Chapter 69: The Burning City
None of the inhabitants of the imperial capital will forget this afternoon
It was just sporadic flames at first, and when they saw the flames coming out of the lower town, no one cared about what was going on. After all, this is a battlefield, and it's not uncommon for one or two unlucky houses to be concentrated by stones thrown by trebuchets to start a fire. Those who see the flames will only hide in their homes, glad that the unlucky person is not themselves
But after less than half an hour, the flames got out of control, and the large number of wooden houses in the lower city were simply natural ignitions, coupled with the fact that the lower city was already crowded, and the imperial capital officials who managed the area were unwilling to care about things other than taxes - such as urban planning and the like, resulting in many houses not leaving enough fire intervals, and the next row of houses only needed one to catch fire, and then the adjacent houses could ignite. Soon, the out-of-control flames began to consume the entire lower city like a hungry beast
The ferocious fire not only destroyed the defenses of the imperial army, but also blocked the revolutionary army's advance into the imperial capital. This was a good thing for the Imperial Army, which was given a rare respite, but for the Revolutionary Army, the likelihood that they would be surrounded in turn increased by one point
"Damn! Who exactly did this! "In the camp of the revolutionary army outside the city, men dressed in the uniforms of former imperial generals lined up on the map with a slap, and their faces that looked quite kind turned vicious with anger" Someone told me that it was the soldiers of the revolutionary army who set fire to the city, is it true! Who the hell did it! ”
"There's no point in pursuing this now, Nakili. The top priority is how to bypass the fire area and enter the hinterland of the imperial capital! Inside the tent, another dark-skinned man dressed in animal skins reached out and pointed to the map of the empire behind him, pointing his fingers at the northern border of the empire. The political survivors came with news last night that the Estes Department stationed in the northern frontier had abandoned the fortress city of the Northern Braves, and the vanguard of more than 100,000 people was marching towards the imperial capital at full speed. Not only that, "the fingers of the leaders of the foreign peoples in the southwest continue to move to the east" The spies who monitored the Eastern Imperial Navy also sent back the news, the naval fleet has traces of abnormal movements, but the specific situation is unknown, I think it is possible for them to return to the imperial capital through the canal, once they cross the battleship on the Grand Canal that runs through the imperial capital, we will be in a dilemma! ”
"Do you want me to watch the civilians of the imperial capital fall into the sea of fire and ignore it!" Nakili asked loudly, "I risked my life to defect from the empire and join the revolutionary army, just to overthrow the tyranny. Politics to build a new world where everyone can live in peace! My soldiers believe in me, and they will be willing to follow me here, and if I don't save them, what difference will it do to the Empire! ”
Seeing what the leader of the alien nation was going to say, Nakili held his forehead and waved his hand to interrupt him, "Don't say anything, I will ask the soldiers to stop attacking for a day, extinguish the flames in the lower city as soon as possible, rescue as many civilians as possible, and wait for the flames to be extinguished before marching to the imperial city"
"There's no way I'll let my people die because of your kindness!" The leader of the alien race was-for-tat, and a mocking smile hung on his gloomy face, "If the situation is not good, I will not let all the clansmen be buried in another country, I will retreat directly, it is a big deal to retreat to the southern seas, even the imperial navy can't help us." Don't blame me for not warning you."
"You!"
"Mr. Tupak Amaru said a lot, there is no time to delay~" A soft voice came from the door of the big tent, Nakili and Tupak turned their heads to look at the door at the same time, only to see a tall figure in a black robe appear in the tent "General Nakili, don't forget your real purpose, overthrowing the empire is the top priority, of course, I spend a lot of money to support the revolutionary army is not to make you hesitate here, I hope you don't be like General Najeta, you will actually abandon the revolutionary cause"
"But the people of the city."
"But if the revolution fails, the empire doesn't know how many civilians it will kill, take advantage of the fact that the army in the city has not had time to redeploy in a hurry, and defeat them in one fell swoop" The black-robed man opened his arms, revealing his white and delicate fingers "There must always be bloodshed and sacrifice before the victory of the revolution, which is unavoidable, your victory can change the world and bring happiness to more people, what is this sacrifice, presumably those who died in the fire will not blame you"
"But ......" Nakili was about to say something, but the slender fingers of the black-robed man snapped, and suddenly, Nakili seemed to have been shocked, his body twitched, and his eyes became dilated. After a few seconds, Nakili slowly came back to his senses, as if he had just woken up
"You're right, Your Excellency" Nakili bent down obediently, "I will let the soldiers move on and advance to the Imperial City as soon as possible"
"Very good, I believe in your ability to act, Your Excellency General" The black-robed man retracted his arm and floated out like a shadow. There was not a single sound, and it was not even clear whether it had walked out of the doorway or had sunk directly into the shadows of the tent. The leader of the alien race stared at Nakili, whose eyes were closed, for a few moments, and then walked out of the tent with a serious expression. What had just happened gave him the creeps
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is a problem here, and he is not a three-year-old child who doesn't understand anything, but the other party will actually do it in front of him. No one will be stupid, the fool has already died in all kinds of accidents, which can only show that in the eyes of the person just now, he is just a flag that can be discarded at will, and he will not care about the thoughts of insignificant people
Perhaps General Najeta was right in the secret letter he left to himself before leaving?
