The most half of the year is a wasted journey, without waves or twists and turns, everything is accompanied by the imaginary dreams of dreams.

Many things you think will happen are actually contrary to the results, and it feels like you are being played by fate. Even if you shout that it is unreasonable, you can never change the current situation.

Stepping onto the teleportation array that returned to the Gadavia defense line, Xia Lan finally looked back at the familiar scenery around her, and disappeared with regret and helplessness.

Not long after, in the market teahouse where the newly built pier in the headland, in the noisy environment of fish and dragons, two inconspicuous people were whispering in the corner.

"He's gone?"

“Confirm.”

"What a pity. If you give him some more time, you might be able to find us."

"How can he get to where he is today without any ability or means?"

"If the action plan was not allowed, I really wanted to meet this famous Silver White Holy Sword."

“There will be a chance in the future.”

"What I worry about is that there is no future."

"It's true."

“How is the operational deployment arrangement?”

“Everything is ready.”

"Let's check it carefully later. We have been preparing for this operation for a whole year, and we must not miss it!"

"I know the outcome of failure."

After a while, the two left the teahouse and mixed into the vast crowd and disappeared.

People like this have appeared in different places. One thing in common is that there is a teleportation array arranged by the church in each place. The tranquility before the storm and the darkness before dawn are always silent and have been accumulating for a long time.

Virlans, this is the base camp of the Gadavian defense line, and it is also the central node connecting various teleportation arrays on the mainland. Therefore, its importance is self-evident. The Holy Church even stationed the Holy Grail Knights, one of the three major knights, to be responsible for guarding, and the rigor is second only to the Revelation Mountain.

As soon as Xia Lan was teleported out, there was a dedicated person to greet her. She left the special passage directly without complicated procedures. The materials and soldiers transported from various places did not have this convenience. They had to conduct strict security inspections and searches at all levels to ensure that everything was normal before they could be released, for fear that someone in the Heather Empire would sneak into the secretly and carry out terrorist attacks.

After completing the report at the Supreme Command Center, Xia Lan did not go to Meilong Military Town to take up his post as soon as possible because he had to meet someone.

"Green! It's been a long time no see!"

In the worship hall of the local church, Fernantes wore a normal sacrificial wardrobe and smiled at Xialan with a kind attitude.

"Yes, sir, I wonder if your health is going to be good recently?"

Facing the old man in front of him who regarded him as his confidant, Xia Lan has always been respectful.

"Haha! Why do you and me say these polite words? Do you know why I asked you to come?" Fernantes said with a straightforward temper as usual.

"Is it related to the upcoming winter offensive of the Holy Church?" Xia Lan said.

"That's right!" Fernantes praised his eyes, "But do you know what I want to ask?"

Xia Lan shook her head, but he had a rough guess in his mind.

"This winter offensive is likely to be a trap that the Heather Empire deliberately seduces us." Fernantes said in a surprising way.

"Since you know it's a trap, why didn't you stop the Holy Temple's operation this time?" Xia Lan said in a daze.

"After all, this is just my personal opinion. When the Supreme Cardinal Corps decided on this operation, most of the pastoral capitals tended to pursue the victory, because according to the information returned by the secret spies on the front line, there was indeed a problem of insufficient stamina within the Heather Empire. The consequences of multi-line combat were finally exposed during a long battle." Fernantes sighed: "In addition, after solving the problem of supply of materials and soldiers, the successive victory of the Heather Empire made everyone full of confidence in the future. Continuing to stick to the Gadavian defense line is no longer applicable to the strategy at this time."

"Did they forget how the battle between Kelan Mountain, which was evenly matched, was defeated miserably?" Xia Lan said in a deep voice. "Once the Heather Empire shrinks its troops and concentrates all its strength before coming to a grand battle with the Holy Temple, it is unknown who will win!"

"It's different from the past. The situation in front of us undoubtedly has the advantage. We who have learned a lesson will never allow us to fail again!" Fernantes shook his head. "The Supreme Command Center has repeatedly deduced the details of countless winter offensives and considered all possible accidents. The result is that our winning rate is as high as more than 70%, and this 70% chance of victory is enough to make people take risks!"

"The winning rate of 70% is indeed full of temptation, and even I can't refuse it." Xia Lan said.

"This time you go to the Merrón Military Town to take office, I only ask you for a little bit, not to make contributions but to no mistakes!" Fernantes suddenly said with a serious expression. "Change your original style on the battlefield, do everything step by step as much as possible, and do it with caution."

