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The most decisive battle of the Second Holy War, which came to be known as the Battle of Sandwich Biscuits, finally began.

After a tense arrangement, the combined forces of the Roland began a massive retreat from the Pamirs!

Although Tiger has lost confidence in this war, as the commander in chief (at least nominally), Tiger still carefully arranged the retreat of hundreds of thousands of troops!

Since it is a retreat, there is always a ...... to leave behind With all kinds of mentality, there was another debate on the question of who would stay behind.

This time Tiger did not participate in the discussion, he sat there with a sneer, watching these people quarrel with cold eyes.

The last to be left behind were the infantry legions of the Gothic kingdom.

This army, which has been known as the second-rate infantry of the Roland coalition since the war, has been entrusted with the task of staying behind and dying!

After leaving behind the infantry legion of 30,000 Goths, Tiger was the first to retreat with his Royal Knights of the Kingdom of Sauron or the Wizard Guard......

As for the rest of the troops, Tiger doesn't want to care anymore. As for the Goethe infantry regiment in charge of the breakdown, Tiger had no belief that they would be able to do their job well - the Goths would not be so brave!

"Wait for death, everyone wait for death!" Tiger looked at the camp with a gloomy gaze, riding behind the horse and watching the camp gradually move away: "This is simply a war for us to die!"

Miró is an excellent general - and other preconceptions aside, he does have his strength.

Without the whip of Thor, the Emperor ** regiment began to pursue the Roland people under his leadership.

Miro didn't commit all his troops at once, he only sent a few troops in a careful sense to harass the opponent's retreating pace and try to slow down the opponent's footsteps.

It's no longer a wise move to fight the other side now.

Consume it! Consume time! Consume your energy. Consume your food!

The Goethe Infantry Regiment of the Roland coalition in charge of the broken Roland army surrendered en masse two days later. 30,000 became prisoners of war......

All of this is in Tiger's calculations - no matter what, 30,000 prisoners of war can always delay the pursuit of the Bright Emperor's ** regiment......

But then the next thing left Tiger ...... Or maybe all the Rolands are terrified!

Overnight, 30,000 prisoners of war were slaughtered by order of the Milo!

Although many of the officers in the emperor did not support Miro's approach, and even many people objected to the Duke - but the Duke never showed up, but said lightly in the tent: "Go and ask General Miro!"

Overnight, 30,000 disarmed Roland prisoners of war were executed, and Miró surrounded the Roland barracks, and then sent a team of heavy cavalry to charge ...... The sound of fighting that night continued all night, and the blood stained the soil of the steppe red......

Miró had no idea of cleaning up the battlefield at all, and ordered a fire to burn all the Roland barracks and the corpses.

Although many of the Imperial officers were very disgusted with Miro's approach. But they could not object to Miro's words: "If we take these 30,000 prisoners of war, we will spend at least 20,000 to watch over them! We don't have so many people! It is even more impossible to waste 20,000 soldiers on the plains on these prisoners of war!"

Miró's last words were very crisp: "There is no mercy to the aggressor!"

Because of Miró's harassment, the Rolands retreated very slowly—their precious baggage was left behind, and the only remaining supplies were the only thing the Rolanders had now.

Miro was very clever not to let the army really fight with the Rolands, and several light cavalry harassed each other back and forth, making the Rolands go uneasy. And the real big army is advancing steadily behind......

This guy has waved the trick of "dragging" to the fullest!

By the time the tired steps of the Rolands had finally reached the southern side of Thundering City, it had been a full five days—and that had been done with all their might.

Faced with the Holy Knights who were at a loss in the city, Tiger was not surprised at all.

The Holy Knights were not able to reclaim Thundering City - it was normal.

Looking at the tulip battle flags fluttering at the head of the city, Tiger had a ridiculous thought in his heart - he was just a bystander, and the predicament in front of him seemed to have nothing to do with him!

The dying throes are still to be done.

Faced with the predicament, the Roland people finally fought to the death.

The armies of any kingdom finally mustered their last courage at this moment and charged towards the thundering city with tulip banners fluttering......

They were greeted with arrows and stones!

Ridiculously, those arrows. There is even the food used by the Thunder God Whip convoy in Thundering City at this moment, which was originally hoarded by the Roland people in Thundering City!

And so, a strange battle began.

The Roland army was caught between Thundering City and Miró's legions. In front of Roland, a fierce battle broke out over the Thundering Wall, and behind Roland, Miró's legions attacked.

Frankly speaking, if you simply rely on the tens of thousands of thunder god's whips in Thunder City, you will face the siege of hundreds of thousands of Roland troops. There is also the Roland people's sharp magician team...... It's only a matter of time before the city is broken!

But Miro, who was behind Roland, was too much of a headache for them.

If you can give the Rolanders a month, Tiger is confident that he can settle this war under Thundering City!

Miró's legion had left that line of defense on the plains. In a wide area, your superior forces can completely defeat Miro!

Thundering City though strong. But the garrison of tens of thousands of Thor's whips, in the face of hundreds of thousands of Rolands, is obviously too thin. Tiger is confident in ...... Take Thundering City within a day. But here's the thing: time!

