Chapter 53: Safe Return
The battle at the fortress of Mount Garo Pass was over, and the coalition forces, with their absolute superiority in firepower, easily defeated the demoralized Imperial army, and the Imperial soldiers and servant soldiers, who had lost their fighting spirit, dropped their weapons, fell to their knees and raised their hands.
Under the protection of the guards, Brigadier General Louis and Ouyang Yu stepped into the fortress together, and Colonel Griff, Lieutenant Colonel Henry, and Major Bertlem were sent to the two as prisoners.
Colonel Griff and the three lowered their heads in frustration, Brigadier General Louis took a good look at his enemies as the victor, and then asked the guards to take them down, the time was urgentBrigadier General Louis would not carry the prisoners on the road, and was ready to lock up the surrendered enemy and throw them to the Imperial pursuers behind, the other world still treats the prisoners more gentlemanly, killing the prisoners, Prisoner abuse was rare, because captured enemy soldiers were sold in the slave market, half of the money from the sale was handed over, and the remaining half was at the disposal of the captured enemy army, and ordinary soldiers could also get a small share of the money.
After capturing the fortress, Brigadier General Louis ordered the soldiers to clear a passage immediately, otherwise the more than 100 trucks would not be able to pass, and the coalition soldiers used a more brutal method, that is, to blow up with explosives, anyway, Ouyang Yu was in charge of logistics and was not afraid that there would not be enough explosives, and the fortress that had ended the battle in the next few hours sounded an endless stream of explosions again.
The bricks and stones piled up at the city gate were blown up little by little, and then the coalition soldiers drove the captured Imperial soldiers to clean up the rubble, and at about seven o'clock in the evening the city gate was cleared, and the convoy immediately began to move, and at twelve o'clock in the evening, the main force of the coalition army finally passed through the fortress of Mount Garo Pass, which had blocked them for three days, and entered Mount Gallo.
Before the coalition forces departed, Princess Roni found an excuse to deliver food and arrived at the place where Colonel Griff was being held, and she approached Colonel Griff seemingly casually while handing out bread.
"Mr. Colonel, this is for you. β
"Thank you. Colonel Griff took two loaves of bread and a sausage from Princess Roni's hand.
"Mr. Colonel, there is something special in this, please taste it slowly. Princess Roni accentuated the word inside.
Although Colonel Griff's heart was different, his face was silent, and he nodded lightly, and only after Princess Roni and they finished distributing the food, Colonel Griff began to look at the bread in his hand, and then he found a note in the light in the temporary cell, and after a quick glance, Colonel Griff immediately put the note in his arms and put it away carefully.
A day and a half later, the pursuers led by Archduke Philip arrived at the fortress, and all they saw was a ruined wall and a group of officers who had just been released and had no fighting spirit.
"Can anyone tell me what the order I have given you?"
Archduke Philip uttered the above sentence in a very flat tone, but those who knew him well knew that it was a prelude to a storm.
Colonel Griff was the highest-ranking officer stationed in the fortress, and Archduke Philip's question was naturally answered by him, and he came out of the ranks of the captured officers and replied loudly: "Hold the fortress and wait for you and the army to arrive!"
"Oh, it seems that some people remember it very well, so how did you carry out my orders?, wagging your tail and begging for mercy in front of the enemy?" Archduke Philip finally held back the anger in his heart, and angrily walked up to Colonel Griff and roared loudly, splashing saliva and spraying him in the face.
Colonel Griff didn't dare to refute, nor did he dare to wipe the saliva from his face, so he let Archduke Philip scold angrily, and only when he scolded Colonel Griff did not dare to speak.
"Your Majesty, it's not that the lowly people don't work hard, but the enemy has a super magic crystal cannon, although the lowly people have more than enough strength but lack of heart, the city wall was collapsed and the moat became a smooth road, the enemy army is strong in many people, and our soldiers have few equipment and have no choice but to surrender. β
"Can the Super Crystal Cannon collapse the city walls?" Archduke Philip clearly didn't believe Colonel Griff's words.
"Your Highness, please look there. Colonel Griff pointed to the huge crater that had been blasted out by the 420mm shell and said, "This is the trace caused by the enemy's Super Crystal Cannon." β
Grand Duke Philip walked to the crater with a group of officers, he carefully inspected the crater, and the shock in his heart was no less than that of Colonel Griff, and then he inspected the city wall that had been collapsed by super cannons under the leadership of Colonel Griff, and the shock in his heart was one after another, and after reading all of them, he put himself in his shoes and thought about it, if he led more than 2,000 recruits to block such an attack? The result was that it was impossible.
Thinking of this, Grand Duke Philip's face was much better, and he no longer planned to hold Colonel Griff and others responsible, and the loss of the fortress was gently brought over by him in a few words, which made Colonel Griff and the others breathe a sigh of relief in their hearts.
Next, Grand Duke Philip ordered the road to be cleared, the fortress had two gates, one in front of the mountain pass and one behind the back, and the coalition forces blew up the gate behind when they left, in order to delay the pace of the pursuers, and also set up a large number of mines, which made the Imperial soldiers in charge of the clean-up work tremble, and the speed of cleaning was greatly reduced.
