Chapter 1075: Combat Preparation (Part 1)

As soon as Bancro finished speaking, Jacob knelt down on one knee:

"Your Majesty! Please give the order to defend Pendragon! We cannot give up the capital of our country to the rebels!"

After Jacob and Bancro, the two leaders of the "war faction", took the lead in kneeling down to make a request to Ilsa, other "war faction" ministers also knelt down one after another.

"Your Majesty! Give the order to defend Pendragon!"

"Your Majesty! We cannot give up Pendragon!"

"We have a chance of winning! We have a chance of winning!"

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The ministers of the "main war faction" all knelt on the ground and begged Ilsa.

At this moment, something happened in the "main withdrawal faction" camp.

Some of the ministers from the "main-war faction" who had been hesitant from the beginning gritted their teeth and showed firm expressions on their faces. Then, like the "war-war faction" people, they knelt down and begged Ilsa to order the defense. Pendragon.

A large number of ministers defected to the "War Faction" camp, causing surprise and anger to appear on the faces of Alfred and others.

These ministers who defected to the "main war faction" were either impressed by the battle plan proposed by Bancro just now and felt that there was hope for holding Pendragon.

Or maybe it's because I'm just a wallflower. After seeing that Ilsa is willing to fight to the end, and seeing that the "main war faction" is more popular than the "main withdrawal faction", in order to increase Ilsa's favorability. , without hesitation betrayed the camp of the "main withdrawal faction" and took refuge in the embrace of the "main war faction".

Thanks to these rebellious ministers, the number of the "main war faction" overwhelmed the "main withdrawal faction" in one breath.

The contrast between the strengths and weaknesses of the two camps was reversed in one breath.

Amid the ever-increasing calls for "please fight", a voice suddenly sounded that was extremely inconsistent with the current call:

"His Majesty!"

The owner of this voice was none other than Alfred.

Alfred also knelt down and shouted to Ilsa:

"Even if we adopt Sir Bancro's tactics,

In the heart of Pendragon, we started a street battle with Allen's rebels, and we may not be able to hold on until Su Cheng leads the Michael Knights to return for reinforcements! "

"If Su Cheng cannot lead the Michael Knights back in time, we will still inevitably suffer destruction and death!"

Alfred is a staunch "retreatist".

He firmly believed that relying on such a weak military force to hold on to Pendragon was a foolish thing.

Therefore, even though the current momentum of the "main war faction" has overwhelmed their "main withdrawal faction", he still unswervingly asks Ilsa to order the abandonment of Pendragon.

Alfred's voice immediately aroused the glares of many "warrior" ministers present.

But Alfred ignored all the glares from these people.

He just stared straight at Ilsa in front of him.

Ilsa looked down at Alfred who was kneeling on the ground, silent.

After a moment of silence, Ilsa's lips raised slightly, revealing a faint smile.

"Alfred, it is indeed what you just said. Even if we adopt Bancro's combat plan and start a street battle with Allen's rebels in the heart of Pendragon, we may not necessarily We can hold on until Su Cheng leads the Michael Knights back."

Ilsa's words brought a little joy to Alfred's face.

"but--"

However, Ilsa's "No" made the joyful look on Alfred's face quickly fade away.

"If you stick to Pendragon, Pendragon will not necessarily fall. But if you give up Pendragon, Pendragon will definitely fall."

Ilsa's tone gradually became filled with determination.

"I will not give up Pendragon to Eren's rebels in vain!"

After saying that, Ilsa raised her head and looked around at the ministers around her.

Then——

"Defend Pendragon! Fight to the death with Allen's rebels!"

The cry Ilsa made when she was 12 years old is still solidified in history books thousands of years later.

It was precisely because of Ilsa's shout that the most intense street battle in the history of human cold weapons, the Pendragon Defense War, began.

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The treasury door is open.

Mountains of money were pulled out of the treasury one after another.

In addition to money mountains, various military supplies such as armor, spears, swords, and military rations were also pulled out of the treasury.

These mountains of money are used to recruit labor.

The central government needs a large number of workers to carry out emergency construction of the defense line.

As for which houses need to be demolished, which streets need to be fortified, which streets need to be widened, which streets need to be blocked... these things have been calculated by the military staff led by Bancro.

The reason why it took so much time to formulate Pendragon's city defense plan was because Bancroft and others needed a lot of time to calculate the defense deployment and construction of the defense line.

Bancro and others have already formulated a detailed combat plan. As long as a large amount of labor is in place, construction of the defense line can be started immediately.

As for the large number of laborers, it is easy to handle.

There are still some citizens remaining in Pendragon.

The central government directly transferred a large amount of money from the treasury to recruit directly from this group of citizens who remained in Pendragon.

The central government directly offered a sky-high price - a daily salary of 30,000 British pounds, and if you work hard, there will be bonuses.

Under such a high recruitment price, the number of people of the right age who came to apply for the job was overwhelming.

In just one morning, the central government successfully hired 30,000 male and female laborers.

This number is enough.

After successfully hiring 30,000 laborers, the central government stopped recruiting, and then assigned these 30,000 people to Bankro's command, for the military staff headed by Bankro to command.

Under the command of Bankro and others, the construction of the defense line was in full swing.

Bankro and his team's work was also simple - while there was still time, they should strengthen and reinforce their defense line as much as possible before Allen's rebels arrived at the city.

In just a few days, the central area of ​​​​Pendragon changed drastically.

Thick wooden boards were nailed to the doors and windows of exquisite buildings, and fortifications were installed on the streets...

The most prosperous central area of ​​Pendragon was gradually transformed by Bankro and others into a military defense zone full of murderous atmosphere...

In order to fight against the rebels in Pendragon, in addition to building defense lines, the central government has a lot of things to do.

First of all, Pendragon needs to be completely cleared.

In the near future, Pendragon will become a fierce battlefield.

If there are still citizens left in Pendragon, then these citizens will inevitably be implicated in the war.

Therefore, in order to ensure the safety of the citizens, Ilsa decided to withdraw all the citizens from Pendragon except for the 30,000 civilians responsible for building the defense line.

And these 30,000 civilians responsible for building the defense line will also evacuate Pendragon when Allen's rebels are about to arrive at the city.

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