Chapter 1134: Million Coalition Army
At this moment, these noble lords could no longer care about anything else, and one by one they dragged their sleepy steps, and finally put on their armor, but when they arrived at the city gate, they saw that the siege army on the opposite side had already launched a charge. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
And at this time, these noble lords also seemed to be a little aware and guessed that the reason why these people on the opposite side yesterday did not launch an attack was because they had not been rested after a rapid march.
But his side missed the opportunity, but spent the night in worry and panic, and even the morale that had been aroused with great difficulty was almost lost after a day of psychological struggle and vigilance in the morning when the day was not fully bright.
I don't know if it's because the opponent's siege forces are too strong, or because the morale here is too low, or because some noble lords who have been thinking about it all night, have changed psychologically, and the command of their troops is not effective, anyway, this battle involving nearly a million people seems to be not too intense, and in less than an hour, the city gate was captured by the other party.
And before noon, the killing of a noble lord made the morale of the defending side extremely low, if it were not for the fact that it was in the middle of a national war, the war might have ended by this time.
Although the battle continued, and some Grenada soldiers were still stubbornly resisting, under the precise control of Li Ran, Xia Houben and others, this decadent situation was irreversible, so the result was not difficult to guess, and after several hours of fierce fighting, this medium-sized city with a garrison of nearly 500,000 troops finally fell without surprise.
Faced with nearly 300,000 captives, on the morning of the next day, this Prince of Terres verified what he had said before, no longer conniving and no longer forgiving! At this time, all the captured nobles and warriors had only one choice, to submit or to be killed.
All the converts had to do was use their boots stained with dirt and blood, step on the flag that symbolized the Empire of Grenada, and swear to break away from the Grenadian Empire, offer their weapons, and voluntarily join Prince Terres.
No matter what the reason, how high the ransom was given, how loud the shouts were, and how noble the self-description, the result was that one of the thousands of firing squads silently stepped out and cut off their heads with a single sword.
Not a single hesitation, not a trace of pity, not a single accident! At first, there were many people who kept shouting, dying for the glory of the empire, or crying that they were the descendants of some great nobleman, and so on.
But in the face of these executioners, who had not hesitated or pity, had not uttered a word, or even made a sound other than the wielding of their knives, they found themselves more and more ridiculous and helpless in their cries.
When a thousand people were killed, this shouting began to boil! In the face of a small number of surrenderers, everyone scolded them, and they wanted to step forward and tear them alive!
This cry is most intense when 5,000 people are killed! In the face of the surrenderers among them, everyone continued to scold, and their emotions were still the same, and they couldn't wait to step forward and strangle these traitors!
When the 10,000th person was killed, the cry was crazy! In the face of more of these surrenderers, everyone kept yelling, and then began to curse them verbally when they knew they were powerless to resist!
However, when the 20,000 people were killed, the shouts suddenly became much quieter, and some of them stopped cursing in the face of those who surrendered, and there was a hint of horror in their eyes.
When the 30,000 people were killed, the shouts became even quieter, and those who found that no matter how useless they were, could only hope for the help of the gods, and some of them seemed to be muttering something to their mouths, and there was no anger or contempt for those who had surrendered.
When the 50,000 people were killed, except for a few shouts from time to time, the whole square was silent filled with blood, like a terrifying dark hell, and in the face of those who surrendered more, some people already had a strange look in their eyes.
And when it came to the ninth batch of firing squads, these Niusgut warriors were depressed to find that they had nothing to do except for a few die-hards who were turned on by their lucky companions.
The day's slaughter ended before evening, and the surrender of nearly 200,000 men proved that even in the midst of national wars, faith and glory are sometimes not as sacred as one might think, relative to real life.
As for these nearly 200,000 captives who had no loyalty at all, and even some psychological resentment, Li Ran at this time did not send them back to Tyre City as before, but let Xia Houben and others directly take them to kill several nearby noble lords who had made changes when he attacked the city.
In the eyes of Bao Zhuoyi, Lou Anqi and others, taking these captives who have no loyalty at all and have just surrendered to the battle, not to mention that it is in the country before them, this is a very dangerous thing at all, if they do not make a counterjudgment on the battlefield, it will even implicate the entire battle situation, but Li Ran spoke immediately, and they had to take these people on the road of attacking the city.
