Ella and Andrea were not sure what happened in the Peloponnese region. However, the fact that 20,000 Almani coalition forces arrived by land already illustrates the seriousness of the situation.

Andrea immediately wiped away his tears. After all, he was a veteran and knew the priorities of the matter. Although Ansardo was his favorite and most powerful general, in this case, he could only let his subordinates wrap Ansardo's body with a mat and dig a hole in the grass.

Ella frowned and paced back and forth. There were now 40,000 Almani coalition forces gathered outside the city of Constantinier, with five times the strength of hers. Under such a gap, the enemy could completely encircle Constantinier and her camp.

Fortunately, the enemy's navy had just been annihilated and the army had not arrived yet, so she still had some time to think about.

But, there is only this time.

Stick to the camp and wait for reinforcements?

——It doesn’t work. This little force cannot last much time. And where are the reinforcements?

Give up the camp, use it as a trap, and lure the enemy?

——It doesn’t work. The number of enemies is 40,000. Even if you break some of the trap, it doesn’t matter. If you lose this camp, Ella will have no place to stand.

Break the whole into pieces, scatter into villages and mountains, and conduct harassment wars?

——This is even more unworkable. The enemy's supply line is on the sea route and she cannot threaten it. Moreover, the enemy only needs to capture Constantinier to win, and there is no need to pay attention to the pirates hiding.

The building will collapse and the tide will fall. With the eight thousand people in her hands, it seems that no matter what, it is impossible to reverse the current situation.

In a short period of time, dozens of solutions flashed through her mind, one more absurd and bizarre:

For example, open the door directly to welcome the Almani coalition forces. He smiled and said, "It's a coincidence that we won't know each other if we don't fight. We are also here to rob the Qiqiu Empire." Then take the opportunity to make trouble?

Or maybe they took advantage of the 20,000 enemies that had not arrived yet, and rushed to the Duke of Burgundy's besieged camp, and then shouted that the uncle and nephew were together to ask Constantine to open the door and let the pirates in. Together, they defended the walls of Theodossi?

Many plans were denied by her the moment they jumped out, but she still kept letting these bizarre ideas burst out in the chaos, hoping to find out the possibility of reversing the current situation from these impossible opportunities.

When night fell, she finally realized that there was only one feasible solution.

...

The army led by the Duke of Saxony and the Duke of Burgundy merged.

"Hey, Charlie, I'm so happy to see your head still." The Duke of Saxony learned on the road that the Duke of Burgundy failed to attack Constantine, and greeted him half-jokingly, "Didn't Constantine catch up? It's okay, I'll help you!"

He knew that the Duke of Burgundy would definitely retort. Unexpectedly, the Duke of Burgundy not only did not retaliate, but sighed with relief: "It's great that you are here. If I were from the army of the Seven Hills Empire, I would probably die here."

"Not that serious." The Duke of Saxony smiled, "Even if the Imperial Guards come back, you can still run away by boat, right?"

"There are no ships anymore," said the Duke of Burgundy seriously. "The fleet responsible for supporting me seems to have just been wiped out."

This sentence suddenly attracted Ipolita's attention: "Annihilated? What's going on? Who is the enemy?"

The Duke of Burgundy glanced at Ipolita. Although he had seen the courage of this girl in the Island Republic, he still felt something unusual about the fact that a maid was walking side by side with the Duke of Saxony.

"Tell her." said the Duke of Saxony, "She now represents the Army of the Island Republic."

So the Duke of Burgundy took Ipolita and the lords of the Federation of Almany into the camp and told them all about what happened after his besiege of Constantine.

"... In this way, the navy was led out by the pirates and then did not come back. Instead, their navy returned, and there were many warships that had not appeared before. I thought I had been hiding, and I was waiting to ambush our navy!"

"It sounds like the fighting style of the Swedish king of the pirate kingdom." said a small lord from the northern part of the Almani Federation. "Maybe you southerners don't hear much. The Swedish king defeated the undefeated Ragna and was called the Triumphal. Duke Otto also died under her hands."

"That Otto? But isn't the Pirate Kingdom an ally of the Island Republic?" The Duke of Saxony cast a puzzled look at Ipolita.

Ipolita shook his head: "The reason for the Pirate Kingdom is irrelevant at all. I don't care what kind of triumphal or undefeat she is. Since she wants to hinder our plan, it's good to destroy it! Tomorrow the Duke of Burgundy continues to siege Constantinier, and I will take the 20,000 new people to unplug that camp!"

"Be careful. Those pirates have been digging holes these days." The Duke of Burgundy reminded, "There are at least a few thousand pits outside the camp now."

"Since we know there is a trap, we can drive cattle and sheep to explore the way forward." said the Duke of Saxony. "Even if the cattle and sheep die, they can still be taken out and eaten, which is not a loss."

"The cattle and sheep are a little unobedient enough." Ipolita sneered, "If we want to test the trap, don't we have more suitable livestock?"

"More suitable livestock? What is it?"

"Of course they are slaves - those civilians from the Qiqiu Empire, aren't they the most suitable for use now?"

On the way to Constantinier, the Almani coalition attacked many villages and captured many civilians. The next morning, these poor people were pulled to the Almani coalition and walked towards Ella's camp under the threat of spears and whips.

Ella used to block the pits of the Almani coalition, and was filled with the bodies of civilians in the Seven Hills Empire.

"King of Sweden."

Ipolita closed his eyes and recalled the appearance of Ella he saw in the Island Republic.

"It's very young...too young, even a little naive. Why do you want to reject the Governor's proposal and help the Qiqiu Empire? I've heard some rumors that your surname is Scipio. Is it true?"

Thinking of this, Ipolita laughed "giggled".

"If you are really Scipio, it's fun... Look, your people are rushing towards your fortress and let them go, you will become slaves like them. What are you going to do? Order to shoot them with arrows?"

The civilians had already entered the range of arrows, but no arrows were shot at them.

"Are you hesitating? It's still too young. But how long can you last?"

The civilians entered the range of half an arrow. The arrows still did not fly out of the camp.

"It's really amazing. It's because of this that it's even more interesting..."

The civilians pushed open the gate and walked into the camp. After a while, the military flag floating on the camp fell down.

Ipolita was stunned.
Chapter completed!