At midnight, when the demon army was at its most exhausted, the Far Eastern Army's secret weapon, Xiuzi Battalion, attacked. More than 8,000 Xiuzi battalion soldiers suddenly entered the demon camp. The hungry and exhausted demon soldiers were unable to resist this new force that raised jīng, and by the time the third watch was fought, the demon army collapsed.

At this time, even without the order of Shikawa Xiu, the army knew what to do. Far Eastern teams from all walks of life bravely assaulted and beat the water dogs. The orc general Bran intercepted the retreat of the demon army, and in order to prove their military merits, the orcs proved their merits in an extremely barbaric way, they cut off the heads of the demons and hung them around their waists, and howled and charged with large swords and spears. Each orc had a string of heads full of them around his waist, and they were bloody, like a fierce brake in hell. Seeing this terrifying scene, the demon soldiers all broke their courage and killed their hearts, they had no intention of fighting, and they fled for their lives. What ensued was an unprecedented slaughter. The bloody battle unfolded in the paddy fields, in the mountains and forests, and in the fields. Plains, mountains and rivers, pools of blood everywhere, corpses everywhere.

In the early morning of July 28, 784, the sky was not clear, and the Seventh Legion of the original Demon Kingdom no longer existed.

Zichuan Xiu originally thought that Gusta, who was known for his cruelty and rigidity, was a very arrogant person. Even if he loses power and is captured, he should show the unyielding demeanor of the Senean royal family. Then Zichuan Xiu fought with him, and after a fierce verbal confrontation, with his extraordinary wisdom and charm, the King of Light in the Far East finally subdued the Senea royal family, and the arrogant demon general bowed his head.

But now, Shikawa Shu is disappointed. The man in front of him was as wolf as a chicken in soup, and his eyes were full of fear and pleading. There was no need to fight at all, as long as Zichuan Xiu shouted, he would be able to kneel down on the spot. Seeing this person, Zichuan Xiu didn't even have any interest in interrogation. He simply ordered the guards around him to take care of him, and then ordered the troops to rest.

The teams were really tired of killing, the soldiers' eyes were already black, and even the most willing to clean up the battlefield and harvest the spoils of war were not able to raise their energy at the moment. Regardless of whether there was a puddle or a mud pond under their feet, as soon as the order to stop the pursuit arrived, the soldiers fell to sleep at the messy corpses, by the mud and sewage puddles. After sleeping until the sun set, the soldiers got up lazily and searched for the trophies of the demons in various parts of the battlefield.

He also didn't close his eyes for three days and three nights, and when Zi Chuanxiu woke up, looking at the sea of blood and the large messy corpses on the plain, he actually had a sense of loss that he suddenly didn't know where he was. He stared blankly at the sunset for a few minutes before he came to his senses.

The blood-stained generals gathered and reported the casualties of the troops.

Holding a pencil and writing down the numbers one by one in a notebook, and then summarizing and counting, Zi Chuanxiu frowned, blinked his eyes, and sighed: "This time, we have done a loss-making business." In this battle, the Far East was basically crippled. Both the First and Second armies suffered heavy casualties, and even the base camp reserves became exhausted. ”

Looking at the generals, he helplessly lowered his long, delicate eyelashes: "The responsibility lies with me." I was in too much of a hurry, and if the general attack had been launched two days late, the casualties would have been reduced a little. ”

Everyone knew in their hearts that one of the most important reasons why Shikawa Xiu was so eager to eat the Gusta Army was because of pressure from within the country. For the Far East Army's long-term immobility, the high-ranking members of the Zichuan family were quite angry. In addition, the Mong Khan army entrenched in the far east and south is also an unstable factor, although they have reached a temporary armistice agreement with the Far East, but if the war is stalemate for a long time, it is not good that the capricious villain Meng Khan will also stick a knife in the back of the Far East.

The commander of the Second Army, Bai Chuan, comforted: "My lord, there will always be deaths in a war, no matter what, we have won the war after all, and victory is more important than anything else." ”

Looking at the blood-like fall, Zi Chuanxiu muttered, "Yes! ”

Turning his head, he looked at the crowd: "There is one thing that I think is very strange. Why did Gusta choose to break through to the west when he broke through? Under normal circumstances, he should have chosen to break through in the direction of the kingdom in the east, right? Why did he break through deep into the interior of the Far East? Isn't that a self-defeating way?"

The generals were at a loss, fighting hard for a long time, marching, pursuing, engaging the enemy, hand-to-hand combat, and fighting every day, and everyone was numb from the sea of blood, and they had no time to think about it.

Shirakawa groaned, "Maybe he is counting on getting reinforcements from the Menghan Legion?"

