Her name is Shirley, Shirley Falcon.

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Rainstormy weather.

The sky is full of dark clouds, the hurricane crashes on the ground with the torrential rain, this kind of dark weather is impossible for any human to want to come out of, and this terrible weather will make huge mistakes for soldiers and make ranged weapons lose their original power. Therefore, despite the bad weather, the soldiers defending the city still felt a little at ease.

This peace of mind is a false feeling.

In a mountain road about 20 kilometers away from the city, a group of cold-blooded troops, which can be described as high morale, are advancing against the mountain. The force numbered only about 500 people, and most of them were women, with pale faces and red eyes, indicating that their identity was something that the living on the other side of the mountain were wary of: zombies.

The grim dead creatures silently marched along the very dangerous mountain path. They moved very slowly, climbing through the soldiers in front of them and pressing the planks silently into the mud before moving on. But in the midst of the storm, the three well-guarded outposts standing in the triangle below were unaware that a group of zombie troops had climbed to the cliff above their left side.

Shirley held the battle flag and climbed at the front of the line herself. This is much better than 'rush me'. Even though 10 Zombie Musketeers and 1 Snowy Night Musketeer have been lost on top of the cliff, there are still no undead complaints.

"The outposts are set up very tightly, if our army advances, even if the first event breaks through the outpost at the front, the two outposts behind can rely on the mountains and terrain to block the enemy for a while, and the strong outpost will undoubtedly waste the precious time of the enemy's attack, and even rely on the terrain advantage to drag on for two or three days. That's enough time for the Lonely Mountain Alliance to send troops and garrison them here for a decisive battle with us. ”

"This is obviously not what we want, we want a decisive battle under the walls of the opponent, in the heart of the enemy. Compress the enemy's economic strength, resources, and morale as quickly as possible. The morale of defending the enemy outside the country and fighting a decisive battle on one's own doorstep are two different concepts, so breaking through the three outposts quickly is also our strategic goal this time. ”

"Although the rainstorm has reduced the musket combat power of our zombie soldiers to a minimum. But, my lord, I have made this statement after serious consideration. The enemy didn't expect us to give up our powerful weapons to fight them, lord, our zombie race itself is a race with very good melee ability, even if we give up the musket, it is enough to kill, please decide! ”

I thought that the Lonely Mountain Zombie Niang had a whim, and the zombie commander also truthfully reported all of it to Shirley. And Shirley has gradually grown up recently, and she adopted such a suggestion without hesitation: "Prepare military rations, tonight's rainstorm is the time for us to attack, but other than that, let only the elite troops carry out the operation, and we will attack from the mountains!" ”

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Time: 10:24 p.m

The Lone Mountain Alliance is located at the Mountain Pass Defensive Outpost outside of Falcon Town.

The torrential rain was pouring down like a god sprinkling water on the ground. In Gushan, which is close to the cold current zone, such weather is also very rare. Not only is the weather cold and unbearable, but most importantly, there is a lot of humidity. In Gushan, the daily temperature sometimes drops below zero even though there is even a sun, so the humidity also represents a bitter cold. This made Luther secretly worried in his heart - he was also a veteran, and he had experienced almost an era and a half, a full 150 years of life.

Originally, he had already decided to retire and go home to raise some chocobos, run and ride dogs, and become a rancher with peace of mind. But helplessly, the Lonely Mountain Coalition Army can no longer come up with a general who can make the Coalition Commander Lovis feel at ease at this intersection, there was originally a Victoria, but the woman Verolia herself is a pro-undead faction and has great ambition and power desire, Lovis is afraid that he can't control this woman, so he didn't send her.

"Oh, Lovis... You're hurting my old fellow. Moreover, the newcomers in Lonely Mountain have not been able to grow, Anderson has gone, and now even I am not far away. If a city-state alliance only has veterans to use, it will undoubtedly begin to perish, and these truths are still told to me by yourself, Lovis. ”

Luther couldn't help but complain about Lovis, he thought that Lovis was a qualified military leader, but definitely not a qualified civil leader, so many years have passed, and the only generals that the Lonely Mountain Alliance can take now are veterans like himself. Before the old man could think for long, a series of people stepped in through the door. Some of them were still wearing normal clothes, and some were already wearing armor. No one wanted to go out on this particular night, but, knowing of the heavy rain, Luther insisted that they come to the council at once.

"I know it's a very disturbing thing to bring you here late at night, but today on a rainy day I must warn, admonish, and remind you to strictly defend yourself, and at the same time be sure to send a large number of soldiers to the outpost."

After Luther finished speaking, one of them protested: "General, although it is the time of war, the firearms of the zombies in the storm cannot be used, and I really can't imagine that they will come to attack." If they do not come, then our soldiers will brave the torrential rain and cold wind to patrol and deploy in this weather, and the next day there is a high probability that a large-scale outbreak of disease will cause our troops to lose their combat effectiveness. General, you are also an old-timer, so you probably don't know the disadvantages of large-scale infection of soldiers, right? ”

After listening to the protest of the school officer, Luther nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, but it is based on the premise that our opponent is not an undead. What is a zombie? It's a dead body, and they don't care if it's cold or not. In the face of elite zombies or skeletons, even if they give up their firearms, they are still quite powerful in close combat. And we also have to see who the opponent is, Shirley Falcon is very ambitious, and all the information our spies have gathered for us is: this little girl is very risky. ”

"This kind of person prefers surprise combat to the average opponent. And the report mentioned many times that she personally fought and conquered towns and villages, which shows that this little girl is indeed a person who uses strange soldiers. So, gentlemen, remember not to be careless. Tonight's storm will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in the eyes of such people, and we must give it a head-on blow! ”