But to their surprise, although these people were very careless when attacking the first city, and some even did not listen to orders at all, but at the moment when they were angry and directly led their troops to smash the gate, this group of people began to become crazy as if they had fallen into a demon, and even sometimes, even they were a little shocked by the cruelty of these people.
And the most surprising thing is that this anomaly is not accidental, especially after the first war, and as the successive attacks on several cities followed, the behavior of these people became more and more crazy.
Although the military discipline is still not in order, although some still do not obey orders, their killing is becoming more and more cruel, as if these subjects of the same country before have a deep hatred with them, especially when they see the other side waving the flag symbolizing the national war, this madness is still obvious.
After a month of killing, they swept through nearly ten surrounding cities, and when nearly half of the 200,000 people were lost, they also welcomed more prisoners with the same bloody choice, and they also ushered in another strong opponent, that is, the army of Duke Tordi who had brought dozens of noble lords above the earl level.
At the same time, it may be that after the start of the national war, the attitude of the capital of Grenada suddenly hardened and sent a large number of reinforcements, or it may be because the other two dukes stationed in the north said that the reinforcements formed were coming after receiving the notice of the national war, Krachi and the Duke of Pamprado chose to return to the defense and stationed all their troops in the dangerous Fortress of Ligat.
However, at this time, just as Li Ran was also fully defending Margs City and always paying attention to the army of the Duke of Toldi, another sudden news made the situation of the entire Grenada Empire more delicate.
The news is that for some unknown reason, the Naotia Empire, which was located in the north at this time, suddenly entered as an intermediary, and after condemning the Cruyard Empire without pain, it actually sent a legion to the border in the name of mediation.
Although from the intelligence, this mediation army only has tens of thousands of people, but their appearance has made the Grenada Empire rise again, especially the two dukes of Delevis and Brynchov, who hurriedly transferred back reinforcements, hoping to find out the true purpose of this Naodanya Empire as soon as possible.
Then two days before and after the news came, when it was learned that the reinforcements of the two dukes had retreated, the army of Krach and the Duke of Pamprado, who had just returned to defense, suddenly moved, and this time they even sent out their whole army to directly capture the Acropolis of Prince Eldo in one fell swoop, and used it as a base to fight against the coalition army and royal reinforcements of Grenada.
The entry of the Naotia Empire made the whole battle situation more delicate, and the Crach and the Duke of Pamprado, who had gained nothing for months, and even lost some troops, fought hard at this moment, as if they had dropped a big stone into this already chaotic pond, making the whole battle even more chaotic.
Since the war, the seizure of the first acropolis of the Grenada Empire means the seriousness of the situation, and for the gentry legion, they have also made a major decision after seeing all this, especially the entry of the Naotia Empire.
With the entry of a large number of members of the Gentleman's Legion, including some of the main members, Li Ran also gave them some of the prisoners in his hands after officially meeting with them that night, at this time, they added the existing medium-sized city troops before, as well as the elite troops transferred by the main army, and for a while, they had hundreds of members here, and the number of troops under their control quickly rose to nearly 100,000.
The situation seemed to be getting worse and worse, and was moving towards an irreversible situation, as the Duke of Atodi's million-strong army arrived, and in the following days, the capitals of the Khan Rock Empire and the Kruyard Empire raised their voices to call for resistance from the whole country after a grave condemnation of the Grenada Empire's self-righteous initiation of a national war.
Among them, except for the initiative of some noble lords of Cruyard to ask for battle, or to defect to Krachi and the Duke of Pampnado with their own soldiers and horses, the actions of the Khan Lock Empire were the most direct.
Perhaps because of the name played by Prince Terres, or to make up for his previous mistakes, or perhaps to reap the benefits of this national war, or perhaps because of all these reasons, the capital directly sent 300,000 legions to enter the Grenada Empire through the passage of the erosion opened by the former.
As for the commander of this legion, there are three people, they are the military and political chief Thortaylor, another female prince of the Khan Rock Empire, Pamela, and Elisimo, who was personally crowned a duke by King Alex just a month ago!