On April 6, 786, the main force of the Southwestern Front of the Zichuan family arrived on the outskirts of Danya City and confronted the Danya camp set up by the Lin family. Because the troops of the Lin family who invaded the southwest were all withdrawn, the Dilin army arrived at Danya all the way without blood, and the military appearance was extremely prosperous. The Zichuan Army, which reinforced the southwest this time, had a total of 21 divisions plus eight special brigades, with a total of 210,000 soldiers and horses, including 30,000 cavalry troops, and the army was divided into three camps, left, center, and right.

In addition, the southwest has always been a key sphere of influence for the Senate. This time, most of the senators and nobles of the provinces sided with the Dilin regime, and their private soldiers were also integrated into the Dilin legions. Although after the Zichuan family's incorporation, each nobleman's private soldiers were not allowed to exceed five hundred, but there were too many nobles and Yuan Laoshi in the southwest, and there were a total of fifteen thousand private soldiers participating in the war. They were organized into separate armies and commanded by officers of the Supervision Department appointed by Dillin.

Of course, the southwestern nobles are so actively participating, not just because of their patriotic enthusiasm for the loyal monarch - just kidding, the truly loyal nobles should be fighting hard with Di Lin now. What's more, Lord Di Lin has already released his words: "If you are not the same way, you will be the enemy!"

Although everyone knows that this arrogant guy will not end well, but the problem is that he is still alive and kicking now. "The public scolds the rebel thief in person, the group of thieves becomes sè, the public goes through torture and the face does not change, generosity and righteousness, overflow loyalty" - although it is indeed very enjoyable and glorious to be recorded in the history books, if it is someone else who does this kind of thing, the nobles may still applaud for a while, but if they want to come by themselves, the nobles will be insensitive. That murderer, he slaughtered people at every turn.

The Lin family's Danya battalion had 230,000 soldiers, most of whom were infantry, and the cavalry was only more than 15,000.

This was a battle that attracted the attention of the whole continent, and in the Lin family and the Liufeng family, many military observers could not wait to show their foresight, and published articles in the newspapers one after another, saying that the battle would last for a long time, but in the end, the Lin family would definitely win the final victory with its strong strength.

Under the city of Danya, more than a dozen black-clothed horsemen were running, and in the dust, a black eagle flag stood out.

"Lin family child, do you have the courage to go out of the city to fight our army?"

In the billowing smoke and dust, there were loud shouts from time to time, and the fierce murderous aura came with the smoke and dust.

A few minutes later, the gate of Danya opened, and the sound of horses' hooves was heard at the entrance of the gate, and the red cavalry cháo poured out like water, and the smoke and dust billowed out of the city. The Zichuan family gendarmes rushed forward without showing weakness, and slammed into the ranks of the Lin family's cavalry with a diagonal head. The two armies collided, and hundreds of horses' hooves raised high dust, and the yellow sand covered their eyes, and they couldn't see their fingers. The two armies fought each other in this smoke and dust, and all they could hear was the sound of the battle, the fierce slashing of swords, the sonorous clashing of weapons, the neighing of horses, and the screams of the dead and wounded.

The battle ended after a while, and a group of black-clothed cavalry rushed out of the sand and dust, and rushed diagonally to the north, and the wind brought their wild laughter to the city: "The Lin family is incompetent, a group of waste, haha!"

The yellow sand and dust on the battlefield were gradually blown away, and a miserable scene appeared in front of them: the slain cavalry was laid out horizontally, and the horses that had lost their masters stood alone, neighing from time to time. Badly wounded soldiers wailed and screamed in the pile of corpses. The surviving soldier sat on his horse with a confused look in his eyes, as if he could not accept what had just happened.

The cavalry lieutenant colonel, who led the attack, returned to the city, his face as dead as ashes. He reported: "Elder, the lower officials ......"

"You don't have to say it, we've all seen it. ”

The person who spoke was Lin Kang, the military elder of the Lin family, looking at the cavalry who were moving away under the city, there was a suppressed anger in his voice.

