It rained heavily in Broken Snow City. According to Alishan, rainwater is Ragasto's fountain of life. After every heavy rain, the number of mud demons will increase exponentially.
This matter has been confirmed on the battlefield on Camel Island, and Reggie is convinced of it. He is busy deploying defenses, but now he has to be distracted by another matter.
Joruus is leaving, and he will take more than 20,000 elite warriors with him.
It was going to rain, and my mother wanted to get married. Since he couldn't keep her, Reggie didn't want to waste words, but he had to make two things clear, the reason for leaving and the price of leaving.
Conditions can be negotiated, interests can be negotiated, and the lack of food and money can be discussed, but if the White Tower Kingdom wants to adopt the attitude of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, they must pay the price for it.
Qiaolu's reason is simple. His soldiers have been fighting abroad for a year and they want to go home.
It sounds hard to accept, but this reason is not absurd. The White Tower Kingdom only has professional generals and no professional soldiers. Their soldiers come from civilians.
According to the laws of the White Tower, all men in the White Tower between the ages of fifteen and fifty-five are obliged to perform military service. This is a pure obligation. The people of the White Tower must unconditionally accept the call of the country and go to the battlefield. They will not get
Any compensation, but not for more than one year, as their families need to survive.
Whether farmers, craftsmen or businessmen, men are always the mainstay of the family. If they are still unable to return home after a year, their families will face a serious survival crisis.
All soldiers who have served for one year will have the right to return home and get a year's rest to run their families. At that time, another group of soldiers will replace them to fight.
This is a humane law, and Reggie can also understand the plight of the soldiers. If the wife and children at home are starving, who would have the heart to fight.
But if the soldiers are only worried about their families, Reggie also has a better solution. He is willing to provide remuneration for the soldiers, two gold coins for each soldier. This amount of money is not worth mentioning in Shattering Snow City, but for the White Tower soldiers
It's quite a fortune.
Unexpectedly, Qiaolu rejected Reggie's proposal: "The law is the law and cannot be shaken by money. My soldiers want to go home. This is a mission that I must complete."
Reggie was speechless. In the Broken Snow Country, the law had a more sacred status. Thinking about it from another perspective, if someone wanted two gold coins to bribe his soldiers, Reggie would not agree.
The meeting hall fell into an awkward atmosphere, and both parties had nothing to say. Qiaolu was about to stand up and leave when he saw Modesa quietly walking to Reggie's side.
After a few whispers, Reggie shrugged and said, "Our leader wants to talk to you."
After capturing Han Maple Fortress, Alfred fought several battles in succession and made sure that the fortress was no longer threatened, before he came to Shattering Snow City to join Reggie.
After hearing the news that the White Tower Kingdom was about to withdraw its troops, Emperor Tianxing came directly to the meeting hall. His first words when he saw Qiao Lu directly showed the oppression of the alliance leader.
"Don't talk to me about the laws of the White Tower. Even if you regard the Demon Slayer Alliance as your place of love, you still have to pay the bill first if you want to leave!"
"The people of the White Tower have provided as much help as they can in the Snow Breaking War. My soldiers want to go home. It is my responsibility and obligation to take them home."
"It is also the responsibility and obligation of the White Tower Kingdom to work with the Alliance to completely win this war, unless you want to withdraw from the Alliance! The word "within one's ability" has no value at all. If the White Tower Kingdom is once again forced into desperation by evil spirits, are you willing to accept what is within your capabilities?
Do you want to help, or do you want your allies to fight alongside you until the end?"
Qiaolu took a deep breath and said: "With all due respect, the war in the White Tower Country is over."
"I like your honesty," Emperor Tianxing sneered, "If I expel the White Tower Kingdom from the alliance, your war will start again. If I were Mandassa, your next target would be you, and the alliance will not provide you with troops.
, even if I give you some support, it’s only within my ability!”
This time it was Jolu's turn to be speechless. He didn't expect Alfred to speak so harshly.
Since head-on confrontation is not enough, Qiaolu can only pretend to be cowardly.
"I am not the head of state of the White Tower Country. I am just the commander appointed by the previous head of state. I have no power to decide the life and death of soldiers."
"Don't say it so nicely. If you want to take the soldiers back, it proves that you really want to be the head of state. You want to win the favor of the civilians.