"It's possible. However, the Senea and the Mongols have always been at odds with each other, and the Seneans have no one in their eyes. Relying on Gusta's proud xìngge, it is estimated that he would rather die than ask the Mongols for help, right?

Bai Chuan smiled: "My lord, Gusta is in our hands, won't we know if we interrogate him?"

Zichuan Xiuyi slapped his head: "I'm confused!" turned around and ordered Gu Lei: "You go, bring Gu Sta over!"

"Yes!" Guray saluted, and hurried towards the makeshift camp where the prisoners of war were kept.

In about five minutes, he came back at a brisk pace, looking very surprised.

"My lord, Gusta is dead!" he stammered, "He killed himself!"

Everyone was moved, and Bai Chuan shouted, "What's the matter?"

"He had a knife hidden on him, we didn't search him carefully enough, and Jǐng Wei was too sleepy, so he tied him up with a chain and went to sleep. When he woke up, the knife was right in Gusta's throat. My lord, what should I do?"

Gu Lei was about to cry, scared and panicked. If the guards are not strict, the important prisoners commit suicide, and he will be punished by military discipline.

Zichuan Xiu said lightly: "What should I do, dig a pit and bury him." ”

Gu Lei's eyes widened: "Buried?"

"If you cook him on purpose, I don't object to it, but it may not taste good. ”

Shirakawa was very sorry: "It is said that Gusta is the nephew or nephew of the Demon God Emperor or something. It should be very useful to hold the relatives of the Demon God Emperor in his hands, right? Just like Cardin back then, she changed back to Pai's relief and saved our lives. ”

She was gloomy: "If Gusta hadn't died, we might have been able to exchange him for something with the demons." ”

Zichuan Xiu smiled, rarely, Shirakawa also learned to think about politics.

However, the situation is different now. The Far East War was a war between the Zichuan family and the demons for hegemony in the Far East, and it was a local war, and there was still room for negotiation and compromise between the two sides. But today's patriotic holy war is a life-and-death battle between the Zichuan family and the demons. Both countries have done their best, either the Senea clan will destroy Zichuan, or Zichuan will eradicate the demon clan. Both countries are red-eyed, and there is no room for negotiations.

The demons have always believed that female xìng is weak and needs protection. Cardin was captured, and the high-level demon clan did not blame her, they thought that it was only Yun Shen, the demon general who did not protect Cardin effectively, who was wrong. However, Gusta, as a man and a general, is to blame for his defeat and capture. The high-level of the demon clan will only treat him as a shame, and it feels like a waste to even take a copper plate out to redeem him - not to mention that according to the demon generals such as Ross and Lu Di, the relationship between the Demon God Emperor and this nephew has always been bad. Gusta committed suicide, and he guessed that he would not be rescued in any way, right?

These analyses are too complicated, and Shirakawa doesn't want to explain them to Shirakawa. He simply said: "Nephews and daughters are very different from each other. I don't think the Demon God Emperor will pay for Gusta. ”

It's just that why did Gusta flee to the interior of the Far East instead of choosing to return to China? This question was like a needle in Zi Chuanxiu's heart, and he never could laugh.

After the war, the affairs are busy, and it is very tedious to pursue, search for the remnants of the demons, rescue the wounded, and deal with the wreckage of the battlefield. For all kinds of problems, the generals frequently came to ask Zichuan Xiu for instructions, and Zichuan Xiu issued various instructions brightly, and the doubts were put aside.

He was busy until dawn before he had time to close his eyes. The reverse breakout of the Seventh Army, the suicide of Gusta...... In his sleep, a hazy thought flashed through his mind, and he wanted to catch that thought and see it clearly, but he couldn't do it. It was like a lightning bolt in the sky, a bird flying across the blue sky, leaving only a trace of the moment.

In the afternoon, Zichuan Xiu suddenly woke up from sitting up straight in the tent. He was awake to the thought he had suddenly captured, and sat in a daze for a while, the thoughts in his mind became clearer and clearer, clearer and clearer, clear enough that every line and water chestnut of the thought could be clear.

Immediately, he called a meeting of the generals. The generals were all dragged out of the tent by Zi Chuanxiu's guards in their sleep, yawning one by one, and even the eyes of Commander Lin Bing, who had always been the heaviest, were black. Without waiting for Roger, who was the last to come in, to sit his ass firmly, Zichuan Xiu had already leaned straight and couldn't wait to say, "Guys, I finally figured out why Gusta is like this!"

After saying that, he looked around at everyone with expectant eyes, waiting for his subordinates to ask curiously: "My lord, tell me quickly, we are all very curious!", and then the King of Light answered their questions, showing great wisdom.

"Huh~~" Roger yawned: "Who is Gusta, how is he?"

