Although Yun Qianxue had tried his best to block the news, Di Lin's arrival still brought a lot of impact to the besieging army on the east bank. All kinds of gossip spread in the army: "Di Lin is here!"

"He brought with him an army of a million!"

"The 400,000 strikers we went to attack Valen are all finished!"

"Oh my God, I heard that Dilin wants to eat it raw bite by bite when he catches us?"

"Who said no! I've seen it with my own eyes: Di Lin gets up in the morning and eats more than a dozen of our Protoss steamed food, at noon he eats a dozen of our Protoss fried soups, and for dinner, he eats more than a dozen of our Protoss soups, and it is said that he will eat supper at night!

In the first conquest war, Yun Qianxue had encountered Di Lin, and of course he didn't believe in nonsense such as "Di Lin is a demon and Di Lin is a monster", but the commander's thoughts are not equal to the thoughts of thousands of subordinates. Although he repeatedly instilled this correct opinion in his subordinates: "Di Lin is a very good human general, but he is not a monster, he is not invincible, he will also be injured, bleeding, and dying with swords and guns." But the effect is not great, the subordinates nodded as promised on the surface, and whispered behind them the story of the boundless magic power and vast magical powers of the Great Demon of Dilin.

The hearts of the demons and the rebel battalion floated, and they were shocked. Often inexplicably, someone shouted, "He's coming!" and the entire regiment of soldiers was immediately frightened and fled in all directions. At the rebels, a large number of soldiers were caught trying to escape every night. Yun Qianxue had to kill a group of deserters ruthlessly, but the morale of the troops was still extremely unstable, and the panic of the rebel troops was even transmitted to the regular army of the demon race, and the momentum of the soldiers' escape not only failed to be contained, but also deserters appeared in the regular demon army - for the demon army that has been invincible since the beginning of the war, this is simply unimaginable. At the most desperate moment, Yun Qianxue even considered whether to withdraw his troops to avoid Di Lin's strong troops.

Knowing Yun Qianxue's distress, Karan, the second prince of the demon clan who was the supervisor of the army, smiled, patted his chest and said, "Leave it all to me!"

He mysteriously summoned his subordinates, declared that His Majesty the God Emperor was like a god, pinched his fingers and predicted the arrival of the demon Emperor Lin, and specially handed him the "Royal Magic Weapon" - a large stack of things that looked like straw paper, but in fact it was also grass paper - specially used to restrain Di Lin's magic power. Now, "It's time for that magic weapon to come in handy!"

Kalan sacrificed the incense altar, and in the mist of a piece of incense, I saw Ka Banxian dancing with a peachwood sword in his hand, and there were words in his mouth: ("Daddy is your mother, your mother is your father, your aunt is going to eat and stop eating and diarrhea, and the stomach ache is going to come to the four uncles!") -- hundreds of thousands of officers and soldiers of the Protoss watched Prince Karan's actions with bated breath, and their hearts were full of awe.

In the end, His Highness Karan finished his work, drenched in sweat. He burned the "magic weapon", poured the paper ashes into many jars of wine, and each soldier shared a bowl. In winter, when the soju is in the stomach, everyone feels that there is a hot breath in the stomach that is "rising".

Ka Banxian said very strictly: "That's right, the magic weapon has worked! Everyone doesn't have to be afraid of the demon Dilin anymore!"

The warriors of the Protoss had a righteous spirit to protect themselves, so they immediately doubled their courage and had confidence in the victory of the evil Emperor Lin! The soldiers clamored to cross the river immediately to fight the Emperor Lin Legion, determined to avenge the fathers and villagers in their hometown.

Despite such high morale in the army, the command has not given the order to start the war for a long time, mainly because Yun Qianxue, as the commander of the whole army, is still hesitating. Since the last battle with Di Lin, Yun Qianxue has been preparing for another encounter with Di Lin, and he has devoted great effort to studying the previous battles commanded by Di Lin and drawing some conclusions.

