Two days later, Zero returned to Phoenix. The first thing he said when he entered the city was to say to Brown: "Quick, get ready, Hart should be calling soon."
Without saying a word, Brown left to check the defensive positions outside the city and prepare for the final battle. In the past two days, Zero went around the main battle area of the Parliament and the Hall of Valor, and fought several battles in a row. It can be regarded as a breakthrough in this war, and at the same time, he is making up his mind for Hart. He planned to attract Hart's attention to Phoenix City. If Hart used all his troops to fight, then Zero would be more than happy to fight with him, so as to determine the outcome in one battle and avoid many unnecessary temptations and entanglements. .
Of course, this is also a gamble for Zero. He was betting on Hart's personality. Judging from the information on large and small battles provided by Saul before, Hart, a young general, was strict in military tactics, occasionally adventurous, but more often cautious. It is difficult for such an opponent to defeat him in a short period of time, so Zero wandered through several theaters in two days, killing thousands of enemies, using this method to stimulate Hart, and at the same time gave him a chance to turn around and go first. Deal with your own reasons.
If Hart allowed Phoenix City to continue like this, his rear would be in jeopardy. Both he and his generals would try their best to deal with Phoenix City's problems first. However, there is a high probability that Hart will not use his entire army. Apart from his usual caution, it is also because of the covetousness of the other side of the Hall of Valor.
Of course, Zero is also ready for another move. If all of Hart's army was dispatched, he would simply abandon Phoenix City and directly attack the opponent's frontline base, Nilu City. Occupying Niru City is undoubtedly a huge blow to Hart, after all Hart cannot take away all the supplies in the city. Once these supplies are lost, Hart can only ask for help from Eternal Night City. Before the arrival of new supplies, Zero doubts whether he can survive the joint siege of himself and Thor!
On the chessboard, the pieces have already fallen, and now it's up to Hart to make the next move.
In Nilu City, there was a loud voice coming from the command building, and people outside the building could clearly hear the roar of a certain general. After Zero attacked several war armies, Hart held an impromptu meeting in the building, and some war zone generals hurried back. Even if he couldn't get away, he would send an adjutant over to participate in the meeting. At the meeting, Hart pointed out that it was time for the city of Phoenix to dispose of the fishbone that had entered the parliamentary army. On this point, most of the generals agreed, but on the details of how to deal with the fishbone, the generals from the Augustus family and the parliamentary army disputed because of disagreements.
Hart sat on the main seat, swaying the red wine in the glass. The scene of the generals spitting was reflected in the light of the wine. Rein wanted to stop it several times, but Hart stopped him with a smile. Hart just let the generals express their views, and only when they were tired from arguing, he lazily said: "Everyone, the threat of Dawn City cannot be ignored, and we cannot stand a war on two fronts. So Phoenix City, we must retake it, and make sure our rear is out of the enemy's sight, there can be no doubt about that."
"The crux of what everyone was arguing about just now is nothing more than worrying that we will give the Hall of Valor a chance to pick up a bargain when we all come out." Hart put down the wine glass, stood up and came to the long table. Supporting the table with both hands, leaning forward, he said with a faint smile, "I thought of an interesting plan, which can buy you a few days. General Duss, with you as the commander in chief, we will be responsible for leading our army to attack Phoenix City." .Constantine will be your adjutant, and he and the four black knights will be in charge of entertaining the opponent's tenth-level powerhouse. But before you act, you must first follow my plan to ensure that that boy Saul is honest. Stay in Ligo City for a few days."
On this day, after the combat meeting ended, there were signs of mobilization of troops in various theaters. All information indicated that the Dark Council would make a big move next. On the Phoenix City side, after Zero came back, he scouted everywhere, and Zero even sent Moby Lake out. These Mobireks are undoubtedly the most brilliant spies, they can fly high in the sky, and at the same time transmit what they see directly to Zero Learning through the core.
In this way, Zero's intelligence network almost covered the sky and the ground. In the large net he cast, you can see the parliamentary army withdrawing from various theaters, gathering, and then dividing into several fronts. Interspersed with each other to cover each other, like an undercurrent in the sea, rushing towards Jericho City where the headquarters of the Hall of Valor army is located. Hart's move made it clear that he was going to have a big battle with Sol. If it was in the past, it would not be surprising yes. But it seemed strange that he chose this point of time.
Hart would choose Jericho instead of Phoenix. No matter how you look at it, it is incomprehensible. After all, most people would give up the hard to find the easy, but Hart did the opposite.
At the beginning, Zero also suspected that Hart was just a feint, but in fact the main target was Phoenix City. But in the next two days, many battles broke out on the marching route of the parliamentary army. Among them, they crossed two theaters controlled by the Hall of Valor and swallowed up the troops of the two theaters. Everything showed that Hart's move was a Determined to win!
