One Piece: General Xuanming, Defeat the New World

"There is a village ahead, and there are residents in the village!"

The island is covered with jungles, and here Leonriel's abilities have grown considerably.

With the help of the forest's sensing, Leonriel's observation Haki decisively locked onto the village ahead and ordered the fleeing pirates to speed up.

He also understood the current situation clearly. The navy was just trying to wear him down bit by bit.

But if he turned around and fought to the death, he had not made up his mind.

Therefore, kidnapping hostages and forcing the navy to retreat became his only hope of survival.

"Don't waste time, just charge ahead. You'll survive if you get to the front!"

Leonril roared, and with three leaps and two bounds like a monkey, he arrived in front of the village.

The pirates behind him were naturally no ordinary people as they were able to survive the long pursuit of the navy. They immediately followed the captain's footsteps and ran towards the village entrance.

"Find good hostages and don't kill them all!"

Leonriel roared, and countless thorns grew wildly from the village land and surrounded the villagers.

"Pirates, they are pirates!!"

"The pirates are really here. Why are they really here?"

"Where are the navy? Where are those navy just now? Come on, save us... "

At this time, the villagers who happened to be in the village had no time to call for help before they burst into painful howls.

The sharp thorns had pierced their limbs and tied them to the ground, and the blood gradually dyed the thorns red.

Faced with the sudden appearance of pirates, they were pierced by thorns before they even had the chance to pick up their weapons.

Faced with a pirate with a bounty of over 400 million berries, their counterattacks weren't even enough to tickle him.

In less than a moment, all the villagers in the village were pierced like candied haws by Leonriel, and the screams were endless.

……

"There is no sign of migration in the village ahead. The villagers are all here. Leonriel didn't kill them. Sister Zhiya, what should we do?"

In mid-air, Anna saw clearly that the pirates were running for their lives as if they were grasping at a life-saving straw. In less than a minute, they had crossed a distance of a thousand meters and arrived at the entrance of the village.

At this distance, it was too late to stop it. After being bound by thorns, his life and death were hanging by a thread.

After weighing the pros and cons decisively, Anna told Zhiya about this matter as soon as possible.

"Huh...F**k, I'm really impressed. What are the navy responsible for evacuating people for?"

"Everyone, please stop the sneak attack. Maintain the second-level encirclement mode. Block the exits from the village. Team one will retreat, team two will be on alert, and team three will rest in place. Rotate every quarter of an hour."

Zhiya was originally a civilian general, and his military strength was far inferior to that of Gion Anna and the others. He was already out of breath after running with the troops for most of the day.

I thought I was about to succeed, but when I heard this news out of the blue, I was so angry that I burst into swearing.

After scolding, Zhiya gave orders decisively.

The second type of encirclement mode refers to a loose mode of encirclement, which maintains distance rather than pressing forward step by step. It is a siege strategy specially designed by the Navy Headquarters to deal with pirates kidnapping hostages.

In this situation, we naturally cannot take the initiative to attack. If we attack, the villagers will die, or the entire village will die.

The thorn fruit, this thing is not very effective in actual combat, but it is very useful for disgusting people.

Each thorn is like Leonril's arm. It can grow in any direction according to will, and it is as hard as iron and can also be attached with Armament Haki.

"Take a short break and stay alert!"

Zhiya had no choice but to hold his forehead and give the order. The original tactic of boiling the frog in water in one fell swoop had been declared bankrupt. Now the initiative was completely in the hands of the pirates.

Either they use hostages as conditions, or they try to buy some time and then break out, but either way it will cause huge casualties to the navy.

Unless we attack now regardless of the consequences and wipe out the Thorn Pirates at the cost of killing the villagers.

Zhiya thought a lot. She knew that sacrificing the hostages was the best option now, but the problem was that such an order would easily be opposed by naval officers and soldiers, and would also cause serious psychological damage to the navy carrying out the mission.

After arranging all this, Zhiya immediately questioned the navy members responsible for the evacuation.

After asking, Zhiya felt even angrier in his heart, not at the navy, but at those ignorant and even suicidal villagers.

The navy members did inform the villagers of the pirates' impending arrival, and the village chief had already decided to leave the village.

But there were a few elderly people in their eighties and nineties who refused to leave, saying that pirates were just an exaggeration.

These old men happened to be the elders of prestigious families in the village, so after a few visits, the entire village was reluctant to leave.

He also said something ridiculous like "There are more than a hundred young and middle-aged people in our village, but only a few pirates", and he just refused to leave.

After repeated dissuasion proved fruitless, the navy members could not possibly stay here and wait to die, so they had to retreat first.

"call……"

Zhiya forced himself to calm down before speaking to Den Den Mushi:

"You have already fulfilled the due procedures, leave the rest to me!"

"Oh!"

Putting down the Den Den Mushi, Zhiya punched the tree trunk beside him, feeling waves of nameless anger rising from his heart.

Zhiya has been helping Carsent with affairs in the navy for several years, and this is the first time he has seen such a stupid person.

"The navy is not after your money, and it is even less likely to seize your land and property. Why can't you trust the navy?"

"What a bunch of stupid guys!"

At this moment, Zhiya only felt his head buzzing, and a strong feeling of loss and even grievance surged in his heart.

"Identity covers everything!" This is the comment that Zhiya finds most difficult to accept.

Gion's sister, Lieutenant Tsuru's beloved disciple, Xuanming's adjutant, these identities seemed to completely erase Anna's personality and abilities.

Especially after Anna became Carsent's adjutant and Carsent was awarded the title of admiral candidate, other naval generals showed even more respect for Anna.

Zhiya knew very well that this was the honor brought by Carsente, not the respect he earned.

Zhiya has wanted to do something on her own countless times so that when outsiders mention Zhiya, they will no longer think "she is someone's or something", but "she is Zhiya!".

She was extremely eager to achieve something with her own identity and abilities so that she would not be completely overshadowed by the brilliance of others.

At first, Zhiya wanted to demonstrate his clerical ability by helping Kasente handle government affairs.

But soon, facts gave her a blow. The documents that the Navy Office could send to Carson's desk were all those unnecessary administrative tasks. They seemed busy, but it made no difference whether they were done or not.

After all, as a powerful lieutenant general, Carsent only needs to maintain his strength and power to accomplish everything that a "lieutenant general" should do excellently.