February 5, 163 AH, Castle of Poschal in the Kingdom of Elt. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Shirley stood on the city wall, looking expressionlessly in the direction of the city of Byrons. Her troops and the army of the Elt nobles have been surrounded in this castle for more than a month. There was not a single revolutionary soldier in sight outside the castle, and Shirley knew that they were hiding in the woods on either side of the road, or among the citizens or villagers who seemed harmless.

The city to the east of Pochal Castle has been occupied by the revolutionary army, and the surrounding villages are staunch supporters of the revolutionary army. The so-called revolutionary army is actually the officers and soldiers of the former Elt army, as well as those farmers and craftsmen who have fought against the aristocratic army and the Byronic army, who have become veterans after the slave rebellion in the Elt Kingdom.

They wanted to emulate the Ilibians, who overthrew the monarchy, and establish a republic in which the plebeians had the final say. Because the revolution of the Ilibians was called the "Great Reformation" and the army formed was called the "Reform Army", the Elts who imitated this revolution called themselves "Revolutionary Army".

Both before and after the Great Reformation, the military system of the Ilibi people was "citizen volunteers". Male citizens who meet the service standards can purchase weapons and equipment at their own expense in accordance with the armament standards provided by the State, voluntarily participate in military training, obey the military arrangements of the State, and enjoy tax exemption and military pay subsidies during their service.

The Great Reformation was a conflict between the Ilibian civic class and the aristocratic class, so the Ilibian "Reform Army" was the country's regular army, with the same equipment and troop formation. The Tayyong people are similar in this regard, although the Tayyong people do not have a citizen's name, and the Tayyong nobility has a standing army of professional soldiers who are completely out of work, but in time of war they will still activate a military service system similar to the "citizen volunteers" to mobilize civilians to fight in war.

The aristocratic feudal form of government of the Elts was similar to that used by the Taeyong aristocracy, but they did not have a system similar to that of the "citizen volunteers". The Elte Army is divided into two major parts: professional soldiers and militia, and professional soldiers are completely out of production standing army, which is the main force of war. Militia were civilians recruited from their territories by noble lords on demand, and they had only the most basic military training, and some were forcibly recruited without any military training. The noble lord would distribute equipment to the militia, and the richer the noble lord, the better the militia would be equipped, and vice versa.

Militia members who distinguished themselves in the war were promoted to professional soldiers by officers, and they said goodbye to civilian status. Professional soldiers had a higher status in the kingdom of Elt than commoners, as they were the support of the nobility. In the concept of the Elts, the aristocracy is the representative of the state, and the status of professional soldiers valued by the aristocracy will naturally be higher than that of commoners.

After the outbreak of the slave rebellion, the militia system of the Elt Kingdom was completely paralyzed, and a large number of professional soldiers who were owed wages and could not afford to support their families defected. The Elt nobles instantly lost one-fifth of their main combat power, all their cannon fodder, and their reserves. In this case, even though the aristocratic army was well-equipped, the revolutionary army could not even have a single weapon in hand, but after several months of fierce fighting, the aristocratic army fell into a disadvantage due to the shortage of soldiers.

The change in the situation shook the officers and soldiers of the aristocratic army, and some of the minor nobles were killed by their officers and soldiers, who then defected to the revolutionary army. The disadvantage of the aristocratic army became greater and greater, and later even the middle and high nobles were betrayed, so that the nobles had to ask for help from the Byronic Empire.

The revolutionary army of the Elt Kingdom is different from ordinary armies, and they start with a battle against the wind. Whether it is the Elt aristocratic army or the Byronic army, the strength is stronger than them. In order to defeat a strong opponent, the revolutionary army often used a number of indiscriminate tricks. For example, during a siege, try to throw rotting animal carcasses into a fortified castle and let the plague help them attack the enemy, or poison the well water to assassinate the enemy commander disguised as a messenger.

Where have the Elt aristocratic army and the Byronic army seen such a shameless enemy? Even the notorious Mingji people would attack at most at night during the war, and most of the time they fought with the enemy in a dignified manner. However, the revolutionary army of the Elts always used crooked ways, sometimes even using women and children as bait, and took advantage of people's sympathy to trick a small number of soldiers of the noble army or the imperial army into remote places to kill.

This behavior seriously affected the impression of the Aliens towards the Elts, and when the news came back to the Bluestone Palace, Leah even felt that she must have had auditory hallucinations. If these things spread in the Empire, it would not be long before the people became angry, hoping that the Imperial Army would slaughter all the Elts as they did in the Chaoxin Kingdom.

