For the Zichuan family, 70s and 80s was a turbulent year. The Far East was defeated, but the disaster was not over.

In September of 1971, a half-orc guerrilla team in Fumingke Province was hunted by Ling Buxu Legion. The desperate half-orc soldiers fled towards the human Fortress of Valen, hoping to seek shelter there. But the human defenders on the city wall watched a large group of half-orcs suddenly run over and said, "Help!" The demon cavalry in the smoke and dust rolling behind were coming. They didn't know what was going on and dared not open the door.

In a blink of an eye, the demon cavalry came over. Just less than two hundred meters in front of the fortress, in front of the human army, they slowly cut the orc guerrillas into meat, and did not take the human army close at all. A scream and whine resounded across the city of Valen.

Nearly 10,000 human officers and soldiers were furious and their blood was ignited. Although only the residents of the Far East died, the entire Far East had been assigned to the demon clan. Even if the demon clan killed all the residents of the Far East, strictly speaking, it was just the internal affairs of the demon kingdom. However, when the human officers and soldiers saw this bloody scene, they saw that the enemy was so contemptuous of themselves, and their long-term anger towards the demon clan was finally unable to suppress it.

Someone shouted: "Shoot those green-skinned bastards to death!" Someone shot the first arrow, and the soldiers responded one after another. In an instant, arrows on the top of the city were raining like rain. The demon cavalry exposed to the range opened their mouths in shock and fell from the horse's back. The young and strong sect officers even opened the city gate, rushed out, and fought fiercely with the demon cavalry.

The purpose of the demon army was to chase and suppress the orc guerrillas. They did not expect to conflict with the human army in the fortress, so the number of people pursuing was not large. Due to the sudden blow of the human army, they opened their eyes wide and became a mess. After leaving behind about thirty corpses, they were as proudly declared by the human officers and soldiers: "They ran away with their tails in dust!" In an instant, the cheers of humans on the city were resounding throughout the sky.

Everything happened too quickly, less than ten minutes from the beginning to the end. When Lin Bing, the commander of the fortress, got the news: "Our army clashed with the demons." When he rushed to the scene, the matter was already over. The officers and soldiers involved in the battle rushed to report to her: "Sir, look, we have won a big victory!" Some officers and soldiers even joked happily to Lin Bing: "Sir, when will we ask for credit for us?"

Lin Bing's face became increasingly ugly and gloomy. She suddenly shouted: "Please bet!" The officers and soldiers present were stunned.

Lin Bing didn't say much, turned around and left, while ordering: "If you have any part in the incident, you will report to the military judge. The disaster you have caused this time is too great, and I can't protect you anymore!" She thought, I can't even protect yourself. Now, Liu Fengshuang's 400,000 troops are gathered in Xi Bing City to look at the Zichuan family, and the pressure from the west alone makes people breathless. In order to defend the west, even the family's number one general, Sterling, went to Yat City, the important western border town, to take charge of himself. If this incident provokes the battle between the family and the demons, while Liu Fengshuang's attacks, the demons will also force the Fortress of Valen, then the Zichuan family will be finished.

Lu Zhen, the representative of the garrison of Warun, reported in detail about the whole story, and at the end of the report, requested the Imperial Capital Supervision Office to hold Lin Bing and his subordinates accountable for the incident. Di Lin browsed the report expressionlessly and turned his eyes to the window of the carriage. His coachman desperately wanted to set a way out of the crowded parade crowd.

The crowds of people were coming from other roads leading to the General Chanfu Square, and slogans against the demons were heard.

Lu Zhen’s report came too late, and the demons had taken revenge. A patrol team at Valen Fortress was surrounded and ambushed by the demons. A small-flag warrior and more than 70 soldiers were captured. After suffering cruel torture, their bodies that were no longer human were thrown under the walls of Valen Fortress.

This incident was reported by the newspaper, causing an uproar. The reporters were very clever to mention the incident in which the Far East Army first attacked the demons. The whole incident looked like the demons who were arrogant and untrustworthy, and first destroyed the February armistice agreement, "brutally killed the outstanding warriors of the family." The most sensational part of the report was the reporter's interview with the mother of the Xiaoqi Warrior who died. In their writing, this unfortunate officer possessed the world's virtues, loyalty, filial piety, courtesy and righteousness, and was a perfect saint.