At this time, inside the imperial capital
Because of the willingness of the fire, most of the revolutionary army retreated to the vicinity of the city wall, and the imperial army also chose to abandon the lower city and retreat to the inner city, and only a small number of people wearing revolutionary army uniforms were still active in the lower city
"Hey, look what's here!" Like a garbage picker, a reincarnation picks up things on the ground that can obviously be classified as garbage, and shouts to his companion next to him, "Find out if there is anything useful, and pick up everything here."
"Throw away all the garbage in your hands, what's the use of this gasoline canister! That useful thing, stupid! His companion slapped what he was holding in his hand and reprimanded him in disgust, "Take something that can be exchanged for more bonus points!" For example, these"
As he spoke, the reincarnation reached out to the three children in the house who were shivering and the young woman who was protecting them. Outside, the warning sign of the school building hangs in front of the door, generally speaking, neither the Imperial Army nor the Revolutionary Army will direct the war to places like schools and hospitals, but this rule has no meaning to the reincarnated: "Don't forget that the main god can release character exchange points, whether dead or alive, as long as you bring it back completely, you can get a large number of exchange points, and staying here at this time is for these things that can be easily obtained"
"The plastic on the oil drum can be a good thing, it can be used as a binder, this is a scarce item" It looks like a reincarnation from the wasteland world scratched the back of his head, and smiled dryly to block the path of the other person "I think, we, we don't need to do anything to them, they are still children, as long as they can take more things, the exchange points will definitely not be less......"
"If you don't get enough points in this event, you will definitely die in the next promotion world" The reincarnation said coldly, pushing away the person who was blocking him, and a black pistol appeared in his hand, "You are willing to die, I don't want to accompany you"
"Hey, wait, but ......" The reincarnation of the wasteland was about to say something, and his teammates walked straight over without paying attention
"Shut up, if you want to die, get out of the way" A few reincarnators behind kicked away the reincarnators blocking the door, and followed the people in front of them into the house, "There are idiots who don't take advantage of it, even if you don't do it, someone will come sooner or later, so it's better to let us take the things away"
"That's right, these people are just NPCs set up in the main god space, they will actually take it seriously, just do it if you have benefits, what do you want to do so much"
"That's right"
The reincarnation holding the pistol raised his hand, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the woman who was guarding the child. Seeing this, the woman closed her eyes and held the child in her arms. Then gunshots rang out
Three seconds later, the reincarnator who walked in the front fell in a pool of blood, and the rest of the reincarnators looked at the two people in front of them in shock, a blonde man and an orange-haired girl with a pet that looked like a puppy. The other two of the hunters, Seleuc and Lan
"Finally let me find you." She laughed happily as if she had won some jackpot, but the two submachine guns in her hands did not swing because of the trembling of her body, and she aimed accurately at the rest of the reincarnations, "Suffer death!" Culprits! Xiaobi! Madness! ”
The docile pet instantly turned into a giant beast with fangs at the orders of its owner, and rushed over with a loud roar at the reincarnation
Taking advantage of the gigantic Xiaobi to attract the attention of other reincarnators, Lan squatted down in front of the young woman who was protecting the child, and showed a comforting smile, "Well~ Are you the teacher of this schoolhouse?"
"Yes," the young woman nodded in shock, if Seleuc had been a few steps late, she and the child behind her would probably have become corpses. She couldn't stop trembling at the thought of this, but for the sake of the child behind her, she held back her fear
"Don't worry, I'll guarantee the safety here" Lan slowly stood up, the wings behind his back, the emperor. Mostima opened like an angel and turned to the reincarnation at the door, the tenderness in his eyes instantly turned into a cold killing intent, "I will never let the students be hurt in front of my eyes!" ”
(Thanks to the tips from the dogs in the wolf pack)