The Face Changing Warrior

Chapter 191 The Prelude to the Climax

Just this winter.

The most decisive battle of the Second Holy War, which people later called the "Sandwich Biscuit" battle, finally began.

After a tense arrangement, the Roland coalition began a large-scale retreat from the Pamir Plain!

Although Tiger has lost confidence in this war, as the coach (at least in name he is still), Tiger still meticulously arranged the retreat of this hundreds of thousands of troops!

Since it is a retreat, there is always someone who has to stay behind... With all kinds of mentality, there has been another debate on the issue of who will leave behind.

This time Tiger did not participate in the argument, he just sat there with a sneer, watching these people arguing coldly.

The last to be left behind was the infantry regiment of the Goethe Kingdom.

The army, which has been called the second-rate infantry in the Roland coalition since the war, has been entrusted with the important task-the important task of staying and dying!

After leaving behind the infantry regiment of 30,000 Goths, Tiger took his Royal Knights of the Sauron Kingdom and the Magician Guard, and retreated first...

As for the other troops-Tiger didn't want to care anymore. As for the Goethe Infantry Regiment who was in charge of the severance, Tiger didn't believe that they could complete the task brilliantly-Goethe would not be so brave! They will probably surrender!

"Wait for death, everyone should wait for death!" Tiger's eyes were gloomy, and he rode on the horse to watch the big camp that is gradually going away behind him: "This is basically a war for us to die!"

Milo is an excellent general-setting aside other prejudices, he does have his strength.

Under his leadership, the Imperial Legion without Thor's Whip began to pursue the Roland people.

Milo didn't invest all his troops at once. At first, he just sent a few troops in a careful sense to harass the opponent's retreat and delay the opponent's pace as much as possible.

It is no longer a wise move to fight the opponent decisively now.

Consume it! It takes time! Consume your energy, consume your food!

The Goethe Infantry Regiment in charge of the Roland Allied Forces surrendered two days later. Thirty thousand people became prisoners of war...

All this is in Tiger's calculations-no matter what, the 30,000 prisoners of war can always delay the pursuit of the Light Empire Legion...

But the next thing made Tiger...or all Roland people terrified!

Overnight, 30,000 prisoners of war were ordered to be massacred by Milo!

Although many officers in the Imperial Army did not support Milo's approach, and even many people objected to Lord Duke-but Lord Duke never showed up, and just said lightly in the tent: "Go ask General Milo!"

Overnight, all 30,000 Roland prisoners who had been disarmed were executed. Milo surrounded the prisoners in the original Roland barracks, and then sent a group of heavy cavalry to start rushing to kill... that night. The sound lasted all night, and the blood stained the soil of the plain red...

Milo had no idea of ​​cleaning up the battlefield at all, and ordered a fire to burn down the Roland camp and the corpses.

Many empire officers in Jinguang disliked Milo's actions, but they could not object to Milo's words: "If we take these 30,000 prisoners of war, we will have to spend at least 20,000 to look after them! We don't have that many people! It is even more impossible Leave 20,000 soldiers on the plain to waste on these prisoners of war!"

Milo's last sentence was very simple: "There is no kindness to the aggressor!"

Because of Milo's harassment along the way, the Roland people retreated very slowly-their precious luggage remained behind, and the only remaining supplies were the Roland people's only thing now.

Milo was very clever and didn't let the army really fight the Roland people. Several light cavalry harassed each other back and forth, making the Roland people uneasy. But the really big army marched steadily behind...

This guy has used the "drag" knack to the fullest!

When the tired steps of the Roland people finally reached the southern part of Thunder City, five full days had passed - this was already done in the state of their best efforts.

Faced with the holy knights in the city, Tiger was not surprised at all.

Sure enough, the Holy Knights had not been able to **** Thunder City back—this was normal.

Looking at the tulip flag flying over the city, Tiger had a ridiculous thought in his heart-he was just a bystander, and the dilemma in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with him!

The dying struggle is still necessary.

Facing the difficult situation, the Roland people finally fought hard.

No matter which kingdom’s army is, at this moment, they finally got their last courage and launched an assault towards the thundering city with the tulip flag flying...

They were greeted by sharp arrows and rocks!

What is ridiculous is that those arrows, and even the food used by the Thunder God's Whip army in Thunder City at this moment, are originally hoarded by the Roland people in Thunder City!

Thus, a strange battle began.

Roland's army was caught between Thunder City and Milo's army. In front of the Roland people, the thundering city wall launched a fierce battle, and behind the Roland people, Milo's army launched an attack.

Frankly speaking, if you simply rely on the tens of thousands of Thor's whips in Thunder City to face the siege of hundreds of thousands of Roland's army, and the sharp wizard team of Roland...it will be a matter of breaking the city!

But Milo, behind the Roland people, really caused them a headache.

If Roland can be given a month, Tiger is confident that this war can be resolved under Thunder City!