The lieutenant colonel's head was so low that he almost touched the ground: "The subordinate is incompetent, and he has fallen into the prestige of the family...... Xiaguan ...... Willing to be court-martialed. He was angry and humiliated, but he couldn't say a word. At the door of their own house, everyone could see clearly that there were only a dozen enemies, and they sent hundreds of cavalry out to encircle and suppress, but they were cut and killed by others and then left.

"Forget it. Lieutenant Colonel, inspired by the god Jīng, came to fight again. If you lose the battle, you will be subject to military law......" Lin Kang looked around at the officers around him: "I can't have anyone left here." ”

The officers knelt down one after another: "The subordinate officials are incompetent, insulting the military prestige, and I hope the elders will forgive their sins!"

Lin Kang let out a long sigh, and there was helplessness in his sigh: "The huge Lin family, can't they really find warriors and fierce generals who can match them?"

The Lin family was the first on the mainland to create a large-scale Royal Military Academy, creating an advanced military system that combines professional soldiers and compulsory soldiers, with a variety of advanced military theories and tactical skills, and also possessed good weapons, but there was only one thing lacking - in a country that had been peaceful for more than two hundred years, it was too difficult for soldiers to cultivate fierce blood.

I want to recall the ancestors of the Lin family, Lin Fengxi's tenacity and talent, Lin Feng's peerless talent, Lin Jianyi's generosity and fierceness, which is not a generation of heroes. Unexpectedly, after three hundred years of inheritance in the southwest, the Lin family lost all the courage of their ancestors, and only the means of sneaking around in the dark were left. Among the contemporary Lin family figures, only Lin Yunfei can be regarded as inheriting the style of the ancestors. Unfortunately, Elite always dies too early...... Lin Kang stopped his thoughts: this is a sensitive topic that cannot be touched.

He said in a deep voice: "Generals, the situation is not favorable to our army, do you have anything to build?"

Since the two armies entered the confrontation stage after the Dilin army set up camp (in fact, nominally they are still the Zichuan family's royal army, but the high-level Heqiu all sneered at that layer of painting and called it the Dilin Army) In the scout battle, the Heqiu army was in a comprehensive disadvantage. Lin Kang selected warriors in the army to attack many times, trying to break its advantage, but all failed. In the skirmishes, the strong combat power of the Imperial Forest Army was revealed, and each time they beat the Heqiu scouts to the ground and fled for their lives. The gendarmes of the Zichuan family still have to chase and kill relentlessly, just like today, more than a dozen gendarmes dared to chase down to Danya City to call for battle, and the scope of the Lin family's scout activities was narrower and narrower.

No one in the world is a fool, and the one who can act as a scout scout is even better. After the strongest and bravest samurai were killed in battle, the remaining officers and soldiers also learned to behave. Every time they were given the task of going out of the camp to investigate, they were ordered to wander out of the city—just run to a place where they could not see the city. As for breaking through the blockade line and fighting the bloody battle of the Dilin Army - no kidding, no matter how hot-blooded a soldier escapes from death a dozen times, the blood should be as cold as Coca-Cola in the refrigerator. As for the reconnaissance report, it's so confusing, everyone colludes to make a good confession, and when they go home, they just talk nonsense, how thrilling and thrilling it is, and the bloody battle is full of blood. If you believe their confessions, you have simply fought with half of the Southwest Army of Zichuan.

Under the influence of one another, the scouts of the Dilin Army became more arrogant. Not only did they suppress the frontal range of the Riverhill Army, but they even invaded the rear of the Riverhill Army several times, attacking the supply teams and messengers of the Riverhill Army. Although the losses were not large, they put heavy pressure on the Danya command. In particular, the loss of information on the movements of Di Lin's troops made Lin Kang deeply frightened.

"Elder Qiyu, judging from the current form, it is a pity that the opponent's individual combat strength is above our army. In order to break the stalemate, Xia Guanjian sent additional scout troops, increasing the scouts to the size of the company or above, in order to break the blockade of the other side. ”

"What if the other side also increases its troops?"

