After the business was over, the small talk moment began. Du Lilan sat down on the side, and it was impossible to talk about anything. So the topic became some recent news on the mainland.

The biggest news, of course, comes from the Holy See. "Holy miracles" appeared frequently, and after the return of the holy robe, God the Father "lowered" the holy stone. For this reason, major newspapers on the mainland also reprinted a large number of reports by Father Hill, a reporter of the "Discipline Daily", and Dipu also made a small splash in it.

This made Dipu somewhat complacent. In recent days, he has been living in seclusion in a monastery or busy in the army, and he does not know much about the outside world. I didn't expect to be famous again. However, he didn't know that the propaganda originally prepared was to highlight Dipu himself, but now it is the whole collective, and he is actually at a loss. If he learns the truth, I don't know how he will feel?

Then he basically introduced the counterinsurgency war in the south.

After the end of the Hiss War, Anton's army led more than 500,000 troops and more than 300,000 "volunteer militias" to the south, where they joined up with Gusta, another great general of the empire who was maintaining the local defense line, and the strength of the army also soared to more than 1.2 million, and then ended the defensive posture and began to launch a fierce attack on the rebels in the south.

And the first war took place nine months ago. In just half a year, General Anton launched three general attacks by virtue of his superiority in troops. It can be seen from this that General Anton's command skills are quite extraordinary, the frequency is once every two months, and the supply of millions of people can make people vomit blood, and he can still attack frequently. And these three general attacks were fought quite fiercely.

The reason why it is described as tragic is not that it is cruel on the battlefield. These three general attacks, whether it is a battlefield battle or an urban offensive and defensive battle, have not exceeded conventional standards. And it is precisely those "voluntary militias" who bring "tragic" consequences.

Three general attacks of General Anton. In total, nearly half of the southern counties were recovered. And in the reclaimed lands, the voluntary militias carried out a purge of their own accord. Basically all the aristocratic families that participated in the rebellion in the South were uprooted. The members of the family were exterminated and the property was divided. In particular, the land of those families was allocated to these militias.

Such a political struggle is terrifying. In any case, it is a kind of extermination, and it is a purge of almost all the powerful families in the south. As a result, many of the families involved in the rebellion in the south were afraid. They sent secret envoys to surrender to the empire. But the result was the same, and the empire did not accept surrender at all.

However, such a policy has been enthusiastically embraced by the people. A large number of people joined the militia, which in turn acquired land in large numbers. As a result, Empress Tricy's reputation skyrocketed, and she gained a lot of popularity among the commoners. General Anton incorporated those militias that had stood the test of war into the army, and at the same time opened up to recruit new militias, so that the total strength of the counterinsurgency force soon exceeded 2 million.

Seeing the empire baring its fangs, even Lehman's alliance with the Saudi city-state of Saudi Arabia, which supported the rebellion, was afraid. They also sent special envoys to discuss the "restoration of peace". That is, the possibility of conditional surrender.

This rebellion, Lehman and the Saudman city-state alliance and several high-ranking rebels have a wonderful idea. The best outcome is, of course, the overthrow of Empress Tricy's rule. Otherwise, with the advantage of the large number of southern waters, the cavalry group of the empire could not be used, and it could maintain the division between the north and the south, which would be equally good.

And those southern nobles who participated in the rebellion, most of them were thinking of riding on the wall and watching. Anyway, the rebels are strong, so take refuge for the time being. Because the rule of these local magnates is also needed. If the rebellion of the empire goes well, it will be more likely to turn the tide and surrender. There will be no loss in the interests of his own family. But I never expected that Empress Tricy would be uncompromising and implement the policy of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots. He even relied on the policy of mobilizing civilians and used the advantage of the sea of people to make up for the disadvantage of not being good at fighting in the south.

The envoys sent by Lehman and the Saudman city-state alliance were of course also fruitless, and the empire demanded unconditional surrender. And this completely shattered the "peaceful" illusions of the rebels. Lehman and the Saudi-Man city-state alliance and rebels can only mobilize in full. Hell-bent on defending the Empire's offensive. Fantasizing about killing and injuring a large number of Imperial troops, and then finding an opportunity for favorable conditions for peace.

But at this moment, that is, two or three months ago, General Anton suddenly changed from movement to quiet, and suddenly stood still. The offensive was completely stopped. This unexpected change suddenly made the entire continent boil. All kinds of rumors flew, and some said: this is a trick of General Anton. Others said: Perhaps the empire has secretly changed its policy and is about to start negotiations......

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Diego said these words as a joke, and Du Lilan on the side also listened to them as a joke. But Dipu was a little different, he always felt that something was wrong. Dipu had fought in the past, and he had come into contact with logistics these days, and he was also half an expert, so it was quite clear that he would launch a general offensive at the level of one million men in just two months of material preparation, which could no longer be described as hasty.

And if the material preparation is not sufficient, then it must be filled with human lives. General Anton must have understood this truth better than himself. But why would he attack at all costs? Okay, even if he wanted to end the southern rebellion as soon as possible and prepare to defend himself against the demons in the future. But why don't you accept the negotiations? It's better now, that is, you don't accept the negotiations, and you have suspended the offensive. This war always has a very strange feeling.

After thinking about it, there were too few clues, and Dipu finally gave up. Anyway, let's just listen to it as an anecdote! But Dipu didn't know that this was exactly what he had provoked.

After Pradona and Dipu returned from the Demon Realm, the humans obtained an important information that the Demon Race would invade the Yuansheng Continent through another channel. Then the most pressing question arose—where was this passage? Since there were very few clues, the passage from Dipu to the Demon Realm, Mendel's Palace, came into view.

This time, when Tipu returned, because of his abusive relationship with the Demon Emperor Jili and Valkyrie, he didn't say anything about this passage. just said vaguely: I was already unconscious at that time, and I was unconsciously involved in the gap in space, and then reached the demon world......

After all, this passage leads to the Royal Forest Farm of the Demon Realm, and it may appear in the Imperial City of the Demon Realm all of a sudden. And Dipp's heart is quite complicated. On the one hand, he firmly resisted the invasion of the demon world, and on the other hand, he had a deep affection for Gilly and Valkyrie, and he didn't want them to be hurt, so he hid this passage. (To be continued.) )