Milo's army has left the line of defense on the plain. In a wide area, his superior force can completely defeat Milo! But that takes time!

Although Thunder City was strong, the tens of thousands of Thunder God's whips were garrisoned, facing hundreds of thousands of Rolanders, it was obviously too thin. Tiger is confident to take Thunder City within...days, but the problem is: time!

The food in the army has only been enough for two days.

Two days...

Tiger couldn't help laughing wildly. What's next? Go hungry first, and then start to kill war horses, eat horse meat, and lose their war horses. The hungry holy knights may not even be able to beat the opposing elite heavy infantry regiment...

Then again? Start eating people? ?

Hahaha... That's ridiculous! Ridiculous! !

Four days after the Sandwich Biscuit Battle, the Roland army announced its abandonment!

After the envoys of the two sides negotiated back and forth for a day, the commander of the Army of the Bright Empire, Duke Tulip, announced that he would accept the terms of surrender and promise not to slaughter prisoners of war.

In the winter of this year, the second holy war which lasted two months ended.

Under Thunder City (south), the 500,000 Rolandites surrendered to the Bright Empire.

The Northern Theater Corps of the Bright Empire accepted the surrender of the Rolandites. In this battle, the 800,000 army of the Roland people invaded south, except for nearly 300,000 who died in the war, and all the rest became prisoners of war.

The Empire also paid a heavy price for this war!

In addition to the war costing nearly tens of millions of gold coins, the more than 400,000 legions in the northern theater had only less than 300,000 remaining after the war. Among them, the flame warrior group of the gods lost 30,000, the northern legion lost nearly 100,000, and the elite Thor's whip, the number of people dropped sharply from 50,000 before the war to less than 30,000.

Most of the losses of Thor's Whip were killed in the final siege of Roland in the final "Sandwich Biscuit" battle.

The empire won time and finally won the war!

Under Thunder City, hundreds of thousands of Roland troops, including the Holy Knights, have all laid down their weapons. Under the supervision of the 50,000 heavily armed infantry of the Northern Legion and 20,000 Thor's Whips, they are concentrated in their original barracks. among. The food and supplies needed every day are provided directly from Thunder City.

At the call of His Majesty, Zieg was left as the front commander. Under the **** of Ten Thousand Thor's Whips, Duke Tulip cooperated with the Northern Legion Commander Milo to return to the imperial capital!

The only unusual thing is that even in the ceremony of accepting the surrender of the Rolandites, Duke Tulip, the supreme commander of the Bright Empire army, did not show up. It was Zieg and Miro who came forward to accept the surrender of the opponent.

Milo took the sword in the hands of Tiger, the commander of the Roland coalition forces, and it was Zieg who signed the surrender letter!

Under the tight **** of 10,000 Thor's Whips, the cavalry nervously escorted around a completely sealed carriage and marched towards the imperial capital...

Looking at the tightly airtight carriage, the worries of the soldiers of the Empire gradually emerged.

Is the rumor true? Our great commander, Lord Duke, is really seriously ill...

Under the emperor's intentional arrangement, the original welcome ceremony of the imperial capital was not carried out-the date of Duke Tulip's triumph in the "newspaper" was simply fake! Tens of thousands of civilians in the imperial capital and admirers of the Duke of Tulip rushed into the air... The disappointed and angry crowd almost tore the soldiers of the police station to pieces, and the Duke of Tulip's motorcade quietly entered the night before. The gate of the imperial capital...

The Duke Tulip did not attend the grand banquet in the palace. According to the official version of the Empire, Lord Duke was injured in the battle and needs to be recuperated at home.

In that grand celebration banquet, Miró, as the only highest general of the Northern Theater to attend, threw the limelight. In the face of the flattering ministers of the imperial capital, Milo’s good noble education made him behave appropriately, noble and modest, and perfected the image of a loyal and brave young general in the empire...

Watching his nephew being guarded by the crowd, he saw the smile on his face sitting there. The Marquis of Caroline finally breathed a sigh of relief...The turning point of the Lionheart family finally passed.

Taking advantage of the banquet, the Marquis of Caroline pulled Miró aside and asked Miró carefully about the injury of the Duke of Tulip.

Milo kept his smiling face all night and used it to dim. He sighed and whispered: "I don't know!"

"Don't know?" Marquis Caroline was a little surprised.

"It's true." Milo whispered: "In fact, Seth hasn't shown up for a long time. When he was on the Pamir Plain, he rarely appeared in front of everyone, until the decisive battle under Thunder City. I’m commanding..." At this point, Milo frowned, "I also have some doubts in my heart... He came back from the battlefield that day, he didn’t seem to be injured, but then he hid in the tent and no one was seen. ...Could it be that the Paladin of the Roland people is really that powerful?"

The Marquis of Caroline pondered for a while: "So, can we examine the Paladin carefully?"