The food in the army was only enough for two days.

Two days......

Tiger couldn't help but start laughing maniacally. What is next? Starve first, and then when you can't stand the hunger, you start killing the horses and eating the meat of the horses, and the hungry Holy Knights who have lost the horses may not even be able to defeat the elite heavy infantry regiments of the opposing side......

And then what about cannibalism?

Hahaha...... It's ridiculous!

Four days after the Battle of Sandwich Biscuits, the Roland army gave up!

After a day of back and forth negotiations between the envoys of the two sides, Duke Tulip, the commander of the ** regiment of the Bright Emperor, announced that he accepted the conditions of the other party's surrender and promised not to slaughter the prisoners of war (Miro's practice had already made the Roland people deeply afraid)

In the winter of that year, the Second Holy War, which lasted two months, ended.

Under the Thundering City (south). The 500,000 Roland coalition surrendered to the Empire of Light.

The Bright Empire's Beifang Theater Legion accepted the surrender of the Roland Lands. In this battle, the 800,000 troops invaded south by the Roland people, except for nearly 300,000 who died in the war, all the rest became prisoners of war.

And the Empire, too, paid a heavy price for this war!

In addition to the nearly 10 million gold coins spent on the war, the more than 400,000 regiments in the Northern Theater of Operations were left with less than 300,000 left. Among them, the Flame Samurai of the Divine Cult lost 30,000. The Northern Army lost almost 100,000 troops. And the number of elite Thor's whips has also dropped sharply from 50,000 before the war to less than 30,000.

Most of the lost Thor's Whip was in the final Battle of Sandwich Biscuits, during the final siege of the Rolands.

The empire won the time and finally won the war!

Under the Thundering City, hundreds of thousands of Roland troops, including the Holy Knights, had all laid down their weapons, and under the supervision of the 50,000 heavily armed infantry of the Northern Legion and 20,000 Thor's Whips, they were concentrated in their original military camp. Food and supplies needed every day. All are available directly from the Thundering City.

Under the call of His Majesty the Emperor, Zig was left as the commander-in-chief of the front, and under the return of 10,000 Thor's whips, Duke Tulip and Lord Miro, the commander of the Northern Legion, returned to the imperial capital!

The only thing that is somewhat unusual is that even in the ceremony of accepting the surrender of the Rolands, Duke Tulip, the supreme commander of the Bright Emperor's ** team, did not show up, and it was Ziggy and Miro who came forward to accept the surrender of the other party.

Miro took the sword from Tiger Tiger, the commander of the Roland coalition forces. And it was Ziggy who signed the instrument of surrender!

Tightly escorted by 10,000 Thor's whips, the cavalry nervously guarded around a completely sealed carriage. Advance to the imperial capital......

Looking at the airtight carriage, the worries of the soldiers of the empire gradually grew in their hearts.

Is the rumor true? Our great commander, Lord Duke. Are you really seriously ill......

Under the deliberate arrangement of His Majesty the Emperor, the original welcoming ceremony of the imperial capital did not take place -- the date of Duke Tulip's triumph in the "newspapers" was simply fake! This made tens of thousands of civilians in the imperial capital and admirers of Duke Tulip pounce...... The disappointed and angry crowd almost tore apart the soldiers of the security station, and Duke Tulip's convoy had quietly entered the gates of the imperial capital late at night the day before......

The grand celebratory banquet in the palace was not attended by Duke Tulip. According to the official version of the Empire, the Duke was injured in the station and needs to be recuperated at home.

And in that grand celebration banquet, Miro, as the only supreme general in the Northern Theater to attend, was out of the limelight. In the face of the surrounding aristocratic ministers of the imperial capital, Miró's good aristocratic education made him behave very appropriately, both noble and modest, and perfectly portrayed the image of a brave young general in the center of the empire......

Seeing his nephew being guarded by everyone, he saw the smile on the face of His Majesty the Emperor sitting there. The Carolingian Marquis finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart...... The Lionheart's turnaround has finally passed.

Taking advantage of the break between the banquets, the Marquis of Caroline pulled Miró aside and carefully inquired about Duke Tulip's injuries.

Miro's expression that had been smiling all night finally dimmed at this moment, he sighed and whispered, "I don't know!"

"Don't know?" the Caroline Marquis was a little surprised.

"It's true. Miró whispered, "Actually, Seth hasn't been seen for a long time, and he rarely appears in front of everyone when he was on the Pamirs. Only until the decisive battle under the Thundering City, I have always been in command ......" Speaking of this, Miro frowned: "I also have some doubts in my heart...... He came back from the battlefield that day, and he appeared unharmed, but after that he hid in his tent and disappeared...... Could it be that the paladin in Roland is really that powerful?"

The Marquis of Caroline pondered for a moment: "So, can you interrogate that paladin carefully?"

Miro shook his head: "The other party's mage guards and paladins have all run away...... It was chaotic...... Their army is surrendering, and those magicians and paladins and their high-ranking knights have all flown away......" Miro sneered: "Thundering City is not big, although magicians can't fly long distances. But it is still possible to fly through Thundering City to the sea...... As for whether they can fly through the Thundering Strait, I don't know. ”

The old fox Caroline was silent for a moment, his eyes flashing with a sly look, and he whispered, "Will Seth be badly wounded?"

