Chapter Seventy-Two: Changing Storms
On July 1, Nami received a letter from Yu Mingli asking for help, wanting to return to the division to rescue the 29th village, but did not get the approval of Wei Xu and Man Yun. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 Under Yan He's persuasion, Nami Jushi could only lead the army to stay.
On July 3, after the Bujin army sent the war letter, Wei Xu summoned the other commanders of the coalition forces to discuss the war. Man Yun figured out that Wei Xu had a grudge against her, and took the lead in opposing the battle, so that Wei Xu took the battle letter despite the opposition of Nanyi Jushi and Yan He.
On July 10, the Bujin army and the Iraa coalition army fought a second battle on the northern plains of Kamijin Prefecture. In this battle, the Limi Shrine Army led by Man Yun did not comply with Wei Xu's tactical deployment and did not move, and also instructed the 29 Village Army to hold on to the army, so that Wei Xu, who wanted to use a wave of light cavalry to crush the enemy's main formation, had to take a defensive position.
After replenishing the troops, the proportion of cavalry in the Shangjin County Army dropped to one-half, but such a ratio of troops was still not suitable for defense. Fortunately, Wei Xu had been prepared for this, and he arranged the cavalry on both flanks to outflank the two flanks of the Bujin army.
Before the battle began, Man Yun secretly sent someone to contact Nami Jushi, saying that the Great Witch had decided to withdraw the army, and asked the Twenty-Nine Village to prepare for the withdrawal. After the battle began, Man Yun sent someone to contact the 29 village army, saying that once the Bujin people attacked, the Limi Shrine army would retreat.
Seeing this, Nami Jushi and Yan He knew that Man Yun was going to sell his teammates. Now that the Rimi Shrine is leaving, the two decided to follow the retreat and withdraw from this war.
Man Yun leaked the deployment of the coalition army to the Bujin people in advance, and deliberately marked the retreat route of the 29 village army and the Shangjin county army, and signaled the Bujin army to send people to ambush. General North decided that this plan was feasible, so he sent troops to ambush the retreat of the two armies, and arranged for the pursuing cavalry.
After the Bujin army began to march, the Rimi Shrine army began to retreat according to the plan, and the 29 village army also began to retreat. Wei Xu never thought that Rimi Shrine and the Twenty-Nine Village would betray him, so he was shocked, and decisively divided a part of his troops to delay time, and personally led the guards to stay behind and let the main force retreat.
The Bujin army disdained to eat these small fish and shrimp, and General North directly sent cavalry to cross the broken rear troops of the Shangjin County Army to pursue the retreating Shangjin County Army and the 29 Village Army. After breaking off on the battlefield, Wei Xu saw that the situation was not right, and immediately led the personal guard cavalry to break through, and the troops after the break also collapsed. When the two armies saw the pursuers attacking, they could only divide small units to resist, and at the same time speed up the retreat, making the marching ranks more and more chaotic.
At this moment, the ambushed Bujin army suddenly came out. They were divided into squadrons on both sides of the retreat route, with a total strength of no more than 3,000. But at this time, the hearts of the two armies were in turmoil, and when the soldiers saw that they had been ambushed, they immediately lost their will to fight and fled in all directions. Seeing this, Yan He didn't care about 3721, picked up Nanyi Jushi who wanted to personally lead the troops and ran away.
By this time, the pursuing cavalry had already routed the blocking force, and some of the infantry, who had not had time to burrow into the woods, immediately laid down their arms and surrendered. In this way, the Shangjin County Army and the infantry of the 29th Village were either scattered, killed, or captured, and only a few lucky ones escaped back to the camp.
The situation was much better for the cavalry, where only a few hundred men were shot by the ambush troops, and the rest fled back to the main camp. After most of the cavalry returned to the main camp, the Riya Shrine Army withdrew intact. Man Yun had already prepared for the withdrawal of the army, and the Rimi Shrine army quickly packed up their baggage after returning to the camp and left the camp according to the predetermined plan.
Fearing reprisals from Kamijin Prefecture, Manyun bypassed Kamijin County and other towns in Kamijin County when he withdrew. In this way, the army of Riya Shrine withdrew from the war with almost no losses.
The army of the 29th village saw that the Riya Shrine had withdrawn, and after reorganizing the army, they also left the camp. When Wei Xu returned, there were only people left in the camp. With the amount of troops he had on hand, continuing to fight with the Bujin people in the field was undoubtedly giving people a head, so Wei Xu also sorted out the rout, abandoned the big camp, and retreated to Shangjin County.