Milo shook his head: "The opponent's magician guard and paladin ran away...the situation was chaotic...their army was surrendering, and those magicians and paladins and their high-ranking knights were able to fly. They all flew away..." Milo sneered, "Thunder City is not big. Although magicians can't fly long distances, they can still fly through Thunder City to the beach... As for whether they can fly. I don’t know if I cross the Thundering Strait."

The old fox Caroline was silent for a while, his eyes flashed slyly, and he suddenly whispered: "Will Seth be hurt very badly? Or maybe he will die?"

Milo shook his body and immediately shook his head. His tone was firm: "He won't die!" Milo's eyes seemed a little weird: "I even think no one in this world can kill him!"

The Marquis Caroline looked at his nephew’s expression, sighed, and whispered: "No matter what, the war is won! Your Majesty will reward you greatly... If, I mean if... If Sete dies , Then you are the biggest hero left in this war... That fellow Zieg can't become a climate without the support of a big family behind him... Milo, have you ever thought about... If Set is dead, you He is the first person in the Imperial Army!"

Milo's body shook violently, a ray of light flashed in his eyes, as if thinking of something. But then his eyes dimmed, looking at his uncle, the expression on his face was a bit complicated, as if he hesitated for a while, Milo spoke slowly.

"Dear Uncle. I know what you expect of me... But what you don't know is that after this war, I have met with that fellow Set... No, it should be said that I have a feeling for the Tulip family. A strange feeling..." Milo took a long breath, and then seemed to spit out all the depression in his chest. He sighed and said in a low voice: "That fellow Set, maybe I am It's impossible to surpass him for a lifetime! And that family..." Miró stared at the old Marquis Caroline: "That family makes me feel desperate... That's a real appeal..."

Mi Luo's eyes became complicated again, with respect, jealousy, disappointment, and helplessness, but more of it was amazement!

"You can never imagine that kind of scene...As long as the tulip flag is flying, thousands of imperial soldiers will be as enthusiastic as worshipping the gods! For the tulip flag, those people willingly died without even the slightest hesitation or fear. The piety of those people towards Tulips... that kind of madness, that kind of absolute loyalty, we will never be able to do it!!"

The Marquis of Caroline did not speak, looked at his nephew's face, and sighed softly.

The newspapers of the imperial capital were already full of joy after the victory. Every day, countless people surrounded the Ducal Mansion outside the Tulip Palace, and the soldiers of the public security station tried their best to guard the surroundings of the Ducal Mansion.

The news of Duke Tulip's injury has slowly spread under Andy's arrangement.

The number of religious offices in the imperial capital is also unprecedented. Countless civilians went to the religious offices to pray and pray to the great gods to bless the patron saint of the empire for health and longevity. Outside the Tulip Duke’s Mansion, countless infatuated girls holding blooming tulip flowers in silent prayer.

But these people consciously stood tens of meters away from the Tulip Duke's Mansion-because they were afraid that they would disturb the Lord Duke who was recuperating.

Every day there will be a team of Royal Guards coming to the Ducal Tulip Mansion-I heard that this is the court medical officer sent by the Emperor! Healed the injury for Lord Duke!

The various newspapers of the Imperial Capital also sent countless people to watch around the Duke’s Mansion day and night. Every day, the various newspapers of the Imperial Capital would publish some news about the Duke’s Tulip Mansion.

"According to the news from this newspaper, a servant of the Duke Tulip Mansion said that the Lord Duke could already get up yesterday!"

"According to the news from the newspaper, according to the little steak left in the trash dump outside the Duke’s mansion yesterday, it is said that the veal steak is the favorite food of the Duke Tulip on weekdays, so we can guess that the Lord Duke’s body is recovering and can already eat Up!"

"According to the news from this newspaper, according to the younger brother of the wife of the nephew of the nephew of the neighbour of the medical officer who is in charge of treating the Lord Duke, Lord Duke’s injuries have basically recovered..."

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Every day newspapers are filled with all kinds of news and speculations about Lord Duke. For the sake of their own sales, the newspapers finally began to responsibilities for others to publish false information indiscriminately. As the war of words started, the public opinion in the imperial capital has become a mess No one believed the true or false news. One day, a newspaper that boldly guessed that Lord Duke’s injury might be very serious, was rushed into the headquarters by an angry crowd, and then all the people were bruised and swollen. The newspapers closed their mouths...

Three days later, issued by the command of the imperial military, a commendation order signed by His Majesty the Emperor was announced!

This is a lengthy, cumbersome award order... the only thing that caught everyone’s attention was that at least the Duke of Tulip was mentioned in the award order.

"Set Rudolph, Duke of Tulips, as Marshal of the Imperial Command!

The former deputy commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, General Zieg, served as the commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, and bestowed the title of earl!

General Milo, the former commander of the Northwest Army Corps, is the Deputy Minister of Military Affairs! Give earl titles...

Former...to command...to...grant...knighthood

Former... Deputy Commander... Ren...

Former... Column Leader...