Liu Ran was mentally prepared for the arrival of this day. However, this old "small" came so quickly, and it came suddenly when Empress Catherine had not abdicated and Hammondale was not fully prepared, and Chen Jian was still quite unprepared

At this moment, it really wasn't the best time for Hammondale to break away from the Empire.

Jian Chen knew this very well, he had already analyzed that his current situation was not suitable for playing such a dangerous game as independence, and it was only because of the situation that he had to prepare early.

In his opinion, Empress Catherine's abdication was a matter of time, even if she could regain great prestige in this war with the Kerrigans, but the appearance of Roland doomed her to retire from the throne of the Erathian Empire, which was an inevitable trend.

Maybe she can drag her reign until the end of the war, maybe she can still rule for a period of time after the war, but it is undeniable that her days on the throne are numbered

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As long as there is no external threat, the call for Empress Catherine's abdication will surely rise again, and her quiet situation will not be much different from some time ago.

Even if Empress Catherine can get the full support of the army because of the war, unless Catherine can become ruthless, ruthless and ruthless to start a civil war to carry out a bloody purge of those who oppose her, and then completely draw a line with Roland, and show the people of the empire that she is determined to stay in Erathia Divorce is a good option.

But would Catherine do that?

Chen Jian thinks not. During the days of contact with Catherine, Jian Chen had long discovered that although this woman was strong and persistent, she was not a person who could really give up family affection for the sake of the empire, on the contrary, she attached great importance to family affection.

This can be seen from her performance in the last war, her efforts to make her father can rest in peace are obvious to all, and the reason why she tirelessly seeks the re-emergence of the empire is only because she does not want the empire left by her father to be ruined.

She has mentioned her son Nikolai in front of Jian Chen more than once, and when she talks about her son, her eyes will always be filled with strong maternal love and guilt.

When she learned of Roland's whereabouts, she risked her own safety and went out to meet her, ignoring the fact that this matter was probably another plot by Archibald.

Such a woman. You can temporarily stay away from your family for the sake of the empire, but you can't abandon your family forever for the sake of the empire.

So she was destined to stay on the throne of the Erathia Empire for a long time, in the past few years, she has paid so much for the empire, and has achieved a series of gratifying achievements, so that the empire has slowly recovered, but the call for her abdication is increasing day by day, at that time, Roland has not even appeared in front of everyone.

In such a situation. How could Jian Chen not prepare early? Otherwise, when Catherine abdicated, it would be the day of his Chen Jian's fall, and people like Mlak in the empire would definitely not tolerate the existence of Chen Jian, an alien.

But all the preparations he made were based on the premise that Catherine could still reign for a while, and he had no idea that the situation would develop so unexpectedly.

It's just because of the tricks of the Kregans, just because of Mrak's inexplicable suspicions, that he suddenly became a spy of the Kregans.

After Jian Chen calmed down, he didn't think about defending himself, but what made him angry again was that the magic letter teleportation array was no longer usable.

Kamulyn is so ruthless! Don't even give yourself a chance to argue!

At that moment, Jian Chen finally understood that things had completely turned around. The only thing he could do now was to find a way to survive in this desperate predicament.

With Jian Chen's thoughts, the first thing the dagger should face should be the crusade of the emperor's ** team.

There is no doubt about this, the Empire will never let Hammondale fall into the hands of his own hateful fellow, who has become a spy of the Kerrigans.

To this end, Jian Chen reduced all his troops into Harmondale Castle, preparing to use the fortified castle to fight against the imperial army.

In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, this is not a very good way, although holding the castle is beneficial to Chen Jian's side, which has a relatively small number of troops, but it also trapped himself in the castle, and there is no room for return.

But Chen Jian is also a last resort, he has no flying troops in his hands, and he is only afraid that he will die worse and faster against the enemy in the field, and there is a castle, at least it can offset part of the enemy's advantage.

What made Chen Jian happy was. When he had to face the crusade of the emperor team because he was framed, and after his announcement was made public, he actually received more support than he imagined.