The officer was speechless. Lin Kang snorted coldly, but he knew the answer: the shape would be exactly the same as now, and he would still be pressed and beaten. Moreover, if he increases his troops, Di Lin will definitely follow suit, and the outpost battle will continue to escalate, and finally become a duel between the main forces of the two armies. But now, the decisive battle is not in the interests of the Lin family.

"It can't be helped. I had to drag it out, the baggage and reserves of the Dilin army were not as good as ours, so it would be good to drag them out until they retreated. ”

In the early morning of April 15, 786, under the white dawn sky, the rapid hooves of horses broke the silence of the early morning of the Danya camp. The messenger from Riverhill brought terrible news: a sizable number of troops of the Imperial Lam Army had crossed the border and entered the territory of Riverhill, and they were advancing towards Riverhill City, the capital of the Lin royal family.

"The enemy's methods are cruel and unheard of!" the messenger gasped for breath with a pale face: "They burned and plundered all the way, and all the villages and cities they passed through were burned to the ground, and the inhabitants were slaughtered! Now the cities of Miga and Roba have been captured by the enemy, and the enemy is setting fire to the cities! The Council of Elders has issued a military order, ordering garrisons from all over the country to come and defend them. The Danya battalion must also take corresponding measures to stop the enemy's destruction of our country!"

Hearing the bad news, Lin Kang's eyes went dark, and he fainted.

He exclaimed angrily, "What's going on? When did they divide their troops, and why don't we know anything?"

The generals lowered their heads, and no one dared to look up. The enemy's battalion was divided under his nose, but his own side did not know about it, and this kind of mistake can no longer be described as negligence.

In fact, Lin Kang was also worried that the war might spread to Heqiu itself. But Lin Rui told him: "Don't worry! Di Lin's current position is very unstable, and warlords such as Zichuan Xiu and Minghui may set off a wave of restoration at any time to overthrow him." At that time, the only country that could take him in was our Lin family. We have asked the ambassador of the river hill to convey this to him, and I think he knows how to do it. After all, it's one thing for two countries to be at war, and quite another for indiscriminately killing civilians. ”

What I didn't expect was that Di Lin, a mad dog, really did things so badly!

Lin Kang received the news of Dilin's invasion in the early morning of April 15, in fact, as early as when the troops were dispatched from Dìdū, the General Staff of the Supervision Department had already made plans for a large-scale invasion of the Lin family.

"The plan is codenamed 'Wildfire'! The Lin family dares to brazenly invade the southwest, which is nothing more than to regard the weak regime of our Supervision Department as weak and can be bullied. We must make them pay the price, and let the world know what will happen to our enemies!"

After the start of the war, Di Lin threw the sharp forces of the military police regiment into the advance battle. After several days of strangulation and fighting, the scouts of the Lin family were so frightened that they did not dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and after successfully shielding the eyes and ears of the Lin family, the Imperial Forest Army began to carry out a large-scale invasion tactic codenamed "Wildfire".

On the twelfth day of April, under the cover of the advance scouts, the Southwestern Battalion secretly sent four contingents to the Riverhill itself, and the generals of each division were as follows:

Gopra commanded the 1st Task Force with 20,000 troops under his command of two infantry divisions and 20,000 troops; Shabro commanded the 2nd Contingent with 15,000 troops under his command of 15,000 infantry divisions and 15,000 cavalry divisions; Bai Xia commanded the 3rd Task Force with 20,000 infantry divisions and 20,000 troops; Dilin commanded the 4th Task Force with 2 infantry divisions, a cavalry division and a special division with 35,000 troops; in addition to these four contingents, the Praetorian Guard Commander Jinxi was responsible for staying behind the camp and commanded the remaining 120,000 troops to contain the main force of the Lin family in the Danya battalion.

In the dawn of dawn, all the soldiers and horses set off in turn. The soldiers' armor was black and shiny, and their eyes were fierce and murderous. The procession poked its head out of its entrenched lair like a sinuous black dragon, with no head or tail in sight.

Before leaving, the three generals came to bid farewell to Dilin.