After approaching the city of Jericho, the front of the parliamentary army began to diverge, like the undercurrent of the ocean, turning into several streams and approaching the city of Jericho in an enveloping manner. In this way, Zero's intelligence network is somewhat loaded. After all, Hart dispatched an army of up to 100,000 this time. Such a huge army can still be monitored when it is gathered together. Once it is divided, the scouts are not enough. used.
What's more, scouts were eliminated every day. When the army approached Jericho, Zero could only rely on Mobylake to continue scouting. As a result, he lost a lot of data, and he could only observe a general action framework of the parliamentary army. On the fifth day after the parliamentary army was dispatched, the war surrounding the city of Jericho broke out!
Sol is desperately taking back the troops distributed in various theaters. As for the city of Jericho, it can only rely on the original defenders and his legions to resist for the time being. An opportunity to mobilize an army. By the time he found out that Hart was determined to attack Jericho, he was already several steps behind.
It's just that Jericho City has become a fortress under Sol's control, and coupled with the bravery of the Destruction Legion, it is not easy to take down the city within a day or two. Sol can also support the troops in other theaters to gather, and then organize a counterattack. As a result, the center of gravity of the war quietly slipped to the side of Jericho, and Phoenix City was calm instead.
This was completely unexpected, and the only thing that made him guess was Hart's cautious style. He left an army of about 5,000 people to guard Nilu City for himself. The number of this army is relatively small, but it is not a problem to guard it for a day or two, so Zero does not want to mobilize the army at this time Go raid Nilu City.
In this unpredictable war, a miscalculation may bring a devastating blow. He decided to observe it for a few more days. After the general offensive on the first day, the parliamentary army began to use a stepped attack. Several groups of their soldiers attacked in turn. In this way, the pressure on Jericho City was relatively small, but the battle continued around the clock, and the flames of war burned outside the high walls of Jericho City almost without interruption.
Even the abyssal black knight once appeared on the stage and attacked the city in one fell swoop with a strong attack, but was blocked back by the strong men from the Hall of Valor. However, the presence of the black knight of the abyss made Jericho's defense not optimistic. And all of this was transmitted through the eyes of several Mobylakes to Zero's hands in the other Phoenix City.
In the next two days, the Abyssal Black Knight did not appear, but an invisible pressure was formed, so that Sol did not dare to throw tenth-order heroic warriors on the battlefield rashly, in case the Abyssal Black Knight took the opportunity to make a surprise attack. So stalemate until the third day, the army of the Hall of Valor completed the work of gathering from the war zone, and Sol began to prepare for the counterattack.
However, on the fifth day, the scouts of Phoenix City suddenly discovered that a large army had secretly appeared in the wilderness only 300 kilometers away from Phoenix City. At their speed, they will arrive in Phoenix in two hours! When this message was sent to the command building, zero knew that Hart had finally made his move.
"There are 50,000 people!" Brown couldn't help being startled when he got the enemy's data from Zero, and shouted: "How is this possible? The main force of the council is now in Jericho, how can they still Take out fifty thousand people 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, tapped the tactical board and said: "I still remember that when the entire army of the parliamentary army advanced, they did not merge into one army, but divided into several fronts to advance like this. After arriving in Jericho, the whole army raid was launched on the first day, but from the second day onwards, the parliament has carried out echelon-style battles in turn. Obviously, this is not for the sake of exhausting Sol and the others, but for the sake of secrecy Divide up."
"Secretly divide the troops?" Berrien nodded and said, "I understand. Using the attack on the city of Jericho as a cover, in fact, every time we take action, some soldiers are drawn away and moved towards us. The frequency of the attack The number of times and the lengthening of the battle line are all used to distract Thor's attention, so that he does not notice the reduction in the number of opponents' unit attack frequency, which is very clever."
"Now is not the time to praise our opponents. Fortunately, we didn't hold back and attacked Neil City, otherwise the situation would have been worse." Brown said.
Zero stall said: "This is not exactly what we want, but Hart is indeed powerful. Using this method to deceive the army of the Hall of Valor back, at this time, whether Sol wants to attack Nilu City or support us, time is not enough." It's too late. Obviously, both the number of troops and the camp of the strong are almost the same as the Hall of Valor, but Hart used this time difference tactic to fight on two fronts at the same time. The Augustus family has a very remarkable successor."
"Then, let's go and welcome the guests."
There are quite a few guests.
Standing on the towering dam wall of Phoenix City, without using binoculars, you can see the army on the other side of the wilderness, facing Phoenix City far away. The dense figures almost occupy every corner of the land . The parliamentary army did not rush to attack, but camped and rested, checked the chariots and guns, and made it clear that they would attack Phoenix City in a thunderous manner.
Standing on the wall like Zero was General Morgan, every wrinkle on the old general's face was twisted together. With the army of the parliamentary army pressing down on the border, the thing he was most worried about finally happened, and now he can only see if Ling can keep Phoenix City as he said. Otherwise, the fate of him and the residents in the city would not be so optimistic.
The Dark Council has never been known for its benevolence.