The September incident sparked a huge wave among the people, and the people were angry: "The demon clan has occupied our Far East, but he has not been trustworthy, and has despicablely killed our warriors!" Parades and demonstrations demanding war against the demon clan were held one after another, and even the imperial capital was affected by this warlike trend. The Elderly Council has been discussing this matter for three consecutive days.

"Because a small flag warrior died, the Zichuan family suffered major and irreparable trauma?" Di Lin said to Gopula with a smile, and gently turned the corner of his mouth.

Gopula also smiled and said tactfully: "He died so well, it happened to be at the critical moment."

Di Lin looked at the excited crowd outside the window and sighed softly: "Yes! Now, the emotions of the masses are like a pack of explosives, and he Yihao is the fuse. Look, how can we approve the matter reported by Lu Zhen?"

Gopula wanted to figure out the true intention of Di Lin's question, but found that his boss's handsome face was completely uninspiring. He had to give up his plan to figure out Di Lin's intentions and said carefully: "If it is just about the incident itself, although it was not from Lin Bing's order, she was not strict in control, which led to a light war. As the person in charge of Valen Fortress, she was responsible." After saying that, he secretly glanced at Di Lin and found that there was no clue on the boss's smiling face. He had to continue on his own: "From the case itself, this matter is not difficult to deal with. It is okay to dismiss Lin Bing's post, admonition, or investigation of military courts according to discipline. But it is a bit difficult to combine with the current situation."

Di Lin turned his head and sighed, "Yes! If we ignore Lin Bing's violations, Luo Minghai will shout: The Supervision Office is dereliction of duty! But if we punish Lin Bing, Luo Minghai will also incite the Elders to come and cause trouble for me: The Demons are the biggest enemy of our Zichuan family. What is the crime of Deputy Commander Lin Bing killing the enemy? Where is the inspector's position? No matter what we do, it is wrong."

Gopra didn't say anything. After a while, he whispered: "Maybe we can report to the Chief and let Your Highness verdict? What does Your Highness mean about this?"

Di Lin glanced at him expressionlessly: "The general meaning is boring."

Ge Pra immediately understood that the old fox, Zichuan Ganxing, was very tragic. If this matter was handled according to the regulations, it would definitely anger the Elderly Council and the people, so he did not want to cause such trouble. On the contrary, he wished that Di Lin and Luo Minghai would fight to the death, so that he would enjoy the fruits while sitting there.

When he got off the car at the gate of the Chief Changfu, Di Lin walked straight to the gate, and a large group of bodyguards protected him and squeezed out the crowd to open the way for him. The protesters gathered in the square in front of the Chief Changfu. The crowds surrounded the gate of the Chief Changfu. People raised their hands and shouted slogans: "Down with the demons and take revenge!", "Send troops to the Far East and save our compatriots!"

Di Lin was secretly funny. When did the orcs in the Far East become their compatriots again? I remember about a year ago, when the Far East rebellion first broke out, the same group of people shouted slogans: "Kill all the untouchables in the Far East!"

Another slogan came into Di Lin's ears, shocking him: "The army will go to the Far East!", "The army is incompetent, and the power will be ruined!" Di Lin's eyelids involuntarily jumped. Now, the angry spear of the people has pointed at the army. Di Lin began to worry about Sterling, he was too loyal and did not know how to deal with it. If the veterans want to calm the public anger, they will definitely find someone of enough importance to be the scapegoat. The military leader is Sterling, and his situation is very dangerous.

A large number of imperial guards lined up in a human wall to block the gate as if they were facing the enemy. Di Lin showed his ID to the deputy flag book of the imperial guards led by the team. The imperial guards made way. As soon as Di Lin walked past, they immediately closed the gap, as if they were afraid that there would be countless desperate people hidden in the masses.

In the waiting hall in front of the Chief of the Palace, Di Lin unexpectedly saw someone. He shouted in surprise: "Sterling!"