Everyone didn't ramble, but expressed their feelings in a simple sentence: "Take care, my lord." ”

Di Lin shook hands solemnly and looked at them deeply, as if he wanted to engrave the appearance of his subordinates in his heart.

One by one, the generals saluted, turned and strode away, their black uniforms disappearing into the pre-dawn darkness.

Di Lin stood in the morning breeze, his figure gloomy. Imanishi reminded him, "Your Excellency, it's time for you to go. ”

Di Lin was dumbfounded. After a long time, he said to Imasai, "Thank you for being with me until now." ”

Jinxi gave a military salute and said solemnly: "My lord, in this world, there are people who hate us, some people fear us, and some people hate us, but no one can ignore us. A man can live like this, although death is enough! Being able to follow you is the greatest luck of the lower officials!"

Di Lin stared at Jinxi, he patted the other man's shoulder vigorously, and said nothing. He turned his gaze to the red glow in the eastern sky, where a round of red rì was rising.

This is a dazed battle, and no one knows where the road ahead and the dawn are, nor when this fight will end. As accomplices in the rebellion and the murder of the king, everyone is burdened with a heavy sense of guilt. Boundless blood, boundless darkness and despair, and what is even more terrifying, there is no hope or way out in sight, in such a desperate situation, no matter how strong the iron man is, he becomes vulnerable.

What has sustained the Office of the Ombudsman is the solidarity and support for each other, and the kind of friendship that is closer than brotherhood.

We are all sinful beings who deserve to go to Hell.

With the same belief in guilt, the entire Supervision Office condensed into a strong blade, and everyone guarded each other's backs, hugging each other tightly, resisting round after round of challenges. The strong men proudly created a miracle and burst out with terrifying power.

"Imashi, before we die, plunge the whole world into a sea of blood!"

At dawn, Di Lin personally led 30,000 infantry and 5,000 cavalry to leave the southwest camp, and the soldiers and horses rushed straight towards the border of the Lin clan. The army marched all the way, and at noon, the Chinese army had crossed the national boundary monument between Zichuanjia and Heqiu, and lightly smashed the resistance of the Lin family's border guards, and the army roared into the Lin family's border.

From the moment the Dilin Legion crossed the boundary monument, terrifying news poured in along with fire and iron hooves, and the sea of blood flooded the eastern border of the Lin family, and the blue sky of the river hill was shrouded in black smoke.

On the twelfth day of April, Dilin broke through the 6th Garrison on the border of Heqiu, annihilated them all, and beheaded 1,500 people.

On the twelfth day of April, Gopra conquered the city of Migal and slaughtered the city. 70,000 people were killed.

On April 13, the city of Roba was conquered by Dilin and slaughtered. 110,000 people were killed, and Dilin ordered the city to be burned. Just on the edge of the burning city, the soldiers of the Ombudsman built a massive landscape.

On April 13, Baixia swept through 11 villages and towns, slaughtering 30,000 civilians.

On the thirteenth day of April, Shabro conquered the city of Doma, an important town in the east of the Lin family, and captured 700 soldiers of the garrison, all of whom were beheaded, but he did not attack the civilians, but opened the gates of the city to let the people of the city escape, and then set fire to the city.

On April 14, Di Lin conquered the military town on the outskirts of Heqiu and killed 3,000 garrisons of Heqiu.

...... Essentially, the military is an efficient killing machine, and the damage and destruction it causes is irresistible once it is turned at full speed against civilians. In the face of an army honed from the battle with the demons, all the resistance organized by the civilians with righteous indignation is only a good illustration of the idiom "mantis arm as a car". For ordinary civilians, they didn't even find a chance to resist: the Inspectorate was very experienced in carrying out massacres, with clear steps and clear processes, just as skilled as the machine qì production process.

The various contingents of the Imperial Wood Army attacked in a combined manner, advancing and retreating rapidly, and the black-armored soldiers were like a dense swarm of locusts, screaming and fighting everywhere they passed, killing and destroying. Villages, towns, cities, farms, wherever the armies passed, all that was left was a sea of blood and coke.