Miro's body shook and immediately shook his head, his tone was firm: "He won't die!" Miro's gaze seemed a little strange: "I don't even think that no one in this world can kill him!"

The Marquis of Caroline looked at his nephew's expression. He sighed and said in a low voice: "No matter what, the war has been won! Your Majesty will definitely reward you greatly...... If, I mean if...... If Seth dies, then you will be the greatest hero left in this war...... Ziggy's guy doesn't have the support of a big family behind him, and he can't make any climate...... Miro, have you ever thought about it...... If Seth dies, you will be the first person in the Emperor!"

Miro's body shook violently, and a light flashed in his eyes, as if he had thought of something. But then his gaze dimmed. Looking at his uncle, the expression on his face was a little complicated, as if he hesitated for a moment, Miro slowly spoke.

"Dear uncle. I know what is expected of me in your heart...... But what you don't know is that after going through this war, I have a ...... against that guy Seth No, it should be said that I seem to have a strange feeling for the tulip family......" Miró let out a long sigh. In a deep voice, he said: "That guy Seth, maybe I won't be able to live with him in my life!, and that family ......" Miró stared at the old Marquis Caroline: "That family makes me despair...... That's a real appeal......"

Miro's eyes became responsible again, and there was respect in them. There is jealousy, there is disappointment, there is helplessness, but more than that, it is amazement!

"You never imagine that...... As long as the battle flag of the tulip is flying, the soldiers of the Tens of Millions of Empires are as fanatical as worshipping the gods! For the battle flag of the tulip, those people die willingly, without even the slightest hesitation or fear! Those people's devotion to the tulip ...... That madness, that absolute loyalty, is something we can never do!!"

Marquis Caroline didn't speak, looked at his proton's face, and sighed softly.

The newspapers of the imperial capital were already filled with the joy of the victory, and every day countless crowds gathered outside the Tulip Duke's Palace, and the soldiers of the vigilante did their best to guard the surroundings of the Duke's Palace.

The news of Duke Tulip's injury has slowly spread under Andy's arrangement.

The religious centers in the imperial capital also increased unprecedentedly, and countless civilians ran to the religious centers to pray, praying that the great gods would bless the patron saint of the empire with health and longevity. Outside the Tulip Duke's Palace, countless infatuated girls held blooming tulip flowers in their hands and prayed silently.

But these people all consciously stood a few dozen meters away from the Tulip Duke's palace - for fear of disturbing the Duke who was recuperating from his injuries.

In the cotton fields, a group of royal guards will come to the Tulip Duke's palace - I heard that this is the court medical officer sent by His Majesty the Emperor!

And the newspapers of the imperial capital also sent countless people to guard the surrounding of the Duke's Palace day and night, and every day the various newspapers in the imperial capital will publish some news of the Duke's Palace of Tulip.

"According to a certain servant of the Duke Tulip's Palace, the Duke was able to get up yesterday!"

"According to the news of this newspaper, according to the little leftover veal steak found from the garbage heap outside the Duke's palace yesterday, it is said that the veal steak is Duke Tulip's favorite food, so we can guess that the Duke's body is recovering and can already eat!"

"According to the younger brother of the wife of the nephew of the servant of the neighbor of the medical officer who was in charge of treating the Duke, the Duke's injuries have basically healed......"

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Every day, the newspapers are full of all kinds of news and speculation about the Duke, and each newspaper for its own sales, and finally began to accuse others of publishing fake news indiscriminately, with the start of the war of words, the public opinion in the imperial capital has been a mess, and no one believes the real or false news One day, a newspaper that boldly guessed that the Duke might be seriously injured was rushed into the headquarters by the angry crowd, and then after beating everyone to the point that their noses were blue and swollen, all the newspapers closed their mouths......

Three days later, a commendation order signed by His Majesty the Emperor and the Emperor was announced!

It's a lengthy, cumbersome commendation order...... The only thing that caught everyone's attention was that at least Duke Tulip was mentioned in this commendation order.

"Duke Zetrudolph of Tulip, Marshal of the Imperial High Command!

General Zige, the former deputy commander of the Central Cavalry Corps, was appointed as the commander of the Central Cavalry Corps and was given the title of earl!

General Miró, the former commander of the Northwest Army, was appointed Vice-Minister of Military Affairs......

Original...... Command...... Allow...... Give...... title

Original...... Deputy Commander...... Allow......

Original...... Column Commander......

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After this commendation was issued, the grand ceremony of the award was held in the Great Hall of Light of the Imperial Palace - but the Duke of Tulip was still not able to attend!

It is worth mentioning that in this lengthy order of commendation, which lined up dozens of lives, there is an inconspicuous name.

"Roddy, the former deputy captain of the Duke of Thor's Whip Wolf Tooth Army, was transferred to the Royal Guard for his outstanding performance in the Battle of Thundering City, and was given the title of Viscount!