The three officers of the Ninth Brigade argued for a long time, but in the end, it was Rex who made the final decision and assigned the task to the First Squadron.

Chandler and Thomas looked at Hawkins playfully, anticipating his reaction.

Herman also thought that Hawkins would argue with reason, and retorted a few more words. But surprisingly, although his face was very bad, Hawkins still agreed, which made the officers behind him look bad, and the corresponding two groups of people on the opposite side laughed proudly.

The clear line of camp boundaries made Herman, who was new to the city, sense that something was wrong.

After leaving Rex's tent, Hawkins summoned all the officers of the squadron to his tent.

As soon as he entered, Herman heard a high-ranking source knight complain, "Sir, why didn't you fight for it just now?" ”

The other captain also chimed in: "Yes, even if you can't disobey Rex's orders, you need to do some good." Healing potions, power stones, anything, now that the supply is out and you are leaving, what should our squadron do? ”

Herman sounded weird, as if something was going to happen to their squadron as soon as Hawkins left.

Without waiting for him to ask, Barron was the first to speak: "Guys, isn't the squadron leader just going back to the Roy area, at most for a week or two." Why do you all have this expression? Even if there is no commander, how should this battle be fought? ”

The source knight who spoke first was a vulgar-looking and burly man, and he said angrily: "You haven't been on the battlefield, of course you don't know the difference between a flag team with an earth knight and a flag team without an earth knight, hmph, you'll know tomorrow, don't be scared by those monsters to pee your pants then." ”

Barron was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and his eyes widened: "Whoever pees his pants, Lao Tzu has been to the abandoned place, and he is afraid of any monster." ”

"What is Forsaken, huh!" Dahan was dismissive.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Hawkins shouted: "Okay, listen to me." The two of them died down.

I only heard him say with a serious expression: "This time to receive supplies is very important, Chief Rex will act with me, and later I will send four teams from you to leave, and the rest will follow the other two squadrons." Without me fighting the Earth Knights of Castlevania in front, you'll have to work closely together to save your lives - don't think that very few Source Knights have died in all this time to despise war, and death will cost those who despise it. ”

After a pause, Hawkins added, "In two weeks' time, I don't want to hear any of you who is standing here absent from now, and I don't want to hear any of you report to me that the formation of the team has been broken up. ”

Herman and the other nine officers felt the sincerity of the squadron leader's affection, and they all looked solemn and said in unison: "Yes." ”

Hawkins nodded, and his eyes began to wander over the crowd, choosing who to follow back.

In his opinion, these four squads can neither be too weak nor too strong. Too weak may lead to the failure of the mission, and too strong will weaken the strength that remains here, making the strength of the squadron he worked so hard to build greatly diminish. Therefore, the selection of candidates must be deliberate.

Eventually, Hawkins spoke, "Tomorrow Kohler's first squad will come with me." ”

"Yes." A knight with a thin stature and freckles on his face as if he had not yet finished puberty replied, but the other party was a high-ranking source knight.

In addition to him, there were two other high-level source knights in the tent, and the rest were all middle-level source knights.

Hawkins said again: "In addition, all the squads except the fourth, sixth, and eighth squads have given me the list of intermediate source knights in your team, and I will draw the rest of them tonight." ”

"Yes." The officers said in unison.

His gaze paused for a moment on Herman, and Hawkins said, "Remember my words, you are a unit, and the squads must work closely together until I return." Morey. ”

"Yes."

Morey was the high-ranking source knight who had just spoken up to complain about Hawkins, that is, the vulgar-looking and burly strong man.

Hawkins said: "You take the captain of the eighth squad to get to know each other with the captains, they are on the battlefield for the first time, remember to help you with anything tomorrow." Disband! ”

"Yes." Everyone said in unison.

Morey immediately smiled, looked at Barron, and said, "Don't be surprised by what happened just now, brother, my brother is such a vulgar person." ”

Barron also laughed disappreliantly: "It's all men, you should speak casually." ”

The small friction disappeared in an instant, and Morey was enthusiastic about taking the two to meet the other squad leaders, and then he heard Hawkins say again: "Herman stay." ”

Everyone's eyes suddenly became a little strange, but they didn't say anything and left quietly.

Herman was also puzzled and asked, "Captain, do you have anything else to order?" ”

Hawkins didn't answer, but asked, "Do you know why this task fell to me?" ”

Herman didn't know the specific reason, but recalling the seats of everyone in the big tent just now and the attitude of Morey and the others towards this task, he couldn't help but guess: "They are the descendants of the captain?" ”

Hey, guess so accurately?