"Di Lin is here, run for your life!" The terrifying voice echoed over Heqiu City, and the citizens panicked and panicked. Mass of border dwellers were slaughtered, and survivors left their homes and sought refuge in Riverhill. However, the inhabitants of Heqiu Bencheng fled to the more southerly regions, and even flocked to the border of the Liufeng family. Thousands of warehouses and storefronts were looted and burned, hundreds of thousands of border residents were slaughtered, millions of people fled and were displaced, order in Heqiu City was chaotic, murder, robbery, theft and other evil criminal cases emerged one after another, rumors were everywhere, and residents were panicked.

In the face of the slaughter of the Di Lin army, the Lin family's army did not resist. On the 16th of April, the military elder Lin Kang sent a pursuit force of 40,000 men from Danya to try to stop the Dilin army, but on the national road between Heqiu and Danya, this force was flanked by Shabro and Gopra, and they were routed together.

Heqiu Huangji and Danya were shocked. The scout troops of the Dilin Legion were frequently active, constantly attacking the messengers and scouts of the Lin family, which caused a gap in the intelligence of Danya City and Heqiu Huangji. Because it was not clear how many Dilin troops were in ambush, and there was a lack of tacit cooperation between the Danya base camp and Heqiu Huangji, the commanders of the two cities cautiously tightened their forces in the city and did not dare to send troops to fight again.

This is also a rare scene in the history of warfare, 120,000 soldiers and horses were stationed in Heqiu Huangji, and 220,000 troops were stationed in the Danya base camp, but between these two important military towns, tens of thousands of soldiers and horses of the Dilin army were able to slaughter unscrupulously for several days, as if they were in a no-man's land. Reading this history, future generations don't know whether to praise Di Lin's courage or despise the cowardice of the Lin family.

Urgent jǐng newspapers poured all over the general staff towards the river hill. Because the military elder Lin Kang commanded the army on the Danya front, the military command in Heqiu City was handed over to Lin Wen. In addition to serving as the chief of general staff of the Lin family, this forty-year-old lieutenant general is also the president of the Lin family's Royal Military Academy, a calm and sophisticated general who has always been known for his steady composure.

At this moment, he stared at the large map on the wall, and the wrinkles in his eyebrows gathered deeply into the word "Chuan". On the map, villages and towns near the eastern border are marked with red symbols, indicating that they have sent a distress signal. But there are also many villages and towns that have not sent a signal. This does not mean that they are safe and sound, on the contrary, it indicates that the whole village has been slaughtered cleanly, and even those who have sent jǐng reports cannot escape.

It was a long time before he turned back and looked at the staff officers who were also solemn in the room.

"The enemy is fierce, attacking on all fronts along the border of more than 200 miles, and it is blooming everywhere. But which way is his main force, and what does he want to do?"

Like the chief, the elites of the Heqiu Staff Department were also meditating, and their expressions were solemn.

For ordinary generals, dividing troops is indeed taboo, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy individually. But Di Lin is different, he is a first-class general of the times, and many of his combat examples are still classic cases of learning at the Royal Military Academy in Heqiu, and his mastery and use of troops are by no means comparable to ordinary generals, and it is impossible to make that kind of stupid mistake. Whoever despises him will bring on his own destruction.

After half an hour of heated discussion, the staff made a summary: "Dilin uses the multi-headed snake tactic of splitting and attacking together. He sent four or five troops, each of which was about twenty or thirty thousand men, echoing each other, at a distance of no more than fifty miles. There is a high degree of tacit understanding and cooperation between the enemy's generals, no matter which of the enemy's soldiers and horses we attack, the other three soldiers and horses will pounce on our army and cooperate to eat our soldiers and horses. For example, Elder Lin Kang's pursuing force originally wanted to attack the enemy Kokopura's troops, but unexpectedly, the enemy Koshaburo suddenly quickly detoured behind him from more than fifty miles away, leading our army to a great defeat. If we had sent out an overwhelming superior force, then Di Lin would have stayed away from it and would not engage our army. Our army will not be able to catch up with them. It can be seen from the examples of long-distance raids in the Far Eastern War that the mobility and combat experience of the Dilin Corps far surpassed that of our army. ”

Although the Heqiu General Staff saw Di Lin's tactics, it didn't mean that they could crack it. The advance and retreat of the Imperial Troops were fast, the attack was like lightning, a series of actions were dizzyingly fast, and the various troops covered each other, cooperated tacitly, and the sudden advance and retreat were dazzling. The Heqiu General Staff couldn't even capture their traces, let alone send troops to exterminate them.

