"Everyone get down here! Hold your heads in your hands!"

Philip did not say a word, but lay on the ground like other soldiers, holding his head.

Soon, the mermaid soldier's attention was focused on the pale Imperial soldier riding on the horse. Seeing that he was wearing a well-made hat and a cloak, he immediately shouted: "You

! Come down! Squat over here! What’s your name?!”

The soldier trembled and squatted on the ground. After hesitating for a moment, he still responded: "My... my name is... Philip... Jin Guo..."

The soldiers of the Mermaid Army nodded, with joy on their faces: "Okay, okay, we finally caught up! Earl Philip, please follow us obediently! As for the others, if you want to leave, we will

I won’t stop you, but if you want to be with your master, then come with us!”

The soldier who called himself Philip was trembling with fear and could not say a word. He was tied up with his hands behind his back by the mermaid army and escorted into the car. The mermaid army saw that none of the other soldiers wanted to follow.

He snorted, got in the car, turned the car around, and drove towards Lagoon City.

Late that night, the Marginal Province once again demonstrated a victory that most people could not imagine on the battlefield against the Imperial Army's forward battalion.

You know, no matter how miserable the Imperial Army is, it is still the most elite force of the Blue Bay Empire. It is a powerful army led by the best equipment, the most powerful logistics, and the best commanders!

But just such an army was defeated on the eve of the attack on Lagoon City. No matter how elite the army was, it was now as insignificant as ants.

That night, all the 5,000 troops in the vanguard battalion collapsed and fled in disarray.

The west, south, and north directions of the entire military camp were all blocked by the armored elemental vehicles that were pressing over them. However, whether due to time or the insufficient number of armored vehicles, there was no mermaid army surrounding them in the east direction.

These defeated soldiers cried and ran toward the only escape route, praising the God of Light in their hearts for leaving a way for them to survive.

However, at this moment, they may not have thought that this way of life was not something they worked hard for, but was specially released.

And the defeat of the entire imperial army did not end here. On the contrary, this was just an insignificant beginning.

On September 15, 1306, the defeated Imperial soldiers rushed to the front lines of the Imperial Army behind them with news of their defeat.

The collapse of more than 3,000 people immediately shocked the generals and soldiers of the former army, and they did not know what happened.

But just when these disintegrating soldiers came into contact with the former army and mixed in, they suddenly heard the very familiar urging voice again in the clear sky and daylight.

"fire star--!!!"

During the day, the defeated vanguard army once again saw the nightmare-like bolide in the sky.

Although this time, the number of bolides was not as large as before, only about five or six.

However, they who had already become frightened birds began to flee again. With fear and despair, they rushed towards the rear of the front army without any plan.

This is equivalent to the fact that these 3,000 defeated soldiers suddenly dispersed the 10,000 troops of the front army and disrupted the formation of the front army. At the same time, accompanied by the panic and fearful shouts of those soldiers as they fled,

, which even made the 10,000 soldiers in the front army feel shocked!

Next, the fireball exploded in their army. At that moment, like dominoes, the army of three thousand people swept away the army of ten thousand people, and once again fell into a rout that lost its command.

.

War is like this sometimes.

When you think you have a winning chance, you often relax your vigilance and feel that you don't need to pay attention to certain details.

In the process of attacking the border provinces, the imperial army of up to 50,000 people experienced the defeat of the forward battalion in less than half a month. The forward army was forced to retreat together, and a lot of food, grass and baggage were lost along the way, especially because

Self-confusion trampled to death and lost nearly a fifth of the troops.

News of such a defeat would naturally spread, causing the entire Imperial Army to lose face. It also caused the reputation of the Magic Association and the Holy See of Light to plummet to the bottom within the Blue Bay Empire.

No one dared to face the bolide directly...Similarly, no one had the courage to face the elemental armored vehicle directly.

Those methods that can launch attacks beyond the casting distance of magic have been far beyond the control of those magicians. In the following years, when people learned about the powerful destructive power that the elemental machine can produce, originally

The funds invested in magicians naturally turned to this more efficient and convenient power.

At that time, if there were still people who wanted to put magic first...

Then I'm afraid they will be greeted not only with ridicule, but also with anger and scolding.

"What? The former army was defeated so quickly?!"

The leader of the Chinese army is a branch of the Blue Bay royal family. In terms of seniority, he should be regarded as Tide Blue's uncle.

The prince never dreamed that the former army would be defeated so quickly, or even be defeated so humiliatingly.

However, now is not the time to hold people accountable. The most important thing is to find a way to regroup and launch another attack on the marginal provinces!