Stirling stood alone in a corner. Hearing Di Lin's shout, he turned around and showed surprise on his face: "Brother, why are you here?"

"This is what I want to ask you!" Di Lin put his arms around Sterling's shoulder: "Aren't you from Yat Town? When did you go back to the imperial capital? How about it, the female devil Liu Fengshuang didn't eat you?"

"I'm only back this morning." Sterling smiled and held Dilin's hands tightly: "Your Highness told me to come back and prepare for the New Year's parade-you will also attend."

"I have no problem," Di Lin looked at Sterling carefully. Compared to before departure, he was much thinner and his expression was more steady and quiet. A man who was only twenty-six years old had a sense of reassuring general. Di Lin smiled and said, "Anyway, the Supervision Office is a idle position, and I am idle even when I am idle. But our Sterling Master, you are responsible for the country's heavy responsibility. Without you in charge of the west, Minghui would probably not be able to deal with that female devil?"

Sterling smiled faintly: "The Supervision Office is a free job? I'm afraid there is no such statement?" He looked around and saw that no one was around, so he lowered his voice and whispered to Di Lin: "We have received the exact news that Liu Fengshuang is not in the army. We don't have to worry about her for the time being."

Di Lin narrowed his eyes to a small slit and lowered his voice: "Where did the news come from? Could it be the smoke screen she deliberately emitted?"

"It shouldn't be. We also have people in the Fengshuang Group. We have verified through several pipelines that Liu Fengshuang is indeed not in the army, and even the Grand Supervisor Liu Fenglu is gone. It is said that something went wrong with Liu Feng Xishan's sons, and they returned to Yuanjing to mediate."

Di Lin said "Oh" softly and felt relieved. Even Liufeng Xishan's younger brother, Liufeng Lu, was no longer in the army. This is indeed not a mysterious person. Liufeng Lu is not a famous general who is good at fighting. His talent is in the political field, good at mediation, and has great prestige in the Liufeng family. Since Liufeng Xishan was seriously ill and unable to be in charge of the director, he ranked second among the real power figures of the Liufeng family. If Liufeng Shuang wants to play any tricks, there is no need to even Liufeng Lu to disappear. It seems that there is indeed a problem within the Liufeng family. Di Lin is secretly happy: the enemy's misfortune is his own happiness.

The Liufeng family attacked one day later, and the Zichuan family had one more day to prepare and their strength increased by one point.

Seeing Emperor Lin's happy look, Stirling felt bitter! The Zichuan family, which was once prominent, had fallen to such a pitiful level? The entire imperial capital was shrouded in the huge shadow of Liu Fengshuang, and was so overwhelmed. From the head of the family to the military commander and the inspector general, he was trembling and frightened for the movements of a woman? It was so ironic. Two years ago, the family was still at the peak of prosperity, with five major main forces complete and full of troops. If it were at that time, he would have spoken out loud: "Liu Fengshuang has the courage to let the horse come over!" But now... alas...

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"Are you going to see the president? Why don't you go in?"

Sterling curled his lips: "Luo Minghai is inside." Di Lin stuck out his tongue and made a face. The two of them laughed in a low voice, feeling that they were back in the military academy era, and two military academy students were talking behind their backs about the instructor they hated.

A huge wave of sound came into the waiting room and brought them back to reality. It was the slogan of the demonstrators: "The army is incompetent, and the power is insulted and the country is lost!"

Sterling's face suddenly turned pale as if he was slapped. In his mind, he had a firm belief in the army. It was precisely because of his love for the army that he hated these people who were screaming and screaming, and he was even more angry at the humiliation the army has suffered now. But this anger has no specific target to vent: Who should I blame?

The elders blame the elders? The general leader Zichuan Ganxing? The president Luo Minghai? Or, blame yourself? It seems that no one is wrong, but the army is in such a helpless humiliation situation that cannot be escaped.

He said to Di Lin: "Did you see what's going on in the country?"

Di Lin nodded: "I saw a mass parade chanting against the army."

