Prince Katon's defeat at Pai City caused an uproar. No one expected that the result of the first day of fierce battle at Pai City would be like this, especially the Marquis of Pingjing, who swore to "take Pai and Sterling in one day" in front of Prince Katon. In his own camp, he pulled his hair in pain and was frightened. In order to save face in front of the prince, he roared and ordered the retreating rebels to go out overnight and continue to attack the castle. But no one obeyed his orders. The failure made him lose his prestige. The team leaders of the Far East Race Army quarreled, and even the most obedient officers were muttering. Everyone rushed to say, "You are committing suicide in our Far East soldiers!" "You are simply crazy in attacking!"

"You can't beat Sterling," said a half-orc leader.

Everyone echoed in one voice: "Yes, you can't beat Sterling."

The Marquis of Pingjing roared: "Who said I can't beat Sterling! Think about it, brothers, we have won so many victories, Chishui Beach and Moon Bay, which time has not won a great victory? Now we have many soldiers and generals, and our subordinates are seven or eight times that of him, and there are also the army of the gods to help. What's Sterling? He wants no soldiers now, and he has no food, so he can only wait to die! Brothers, as long as everyone works harder and work harder, we will be able to clean him up in one go!"

"Whether Chishui Beach or Moon Bay, Sterling is not there." A snake leader complained: "When will we win a big battle for Sterling?"

"We've seen it long ago. Sterling is the reincarnation of the God of War," said a half-orc leader. "How can we mortals compete with him?"

Everyone buzzed and said, "That's right, otherwise there would be no such fierce people in mortals..."

"Yes! Sterling has a demon guarding her body. No one has seen it today? Is it a scary demon? It's as high as our seven or eight people. Our people go up and pinch one to death, like a bed bug. Our people can't get close to him at all."

Someone agreed: "Yes! I saw it today, and it was so big. I heard from the old man that the stars in the sky came down to earth, and there were five ghosts and six evil spirits around me to bless me!"

"It must be like this! Otherwise, they would have only a few people, how could they kill so many of our brothers? They died like harvesting wheat in autumn, pouring a large area."

The Marquis of Pingjing screamed in despair: "What should I do? I have already agreed to Prince Katon, and I must take Pai down today!"

Everyone said in a word: "Even if you promise your life to the prince, that's your business! But don't take our lives. If you quarrel, we might as well tie you up and give it to Sterling. Maybe he can spare us by surviving us!"

No matter how violent Pingjing threatened, intimidated, scolded and persuaded, the rebel team leaders refused to go out, repeating like a broken phonograph: "Anyway, we won't go to Sterling to die... You will go by yourself... You can't fight Sterling." These rebellious leaders of various races, no matter where the soldiers of the family, could kill them fiercely, but when they met this Sterling, they immediately became depressed, their hands were weak and their feet were trembling, and they just wanted to run back.

A sound sounded at the door, and a demon commander came in: "Marquis Pingjing, I have an order to ask you to go to the central army's command immediately!"

Hou Pingjing shivered.

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The sky was dark, the clouds were pressing very low, and the moonlight was hazy in the clouds and mist, and the stars were almost invisible. In front of the open space of the command formation and the gaps in the tent, the demon soldiers pushed and shoved each one, and they were all very frightened. The war horses kicked their front hooves anxiously, making an upset neigh. The officers were all very irritable and harsh, and they were completely abnormal. They issued orders loudly, and the frightened soldiers ran in panic.

The torch made a faint thunder sound, and the air was very dull, full of a terrifying and depressing atmosphere. The punishment orders have been made: the five commanders of the legion were ordered by the God Emperor to commit suicide immediately, including the Earl Busy who escaped from the iron hoof of the Iron Armored Army today; sixty-eight white cloaks (the team leader of the demon clan) were chopped off their heads, and now their heads were hung high on the beam of the camp gate of the demon clan army, with a long string hanging; the thousands of demon soldiers who retreated first were tied up and stuffed into the sacks, and the two cavalry teams carried out the orders of the God Emperor without fail, and repeatedly stepped on them until each sack turned into a pack of slurry. Hundreds of thousands of demon soldiers surrounded them and watched the spectacular scene, and their faces were pale.

