Chapter 825: Chubol Fortress (Part 2)

Chupol—a large city with a population of 600,000 in the southwest of the Holy Hiran Empire.

After the fall of the Muhavits Fortress, Chupol became the forefront of the southwest battlefield.

In order to compete with the Britannia Empire, which had captured their Mukhavis Fortress, after the "Iron Hammer" battle, Vasily transferred a large number of civilians and a large amount of funds to Chupol, and brought Chupol to Fortressization of Boer.

Perhaps it was the sense of crisis that was at work. The Holy Shiran Empire moved surprisingly quickly this time. In just over a month, Chupol had been transformed in a good way.

The current Chupol City can already be called [Chubol Fortress].

In addition to turning Chupol into a fortress, Vasili also mobilized a large number of defensive equipment in Chupol. At the same time, troops from various legions also entered the Chupol Fortress one after another.

According to intelligence, Chupol Fortress has currently gathered an army of 30,000 to 50,000 people, and there will still be a steady stream of troops heading towards Chupol Fortress.

The primary goal of the "Aurora" offensive, which aims to invade the homeland of the Holy Hiran Empire and undermine the national power of the Holy Hiran Empire, is to capture the Chupol Fortress.

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After Vasily decided to fortify Chupol, Chupol became the busiest city in the entire Holy Hiran Empire.

Every day, a large number of carriages, craftsmen, and troops carrying various supplies enter and exit Chupol.

At the same time, there are also some people who love to join in the fun and come all the way to Chupol to see the city that is about to be converted into a fortress.

A group of special "guests" mixed in with the people who came to Chupol to watch the fun and entered Chupol.

Judging from the clothing and dress, these "guests" are no different from ordinary citizens of the Holy Shiran Empire, and they can also speak fluent Shiran. No matter how you look at it, they seem to be just a bunch of people. Citizens of the Holy Hiran Empire came to join in the fun.

However, compared to where the excitement is, the interest of these "guests" lies in Chupol itself.

Some of them went in and out of different city gates several times, constantly looking at the city gates, the structure of the city walls, and the defenders on the walls.

Some seemed to be doing nothing and walking slowly along the city wall carelessly, but they always "inadvertently" picked off the earth and rocks on the city wall, and then quietly stuffed them into their pockets.

Some always like to hang out in Chubol's warehouses, barracks and other important places.

Some were hiding directly on a hill outside Chupol, sizing up Chupol in the distance and describing something.

Some pretended to be beggars, crouching in front of the residences of some important generals, and constantly looking at the residences of these generals.

Some were suddenly interrogated by Chupol's patrols, but they remained unhurried and answered the patrols' questions one by one in fluent Xilan. At the same time, they were able to produce various objects to prove that they were just ordinary people. A farmer living in a nearby village came here to join in the fun.

Every once in a while, these "guests" will withdraw from Chupol one by one, meet in a hidden dense forest on the outskirts of Chupol, bring together the intelligence they have collected, and then combine the collected intelligence Return to Avalon Fortress...

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Britannia Empire, Northern Territory, Avalon Fortress, Michael Knights Headquarters, Operations Command Room.

As spring is getting closer and closer, Su Cheng and others have already begun to formulate a strategy plan for the Chubol Fortress.

There were not many people in the combat command room at this time, only Su Cheng and Willy.

Su Cheng and Willy were reviewing the intelligence they had recently collected while staring at the large map spread out in front of them.

"The Holy Xilan Empire finally made the right judgment and action this time." Willy smiled bitterly, "I really hope that the Holy Xilan Empire can make mistakes as often as last time."

After saying that, Willy let out an annoyed groan again:

"This Chupol Fortress is difficult to manage..."

"...Hmm." Su Cheng, who was standing next to him, responded softly, "This Chupol Fortress is indeed well-built. There are only 164,000 troops participating in the 'Aurora' offensive. If we attack Chupol Fortress, we will suffer heavy casualties. "

According to the intelligence sent back by the scouts, the entire city wall of Chupol has been repaired, heightened, and thickened.

Judging from their progress, Chupol's city walls will be fully completed by spring.

By then, Chupol will have a huge wall up to 9 meters high and 12 meters thick.

This size can be used for horse racing on the city wall.

According to the intelligence spied out by the scouts, Vasili has squeezed troops from all major legions. By spring, Chupol will have 100,000 troops.

Military supplies such as grain, grass, arrows, and boulders were also continuously transported into Chupol.

Such a city, such a size of garrison, and such material reserves are enough to cope with any long-term siege and repeated attacks by any large army.

When the "Aurora" offensive was launched, Su Cheng's troops only had 164,000 troops, not much more than Chupol's defenders. If this small number of troops were to attack Chupol by force, they would not be able to capture Chupol at all.

"Judging from the current situation, the best way to siege the city is to lure out the defenders of Chupol Fortress."

Willy said solemnly to Su Cheng.

"If we attack by force, we won't be able to capture Chupol even if we wipe out all the troops."

"The most feasible method now is to lure out the Chubol defenders and then annihilate them in the suburbs... Hmm? Commander, are you listening?"

Willie talked for a long time before he realized that Su Cheng's attention did not seem to be on him.

Su Cheng's attention now seemed to be on the paper in his hand.

"Commander, what are you looking at?" Willy asked Su Cheng.

"...I found a very interesting piece of information."

After saying that, Su Cheng's left mouth corner slightly raised, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

Then he handed the paper in his hand to Willy.

Willie took the paper with dense words on it from Su Cheng, and read it at a glance.

After his eyes fell on the paper, Willy found that the paper contained information about a certain Chubol defender.

The defender was a first-class general named [Adair Acheson].

Looking at the name of this person, Willy's eyebrows slightly raised:

"Adair Acheson... How come this name sounds like a Britannian name."

After muttering this, Willy continued to read on.

After reading on, Willy found that this person was actually a Britannian.

His parents were Britannians, and for various reasons, the family moved to the Holy Hilan Empire to settle down.

"...Captain." Willy raised the paper in his hand with a puzzled look, "This is just the information of a general officer of the Chubol garrison. It doesn't look special."

"Okay." Su Cheng said unhappily, "Just keep reading, the interesting information is still behind."