Sterling replied uncomfortable and distressedly: "It's not the end. The whole country is in an extremely turbulent situation. I inspected several western provinces, and officers and soldiers from all over the country demanded that they be sent weapons, send troops to the Far East, and eliminate shame. In some places, soldiers from regular troops even participated in mass parades and participated in speeches. In the province of Locksinwe, the arsenal of the garrison was looted by the parades, and thousands of officers and soldiers watched helplessly, but no one stopped them. In the province of Turin, a flag of the garrison was beaten and seriously injured by a mob, and his house was burned. All this was just because he persuaded the marching masses to remain restrained and calm. The local government and police actually stood by and watched without interfering. How far will the situation develop if this continues?"

Di Lin opened his eyes wide in surprise: The situation has reached this point, and he knows nothing. The Military Law Departments stationed in various places are also responsible for monitoring the local government and maintaining social order. The situation has developed to the point where the ruling order is almost lost. None of the Military Law Departments in various provinces reported to the imperial capital. It can be seen that even the military judges who have always been regarded as firm and reliable as rocks have consciously or unconsciously leaned against the masses. He felt a deep crisis.

Sterling was very angry: "They were doing it too much. It was not that you could do whatever you wanted if you were good at motives: you can't just rob the bank because of patriotism."

Di Lin smiled gloomyly: "Maybe they feel that this is the case. If this continues, the family will be destroyed in the hands of these patriots without waiting for the demons or Liu Fengshuang to come. Do you still remember the riot at the end of 1979? If this incident is not quelled quickly, the consequences will be a hundred times more serious than the 1979 riots. Since local security police can no longer control the situation, they should dispatch discipline troops!"

"No." Sterling said quietly: "The president will not agree."

Di Lin originally wanted to ask "why", but after a little thought, he also understood. Since the defeat of the Far East War, Zichuan Shenxing's prestige among the people has dropped to the lowest point, and the senatorial church has heard several rumors about impeaching him. Although he was finally allowed to pass, he is now a frightened bird and will never dare to provoke the senatorial church, let alone send regular troops to suppress the people. God knows whether those people will hold their blood clothes and tell in the lobby of the senatorial church that they have been cruelly persecuted, and they are crying.

Sterling looked around and lowered her voice: "Actually, I don't understand something. Why should the general leader care so much about the elders? My Zichuan family is rare. If Lord Chanxing is replaced, who would the elders want to be the general leader? Miss Ning is still young and cannot control the situation."

Di Lin smiled coldly: "Sterling, you are too naive. The Elderly Church is not trying to find someone who can control the situation. They just want to find an obedient puppet. A young and ignorant person like Miss Ning is just right. What will the Elderly Church say at that time? Don't underestimate the Elderly Church's power. They control the family's economic and political lifeline and have great power in the local area. If the General Secretary breaks with the Elderly Church, I bet that less than ten of the 56 provinces of the family will go with the General Secretary."

"But the army will follow the chief."

"The army is even worse. The family's regular army has been killed or killed in the Far East. Before the regular army is rebuilt, we can only rely on local aristocratic armed forces and militias from all over the country to support the situation. Who controls those troops? The Elderly Council."

Di Lin lowered his voice: "What's more, although our family has the surname Zichuan, there are not only His Highness Chanxing and Miss Ning who have Zichuan bloodline! You forgot that we still have those dukes!"

Sterling was startled and asked in a low voice: "Did those dukes have any abnormal movements during my absence in the imperial capital?"

"Haha, it's not just a strange movement, it's just jumping up and down! Every day, he ran to the Elderly Council to deliver speeches, criticizing the current Chief of Chief for his incompetence for losing power and humiliating the country, and then went to the streets to cry and shout that he wanted to mobilize the people, causing the trade delegation from the river to ask me: Chief Inspector, why are there so many lunatics in the imperial capital? It seems that there are only a few patriotic people in the world. Seeing their busyness, it seems that it's their turn to sit next month."

Sterling frowned and said slowly: "I don't think His Highness Chanxing is the perfect ruler, but in this critical moment of storm, only he can control the situation. Those dukes are probably just dreaming that they do not have the courage and ability."