"You hope that I can save my strength and restore the situation in time if an accident occurs and minimize the losses of the church as much as possible?" Xia Lan made a pass at the corner.

"That's right! Green! I've read you right!" Fernantes said with relief.

"Sir, I'm too proud. Wellands has you in a position to stay calm. I believe you can guarantee that no matter how bad the situation occurs!" Xia Lan complimented.

"Okay, okay! Go back and be prepared to take office, don't forget my advice." Fernantes waved his hand.

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Xia Lan is not unfamiliar with leading the army to fight, but she is a little familiar with it. Unfortunately, he lacks top military aides like Berrant, and he can no longer create all kinds of miracles on the battlefield like before.

Fortunately, Fernantes asked him not to make a quick move, which happened to fit his mind. Therefore, after the order of the winter offensive was issued, the Seventh Legion of the Expeditionary Force led by Xia Lan performed in a normal manner. Compared with other legions that shone brightly on the battlefield, it was like an alien, shocking everyone's attention. After all, Xia Lan's reputation was too loud, and such actions were really not in line with his previous style.

Shortly after the winter offensive began, the war situation unfolded in an orderly manner under the deduction simulation of the Supreme Command Center. As the Heather Empire retreated step by step, the balance of victory began to tilt completely towards the temple. It won't take long before the temple could drive all the imperial team out of the Brunswick-Sarus area and completely achieve the first phase of strategic plan!

But can the Holy Church really get what it wants?

The marching was less than 600 miles in most of the month, and the number of enemies was wiped out was less than 1,000. This is the achievement given by Xia Lan's 7th Legion. Those who do not know about it thought he was fighting passively, and those who know him would be regretting his depravity.

"Your Highness! Please forgive me for your courage to ask, why have you delayed your time and deliberately not fought these days?"

In the handsome tent, Chief Aide Tolanzman stared at Xia Landao, who was sitting in a chair in front of him leisurely reading books.

Shortly after the war, he and other staff members saw that their legendary commander was trying to avoid the war. All suggestions on taking the initiative were rejected, and they often deliberately slowed down their marching speed on the grounds of preventing sneak attacks. The only result was that a defeated army accidentally bumped into them. Otherwise, they would have become a joke for all their colleagues without any results. Of course, they are already a joke now.

No one thinks that Xia Lan's strange behavior is the reason for his cowardly battle. As a candidate son of the Holy Church, he is even less likely to be an enemy spy, otherwise he would be sent to the stolen stand at the beginning of the review.

Seeing that the friendly forces continued to expand their results, the soldiers almost reached the Brunswick-Sarus area. If this continues, they may be marching swayingly.

Now that the officers and staff who really can't stand the status quo, they finally united and jointly launched Tolanzman as the spokesperson for the military's will to question Xia Lan!

"I thought you would ask this question very early, but I didn't expect it to be until now."

Xia Lan glanced at the corner of her eyes, then casually put down the biography novel in her hand.

"Your Highness, we just want an explanation." Tolanzman said in a deep breath.

"When the winter offensive is about to come to an end, the empire's defeat is a foregone conclusion. As soldiers, you are naturally unwilling to be lonely... But have you ever thought of a question?" Xia Lan stared at Tolanzmann and asked without answering, "What if the empire launches a Jedi counterattack and there is a major defeat on the front line?"

"Impossible!" Tolanzman said firmly: "According to the deduction of the Supreme Command Center..."

"Don't talk about irrelevant topics, I'll just ask you, what if the front line is really defeated?" Xia Lan interrupted the other party's speech rudely.

"I……"

Perhaps it was influenced by the power shown by Xia Lan, or perhaps because of the consequences of Xia Lan's raising the question, a trace of cold sweat suddenly flowed out of Tolanzman's face and he no longer spoke smoothly.

"In order to prevent this situation, I must protect the living forces of this legion to restore the bad situation caused by the great defeat!" Xia Lan said coldly.

"What if there was no major defeat on the front line?" Tolanzmann said unwillingly.

"Then we can celebrate this victory as much as possible." Xia Lan said in a plain tone: "I have won countless victories before, but in the end, none of them can change the end of the retreat of the temple. Since others can turn the situation around for the temple through victory, why should I seize their credit?"

"Your Highness, you are really noble." Tolanzman said helplessly.

"I hope that this operation of the Holy Temple can achieve complete victory!" Xia Lan seemed to be muttering to herself. "But why am I still restless..."

"Report! Emergency military information comes from the front line!"

As soon as the words were finished, a loud voice suddenly came from outside the tent.
Chapter completed!