But Lin Wen believes that Di Lin also has its weakness, although this weakness is not on the battlefield. Di Lin's soldiers and horses were sharp, but their successors were weak and they were short of supplies, which could not be compared with the continuous reinforcements from Heqiu. As long as the Lin family garrison is heavily armed and controls the two important towns of Heqiu and Danya, which echo each other from afar, those peripheral villages and cities will be left to Di Lin to toss and see how much power he has. The longer he tosses, the more clues and traces he leaves behind, the more tired he gets, and the easier it will be to clean him up in the future.

Chief of General Staff Lin Wen reported to the Council of Elders: "Your Highness the Zong family, Di Lin has wasted his precious combat power on civilians and towns that have no military value, and this kind of frenzied rush cannot last for a long time, unless they have unlimited supplies and jīng power. The enemy's use of strategic forces to carry out tactical tasks is aimed at provoking our troops to move and shaking the superiority of our troops as immobile as a mountain. At present, in order to ensure the security of Huanggi, the main force of our army should not be moved lightly, and the main force of our army should be to engage the enemy frequently with dense and powerful scout troops and investigate the enemy's movements. ”

But this mention was vetoed by Lin Rui: "Your Excellency Chief of Staff, your Jianyi Elder Council cannot agree. The enemy burned, slaughtered, plundered, slaughtered our people, burned our cities and towns all over the eastern frontier, and we had more than 300,000 troops but could only sit idly by. The Council of Elders cannot account for such a thing to the people. ”

With such unscrupulous burning and plundering by the Imperial Legion, the Lin family desperately needed a victory. The hateful people of the river hills longed for a bitter victory to soothe the anger in their hearts—or else the anger would burn against the river hills that had provoked the war.

"The love of the people is very bad. The United Chamber of Commerce has lodged a solemn protest, saying that if this situation continues, they will refuse to pay taxes and evacuate the hills. ”

Lin Rui's expression was stern with anger: "For more than two hundred years, the territory of the empire has never been attacked from outside, and our people have bathed in the sunshine of peace for two hundred years, and they believe that they are protected. Compared to the Zichuan family and the Liufeng family, which are constantly in turmoil, we have a unique sense of pride, but in the past few days, the pride that the Lin family has built in two hundred years has been shattered! Your Excellency Chief of the General Staff, I order you to make a more active plan to find the traces of the invading enemy and destroy them!"

Lin Wen stood up with a bitter face and responded, "Obey, Your Highness." ”

War is a continuation of the government, and war will always serve the government. Although the General Staff of the River Hill strongly opposed it, it was not the right time to engage Dilin at this time. However, under tremendous pressure from the people, Heqiu still made a decision to send powerful troops to crusade against the various Zichuan family troops who entered the country.

The General Staff protested: "Without sufficient intelligence, we cannot make a plan!"

Elders: "Then don't plan, just fight!"

On April 19, Major General Lin Xingsheng, the governor of the Eastern Capital, led 60,000 Praetorian Guards from Heqiu and pursued southwest along the national highway, where it had just been reported that it had been attacked by the Zichuan army.

The next day, the crusading army encountered the crowded Zichuan family scouts. The cavalry of the Zichuan family blatantly followed the crusading army on the avenue, blocking the path of the crusading army's advance in twos and threes, provocatively shouting at the scouts of the crusading army. They do not engage the crusaders head-on, but like wolves trailing their prey, they just fall from a distance.

