Chapter 851: Massacre in the City (I)

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April 23, 293 of the Imperial Calendar of the Britannia Empire.

On this day, the Eastern Route Army with a total force of 80,000 finally set out, heading straight for the secondary capital of the Holy Hilan Empire - Ariel.

The Western Route Army with a total force of 64,000 and the Eastern Route Army with a total force of 80,000, like two sharp swords, stabbed straight at the two important cities of the Holy Hilan Empire.

As for the more than 50,000 prisoners in the Chubol Fortress, they were handed over to the transport team of the Northern Territory General Administration for processing.

In order to cooperate with Su Cheng's "Aurora" offensive, the Northern Territory General Administration also tried its best.

With the help of the central government, a transport team with a total scale of 150,000 people was squeezed out to help transport various spoils of the "Aurora" offensive.

These more than 50,000 prisoners of war are naturally one of the spoils of war, and they are relatively useful and valuable spoils of war.

These prisoners of war are all extremely cheap labor, and they do not need to be paid. It is enough to give them the food they need to survive.

The 200,000 or so Xilan soldiers captured in the "Overlord Counterattack" have now all been taken to the North to build roads.

Now that there are more than 50,000 almost free laborers, the people in the North General Administration are so happy.

The reason why the joint corps stayed in Chubol Fortress for a few days before setting off after capturing Chubol Fortress was, on the one hand, to rest the troops, and on the other hand, to wait for the transport team of the North General Administration to pick up people.

Now, the more than 50,000 prisoners of war in Chubol Fortress have also been transported back to the Britannia Empire in batches, and Chubol Fortress has been handed over to the people of the North General Administration.

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As the secondary capital of the Holy Xilan Empire, the strategic value of Ariel is self-evident.

There are 24 cities between Chubol Fortress and Ariel.

In other words, the Eastern Route Army, which must ensure the smooth supply line, must capture these 24 cities one by one before it can approach the city of Ariel.

It took only two days for the vanguard troops led by Deng Jiaer to successfully reach the first city on their way to Ariel - Wulan.

Wulan is just an unknown small city.

If it weren't for participating in the "Aurora" offensive, Deng Jiaer would not have known that there was a city called Wulan in the Holy Xilan Empire.

According to the intelligence obtained by the scouts, Wulan City is small, the city walls are low, the total population is only 70,000, and the garrison in the city is only more than 200 people, and they are all weak soldiers with low combat effectiveness.

Just from the data on paper, it can be seen how vulnerable Wulan is.

Deng Jiaer, who led the vanguard troops, was responsible for opening the way and also for solving some weak enemies that the vanguard troops could handle for the main force behind.

This Wulan City is one of those weak enemies that can be solved by the vanguard troops alone.

The vanguard had more than 10,000 people, and the ace unit of the Michael Knights, the Delan Immortal Squad, was also in the vanguard. With such combat power, it would be easy to capture Ulan.

But after the troops arrived at the city of Ulan, Deng Jiaer did not launch an attack directly.

Deng Jiaer kept in mind the combat essentials that Su Cheng told them:

First persuade the enemy city to surrender, and if the enemy city is unwilling to surrender, then launch an attack. After the city is captured, a retaliatory massacre will be carried out against this ignorant city.

Although it is easy to capture this Ulan, it would be best if it could be captured without leaving any blood.

So after the troops arrived at the city of Ulan, Deng Jiaer did not rush to attack the city, but first sent someone to shoot her surrender letter into the city.

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Holy Xilan Empire, Ulan City.

After receiving the news that the Britannia army was approaching, the mayor of Ulan City sent people to ask for reinforcements while converting the hall he usually used to hold banquets and entertain guests into a combat command room, making all preparations to resist the enemy.

The mayor of Ulan City was sitting in this temporarily converted combat command room at this time, looking at a letter in his hand with a gloomy face.

In the combat command room, in addition to the mayor, there were also several officers of the city garrison.

The letter that the mayor was reading now was the letter of persuasion that Deng Jiaer had just shot with a bow and arrow.

This letter of persuasion was very long, with a lot of polite words and polite expressions.

But if the content of this flowery letter of persuasion was compressed, this letter of persuasion actually only said one sentence:

After reading this letter of persuasion while suppressing the anger in his heart, the mayor of Ulan City immediately tore it into pieces in two or three strokes.

"If you want to fight, come and fight!" The city lord gritted his teeth, "Do they think I'm afraid of their threats? We will never surrender! We will fight the hateful invaders to the last moment!"

"City lord..."

As soon as the city lord finished speaking, an officer in front of him said in a cautious tone:

"I think... it's better for us to surrender..."

As soon as the officer finished speaking, the city lord immediately cast an angry look at him.

The officer's body trembled a few times in fear of the city lord's look.

"What did you say just now?!" The city lord roared at the officer.

And the officer seemed to have given up at this time, swallowed his saliva, and said loudly with courage:

"City lord! I think-it's better for us to choose to surrender!"

"City lord, you just

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You have also seen it on the city wall, right? There are at least tens of thousands of Britannians outside the city!"

"And there are only 212 defenders in our city!"

"Even if each of our soldiers is a warrior who can fight ten enemies with one, they are no match for the enemy outside the city!"

"What's more, the combat effectiveness of these 212 soldiers in our city is definitely not as good as that of the soldiers of the Britannian Empire Knights!"

"In addition, we lack various city defense equipment in the city, and we don't even have many arrows."

"With such conditions, we have no way to compete with the Britannian army outside the city!"

"If we go to war with tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the city, it will only be a suicide act! It will only increase unnecessary casualties!"

"City lord, no matter how we struggle, we can't cause considerable damage to the Britannian army outside the city, so our best choice now should be to surrender, so as to preserve the city..."

Before the officer finished speaking, he was severely reprimanded by the city lord:

"You bastard! With the enemy at hand, you actually said such discouraging words! "

"City Lord, I am not saying discouraging words. I am..."

The officer wanted to make a few more arguments, but the city lord obviously did not want to hear his voice anymore.

"Are you still a citizen of the Holy Xilan Empire? Now with the enemy at hand, you don't even think about how to kill the enemy, but only think about surrendering? ! "

"Your behavior is disloyalty! "

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