[Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and Xiaochen is here to greet everyone first.] I wish you all good health in the coming year, a happy academic career, and good luck in the Year of the Horse!]

Hanock was shocked and horrified. He turned around and looked incredulously at the stocky figure in front of him. Originally, there was only a pile of rubble and old trees, but now, a bald man sat quietly on the stone. Hanock swore that he hadn't seen anyone in that direction when he sent the information. But now, the man sat like a ghost.

If he hadn't made a sound, Hanock wouldn't even know he'd been approached!

Hanock shrank back slightly, a distance long enough for him to easily climb into the cave. In the cave, he was hiding a rocket launcher. Hanock had even started calculating that he would only need a second or so to roll over into the hole. Then, after two seconds, you can pick up the barrel placed on the edge of the hole and fire it in another second. At that time, if the bald man followed in, then he would enjoy the thrill of having rocket artillery bombard at close range.

Of course, it is estimated that Hanock himself will not survive with such consequences. But what's the matter, the man in front of him feels too dangerous for him. It's dangerous enough to keep him here forever, and in that case, he thinks it's enough to kill this guy.

To that end, though. First ask the damn man to take his eyes off himself for a moment, or he will definitely attract pursuit if he moves. Hanock's eyes rolled and he said, "You're from the Knights?"

"Why, I'm not like?" said the bald man with a grin.

Hanock shook his head and said, "If you are a member of the Knights, you should have done it before I sent the message." Or am all I seeing an illusion?"

"No, no...... no" The bald man shook his head and smiled, "What you see is true, and I am indeed a member of the Knights." In fact, I'm Frank. You're the Flying Fish Hanok, aren't you?"

"Frank, Commander of the 9th Legion, how do you know me?"

"Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to remember you. It's just that I have a good memory, and I won't forget any of you pirate captains who have been rewarded. Frank looked Hanock up and down and said, "It's just that I didn't expect a pirate captain to become a scout instead." ”

"It's a privilege to serve that Lord, and it's a big difference to me whether to be a captain or a scout. Hanoke snorted and said, "It's you, Captain Frank, who deliberately leaked the information." If this is known to the Papal Hall, you will be in a pretty embarrassing situation, right?"

Frank seemed to be awakened by him, and suddenly shook his body.

In an instant, Hanock felt the bald leader's gaze drift away from him.

Golden opportunity!

He immediately flickered, but as soon as his body moved, he saw Frank smile deeply.

Suddenly, Hanock felt the weight of his body from the end. His brain was already desperately giving instructions, but his body's response was severely delayed. In just one second, it becomes as long as a century. The hole behind him has become an unreachable shore.

Hurry up!

Hanock roared in his heart.

"You're still too slow, even if I deliberately wanted to release the water. ”

Frank's figure sounded in the back of his head, and Hanock's mind went blank. It turned out that the knight commander who was in front of him had disappeared.

Then, there was a cold feeling behind my waist. Hanock's body paused lightly, but the action of taking off made people pull it down with one hand. It was Frank, the bald man holding Hanock's hand in one hand and pulling him down, while the other hand carried a cutlass sideways into Hanock's waist.

The scimitar cut directly through the kidney on the side of Hanock's waist and scraped it over his spine, pulling out Zuihou with blood and flesh scrape.

The blood mist erupted, turning Frank's body red with blood. Frank stuck out his tongue and gently rolled a drop of blood that fell from his head and sent it into his mouth, showing an expression of enjoyment.

Hanock was sore and numb, and Frank's stab made him lose all his strength. He gasped, desperately trying to condense a little Liliang who fought back, even if it was a faint Liliang!

"Die. Frank lowered his head and whispered in Hanock's ear, "I know what you want to do, but I'm not going to give you a chance." Soon, I'll see you off. The things of this world have nothing to do with you, but before you leave, I can answer a question. You see, I'm still very kind. ”

"I want to know that I deliberately asked you to send the information back, because then your army will be fully prepared, and when the time comes, Leo's suppression will be difficult. A lot of people will die, I think. This is exactly what I, no, should have been for my master. ”

"Humans, a species like yours, don't care where the losses are great, my master. The master only cares if you die enough, yes, that's what he told me in his head. Frank clings to Hanock's head like a pervert, and closes his eyes to reveal the appearance of a drug addict immersed in drugs: "My master, he is omnipotent, he is the master, walking in his country, I will be loved." ”

Hanock was just about to scold something, when suddenly his body shook wildly. He lowered his head, his pupils reflecting Frank's cutlass haunting his waist. After a few slashes, Hanok's pupils gradually dilated. However, Frank did not stop, and it was not until he stabbed the captain's body into a rag bag that Frank threw the body to the ground, and then wiped the scimitar off Hanock's body before putting it back in its scabbard.

