Chapter 191 Prelude to climax

It was this winter.

The most decisive battle in the Second Jihad, which later called the "sandwich biscuits", finally began.

After intense arrangements, the Roland coalition began a large-scale retreat from the Pamir Plain!

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

Since it is a retreat, there is always someone who wants to leave behind the rear... With various mentalities, there has been another debate on who leaves behind the rear.

Tiger was not involved in the argument this time, he just sat there sneered and watched the people argue coldly.

The last one who was left behind was the infantry legion of the Goethe Kingdom.

This army, known as the second-rate infantry in the Roland coalition since the war, was entrusted with an important task - the important task of staying and dying!

After leaving behind a 30,000 Goetheian infantry regiment, Tiger took his Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron and the Magician Guard to retreat first...

As for the other troops, Tiger no longer wants to take care of it. As for the Goethe infantry regiment responsible for the rear cut, Tiger simply doesn't believe that they can complete the task well - the Goethe talented people are not so brave! They will probably surrender!

"Wait for death, everyone will die!" Tiger's eyes were cold, and he rode on his horse and looked at the camp gradually fading behind him: "This is simply a war for us to die!"

Miro is an excellent general - putting aside other stereotypes, he does have his strength.

Without Thunder Whip, the Imperial Legion began to pursue the Rolanders under his leadership.

Miro did not invest all his troops at once. At first, he just sent several troops to harass the other party's retreating pace and tried his best to delay the other party's pace.

Now it is no longer a wise move to fight the other party.

Consume it! Consume it! Consume your energy and your food!

The Goethe Infantry Regiment, which was responsible for the Roland coalition, surrendered collectively two days later. Thirty thousand people became prisoners of war...

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

But what happened next frightened Tiger...or all the Rolanders!

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

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

Overnight, all 30,000 Roland prisoners were executed by dismissed Roland prisoners. Miro surrounded the prisoners in the original military camp of the Rolanders, and then sent a team of heavily armored cavalry to start rushing... The sound of fighting that night lasted overnight, and blood dyed the soil of the plain red...

Miro had no idea of ​​cleaning up the battlefield and ordered a fire to burn the Rolanders' barracks and the bodies.

Many officers of the imperial empire were very disgusted with Miro's actions, but they could not object to Miro's words: "If we bring these 30,000 prisoners of war, we will spend at least 20,000 people to watch over them! We don't have that many people! It is even more impossible to leave 20,000 soldiers on the plain and waste them on these prisoners of war!"

Miro's last sentence was very straightforward: "There is no kindness to the invaders!"

Because of Miro's harassment, the Rolanders retreated very slowly - their precious supplies remained behind, and the only remaining supplies were the only things the Rolanders have now.

Miro was very smart and did not let the army fight to the death with the Rolanders. Several light cavalry teams harassed each other back and forth, making the Rolanders uneasy, while the real army was moving forward steadily from behind...

This guy took the trick of "drag" to the fullest!

When the Rolanders finally arrived at the city south of Thunder City, five days had passed - this was already done with their best efforts.

Tiger was not surprised at all when facing the helpless Holy Knights under the city.

The Holy Knights did not really get back Thunder City - this is normal.

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

It is still necessary to struggle dyingly.

Faced with difficulties, the Rolanders finally fought to the death.

No matter which kingdom the army was, they finally had the last courage to charge towards the Thunder City, which was flying with the tulip battle flag...

They were greeted by arrows and stones!

What’s ridiculous is that those arrows, and even the food used by the Thunder God’s Whip army in Thunder City at this moment, were originally hoarded by the Rolanders in Thunder City!

So, a strange battle began.

The army of the Rolanders was sandwiched between Thunder City and Miro's legion. In front of the Rolanders, the Thunder City Walls started a fierce battle, and behind the Rolanders, Miro's legion launched an attack.

Frankly speaking, if we simply rely on the tens of thousands of Thunder God's whip in Thunder City, facing the siege of hundreds of thousands of Roland's army, and the sharp magician team of Roland people... it will be a matter of time before we break the city!

But Miro, who was behind the Rolanders, gave them a headache.

If the Rolanders could be given a month, Tiger would be confident that he could resolve the war under Thunder City!

Miro's legion has left the defense line on the plain. In the wide area, his superior forces can completely defeat Miro! But that takes time!

Although Thunder City is strong, it is obviously too thin to guard tens of thousands of Thunder Whip facing hundreds of thousands of Rolanders. Tiger is confident that he will take Thunder City in the sky, 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? When he was hungry, he started killing war horses, eating horse meat, and losing the war horse. He might not even be able to defeat the opponent's elite heavy-price infantry regiment...

Then what? Start eating people?

Hahaha... It's so ridiculous! It's so ridiculous!!

Four days after the Sandwich Cookies Battle, the Rolanders announced their abandonment!

After a day of negotiation between the envoys of both sides, Duke Tulip, the commander of the Imperial Empire Legion, announced that he would accept the conditions for the other party to surrender and promise not to massacre prisoners of war (Miro's approach has already made the Rolands deeply afraid)

Just in the winter of this year, the second jihad, which lasted two months, ended.

Under Leiming City (south), a coalition of 500,000 Rolanders surrendered to the Empire of Light.

The Northern War Zone Legion of the Empire of Light accepted the surrender of the Rolands. In this battle, the 800,000 troops that the Rolands invaded the south became prisoners of war except for nearly 300,000 people who died in the war.

And the empire also paid a heavy price for this war!

In addition to the war spent nearly ten million gold coins, the more than 400,000 legions in the Northern War Zone were only less than 300,000 after the war. Among them, the flame warriors of the Divine Cult lost 30,000, and the northern legion lost nearly 100,000. The number of elite Thunder Whip dropped sharply from 50,000 before the war to less than 30,000.