Pingjing Hou walked into the command formation of the central army tremblingly and stopped. He was also frightened: the lines of heads on the beam, including Buxi, Tielun and other acquaintances who had talked with this morning. Now they were hung on it, and the expression of cracked teeth seemed to be mocking something. Pingjing Hou was so scared that they were all regular demon generals, and the holy family was above him, but they also ended up like this. The fate he would face was also imagined... He ran away and immediately left this gloomy and terrifying place, but his legs were weak and could not move a step away. Moreover, the regular soldiers of the demon clan were watching him, and there was not even a subordinate around him. He was sweating like rain, and his eyes were dizzy. In a trance, he had already imagined what it would be like to hang his head on it...

"Pingjing?" A voice suddenly came from behind.

He suddenly turned around. A figure in black appeared like a ghost, and at some point he had already stood behind him. Ping Jinghou's heart was beating wildly, and he had already recognized the identity of the man in black in front of him: Xiang Wuyue, the chief military advisor of the demon clan.

The black veil military advisor Xiang Wuyue can be said to be the most mysterious figure in the demon palace. He seemed to have come from the sky, and suddenly appeared in the demon palace one day, and received the unconditional absolute trust of the God Emperor. Except for the Demon God Emperor himself, no one knew his origin, and no one had seen his face. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, his whole body was wrapped in a wide black robe, with a thick black veil covering his face. The demons were even hard to judge even his race and gender: from the perspective of their body shape, they should belong to the royal family among the demons, but they may also be humans;

The senior officials of the demon clan were full of curiosity about the origin of this mysterious figure and made many speculations, but the only thing that is certain is that he received the highest trust and favor from the Demon God Emperor: a drunken general once drank at a banquet and asked to see Xiang Wuyue's appearance behind the veil. Afterwards, in order to prevent the secret from being leaked, the God Emperor had to take action himself, and immediately killed all the seventy-one officers who had seen or may have seen Xiang Wuyue's face.

"Military...Military Advisor...Hello!" Mr. Pingjing did not expect to meet the number one powerful figure of the demon clan in Prince Katon's camp. He was so surprised that he stuttered, and a terrible thought flashed into his mind: Could it be that he would execute the order to execute the death penalty against me? His eyes couldn't help but glance at the team of imperial guards following behind the other party. They were all strong and gloomy, with expressionless faces.

"Come with me." Xiang Wuyue said briefly. Her voice was very low but pleasant, giving people a very cold feeling.

The Marquis Pingjing was shocked and hurriedly said, "Military advisor, but I am still waiting for Prince Katun's meeting. He asked me to come..."

"I am the one who called you. The prince has been removed from command of the troops and is now in custody and confinement."

Ping Jinghou's mind was suddenly messed up: his biggest protector had lost power, and no one would come to save him anymore. What should I do? What should I do...

His mind was chaotic, his legs and feet were so trembling that he could not support his body. Several soldiers from the palace guard brigade held him up without saying a word and followed Xiang Wuyue into a tent. Xiang Wuyue turned around and said, "Your Majesty has orders for you."

The Marquis of Pingjing knelt down immediately, his face pale: Come on, come on! I wonder if he was ordered to commit suicide or drag it out to behead him? Never be cut in half or lingchi, otherwise he would rather bite his tongue and commit suicide immediately...

"Your Majesty has an order: Since surrendering to our clan, Mr. Pingjing Xun has been loyal to our clan and has been brave in fighting. Your Majesty is very happy and is hereby rewarded and promoted to Duke Pingjing!?!"

Marquis Pingjing - no, it should be Duke Pingjing now - his legs and feet were weak and his butt was sitting on the ground. He couldn't believe his ears and his eyes were staring at the boss.

Xiang Wuyue's voice turned stern: "Duke Pingjing, why don't you thank the order?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Ping Jing kowtowed like a congregation: "I knelt down to thank Your Majesty for your kindness. It is difficult to repay Your Majesty. I will do my best to work hard in the future and be loyal to my gods..." I stuttered a lot, but I still couldn't accept this reality in my heart: Not only did I not die, I was also promoted!

Xiang Wuyue let out a cold snorted as if she was smiling, and her voice became much more kind: "Pingjing Gong, please get up. You have the right to meet Your Majesty directly in the future. If you have any thanks, you can say it to Your Majesty in person."

"Pingjing Gong" still finds it difficult to get used to his new name, so he got up timidly and asked in a low voice: "This... This... Military Advisor, if possible, can I know why I was promoted to my position? You must know that we were defeated after all, and this... seems..."