"You should be happy because you are dead by my sword. For I slain you with feelings, and if it were my master, when he cleansed the earth, you were only one of the thousands of ants that were cleansed. For the owner, there is nothing special about the big or small point of the ants. Then you won't have the privileges you have now. Frank muttered to himself as his figure flickered, and after a moment he had disappeared into the woods.

The night was vast, and the wind blew through the trees, making the branches tremble, as if Shijie was also disturbed.

At daylight the next day, Zero, who was far away in Canon's Fortress, received a message from Hanock. Soon, Zero convened an operational meeting. Naturally, the meeting took place in the command room, and the plasma board showed a complete map of the bloodstained road. A red circle was drawn on a high ground more than 3,000 kilometers away from Canon, and Zero pointed here: "The army group of the Pope's Hall has reached this position, and according to the information sent back by Hanock, the army sent by the Pope's Hall this time is between 20,000 and 30,000 humans!"

There was a lot of commotion in the command room.

Twenty or thirty thousand people is not a small number, even if you stand and let you kill them one by one, you will kill them softly. Moreover, these are the regular soldiers of the Papal Hall, and their equipment is not far from the best, if not the best. And even if they are all new recruits, they must know how to shoot. When you think about being fired by 20,000 or 30,000 rifles, it will also make the calmest people scream.

Feng and Su had a better face, but they had already changed color. You must know that they have not fought a large-scale battle with the Pope's Hall with tens of thousands of people, and the blood on their faces suddenly receded. It was Cinderella, too, who looked at Zero worriedly.

Zero nodded lightly at her, then looked at the crowd, "If you were the commander of the Knights, how would you fight this battle?"

Manshan scratched his head and said: "How do you still use to fight, the advantage of others is very obvious, even if you push it over, it is enough to raze us." ”

"That's right. ”

Zero pointed at the mountain and said with a smile: "The number of troops, this is their absolute advantage. Add to that a large number of chariots and mechs, and even if we hide in a fortress, people can blow us to smithereens. If we go head-to-head, then we will lose. ”

"Head, you mean a roundabout guerrilla?" asked Kaede with a raised hand.

"No, the area between us and the Knights is mostly plain. If you fight guerrillas here, it will be easy for them to eat. Zero shook his head, and he nodded with his hand at the Eternal Mountains not far away, "We're still going to go head-to-head with them, but not in Canon, and not anywhere on the Bloodstained Path. It's here, yes, the Eternal Mountains!"

"This is our designated battlefield, I have already seen it in the mountains to the west, and there are several positions suitable for us to meet. All our soldiers, supplies, and ammunition will be transferred, and there we will fight a positional battle with them. Take advantage of the terrain there to limit the number and firepower advantage of the Knights to the greatest extent. ”

"But if we move to the Eternal Mountains, what about the fortress, and what about the three towns of Tucson?" Hook mused, "Are we just going to send them out?"

"First of all, because of the relationship between the previous two battles, we have damaged the dignity of the Papal Chamber. So this time, the reconquest is only secondary, and I believe that their main goal is still to suppress it. To put it simply, where we go, they will definitely follow. Zero paused, and then said, "Take a step back, if they are not in a hurry to restore their dignity, and would rather occupy the fortress and the small towns of Tucson, then give it to them." ”

This answer was obviously surprising, and the people of Manshan couldn't accept it.

Manshan said loudly: "Give it to them? Is that the price we paid for hundreds of lives, and we cheapened the Pope's Hall for nothing?"

Zero raised his hand and signaled that he had the following. He turned and drew several circles on the plasma map, each of which was an important city in the Papal Hall on the Bloodstained Path: "We can give them the fortress, and of course we can take other cities." The regular army of the Papal Hall will not exceed 50,000 men, and now in order to crusade against us, the Papal Hall has taken out more than half of the regular army. ”

"What does this mean?" said Zero lightly, "It means that their rear must be empty, and the garrisons of many cities do not even reach the baseline. If the Papal Chamber is willing to let this opportunity for military emptiness arise, then I am not averse to eating such a delicious cake or two. Any of these cities, it should be worth more than the three towns of Canon and Tucson, right?"

"If that's the case, then everything in Canon doesn't seem like you can't give up, does it?"