Seeing that the scouts of the Zichuan Army were so fearless, experienced officers knew that the enemy brigade must be close to the left. Lin Xingsheng ordered the whole army to be on alert and ready to meet the battle at any time.

At noon, near the 201st boundary monument of the southeast national highway of Heqiu, the scouts of the Heqiu army also spotted the black cháo slowly surging in the distance.

Encountered a large force of the Zichuan family army!

From the visual point of view, the number of Zichuan troops is about 20,000 and 30,000, and even better, the other side actually marched forward with inferior troops, clearly wanting to take the initiative to attack. The scouts reported that there was no second Zichuan Army nearby.

The Lin family headquarters was full of excitement. Lin Xingsheng excitedly said to his subordinates: "The Zichuan army has taken its soul from the sky, and it actually attacked me alone. Today, let's report victory to the Presbyterian Church with a great victory!"

The officers cheered in unison: "The empire will win!"

The Zichuan army went on the offensive, and the Heqiu army naturally took a defensive position. It was a battle that could be written in a textbook: the defenders exhausted the attacking side with a strong infantry formation, and then launched a counterattack to defeat the opponent.

The commanders of both armies were making their final encouragement. Lin Xingsheng roared hoarsely: "Soldiers of the Lin family, the time has come to avenge your fathers and elders! For the sake of the innocent compatriots, for the motherland, and for His Royal Highness Lin Rui, we must fight until the last moment, even if we fight to the last soldier, we must not retreat! Long live the Bright Empire, long live the Golden Hibiscus!"

The soldiers raised their hands in unison and shouted, "Long live the Empire!" Countless weapons were pointed into the sky in unison, and the morale of the Lin family legion was like a rainbow.

"It's noisy!" Hearing the sound from the other side, Di Lin frowned, and coldly ordered: "Stomp on them." ”

The encounter, which came to be known as the Battle of National Highway 201 (later often referred to simply as the Battle of 201), was only a local encounter, but it had a profound impact on the entire war. Lin Xingsheng, who fled back from the wolf, was taken to a court-martial, where he was charged with a number of crimes, including "miscommand and heavy loss" and "fleeing in fear", all of which were sufficient for execution, but neither Lin Xingsheng nor his relatives were worried about it. Because Lin Xingsheng is not an ordinary army general, he is still a child of the Lin family, according to the tradition of Heqiu, unless there is rebellion, the descendants of the royal family will not die.

The death penalty is not necessary, but a toss is inevitable no matter what. Because he was the only general to have fought against Dirin, his experience was invaluable. The General Staff, the Military Intelligence Bureau, and even the Council of Elders all came to turn Lin Xingsheng over and interrogate him, and there was only one core question: The enemy army is only half of yours, how did you lose?

But Lin Xingsheng also wanted to know how he was defeated. He would only say one sentence: "They just rushed over, straight over, and our people collapsed...... As for the other party's tactics and weapons, he couldn't think of them at all.

It was a nightmare, but why was this nightmare so clear?

As soon as the Zichuan cavalry rushed like this, their Chinese army collapsed in an uproar, the first line of defense collapsed, the second line of defense collapsed, the third line of defense collapsed, and the fourth line of defense collapsed. zhōngyāng broke through, and the Zichuan army broke through the four defense lines of 30,000 people in his center in an hour, and killed them all the way to the edge of his handsome camp, so frightened that Lin Xingsheng hurriedly fled to the left flank with his guards. On the left flank, Lin Xingsheng repeatedly dispatched troops and generals, trying to counterattack the Zichuan family that broke into his own Chinese army, but nothing worked, Jīng Rui's Heqiu Praetorian Guard lasted less than half an hour before the Zichuan family infantry lost their armor, and the Divine Arrow Battalion only released a few rounds of arrows, as if it was rushed to pieces without causing any losses to the other party, and the chariot battalion was beaten to the point of crying and fleeing...... In less than three hours after the start of the war, the 60,000 arrogant Heqiu Janissaries before the war became 60,000 little hairy children who cried for their fathers and mothers, and Lin Xingsheng couldn't retreat if he wanted to gather his troops, and finally fled with less than 5,000 wolves.

