After a night of "battle", the will of the Welsh army to fight was completely destroyed. When the sky dawned, most people in Ope City had not yet woken up from the shock of last night's tragic defeat.
There was deathly silence in the headquarters, and the streets were deserted. Except for some troops on duty, everyone had only one thing in their mind - how to survive.
In the next day, the Phantom Legion once again brought them a surprise. The various baggage troops that had been withdrawn before came back, and brought back countless amounts of wood. It was not the kind of wood used to build camps or buildings, it was purely used
Firewood for cooking, but looking at the quantity, it seems that the meal the Phantom Legion is going to make can entertain an entire empire.
The answer came out quickly. The people of the Phantom Legion piled these firewood outside the city wall, leaving out all the important city walls. They even lit a few piles of firewood to test the wind direction. The wind direction in early winter was constant, and soon, the wind came down.
The firewood piled on top was as high as a hill. Seeing all this, the faces of the defenders of Ope City turned green.
Without the need for orders from commanding subordinates, each unit spontaneously organized manpower, seized all water sources in the city, and collected all water-containing tools in the city. All magicians in the city who can use water magic went to the city wall, equipped with emergency magic crystals, and
All the ground around the city wall was frozen with magic. This method is good, but the magicians can only do half of it, because the magic barrier above their heads cannot be stopped, so they can't do anything to the ground outside the city, even with their special arm strength.
Big people should not even think about pouring water over the moat. And this moat, which is extremely important for the defense of Ope City, has been destroyed by the opponent and is slowly drying up.
On the one hand, the attack of siege equipment has not slowed down, on the other hand, troops carrying firewood continue to pour into Ope City, and the wood accumulation speed is getting faster and faster. People in Ope City, from top to bottom, have no idea what the Phantom Legion is going to do.
What, but they are sure of one thing, that is, the opponent's next plan must be very vicious.
For a force that no longer has the will to fight, it can be said to be a life-or-death moment, especially after they saw the soldiers of the Phantom Legion rescue their own soldiers who fell into the trap last night, these people's heads were filled with thoughts
I started to think about things that had nothing to do with serving the empire. For example, I wanted to learn from others...to surrender honorably.
Prince Opie, this great prince, is not very good at fighting, but things in the officialdom cannot escape his eyes. After returning to the headquarters last night, his keen sixth sense told him,
Beside him, there is a raging black undercurrent plotting something. If he lets it go, he will lose everything and become the first victim. Although he is lying in bed and unable to move, Prince Opie is not too worried because
When it comes to conspiracy, the young officers under my command are still young!
That night, the Phantom Legion lit some firewood piled outside the city. Thick black smoke appeared and drifted down the wind into Ope City, which was protected by a magic barrier. The smoke made the soldiers on duty cry for father and mother.
A huge amount of fly ash filled the sky over the city, then fell down and accumulated in a thick layer in every corner of the city, on the streets and on the roofs.
Stepping on this layer of ashes, the battle in Ope City officially took place. It started with the changing of the guard at the headquarters - when a red signal light representing "Prince Ope has been assassinated" was lit,
Under the leadership of the young officers, a whole battalion of well-armed soldiers rushed into the headquarters, preparing to take over the command of the Ope City army.
After killing a few guards at the gate and rushing into the square in front of the main building of the headquarters, the young officers realized that something was wrong. Why was there no light in the entire headquarters? At the moment when the rebels were in a daze, a strong magic
The lights illuminated the square extremely brightly. Prince Opie, who was supposed to have been assassinated before, was sitting at the gate. The square was surrounded by soldiers in full formation, with countless arrowheads pointed at them. With a "boom", the command command
The department's door is closed!
"I think that since the founding of the Wells Empire, although it has experienced many setbacks, nothing like this has ever happened in the army. The intention to assassinate the supreme commander first, and the second to lead troops to attack the headquarters is already an ironclad treason.
." After a moment of silence, Prince Opie spoke uprightly, "How can the glorious Welsh army and the glorious Welsh empire tolerate such a thing? But I am not a person who does not miss old feelings, so I
Give you a chance to speak."
