Two days later, Zero returned to Phoenix. The first thing he said to Brown when he entered the city was, "Quick, get ready, Hart should be coming." ”

Without saying a word, Brown left to inspect the defensive positions outside the city and make final preparations for battle. In the past two days, Zero has gone around the main war zone of the Council and Valhalla, and has fought several major battles in a row, which can be regarded as a rise to the top in this war, and at the same time he is making up his mind for Hart. He planned to draw Hart's attention to Phoenix, and if Hart came to fight with his army, Zero would be happy to join him in a battle to decide the outcome of the battle and avoid a lot of unnecessary temptations and entanglements.

Of course, this is also a gamble for Zero. He bet on Hart's personality, judging from the information provided by Thor on the big and small battles before, Hart, a young general, has a strict military style, and occasionally has an adventurous spirit, but more often he appears to be cautious. It would be difficult for such an opponent to thwart him in a short period of time, so Zero would travel through several war zones in two days, killing more than a thousand enemies, using this method to stimulate Hart and give him a reason to turn around and deal with himself first.

If Hart allowed Phoenix to continue like this, his rear would be in jeopardy, and both he and his generals would try their best to deal with Phoenix's problems first. But there is a good chance that Hart will not be able to raise the army, in addition to his usual caution, and because of the eye of Valhalla on the other side.

Of course, Zero is also ready for the other hand. If Hart's army were to be dispatched, then he would simply abandon Phoenix and go straight to the opponent's forward base, Niru City. The occupation of Niru City is undoubtedly a huge blow to Hart, after all, it is impossible for Hart to take all the supplies in the city. Once he loses these supplies, Hart can only turn to Eternal Night City for help, and until new supplies arrive, Zero doubts that he will be able to withstand the siege of himself and Thor!

Under the chessboard, the pieces have fallen, and now it's up to Hart to make the next move.

In Niru City, a loud voice came from the command building, and everyone outside the building could clearly hear the roar of a certain general. After Zero had attacked several of the war armies, Hart held an impromptu meeting in the building, and some of the theater generals hurried back. Even if he can't get out, he will send the adjutant over to participate in this meeting. At the meeting, Hart suggested that it was time for Phoenix, the fish's sting that had been entrenched in the council's troops, to be disposed of. Most of the generals were in favor of this, but the details of what to do with the fishbone were disputed by the generals of the Augustus family and the parliamentary army.

Hart sat on the throne, swaying the red wine in his glass. The wine reflected the generals' foaming mouths, and Rhine tried to stop him several times, but Hart smiled and stopped him. Hart just let the generals express their opinions, and only when they were tired of arguing did he lazily say, "Everyone, the threat of Dawning City cannot be ignored, and we cannot afford to fight on two fronts. So Phoenix, we have to retake it and make sure that our rear is not in the sight of the enemy, there is no doubt about that. ”

"The point of your argument just now is nothing more than the fear that when we come out of the nest, Valhalla will have a chance to pick up the bargain. Hart put his glass down and stood up to the long table. Holding the table with both hands, leaning forward, he smiled faintly, "I have an interesting plan to buy you a few days." General Doos, with you as the commander-in-chief, will be responsible for leading our army in the assault on Phoenix. Konstantin will be your lieutenant, and he and the four black knights will be in charge of entertaining the other party's tenth-order powerhouse, but before you act, you must follow my plan to ensure that Thor's kid will stay in Jericho City for a few days. ”

On this day, after the battle meeting, there were signs of movement of troops in various theaters, and all the information indicated that there would be a big move in the Dark Council next. On the Phoenix side, after Zero came back, he rode out in all directions, and Zero even sent Mobirek out. These Mobirek are undoubtedly the most brilliant spies, capable of flying high altitudes while transmitting what they see directly to Zero through the core.

In this way, Zero's intelligence network almost covered the sky and the earth. In this large net that he has spread, the council troops can be seen extracting from the various war zones, assembling and then dividing into several forces. Interspersed with each other, like an undercurrent in the sea, towards the city of Jericho, where the Valhalla army stronghold is located, Hart's move is clearly to fight Thor, which is not surprising if it is placed in the past. But it seems strange that he chose this point in time.

Hart would abandon Phoenix to take the city of Jericho, no matter how you look at it, it is incomprehensible, after all, most people will give up the difficult to find the easy, but Hart does the opposite.

At first, Zero also suspected that Hart was just feintting, but in fact the main target was Phoenix. But in the next two days, a number of battles broke out on the route of the council's army, including crossing two Valhalla-controlled war zones and swallowing the troops of the two war zones, all of which showed that Hart's move was a must-win!

As they approached the city of Jericho, the forces of the council began to diverge, like an undercurrent of the ocean, and formed several streams to approach the city of Jericho. In this way, Zero's intelligence network is somewhat loaded, after all, Hart dispatched as many as 100,000 troops this time, and such a large army can still be monitored when it is gathered, and once it is diverted, the scouts are a little insufficient.