Xiang Wuyue interrupted him: "Pingjing Gong, you are wrong! Your Majesty rewards your loyalty. A small defeat is nothing. How could Your Majesty punish you? Of course," Xiang Wuyue said meaningfully: "Someone said good things to you in front of Your Majesty."

Gong Jing reaped a smile: "Ah, yes, yes, Your Majesty the Emperor of God is wise and wise! I must repay you with my loyalty and loyalty. I would also like to thank you for your promotion. If you have the opportunity, please give me a greeting to the prince on my behalf..." He guessed in his heart that Prince Katun must have said good things to me. Well, this must be the case. It was a wise choice to surrender to the prince at the beginning!

"Military advisor, if there is nothing else, I will take my leave now!"

Xiang Wuyue nodded.

The new Gong Pingjing nodded and smiled and left with a backwards. Looking at his back, the chief military advisor of the demon clan made a hum of unknown significance. He slowly poured a cup of tea, but did not drink it, and said, "It's time to come out."

The curtain behind the tent was tilted, and Yun Qianxue walked out. He respectfully bowed to Xiang Wuyue. The chief military advisor replied and asked, "I heard it just now? How about it, Yun Jun, do you still think this person attacked you?"

Yun Qianxue smiled bitterly: "At first, I thought it was, but now... he doesn't look like a person with that courage."

Xiang Wuyue nodded: "And he has no motivation, Yun Jun. He is more afraid of the Zichuan family than us. If he catches him there, he will skin him alive. There should be someone else who attacks you, a more cunning and insidious enemy."

Yun Qianxue felt like she couldn't help laughing: "More cunning and more sinister? Are you talking about yourself?" Of course he wouldn't really say it, and echoed: "The military advisor clearly sees that the young general has something unknown, and wants to ask for advice from the military advisor."

"Please say it."

"At the imperial meeting today, all the generals accused Pingjing of today's culprit - Busy said that it was the first group of his troops who escaped, causing the collapse of the entire army; Gu Shi said that he was panicked and improperly commanded, resulting in the defeat of our army; the Emperor Lu simply said that he was crippling in and out, trying to commit suicide in the army of our gods. Even Pingjing's protector Prince Katon agreed with their statement - I wonder why such a military advisor tried his best to save his life?"

"It's not surprising that they say this," Xiang Wuyue chuckled: "If Busi and the others want to keep their heads, they must shift the responsibility for defeat. The best excuse was to say "unnecessary command", but unfortunately, today's commander is Prince Katon, the future Demon Emperor. They dare not offend him, so they had to find Ping Jing as a scapegoat. At the critical moment of life and death, the prince's priest didn't care about being loyal." When talking about the three words "discuss loyalty", Xiang Wuyue's tone was indescribable sarcasm. Yun Qianxue understood what he hadn't said: as a superior, the prince did not have the courage and courage to take responsibility, and would only shirk responsibility to his subordinates. How could such a weapon bear the heavy responsibility of the emperor?

"You don't have to think too much. Pingjing is still of great use to our army now, so I protected him, and there is no other meaning. It's just a pity that Busi and the others said all the good things and tried their best to escape death. Emperor Lu was deprived of his title of Duke because of his military achievements. Our Majesty is really decisive. Even the prince was deprived of his military power and woke up in confinement."

Yun Qianxue couldn't help asking: "Mr. Military Advisor, I wonder who the new commander-in-chief of the army is?" In his heart, he hoped that it was the second prince Karan.

Xiang Wuyue smiled but refused to answer. Yun Qianxue blushed and said to herself: "This is a secret matter. The official is taking the liberty. Please ask the military advisor to be unheard."

Xiang Wuyue took a sip of tea and said, "Mr. Yun, it's okay. You are the commander of the Yulin Army and a senior officer. You have the right to know - by the way, Your Majesty is very concerned about your health, and I don't know how he recovered?"

Xiang Wuyue suddenly changed the topic, Yun Qianxue was not sure of her intention, and hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is worried about you, your body is already getting better, there is nothing to do with it."

"Have your martial arts been restored? Can you go to battle?"

"Ah? This, the martial arts are a bit regressed, but it has not been greatly damaged. If Your Majesty has sent you, please ask the military advisor to give instructions and cannot miss His Majesty's affairs."