Speaking of Di Lin, the world often mentions his murderous and cruel, as if he has no other ability than cruelty. Yun Qianxue believes that in fact, being easy to kill and cruel is only one of Di Lin's characteristics, but this characteristic is so obvious that it covers up Di Lin's brilliance in the use of soldiers. In fact, Di Lin was a very versatile general, whether it was the necessary strategy of the commander of the whole army, or the command and tactical application of actual combat, he was all in charge, and he did not lack the courage to overcome all kinds of dangers on the battlefield. Regardless of the position, he can be very competent.

He knows all the ways and means of combat, but he is especially good at taking the initiative to attack, his movements are as fast as thunder and lightning, and his soldiers are as sharp as a blade, and he is unscrupulous and unconventional, daring to take great risks, and his boldness is incredible.

Judging from this alone, it seems to be concluded that this is a very bold gambler, who often likes to make a single bet, and only because of good luck did he not lose all his possessions at once. And Yun Qianxue discovered something deeper from it: Di Lin debuted at the age of sixteen, and he personally commanded no less than dozens of large and small battles, and he never lost a single battle. Whether on the battlefield or in the same dangerous political arena, he is equally invincible. If he was just a gambler, his gambling luck was too good to explain.

After further research on Di Lin's previous battles, Yun Qianxue discovered the real terrifying thing about his opponent: he has amazing insight, is good at seeing through the connotation of things and is never confused by their complicated appearance, he can grasp the most essential things at once, no matter how dangerous and complicated the battle situation, he can easily grasp it, the more chaotic the situation, the more dangerous he is, the happier he is.

This seemingly risky gambler is a surprisingly cautious fellow. Every step he takes and makes makes may seem risky, but in fact it is often the result of accurate calculations and careful consideration. He is confident that he can safely solve a possible danger, never taking risks beyond the scope of his strength, and never fighting uncertain battles.

Stirling is known as the first general of the Zichuan family, he is brave and good at fighting, and the iron cavalry army under his command is rampaging on the plains, and no one can stop him. But Stirling is principled, emotional, impulsive, and erroneous - it is clear that this time Stirling and the Zhōngyāng army left behind to cover the retreat of the civilians is a very big strategic mistake. But Di Lin would never make such a mistake.

On the battlefield, he is as calm as a first-class chess player in a chess game, believing only in cold logic and facts, thinking like mathematics, and not mixing personal feelings. In order to achieve victory, he can be as cold, cruel, and emotionless as a viper, and as ferocious, vile, and unscrupulous as a wolf. Yun Qianxue thought that this was an opponent who had no flaws and would never make mistakes, and in this respect, he was even more terrifying than Sterling.

The Dilin Legion encamped on the west bank of the Greywater River, facing the besieging army across the river with thin ice, and the soldiers with good eyesight could see each other's flags flying through the winter mist. It is very rare for two hostile armies to be so close to each other and yet at peace.

Although the Greywater River is the largest river in the Far East, and there is some thin ice on the river, this is not enough to stop the strong demon army. In the area of Pai, the demons have an overwhelming force, and they are not only enough to besiege the city, but also enough to send reinforcements. If the opponent was another commander, Yun Qianxue would have crossed the river without hesitation: the 300,000 army would attack in three ways, one frontal attack to attract the opponent's attention, and the other two would quietly cross the river from the downstream and upstream areas, cut off the enemy's rear road, appear from the enemy's flank, divide and attack, and then the three-way army will be encircled, and the opponent will inevitably collapse with strong soldiers and horses!

However, Yun Qianxue did not dare. The opponent is none other than the terrifying Dilin, the ruthless Dilin, and at the same time, the Dilin who is exhausted and never makes mistakes. Such a clever opponent would not make such a low-level mistake. With only so many soldiers and horses, he dared to look at him across the river, what did he rely on? What kind of tricks did he have?

In the early morning, Yun Qianxue climbed the high platform, stared blankly at the other side of the river, watched the Dilin camp on the other side of the river busy, the soldiers hurriedly went in and out, feeding the horses, digging ice and fetching water, boiling soup, eating breakfast, gathering, cāo practice, resting, soldiers playing and playing, some people in the river to fetch water to boil and bathe, some people flew kites, some people drank horses...... All the way to see the sun set.

Yun Qianxue rubbed his tired eyes: he didn't see anything. When night fell, he sat on the high platform and pondered: the other party is just like the ordinary life of any ordinary military camp, every qiē is very normal and natural. This is precisely the biggest abnormality. An army of one million Protoss was staring at them, how could they be so calm and unhurried?