After questioning the soldiers who had returned from the defeat, and also picking up the earl of the Jinguo family, the prince immediately made a plan to disperse the troops to avoid concentration, and then proceed in a roundabout way through various roads.

, a strategy of hiding in small places and attacking.

From a planning point of view, this arrangement can indeed avoid being hit by bolide again, and can also avoid head-on confrontation with those elemental armored vehicles.

To do this, of course, a large number of horses need to be sacrificed. The entire army must use the mountain road as the direction of advancement, turn to the mountains, bypass the side of the Everlasting Mountains, and directly attack the heart of the Marginal Province - Pelican City.

On September 20, 1306, the remaining 45,000 imperial troops began to march towards the mountain roads in multiple directions, trying to bypass the large plains in the marginal provinces.

However, such a detour will cause the march time to be extended by almost three times for no reason. If everything goes smoothly and reaches Pelican City, it should not be until November at the earliest...

So, will the marginal provinces just sit back and wait for death?

Obviously, no.

To be even more precise, the effect that the president of Mermaid Song wanted to achieve was exactly this.

Because, when these armies begin to walk up the mountain road step by step, in addition to extending the march time, another trouble will also arise——

Extension of supply lines.

When the imperial troops were marching hard through the crisscrossing mountains, what they probably never expected was that behind them, in the two provinces of Tianhong and Diliao, something happened.

Something they least expected - rebellion.

On October 10, 1306, on this seemingly ordinary day, the first thing to happen was Baiquan City, the largest city in Tianhong Province.

The merchants in this city suddenly raised prices and blocked all food transportation routes to the mountains. If you don't give enough money, even a grain of food will not be able to reach the mountains!

As the first administrator of Tianhong Province, Sir Wisconsin Brooke was instantly panicked when he saw that all the merchants in the city suddenly raised their prices. His first thought was to send his soldiers to kill those merchants who refused to lower their prices.

Catch them all and kill them all!

However, what this manager probably never expected was that the businessmen had long used the oldest method of mankind to bribe the soldiers. Although the leaders of these soldiers were also surprised as to why such a thing happened, after seeing

When these businessmen who constantly gave themselves money and women on weekdays once again took out a sum of money and put it in front of them, the hearts of the soldiers would certainly be shaken.

As for how to report to the knight? That's so simple. Just grab two small traders and kill them in front of the knight. Then say that it is the busy farming season, and because this year's harvest is far greater than in previous years, it will cause

There is a sudden increase in orders, and all grain transport roads are increasing prices!

Anyway, when the time comes, all the money will fall into his own pocket, and there will be no other price pressures on the entire Baiquan City. Even if I, Sir, feel that this is a bit inappropriate, looking at the things placed in front of me

Gold, silver and jewelry, after all, I didn’t stick to it anymore.

One city after another. One village after another.

This is not only the case in Tianhong Province, but also in Diliao Province.

Merchants began to collectively raise prices and used various methods to cut off almost 50% of the grain transportation channels to the mountains.

Every lord in these cities felt that even if their own food road was cut off, there would be other food roads, so why bother? Therefore, there was no big reaction.

Then, everyone was patiently waiting for the good news from the Imperial Army. They all felt that this year would be a good harvest year and they could spend another Holy Night Festival safely.

Then……

November 1, 1306, rain.

"Are you all ready?"

Almost five kilometers outside Baiquan City, Jelly turned around and looked at the elemental armored vehicle troops behind him.

These soldiers of the Mermaid Army all have solemn faces and firm eyes. Although there are only ten armored vehicles here, there are only three elemental cannons.

However, these soldiers all looked at death with a look on their faces, showing no signs of wanting to escape or showing any fear.

At that moment, Jelly took a deep breath, raised his left hand, and put it on his chest.

He closed his eyes, nodded silently, and said again——

"Now, I repeat what I said before. After entering the city, go straight to the viscount's palace and arrest the noble man. If someone resists, shoot him. But if someone is willing to surrender, you must not shoot the prisoner.

."

"The land seized by the lords will be distributed to the farmers. We will never occupy those lands. Only in this way can we win this war without too many people. Everyone understands.

Yet?"

"Yes! Got it!"

Looking at the eyes of these soldiers and listening to their firm answers, Jiji knew that he could definitely trust these soldiers in the next battlefield.

They all come from poor backgrounds, and some of them are slaves, so they have long seen the cruelty of the lords and nobles. Now they are asked to kill those lords and nobles, of course they are eager to do so!

Immediately afterwards, with the sound of the elemental cannon, a huge fireball directly exploded the gate of Baiquan City. Jelly immediately jumped on the roof of an elemental car and shouted loudly——

"Set off!"

In an instant, the elemental armored vehicle started up and rushed towards the city gate in front!
To be continued...