In the spring of 1992, the massacre of the village of Hamel on the border of the Erebonian Empire was like a fuse, triggering a war of aggression that later generations called the "Hundred Days Campaign".

After leaving Hamel, the four of them traveled to the southern kingdom of Liber. However, before they could settle down, the chariots of the Erebonian Empire crashed open the gates of Haken in the northern part of the kingdom.

On this day, the Imperial Embassy in the royal capital of Grantelle handed over a declaration of war to Queen Alicia. At the same time, the first round of artillery fire from the Imperial Army knocked down half of the Haken Gate.

Then, a tidal wave of Imperial soldiers poured into Liber's portal.

In order to seal the victory in the shortest possible time, the Erebonian Empire dispatched thirteen divisions, almost three times the number of the kingdom's army!

In just one month, the Imperial Army captured Perth, Luan, Chase, and Loliente. At this point, all the kingdom's territory had been occupied, except for the royal capital of Grantel and the fortress of Reston to the west.

In the face of the blitzkrieg of the Erebonian Empire, even the Republic of Calvard, which has been friendly with the Kingdom of Liber for many years, did not have time to send reinforcements.

In addition, the Imperial Army also left two divisions in each of the four occupation zones to defend against the Kingdom's counterattack.

"It can be seen that this is a premeditated war!" said Reilly coldly.

Bang!

Lévy slammed his fist into the rock wall and said angrily, "So what......? and become a victim of this war?!"

"Hmph, of course it's not that simple!" Reilly spread out a map of the Liber Kingdom, pointed to the royal capital Grantel and said, "Levi, you stay and take care of Karin and Joshua, and I'll teach these Imperial people a lesson." ”

Levy's face changed and he said, "It's too dangerous!"

"Don't worry!" Reilly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Even if I face a reorganized division, I can escape." ”

“...... Be careful!"

"You too. Reilly smiled and said, "Also, don't leave the Misty Canyon!"

"I know. Levi nodded vigorously.

After discovering the movements of the Imperial army, Reilly immediately took Lévy, Karling, and Joshua to hide in the Misty Canyon in the eastern part of the Perth region. He was confident that the Imperial Army would be far away from this place, which was covered in fog all day long, with visibility of less than fifty meters. Of course, if anyone dared to come in, Reilly and Levi wouldn't mind teaching these Imperials a profound lesson.

Just as Reilly rushed to Grantcel, a middle-aged man wearing an eyepatch put down the binoculars in his hand and sighed: "It's been almost a month...... Whenever he sees Grantell's wall that is tens of meters high, Sykes Fandel will have a feeling of powerlessness.

In fact, in the face of such a city wall that has withstood dozens of rounds of shelling but not a single brick has fallen, even Reilly can only use the method of air breakthrough to open the situation. However, this tactic did not work for the Erebonian Empire, which did not have an air force. Therefore, they can only surround Grantel and try to use diplomatic means to force Queen Alicia to surrender.

"Your Excellency, Lieutenant General, this is also something that cannot be helped. The adjutant next to him smiled bitterly and said, "You can't use the lives of soldiers to fill this city wall, right? In that case, it will not be enough to pull all the thirteen divisions over." ”

"Alas......" Lieutenant General Sykes shook his head, returned to his tent, and began to study the map of the Liber Kingdom.

In fact, the current situation of the Imperial Army is not as good as many people think. Although they have captured most of the kingdom, as long as Grantel resists, the situation of the Erebonian Empire will get worse and worse.

Don't look at the politicians of the empire who are clamoring for Queen Alicia to surrender, in fact, this is a typical inward-looking.

At the beginning of the war, the Imperial Army's blitzkrieg did take all sides by surprise, resulting in the Republic of Calvard not being able to send reinforcements in time. However, the Erebonian Empire did not really achieve its strategic goals.

Although Calvard did not take the opportunity to attack Erebonia proper, this did not mean that the empire was safe.

In fact, after the capture of Liber by the Imperial Army, the top brass of the Republic immediately thought of one thing: the Empire would receive the Chase Workshop, which represented the highest level of technology on the continent, or the group of technicians led by Dr. Russell.

If these people are "convinced", it will allow the technological power of the empire to continue to increase, and in one fell swoop it will overwhelm the originally evenly matched republics!

In order to avoid this possibility, Calvard secretly sent a group of special forces to prepare to wipe out all those technicians! This is the reason why the Republic did not send troops immediately, and it is also the reason why Lieutenant General Sykes is anxious.

However, although the Imperial Army captured the Chase workshop, it was unable to achieve its original strategic objectives. After a bloody battle to the death, the soldiers of the Kingdom Army exchanged their precious lives for more precious time, allowing Dr. Russell and his team to successfully take the most important batch of materials and transfer them safely to Reston Fortress.

Once the Republic is made aware of this fact, a group of enthusiastic "international friends" will surely appear on the supply lines of the Imperial Army.

(It has to be done quickly!)

Thinking of this, Sykes set his sights on the side of Grantel that was not protected by the walls: the shores of Lake Valyria.

Just as Lieutenant General Sykes was deep in thought, an officer on the city wall thousands of meters away raised his binoculars and observed the camp of the Imperial Army.

As the saying goes, the family knows its own affairs, and although the imperial army is in a quagmire, the kingdom is not much better. And, in the short term, Liber's situation is even worse and more difficult to solve.

Neither Grantel nor Reston Fortress produced grain, and there were not many reserves in the past. After a month of siege by the Imperial Army, both places were on the verge of running out of food.

The most troublesome thing is that there are still a large number of civilians and refugees in the royal capital, and their food is also in need of security. It is conservatively estimated that Grantcel will be able to hold out for another ten days at most, which is still an ideal scenario that excludes riots, mutinies, etc.

(Another week, that's two months...... ）

The young officer looked up at the clouds in the sky, and then sighed deeply.

This blond-haired young man was the youngest of the Liber Kingdom Colonel officers: Aran Richard.

As the chief graduate of the Liber Non-commissioned Officer School, Richard was assigned to the Independent Mobility Department under the charge of Colonel Cassius as soon as he left the school. Subsequently, Richard quickly showed excellent talent, and successively cracked several espionage activities of foreign agents in Liber. In a kingdom that has not yet established a complete intelligence system, such talents must of course be vigorously cultivated. As a result, Richard was exceptionally promoted, and at the age of twenty-four, he became a school official.

When the war broke out, Cassius entrusted Richard with the task of defending the royal capital, telling him: "At the latest, the kingdom will have a chance of victory." Until then, be sure to hold Grantelle! Richard, this is a task that only you can accomplish!"

"Two months......" Richard smiled wryly at the cracked St. Heim Gate.

Unlike the ancient city walls, which God knows what materials they were made of, this door could not withstand the indiscriminate bombardment of the guide cannons. Fortunately, the Imperial Army did not have a lot of troops on this side of the city gate, and the guide guns on the city walls were not ornaments. So, in the process of the Imperial Army smashing the door during the day and the Kingdom Army repairing it at night, the St. Heim Gate has managed to survive to this day.

(However, this guy is almost at his limit...... If there were two or three more rounds of shelling, the St. Heim Gate would probably collapse...... ）

At that point, Grantelle will have to face the tracks of the Imperial chariots, and the Kingdom Army must abandon the Gruna Gate to the east and withdraw all its troops to the royal city to protect Her Majesty Alicia.

(1 week...... One week to go...... How many more attacks will the Imperial Army launch in the course of a week? I'll have to figure out a way to delay the time...... Richard bit his lip and fell into deep thought.