Yun Qianxue thought hard. He tried to analyze Dilin's actions, just as he was accustomed to thinking, and he first laid out all the known information: 1. Dilin's purpose was probably to come and relieve the siege of Stirling's army.

2. Di Lin's troops are not many.

3. Our army is strong, and a field battle can wipe out the entire army of Dilin.

4, Di Lin obviously knew the above 2 and 3 points, but he was still not far away, and deliberately ran to provoke himself.

Yun Qianxue smiled bitterly. No matter how he analyzes it, judging from the above information, he can only draw three possibilities: 1. Di Lin is tired.

2, Di Lin is crazy.

3, Di Lin has no fear, he has other tricks.

The first two may not have been possible and were immediately ruled out. But what exactly is the subterfuge? I can't see it. Yun Qianxue racked her brain, thinking painfully. For the first time in his life, he felt the poverty and inadequacy of his wisdom......

While Yun Qianxue was thinking hard, his subordinates (a group of demon generals with too much courage and little wisdom) came to mention one after another: "The army will cross the river immediately and bury the other party in a battle!"

Facing this group of shallow-minded and short-sighted guys, Yun Qianxue really had a headache. He had to guide the generals to think deeply: "The opponent is none other than Di Lin, the number one enemy of our kingdom, the famous general among the famous generals of the Zichuan family! Think about it, would he be so stupid to send him to the door for us to eat in one bite? What tricks does his actions contain? Will there be any traps set up?"

Everyone felt that what Yun Qianxue said was very reasonable, and they were all thinking about it seriously, only the simple-minded Lu Di - he had always been unwilling to become the subordinate of that hateful little white face - was still shouting unconvinced: "No matter what tricks he has, since he sent him to the door, we will eat him in one bite!" As a result, Yun Qianxue had to angrily kick him out, and then slapped the table to set the direction of the meeting: "We are not going to discuss whether the other party has a trick - there must be a trick, there must be a trick!" It's just that we can't see it yet. What we're going to talk about is: what kind of ruse is it?"

As long as the moderator of the meeting is determined, the proceeds will be smooth. The generals of the demon clan have come up with all kinds of terrifying ideas: 1. The Dilin Legion has brought a terrifying new weapon that destroys mièxìng.

("I heard that humans have so-called magicians, and magic cannons can kill tens of thousands of people with a single shot......"

Yun Qianxue roared: "Then what is he waiting for?"

2. The soldiers of the Dilin Legion are all the younger brothers of King Zuo Jiaming, or the master of the sword saint Rao.

("Think about it, thirty or forty thousand Zuo Jiaming King and Rao together, you can lightly destroy the entire Demon Kingdom plus the local ...... of the Demon Realm"

Yun Qianxue: "I'd rather he destroy your pig's head first!"

3. The water of the entire Greywater River turned into flammable black oil for Dilin, and he lit a fire as soon as we crossed the river.

(Yun Qianxue: "You drink black oil every day, why haven't you died yet?")

4. The seemingly flat land on the other side of the river, in fact, the Dilin Legion has already ambushed countless traps and traps, and there are dozens of mass graves waiting for the army of the Protoss to step on it.

(Yun Qianxue: "In this weather, the land is frozen, I'll give you 10,000 people, why don't you try to dig a mass grave for me?

The Protoss generals used their imagination to the fullest, concocting one terrifying hypothesis after another, and finally even they themselves were terrified. It's okay, but no one dares to bring up the old story again, and pull out the story of the boundless magic of the Great Demon of Dilin.

The only more likely idea is: "The troops we see so far are just scouts of a powerful army, they are just a decoy, there are strong back-up ambushes nearby, just wait for our army to cross the river, they will suddenly kill, cut us off halfway, and annihilate us in front and back!"

Yun Qianxue and the vast majority of the generals agreed with this viewpoint, and now there is only one question left: Where is the "powerful backup force" lying in ambush? Everyone looks at each other: the winter is bitterly cold, most of the leaves have fallen off, and there are really not many places to hide people, let alone hundreds of thousands of troops.