"Yeah," Xiang Wuyue nodded with satisfaction: "Yun Jun, didn't you ask the new commander-in-chief just now? Now I can tell you." It seemed that in order to achieve the greatest shocking effect, his tone deliberately paused.

"It's you."

The first ten seconds of shock passed, and Yun Qianxue came to her senses and hurriedly humbled her talent and was not worthy of such a heavy task. She may have let Your Majesty know others and declared that there are many people in the army who are above him. Please think twice about the candidates and consider them... and so on.

Xiang Wuyue smiled and said, "This is what Your Majesty means, Jun Yun, don't refuse." His tone turned serious:

"Your Majesty appointed you as commander-in-chief to appreciate your talent. The troops led by the Sterling thief are actually elites in a hundred battles and are extremely powerful. Now they have no way to escape. They will inevitably fight to kill beasts. The counterattack is extremely powerful. This battle is not easy to fight. In order to attract favor in front of His Majesty, Prince Katon has suffered a great loss now. I hope you don't let Your Majesty down. "He deliberately said the last sentence lightly and slowly, allowing Yun Qianxue to slowly understand the meaning of the conversation.

Thinking of the string of heads hanging at the gate of the camp, Yun Qianxue sweated behind her: "Yes! The young general must remember the teachings of the military teacher."

"There is something I have to remind you: In fact, the person who commanded the heavy armored cavalry to defeat the prince today was not Sterling, and the enemy also had an extremely clever commander hidden. You should pay attention to him."

Yun Qianxue was surprised: "Ah? Military advisor, I saw with my own eyes that General Yuga was also killed by him..."

"Yun Jun, use your brain!" Xiang Wuyue's voice brought a little impatient: "You have to think about it: Sterling himself took the lead and entered our formation. At that time, there was a situation where swords and guns were coming, people were turning over and over, and the dust was flying, and the people were crowded so that they could not see clearly. In this way, Sterling could still fight and protect himself, while commanding nearly 20,000 troops and horses as his arms and fingers, without any confusion. How did he do it? Even if he could do it, how did the more than 20,000 troops receive his instructions in such a noisy and chaotic environment?"

This was the first time Yun Qianxue thought of this question: "This..."

"Yun Jun, the enemy's commander is extremely clever. If you pay attention to the opponent's attack route, you will find that after the Iron Armored Army defeated the Busy Legion on the flank, it did not directly attack the closest Orc Legion. Instead, it circled an arc to attack the Snake Legion in the middle, opening a gap from the Snake Legion with relatively weak combat power. You see, this arc is very knowledgeable, which not only avoids exposing its right flank to the frontal threat of the Yuga Legion attack, but also makes the angle of attack very clever. The defeated Snake Legion soldiers were driven away and forced to the Lu Emperor Legion, which is equivalent to fighting for them for free and disrupting the formation of our army - this is not accidental. This method has appeared many times later, and we use our people to disrupt our follow-up troops.

Accurately grasp the overall situation, keenly detect the flaws of our army and can quickly mobilize troops to create local advantages, be good at creating chaos in our army and then take the opportunity to expand, and intentionally divide the connection between our army and the command system - the opponent's commander's military use technique has reached the realm of art! Although we have nearly one million troops, we have no place to use it at all. We can only be slaughtered little by little like a heavy piece of dead pork, and gradually collapse in the chaos - think about it, Sterling is in the center of the vortex of the most intense melee, and it is not enough to protect himself. Is it possible that he can do such a nearly perfect command?"

Following his thoughts, Yun Qianxue recalled the scene at that time: it was dusk, crowded with people, swords and swords, dust and smoke filled the sky, hundreds of thousands of people were fighting chaotic under the sunset, escaping, death, bleeding, killing, screams, moans, horse hooves, footsteps mixed, and noise, cavalry killed, sweat was soaked, one was soaked in sweat, and one was flying on the top of the city, and his own soldiers were completely overwhelmed in momentum, throwing away his armor, weapons, and flags all over the floor...

He suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Military advisor! I understand! It's a flag! He controls the entire army's actions remotely through the flag at the top of the city! Only on the high city can he see the overall situation clearly!"

"Very right, but," Xiang Wuyue's tone calmly said: "Who is this unknown commander?"

