Chapter 704

By the time Leo and his army entered cage, more than 7000 soldiers had been left on the bloody road forever. In the last two thousand kilometers, the loss of the Knights was more than the sum of the previous two battles. However, most of the war damaged soldiers are new recruits in the reserve, and the number of veterans in the regular establishment is limited, which is a great misfortune. However, nearly half of the chariots and mecha were destroyed, which made Leo and yafidi heartache.

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

The only one who can still look indifferent is frank. It can even be said that the activity of zero and others is exactly what Frank wants. As a result, the morale and strength of this group army have been reduced by more than half. As long as the Poseidon group is stronger, then a war of losing both sides can be foreseen.

After entering the city of cage, the old mayor Ali received him personally. In the last zero attack into cage, the old mayor and some officials withdrew from cage ahead of time. After hearing that zero had left no soldiers, they turned back. After zero sum's army left, the old mayor also performed his duty conscientiously, which soon restored order to cage city.

This time Leo comes with the knights, Ali goes out of the city to meet him personally, leads Leo and the other two army commanders and a group of sergeants to the municipal building, and tells Leo in detail the situation of cage city these days.

Leo was silent all the time, but the more silent he was, the more nervous the old mayor was. Later, Ali had to take out a square towel to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. In the conference room of the municipal building, Leo sits down and listens quietly to Ali's report as he taps his fingers on the table. When he heard that 20 paladins had been robbed by zero, Leo's knocking on the table suddenly intensified.

His fingers beat on the table to form a long treble, shaking the old mayor. Leo turned to Ali and said slowly, "Mayor Ali, Paladin mecha is an important war resource in the papal hall. Even if they are the next generation of mecha to be eliminated, it will not change this fact. I don't think you need to remind me that you know what it means to lose war resources, do you? "

As the mayor of cage, Ali doesn't know that in the papal law, losing war resources is a felony.

The old mayor opened his head to his chest and said in a trembling voice, "my Lord, I didn't mean to. At that time, Monsieur mesa almost drained the forces of cage city and the surrounding towns, and the whole city was in an undefended state. Those robbers swarmed in, and we didn't even have the power to stop them, so we would be robbed of those paladins by them. "

Leo snorted heavily from his nostrils, but he knew Ali was telling the truth. Even if it's reported to the papal chamber, Ali won't be punished too much. Leo just wanted to scare him with this, so that the mayor could cooperate with their next work.

He continued to knock on the table. After three times of this, Li Ao Cai said, "let's not mention it. The most urgent task is to annihilate those chaotic parties. It is for this purpose that we are here. We've had enough food on the way here. You see, soldiers can't go to war hungry. So, mayor Ali, please prepare the food and water

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

"About 18000." Leo replied.

Ali said with a puzzled expression, "my Lord, there may not be so much food in cage now because of the last time the robbers robbed a lot of goods."

"So how many permanent residents are there in cage?" said Leo

"More than 20000."

"What about the two towns around?"

Ali might have guessed something. He looked nervous, but he still replied, "that's about 30000 people."

Leo looked at him and said, "well, it shouldn't be difficult for these 30000 people to tighten their trousers and save some food for my army. Don't forget that we are here to wipe out the rebels and protect you. Are we not willing to make such sacrifices? "

Ali said with a wry smile: "my Lord, the food of the common people is not enough. What they have left now is just barely able to survive the winter. Prepare nearly 20000 people's food reserves at one time. I'm afraid that many people will starve to death this winter. "

"It's just civilians. If you die, you die." Frank cut in suddenly: "actually, there is a simpler way. Mayor Ali, are you interested in listening to it? "

Ali smiles and nods. "What does Lord Frederick mean?"

Frank made a sign to kill his head and said, "there are 30000 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 for our army. Mayor Ali, what do you think of my proposal? "Ali's face turned green and said in a trembling voice, "my Lord is joking. I don't think we need to use this method. The citizens will certainly provide food for the army, so I'll let them do it. " With that, he looked at Leo as if for help.