The generals expressed their stance one after another: "You can't act rashly, give the enemy an opportunity!"

Yun Qianxue was very pleased, after his teaching, the generals of the demon clan finally matured a lot. He summed up the meeting: "Yes! We must make up our minds and then move, first find out the enemy's bottom in detail, and if we do not move, we will make him doomed and die without a burial!"

Following the instructions of the Command, a large number of scouts were dispatched, and the spies of the demons and rebels ran back and forth along the banks of the Greywater River, searching everywhere. After the rì fell, most of them returned in vain. According to the High Command, this is due to the lack of careful searching. The next day, the High Command added more personnel to the scouts, and the search radius was further expanded, but nothing was found. In the end, the scouts were given a death order: "If you can't find the enemy's ambush, you don't have to come back!"

For three days in a row, the scouts of the demon clan braved the cold wind, braved the heavy snow, and starved to starve. In accordance with the order, it was very hard for them to find a unit on the flat ground that did not have zài. In the ice and snow, they shuttled back and forth in the wind and snow, did not eat a mouthful of hot food, nor could they drink a sip of water, and when they were thirsty, they could only pinch a ball of snow from the ground into their mouths to slowly melt and quench their thirst. They work tirelessly and diligently. Every stone on the ground was turned over three times, the ID card of every ant under the tree (if any) was checked, and the birds that flew in the sky were numbered. They were overjoyed to find a faint line of footprints, but in the end they were dismayed to find that they or their companions had left them a quarter of an hour earlier.

Three days later, the most rigorous search had failed. The scout captain took his head and assured Yun Qianxue: "Within a radius of two hundred square kilometers, there is no second human force to be found. If there is, then this army must be able to stealth magic!"

In the past three days, Yun Qianxue has become a lot haggard. In the past few days, the movements of the Dilin camp have been very secretive, unusually quiet, and the abnormal silence is often a harbinger of the shocking storm, obviously, Di Lin wants to make a move! Yun Qianxue is so worried that he can't sleep every night: Di Lin has come prepared, has been lurking for a long time, and has already figured out the situation of our army.

Yun Qianxue was very worried, he thought hard day and night about what tricks Di Lin had, but he couldn't figure it out. In order to cope with the terrible blow that was coming, he strictly forbade the troops to attack, and tightly contracted the troops to prevent Di Lin from being broken one by one. But what he was more worried about was the attack on the mysterious troops whose whereabouts were unknown, repeating the tragedy of the last attack on the camp, he was so worried that he couldn't sleep at night, and often got up in the middle of the night to check the post, and worked so hard that a lot of gray hair came out. In the end, he made up his mind: no matter what, out of the range of 200 kilometers, even if Di Lin has ambush soldiers, it will be too late to save him!

On February 3 of the 78o year, the stalemate of five or six days ended, and the 300,000 demon and rebel coalition troops crossed the river in three ways, and slaughtered the Dilin military camp on the other side of the river with great momentum.

The camp was quiet, and no one fired arrows, nor did anyone come out to resist.

Yun Qianxue had an ominous premonition in her heart, but it was too late, and before he could give an order, the reckless Lu Di had already rushed in with five thousand death squads, only to hear an astonishing noise of the demon soldiers inside, Yun Qianxue shouted: "It's not good!

In the middle of the night, to his surprise, Lu Di actually came out with an enron and a horse. He yelled, "Bunny, there's no one in there!"

Yun Qianxue was stunned and didn't believe it. He personally brought soldiers and horses inside, only to see the empty camp, a mess. Collapsed tents, abandoned objects, pieces of wood, shredded paper, all over the floor.

In the middle of the night last year, Di Lin had secretly taken his troops and horses and left quietly.

Yun Qianxue opened her mouth wide in disbelief, only to feel that her chest was stuffy, her throat was sweet, and a mouthful of red blood spit out.

He was heartbroken: he had been put on the wrong hand by Di Lin's empty city plan, and he had lost to him again! However, there was one question he couldn't figure out no matter how he thought about it: "Di Lin took such a great risk to come here, but he shook it and left." What the hell is he here for?"