Bai Chuan still has a vague impression: "He's dead!"

The orc general Bran yawned repeatedly, and his eyelids were about to droop: "It's none of my business, I didn't kill him." ”

There is nothing more irritating in the world than being passionate and insensitive to others. Looking at the group of birdmen who were about to fall asleep in front of him, Zi Chuanxiu suddenly became angry: "I ask you, why did Gusta break through to the west instead of the kingdom!"

"I guess he's gone the wrong way?" replied General Bran, very brainlessly.

"Wrong! Because Gusta knows that the demon clan has no army in the country, and he will not get reinforcements at all when he flees back to China, and will only introduce our Far Eastern Army into the kingdom itself! That's why he chose to flee westward, trying to escape into the Valen Pass to avoid the pursuit of the Far Eastern Army!

"Emptiness...... I'm empty, too!" Roger's eyelids tugged, and the orc general Bran simply lay on the table and snorted and fell asleep.

The legion commanders were sleepy and died, and in this case, it was really impossible to seriously discuss any issues, so Shikawa Xiu had to sigh and announce the dismissal of the meeting. As if they had been pardoned, they fled quickly back to their tents and slept.

That night, despite his extreme tiredness, Shikawa Xiu couldn't fall asleep, and a thought tormented him to toss and turn on the rudimentary marching blanket. At last he simply got up and sat down at the door of the tent, looking at the vast sea of grass and the dark jungle on the horizon in the moonlight, and his eyes flashed with impulsiveness.

Further east in the sea of grass, there is a powerful country. For thousands of years, it has caused countless disasters to mankind, is the birthplace of a nightmare for mankind, and is also the gathering center of evil. Now, it is in an unprecedented state of weakness.

Pouring the troops of the Far East and gathering 300,000 tigers, can they destroy it in one fell swoop?

But what about being besieged by 500,000 enemies?

How would he react when he learned that the Demon God Emperor had been invaded in China? Will he draw troops from the dìdū front line to aid the country, or will he ignore it and concentrate on taking dìdū first?

The demons have entered the human world, and they have entered the demon kingdom, and the battle situation will be so complicated that even a little thinking will give you a headache, who is more beneficial to this chaos, is it the demons, or the humans?

Zi Chuanxiu frowned, and the corners of his mouth tightened. Dilling is not there, Sterling is not there, no one can negotiate. His decision was related to the fate of mankind, and he was terrified that he would have to take on such a heavy responsibility at the age of twenty-four.

Footsteps sounded behind him, and Zi Chuanxiu's guards asked in a low voice, "Who!"

"It's me, Lin Bing. ”

The graceful figure gradually emerged in the night, and Zi Chuanxiu was surprised: "Chief Lin, you haven't slept yet?"

"Like you, I can't sleep. Lin Bing walked over, sat down next to Zi Chuanxiu, and looked at the eastern sky side by side with Zi Chuanxiu, her tone was very relaxed: "Like you, I am also tormented by that thought-alas, temptation!"

Zi Chuanxiu smiled: "Chief Lin, if you say this kind of thing, it is easy for people to misunderstand. ”

"If there are rumors tomorrow that the current Far Eastern Commander is cheating with the former Far Eastern Commander, many people will break their glasses, right?"

A faint woman's fragrance entered her nostrils, and Zi Chuanxiu felt deeply relaxed. With Lin Bing, the hot mood gradually calmed down and became comfortable and peaceful. This elegant woman has a strong inner restraint, her charm is in a class of its own, elegant, open-minded, humorous, that kind of mature steadiness, Shirakawa is far behind.

"Ah Xiu. ”

Like Ge Yingxing, Lin Bing is Zichuan Xiu's predecessor. But since he took over as the commander of the Far East, Lin Bing has never used this title again. In the dead of night, she suddenly shouted again, and in an instant, a familiar feeling of déjà vu struck her, just as he had done when he was a flag bearer in the Far Eastern Army, and he replied in a respectful tone: "Yes, Lord Lin." ”

"If you attack the Demon Clan's homeland, how sure are you that you will be able to take the Demon God Castle?"

It is not surprising why Lin Bing was able to see through his mind at once, this person's sharp eyes Zi Chuanxiu had been taught. He muttered: "If all the Far East mobilizes, taking advantage of the emptiness in the Demon Clan's country, and taking them by surprise, I have a fifty percent chance of being able to capture the Demon God Castle." Chief Lin, what do you think?"

"This is the best option for the big picture, and the worst option for the Far East. If the Far East is set on fire, the Seneans will go berserk, and they will not hesitate to turn around and strangle us. ”

Lin Bing's words were unusually concise, but Zi Chuanxiu immediately understood: "This is the best way to relieve dìdū." ”

"We will relieve the siege of dìdū, who will relieve us at that time?"

