the demon clan was defeated like water, and the corpses were scattered for ten miles, bleeding and bleaching.

Lin Bing's eyes lit up when she heard this, and he clapped his hands and said: "Good kill! I felt it back then, Di Lin is extraordinary, and it is true! Burning half of the dìdū to lure the enemy into the battle, this kind of tactic requires extraordinary courage and imagination, and only he can do it!"

Then, Shirakawa reported what he had seen and heard on the return trip, emphasizing that the demons had occupied the northwest, and the northwest commander Minghui had been captured, and although the demons had suffered a heavy setback in dìdū, after they gained an important foothold in the northwest, the war situation in the interior would likely take a heavy turn against our side.

After asking in detail, Lin Bing's spirit was very solemn, but she said categorically: "This matter is absolutely impossible! The demon army crossed the Vanie River and occupied the important town of Kadara, this may be the case." But when it comes to capturing Minghui, I know too well that Minghui's xìng grid is a little wrong, he runs faster than a rabbit, and the arrows that can catch up with him have not yet been produced!

Hearing Lin Bing say so surely, Bai Chuan regained his confidence slightly. She remembered something: "My lord, there is one more important thing I want to report. I saw the troops of the Fifth Demon Army on the road in Dama Province, and they were marching towards the dìdū front. ”

"We already know about this, probably a little better than you do. The Demon Army underwent a major adjustment, transferring the 13th Army from the Dìdū Front into the Far East, and transferring the 5th Army from the Far East to Dìdū. This adjustment has something to do with the tribal struggle within the demon clan, and Commander Hidekawa was unable to greet you in person this time, also because he was busy with this matter. ”

Looking at Bai Chuan's surprised expression, Lin Bing smiled and lowered his voice: "At this time, Commander Xiuchuan is negotiating with Meng Khan!"