By the time Leo entered Cage City with his army, more than 7,000 soldiers had been left on the Bloodstained Path forever. At Zuihou on a distance of almost two thousand kilometers, the losses of the Knights also exceeded the sum of the previous two campaigns. It's just that most of the soldiers who were damaged in battle were new recruits from the reserves, and the number of dead and wounded veterans in the regular establishment was limited, which was a great luck in misfortune. However, nearly half of the vehicles and mechs were destroyed, which made Leo and Yafidi heartbroken.

The value of this batch of war equipment is even higher than that of the soldiers who died in battle.

The only person who can still look indifferent is Frank. It can even be said that the activity of Zero is exactly what Frank wants. As a result, the morale and liliang of this group army have dropped by more than half. As long as the Poseidon Regiment is stronger, then a lose-lose war can already be Yujian.

After entering the city of Cage, he was personally received by the old mayor Alex. During the last zero attack on Cage City, the old mayor and some officials withdrew from Cage City ahead of schedule. After hearing that Zero had left a single soldier behind, they turned back again. After Zero and his army left, the old mayor also dutifully fulfilled his duties, allowing Cage City to quickly restore order.

This time, Leo came with the Knights, and Alex personally went out of the city to greet him, led Leo and the other two legion commanders and non-commissioned officers to the municipal building, and told Leo in detail about the situation in Cage City these days.

Leo had been silent, but the more he was silent, the more nervous the old mayor became. Later, Alec had to take out a square towel in order to wipe the cold sweat that broke out from his forehead from time to time. In the conference room of the municipal building, Leo sat down, tapping his fingers on the table with one hand and listening quietly to Alex's report. When he heard that Zero had snatched twenty paladin-type mechs, the sound of Leo tapping on the table suddenly intensified.

His fingers tapped on the table to form a long pitch that shook the old mayor. Leo turned his head to look at Alex and said slowly: "Mayor Alex, the Paladin Mecha is an important war resource for the Pope Hall. Even if they are a generation of mechs that are about to be phased out, they can't change this fact. I don't think you need to be reminded that you know what it means to lose war resources, right?"

As the mayor of Cage City, how could Alex not know that in the laws of the Papal Chamber, it is a felony to lose war resources.

The old mayor put his head on his chest and said in a trembling voice: "My lord, I didn't mean to. At that time, Lord Mesa had almost exhausted the forces of Cage City and the surrounding towns, and the entire city was in a state of undefense. Those bandits rushed in, and we didn't even have Liliang to stop them, so they robbed the paladin mechs. ”

Leo snorted heavily from his nostrils, but also knew that Alec was telling the truth. Even if the matter were reported to the Pope's Chamber, Alex would not be punished too much. Leo just wanted to scare him with this, so that the mayor could cooperate with them in the rest of their work.

He continued to bang on the table, and after doing this three times, Leo said: "Leave this matter alone, the top priority is to annihilate those rebellious parties." That's why we're here. We have almost eaten our food on the way here, and you see, we can't let the soldiers go hungry to war. So, Mayor Alex, please prepare some food and water. ”

The old mayor raised his head and asked cautiously, "I don't know how many soldiers there are in the army brought by the adults this time?"

"About 18,000 people. Leo replied.

Alex showed an embarrassed expression and said, "My lord, because of the fact that a large amount of supplies were robbed by those robbers last time, there may not be so much food to supply in Cage City now. ”

Leo said unhurriedly, "So how many permanent residents are in Cage City?"

"More than 20,000. ”

"And what about the two surrounding towns?"

Alex probably guessed something, he looked nervous, but still replied, "That's about 30,000 people." ”

Leo looked at him and said heavily: "Then, it shouldn't be difficult for these 30,000 people to tighten their belts and save some food for my army." Don't you forget, we are here to exterminate the rebels and protect you, are we not willing to make this sacrifice?"

Alex smiled bitterly, "My lord, the food of the civilians is not abundant, and what they have left now is only barely able to survive the winter. Prepare a food reserve of nearly 20,000 people at one time, and I am afraid that this winter, many people will starve to death. ”

"It's just a civilian, and if it's dead, it's dead. Frank suddenly interjected, "Actually, there's an easier way. Mayor Alex, would you be interested in hearing about it?"

Alec smiled and nodded, "What do you mean?"

Frank made a head-killing gesture and said, "There are 30,000 civilians around here, how much food do these pigs have to consume?" Otherwise, if we kill half of the civilians, we will save enough food to provide for our army. Mayor Alex, what do you think of my proposal?"