On July 14, Bujin's army approached the present-day county seat. Wellin sent emissaries to the camp of the Bujin army, hoping to start peace talks with the Bukinians, but General North refused. On the 15th, the Bujin army launched a tentative attack on the county seat of Shangjin, and the fighting ended after several hundred casualties on both sides. On the 16th, the Bujin army once again launched a tentative attack on the county seat of Shangjin, and the army of Shangjin County showed a declining trend.
On the 17th, Bujin's army intensified its siege, but the attack was still tentative. Wei Xu didn't know what the plan was, so he withdrew the militia and replaced it with a regular army to defend the city wall, so that General North could find out the true strength of the defenders of Shangjin County. On the 18th, Bujin's army launched a forced attack on the county seat, and the city wall was almost lost. Wei Lin was afraid that the county town would be lost, so he had to send another envoy to the camp of the Bujin army, hoping to start peace talks with the Bujin people.
This time, General North accepted Wei Lin's peace talks, and demanded that Wei Lin accept the conditions of land cession, indemnity, and complete severance of diplomatic relations with Yongshan Kingdom. The conditions for the indemnity were acceptable to Wei Lin, but the conditions for ceding the land and completely severing diplomatic relations with the Yongshan Kingdom were not, so the peace talks ended in failure.
On the 19th, the Bujin army intensified the siege of the city, and the two armies fought over the city wall repeatedly, and finally Kamijin County recaptured the city wall before sunset. On the 20th, Welling started peace talks with General North again, this time General North raised the price again, and after some bargaining, General North figured out Wellin's bottom line, and Welling also figured out General North's bottom line.
After this, the Bujin army stopped the siege and the two sides moved the battlefield to the negotiating table. The goal of the Republic of Bujin this time is to take the county seat of Kamijin, or to seize a territory equal to the value of the county seat. And Shangjin County is the foundation of the Wei family, and Wei Lin will never hand over Shangjin County.
Therefore, Wellin chose to cede all three towns and their affiliated villages in the northern part of Kamijin Prefecture to the Republic of Bujin, and pay the Republic of Bujin 2 million galles (equivalent to 1,000 Kan Ira money) in war reparations. On the 25th, the Republic of Bujin signed a peace agreement with the county seat of Kamijin, and the county withdrew from the war. On the same day, Kamijin Prefecture announced the severance of the alliance with the Riya Shrine.
On the 26th, Kamijin Shrine issued a public statement saying that they represented the 165 existing Ira Shrines in Shinsekai except for the Urami Shrine and condemned the unauthorized withdrawal of troops from the Shrine in violation of the covenant. Since Kamijin Shrine is talking to itself, it should be ignored by Rimi Shrine.
On the 28th, Rimi Shrine announced the severance of the alliance with the Twenty-Nine Village, and at the same time declared war on the shrine maiden in the Twenty-Nine Village. On August 1, Kamijin Prefecture sent an envoy to form an alliance with Twenty-nine Village and join the war against Satoya Shrine.
Due to continuous internal and external troubles, Twenty-Nine Village was on the verge of collapse at this time. If it weren't for Wei Lin to persuade Kamijin Shrine to send shrine maidens to the twenty-nine villages, the twenty-nine villages would probably collapse without a fight.
Although Kamijin Shrine promised to send shrine maidens to Twenty-Nine Village, there was a history of killing witches in Twenty-Nine Village, and the shrine maidens of Kamijin Shrine were very resistant to the assignment of foreign missions. In the end, Kamijin Shrine only formed a five-member shrine maiden team and sent it to Twenty-nine Villages, which was not a fraction of the number of shrine maidens stationed at the shrine at the beginning.
The international situation was changing, as if it was just a blink of an eye, and the three Iraa forces around Liang Yuecheng were beaten into a pot of porridge. The Xiaohu family had no interest in the infighting between the Ira people, and Xiaohu Tengyan only signed a non-aggression pact with Riya Shrine in his personal name in mid-July, and then began to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight.
As early as July 7th, Lan Ning received a handwritten letter from the eldest witch Liuyuan. After learning that the Rimi Shrine was going to war with the Twenty-Nine Villages, Lan Ning's heart was mixed.
As an Iraa shrine maiden, she also wants to help her sisters get revenge, but she doesn't support the Great Shrine Maiden's approach. Riya Shrine started a war against Twenty-Nine Village on this ground, which makes sense and makes sense, and will also gain the support of the Ira people. But what they did was undoubtedly telling the world that Ira's shrine maidens could be violated, but at a high cost.