The thousands of surrendered troops from the council before were allotted a machine gun and some ammunition at this moment, and everyone gathered at the gate of the city with an ugly expression on their faces. Brown looked at them and said, "Your colleagues are outside, but next, you have to fight for this city. Believe me, they will never show mercy just because you are former colleagues, even if the soldiers are unwilling to do so." Do it, and the commanding officer of the council will issue an order to kill you."
"You can resent me, resent our commander. But unfortunately, this will not change your ending. When the war breaks out, everyone's fate is already doomed. If I were you, I would Temporarily let go of the resentment in my heart, fight with all my strength, and use all means to survive. After all, only by surviving can I continue to hate and take revenge. Otherwise, a corpse is nothing!"
Brown looked at the thousands of eyes below and said: "We are a little more merciful than the parliament. After this battle, as long as you are not dead, you can leave. Of course, you can still get a little subsidy. So, live as much as possible." Come down."
After finishing speaking, he nodded his head, the gate of Phoenix City opened, and the surrendered army drove out of the city. They will be the first line of defense against the city, or no doubt, against this descending army. No matter what kind of orders the commanders of the parliament give are inappropriate, it is absolutely impossible to let them go. Shooting them will make the parliament bear the name of injustice, which will shake the morale of the army to some extent.
This is also what Zero hopes, as he once said, he will do everything in war, even if he can only pry the cornerstone of the enemy army off a little bit, he will do it. Similarly, as the person who made this decision, he must bear the lives and crimes of these thousands of people. And all of this will be more in the future, not less.
War is never just.
Even in the name of justice, what is piled up behind it is also a mountain of crime!
In the afternoon, the parliamentary army began to attack. The first to approach Phoenix City was the formed tank corps, followed by the infantry corps, followed by missile tanks in twos and threes. As for the Scarlet Knight, I have never seen it, let alone the Abyss Black Knight. Obviously, this first wave of attack can only be regarded as a tentative offensive. After all, the infantry regiment dispatched is only about one division. However, on the garrison of the parliament, there are still four complete divisions standing still!
As the parliamentary army approached, the inexplicable pressure was like the low pressure before a storm, making people feel a little breathless. Especially for the parliamentary surrender after the fortifications, their pressure is even greater. Behind them are the shining muzzles of the soldiers of Dawn City, and in front of them are the silhouettes of former comrades in robes. They are sandwiched between two giant beasts, seemingly insignificant.
Finally, some surrendered soldiers couldn't help but jumped out from behind the fortifications, ran forward a few steps and shouted: "Don't fire, we are parliamentary soldiers!"
Afterwards, soldiers emerged from the fortifications one after another, probably in the hundreds. With a gloomy face, Brown stood on the top of the wall to give the order to shoot, but was stopped by Zero, who just said flatly, "Wait a while."
The soldiers of the parliamentary army stopped advancing, and the soldiers who followed the tank looked at their commander hesitantly. A captain said in a deep voice: "Shoot them!"
In fact, this issue had already been approved by General Duss, the commander-in-chief of the army, before the war started. General Duss was born in the Scarlet Knights, and belonged to the team of the parliamentary army system. It is far more appropriate for him to issue this order than Hart. After all, when people mentioned Hart, they first thought of the next successor of the Augustus family, and then the major general of the parliament.
General Duce has no position. His order is the will of the parliament. Therefore, all junior officers would not hesitate about this, but right now the captain yelled a few words, but none of the soldiers did anything. The captain snorted, jumped out of the chariot, took the machine gun from the soldier's hand and fired towards the front. The tongue of fire spewed hot metal bullets, shooting more than a dozen people into a sieve.
Now that the officers had already made their move, the soldiers naturally had no position to stand by and watch. After a burst of shooting, those surrendered soldiers who dared to walk out of the fortifications turned into corpses. They gave their lives to warn others that the Parliament would never accept them again. If you want to survive, you can only follow what Brown said, after this battle is over!
As a tank adjusted the angle of its muzzle, there was a bang, and a burst of flames exploded on the defensive position of Phoenix City, thus kicking off the war.
Even at the most intense stage of the war between the Council and the Hall of Valor, Phoenix City never tasted the flames of war. But now, the flaming waves of fire have licked its walls more than once. Zero stands at the most obvious position on the city wall, as bright as a flag, so at least one-third of the artillery fire from tanks and guided missile vehicles is directed at his position.
However, no matter whether it is the cannon of the tank or the missiles that drag the flame tail, they will be intercepted when they come to a place about ten meters above the zero section of the city wall. Fireworks exploded in the air!
More flames and explosions raged in the defensive positions. The surrendered soldiers in the fortifications had the consciousness of fighting. They pointed their guns at their former comrades. The tongues of flame vent the anger in each other's hearts.
The heavy artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns on the wall were not idle either. Whether it was the gunner or the fireman, they pressed the shells and bullets to the enemy troops approaching from below. In this war-torn battlefield, death is happening every second. At this moment, there is no mercy, only cruelty!