It is right to want to be the head of state. You have the qualifications and strength, but the prerequisite is that the White Tower Kingdom can survive this war. Betrayal is the gift of a monarch, but there are some rules that cannot be violated, because none of us are fools."
Qiaolu thought for a long time and said: "Let my soldiers go first, I will stay here and wait for the next group of soldiers to come."
"Finally you are sincere," Matthias smiled, "but why don't you let your soldiers stay and wait for the next group of soldiers to arrive before they leave?"
Reggie felt the powerful aura of Emperor Tianxing, and perhaps the only one who could negotiate with him head-on was Matthias.
But he also felt the fragility of the alliance. Soldiers were unwilling to fight for other countries. Let alone the overall situation, that was too far away. They just wanted to know why they were bleeding. This was not their home.
In the end, both sides gave in, half of the soldiers returned to the White Tower Country, and the other half waited for their replacements.
Reggie and Alfred patrolled the battlefield together in an airship. A month ago, there were wind demon strongholds everywhere outside Shattering Snow City. The airship's range of activities was very limited. But now, the airship has been searching for several days, but it may not be able to find them.
Traces of evil spirits.
"No wonder Jolu is leaving," Alfred said. "It seems that this war is really coming to an end."
"I'm curious, how did you defeat that Big Mac?"
"Didn't you see my battle report? I thought you were a serious person."
"I am indeed a serious person, but your battle report said that you surrounded the Big Mac with artillery, and then concentrated your firepower to blow the Big Mac into powder."
"Is there anything wrong?"
"Are you sure you are surrounded by artillery? The artillery formed a circle and then opened fire. Wouldn't this be a typical act of suicide?"
Alfred pursed his lips and said: "The world is so difficult, why do you care about these details."
"That is to say..."
"When the Bayers and I captured Han Maple Fortress, we actually didn't see the Big Mac, but you know, the soldiers need encouragement..."
Reggie looked at Alfred in shock, speechless for a while.
"But you don't have to lie to me!"
"I think...you need motivation too!"
Reggie immediately ordered the return flight and asked Natalie to mobilize all the air force to search for traces of the evil spirit.
The air force searched for three days with no results, so Reggie sent out the army. Two days later, they discovered a large number of rock demons at the foot of the Lost Mountain, and also discovered Mandasa.
The most critical battle has arrived. Alfred summoned all the forces of the coalition to prepare for a decisive battle with the devil.
Reggie wanted to direct the battle himself, but Alfred stopped him.
"This battle will be extremely brutal. Give your army to Chris and let him command the battle. Regardless of victory or defeat, you must live!"
Chris agreed with Alfred's suggestion: "I have a son. It doesn't matter if he dies. Before he grows up, you have to protect him and take care of him until he ascends to the throne."
Chris rushed to the battlefield with the belief that he would die, including Erwin's First Army, Jarvan's Western Army, Alfred's Star Army, Joruus' White Tower Army, Goel's Drawing Army, including the Troll Monsters.
Troops and coalition forces from various countries all went into battle.
I come, I see, I conquer. This is the most critical battle on the Origino continent, but Reggie cannot visit the battlefield in person.
This regret made it difficult for him to let go. He anxiously awaited the outcome of the battle, asking about the status of the battle every ten minutes.
The war at the foot of Lost Mountain was indeed brutal. Under the cover of the storm, more than 100,000 rock demons engaged in a desperate battle with the coalition forces. On the first day of the battle, the coalition's casualties reached 10,000.
The Big Mac has not yet appeared, and the casualties of the coalition forces have been so heavy. There may be something wrong with Chris' tactics.
Reggie couldn't hold himself back anymore. He ignored the alliance leader's order and prepared to rush to the battlefield overnight. But when he was about to go down the mountain road, a battle report successfully kept him.
The coalition forces captured Mandasa alive, and Reggie was so excited that he almost ran into the gravel.
"Muhahaha! Go to hell, Mandasa!"
Happiness came so suddenly, but was also so short-lived. Reggie was still laughing wildly on the mountain road when another piece of news came one after another.
The mandasa captured by the coalition forces was fake, just an ordinary rock demon.
So where is the real mandasa?
The mountain road was trembling, and the broken snow stones made strange sounds under the vibration.
A huge figure seemed to be approaching on the mountain road.
The third battle report is here, from Reggie himself.