Chapter 340: The Empire Strikes
The negotiations between the government forces and the rebels ended in a mutual fight, which also meant that the last peaceful solution between the two sides was closed, and war was the only option. However, there are also rules for negotiation, even if the negotiation breaks down, you can't pull out a knife and cut people on the spot, fighting each other is already the limit, if you really want to fight, you have to wait for both sides to return to their territories, which basically only needs to wait for the next day.
At the same time, the headquarters of the Church of Light, far away in the empire, once again convened the representatives of various countries to start an emergency meeting. The representative of the empire held a bone and shouted, "Necromancer!
Some of the other delegates agreed, and some of them were allies of the Empire, and some were skeptical: "Who knows if this is a necromancer's thing?" ”
Of course, in addition to bones, the empire also produced a lot of "evidence", most of which were portraits. To convey picture information on the mainland, it mainly relies on portraits, which are all hand-painted. Whether the portrait is true or false also depends on the reputation of the painter, and it is generally believed that the more official the painter, the more realistic the natural painting.
These portraits clearly depict the traces of the necromancer's battle, and one of them even has an image of the spell cast. Someone immediately retorted, this painter has seen so much, and he can still finish painting alive and fall into your hands?
And the Imperial said that the painter was of a high level, and he just glanced at it, narrowly escaped the eyes of the necromancer, and drew it from memory when he returned home.
Again, did the artist really draw from memory, or did he paint with imagination?
The two sides quarreled for a while, and finally handed it over to the Pope of Light for identification, and the Pope looked at the effect of the spell on the map according to the previous information, and concluded that the undead spell on the map should be real, and it is difficult to say anything else.
It's not so easy to end here, but the government forces over there can take down the rebels in just a few days, and time waits for no one. The people of the empire immediately made a decision, and an order came over, directly bypassing the Church of Light, and making the first move.
Late at night on the day of the negotiations, the Imperial Dragoons stationed on the kobolds' side had already poured out of their nests and attacked the main cities along the way. The kobolds have no air defense at all, and trying to shoot down the dragoons with bows and arrows alone is almost a joke, in fact, judging from the superficial combat power, the strength of the Imperial people here alone is enough to slaughter them.
But the problem is that killing all the people is not the goal of the Imperials, they prefer to return to the original scene of fighting but not breaking. It's just that now the strength is too one-sided, and I have to personally go down to attack the government army, but there is absolutely no intention to kill all the people, and there is also the Church of Light, and it is unlikely to slaughter the city.
That night, the kobolds faced an unprecedented blow, even the main city of the Bright Brave, its walls had already been engraved with many defensive magic arrays, but they were all set up on the ground. The kobolds had no air power, so there was no need to set them up, so the seemingly impregnable city walls were useless in front of the dragoons.
And because the city received a large number of immigrants, the density of people was too large, and the magic dragon breath bombarded the sky, killing and wounding civilians heavily, and fires broke out everywhere in the city, plus in the darkness of the night, the whole city fell into chaos.
The main city of the Quilt Warrior was better, because its main city walls were weak and far from the front line, and although there were many civilians, they were not entangled in staying in the city, and many of them were scattered outside the city. The more dispersed the personnel, the fewer people were injured. At the same time, although the cotton field is a plant, it is actually a pet that has been blessed with spells by the light and dark elves, and it itself has a certain amount of spell resistance.
Except for the direct hit of the dragon's breath, the cotton field will be smashed into a pit, and the fire caused by it will not spread. With the scale of today's cotton fields, if a few pits are smashed, there will be no losses.
At dawn, the Wyvern knights returned victorious, high-fived each other, and talked and laughed as if they had returned from an outing. However, no one would accuse them in the slightest, and the kobold vendors on the side of the road even came up to curry favor, and the Imperials just pointed casually and motioned for them to feed the pterodactyl that had landed outside the city.
The peddlers nodded and bowed again, and went away with their things, but these pterosaurs were still in a state of excitement after a big battle at night, and the kobolds who had been killed all night saw that they were coming again, and how did they understand that these were fed by people and that they were used to fight, so they immediately pounced. With a big mouth, I swallowed one in my mouth.
The kobolds were shocked and fled in all directions, but the huge gap in strength made it impossible for them to escape at all. The Imperial knights, who had already walked a distance, reacted and hurried back to scold their mounts, but it was too late. There was not a single kobold left in the past and he ate cleanly.
Seeing that there was no one around, the Imperial immediately recalled their mounts, and the pterosaurs were full anyway, and the matter was over. Otherwise, what else can be done? Not to mention asking the dragon knight to pay compensation, even if they let them apologize verbally, it is unlikely that they will really take it seriously, and even say that the kobold attacked the pterodactyl first, and they deeply regret it.