In order to confirm the situation at the front, Meier specially recalled some soldiers from the front. He learned from these soldiers that not all Elts supported the Revolutionary Army, and that not everyone in the Revolutionary Army was so shameless. After the Kingdom of Elt fell into civil strife, the country's economy collapsed, and many people joined the revolutionary army just to make ends meet.

The Imperial Army often captured prisoners of the Revolutionary Army, including officers of the former Elt Army, soldiers of the former Elt Army, poor civilians, and bankrupts, all of whom were hard-working people, and they joined the Revolutionary Army because they heard that the revolution could live a good life. According to the captives, the shameless tactics of the revolutionary army were a model called "Safye? Durad's people came up with it. With a mouthful of eloquence, this man has become the supreme leader of the Elt Revolutionary Army. Before joining the Revolutionary Army, he seemed to be an aristocratic teacher.

Safye? Durad was a very cautious man, and no one knew where he was except for the top brass of the revolutionary army. Because he was able to lead the revolutionary army to victory, he was touted as a "military genius" by the high-ranking personnel of the revolutionary army. Shirley fell for this man's tricks, and she and her troops were trapped in Pochar Castle.

Safye? Durad was indeed gifted in military affairs, and he knew that the weakness of the Imperial Army was its heavy reliance on supplies. As long as the supply lines of the Imperial Army are cut off, the Imperial Army can be slowly consumed. At the same time, the Imperial Army was strict in discipline and would not do anything wrong to the people, so he let the revolutionary army hide among the people, constantly assassinating the officers and soldiers of the Imperial Army, robbing them of weapons and equipment, and making the Imperial Army fear the Elts.

It's ironic, Safye? Durard dared to use this tactic because he was sure that even if the revolutionary army did this, the Imperial army would not carry out a massacre in the kingdom of Elt. If the Imperial Army slaughtered one or two cities to make an example, he could take the opportunity to incite racial tensions and drag all the Elts into the war. This man made a bet on the entire Elt race, but the Elts were not aware of the danger and were willing to die for him.

The castle of Pochar was already completely surrounded by the revolutionary army, and before it was surrounded, they fought a tough battle, and there was little ammunition left. The Imperial Army, which wanted to support Shirley, was held back by the "guerrillas" of the Revolutionary Army, and every step forward had to pay a great price. The so-called "guerrillas" were small units of the revolutionary army, most of them were new recruits, led by three to five veterans, hiding among the common people or in no-man's land, and would come up and bite the imperial army if they seized the opportunity.

Safye? Durad mobilized nearly half a million men to hinder the advance of the Imperial Army, of which less than 100,000 were revolutionary, and the rest were ordinary people. The troops responsible for hindering the advance of the Imperial army suffered thousands of casualties every day, and the wounded were left to die in agony due to a lack of doctors and medicines. And the Shirley Department in the encirclement, counting the noble army in the castle, has a total strength of less than 50,000 people. The food in the castle can still be eaten for a month, and if the imperial army still can't lift the siege within half a month, then they can only abandon the castle and break through with all their might.

In fact, the Imperial Army has opened a gap for the Shirley Department more than once, but the problem is that the Imperial Army cannot continue to advance after that, because the Shirley Department is too far away from the actual control area of the Imperial Army, and as long as the Imperial Army continues to advance, it will be ambushed by the Revolutionary Army. In desperation, the Imperial Army could only build a fortress in the same place every time it advanced a certain distance, and then continue to advance when the fortress was built. When they build fortresses, the revolutionary army will attack the Imperial army by any cost.

The revolutionary army has robbed a lot of modern or ultra-modern weapons and equipment in various ways, such as advanced muskets, new rifles, and even field artillery, so the current revolutionary army has a certain counterattack ability, and each counterattack will make the imperial army pay a lot of losses, and even defeated the imperial army once.

But even so, the Imperial Army was steadily advancing. Wei Xu, who was in charge of commanding the rescue operation, believed that by February 18 at the latest, the Imperial Army would be able to completely tear apart the encirclement network of the revolutionary army and rescue Princess Shirley.

It's all my fault...... If I hadn't taken the enemy lightly, things wouldn't have turned out like this......

Two months ago, when the Imperial Army returned to the Kingdom of Ayrt, the Shirley Department encountered a large force that appeared to be the main force of the Revolutionary Army. Shirley immediately commanded his troops to attack him, and it took a lot of Zhou Zhang to defeat him completely. Shirley, who had been concentrating on commanding the battle, did not realize that the enemy had been fighting and retreating, and had not suffered much loss until the breakout. When she came to her senses, she found herself in the vicinity of the castle of Pochar, which had been surrounded by the revolutionary army three months earlier.