Pai City, dusk. Looking at the endless expanse of enemy tents, Commander Stirling sighed softly, a feeling of weakness and exhaustion in his heart. He originally hoped that the demon army would evacuate by himself due to the indurability of the battle, but now it seems that this hope is about to be disappointed, it has been the ninth day since it was surrounded, and the demon soldiers and horses have no sign of retreating.

He was about to leave when something suddenly caught his eye: under the gray sky, there were kites flying high. The strange thing is that there are not only human soldiers flying kites, but even many kites are flying on the demon camp.

"What's going on?" asked Sterling, gesturing to a few of the soldiers flying kites in his own positions at the head of the city.

The accompanying division commander Wenhe casually explained: "Maybe it's too boring these days, the soldiers are looking for something to play, right? ”

"Not this one. Sterling bowed his head and muttered, "Now is not the season to fly kites, and I haven't heard of the custom of kite flying on the demon side. Why do people on both sides of the world suddenly play the same game? It's unusual. You call someone for me to come and ask. ”

Wen He was very unimpressed: What is abnormal? The soldiers on both sides are bored, what's so unusual about flying kites? Thinking about it, he still shouted to a soldier who was wandering around: "You, come here! Lord Stirling asks you!"

The soldier was startled, and hurriedly ran close to Lizheng: "Report to my lord, I am the ...... of the fifth squadron of the third brigade of the seventh division of the zhōngyāng army."

"Okay, okay," Wen He interrupted him impatiently, "No one is interested in you being the first squad." ”

The soldier's face flushed.

"Let him finish. Sterling said mildly.

The soldier glanced at Sterling gratefully, and reported loudly again: "Lord Zhai, Li Ji, the sergeant of the first squad of the fifth squadron of the third brigade of the seventh division of the zhōngyāng army, reports to you!"

"Sergeant Li Ji," Sterling glanced at Wen Heqiben silently, and then said, "Now, I have something to ask you, Sergeant. ”

"I am willing to serve you, my lord!"

"I see a lot of people flying kites here, not only our people, but ...... on the other side" Sterling pointed to the demon position: "...... I put it too. Can you tell me what's going on, Officer Li Ji?"

Li Ji grinned: "My lord, this couldn't be simpler: two days ago, there were a lot of broken kites floating over nowhere, some fell over there, some fell to our side, and everyone was idle, so they picked it up and put it to play." The demon soldiers over there are doing the same, and they're going to follow us—that's it, my lord. ”

Sterling nodded, "Thank you, Sergeant." When Li Ji saluted and wanted to leave, Sterling suddenly stopped him again: "Sergeant, can you do me a favor and find a kite to come and show me?"

"Absolutely...... Oh, no, I'm at your service, my lord!" he left, and quickly came back from his run, handing over a kite: "Look, my lord!"

Sterling and a few senior officers leaned in to take a look. This is a kite that is very rudimentary with wood chips and tissue paper, and Qin Lu, the deputy commander of the legion, commented with a smile next to him: "This craftsmanship is not very good!"

Stirling flipped the kite over and saw a crooked line of writing on the paper: "The arrival of the military order is like a dense rì, there is no one who can only hold on to it." His eyes lit up, and he suddenly became short of breath, and whispered, "Give me a pen and a piece of paper!"

The accompanying officers hurriedly did as instructed. Sterling thought about it again, scribbling quickly on the paper. As he wrote, he raised his head again and asked Li Ji, "Sergeant, do you remember which direction the kite came from?"

Li Ji thought for a moment and pointed: "Over there!"

"West, are you sure?" said Sterling, with irrepressible excitement in his tone, and his eyes lit up with joy. All the senior officers looked at each other: What is this, my lord? so excited about a broken kite?

Qin Lu asked out in confusion, "My lord, ...... you?"

"Nothing. Sterling pointed to the inexplicable line on the paper: "From right to left, jump two words to read one word, you try." ”

Qin Lu hesitated, and stammered and began to read: "Perseverance-Persistence-Two-Ten-Seven-Heavenly ......"

"Hold out for twenty-seven days, reinforcements arrive. Sterling read it out in one sitting. He raised his head and looked around at the officers:

"Ladies and gentlemen, reinforcements have arrived. It's His Excellency Inspector General Di Lin who is here!" He tried to be as calm as possible, but his voice trembled uncontrollably.

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