After the matter was dealt with, the Imperial people went to make up for sleep and rest all night, and the kobolds suffered yesterday's attack, and at this time, people were panicked, how could they dare to send troops to attack the rebels, let alone fight back against the Empire. And the meeting in the far away Guangming headquarters is still going on, and the news that the empire has made a move late at night has also been passed in time, there is nothing to be shocked about, the people who can participate in this kind of meeting are first-class representatives, even if someone says that they are shocked, combined with the empire's consistent practice, they already know it in their hearts.
Naturally, the meeting moved on to a new agenda, and who would want to join the Empire in their crusade against the necromancers? It may take a day to a few days, but it won't be too long, as the Empire has already struck.
And during this time period, the kobold king was under pressure to stand up and ask the empire for an explanation. He did not dare to leave the capital without permission, so he sent a delegation of envoys to this side to ask for an explanation.
Bradley also received them in a decent manner, and the messengers read the king's papers, to the effect that we have always obeyed the instructions of the Empire, and that everything that should be handed over has been paid, what do you want from me?
Bradley responded with diplomatic rhetoric, saying that we have reliable information, that there are necromancers here, and that there is also the lord of the city who harbors the necromancers, and that he hopes that the king will cooperate with the work and hand over the necromancers, etc.
Of course, the envoy group knew their status, and they didn't dare to ask anything, so they hurriedly went back to resume their lives, which was originally just a procedure.
At the same time, the Bright Brave and the Quilt Brave ask Kevin for help almost at the same time, at least hoping that he will give him the next step.
Kevin's side has also discussed and discussed, in terms of international relations, Lou Pauler will still not intervene in this war, and Kevin's side can use less power. However, the Dark Elves seem to have made a move, expressing strong dissatisfaction with the Empire's actions, and it is not ruled out that they may join the warband.
However, there is a reason for the necromancer, and no one has any reason to oppose it, and the current reason for opposition is only "there is no evidence to prove that the necromancer really exists". But those in the know understand that necromancers are raised by the empire, and if necessary, they can appear, and then the reasons will be more sufficient, and it will be difficult for those who oppose it to justify themselves, and once the opponents have sent troops to oppose it, they will be in a dilemma.
For example, if there are two people, the strong one beats the weak, and you step forward to stop and defend the weak. The strong one means that the weak person is a bad person, and you don't believe it, so the three parties fight each other. As a result, in the middle of the fight, the strong man suddenly came up with a lot of evidence to directly prove that the weak man was really a bad person, so what should you do? You will be embarrassed.
Fighting is still a trivial matter, and it is over to apologize with a big heart, and even smile and laugh. There are countless casualties in the war between countries, where can a few words be mixed up, the so-called war quagmire, isn't it that you can't withdraw if you want to?
Therefore, in this case, other countries will not send troops if they are not completely sure. Even if you don't consider the difference in strength, it's hard to find this reason.
And the kobold coping is no more than four ways, one of which is to return to the past. The government army voluntarily abandoned the main city of the rebel army and returned to the old battle line, which is undoubtedly a scene that the empire is happy to see, and then talk about it again, it is estimated that it will be able to fool the past. It's just that in this way, everything will return to square one, and even the prestige of the two brave men will drop significantly, and peace will be far away.
Second: confrontation with the Empire. Although it may seem like this is an option to send you to death, in reality, it is not impossible. There is no shortage of examples in history where the weak defeated the strong, and it is impossible for the empire itself to devote its national strength to attack here, as long as they feel that it is not worth fighting any longer, it is equivalent to victory.
In addition, such as Lou Baole Kingdom or Dark Elves, etc., can still help secretly. But the premise is that kobolds must show a tenacious will to fight, and will only support others if they feel that these people are worthy of support.
Third: maintain the status quo. Then the attacks of the Imperials will inevitably become more and more intense, until the kobolds can't stand it anymore and then choose the first option. Or the Imperials found it boring and retreated on their own. Otherwise, wait for a sudden turnaround.
Fourth: abandon the city and flee. Take everyone and run out, to the mountains, to the sea, as long as the borders of other countries are not blocked, or there are loopholes, run in, and become refugees.
Kevin gave all the options to the two city lords, stated the benefits, and let them choose for themselves. And this time, there was a difference of opinion between the two city lords. The Quilt Brave chose to confront the Empire, while the Bright Brave chose to abandon the city and flee, both of them had long thought about the answer, and when they told Kevin, they were already very firm.