Early the next morning, as soon as Roland arrived at the command post with breakfast, he received a report from Maisie.
"The church has dispatched Goo!" Her excited voice came from the other side of the magic stone, "A team has left Cold Wind Ridge and is advancing towards the defense line Goo!"
"how many people?"
"One, two, three... five in total!"
Roland, who was about to hold a front-line combat meeting, sat back again, "What? Five?"
"And wearing golden clothes, and holding the flag of the Holy City, it is very public! Do you need to report the artillery mark?"
"Uh... No, just keep staring at Cold Wind Ridge." He stuffed the bread into his mouth, what did the church want to do
"Probably here to beg for mercy?" Nightingale pouted.
"If that's the case, the Holy City shouldn't send an army to occupy Cold Wind Ridge." Roland frowned.
A day and a half later, the team arrived at the front of the defense line, and the leader of the priest claimed that they were a group of messengers sent by the church and wanted to meet His Majesty Roland. At the same time, there was a handwritten letter from the Pope who wanted to give it to the young man of Graycastle. king.
"What do you think?" Roland gathered the staff and the witch and asked, "Could this be a trick of the Pure?"
"Before that, I want to ask your opinion," Edith said first, "If the church wants to surrender, will you accept them for peace talks?"
Roland rejected this possibility without hesitation, "Unless they disband the God's Punishment Army and hand over all the high-level officials and those with innocent blood for trial, but I don't think the church will accept such conditions."
"Indeed," Edith replied immediately, "then you shouldn't meet the messenger group, let's not talk about whether the other party has a conspiracy, the negotiation process may also shake your resolve."
"I agree with this view," Agatha nodded. "Although none of these five people have magical reactions, the witches' abilities are all kinds of strange, and no one can guarantee what will happen in the next moment."
"Or simply arrest them and interrogate them, ask them clearly and solve them in secret," Iron Axe made a gesture of slitting his throat.
"Your Majesty, Greycastle is not a city of iron sand," Sir Sylt quickly advised. "It's better not to do this kind of thing. Spreading it out will damage your reputation."
"I see," Roland pondered for a moment and looked at Iron Axe. "Let them keep the letter and drive them away."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
He couldn't help but wonder, what would the supreme ruler of Hermes say to him at such a time
Advice or inducement
After Sylvie and Agatha's layers of inspection, this letter written by the Holy City Pope was delivered to him.
Open the beautiful cover, the writing on the letter is unexpectedly graceful.
The contents of the letter surprised Roland.
The above describes the origin and purpose of the church in a frank tone, and reveals the existence of the great enemy of mankind - the devil.
If he hadn't known the secrets four hundred years ago in advance, these contents would probably be enough to make him feel confused and incredible.
Is this the strategy the enemy came up with
To confuse opponents with dusty and true history and use it as sincerity in peace talks
As a result, when the first team returned, Cold Wind Ridge sent another team, also five people.
Naturally, Roland didn't meet them either, and just left the letter alone.
The content discussed in this letter goes a little deeper. In addition to a brief introduction to the church's predecessor, the Federation, it even mentioned the word "War of Divine Will". The Pope believes that this four-hundred-year cycle of interracial war is exactly the God's test of the world.
He scoffed at this point of view, but inexplicably felt a trace of unease in his heart.
In the following week, Cold Wind Ridge sent several messenger groups one after another to deliver the Pope's handwritten letter to the frontline camp. The letters didn't reveal much new and kept getting shorter. As for the suggestion on the back of the letter that the two sides should cooperate to fight the devil, he just ignored it.
The holy city did not send any new messengers until the unbearably hot summer day.
This time, the entire enemy army was dispatched.
"This is Lightning, the enemy has entered the nine area! Repeat, the enemy has entered the nine area!"
Listening to the sound coming from the rune, Catpaw nervously flipped through the booklet in his hand, "Uh... Number nine, Number nine..."
"Come on!" Rodney yelled. "The shells are loaded!"
"It's already the fastest speed!" Catpaw yelled, "Ah... here, the angle is twenty-six, the pitch is fifteen!"
Nelson shook the handle quickly, "Twenty-six... Fifteen, done!"
"Get ready to shoot!"
Hearing the order, Cat Claw quickly covered her ears.
"Fire!"
Yupi violently pulled the match, and the 152mm fortress gun instantly let out a shocking roar. The sound was mixed with airflow, hitting the chest of the cat's claw like a hammer. He felt the ground under his feet tremble.
That's power, Catpaw thought. Compared to a short twelve-pound iron pipe, the fort gun was a weapon suitable for men to operate.
The only regret was that he couldn't see the sight of the shell when it landed.
Emboldened, the cat's paw moved to the magic stone in Sylvie's hand, "Uh... Miss Lightning, did we hit it?"
"Aha... on target," the little girl replied.
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Compared with the gunners in the rear, Lightning and Maisie could observe the enemy's movements and blows more directly.
She floated at an absolutely safe height and looked down with the observation glass. The howitzer just now landed on the west end of the No. 9 area. There was almost a four-meter deviation from the expected landing point, which was probably caused by the change of wind. . But the actual effect is not bad at all. The mighty army of the church occupies the entire mountain road. As long as it can hit the head of the team, you can immediately see a scarlet flower blooming instantly.
That was the blow just now.
She could not see the process of the cannonball from flying to landing. The first thing that caught her eye was a dark red light, followed by the soaring smoke and sand, and a fleeting ripple spread from the light. There was dust everywhere. It took a moment for the sound of the explosion to arrive, as if the two did not happen at the same time.
When the smoke was blown away, only a piece of charred remained in the center of the landing spot, surrounded by scattered corpses, stumps and broken arms everywhere, sticky organs and hot blood dyed the shiny armor a bright red . The judgement warriors that were farther away looked different. They didn't seem to have any obvious scars on their bodies, but they still threw up blood at the mouth and fell to the ground. Drunk in general.
Just one bombardment has damaged at least fifty people in the church.
Lightning waved his fist freely, you deserve it!
Then she moved her gaze to the next shelling area.
"Attention, the enemy is passing through the twelfth area, can fire, repeat, can fire!"