What's more, scouts are eliminated every day, and by the time the army reaches the vicinity of Jericho, Zero will be able to rely on Mobile to continue scouting. As a result, he was missing a large amount of data and was only able to observe a general framework of the actions of the parliamentary army. On the fifth day of the council's march, war broke out around the city of Jericho!

Thor was desperately trying to recover the troops scattered in the various theaters, and the city of Jericho could only rely on the original defenders and his legions to resist for the time being, and Hart was so weak throughout the march that Thor lost the opportunity to mobilize a large army. By the time he found out that Hart was determined to attack the city of Jericho, he was already several steps behind.

It's just that the city of Jericho has been turned into a fortress under Thor's control, and with the bravery of the Legion of Destruction, it will not be easy to take the city in a day or two. Thor was also able to support the armies of the other theaters before organizing a counterattack. So the center of gravity of the war quietly slipped to the side of Jericho City, and Phoenix City was calm.

It was completely unexpected, and the only thing he guessed was Hart's cautious style. He left for himself an army of about 5,000 people to guard Niru City, this army is relatively small in number, but it is not a problem to hold it for a day or two, so Zero does not want to send troops to attack Niru City at this time.

In this unpredictable war, a miscalculation may bring a devastating blow. He decided to observe for a few more days, and after the first day of the general offensive, the parliamentary army began to use a cascade offensive. Several of their forces took turns attacking, so that the pressure on the city of Jericho was relatively small, but the battle continued throughout the day, and the flames of war burned almost incessantly outside the high walls of the city.

Even the Black Rider of the Abyss once appeared and attacked the city with a tough attack, but it was blocked back for the strong men in Valhalla. However, the presence of the Black Riders of the Abyss made the defense of Jericho City not optimistic. And all of this was transmitted through the eyes of several Mobirek to the hands of Zero in the other Phoenix.

In the next two days, the Abyss Black Rider did not appear, but an invisible pressure was formed, so that Thor did not dare to rashly throw a tenth-order Heroic Spirit Warrior into the battlefield to prevent the Abyss Black Rider from taking the opportunity to raid. By the third day, Valhalla's army had completed its work from the war zone, and Thor began to prepare for a counterattack.

However, on the fifth day, the scouts of Phoenix suddenly discovered that a large army had secretly appeared in the wilderness just three hundred kilometers away from Phoenix. At their speed, they would be in Phoenix in two hours!When this message reached the command building, Zero knew that Hart had finally made a move.

"Fifty thousand!" Brown was startled when he got the enemy's data from Zero, and exclaimed, "How is this possible, the main force of the council is now on the side of Jericho, how can they still come up with 50,000 men to attack us?"

Zero stood in front of the tactical board, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Hart is indeed a genius......

He drew a few red lines on the tactical board, nodded to the tactical board, and said: "I still remember that before, when the parliamentary army advanced with the whole army, it did not converge into a large army, but divided into several fronts to advance in this way. After arriving in the city of Jericho, the whole army launched a surprise attack on the first day, but from the second day, the council side carried out echelon battles. Obviously, this is not to exhaust Thor, but to secretly divide the army. ”

"Secret division of troops?" Berrion nodded, "I see, under the cover of launching an attack on the city of Jericho, in fact, at the time of each operation, some of the soldiers were withdrawn and moved towards our side. The frequency of attacks and the elongation of the battle line were used to distract Thor, so that he did not notice the decrease in the number of people in the attack frequency of the opposing unit, which was used very cleverly. ”

"Now is not the time to praise our opponents, but it's good that we didn't hold back and attack Niru City, otherwise it would have been worse. Brown said.

"It's not exactly what we want, but Hart is really good. In this way, the Valhalla army was tricked back, and Thor was running out of time to attack Niru City or support us. Obviously, both the number of troops and the strong camp are not much different from Valhalla, but Hart uses this time difference tactic to fight on two fronts at the same time, and the Augustus family has a very remarkable successor. ”

"So, let's go and welcome the guests. ”

There are a lot of guests.

Standing on the towering dam wall of Phoenix, you can see that on the other side of the wilderness, the army that is far away from Phoenix City can be seen without a telescope, and the dense figure occupies almost every corner of the earth. Rather than rushing to attack, the council troops camped to rest, inspected their chariots and guns, and made it clear that they would storm Phoenix with a thunderous attack.

Standing at the top of the wall like Zero was General Morgan, every wrinkle on the old general's face twisted together. The council army was overwhelmed, and what he feared most finally happened, and now it was only up to Zero to keep Phoenix as he said. Otherwise, the fate of him and the inhabitants of the city would not be so rosy.

The Council of Darkness has never been known for its mercy.