The 201st Boundary Monument Battle was like a bucket of cold water floating with ice cubes poured down from the head, pouring cold on the fanatical Heqiu main battle faction. The Heqiu General Staff was in a panic, they knew that there was a gap between their own and Zichuan family's combat strength, but they never expected that the gap would be so big that they could not make up for it with their superiority in troops.

The Council of Elders convened an emergency meeting, and the resolution was reached - the old rules, since you can't beat it, then be reasonable!

In the early morning of April 22, 786, at the request of the Heqiu army, the negotiators of the two armies arrived at a clearing outside the city of Danya.

The representative of the Lin family is Lin Kang, while the representative of the Zichuan family is the Praetorian Guard commander Imasai.

Lin Kang took a closer look at Jinxi, the young man was neatly dressed, his appearance was mediocre, and his demeanor was calm, and he couldn't see anything special about being able to become a commander at such a young age.

"Your Excellency Imaxi, we have made an appointment with Lord Dilin. Isn't he there?" Lin Kang asked tentatively, this question seemed ordinary, but Lin Kang had ulterior motives: to inquire if Di Lin was in the camp, which could be inferred whether the other party's various task forces had returned.

Jinxi smiled: "Lord Dilin has more important matters to deal with, and I will be responsible for contacting you." If you have anything to say, please tell me. ”

So Lin Kang understood that the person in front of him had sophistication that was not commensurate with his age, and it was impossible to take advantage of such an opponent.

"It's wartime, we're all soldiers, and we're not a long-winded politician, so I'll say it straight if I have something to say. This time, I am entrusted by the Lin family to lodge a solemn protest against your country. ”

"Why?"

"In the past few days, your country's army has entered our borders, attacked and plundered the three cities of Loba and Migar, and dozens of villages and towns, killing more than 150,000 Chinese civilians and burning tens of thousands of houses and buildings without any reason. In particular, it should be noted that the people killed by your country are entirely unarmed civilians, who are not soldiers. Your ** team did not even spare the hospital and the church, and set fire to the ground. On behalf of the Lin family, I would like to lodge a solemn protest against this barbaric act, which violates the basic moral bottom line. ”

Jinxi looked at Lin Kang in surprise: "Elder Lin, aren't we fighting?"

"Your Excellency, your country and China are both civilized countries on the mainland with a long history, even if the two countries meet each other, we should follow the basic ......"

"Can a civilized country with a long history take advantage of the fire to rob and occupy the territory of another country?"

Lin Kang's chest was blocked, and he struggled and said, "Even this can't be ......"

"Elder Lin, it seems that you and the Lin family don't know us yet. It is you who started the war, but it is up to you how to fight it. Since your country has chosen to be our enemy, you must bear the consequences. Your Excellency's verbal protest is very unnecessary. ”

Jinxi pursed his lips, showing his contempt for this: "Elder Lin, if you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave." There's still a lot to do. ”

He stood up, Lin Kang's face was pale: "Your Excellency, aren't you afraid of our retaliation if you do such nonsense?"

Imashi put on his hat and showed a sweet smile: "Your country might as well try!" he smiled and turned to leave.

His back disappeared outside the tent curtain, and a staff officer shouted angrily: "Elder, they are intimidating us! Since the Zichuan family dares to kill innocents indiscriminately, then we will also do it, starting with Danya, and killing people when we see them." The lower officials don't believe it, they really don't care!"

"Shut up. Lin Kang said in a low voice: "This is a military matter, we are only responsible for negotiations, and we are not the one who makes the decision." Immediately reported to the Council of Elders, and the negotiation failed. ”

Lin Kang's mind was a little trance-like, he remembered that when he first carried out the task of beheading, the eyes of the prisoner sentenced to death left a deep impression on him: crazy, confused, sluggish, persistent, full of death intent. Later, those eyes appeared in his dreams countless times, and each time he woke up.

Today, in the eyes of Imashi, he saw that look again.