13 Mink Street

When Dinah walked into the commander's tent, she saw Karen bending over with a ruler and pen and working on a military map.

Beside Karen, two old men, Lister and Old White, stood. Stacks of information and documents were floating around them. Wherever Karen pointed and asked, they immediately gave out relevant data and information.

This scene couldn't help but make Dinah slightly dazed, and the scene when she was playing in Uncle Da'an's military tent as a child came to mind.

Karen straightened up and frowned.

The combat ideas have been developed and the plan has been decided. What Karen was doing just now was nothing more than re-doing the sand table deduction.

The result of the deduction made him feel a little heavy.

Compared with the previous battles that were won with minimal casualties, in this battle, even if the assault troops took advantage of the silent point of the Sinful Gun to complete the capture of the enemy's core area... the ultimate casualty price would be too little. Never too small.

After all, in essence, what he was fighting was not an offensive and defensive battle in the traditional sense. The overall strength of the garrison on the opposite side was actually equal to his own.

"well……"

At this level, you really have to adapt to recognizing casualties as simple numbers. This kind of cold-bloodedness is actually kind to most people in the legion.

Seeing that Karen was finished, Dana asked: "Commander, dinner is ready."

Karen waved his hand: "If you don't want to eat, I will order a group leader meeting."

"Yes, Commander!"

"No, forget it."

Dana stopped, waiting for Karen's final decision.

"Let's have dinner, I'm hungry."

"Okay, Commander."

While eating, Neo came in. He was not in a hurry to disturb Karen who was eating. Instead, he held the edge of the map with both hands and leaned over to look at the deduction traces made by Karen.

"You have no intention of hiding it at all. By the way, have you passed the core plan with the three army commanders?"

"No."

"Then don't tell them. Let them fight as a formal general offensive. Tell them, even if they subjectively don't know how, they will inevitably tend to preserve their strength when commanding."

"I'm really worried about this."

"You should be worried. Those three legions have just been assigned to the group army, and they are not your direct lineage of the Whip of Order legion. Sometimes, you have to lie when you should." After saying that, Neo said with a smile, "But let them They have to work hard so that they can act realistically. If their acting skills are not good and the other party sees it, I will be finished."

At this time, Dinah hurriedly ran into Karen's handsome tent. Karen thought she was here to collect the tableware, so she put down her chopsticks.

"Commander, official letter from the Whip of Order, the whip holder will come to our department tomorrow morning to inspect and express condolences."

"Um?"

Karen's first reaction was that he heard wrongly, because since he came to the front line, the whip holder has never contacted him alone, nor has he conveyed any instructions to him. Only Miguel will communicate with him. Say hello once in a while.

In this regard, the whip holder has always behaved very professionally and has no idea of ​​remote command or remote intervention.

But why did he suddenly come to the front line, and also to come to his own Ninth Army?

Dana repeated it, and Karen was sure it was true.

As the night got darker, the relevant situation gradually became clear.

It turns out that in order to implement peace and seek an armistice, the Desert God Cult and the Desert God Cult started a new round of negotiations today.

However, the representatives of the Desert God Cult and the Desert God Cult were not even qualified to enter the conference room. During the entire meeting, representatives from both sides sat face to face on the benches at the door of the conference room.

The people inside who were actually discussing matters were the representatives from the Order side and the representatives from the Allied Forces side.

But obviously, no one intends to stop the war now. They are just going through the motions wearing an "I Love Peace" hat.

If the order side really wants to seek an armistice, it will not send a whip bearer to take charge of negotiations. This is like asking the Minister of Agriculture to discuss education issues.

This meeting was kept highly confidential at first, but it must have started now, so it was declassified.

Since the high priest has sent the whip bearer here, he will definitely ask him to inspect the situation on the front line. On this basis, if the whip bearer deliberately fails to come to see the Whip of Order Legion, he will be said to be too deliberate.

Karen said to Murry: "Since the boss is coming, let's do a good job of entertaining him."

"Yes, Commander, I will make arrangements."

Neo was chewing a cigarette and asked: "Then the general attack originally planned to be launched tomorrow should be postponed?"

Karen shook his head without hesitation and said: "We can't postpone it. The lady on the opposite side has an extraordinary status. I'm afraid it will cause a chain reaction and lead to another incident at the Gun of Sin."