"Well, you know this, and I know it, but how would the elders know it? They only know who shouts loudly, who scolds the demons and scolds them fiercely, who has a wonderful speech, who has a beautiful tuxedo, who has promised them more, and who will support whoever supports them. As for the death and life of the Zichuan family, survival and death - go shit, who has time to think of those things!"

Learning the western dialect of President Mark's Council of the Senate, Di Lin cursed playfully, with a vivid tone.

Sterling couldn't help laughing, and then indignant: Why is power always in the hands of those who are not worthy of possession? For a moment, he didn't know what to say. The two fell silent. With a "creak", the door of the waiting room opened, and a tall and beautifully dressed officer of the Imperial Guard came in: "Master Inspector General, Master Commander General, Your Highness is waiting for you, please come with me."

The two followed him through a corridor and walked towards Zichuan Ganxing's office. When they arrived, Luo Minghai happened to come out of the inside, followed by Ge Shan's chief of staff. Sterling smiled and nodded to them. Luo Minghai nodded a little stiffly, while Ge Shan smiled very friendly and said in a low voice: "They are waiting for you inside." Then he walked away with great strides and ignored Di Lin. Di Lin didn't even look at Luo Ming Hai for a moment, just pretending that a ball of air was floating in front of him.

Sterling sighed secretly: Whether it is Di Lin or Luo Minghai, they are definitely not incompetent people who can sit in their position today. But these wise and powerful politicians immediately become back to their original form when they are involved in personal grievances, which is no different from kindergarten children fighting for candy.

Di Lin first went in to report. In front of Zichuan Shenxing, he briefly told the September incident at Valen Fortress, handed over the formal report, and then said nothing without comment. Zichuan Shenxing had to ask, "What is your supervisory office's attitude towards this matter?"

Di Lin said seriously: "Your Excellency Lin Bing did violate discipline, but the situation at that time seemed to be understandable.

What should I do? You have to ask the Chief General to make a silent decision." He looked serious but said very slippery: Don’t you, Zichuan Ganxing, want to stay out of trouble? Then I will kick the ball back to you.

Zichuan Ganxing stopped talking. Both of them remained silent, and the awkward atmosphere in the room seemed to be testing their endurance. Finally, Zichuan Ganxing sighed and said, "Put the report here."

Emperor Lin Surong replied: "Yes." Then he stood up and said goodbye. He knew that Lin Bing's September incident ended here...

When he came out, he grimaced at Sterling who was waiting by the door. Sterling smiled and then pushed the door in. Zichuan Ganxing stood up from behind the wide table to welcome him: "Sterling, is that okay?"

Sterling bowed concisely and looked at the general without saying a word. Compared to when he left the imperial capital three months ago, Zichuan Shenxing was much better. When he saw the capable general, he was very interested. He asked Sterling in detail about what he had seen along the way, and said with emotion: "Ster Cup, look at you, you are dark and thin. This time the tour of the west made you very tired?"

Sterling stood up and bowed gently and sat down: "I'm just doing my best."

After finishing his politeness, he immediately got to the point: "Report to Your Highness, the information we received before may be wrong.

The western border area is currently calm. There is no abnormal movement in Liu Fengshuang's troops, the Liufeng family has not mobilized war, and there is no sign of large-scale assembly of border troops. According to Lord Minghui's report and my field investigation, the Liufeng family is unlikely to carry out large-scale invasions in the near future."

Zichuan Shenxing was excited and said, "Okay! This is good news! Now for us, time of peace is more expensive than anything else!" He said to himself, "What happened to the previous information? Geshan is not a person who likes to make a fuss!" Seeing Sterling's confused expression, Zichuan Shenxing smiled: "It's a bit funny to say. Do you know who suggested to me that the Liufeng family might invade on a large scale? It's not the border guards or the intelligence department of the Military Affairs Office, but the logistics department of the commander's office."

Sterling was slightly surprised: "Hissergeant Geshan? How did she get the information?"

"She speculated. She found that in September, the season of autumn grain harvest, the rice prices in the market not only fell late, but rose by 25 percentage points compared with May and June, while the price of gold fell by 6 percentage points compared with the same period in previous years. Do you know what this means?"