"The glorious Welsh army has been destroyed in your hands, Prince!" The leading young officer held his weapon tightly, "Since Your Highness, the Prince, has led the army, and since the Sibia army attacked, what you have brought to the Welsh army has
There is only death and shame! What qualifications does a commander like you have to talk about glory!"
"Shut up - you shameless rebels!" an officer standing behind Prince Opie yelled, "In order to cover up your own guilt, you dare to slander His Highness the Prince!"
"Don't be impatient." Prince Opie raised his hand to stop the officers behind him, and then smiled faintly at the young officers present, "Listen carefully, no matter what the outcome of this war is, no matter what the outcome of the war is,
No matter how things change in the world, the glorious Welsh army will always be glorious. Even if there are any problems with my king's decision-making, after the war, His Majesty the Emperor or the Demon Palace will naturally investigate and question the crime, and you - my men, you will be at any time
Everyone should strictly abide by military orders, this is the duty of a soldier!"
As early as when the lights came on, the soldiers who had followed the Young Leaders in rebellion had already begun to hesitate, and whispers continued to come from the array. Originally, they were not determined, it could even be said that their military morale was lax, and they had heard that Ou
He only dared to do this after Prince Opie had been assassinated. Now seeing Prince Opie looking so calm, many people have regretted it.
"Brothers, don't listen to his nonsense. Following him will lead to death!" Seeing that the situation was not good, a young officer shouted loudly, "Brothers everywhere have already taken action. We must persist. If we persist, we will be able to
live!"
"Persistence is victory. That's so well said." Prince Opie laughed, "But I don't understand something. Can you explain it to me? If you succeed tonight, what are you going to do?"
"Of course, open the city gate and surrender to Sibia's army! No matter what, it is better than dying under your leadership!" The leading officer shouted, "Brothers - come on!"
Such a situation would not have any unexpected ending. Just hearing the sound of bowstrings, a dozen young officers who rushed forward fell into a pool of blood, their bodies covered with arrows.
"Why bother? They were all good officers. If they die like this, I feel heartbroken!"
Prince Opie, who had a look of regret on his face, shook his head, and then said to the rebellious soldiers: "As for you, you have been following me for a long time, and you have done nothing wrong in the past. So, the one who puts down his arms now, I, You can be more open-minded."
There was a loud clang, and all the rebel soldiers put down their weapons and knelt on the ground one by one. Several guards carried Prince Opie into the hall, and then, the general who had been standing behind the prince stood up and looked around. The troops shouted a loud order - "Kill!"
As a result, an entire battalion of naive soldiers died tragically at the hands of their own people, still begging for mercy before they died.
While the headquarters guards were cleaning the bloodstains on the square, an officer hurried to Prince Opie and reported that all the rebellions in the city had been quelled. Under the watchful eyes of a large group of officers, the prince consolidated control of the army. Holding a glass of red wine in his hand, he looked at the flames soaring into the sky outside the city and remained silent for a long time without saying anything.
"Your Highness, the enemy has set fire to half of the firewood, and the fire near part of the city wall is extremely fierce. We have no better way." After a long time, a general second only to Prince Opie stepped forward and said softly: " In this current situation, I would like to ask the prince to show us how we should resist the enemy. Even if we fight to the end, the whole army will support His Highness the prince."
"Count the combat supplies in the city, count the soldiers, count the property, and make all preparations."
The prince waved his hand and told everyone who had nothing to do with it to leave. Then he looked at his generals and said, "As soon as the fire stops... we will surrender."
"Surrender...surrender?"
At this moment, no one else would be surprised if Prince Opie said anything else, but these words he said shocked several of his confidant generals. They all looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes. Losing the ability to react. Since Prince Opie had made up his mind to surrender from the beginning, why bother to go to so much trouble to strangle the soldiers below who wanted to surrender?
"Don't be surprised, everyone. I am also thinking about you guys." Prince Opie still spoke uprightly, "The current situation will be ruined no matter how hard we continue, so why not think about everyone's future... Although they are all admitting defeat, if we come forward, the treatment everyone will receive afterwards will be very different from the surrender presided over by those young officers. Of course, this king has no choice but to make such a move. If anyone If you don’t want to, I will not force you to do so and will send you safely away immediately.”