Zichuan Xiu was speechless, thought for a while, and said: "Directly smashing the rear of the demon clan, destroying the war base of the Senea clan, eradicating the reserve soldiers of the Senea clan, destroying their ability to continue the war, and making the demon clan become a lone army without support in the follow-up, this can play a greater role than our direct participation in the war around Dìdū, it is a blow that may turn the whole situation around......"

Lin Bing interrupted him: "I've been in the Far East for a long time, and I also know a little bit about the situation in the Demon Kingdom.

The kingdom is vast, but the geographical and climatic conditions are extremely harsh. The country is mostly mountainous and hilly, but there are very few fields for cultivating grain and grasslands for raising cattle and sheep. In summer, the climate is very hot, often with terrible temperatures above 40 degrees, and the earth can be cracked like silk, and the rivers and lakes are dried up, and in winter, it is bitterly cold, and there are often several continuous blizzards, the snowflakes are as big as fans, and the snow layer is several meters thick, which can bury houses.

What's even more terrifying, in the territory of the demon race, some places look very ordinary, no different from other places, the only characteristic is that there is no grass. Neither grass, nor trees, nor insects, nor beasts can survive here. Those places can still emit a faint white light at night. If a person accidentally enters these places without paying attention, he does not feel it at the time, but after a few years, the skin of the whole body will inexplicably fester, the eyes will be red, tearful, blind, and there is no cure, and finally he vomits blood and dies. Within the kingdom, these places were often referred to as "dead places." On the surface, the Dead are no different from other places, except that the locals know which places are inaccessible and which are safe places to set foot in. ”

Looking at Zi Chuanxiu, Lin Bing said softly: "For humans, it is a completely unfamiliar territory. People and land are unfamiliar, guest troops are fighting, and soldiers are taboo - are you really sure that you can take the Demon God Castle in a few months?"

"We are not entirely unfamiliar with the geography of the kingdom. Compared with Di Lin back then, we still have Lu Di and Ross, who know the inside of the demon clan and can show us the way. ”

"Don't you think it's too risky to entrust the fate of hundreds of thousands of Far Eastern troops and the fate of mankind to two demon traitors? Lu Di and Rus were forced to surrender to the Far East when they were cornered, and if there was a better way out, they would also betray the Far East without hesitation. The demons are cunning and shameless, ferocious and changeable, and cannot be trusted. ”

Zi Chuanxiu was silent, quietly looking at the undulating sea of grass in the moonlight, his eyes flashing with impulsive light. Lin Bing's reason was very sufficient, but deep down, there was always a voice that kept tempting him: "Rare opportunity! rare opportunity!" He didn't make a sound, but the tightly pursed lips had already exposed the stubbornness in his heart.

"The demons are empty of troops in the country, this is indeed a rare opportunity. Guessing Zichuan Xiu's thoughts, Lin Bing said: "But as a general of the country and the commander of Xiu, you must have a calm and calm vision, and you can't be impulsive for petty profits." Commander Xiu, even if we take the Demon God Castle, if the main human army is defeated at Dìdū, then what is the point of our victory?"

Like a plate of cold water suddenly pouring down from his head, Zi Chuanxiu was terrified. He stood up and respectfully saluted Lin Bing: "Chief Lin, you are right. If the main force of humanity is defeated, a partial victory is useless. It's me who is too eager for quick success. ”

He nodded deeply: "Thank you for the suggestion, Chief Lin, thank you very much." ”

Lin Bing nodded in return and looked at the young man in front of him appreciatively.

Having achieved such a record and status at a young age, Zichuan Xiu did not have the arrogance of a victorious general. He sincerely respected himself as a general of the defeated army, and listened to advice with kindness. With such a mind and calm bearing, it's hard to believe that he is just a young man in his twenties!

She smiled and said, "Hidekawa-sama, what you thought was not wrong in the first place. Surprise troops, surprise the enemy's rear base and cut off the enemy's logistics, this is the right way for soldiers. But this time we faced a different opponent, the demon soldiers were savage, they were used to plundering on the spot, and their dependence on logistics was much lower than ours. Our attack on the Demon God Fortress will not deal them with a big blow, but will cause the troops in the Far East to wander outside the main battlefield of Dìdū. Even though the alliance forces of Zichuan and Liufeng have a large number of generals, the 300,000 troops are outside the main battlefield, which is still a great waste. ”

"Chief Lin, do you mean that you want the Far East to immediately enter the customs to reinforce the inland war situation?"

"My lord, I am just explaining the current situation to you. As for how to make decisions, I think you already have a good idea!"

Zi Chuanxiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, Chief Lin, I won't let you down." ”