Chapter 1490 Draining Lake Steyr (Part 2)

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"The first hidden danger - if all the water in Lake Steyr is to be drained, all the drained lake water will be diverted downward."

El pointed down.

"And below Lake Steyr, there is a large settlement area."

"There are many citizens of the Frank Empire living here."

"Although we can arrange manpower in advance to lure away all the citizens in the settlement area below Lake Steyr, but even if we lure away these civilians, this large settlement area will inevitably be unsafe."

"This large area of ​​settlement will become a vast land, and this area will not be inhabitable for a long time to come."

"And these citizens of the Frank Empire who are forced to leave this area will become homeless refugees."

"But - we can help these refugees find a new place to live."

"Although it will destroy a large area of ​​land under Lake Steyr, this price is nothing compared to being able to capture Beloo City."

"So this is not the biggest hidden danger."

"The second hidden danger, and also the biggest hidden danger, is that if the water in Bailu Lake is drained, it will be equivalent to indiscriminately killing the citizens of Bailu City."

"There will be many citizens who have not left Bailu City who will die of thirst."

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El's words directly made the atmosphere in the entire tent become solemn in an instant...

"...No." A general of Xilan Army said solemnly, "We can't do this kind of thing that will lead to the death of a large number of innocent civilians...!"

The translators translated what the general said as quickly as possible to all the knights of the Britannia army.

Just after the translators finished their translations, a burst of laughter suddenly sounded:

"Can't do it? Why can't it be done?"

The person who spoke was Deng Jiaer.

Deng Jiaer shrugged, looking fearless.

"As long as the water source of Bailu City is cut off, we can take Bailu City without firing a single shot. This will minimize the casualties of our coalition forces."

"Why don't we do such a cost-effective thing?"

"Then we can't kill all the innocent civilians in the city!" the general retorted, not to be outdone.

"This is a helpless matter!" Deng Jiaer also became a little angry, "This is war! War will inevitably cause accidental injuries! What we have to do is not to pity the civilians of the enemy country, but to try every means to provide our The country brings the greatest results!”

"If we do this, it will be the same as massacring the city!"

"As long as the emperor of the Frank Empire can open the city and surrender as soon as possible, too many people will not die! Since you are so opposed to cutting off the water source of Belu City, then you can say an attack that can be more efficient than cutting off the water source. Let us hear the city’s laws!”

"Okay...!" Iser frowned and said solemnly, "Stop making noise! ​​We are in a meeting now! How unbecoming are you to make such a noise!"

As Iser happened, Chinor, one of the leaders of the Hiran Army, also spoke out to the general:

"Calm down! Don't make noise in the military meeting!"

Because of the voices of Iser and Qinor, the originally tense atmosphere relaxed a little.

But Deng Jiaer and the general still stared at each other angrily.

Su Cheng and El seemed to have expected that the situation would turn out like this, and they looked calm from beginning to end.

"In that case..." Su Cheng said softly, "Let's vote. El, what do you think?"

"I have no opinion."

"Okay. So - those who don't agree with cutting off the water supply of Bailu City, please stand up."

As soon as Su Cheng finished speaking, there was a faint sound of chairs being pulled.

Only three people stood up...

"Okay, the voting is over." Su Cheng said loudly, "Starting from tomorrow, 70,000 troops will be assigned to cooperate with the arrangements of the hydrological experts.

Drain Lake Steyr! The rest continue to maintain the siege of Bailu City! "

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The total duration of tonight's military meeting was less than an hour, but it somehow felt quite long.

After the meeting, El and Gabriel walked one after another on the way back to the military tent where they lived.

After the military tent where they lived appeared within the sight of the two, Gabriel suddenly said:

"...Are we going to massacre civilians..."

"...Yeah." El nodded gently, "This is also something that can't be helped."

"If the water source is cut off, many innocent people in Belu City will die."

"Continuing the water supply will cause many generals in our army to die during the siege."

"Comparing the two, it is definitely more cost-effective to let people from the enemy country die..."

Gabriel sighed softly: "El, don't you feel scared? If you do this, you may get a bad reputation."

"It doesn't matter." El said softly, "After I promised His Majesty to become the new marshal of the Holy Hiran Empire, I knew that such a day would come, and I was mentally prepared..."

"...It's so annoying to kill civilians and stuff like that..." Gabriel sighed with emotion.

"...Yes. That's why I want to be a third-class quartermaster for the rest of my life..."

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The next day, under the arrangement of Su Cheng and El, 70,000 troops marched out of their camps.

Among these 70,000 people, the Britannia Army sent 50,000 and the Hilan Army sent 20,000.

Under the command of the hydrological experts of the two armies, these 70,000 troops dug drainage canals on the shore of Lake Steyr.

According to the hydrological experts of the two armies, it would take at least 2 months to drain the water of Lake Steyr.

A mere 2 months is really a short time for a siege.

The Frankish generals and soldiers who did not know the intentions of the Britannia Army and the Hilan Army outside the city were still on high alert, waiting foolishly for the Britannia Army and the Hilan Army to attack.

The generals and soldiers of the city of Bolu only knew that the Britannia Army and the Hilan Army outside the city were very strange. They had been at the gates of the city for so many days, but they were still stationed outside the city of Bolu.

Neither retreat nor attack.

They just surrounded the city of Bolu silently.

They didn't know that the Britannia Army and the Hiran Army would no longer attack their city of Bolu...

Until the fall of Bolu, the allied forces of the Britannia Army and the Hiran Army would not shoot even one arrow at the walls of Bolu.

While the 70,000 troops of the allied forces went to dig canals and drain the water of Lake Steyr, the other 310,000 troops continued to surround Bolu and confuse the defenders of Bolu.

In this calm atmosphere, undercurrents had already surged...

Inside and outside Bolu, two months passed in this strange environment with undercurrents...