Just this winter.
The most decisive battle of the Second Holy War, later known as the "Sandwich Biscuit" battle, finally began.
After a tense arrangement, the Roland coalition began a large-scale retreat from the Pamir Plains!
Although Tiger has lost confidence in this war, as the coach (at least in name), Tiger still carefully arranged the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops!
Since it was a retreat, there was always someone who would stay behind... With various mentality, there was another debate on who would stay behind.
Tiger did not participate in the discussion this time. He sat there with a sneer and watched these people quarreling coldly.
The last to be left behind was the infantry regiment of the Kingdom of Goethe.
This army, which has been known as the second-rate infantry in the Roland coalition since the war, has been entrusted with an important task - the important task of staying and dying!
After leaving behind an infantry regiment of 30,000 Goths, Tiger took his Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron or the Magician Guards, who were the first to retreat...
As for the other troops - Tiger doesn't want to worry about them anymore. As for the Goethe Infantry Regiment responsible for breaking up the rear, Tiger simply did not believe that they could complete the task well - Goethe talents would not be so brave! They will probably surrender!
"Wait to die, let's all wait to die!" Tiger's eyes were cold, as he rode on his horse and watched the camp gradually disappearing behind him: "This is basically a war where we are going to die!"
Milo is an excellent general - other stereotypes aside, he does have his own abilities.
Under his leadership, the Imperial Regiment without the Thunder God's Whip began to pursue the Roland people.
Milo did not invest all his troops at once. At first, he only sent a few troops in a cautious sense to harass the opponent's retreat and try to delay the opponent's steps.
It is no longer a wise move to fight the opponent now.
Consume it! Time consuming! Use up your energy. Consume your food!
The Goethe infantry regiment responsible for the break-up of the Roland coalition surrendered en masse two days later. Thirty thousand people became prisoners of war…
All this is in Tiger's calculation - no matter what, 30,000 prisoners of war can always delay the pursuit of the Bright Emperor Corps...
But what happened next made Tiger... or all Roland people horrified!
Overnight, all 30,000 prisoners of war were massacred by the Milo people!
Although many officers in the imperial army did not support Milo's approach, and many people even objected to the Duke - but the Duke never showed up, and just said lightly in the tent: "Ask General Milo!"
Overnight, 30,000 disarmed Roland prisoners of war were executed. Milo surrounded these prisoners of war in the Roland people's original military camp, and then sent a group of heavy armored cavalry to start charging... The sound of fighting that night It lasted all night, and the blood dyed the soil on the grassland red...
Milo had no idea of cleaning up the battlefield and ordered a fire to burn all the Roland barracks and the corpses.
Although many imperial officers were very disgusted with Milo's actions. But they couldn't object to Milo's words: "If we take these 30,000 prisoners of war, we will have to spend at least 20,000 people to guard them! We don't have that many people! It is even more impossible to leave 20,000 soldiers on the plains to waste on these prisoners of war. On your body!"
Milo's last words were very simple: "There is no mercy for the invaders!"
Because of Milo's harassment all the way, the Roland people retreated very slowly - their precious luggage was left behind, and the remaining supplies were the only thing the Roland people had now.
Milo was very smart and did not let the army really fight to the death with the Roland people. Several light cavalry harassed the opponent back and forth, making the Roland people walk in peace. And the real army is advancing steadily behind...
This guy has perfected his knack for “drag”!
When the tired steps of the Roland people finally arrived at the southern city gate of Thunder City, a full five days had passed - and they had done so with all their strength.
Faced with the helpless Holy Knights in the city, Tiger was not surprised at all.
As expected, the Holy Knights failed to take back Thunder City—this is too normal.
Looking at the tulip war flag flying at the top of the city, Tiger had a ridiculous thought in his mind - he was just a bystander, and the predicament in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with him at all!
The death struggle is still necessary.
Faced with the dilemma, the Roland people finally made a desperate move.
No matter which kingdom's army they were from, they finally summoned up their last courage at this moment and launched a charge towards the Thunder City with the tulip flag flying...
What greeted them were sharp arrows and stones!
Ridiculous, those arrows. Even the food used by the Thunder God's Whip convoy in Thunder City at this moment was originally hoarded by the Roland people in Thunder City!
So, a strange battle began.
The Roland army was caught between Thunder City and Milo's legions. In front of the Rolands, the Thundering Walls fought fiercely, while behind the Rolands, Milo's legions launched an attack.
Frankly speaking, if we simply rely on the tens of thousands of Thunder God's Whips in Thunder City, we will face the siege of hundreds of thousands of Roland's troops. And the Roland people's sharp magician team... it's only a matter of time before the city is broken!
But Milo behind the Rolands was too much of a headache for them.
If the Rolands can be given a month, Tiger is confident that he can resolve this war under Thunder City!
Milo's legions had left the line of defense on the plain. In a wide area, his superior strength can completely defeat Milo! But, that takes time!
Although Thunder City is strong. But the garrison of tens of thousands of Thunder God's Whips was obviously too weak against hundreds of thousands of Roland people. Tiger is confident that he can capture Thunder City within... days. But the problem is: time!