Neo smiled and said: "Then when the whip bearer comes tomorrow, won't it become a matter of asking the whip bearer to watch the battle?"

"Just watch the battle. This should be regarded as the highest level of hospitality, right?"

"Think about what you relied on to win this position from the whip holder. I said, are you really not afraid of being slapped flat by the whip holder tomorrow?"

"He won't."

"Maybe that's what makes him angrier."

"If you've been angry for a long time, you should get used to it."

"Haha, it's a pity that I have already died in the line of duty, otherwise I would really have to find an opportunity to remonstrate with the whip holder."

"Um?"

"Your boss has always been a high-risk profession. You must at least advise the whip holder to pay more attention to his own health."

…

After the meeting progressed to the next stage, two staff members came out of the conference room and sent a message to the two parties, Desert and Desert, who had been sitting outside.

The representatives from both sides finally ended the "fighting struggle" in their eyes, stood up and tidied their divine robes, and then entered the conference room.

The space in the conference room was large and divided into two sides. The desert representatives went to the coalition side, and the desert representatives went to the order side.

This meeting was held in their name. After completing a round of substantive consultations between the Order and the Coalition, they had to be called in to wrap up the meeting.

Obviously they are the protagonists of this war, but they have developed themselves into etiquette ladies.

Delius, the successor of the Palmires Cult, once asked Karen: Don’t weak religious sects have the right to freedom of belief?

But in this world, the eternal law is: weakness is original sin.

The remnants of the Bright God, the remnants of the Wall God Cult, as well as the various remnant elements that have been annexed and wanted by other orthodox religious sects, the belief in false gods, the belief in evil gods... all mean one thing: if you don't have a powerful religion behind you, Then you are not even qualified for freedom of belief.

The original number two figure of the Desert God Cult was captured alive by Karen's Whip of Order Legion, but his number one figure is still active.

At this time, he stood up, and in this brief movement of standing up, he had already completed his emotional brewing, his eyes were moist, and after he stood still, tears flowed just right.

The representatives of the coalition forces behind him adjusted their emotions and prepared to cooperate with the performance of Desert Number One.

The representatives of the Order side had curves in their mouths, and some even smiled directly.

The number one man in the desert said affectionately with a trembling voice:

"Now, please all of us stand and observe three minutes of silence for the desert believers who died due to the ruthless suppression of the desert."

On the coalition side, many representatives stood up.

On the order side, everyone habitually looked at the whip holder sitting at the top.

The whip bearer held a cigar in his hand. He didn't even look at the actor, let alone standing up.

Naturally, no one on the order side stood up.

On the coalition side, some people stood up slowly, but when they saw that the order side gave no feedback at all, some representatives, such as the Samsara Sect and the Moon God Sect, either half-bent or simply lowered their heads and pretended to be serious. Looking at the documents, he pretended not to hear the call to stand.

This is the current situation of the coalition. Although they have gathered many orthodox religious cults and more lower religious cults to fight against the order, this alliance is really too loose. It is so loose that many religious cults have even sent their forces to fight against the order in the desert. Order is fighting, but they still dare not violate the majesty of order openly.

At this time, the representative of the Night God Sect said: "My poor Pansenlov, he didn't even name you, he was just accusing the desert. I think believers of order who believe in the equality of everyone under order should stand up for those who died. People mourned.”

Foden put his cigar on the edge of the ashtray and said, "Now, let's observe three minutes of silence for all those who have died for the establishment of the Ordinance of Order since this era."

After speaking, Foden stood up.

Representatives of Order and its affiliated religious cults and affiliated forces all stood up quickly following the whip holder.

On the coalition side, the three-minute silence time has come, but few chose to sit down. Those who had not stood up or bent down before seemed to have some hearing delay at this time, and they did not know which side was responding to the silence. They all stood. got up.

The atmosphere in the conference room became a little weird.

When the time came, Foden sat down, and the whole audience heard the sound of sitting down.

Even the number one man in the desert was standing before, but now he is sitting down.

If the negotiator sent by Order was someone else, his desire to perform would be stronger, but this time Order sent a whip holder, and he was... a little scared.

Because he knew that if he really hated the whip holder to death, the whip holder would really have the ability to order his Whip of Order system to assassinate and behead him.