Most of the lost Thor Whip died in the final siege of the Rolanders in the final siege of the Rolanders in the final "Sandwich Cookies" battle.

The Empire won time and finally won the war!

Under Leiming City, hundreds of thousands of Roland troops, including the Holy Knights, have all put down their weapons. Under the supervision of the 50,000 fully armed infantry and 20,000 Thunder Whip, they were concentrated in their original military camps. The food and supplies needed every day are directly provided from Leiming City.

At the summoning of His Majesty the Emperor, Sieg was left as the commander-in-chief of the front. Under the escort of ten thousand Thunder Whips, Duke Tulip worked with the commander of the Northern Legion, Lord Miro, to return to the imperial capital!

The only unusual thing is that even during the ceremony of accepting the surrender of the Rolands, Duke Tulip, the supreme commander of the Imperial Light army, did not show up, and it was Zieg and Miro who came forward to accept the surrender of the other side.

Miro took the sword from Tiger, the commander of the Roland coalition, and signed the surrender letter with Zieg!

Under the strict escort of ten thousand Thunder Whips, the cavalry nervously guarded around a completely sealed carriage and advanced towards the imperial capital...

Looking at the tight and airtight carriage, the worries in the hearts of the soldiers of the Empire gradually arose.

Is the rumors true? Are our great commander, Lord Duke, really seriously ill...

With the intentional arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, the original welcome ceremony in the imperial capital was not held - the date of the Duke of Tulip Triumph in the "Newspaper" was simply fake! Tens of thousands of civilians in the imperial capital and the worshippers of the Duke of Tulip were scattered... The disappointed and angry crowd almost tore the soldiers of the public security center apart, and the Duke of Tulip's convoy quietly entered the gate of the capital late the night before...

The grand celebration banquet in the palace was not attended. According to the imperial official statement, the Duke of Tulip was injured during the war and needed to recuperate at home.

In that grand celebration banquet, Miro, as the only highest general in the northern war zone to attend, showed the limelight. Faced with the surrounding aristocratic ministers of the imperial capital who were flattering, Miro's good aristocratic education made him behave very appropriately, both noble and humble, and portrayed the image of a loyal and brave young general in the empire very perfectly...

Seeing his nephew being defended by everyone, seeing the smile on His Majesty the Emperor sitting there, Marquis Garolin finally breathed a sigh of relief... The turn of the Lionheart family finally passed.

Taking advantage of the break of the banquet, Marquis of Carolin pulled Miro aside and carefully inquired about Miro's injuries about Duke Tulip.

Miro kept the smile of the night and was now used to dim it. He sighed and whispered, "I don't know!"

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

"It's true." Miro whispered: "In fact, Seth hasn't appeared for a long time. He rarely appeared in front of everyone when he was on the Pamir Plain. Until the decisive battle under Thunder City, I was always in command..." Speaking of this, Miro frowned: "I was also a little confused... He came back from the battlefield that day and looked unharmed, but then he hid in the tent and disappeared... Could it be that the Paladin of the Rolanders is really that powerful?"

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

Miro shook his head: "The opponent's magician guard and paladins ran away... The situation was very chaotic at that time... Their army was surrendering, and those who could fly away all the magicians, Paladins and their high-level knights flew away..." Miro sneered: "Thunder City is not big. Although magicians cannot fly for a long distance, they can still fly to the beach through Thunder City... As for whether they can fly across Thunder Strait, I don't know."

The old fox, Carolin, was silent for a while, with a cunning gaze flashing in his eyes, and suddenly whispered: "Will Seit be seriously injured? Or may he die?"

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

Marquis Carolin looked at his nephew's expression, sighed, and whispered: "No matter what, the war is won! Your Majesty will definitely reward you very much... If, I mean, if... If... If Seit dies, then you are the biggest hero left in this war... That guy Zieg is not supported by a big family, and he cannot make a big difference... Miro, have you ever thought... If Seit dies, you will be the first person in the Imperial Army!"

Miro's body shook suddenly, a light flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of something. But then his eyes dimmed. Looking at his uncle, the expression on his face was a little complicated. As if he had hesitated for a moment, Miro spoke slowly.

"Dear uncle. I know what you expect from me in your heart... But what you don't know is that after experiencing this war, I seemed to have a strange feeling for that guy Seit... No, it should be said that I had a strange feeling for the Tulip family..." Miro took a long breath, then seemed to be about to vomit all the depression in his chest, sighed long and said in a low voice: "That guy Seit, maybe I will never surpass him in my life! And that family..." Miro stared at the old Marquis of Carolin: "That family made me feel desperate... that is a real appeal..."

Miro's eyes became complicated again, with respect, jealousy, disappointment, helplessness, but more so, it was awe!

"You will never imagine that kind of scene... As long as the battle flag of the tulips flutters, millions of imperial soldiers will be as enthusiastic as worshiping gods! For the battle flag of the tulips, those people will die willingly, without even a trace of hesitation and fear! Those people's piety towards tulips... That kind of madness and absolute loyalty are something we can never do!!"

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

The newspapers in the imperial capital were filled with joy after the victory. Every day, countless people were surrounded outside the Tulip Duke's Mansion, and the soldiers of the public security office tried their best to guard the Duke's Mansion.

News of Duke Tulip's injury slowly spread under Andy's arrangement.

There were unprecedented numbers of religious institutes in the imperial capital. Countless civilians went to religious institutes to pray, praying that the great gods would bless the patron saint of the empire, health and longevity. Outside the Tulip Duke's Mansion, countless infatuated girls prayed silently with blooming tulip flowers in their hands.

But these people were consciously standing dozens of meters away from the Tulip Duke's Mansion - because they were afraid that they would disturb the Duke who was resting in the wounds.
To be continued...