A few days ago.

Northwest of the Empire, the city of war.

This is the headquarters of the Imperial Rebels, where Coverdale once fought against the Empire, and at that time he had the illusion that he was about to overthrow the Three Powers of the Empire, trampling the rotten Three Powers under his feet.

But to this day.

The rebel leader, Coverdale, is already struggling to survive.

The reason for this is, of course, that the empire has lowered its noble head, not only admitting its mistakes to the common people, enacting various policies for the benefit of the people, but even the head of the three powers has resigned.

This series of means down.

It directly shook the hearts of the rebels, because many civilians rebelled because they were dissatisfied with the alliance with the enemy, did nothing, did not care about the lives of civilians, and paid taxes for the extreme of war.

But the Reich had admitted its mistake and promised not to hold the rebels accountable, to exempt the country from taxes for a year and a half, and to provide basic subsistence allowances to citizens in need.

In this case.

Why did they join any rebel army?

In the final analysis, isn't joining the rebel army to protest against the empire, let the three powers of the empire know their mistakes, and at the same time let themselves have a full meal, now that the goal has been achieved, what is the point of continuing to rebel.

So when Vega retreated from the eastern part of the empire.

The empire, which had been planning for a long time, introduced a policy of cholera rebels, and at the same time, taking advantage of the chaos of the rebels, they used the troops transferred from the east to beat the rebels by surprise, and the rebels who were directly attacked retreated to the city of war.

This defeat made the rebels even worse.

Overnight, the invincible rebels fell from the altar.

Although they still occupy the northwest of the empire, which is dominated by the city of war, and have a lot of resources from the western city-state of Gunti and the Liberal Alliance, the empire's million-strong army has already arrived in the city.

Now all the officers and soldiers hoped that he could surrender to the Empire and officially disband the rebels, because the soldiers were tired of the war, and in recent times there have been more and more deserters, and they have been fleeing in droves they simply cannot stop.

"Chief, sign the instrument of surrender!"

"We can't win the Empire. ”

"Yes, the Empire has promised us that it will pardon our crimes. ”

“......”

One man and one word, the generals pressed on Coverdale step by step.

Coverdale glared at his bloodshot eyes and said, "The Empire will pardon you, and even treat you better, but it doesn't say to forgive me!

"The people of the whole country are watching, and the empire will not deceive us. ”

"Didn't you keep saying that you could give your life for the sake of civilians?"

"Now that the Empire has compromised, please give your life for us!"

“......”

Like a beast that chooses to devour people, Coverdale was breathless with his hideous faces.

Such a scene is played out every day, and everyone is forcing Coverdale to surrender to the Empire.

But only Coverdale knew that this was only an expedient measure for the Empire, and even the removal of the heads of the three powers was only to appease the common people, who may not have given up their power, but retreated into the background.

Once this rebel army fell.

Coverdale could have imagined that the coveted Reich would inevitably settle accounts with the surrendered civilians, and it would be too late to regret it, and he could not understand why these people would believe the words of a hypocrite.

Yes, he didn't value his life.

On this path, Coverdale did not expect to die well.

But for the sake of the lives of soldiers and civilians, he understood that he must not surrender to the Empire, and that it was his duty as a leader.

As long as he can hold on for one more day, soldiers who have already surrendered or are about to surrender will be treated favorably by the Empire for one more day. Even if these soldiers and officers would blame him for not surrendering now, one day they would understand his good intentions, even if by then he would have no place to be buried.

"Something has to be done. ”

Coverdale was not willing to fall here.

He still has a huge northwest, the city of war has not yet fallen, and the resources given by the two countries in the West are enough for them to fight several wars, but can he, the rabble, really fight the imperial army?

This time the commander of the Imperial Army was none other than him.

It was the famous Foster Nolan.

Although Coverdale has always regarded Vega as an idol, hoping to win the war by imitating Vega.

But he knew that with his own ability, it would be difficult to defeat Foster...... No, not that it's hard, but that there is not the slightest hope of defeating Foster at all. Because in the retreat campaign, Foster guessed almost all of his retreat routes, so that he lost nearly 200,000 troops in succession before returning to the war city.

One-trick pony.

These four words are his real situation now.

He was pushed to the edge of a cliff, and it was not even two months before he fell.

"Who's there...... Who's going to save me?"

Coverdale couldn't help but think of it.

In the face of a desperate situation, expecting someone to save you is a denial of oneself, and at the same time an extremely conceited thing, but when this sentence comes to mind, a figure emerges - Vega Saint Laurent.

"Help, help. ”

There was a look of determination in Coverdale's eyes.

If there was anyone else in this world who could reverse the current desperate situation, Coverdale believed that Vega was the only one.

And the Nolan Empire is his enemy, and at the same time, the enemy of the Jialan Empire, the enemy of the enemy is the ally, as long as he asks Vega for help, then Vega has a good chance of helping him.

Because the Jialan Empire needs time to develop.

The longer the rebel army he led existed, the more beneficial it would be to the Jialan Empire, and it was impossible for Vega not to help him.

After figuring this out, Coverdale did not hesitate to send an emissary to the Jialan Empire for help.

"I'm sorry, but please allow me to decline this. ”

Vega faced the uninvited guest of the rebel emissary, and did not hesitate to say a word of refusal.

In terms of the current form, although Vega really wants to pull in the rebels like the Western countries and use the rebels to contain the Empire's footsteps, he also understands that the current situation of the Jialan Empire cannot help.

Because the Jialan Empire does not have the capital to go on an expedition.

With 450,000 troops in the empire, 500,000 in the main domestic army, and nearly 450,000 defenders and new armies in various departments, it was very difficult to maintain such a large number of troops, not to mention the post-war reconstruction.

The Jialan Empire really doesn't have the capital to fight this aid war.

With the little resources that the rebels received from the West, self-sufficiency was not a problem, and it was also impossible to provide war supplies for his army, which would only hasten the demise of the rebels.

So Vega refused without hesitation.

It's not that you can't save it, but you can't help it.