Leo closed his eyes and waved him down. Ali was pardoned and bowed out of the conference room. After he left, he immediately asked his assistant to issue the food collection order. Although some civilians would starve or even starve to death in winter, it's better to let Frank kill nearly half of the civilians at once. The commander of the army, in Ali's eyes, is no different from the devil.

By contrast, the robbers were much more lovable. At least when they get into cage, they just grab things and don't kill people.

In the conference room, Frank chuckled. Yafidi looked at him with an angry face, but the bareheaded commander didn't care. He knows why yafidi is angry. This handsome commander believes in chivalry. His proposal just now obviously violates yafidi's bottom line.

Leo finally opened his eyes. He gave Frank a light look and said, "your proposal is more and more bold."

"What's wrong with being bold? You can't do great things if you are afraid of your hands and feet. It's just a civilian. If you kill it, you kill it. What's the difference between the death of a civilian and the death of 10000? " Frank had a smile on his lips.

Leo said in a deep voice: "yes, we are the people at the top of the pyramid. But don't forget that if there are no civilians, there will be no cornerstone of the pyramid. Kill a civilian. That's Livy. Killing 10000 civilians is called brutality. I think there is a difference. "

Frank looked at Leo with a smile and shook his head. "It's not enough, Leo. You should completely let go of yourself, and then you will find how broad the world is without any constraints. At least, you can see the world in a higher dimension. At that time, you will find that the number of civilians killed is not the point. The focus is on how to achieve your goals faster and more effectively. "

The bald leader stood up, patted Leo on the shoulder, and left the room laughing.

Yafidi glares at Frank, trying to get up and accuse him. Leo gestured him to sit down. After Frank left the conference room, Leo said, "he won't understand, after he let go of all the shackles, after he let go of all the shackles. What we get is not absolute freedom, but confusion and destruction. When one looks at things from the perspective of God, he is either a genius or a madman. And he, I guess, is the latter

Yafidi finally gave a smile: "I guess so."

"Well, forget about Frank. Let's talk about suppressing the rebellion. Have the scouts been sent out? "

"Before I got into cage, I had arranged for a team to scout first. We'll have news tomorrow night at the latest. "

"Good. After we get the information, we can deploy the next operation." After a pause, Leo said in his own voice, "I wish I could hurry up. My time... Seems to be running out."

In the evening of the next day, the reconnaissance team sent by yafidi came back with the exact news of canon. To Li Ao and yafidi's surprise, the Poseidon group headed by zero not only gave up the three towns of Tucson, but also even the fort canon. They gathered all the supplies and troops and moved them to the eternal mountains. If Leo's goal was to recapture the fortress of Canon, they could do it now with no effort.

But is it really that simple?

"What a great opponent." Leo sighed.

It's also in the conference room of the municipal building, but it's changed. A large number of tables and chairs were removed and replaced with plasma tactical boards and several smart brains. Three staff officers and a team of operators form a think-tank. They can deduce most of the conventional tactics for Leo, thus saving him time and energy.

Yafeidi heard Leo's exclamation, frowned and said: "teacher, what do you think of?"

Leo stands in front of the plasma tactical board, which is a map of the fortress canon, the nearby eternal mountains and the three towns of Tucson. Holding an electronic pen, the old commander drew a circle in the fortress canon and the eternal mountains, and then connected them with a straight line. He said thoughtfully, "obviously, our opponent has chosen a favorable battlefield for himself. It has to be said that he can abandon the fortress and move to the eternal mountains, and indeed has extraordinary strategic vision. After all, no matter how strong Kanon is, it can't stop our army of nearly two people and the bombardment of hundreds of chariots. "

"But if the battlefield moves to the eternal mountains, it will be different. First of all, our chariots can't drive up the mountains, and even the mecha is greatly limited. The second is the restriction of mountain roads, which makes it impossible for us to march on a large scale as on the plain, thus limiting the number of our attackers. It's the home chosen by the enemy, and the hateful thing is, we can't refuse it. " Leo's way is important.