The food in the army was only enough for two days.
Two days…
Tiger couldn't help but start laughing wildly. What's next? First they starve, and then when they become too hungry they start killing their war horses and eating their meat. The hungry Holy Knights, who have lost their war horses, may not even be able to defeat the opponent's elite heavy armored infantry regiment...
What next? Start eating people?
Hahaha... How ridiculous! Ridiculous!
After four days of the Battle of Sandwich Biscuits, the Roland army gave up!
After a day of back-and-forth negotiations between envoys from both sides, Duke Tulip, the commander-in-chief of the Emperor of Light, announced that he would accept the other party's terms of surrender and promise not to massacre prisoners of war (Milo's actions have deeply frightened the Roland people)
In the winter of this year, the second jihad, which lasted for two months, ended.
Under Thunder City (south). Half a million Roland troops surrendered to the Empire of Light.
The Northern Liberation Theater Corps of the Bright Empire accepted the surrender of the Roland people. In this battle, apart from the nearly 300,000 people who died in the war, all the remaining 800,000 Roland troops who invaded the south became prisoners of war.
And the empire also paid a heavy price for this war!
In addition to the nearly tens of millions of gold coins spent on the war, of the more than 400,000 legions in the northern theater, there were only less than 300,000 left behind. Among them, the Flame Warriors of the Divine Religion lost 30,000 people. The Northern Army lost nearly 100,000 men. As for the elite Thunder God's Whip, their number has dropped sharply from 50,000 before the war to less than 30,000.
Most of the lost Thunder God's Whips were killed in the Roland people's final siege in the final "Sandwich Biscuit" battle.
The Empire bought time and finally won the war!
Under the Thunder City, hundreds of thousands of Roland troops, including the Holy Knights, have all laid down their weapons. Under the supervision of the Northern Legion's 50,000 fully armed infantry and 20,000 Thunder God's Whips, they gathered in their original military camp. among. Food and supplies needed every day. All provided directly from Thunder City.
At the call of His Majesty the Emperor, Sieg was left as the commander-in-chief of the front line. With the return of the 10,000 Thunder God's Whips, Duke Tulip and the Commander of the Northern Army, Lord Milo, returned to the Imperial Capital!
The only thing that was a little unusual was that even in the ceremony to accept the surrender of the Rolands, Duke Tulip, the supreme commander of the Emperor of Light, did not show up. It was Sieg and Milo who came forward to accept the surrender of the other party.
Milo took the sword from Roland's coalition commander Tiger. And it was Sieg who signed the surrender document!
Under the strict escort of ten thousand thunder god whips, the cavalry nervously guarded a completely sealed carriage. Heading towards the imperial capital…
Looking at the tightly airtight carriage, worries gradually arose in the hearts of the soldiers of the empire.
Are the rumors true? Our great commander, Your Majesty the Duke. Are you really seriously ill...
Under the intentional arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, the original welcome ceremony in the imperial capital was not held - the date of Duke Tulip's triumphal triumph in the "newspaper" was simply false! Tens of thousands of civilians in the imperial capital and Tulip Duke's admirers were thrown into the air... The disappointed and angry crowd almost tore the soldiers at the security station into pieces, while Tulip Duke's motorcade quietly entered late at night the night before. The gate of the imperial capital…
Duke Tulip did not attend the grand celebration banquet in the palace. According to the official statement from the empire, the Duke was injured on the station and needed to recuperate at home.
At that grand celebration banquet, Milo, as the only top general in the northern war zone who attended, stole the show. Facing the crowds of flattering aristocratic ministers in the imperial capital around him, Milo's good aristocratic education made him behave very appropriately, both noble and humble, perfectly portraying the image of a brave young general at the center of the empire...
Seeing his nephew being protected by everyone in the middle, he saw the smile on His Majesty the Emperor's face as he sat there. Marquis Caroline finally breathed a sigh of relief... The Lionheart family's turning point had finally passed.
Taking advantage of the break in the banquet, Marquis Caroline pulled Milo aside and asked Milo carefully about Duke Tulip's injury.
The smile that Milo maintained all night finally dimmed. 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. He rarely appeared in front of everyone when he was on the Pamir Plains. He didn't appear until the decisive battle at Thunder City. It's all my command..." At this point, Milo frowned: "I also have some doubts in my heart... He came back from the battlefield that day and seemed uninjured, but then he hid in the tent and disappeared... Could it be that the paladin from Roland is really that powerful?"
Marquis Caroline pondered for a while: "Then, can we interrogate that paladin carefully?"
Milo shook his head: "The opponent's magician guards and paladins all ran away... The situation at that time was very chaotic... Their army was surrendering, and those magicians, paladins and their senior knights could fly. Let's go..." Milo sneered: "Thunder City is not big. Although magicians cannot fly long distances, they can still fly through Thunder City to the seaside... As for whether they can fly across the Thunder Strait, I don't know. I don’t know.”