"Your Royal Highness, I have a very important matter to ask you to talk to you secretly. β
Colonel Greve took advantage of the free time of Grand Duke Philip and took out the note that Princess Roni gave him, and Grand Duke Philip took the note strangely and looked at it, and quickly said to the people around him: "Everyone immediately leave us ten meters away!"
After the officers and guards around him had gone away, Grand Duke Philip asked in a low voice, "How did you get this note?"
Colonel Griff didn't dare to hide what had happened, and Grand Duke Philip eagerly described Princess Roni's general appearance.
"The person I saw was indeed Her Royal Highness the Princess. β
got a positive answer Grand Duke Philip has been carrying the heart for this period of time finally let go, for no other reason, Princess Roni is very liked and favored by His Majesty the Emperor, if she is really captured by the enemy and then what, Grand Duke Philip will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, so he will let go of hundreds of thousands of Gallic coalition troops, and chase after the Luxon coalition army with 100,000 troops.
Princess Roni wrote some of her recent situation on the note, telling Grand Duke Philip not to worry, and also mentioned Ouyang Yu's matter, saying that she hoped to find out her details, and then find a way to let her break away from the coalition and enter the arms of the empire.
A sudden appearance of a female pure-blood royal family,In the eyes of the Phoenix Empire royal family, it is an extremely important thing,In recent decades, there are fewer and fewer babies with black hair or black eyes from the Phoenix Empire royal family,In order to maintain the so-called blood purity,The emperor actually ordered to allow close relatives to marry,Sister marries younger brother,Brother marries sister,Cousins,There are not a few people who marry between cousins,So the consequences can be imagined,Born deformed babiesγ There are countless mentally handicapped babies, which are related to the reputation and dignity of the royal family, and all the deformed and mentally handicapped babies born are secretly disposed of, and only a small number of them grow up healthy.
In fact, Princess Roni was entangled by his two elder brothers, the crown prince Danny and the fifth prince William, so she came to the Eastern Continent from the empire, and the news of Ouyang Yu was leaked because she hoped to divert the attention of the crown prince Danny and the fifth prince William, and stop letting her eyes on herself, so that Ouyang Yu could share the "firepower".
After reading Princess Roni's note, Grand Duke Philip decided to stop the pursuit according to the advice on the note, and concentrate on dealing with the coalition forces of the Gallic Kingdom and expanding the territory of the empire, and at the same time, the news about Ouyang Yu was also transmitted back to the imperial capital of the Phoenix Empire by him as soon as possible. Crown Prince Danny and Fifth Prince William were all moved, Emperor Victor VI immediately sent his envoy to the Eastern Continent, Crown Prince Danny and Fifth Prince William also secretly sent their henchmen, a conspiracy around Ouyang Yu is quietly unfolding, and Ouyang Yu, as the protagonist, does not know that at this time she is happily climbing over Mount Garo.
After the coalition army entered the Gallo Pass, it took two days to cross this high mountain and enter the Birdsong Plain, the endless Birdsong Plain without any obstacles is the most suitable for a large army to march, although the weather is getting colder and colder, but the hearts of the coalition soldiers have a burning heart about to return home, and they are advancing in a straight line at a speed of 60 kilometers a day.
Along the way, the coalition troops spent five days crossing the Birdsong Plains, and then bypassing the Imperial Army in the Duchy of Luxon and finally returning to their hometown, ending a half-month-long journey, many soldiers wept with joy, glad that they had returned to their hometown alive.
"Finally back. Brigadier General Louis said with emotion.
"yes. Ouyang Yu echoed on the side.
The two led the army back to the coalition garrison, arranged for the soldiers to live in the barracks, put weapons in storage, treated the wounded, and survived together before they came to General Benjamin's headquarters outside Luxon to resume their lives.
When they walked into the headquarters building, Ouyang Yu and Brigadier General Louis felt that the faces of the officers and soldiers around them were a little strange, and they looked at them with sympathy, pity and anger in their eyes, and the two were in a hurry to return to their lives and walked all the way to Lieutenant General Benjamin's office without thinking too much.
"Dada. β
After knocking on the door, Ouyang Yu and Brigadier General Louis walked into the office, the wide office chair was facing away from the two, covering the sight of the two, Ouyang Yu and Brigadier General Louis raised their hands and saluted, Brigadier General Louis said: "Your Excellency General, Miss Ouyang and I were ordered to go to the Gallic Kingdom for reinforcements, and now we are back to resume our orders, please instruct." β
"Slap, slap, slap, slap....... β
The applause from behind the office chair turned around at the same time, but it was not Lieutenant General Benjamin who was familiar to the two of them, but another person who neither of them knew, and the rank on his shoulder was also Lieutenant General.
"Welcome back two great heroes, and I would like to introduce myself, I am the new Commander of the Principality of Luxon Theater, Henri PΓ©tain. β