"Captain Dahl?"

"Brigadier General Vega?"

In the bleak autumn wind, Vega and Dahl met on the national highway.

While hanging his head and fighting at the same time, neither Vega nor Dahl would have imagined that a farewell half a month ago would actually meet in such a place.

"Captain Dahl, you're ......"

Vega asked curiously, but realized that it was not very moral to expose people's scars, so he kept his mouth shut.

But Dahl saw that Vega seemed to have found the backbone, because in his reflection, although Vega was a little special in age, he was indeed a friendly and responsible general: "General, the subordinate has a reluctant request and I hope you will agree?"

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

"Here's the thing. ”

Dahl's eyes flashed with anger and he said, "We didn't expect that the assassin who assassinated you was so rampant that he would have the audacity to infiltrate the law enforcement bureau to destroy the corpse and autopsy report, even unrelated people who have only access to the information." Luckily, when they were retreating, they were discovered by our Soul Mage, and we tracked them down for 5 days to get here. ”

"Where are these people now?" Vega's heart lifted.

Dahl said in an apologetic tone: "I didn't expect this group of assassins to be related to the bandits' lair in the Ropp Forest, we tracked down here and encountered the crazy attack of the bandits, and we had to retreat after heavy losses. ”

"And what is your request?"

"The lower officer asked the general to lead his troops to destroy the Ropu bandits' nest. ”

Dahl gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sure that this group of assassins must be hiding in the bandits' lair, and if the bandits' nest is destroyed, they will have nowhere to escape." ”

"I said yes. ”

Vega affirmed, "Please share with us the information you have about the Assassins, and after the capture of the bandits' lair, I will capture them alive to vent my hatred." ”

Dahl pulled out a few papers.

He glanced at the document and said, "According to the information we have obtained for so many days, there are 11 assassins in this group, including 10 shadow mages and 1 junior professional. ”

"10 Shadow Mages, 1 Professional. ”

Vega's eyes flashed with a fierce look, and now he was completely sure that the person who wanted to kill him was the former acting commander of the Independent Heavy Brigade who was not masked, and the current deputy commander of the Independent Heavy Brigade - Colonel Dandry Grimm.

The reason for being able to make a conclusion is simple.

The unit that Dandry brought out to suppress the bandits is a squadron of professionals, a team of shadow mages, and the bandits' nest here is safe and sound, and can even defeat the law enforcement team, then all the suspicions can be explained.

"Colonel Dandry, this time you can only consider yourself unlucky. ”

Vega showed a gloating expression towards the Ropu Forest: "I'm afraid you didn't expect that our commander-in-chief is such a commander who cares about his subordinates, and he would actually mobilize the people for a deputy brigade-level officer. ”

Vega drew the ornate general's sword.

He waved forward: "Full speed ahead, before it gets dark I want you to reach the outskirts of the Ropp Forest and set up a defensive line, and don't let me go of any bandits in the forest." ”

Whoa—

More than 4,000 people marched at full speed, and Vega ordered two war airships to be in charge of reconnaissance missions, first rushing to the perimeter of the Ropp Forest to stand on guard, and if anyone escaped from the forest, they would directly attack it.

At the same time as sending out the airship.

Vega ordered the Professionals and Wizards to break away from the main force and first block the main entrances and exits to the forest, using this way of working together from heaven and earth to try not to let go of any suspicious targets.

"It's a professional army. ”

Dahl heard Vega's series of methodical orders, and a trace of admiration flashed in his eyes, compared to a general like Vega, his command was completely chaotic, no wonder he would be beaten by a group of bandits without a backhand.

"Captain Dahl, don't be presumptuous. ”

Vega smiled kindly at Dahl: "When it comes to marching and fighting, the law enforcement team may be slightly inferior to the army, but you must know that there is a specialization in the art industry, and when it comes to investigation and detective, even if it is ten, I am not the opponent of your officer." ”

The Shogun laughed. ”

Dahl smiled at Vega's praise, and the shadow of his previous defeat seemed to quietly dissipate, and his reverence for Vega grew stronger. What he didn't know, however, was that Vega had labeled him as "simple" and "usable".

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Ropp Forest, Bandit's Nest.

The masked deputy brigade commander Dandry sat on the main seat, and there were 10 shadow mages standing beside him.

Directly opposite, a middle-aged man stood there respectfully, his ears were a little pointed, similar to the elves in the biography, but not as long as exaggerated, and it was impossible to tell the difference if you didn't look closely at it.

Obviously, this is characteristic of the people of the Holy Dynasty.

"Commander-in-chief, I just received news that enemy reinforcements have arrived. ”

This man is the deputy commander of the bandit lair, and he is usually in charge of the day-to-day affairs when Dandry is not around.

"Reinforcements?"

Dandry glanced at the deputy commander suspiciously and said: "Where are the reinforcements from the law enforcement team, they can draw out a regiment of troops to pursue us already in the sky, how can we still have the strength to regroup the troops." ”

On this point, Dandry is particularly sure.

The network of connections he secretly runs across the East spans three systems, and this time he was able to destroy the evidence thanks to an official from the government system, so he knows everything about the law enforcement team.

In the previous day, he had extinguished a regiment pursued by the law enforcement team.

According to common sense, it is absolutely impossible to reorganize a new regimental unit.

"Commander, the reinforcements are not from the law enforcement team. ”

The deputy commander hurriedly reported: "It can be seen from their uniforms that it is the people of the Seventh Army, and it seems that the person in charge of commanding the troops is a child, as well as the commander of the law enforcement team who attacked us a few days ago. ”

Bang!

Dandry's magic suddenly exploded, and he smashed one of the armrests of the chair with a fist.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down, and then said, "How is the opponent's strength?"

"About 3 standard regiments, about 4,800 people. ”

The deputy commander paused, and then continued: "There are two carrier-type war airships in the sky, and the high-level forces have not been able to detect them, and they have blocked the main and secondary roads in and out of the forest. ”

Tick tick tick –

Dandry fell silent suddenly.

He frowned, stood up and walked around, and smiled.

After 5 minutes of this, Dandry sat back in his chair and said, "Order, everyone is ready for battle, we want to keep this unit here." ”

This is the order that Dandry finally gave after hesitating for a long time.

Because there are more than 10,000 troops in the entire bandit's lair, there are 6 commercial magic airships, a professional team, and a shadow mage team, such a force is not completely without the power to fight.

And they are incomparably familiar with the forest.

As long as Vega dares to lead the troops into the forest, he will definitely be able to annihilate the entire army, so that Vega's evaluation in the army will drop to the freezing point, and even if the Seventh Army really destroys the entire bandit nest here, he will have no loss at all.

Because the bandit's nest is just a pawn for him.

At that time, he could probably have been captured by the bandits in order to clear his suspicion, but the losses caused by Vega to the Seventh Army can never be erased, and he may be directly transferred to the commander-in-chief.

"Little ghost, you do have a slight advantage in intrigues. ”

Dandry laughed grimly: "But marching and fighting is not a victory by playing a little clever, my career as an officer may be longer than your age, let me teach you what a real war is!"