Can you leave safely if you don't want to? I'm afraid those who don't want to can only leave this door safely, but not the corridor? Several senior officers looked at each other and forced themselves to accept the fact in front of them in a short time. Although the whole thing The matter is rather dramatic, although Prince Opie has no personality at all...
"Then, the headquarters voted and it was unanimously approved."
After the generals nodded in agreement and loudly praised the prince's wisdom and foresight, Prince Opie smiled and nodded: "Everyone, get ready! As soon as the fire stops, we will send envoys to negotiate."
At this time, the Phantom Legion was still unaware of this high-level farce in Ope City. What the intelligence personnel reported was nothing more than a small-scale rebellion in Ope City. Due to the delay in the fire, when this information was sent to Sibi When Lieutenant General Helter, the supreme commander of the runner-up army, took over, it was already midnight that day. The entire Sibia Army camp was already half empty - this time, the Sibia Army truly retreated under the cover of fire.
Because the Sibia Army's huge and sophisticated intelligence system has discovered that more and more demonic troops are approaching the battlefield. Among these demonic reinforcements, there are 40,000 from the two light cavalry regiments of the Trafal Empire.
They came very quickly, and their direction was always towards the dividing line between gods and demons. They seemed to want to take the retreat of Sibia's runner-up.
On the one hand, the commander of the Sibia Army had fought in the Battle of Tucheng and knew how dangerous it was to have the retreat blocked. On the other hand, the purpose of attacking the Welsh Empire had been achieved and a retreat could be arranged. Although time was tight
, but the retreat was arranged in a very orderly manner. The logistics system took the wounded and prisoners away first, followed by the relatively slow troops.
After destroying everything that could not be taken away and adding the last bundle of firewood, Lieutenant General Helter gave the order and the cavalry troops at the rear mounted their horses and evacuated.
On the vast ground of Ope City, there was only a glorious Welsh Empire army that was determined to surrender.
When the flame of the last pile of firewood was extinguished, the "Crazy Five-Day Offensive" officially ended. But for the next whole day, no one dared to come out of Ope City. The next day, the first negotiation team arrived at the Phantom Army
The previous camp, but these negotiators were surprised to find that the entire camp was empty, not even a guard could be found...
After learning all this, the senior commanders of Ope City were relieved again. Many people couldn't help but cursed in their hearts: What tricks are the people of the Phantom Legion playing? I have clearly taken stock of everything.
We are ready to surrender! Why are you still doing this? What are you fighting for? Isn’t it just for fame and fortune? Do you really want to drive us all away?
Just when this group of resentful women... no, just when this group of senior officers were uneasy, a small group of disgraced soldiers came outside the gate of Ope City. There were fifteen soldiers in total, all wearing shabby Welsh Empire uniforms.
Led by a major officer, he stood under the city gate and called for the door to be opened. He said that there was an urgent military situation that he wanted to report to the commander-in-chief of the Northern Defense Zone. This was the first foreign army to arrive since the city of Ope was besieged. The officer guarding the gate did not dare to neglect.
Report it immediately.
Upon hearing the news, Prince Opie was stunned for a moment, but he soon woke up, adjusted his military uniform, and led a group of generals to meet these people in the hall. In their suspicious eyes, a ragged major officer
He entered the hall with confident steps. Although his lips were chapped and he was dusty, everyone could tell that the major was in very good spirits.
"His Royal Highness Prince Opie! Generals!" The major officer stood at attention and gave a very standard military salute. "I am an officer of the 15th Regiment of the Northern Defense Zone and a subordinate of Colonel Glens. Colonel Glens asked me to come and report.
, our army has attacked the logistics line of the Sibyan Army eight days ago and burned all the combat supplies of the Sibyan Army. Now the Sibyan Army is fleeing hurriedly along the Vane River. Our army is currently closely monitoring the enemy and asks Prince Opie to decide whether to
Chase.”