If this idea spreads among the Ira, then the image of the Irago shrine maiden will be greatly damaged. Rimi Shrine, as a force with shrine maidens as the main body, will also suffer a certain amount of losses.
On July 12, Maier and his party returned to Liangyue City. When Lan Ning heard the news, he immediately went to Meier's house and wanted to talk to him alone.
On the way to Liangyue City from Twenty-Nine Village, Lan Ning would often chat with Maier. Meier, who studied under Gray, was naturally different in terms of thinking. His words often made Lan Ning suddenly clear, and many of the questions that bothered her could be explained by Maier in just a few words.
For example, when it comes to the divinity of the Apocalypse, some people believe that the Apocalypse is the opener of the world, some believe that the Apocalypse is the creator of the world, and some believe that the Apocalypse only created the rules. Each of these three theories has its own truth, and the shrine maidens and priests have their own choices.
After the formation of the New World, all three of these statements changed to a certain extent. The first theory holds that the Apocalypse is the initiator of all worlds, the second is that the Apocalypse is the creator of all worlds, and the third theory holds that the Apocalypse is the creator of all worlds.
Originally, the Satomi Shrine was the same as the Kamijin Shrine next door, and both belonged to the Kaise-kai school. However, the new Great Shrine Maiden is a creator faction, which makes two voices appear within Rimi Shrine. Lan Ning is not a close confidant of the Great Witch, and she doesn't want to be in the same league as Man Yun and them, so she was sent to Twenty-Nine Village to manage the foreign witches.
At first, Lan Ning was also a Revelation faction, but most of the witches under her command were from the Creation Sect. Over time, Lan Ning's heart was shaken, and he didn't know whether he should stay in the Enlightenment Sect or convert to the Creation Sect.
She asked the great theologian Gray? When Byrons' son, Mel, confided in him, Mel's answer was simple.
"I am just a human being, and I have no authority to determine the attributes of God, and I do not know what has happened in the past. But because of my father, I'm now more inclined to creationism, but that's just out of trust in my father, not my knowledge of God. I will not be sure of this until God Himself tells me that He created these worlds. ”
Man has no right to determine the attributes of God because he is too small in relation to God. Only then did Lan Ning realize that it was a very stupid thing for the priests and shrine maidens of Ira to characterize the gods, because whether they were priests or witches, they were all servants of the gods. It is only the master who characterizes the servant, and if the servant characterizes the master, it is a crime.
From then on, Lanning regarded Maier as an important theological partner. In her spare time, she would always go to Mary for theological discussions, and sometimes to talk about ordinary topics. Since Yishan and Ullis, who have no study of theology, could not interject at all when Lanning and Maier were talking, they thought that Lanning had usurped Meier's time without permission, and had been thinking about how to get Lanning away from Maier.
But now, Yishan is the only one who has this idea.
I need to do more things to make Mel happy, give him more opportunities to make decisions, give him freedom of choice, and at the same time show my strengths, melt his heart with gentleness, so that I can get his heart!
Realizing her mistake, Euris has changed her strategy and is attacking Mel the right way. On the way back to Liangyue City, Euris has earned a lot of favorability, which has brought her and Maier closer to each other. This made her more convinced that the new strategy was the right one, and she was ready to go all the way to the end.
When Lanning arrives at Myer's house, Euris is inviting her to move into her house. She has completely dismissed the idea of giving away the house, and when she was invited, she also set the rent as a friend. In this way, Maier has no worries and can seriously consider moving.
Uris was very surprised by the change, which made her feel a sense of crisis, but there was nothing she could do. Yishan wanted to make the same change, but she couldn't find the point. The uncandid personality has also become an obstacle to change, so for now, Urris's winning prospects have really improved a lot.
As soon as Lan Ning appeared, Euris obediently closed her mouth and took the initiative to give up her position to Lan Ning. Ulris, who is a princess, took the initiative to give up her seat, how could Lan Ning be embarrassed to sit down? After the two of them gave in a few times, Euris took advantage of the situation to sit next to Myer, and Lanning could only sit down when she saw this.
For the first time, the chairman of the Maier family sat down with outsiders, and now the three maids sitting in the corner could not sit still. However, as the head of the house, Maier did not speak, and they could only agree with this result. Yishan also couldn't sit still, but she didn't sit still because of the chairman's guest seat, but because Uris sat next to Maier, and Maier acquiesced in it.
Well done! Your Highness the Princess!
The maids of the Egus guards who stood by gave Euris a secret thumbs up, and now they were more and more confident in what was going on with Myer.