Princess Gina understood the words of Marquis Stilwell, in fact, she knew in her heart what the subtext behind him was, that is, now that the First Legion had suffered heavy casualties, if reinforcements really couldn't come, surrendering would not be a shame or shame.

But just holding on to surrendering for one day is still difficult for Princess Jina to accept, shouldn't a heroic knight die on the battlefield? This is where the clash between Western civilizations comes in, heroic battles and humiliating surrenders are always a pair of contradictions.

"Marquis Stilwell, wait a little longer, I'm sure reinforcements will come. ”

Princess Gina looked at the approaching Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire and muttered a word.

Behind the Black Eagle Army, there is the rising sunrise, thinking that when she set out on the expedition more than ten days ago, Princess Jina felt that she was also like this rising sun, thinking about defeating the barbarians, breaking the balance of the northern border, ending this border confrontation for more than a year, so that the already weakened French Empire could get a chance to recuperate.

But now it was so cruel that only a dozen days later, the entire Northern Army of the Empire was besieged to the point of surrender.

Hearing the princess say this, Marquis Stilwell sighed deeply, and then said: "Your Royal Highness, the first legion of the empire was brought out by me, and if it were not for the point of necessity, I would not be willing to surrender in humiliation. But a day before reinforcements arrived, it was basically certain that something had happened to Duke Otto's lion army, and the resistance of one would only cause these heroic soldiers to lie on this steppe forever. ”

What Marquis Stilwell said is also the truth, theoretically the reinforcements that can arrive in half a day, but the result has not arrived in a day, there is definitely something wrong, and this kind of problem is very serious, otherwise it is impossible to let the entire army of the First Army be wiped out.

Either this question is like the cry of the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire, the barbarian army is really dispatched to fight with the lion army, and now the lion army is too busy to take care of itself. Either it is the second possibility, which is also something that the French Imperial Army has always been guarding against.

That is, Duke Otto is really treasonous, he chooses to die and wait for the destruction of the French Imperial Army, and even maliciously thinks that the route map of the French Imperial Army can also be betrayed by Duke Otto, he wants to use the hand of the Hans Empire to weaken the strength of the French royal family, just like the French Emperor Henry VII wanted to weaken Duke Otto with the help of the Hans Empire to annihilate the storm army.

The only difference is that the Francois Empire does not dare to directly sell the route map of the march of the Lion Army, because this is not as simple as weakening Duke Otto, and if you don't get it right, you will play with fire and set yourself on fire. As for the storm army, Marquis Stilwell didn't even think about it, because with such a small lord and a private army, how could they connect with the two major forces of the Hans Empire, and the other party could look at it or believe what Duke said?

It's just that none of these things can be told to Princess Jina, because Emperor Fran understands Jina's character, and she will not agree to these political conspiracies. It was the sum of these suspicions that made the Marquis of Stilwell feel hopeless for rescue, and it was better to surrender as soon as possible than to continue the meaningless casualties.

In the face of the constant persuasion of the Marquis Stilwell, Princess Gina's heart also began to waver, she was not afraid of death, but she was afraid of being burned to death in humiliation after being captured like Joan of Arc. Rather than this, it is better to die heroically.

Of course, as a royal princess, and the favorite daughter of Henry VII. As long as the French Empire does not fall, basically Henry VII should still pay Princess Gina for the ransom. But for women, there are many things to fear besides death, and once you become a prisoner of war, there is no room for bargaining.

It's just that Princess Jina herself is not afraid of death, which does not mean that the soldiers of the first legion of the 20,000 empires are willing to fight to the death for the country like this. Watching his robes and his comrades die beside him every day, this kind of mental pressure is huge, since the rescue is hopeless, after these low-level soldiers surrender, according to the current practice on the mainland, without massacring civilians, they can survive.

Just as Princess Gina hesitated to make a final decision, the chief knight behind her, Adams, stood up and said, "Your Royal Highness, if you really surrender, then I want to lead the royal knights to make the last charge." As your guardian knight, I can't protect your safety, so I can only wash away my shame by dying in battle. ”

As a knight captain and guardian knight, Adams has a true medieval chivalry, despising shame and honoring glory. Once the First Legion of the French Empire surrenders and Princess Gina is captured, then he can only wash away his shame by dying in battle.

Listening to Adams's words and looking at the sky that had gradually lit up, Princess Gina gritted her teeth and said, "Marquis Stilwell, if we persist in this day, maybe it's because they have lost their way on the march at night. Finally, hold on to this day, and if reinforcements do not arrive, then I am willing to declare surrender. ”

This is Princess Jina's last stubbornness, if this day has passed and reinforcements have not arrived, then the answer is already obvious, there can be no more reinforcements coming. As for the Storm Army, not to mention Marquis Stilwell and the First Legion of the Empire, even Princess Gina herself, she didn't have any hope.

Even if the Storm Army rushed over, the 60,000 Hans Empire Black Eagle Army, and even the 20,000 First Legion of the French Empire themselves could not break through, how could the 5,000 Storm Army do this?

So Princess Gina didn't dare to think about it, she didn't send a signal for help to the right-wing storm army, and even in Princess Jina's heart, there was a thought that she didn't want to tell, that is, she didn't want to involve Duke.

Just when the Marquis of Stilwell and Princess Jina agreed, the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire launched another wave of attacks, which once again lowered the momentum of the entire First Legion to the bottom, and everyone waited with the last faint hope, if the reinforcements did not arrive at sunset, Princess Jina had only one way to go, surrendering.

At that time, even if she is unwilling, the soldiers under her command will directly mutiny, which is not a saying that modern warfare has a total annihilation. With a casualty rate of more than seventy percent, mutiny is too normal, even if it is Duke's Storm Army, he does not dare to guarantee whether such a huge casualty Storm Army is willing to continue fighting under the siege of enemy formations in the field.

Of course, Duke still has confidence in fighting in Storm Fort, because in that case the Storm Army has no way back!