Shirley made several attempts to break out, and the revolutionary army used recruits and civilians who had been tricked into being cannon fodder to consume Shirley's ammunition, and also placed a large number of ambushes on Shirley's retreat road. If it hadn't been for Shirley's early discovery of the Revolutionary Army's intentions, her troops would have been finished more than a month ago. In the end, Shirley could only lead her troops into Pochar Castle and wait for the rescue of the Imperial Army with the owner of Pochar Castle.

My father must be worried about me...... Maybe...... Maybe that's good......

Thinking of this, Shirley's heart warmed, and then she quickly shook her head.

No, no, no! This is not true! Isn't this how Alice's mother lost her position as queen?

Besides, my decisions are related to the life and death of my soldiers, and I must not kill others because of my willfulness!

On 15 February, the Imperial Army succeeded in breaking the encirclement of the revolutionary army, and all 42,125 people, including Princess Shirley, were rescued, and all 6,000 defenders of Pochar Castle were rescued. If the revolutionary army was a regular force, they would have been counter-encircled by now. However, after the encirclement is torn apart, the revolutionary army can immediately hide its weapons and equipment, change into civilian clothes, and blend into the city or village, or hide directly in a no-man's land with weapons and equipment.

On February 18, the Ayrtic royal family made a public statement in the city of Lowton. They said that the Byronic army was introduced into the Elt kingdom by the "aristocratic traitors", and they did not recognize the agreement signed by the Elt nobles in private, nor would they hand over the Elt kingdom to the Byrons family to rule.

The Ayrtic royal family's breach of the covenant caught the nobles off guard, and they hurriedly contacted the Imperial Army, saying that it was all the royal family's trouble, and it had nothing to do with them, and they raised their hands in favor of the Byrons family taking over the Elt Kingdom. Being conquered by the Byrons family was at best a loss of aristocratic power and disarmament, but the family property was still there. If the revolutionary army wins, they will not only be left with nothing, but they will also risk being killed. As the saying goes, the lesser of two evils, the Elt nobles had no choice but to surrender to the Byrons family.

As a sign of sincerity, the Elt nobles sacrificed their domains, armies, and castles in order to keep their possessions. The Imperial Army was not polite, and received all that they could, and then kept the nobles' property according to Meier's orders, and left the nobles with enough private soldiers and private equipment to protect their property, so that they would not be robbed by the revolutionary army.

Later, the revolutionary army really went to rob the original nobles, but fortunately, the original nobles had been prepared and did not let the revolutionary army succeed. In order to take revenge on these robbers, the original nobles took out all the skills of pressing the bottom of the box and managed to investigate Safye? Durard's location, and gave this information to the Imperial Army as quickly as possible.

On March 11, the Byronic Imperial Inspectorate sent an elite assassination team to the target location, and on March 22, it successfully captured Safye? Durad killed. In Safyeh? On the same day that Durard was killed, the Imperial Army launched an attack on the city of Lotton, which was held by the royal family of Elt. Thirty minutes after the battle began, the Imperial army made dozens of gaps in the walls of the city of Lodon, and the Ayrt royal army had to abandon the walls and engage in street battles with the Imperial army.

The last battle of the Elt royal army was very tenacious, even if the troops and equipment were absolutely inferior, they were still fighting the imperial army in a dignified manner. The Imperial troops who participated in the siege were in awe of the Elt royal army, and after repeated attempts to persuade them to surrender to no avail, many Imperial troops (mainly the Letin and Ira) took the initiative to lay down their advanced weapons and fought with swords against the Elt royal army in the streets.

The actions of the Imperial Army moved the Elt Royal Army, and the Elt Guards took the lead in taking off their enchanted armor and went into battle lightly, fighting the soldiers of the Imperial Army, and finally all of them were killed. The other warriors wearing enchanted armor also took off their enchanted armor and fought the Imperial warriors on equal terms.

This battle was later criticized by many historians, who believed that the tactical thinking of the Imperial Army at that time was seriously lagging behind the army establishment and weaponry, because they gave up the superiority in equipment and numbers and hand-to-hand combat with the inferior enemy, and paid extremely heavy losses. As everyone knows, this "stupid act" of the Imperial Army has conquered the people of the entire Loton City, and without their sacrifices, the Empire would not have been able to successfully take over Loton City, and Loton City would not have become the first core city of the Elts.

Compared to the army loyal to them, the performance of the royal family of Elt was very unbearable, and they actually left behind the royal army who fought desperately for them, and escaped from the dark passage of Loton City with their treasures. Two months later, the revolutionary army announced in a high-profile manner that they had captured the entire Elt royal family alive and executed all the members of the Elt royal family. But this did not make them the winners of the war, and after the Byronic Empire officially took over the kingdom of Elt and began to govern the country according to the laws of the empire, the standard of living of the Elts improved significantly, and it was not long before the revolutionary army collapsed without a fight.