Chapter 872: Battle or Surrender?
The Coalition of Nations, the Freedom Alliance station.
The second meeting of the nations took place at the premises of the Freedom Alliance.
Due to the fear of being used by Vega to fight each other, the kings did not often gather together, but with the arrival of the Vega ultimatum, they had a second meeting after the siege.
Conference table.
Strach, the king of the Free Alliance, sat at the top of the list, and the kings of the other nations sat on either side.
It can already be seen now.
Compared with the previous meeting, four seats have been vacated on the oval-shaped conference table.
One of them is the Holy Dragon King, and the other three are the three medium-sized nations that have recently surrendered. Seeing such a scene, all kinds of feelings poured into everyone's hearts, and they suddenly felt a little sentimental.
Because they don't know...... We can't wait until the next meeting.
Perhaps this will be the last meeting that I will attend as a king.
"Ahem......"
The voice of the King of the Free Alliance interrupted the sentimentality of the crowd: "I guess you have all received the ultimatum from Vega Saint Laurent, and now that the war situation has become so severe that we have to face it, do you have any thoughts on this?"
"Opinion?"
One of the kings said with some reluctance: "What can you think? Even if Vega Saint Laurent does not give an ultimatum and runs out of ammunition and food after four days, we will not be able to return to heaven, but it is only the difference between a few days of defeat in the morning and a few days of defeat in the evening." β
"This war, we have lost. β
Another person shook his head and said: "Among our allies, plus the Holy Dragon Country, four countries have surrendered, and they have all been given preferential treatment, anyway, sooner or later they will lose, it is better to surrender before the time limit of the ultimatum, we may not have to end up with no corpses." β
"Traitor. β
The king of the Xibin Kingdom snorted and cursed in a low voice.
This sentence also angered the king who advocated surrender: "After the meeting is dismissed, whether you surrender or not, I will follow in the footsteps of the Holy Dragon Kingdom and surrender to the Jialan Empire. β
If these words had been placed before, they would have been condemned by the nations.
But now that he said it, even the king of the Xibin Kingdom, who had called him a traitor, did not dare to speak again.
Despite his reluctance, he knew he had to surrender by tomorrow, and if he didn't, Meru Scimitar would be a lesson for them. Anyway, life and death can't change everything, it's better to survive.
Even King Strachey of the Liberty League had this in mind.
It's just that because he is the chief of the Allied forces, it is not good to express his opinion publicly at this time.
But at this time, a man standing behind Pope Addington suddenly said: "All of you here are kings of a country, don't you think that things happened too suddenly? Why did Vega Saint Laurent suddenly give us an ultimatum? Why do you care about a few days in the morning and a few days in the evening?"
All eyes were on the man behind the Pope.
The king of the Free Alliance asked, "......Who is this?"
"He is His Excellency Carol, the patron knight of the once Holy Dynasty princess Thea Saint Laurent. Pope Addington introduced.
Hearing Carol's identity, everyone no longer paid attention to it.
The king of the kingdom of Xibin said: "It is not strange to me that Vega Saint Laurent suddenly gave an ultimatum, perhaps it was just a whim?"
"No!"
At this time, General Swinburn, who was standing behind Carol and King Strache of the Free Alliance, actually said the word 'no' in unison, which suddenly made the atmosphere of the meeting weird.
"Your Excellency, please speak first. β
Swinburne gracefully gestured please.
Carol nodded: "Compared to you, I don't think anyone in this world knows more about Vega Saint Laurent than I do, although I don't know anything about military affairs, but the only thing I am sure of is that Vega Saint Laurent never does meaningless things, and behind the seemingly meaningless actions, there may be a great motive hidden." β
"As Lord Carroll said. β
Swinburne stretched out his scarlet tongue and licked his lips: "Vega Saint Laurent can't wait even three days, giving us an ultimatum in one more move, and threatening to carry out a final encirclement and suppression of us if he does not surrender by tomorrow night, in my opinion, this can only mean one thing-"
Vega Saint Laurent began to get anxious. β
The eyes of Swinburne, the night general who has lived for more than 1,500 years, became sharper and sharper: "You may not have realized that Vega Saint Laurent has only been fighting head-on battles a handful since his rise. β
"Please think about it. β
Swinburne seemed to see through everything: "A general who likes to win more with less and no blood, why would he suddenly want to end us with a frontal battle when he can wait a few more days to take us without a single soldier?" β
"The question is, is there any reason for the Jialan Empire to be anxious?"
One of the kings couldn't help but ask.
Because the entire West was locked up here, he really couldn't think of any other force in this world that could make the behemoth of the Jialan Empire so anxious.
"Have you forgotten a forceβ"
Swinburne smiled gently: "The Principality of Baya, as one of the main powers, is absent from this operation. If I'm not mistaken, it must be that the reinforcements of the Principality of Baya have already crossed the Jialan Mountains, and the Jialan Army has already exhausted all its strength to encircle us, and now there is no extra energy to manage the Principality Army. β
"Do you have any evidence?"
Pope Addington couldn't help but ask.
Swinburn glanced in disgust at the Pope's direction, then shook his head and said, "Because the encirclement of the Jialan Kingdom is too tight, it's a pity that we can't get even a trace of information from the outside world, all of this is my guess. β
"You mean, you're going to make us pay for your guesswork?"
Pope Addington's voice rose a few decibels, apparently believing that Swinburn was talking gibberish.
Swinburn didn't care: "That's it, I'm just saying what I think, and it's you who make the final decision." β
You look at me, I look at you, and I don't know how to make a choice.
This is to make them gamble with their lives.
If you win the bet, you can go back to the West and regroup.
But if they lose the bet, they don't even have a chance to live......
Is it a battle or a surrender?
Everyone subconsciously looked at the king of the Freedom Alliance, Streich Fergton.