Caroline, the old fox, was silent for a while, with a cunning look in his eyes, and whispered: "Will Seth be seriously injured? Or may he die?"
Milo shook his body and immediately shook his head. His tone was firm: "He will not die!" Milo's eyes seemed a little strange: "I even think that no one in this world can kill him!"
Marquis Caroline looked at his nephew's expression. He sighed and whispered: "No matter what, the war is won! Your Majesty will definitely reward you greatly... If, I mean if... If Seth dies, then you will be the biggest hero left in this war. Oh... that guy Sieg won't be able to achieve anything without the support of a big family... Milo, have you ever thought... if Seth dies, you will be the number one person in the empire!"
Milo's body shook violently, a light flashed in his eyes, and he seemed to have thought of something. But then his eyes dimmed. Looking at his uncle, the expression on his face was a bit complicated, and he seemed to hesitate for a moment, before Milo spoke slowly.
"Dear uncle. I know your expectations for me... But what you don't know is that after going through this war, I seem to have developed feelings for that guy Seth... no, it should be said that I have feelings for the Tulip family. It's a strange feeling..." Milo let out a long sigh. He said in a low voice: "That guy Seth, maybe I will never be able to surpass him in my life! And that family..." Milo stared at the old Marquis Caroline: "That family makes me feel desperate... That is a family..." A real appeal..."
Milo's eyes became responsible again, with respect in them. There is jealousy, disappointment, helplessness, but more importantly, wonder!
"You can never imagine that kind of scene... As long as the tulip flag is flying, thousands of imperial soldiers are as enthusiastic as worshiping gods! For the tulip flag, those people died willingly, without even a trace of hesitation and Afraid! Those people's devotion to Tulip...that kind of madness, that kind of absolute loyalty, is something we will never be able to achieve!"
Marquis Caroline did not speak, looked at his proton's face, and sighed softly.
The newspapers in the imperial capital were already full of joy after the victory. Countless crowds gathered outside the Tulip Duke's Palace every day, and the soldiers from the public security station tried their best to guard the surroundings of the Duke's Palace.
The news that Tulip Duke was injured has slowly spread due to Andy's arrangement.
The number of people in religious offices in the imperial capital has increased as never before. Countless civilians went to religious offices to pray, praying to the great gods to bless the empire's patron saint with health and longevity. Outside the Tulip Duke's Palace, countless infatuated girls held blooming tulips in their hands and prayed silently.
But these people consciously stood dozens of meters away from the Tulip Duke's Mansion - because they were afraid of disturbing the Duke who was recuperating and resting.
In the cotton fields, a group of Royal Guards came to the Tulip Duke's Palace - I heard that this was the palace medical officer sent by His Majesty the Emperor! Treating the Duke's injuries!
Various newspapers in the Imperial Capital also sent countless people to guard around the Duke's Palace day and night. Every day, various newspapers in the Imperial Capital published some news about the Tulip Duke's Palace.
"This newspaper reported that according to a servant at the Tulip Duke's Mansion, the Duke was able to get up yesterday!"
"According to the news from this newspaper, according to the leftover veal steak found in the garbage dump outside the Duke's Palace yesterday, it is said that veal steak is Duke Tulip's favorite food, so we can guess that the Duke's body is recovering and he can already eat. !”
"This newspaper reported that according to the nephew's wife's brother of the neighbor's servant of the medical officer who was in charge of treating the Duke, the Duke's injuries have basically recovered..."
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Every day newspapers are filled with all kinds of news and speculation about the Duke. For the sake of their own sales, each newspaper finally began to accuse others of publishing false news indiscriminately. As the war of words started, public opinion in the imperial capital was in chaos. , no one believed the true or false news - one day, a newspaper that boldly speculated that the Duke's injury might be very serious was rushed into the headquarters by an angry crowd, and then beat everyone until their noses were bruised and swollen, and all the newspapers Closed my mouth...
Three days later, a commendation order awarding meritorious officials issued by the emperor's commander-in-chief and signed by His Majesty the Emperor was announced!
This is a long and cumbersome commendation order... The only thing that caught everyone's attention is that at least the Tulip Duke was mentioned in this commendation order.
"Tulip Duke Seth Rudolf is appointed Marshal of the Imperial High Command!
General Ziger, the former deputy commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, was appointed commander of the Central Cavalry Corps and was awarded the title of earl!
General Milo, the former commander of the Northwest Army Corps, is appointed as Deputy Minister of Military Affairs! The word earldom…
Former... commander... appointed... bestowed... title
Former... deputy commander... Ren...
Former...column leader...
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After this commendation order came out, a grand award ceremony was held in the Palace of Light in the Royal Palace - but the Tulip Duke was still not able to attend!
It is worth mentioning that in this lengthy commendation order, which lists dozens of lives, there is an inconspicuous name.
"Rody, the former vice-captain of the Duke's Guards of the Thunder God's Whip and Spike Army, performed well in the raid on Thunder City. He was transferred to the Royal Guards and given the title of Viscount! And the title of Palace Warrior!"