"Military advisor, please rest assured," Yun Qianxue said in a very confident tone: "Whether he or Sterling, there is only one way to die in front of our millions of troops!"

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At this time, Pai City was a sea of ​​jubilant. From here to there, groups of warriors in blood-stained clothes were cheering: "Long live! Long live! Glory! Long live Zichuan!" People were so excited that they burst into tears, hugging their heads and crying. From east to west, there were waving flags everywhere, and there were pride of human beings: "Long live! Ula! Long live!" Whether officers or soldiers, no matter what class, at this moment, people were in the same mood. Whether they knew or not, they sang, hugged, and cheered, "We won! We won!" The wave of cheers rose and fell, and as long as one person started, thousands of people spontaneously followed and sang: "The soldiers bid farewell to their hometown, goodbye to my dear girl, and moved forward step by step in the battle..." The majestic and loud singing sang over and over again, resounding throughout the sky.

This is the most brilliant day for human beings! A lonely and weak brigade of less than 100,000 people defeated the millions of demons, and avenged countless human compatriots and comrades! Even the most elite Demon God Emperor Guard Brigade on the mainland fled in front of them! In front of their erect chests, the surging wave of demons and rebels was smashed. The humiliation and helplessness of human beings since the war started: Since the Battle of Pai, who dares to say that I am a coward? The Central Army of the Zichuan family has become famous all over the world since then!

Those who saw the attack scene of the Iron Armored Legion were even more excited: It was such a stunning power! It was a shame that they could see this scene with their own eyes in their lives! Even the gangster soldiers in Xiu Battalion couldn't help but feel excited when they saw the indomitable power of the Iron Armored Army. They sighed enviously and said, "Heroes! If we can be so majestic one day, we will be willing to die!" The captured demon rebel flags were thrown to the ground one by one, and everyone stepped on them excitedly (someone was still peeing on them) and then hung them on the top of the city wall as an exhibition, allowing the demons and rebels to "visit for free".

Looking at the cheerful figures of people, Shirakawa Bando filled his tears. You have the right to be proud. After all, it is you who have paid too much for the arrival of this moment...

Many familiar faces have left us and no longer appeared. Young and energetic young men have been sleeping in the land of a foreign land, quietly and forever. In the days to come, fallen leaves, dead grass and heavy snow in the Far East will accompany you who are lonely. The autumn wind, please bring the heroic soul back to your hometown and back to your dreams of your mother and lover...

Shirakawa clasped his hands together and whispered to pray for the dead who died today, praying for the heroic spirit to rest in peace.

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"Victory! We have won!" Changchuan Qimoto cheered and ran all the way to the medical team, saying to the young and beautiful female nurses: "Friends, we have won! I am so excited!" Then he hugged the other person "excited and uncontrollably", and refused to let go, shouting: "Long live Mr. Sterling!" His hands had begun to rush... In a short while, two slap marks were already on his face. He was not discouraged, and then went straight to the intelligence team of the General Staff Department - it is said that there was a beautiful officer there. Unexpectedly, he met at the door...

"Sir Xiuchuan, you...what are you doing here? Are you too..."

"This is nonsense!" Zichuan Xiu lowered his voice and air conditioning broke out between his teeth: "This is my territory!

Get out of here, don't get in the way of the earth!"

"Sir, Roger has occupied the Secretary Department, and you...Sir, there are so many beauties here, and you can't use them all by yourself... Who is happy to have fun with everyone?"

"Of course I'm having fun alone! Is there any need to ask?" Zichuan Xiu kicked Changchuan away. Seeing so many female officers as beautiful as flowers, he was happy! First, he sorted out his expression on his lower body, and Zichuan Xiu spoke to the beauties (sorceful expression and solemn tone):

"Friends! We have stood the test on this great day. Justice defeated evil, and light defeated darkness! Let us embrace each other and celebrate the most glorious day God has given us!"

He opened his arms and raised his head slightly towards Tianyu, looking very pious. His face was shrouded in holy light without any selfishness or evil spirit. Anyone who saw him was moved: "What a compassionate saint!"

Suddenly, a male officer emerged from somewhere to block the "saint"'s way. The officer was naked, covered in blood, sweat and mud, and he knew at a glance that this was a brave Pai defender. He warmly met Zichuan Xiu and opened his arms: "Brother! What you said is so good! Let's embrace!"
To be continued...