Chapter 927 Ariel

The reinforcements of the Holy Hilan Empire had been defeated by Deng Jiaer, and the remnants, led by the civilians of the logistics troops, fled eastward.

The 20,000 reinforcements that were about to arrive at the western front also hurriedly stopped their westward advance after learning that Nikita's troops had been defeated and Nikita himself was missing. In order to save the only living force now, they fled eastward. Not to mention rescuing the west, they didn't even dare to look back.

The Eastern Army, which had lost all obstacles, galloped all the way and advanced more smoothly than ever.

The city lords along the way became more and more afraid after learning that their reinforcements had been defeated by the Britannia Army, and surrendered one after another.

The Eastern Army approached the secondary capital of the Holy Hilan Empire, Ariel, at a very fast speed.

In a blink of an eye, the new vanguard led by Raymond was only 30 miles away from Ariel...

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The Eastern Army marched all the way, burning, killing and looting all the way, turning countless farmers into refugees.

Driven by the desire to survive, many refugees fled eastward frantically, and most of them flocked to the richest and safest place in their minds - Ariel.

However, they did not know that Ariel was no longer a safe place.

These refugees who fled here could not be ignored, so the mayor of Ariel City let all the refugees who fled here into the city.

These refugees who successfully escaped to Ariel and managed to save their lives tried their best to exaggerate the ferocity and ruthlessness of the Britannian Army.

The scale of the Britannian Army became more and more exaggerated in the exaggeration of the refugees.

The total strength of the Eastern Route Army was only more than 80,000 people, but the refugees exaggerated it into a large army of hundreds of thousands.

The exaggeration of these refugees caused panic in the city of Ariel.

In order to prevent riots in the city, the mayor of Ariel sent a large number of people to appease the emotions of the people and told them: Ariel is safe and the Britannian Army is impossible to capture it.

These words can only deceive the ignorant people.

All the officials and nobles in Ariel know that Ariel is in great danger now.

Ariel is located in the heart of the Holy Hilan Empire. Since the founding of the Holy Hilan Empire, Ariel has never been threatened by any foreign enemies.

Ariel, which has been peaceful for a long time, has been in disarray. The garrison in the city is only 2,000 people at most, and they are all crooked. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is impossible for them to be the opponent of the regular army of the Britannia Empire, the Knights.

How can such a shabby lineup beat the "hundreds of thousands of troops" of the Britannia Army?

If a lie is told and spread over and over again, it can become true. Now there are really many officials and nobles in Ariel who believe that the attacking Britannia Army really has hundreds of thousands of people.

As the Britannia Army continued to approach Ariel, all the officials and nobles in Ariel were divided into two groups.

One group advocated defending Ariel to the death.

The other part of the people advocated taking all the valuables in Ariel and evacuating Ariel.

Those who advocated defending Ariel to the death were mainly nobles.

Ariel was the secondary capital of the Holy Hiran Empire, and there were naturally many nobles of all sizes in the city.

There were 15 nobles living in Ariel - 1 duke, 1 marquis, 3 earls, 5 viscounts, and 5 marquises.

Among them, the only duke in Ariel, Grand Duke Zishuval, was the most clamorous, and ordered the lord of Ariel to defend Ariel to the death in a very tough tone, and never let the Britannia Army get Ariel.

Those who advocated taking all the valuables in Ariel and then retreating were mainly a group of officials headed by the lord of Ariel.

These two groups of people have been arguing over whether to fight or retreat these days.

Even though the vanguard of the Britannia Army was only more than 30 miles away from Ariel, they were still arguing endlessly.

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Ariel, Holy Hiran Empire.

"Ariel is our secondary capital! It is the heart of our western part. How can we give it to the Britannians!"

An earl angrily reprimanded the lord of Ariel.

The lord of Ariel is called Gennady, a middle-aged man who has already passed 40 years old.

To be appointed as the lord of the secondary capital, his personal ability is of course excellent.

So he is also the one who sees the current situation most clearly.

When he learned that the reinforcements sent by the central government had been defeated by the Britannian army, Gennady knew that Ariel would definitely not be able to hold on.

Therefore, after learning that his reinforcements had been defeated, Gennady advocated retreat.

However, he was strongly opposed and obstructed by the nobles in Ariel.

According to Gennady's plan, he wanted to evacuate with all the valuables in Ariel, destroy all the things that might help the enemy, and then let the residents in the city evacuate in batches, as many people as possible.

But thanks to these nobles, the evacuation plan could not be implemented.

The nobles not only did not allow the officials and soldiers in the city to evacuate with valuables, but also did not allow the civilians in the city to evacuate.

To this day, the nobles in the city still did not give in, insisting on defending Ariel to the death and never letting the Britannians get Ariel.

Gennady sat expressionlessly behind the long table, listening to the nobles in gorgeous clothes scolding him.

The person standing at the front of the nobles was a middle-aged man who was as fat as a ball.

Looking at the fat man's huge belly, Gennady was a little worried that his clothes would be torn by his big belly.

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