After the report, the major performed another military salute, but this time, he could not put down his hand because everyone in the hall was in a daze and no one returned the salute. The major could only raise his hand in front of his chest in embarrassment.
"You are an officer of the Fifteenth Legion, Colonel Glens? Are you... the army stationed at Youshui Pass?" It took a long time for Prince Opie to remember this army that he had long forgotten after being reminded by his adjutant.
Troops, "You said that Colonel Glens led you to attack the logistics line of the Sibia Army... and succeeded?"
"Yes, Your Highness the Prince!" the major officer puffed up his chest, "We succeeded! But... the casualties were very heavy."
Prince Opie laughed softly, and then everyone in the hall laughed, and the laughter became louder and louder. Some generals laughed helplessly, and some laughed unscrupulously. This confused the major officer... Finally,
This laughter ended with a powerful gesture from Prince Opie.
"Koen Keda, Sibia Army, but Erle, you all underestimate me, the Wells Empire!" At this time, Prince Opie's face was as cold as a piece of iron, and his eyes were as determined as a saint, "
Am I right, Mr. Officer? Your imitation of the Welsh accent is perfect. A talent like yours should be more than just a major in the Speyer Army, right?"
"Your Highness," the major officer said as if struck by lightning, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty is really an officer of the Fifteenth Legion!"
"Why bother? Once the lie is exposed, there is no point in trying to maintain it."
Prince Opie smiled calmly, "Although you are an intelligence officer and have the mission of luring our troops out of the city, I am a very kind person. Now that I have seen through you, I will not kill you. Come on.
People, take these people to wash themselves and bring them to see the king later."
A group of guards rushed up and forcefully pulled the major out regardless of his struggles and defense.
Prince Opie, however, had a relaxed expression on his face and said to his confidant officers: "I am really lucky. Just when I said I couldn't find anyone, this person came to my door. You treat me well and wait until he admits it."
After I became a Sibia officer, I brought him to see me."
The poor major officer and the fifteen poor soldiers under him were forced to take a fragrant hot bath at knifepoint for the first time in their lives, and then were forced to eat a rich meal at knifepoint.
After a big meal, he was forced at knifepoint to look at a naked woman...
While watching, someone held a knife and asked: "Tell me, are you a Sibia intelligence agent? If so, this woman is yours. If not, you will die!"
The poor soldiers of the 15th Legion, they have lived a life that is worse than that of a pig or a dog for a long time, and they have just gotten up. How can they consider themselves to be Sbia soldiers? Therefore, although I do not understand the behavior of the "glorious army"
method, but still no one admitted that he was a Sbia soldier.
After trying various methods, some people finally lost their patience and kindness. First they slapped them with whips and military sticks, and then they used tiger stools and pepper water... After this kind of torture lasted for a day, all sixteen people were taken to the gallows.
"If you don't tell the truth, you will really be dead."
When everyone was being roped, a major general was still trying to persuade them: "Why bother? You obviously are! After you tell the truth, you are our guests! This is an opportunity to make a contribution, you
Why are you so stubborn? You are forcing us to make mistakes!"
Sixteen miserable people could not figure out why the world changed in an instant? Why were the Sibian soldiers friends of the Welsh Empire? Why...why even the last prayer before death was left in everyone's hands
What’s inside is also the prayer document from the Temple of Light?
At the critical moment, the execution was interrupted by an unexpected incident, because another team came to Ope City and the Northern Defense Zone Headquarters. However, the people in this team were all brightly armored and energetic, because they were from the threatening area.
He came from the capital of the Les Empire, and the leader of the group, Prince Opie, knew him. He was the third prince.
When the third prince arrived, no matter how stupid he was, he understood that things were getting better. Prince Opie was about to signal to someone to take the sixteen people to the back door and kill them, when a major officer rushed out from behind the prince, holding the man in his arms.
The major, who had been tortured beyond recognition, cried - it turned out that this major was one of the officers sent by Colonel Glens to deliver a message to the capital. If he was one step late, his brother would be finished.
"Good day, Your Highness." Although he saw all this, Prince Opei didn't blush and walked up without his heart beating, "Opei City, welcome to His Highness." (To be continued)