Sterling replied without hesitation: "Someone is using gold to secretly purchase autumn grain!"

"Well, Ge Shan was a little unbelievable. She investigated the price data of several provinces this year and found some abnormal phenomena: since the fall of the Far East, our minerals, rare metals and other raw materials have been high because they have fewer supply from Far East production areas. Similarly, because the Far East is missing, our grain prices have been declining since March 1970s and 1980s.

But from June 1970s and 80s, this situation began to change. Grain prices began to rebound, generally rising by 17 to 27%, and in some months it even exceeded before the war. Moreover, the prices of prices rose not only by grain, but also by weapons, war horses, fabrics, medicines, daily necessities and other military-related products began to rise sharply. The weapons industry in Dama Province was booming, factories and workshops were too busy to get busy, and even Geshan was told that they were out of stock when purchasing logistics equipment. At the same time, the prices of coal, iron and other raw materials and gold began to fall. This was not the case for individual provinces. The twenty-seven provinces in the east and twenty-nine provinces in the west all had the same situation. It was just that some areas were more obvious, while some areas were relatively mild, and even neutral rivers and hills were the same. The heads of each province did not pay attention to this."

Sterling was shocked: "Your Highness, you mean, someone has been secretly hoarding war supplies?"

"Yes." Zichuan Shenxing said with certainty: "The most likely thing is Liu Fengshuang. She secretly purchased grain from our family through underground transactions. If Ge Shan's statement is correct, she has been preparing since June last year, with a sinister intention! Yesterday, I asked Luo Minghai to submit a proposal to the Senate Council, suggesting that the implementation of strategic materials prohibit the free circulation of materials. The Senate Council is now discussing, and it is estimated that it will be fine to pass."

Sterling held back her laughter. Zichuan Shenxing didn't understand economy. Geshan was a military asider. They didn't understand logistics. Although they didn't understand economy, they were very familiar with military logistics. According to their own intelligence, the Liufeng family has not mobilized the reserve army yet, so it would be useless to ask for so many weapons and equipment, because their regular corps are fully equipped. Moreover, with the Liufeng family's military industrial capabilities, it seems that there is no need to import from the Zichuan family. The Zichuan family has a bumper harvest this year, but the Liufeng family has also had a bumper harvest. Moreover, they have started hoarding food since June, but there is no sign of war at the end of January of the second year, which is a bit incredible. If they only started to act now and when the troops gather, the food would have become moldy.

If Liu Fengshuang uses gold and iron and coal mines to buy the Zichuan family's strategic materials, then Sterling can only say that she is crazy. In the war, the banknotes depreciated, and only gold is hard currency. Whether it is to collect troops, maintain the economy, or stabilize prices, they all rely on gold. Iron and coal are industrial raw materials. Liu Fengshuang gives industrial raw materials to the Zichuan family, but the replacement of the finished products, which gives the family more than half a year of preparation time, which will only cause one consequence: the Zichuan family's military industry is becoming more and more developed, and more weapons will be produced.

Implementing this law prohibiting the circulation of materials has greatly damaged the economy. Moreover, before the investigation was made clear, a decision was made rashly based on several price data. Zichuan Shenxing and Geshan were too rash. But Sterling did not speak out because this was not a field under his jurisdiction and it was difficult to speak out.

What he didn't expect was that someone in the Far East began to complain.

The great rebellion in the Far East and the devil army defeated in the Battle of Kern in March 1981. Almost a year has passed, and the news has been firmly blocked by the Far East Governor Lu, and it is not allowed to be learned from the country. He is frightened: His Majesty the Emperor of God never shows mercy to the defeated general, especially since he had already slapped his chest and promised that the uprising had been completely quelled. In less than a few months, he changed his words: "The big thing is not good! We can't do it anymore, send reinforcements!"

Think about what reaction will Your Majesty be if she was deceived? Emperor Lu shuddered. Forgiveness is never the characteristic of His Majesty the Emperor of God. The Gods are cruel and ruthless to the losers, especially the fact that he secretly left his troops to escape in the Battle of Kerny. When His Majesty knows the true feelings, it would be a miracle if his head can still be saved...
To be continued...