The control of public opinion he made in the early stage played its due role at the critical moment, whether it was the human lords or the alien lords, they all completely lost confidence in the empire, and the human lords, who were already sympathetic to the lords and regarded the lords as gods, stood firmly on the side of the lords

"Have we Hammondales been treated as subjects of the Empire for so many years? Because of the battle between the empire and the elven kingdom over this land, how many wars have there been here? How much devastation have we suffered? Homes have been destroyed again and again, relatives have died in wars, and how many people have been forcibly emigrated by the elven kingdom. ”

"Because of that foolish Treaty of Blackstone, the Empire sat idly by while the Big-Eared Monster bandits wreaked havoc in Hammondal, and for that reason, we barely survived last winter! If it weren't for the efforts of the lords, the roads were finally opened, and the autumn market was opened at the last minute, how many of us would have starved to death in that extremely cold winter? At that time, where was the empire

？ ”

In the midst of this intense hostility, there are also clamoring for a recreation of the Hammondales' revolt against the tyranny of the Empire hundreds of years ago. Revolt again and establish the Hammondales' own free nation.

"A few hundred years ago; We failed! But this time, with the invincible lord of wisdom and martial arts leading us, we will definitely not fail again! To hell with the Erathian Empire! The Hammondalians do not need such an empire".

This is the slogan shouted by some radicals.

Because they are afraid of being persecuted by the empire, the foreign lords are also firmly on the side of the lord, which is worth mentioning. The new immigrants reacted more strongly than the old immigrants, and their dissatisfaction was already on the verge of exploding due to the suffering they suffered along the way. One by one, they immediately became extremely fanatical anti-imperialist.

A large number of human beings and young adults of alien races spontaneously formed a volunteer army, and flocked to Hammondale Castle to ask to join the lord's army, the situation was urgent, and Chen Jian did not refuse, in just a few days, Chen Jian's army grew from less than 4,000 to nearly 10,000.

The hill dwarves stranded in Hammondale also temporarily joined Chen Jian's army under the leadership of Malkem after receiving instructions from the dwarven king Hersfa, and nearly 5,000 strong dwarves joined, greatly enhancing the defense of Hammondale Castle.

The large number of weapons produced by the Dwarven Foundry and the weapons captured by Jian Chen from Danion quickly armed the army.

Some of the ballistas and trebuchets produced by the dwarves during this period were also placed in the castle, and these large freshly baked weapons became a heavy force in the defense of Hammondale Castle

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But beyond everyone's expectations, three days have passed, and the Emperor ** team has not appeared outside Hammondale Castle as everyone imagined.

After sending out a large number of scouts. Only then did Jian Chen discover that due to the appearance of the Elemental Clan and their rampant movement in the wilderness of Hammondal, Hammondale City had turned into an isolated city.

And a few days later, when a huge Elemental Clan castle appeared in the Hammondale wilderness, Jian Chen finally determined that within a short period of time. The Emperor ** team can't be defeated, according to the reports of the scouts, the elemental clan has gathered a considerable number of troops in Hammondal, and their forces are still increasing.

Jian Chen also found that for the same reason, the army of the Cregans was only temporarily gone, and the law threatened Hammondale City, and between them and Hammondale City, there was not only the blockage of the elemental people, but also the Emperor ** team.

And Gu Chenjian didn't think that the Kerrigan people would fight their own ideas first at this time.

In other words, due to the sudden appearance of these elemental clans, the situation on their own side suddenly became safer, of course, provided that those elemental people did not send troops to attack Hammondale City.

However, this situation did not reassure Jian Chen, the strength displayed by the Elemental Clan when he snatched the Vulcan Sword made him frightened, and the origin of these strong guys was unknown, the only thing that could be determined now was that they were at war with the Kerrigans, and it seemed that they were coming for the Kerrigans.

After thinking about it, Jian Chen decided to try to get in touch with these elemental people. See if you can get their help, and at the very least, find out what they really want to do, so that you can decide on the next plan of action.

To this end, he gathered his right-hand men to discuss the feasibility of this matter.

"Due to unexpected circumstances. Our current situation is quite bad, because we are not fully prepared, our strength is still too weak, and what we have is so worthless in the eyes of the Empire or other powers, so it is necessary for us to seek outside help! Judging by the situation that day, it seems that these elementals did not show much hostility towards us, they just wanted the so-called Vulcan sword, and they did not show any intention of attacking Hammondale these days. I think it's worth a try! ”

Jian Chen's words caused everyone to discuss, and while they were discussing, a scout brought amazing news to everyone.

A staggering army of elementals has left their wacky castle and headed for Hammondal!