Next, it’s time to make a concluding statement before the end of the meeting.

On the coalition side, the representative of the Life God Sect spoke, and he said: "Order was the first to enter, so only if Order is the first to withdraw from here, is the real prerequisite for peace.

In addition, in this war, all religions suffered losses to a greater or lesser extent, and many people were killed or injured. Their pensions and compensation should also be borne by the order.

I think this is also a necessary way for order to show its sincerity for peace, and also a way to resolve war hatred. "

Foden did not stand up. He leaned slightly on his seat and responded directly:

"We, the Cult of Kosmos, entered the desert to maintain the "Ordinance of Order." The prerequisite for peace is that our Cult of Kosmos believes that there is no soil in the desert that violates the "Ordinance of Order" and that all criminals have been eliminated. After confirming this, Only then will order withdraw from this desert.

In addition, I am saddened by the casualties of your sect, and their demands should indeed be met. I also agree that this is a necessary way to resolve war hatred.

Therefore, please ask your sect to replace my order and provide compensation to the dead and injured in your sect. In this way, the hatred can be resolved. "

"You..." The representative of the God of Life's face turned red with anger, and he subconsciously pointed at the whip bearer sitting in the top position opposite, "Isn't this kind of order too overbearing? Isn't it true that we don't treat other gods like us?" Does the teacher take it seriously?"

Foden smiled and said:

"What we are discussing here today is about matters in the desert area. If anyone wants to extend the conflicts in the desert area outside, I welcome it."

Now,

I need to send a question to the representatives of the God of Life:

Is the God of Life questioning the responsibility of the God of Order to uphold the "Regulations of Order"? "

At the table where the coalition forces were sitting, many representatives had expressions of gloating on their faces.

It is true that with the power of the Order family and the affiliated religious religions and forces it controls, it is impossible to fight against the entire church circle, but it is also impossible for the church circle to unite closely to fight against Order, because even if It was when this most taken-for-granted condition was achieved that the Order was finally destroyed under the collective offensive of the Church Circle Alliance. However, the Order still had the ability to kill one, two or even three groups of opponents as its backing before its own destruction. Which church of God is willing to be this backer?

The representative of the Life God Cult finally gritted his teeth and said:

"The Cult of Life respects the responsibility of the Cult of Order to uphold the Regulations of Order."

After saying that, he sat down. He wanted to reply seriously. No diplomatic priest liked this humiliating feeling, but he knew that he was not qualified to represent his own religion outside the desert and officially start a confrontation with the order. .

Foden stood up and left, and everyone on the order side left in order.

On the coalition side, many representatives were sitting in their seats watching the scene on the opposite side. From the way they left the scene, it could be seen that Order had organized the forces of his faction in an orderly manner.

"Everyone, you will continue to be responsible for the following contacts and negotiations. My mission here has been completed. Next, I will leave first. Before departure, the high priest specifically told me to go to the front line to inspect and express my condolences. .”

The representatives present saluted Foden, who greeted them with a smile, and then got into his carriage. After Miguel closed the door, the smile on Foden's face disappeared.

He didn't want to come here, because he was sent here just to "waste time", but this was the order of the high priest, and he had to follow it.

Miguel picked up the blanket and covered the whip holder's knees. Augie next to him subconsciously moved his position.

She was actually embarrassed that as the owner of her frost dragon, she was actually afraid of the cold.

"Whip holder, the notification has been sent to the Ninth Army. We are about to teleport to the logistics supply base closest to the Ninth Army."

Foden nodded, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

After the carriage arrived at its destination, Auggie got out of the car, signaled the priests at the base who came to pay homage to the whip bearer to get out of the way, transformed into a dragon, lifted the carriage on which the whip bearer was sitting on his back, and then Fly towards the position of the Ninth Army.

Auggie actually felt a little excited at the thought of seeing Karen...no, Miss Dinah again soon.

…

"Tell me, should I arrange for the Falcon Knight to go in that direction to intercept the whip bearer?"

Karen looked at Neo and asked, "What to do?"

"Without military orders, outsiders are not allowed to enter. We will not allow anyone with a whip to come over. This will help you create an impression of strict military management."

"Do you think I can't die quickly enough?"