Alec's face turned green, and he said in a trembling voice: "My lord said that I laughed, I don't see the need to use this method." The citizens will definitely provide food from the army, so I will let them do it. With that, he looked at Leo as if pleading for help.

Leo closed his eyes and waved his hand to signal him to come down. Alex bowed his head and exited the conference room. After leaving, he immediately asked his assistant to issue the order to requisition food, which was better than having Frank kill nearly half of the civilians at once, although some civilians would starve or even starve to death in the winter. That legion commander was no different from the devil in Alex's eyes.

In comparison, the robbers looked much cuter. At least they only grabbed things after storming Cage City, and didn't hurt anyone.

In the conference room, Frank chuckled. Yafidi looked at him angrily, but the bald head didn't care. He knew that Yafidi Weishenme was angry, this handsome head believed in that set of chivalry, and his proposal just now obviously violated Yafidi's bottom line.

Leo finally opened his eyes, he glanced at Frank faintly, and said, "Your proposal is getting bolder. ”

"What's wrong with being bold, you can't do anything big if you're timid. It's still the same sentence as before, it's just a civilian, and if you kill it, you will kill it. What's the difference between dying one civilian and dying ten thousand?" a smile curled into Frank's mouth.

Leo said in a deep voice, "That's right, we are the ones who stand at the top of the pyramid. But don't forget, if there were no civilians, there would be no cornerstone of the pyramid. Kill a civilian, that's called Liwei. Killing 10,000 civilians is called brutality. Among them, I think there is a difference. ”

Frank looked at Leo with a smile and shook his head, "It's not enough, Leo." You should let go of yourself completely, and then you will realize how wide this shijie is after there are no restraints. At the very least, you can look at this shijie in a higher dimension. When the time comes, you'll find that it doesn't matter how many civilians die. The focus is on how to achieve your goals faster and more efficiently. ”

The bald head stood up, patted Leo on the shoulder, and left the conference room in a hahadaxiao manner.

Jafidi glared at the frenzied Frank and wanted to accuse. Leo gestured for him to sit down. After Frank left the conference room, Leo said, "He won't understand, after letting go of all the shackles, after breaking all the shackles." What is gained is not absolute freedom, but confusion and destruction. When a person sees things from God's point of view, he is either a genius or a madman. And he, I guess the latter. ”

Yafidi finally smiled: "I guess so." ”

"Okay, leave Frank alone, let's talk about the suppression of the rebels. Did the scouts send out?"

"Before entering Cage City, I had already arranged for a group of personnel to go to scout first. We'll have news by tomorrow evening at the latest. ”

"Very well, once we have the information, we can deploy the next operation. Leo paused, and said in a voice that he could only hear, "I wish it could be sooner, my time ...... It doesn't seem to be much left. ”

In the evening of the next day, the reconnaissance team sent out by Yafidi returned with the exact news of Canon. To Leo and Yafidi's surprise, the Poseidon Regiment, led by Zero, not only gave up the Three Towns of Tucson, but even the Canon Fortress. They gathered all their supplies and troops, and all moved to the Eternal Mountains. If Leo's goal was simply to recapture the fortress of Canon, they could do it without much effort.

But is it really that simple?

"What an amazing opponent. Leo sighed.

It's still in the conference room of the municipal building, but that's changed. Tables and chairs were removed in large numbers and replaced with plasma tactical boards and a few brains. Three staff officers and a group of operators formed a think tank, and they could deduce most of Leo's regular tactics, thus saving Leo time and energy.

Hearing Leo's exclamation, Yafidi frowned and said, "Teacher, what have you thought of?"

Leo stands in front of the plasma board, which contains maps of the fortress of Canon, as well as the nearby Eternal Mountains, the three towns of Tucson, and more. The old regimental commander took the electronic pen, drew a circle in the fortress of Canon and the Eternal Mountains, and then connected them with a straight line, and said thoughtfully: "Obviously, our opponent has chosen a favorable battlefield for himself. It has to be said that he was able to abandon the fortress and move to the Eternal Mountains, and he did have extraordinary strategic vision. After all, no matter how strong Canon is, he can't stop our army of nearly two people and hundreds of chariots and mechs. ”

"But if the battlefield is transferred to the Eternal Mountains, it will be different, first of all, our chariots cannot drive up the mountain, and even mechs are greatly restricted. The second is the restriction of the mountain passes, which prevents us from marching on a large scale as on the plains, thus limiting the number of our attackers. This is the home field chosen by the enemy, and hatefully, we cannot refuse. Leo said heavily.