The thousands of troops who had surrendered to the council before were now assigned a machine gun and a few ammunition, and everyone was gathered at the gate with ugly faces. Brown looked at them and said, "Your comrades are out there, but then, you have to fight for this city." Believe me, they will not show mercy to you because you are former comrades, and even if the soldiers are unwilling to do so, the commander of the council will give the order to kill you. ”

"You can resent me, you can resent our commander. Unfortunately, this will not change your fate, and the moment the war breaks out, the fate of all is already sealed. If I were you, I would put aside that little resentment in my heart for a while, fight with all my might, and do everything I can to survive. After all, only by surviving can we continue to hate and take revenge. Otherwise, a corpse is nothing!"

Brown looked at the thousands of pairs of eyes below and said, "We are a little kinder than the council, and as long as we are not dead after this battle, we can leave." Of course, you will also be able to get a little subsidy. So, survive as long as you can. ”

After speaking, he nodded his head, and the gate of Phoenix City opened, and this army drove out of the city. They will be the first line of defense against the city, or no doubt, in the face of this surrendering army. No matter what orders the commander of the council gave was inappropriate, it was impossible to let them go, and shooting them would give the council a name of injustice, and it would shake the morale of the army to some extent.

This is also what Zero wants, as he once said, he will do anything in war, even if he can pry off the cornerstone of the enemy army a little. In the same way, as the one who made this decision, he had to bear the lives and sins of these thousands. And all this, in the future, will be more, not less.

War has never been just.

Even in the name of justice, what is piled up behind it is also a mountain of evil!

In the afternoon, the parliamentary army went on the offensive. The first to approach Phoenix was the formed tank corps, followed by the infantry regiment, and behind were missile fighting vehicles. As for the Scarlet Knight, let alone the Abyss Black Horse, obviously, this first wave of attacks can only be regarded as a tentative offensive, after all, the infantry regiment dispatched is only about the strength of a division. However, on the premises of the council, there are still four full divisions standing still!

As the parliamentary army approached, the inexplicable pressure was like a low pressure before a storm, and it was a little breathless. Especially with regard to the demobilization of the council after the fortifications, they were under even greater pressure. Behind them were the muzzles of the soldiers of Dawning City, and in front were the slender figures of their former comrades, who were sandwiched between two giant beasts, looking insignificant.

Finally, a soldier couldn't help jumping out of the fortifications, ran a few steps forward and shouted, "Don't fire, we are council soldiers!"

Then there were surrendered troops from behind the fortifications, and there were about a hundred. With a gloomy face, Brown stood at the head of the wall to give the order to shoot, but Zero stopped him, and Zero just said flatly, "Wait a minute." ”

The front of the council army stopped advancing, and the soldiers who followed the tank looked hesitantly at their commander. One of the captains said in a deep voice, "Shoot them!"

In fact, this question had been approved by the commander-in-chief of the army, General Douss, before the war began. General Doose was born as a Scarlet Knight and belonged to the Parliamentary Army system. It was far more fitting for him to give this order than Hart. After all, when others talk about Hart, the first thing that comes to mind is the next successor of the Augustus family, and then the major general of the council.

General Douss, on the other hand, had no question of position, and his orders were dictated by the will of the Parliament. Therefore, all the junior officers would not hesitate to do so, but at the moment, the captain shouted a few words, but none of the soldiers moved. The captain snorted, jumped out of the vehicle, snatched the machine gun from the soldier's hand, and fired a flurry forward. Tongues of fire spewed hot streams of metal, shooting a dozen people into a sieve.

Now that the officers had already taken action, the soldiers naturally did not stand idly by, and after a burst of strafing, those soldiers who dared to step out of the fortifications were turned into corpses. They used their lives to warn others that the council would never accept them again. If you want to live, you can only do what Brown said, and fight this battle!

As a tank adjusted the angle of its muzzle, it exploded with a boom and exploded a puff of fire on the defensive positions of Phoenix, thus kicking off the war.

Even at the height of the war between Council and Valhalla, Phoenix was at the end of the war. But now, waves of blazing fire have licked its walls more than once. Zero stood in the most visible position on the city wall, as distinct as a flag, so that at least a third of the artillery fire of tanks and missile fighting vehicles was directed at his position.

However, whether it was the cannons of the tanks or the missiles with the tail of the flame, they would be intercepted when they came to a place about ten meters above the zero section of the city wall, and not a single shell could pass through this interception net, and they all turned into fireworks that exploded in the air!

More flames and explosions raged in the defensive positions, and the soldiers in the fortifications had already realized the battle, and they pointed their guns at their former comrades, and in all kinds of helplessness, they could only vent their anger in each other's hearts with the tongue of fire of their guns.

The heavy artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns at the head of the wall were not idle, and both gunners and firefighters pressed shells and bullets against the approaching enemy troops below. In this war-torn battlefield, death is happening every second. At this moment, there is no mercy, only cruelty!