"No way, isn't this to give you extra impression points? Or, when the whip bearer arrives and summons the commanders of the group army for a meeting, I will ventilate the situation in advance. When the whip bearer asks everyone to sit down, they will all stand. , and then you say: Sit down. Everyone sits down, what do you think?"

"Oh, who do you think the commanders of the three regular regiments listen to? In our Whip of Order Corps, except for our direct lineage, people like my uncle's group will still obey the orders of the whip holder."

"There is always a way, it just depends on whether you want to be in the limelight. The female reporter is still in our military camp, just in time to capture and report."

"Want to take a photo of the body?"

"Don't be so pessimistic."

"Foden tolerates me and helps me supervise logistics and build momentum because in a certain respect, he, like me, has the overall interests of order in mind and is willing to make compromises for the overall interests of order.

Are you forcing him to violate his ethics and get it off for me? "

"Just kidding."

"You've been a little serious lately, assault force, are you sure you can still take it?"

"People with abnormal brains are more suitable for that position, right?"

"You go and urge each legion to enter the battlefield position, and I will greet the whip bearer."

"Okay, go ahead."

Karen looked at Kangna, who turned into a bone dragon and flew away with Karen.

Soon, two high-blooded dragons, one big and one small, met in the air.

Although Auggie was bigger, Conner was not at a disadvantage in terms of momentum.

"Get down there, Connor."

Connor transformed into human form and landed on Auggie's back with Karen.

Miguel stepped out of the carriage and smiled at Karen, who smiled back at him and then got into the carriage.

As soon as he sat down, Karen heard Foden's voice:

"you lied to me."

Even Karen, who had long been prepared to be held accountable, felt her pressure suddenly increase upon hearing such a direct question.

However, Karen immediately adjusted her mentality and used a very clichéd but realistic reason:

"Whip holder, I'm guilty. I thought I could control myself, but... I'm still too young."

"Hehehe..."

This kind of words is usually used by elders when educating younger ones, but Karen used it directly on herself, and Foden laughed.

He originally had a lot to say, and he wanted to give a good beating to this young man who dared to deceive himself and take away military power from him, and then came to the front line and immediately started "acting wildly".

Moreover, this kind of beating can give him a lot of strange happiness;

There are even many examples to follow. After all, in the past few decades, he has been beaten in various ways by that person, and he has accumulated rich experience in being beaten.

However, Foden just started:

"After this step, it's almost done. Next, we still have to be steady..."

When he said this, Foden looked through the car window and saw the neatly lined legion phalanxes below.

In this world, there is no truly omniscient and omnipotent being. Foden does not understand military affairs, so after seeing this scene, he subconsciously thought that this was a welcoming scene arranged by Karen for him.

"It's a bit too much. You are not of such a frivolous nature."

"Please forgive me. It is true that your prestige in our army is too high. Knowing that you are coming to offer condolences and inspection, the whole army is extremely excited."

"Ah."

Foden stood up and left his seat, stepped off the carriage, stood on the edge of the dragon's back, and stared at the military appearance below.

Miguel stepped forward and said, "Whip Holder, this shows that everyone has you in their hearts."

Foden said: "Okay, that's it."

"As commanded, whip bearer."

Karen took out a piece of black paper with his own stamp, and the paper automatically folded into a black crow and flew downward.

The order was given.

After a while, instead of returning to camp, all the military formations below continued to advance outward. At the same time, the sound of attacking military horns continued to sound.

Miguel was immediately stunned: "You, you, Commander Karen, you..."

He couldn't imagine that this was the welcome ceremony Karen prepared for the whip bearer.

Miguel: Is he crazy? Knowing that when the whip holder is here, what kind of political turmoil will be caused if any accident occurs during the war? How will the high priest and the Holy See view this operation?

This is simply a political kidnapping of the whip holder!

It had been many years since he had been coerced by his subordinates, but Foden was not angry or angry, but his eyes were slightly focused. He looked at Karen and said calmly:

"Do you know what the consequences will be if someone loses the battle while I'm here?"

Karen replied:

"I only know that because you are here, this battle is won."

Foden pointed to the carriage behind him and said: "This time, if you lose, I will let you come back from the front line and become a carriage driver."

Karen lowered his head and remained silent.

Foden pointed to the horses pulling the cart and continued:

"If you win, I will take the reins off you."