Hawkins raised his eyebrows and nodded in acquiescence: "Rex was originally a member of the second team, because the original captain of the ninth team died in battle after the passage appeared half a year ago, which gave him a chance." Chandler and Thomas were both his subordinates from the 2nd Brigade, they were originally just squad leaders, and Rex was only a squadron leader. ”

A squadron at the peak of the Earth Knight level...... Is the strength of the second brigade so fierce? In other words, where are the second and first brigades, and where are their garrisons?

Herman couldn't help but flash a hint of curiosity, and then asked, "Neither you nor they want to take on this mission, is it because of the high level of danger?" ”

Hawkins shook his head: "The most dangerous thing in the whole of Sagacony is our three battlefields, what is it to escort supplies." ”

"Then why?" Herman was puzzled.

"Naturally, it's because the war here is too dangerous." Hawkins sighed, "Our battlefield is in the middle of the two fortresses, and the talented wizards release their magic across the battlefield, so the power of the magic collision is almost not weaker than the B-level fighting skills, and if there is no earth knight to take care of it, the various flag teams are easily affected." And once there is attrition, the defeat will be highlighted, and after a long time, it is only a matter of time before there is a major rout. Of all the low-level knights, only the Earth Knight has the ability to fight against mid-level magic, so none of us want to leave. Even if I was forced to take over the task, I only drew the first squad, and the other three teams with all the source knights did not move, in order to preserve my strength. ”

Unlike in the Third Brigade, which was the successor, there were not only many strong men who disobeyed discipline, but also many factions. This emerging squadron was built by Hawkins with great effort, and it was the capital he used to build power, accumulate merits, and attack the Sky Knights, because he would never want to see large-scale casualties in the squadron.

Of course, this kind of thing is not easy to say to Herman, but he asked the other party to stay for another reason.

After listening to the explanation, Herman suddenly realized that he said to Hawkins: "Don't worry, captain, your subordinates will definitely assist Barron to help you defend the squadron." "If you can't beat the group, he is still sure of defending the tower.

Unexpectedly, Hawkins shook his head unexpectedly, and said with an inexplicable smile: "No, I want you to be more radical, where there is danger, take the eighth team to wherever you go, do you dare?" ”

"What?"

Herman couldn't help but scream, and began to mumble in his heart, I'm afraid there is something wrong with this person, right? Obviously, as the strongest in the team, he has left, and he has taken a large number of elites with him, and he dares to ask him to rush to a dangerous place, even if all the members of the eighth squad are the source knights, they don't have the ability to turn the tide.

(Wait, there's something wrong, there's no way he's going to send me to death.) ）

Seeing that Hawkins had a strange smile on his face instead of explaining, Herman suddenly realized that the eighth team was different from the other teams.

After a pause, he asked tentatively, "Grace?" ”

Hawkins laughed: "Clever! ”

The previous repression caused by Rex's assignment all dissipated, and he said proudly: "As far as Rex knows how to preserve strength, don't I Hawkins know!" Hehe, I'll tell him the true identity of Grace when I leave tomorrow, and see how he arranges the first squadron. ”

"Uh-huh." Herman smiled awkwardly, not knowing what to say, but finally nodded and said, "I know the captain, once there is a problem with the squadron's defensive line, I will bring someone up." ”

"Uh-huh, please."

……

Hawkins selected forty source knights that night and followed Rex early in the morning.

This makes Herman feel a little sorry, because he can't see Rex's expression when he learns Grace's true identity, which must be wonderful.

But as soon as it dawned, he didn't have time to gloat, because the first knightly war in his life had begun.

The horn sounded in front of the big tent, and the knights began to assemble, forming a phalanx in small pairs, and behind each phalanx were gathered five hundred armored warriors armed with spears, three squadrons of 19 phalanxes, a total of two hundred knights, and eighteen thousand well-trained armored warriors.

Chandler and Thomas rode on moss-stepping lizards at the front of their respective teams, with Thomas's second squadron in the center of the large phalanx, and the first and third squadrons on both sides, faintly dominated by him. The phalanx of the second and third squadrons was very large, and the formation of the third squadron without the earth knights was relatively tight. The original five squads were directly integrated into four squads, except for the eighth squad formation, the front fourth squad was guarded by Morey and the sixth team captain Plzen jointly guarded the squadron flag, the sixth team was presided over by the captain of the ninth team, and the ninth team was integrated with the seventh team, presided over by the captain of the seventh team.

The members of the eighth squad were all on the battlefield for the first time, and they all looked solemn, staring nervously at the goat-headed castle in the distance.

At seven o'clock sharp, the ground began to shake, as if a great group of beasts were running on the ground, and Chandler and Thomas, as if they had received some kind of command, drew their swords and raised their arms, and with a fighting spirit, the voice was transmitted to all places: "Charge! ”

Nearly 200 knights and 18,000 armored warriors rushed towards the northern gate......