Chapter 228 The Rebel Army Is Approaching

"This is a good thing!" Su Yu's eyes lit up.

Many skills of the Shadow Priest are very practical, such as [Thought Stealing], [Mind Control], etc.

Last time at the Skrull base in Lingwu Mountain, he used the priest's [Mind Control] to make great contributions.

The only regret is that this fragment is not golden and cannot be taken out of the game.

If there is a rich [Blood of Tina] in the future, you can consider gold-plating it.

Su Yu put the fragment into his backpack with satisfaction.

So far, the 40th round of the Princess line has been successfully completed, and the task has entered the next stage.

The subsequent 41-44 rounds of tasks are roughly divided into two categories:

One is the internal affairs of the Forest City, counting casualties, saving the dying and the wounded, requesting assistance from surrounding lords, carrying out post-disaster reconstruction work in the city, etc.;

The other is to deal with the threat of the upcoming rebels.

According to player surveys and statistics, the number of residents in the Forest City dropped sharply from 500,000 to 95,000 after the disaster, and 80% of the residents died in the disaster.

The army gathered in Forest City also suffered heavy losses, with nearly 200,000 casualties in the shock wave.

In addition, the death of the Imperial Marshal [Charles Plantagenet] and a group of senior officers cut the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Army in half.

Of course, the two rebel leaders, Anzu Sefer and Landilus, would not miss such a good opportunity and kept sending spies to Forest City to gather intelligence.

After testing the strength of Forest City, they immediately assembled the army and prepared to launch a general attack on Forest City to completely capture the city.

As of the end of the 44th round of the Princess Line, the 700,000 troops assembled by the rebels had set out from Plantagenet City and headed straight for Forest City.

The rebels were in high spirits, and the strong men who participated in the last high-level battle in Forest City also joined the army, and the army was unstoppable.

The morale of the soldiers on the Imperial side was generally low, and pessimism spread in the army.

...

The mission came to the 45th round of the Princess Line.

In a palace in the west of Forest City.

This palace was the only one in the city that was not reduced to ruins by the shock wave, and was used by Alice as the city's general headquarters.

In the palace's large conference room, a top-level military strategy meeting was being held.

Princess Alice sat on the main seat in the conference room, her face slightly haggard.

It has been half a month since the last battle between high-level masters.

In the past half month, Alice has taken charge of all the military and political affairs of the empire, and has barely pulled the empire back from the brink of death.

But what bothers her most is the upcoming rebels.

A huge military deployment map is hung on the wall on the side of the conference room.

The "red" on the map, which symbolizes the power of the empire, is huddled in several large cities such as Forest City and Pearl City; and the "blue" symbolizing the power of the rebels not only occupies most of the empire, but has also assembled a large army and is heading towards Forest City.

The empire is almost at the critical moment of life and death.

Sitting at the conference table in front of the princess were the military and political leaders of the empire, including the royal mage Shalan and three seventh-level masters.

Of course, Su Yu was also there, and his position was relatively forward, sitting on the right hand side of the princess.

"Everyone."

After the meeting began, the princess crossed her fingers and placed them on her lips, looking at everyone present seriously: "Now that the rebels have officially set out, do you have any good suggestions? Lucas, you go first."

Lucas is the most senior general in the army. After the death of Grand Marshal Charles Plantagenet, he served as the temporary marshal of the empire.

"Your Highness." Lucas stood up and bowed slightly to the princess: "My suggestion is still the same as before - retreat, we lead the army to retreat to Oran City, Oran City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the mountain roads are narrow, which can stop the rebels from advancing."

Hearing Lucas' words, several generals sitting at the end of the conference table expressed their opinions:

"I think so too."

"Yes, it's better to retreat now."

"Your Highness, based on the current situation in Forest City, we will definitely not be able to defend it."

Alice's expression remained unchanged, she looked at Su Yu beside her: "What do you think, Nemesis? Should we withdraw our troops and abandon Forest City?"

Hearing Alice's question, Su Yu sat up straight.

He thought about it and answered cautiously: "I agree with the opinions of several generals, and I also think that leading the army to strategically transfer to Oran City is the best choice."

Hearing Su Yu's words, all the generals present breathed a sigh of relief.

They knew how much weight Su Yu's words had on the princess. The princess basically obeyed Su Yu's words. Su Yu's words were more effective than their ten words combined.

Otherwise, why is it said that "pillow talk" is the most terrible?

"But--" Su Yu's tone suddenly rose.

Along with Su Yu's tone, the hearts of the generals present also rose.

The generals' hearts, which had just fallen, were immediately raised to their throats, and their eyes were fixed on Su Yu.

Su Yu's expression remained unchanged, and he smiled and said, "We can withdraw our troops, but we must think about what to do after the withdrawal in advance.

We went to Oran City not to live in a corner, but to finally defeat the rebels, retake the territory of the empire, and let the people live a happy and stable life.

So in the process of withdrawing our troops, we must think carefully about the next move."

"Nemesis, have you thought of a good idea?" Alice cast a look of concern at Su Yu.

"That's right." Su Yu nodded: "I think we need to use new weapons."

After Su Yu finished speaking, he took out a weapon from his backpack and slapped it on the long table in the conference room.

In an instant, all eyes in the conference room were focused on Su Yu's hand.

This weapon was not a blade flashing with cold light, but a long thing similar to a fire stick.

But upon closer inspection, this was not a fire stick, and the front end of the weapon was not made of wood, but an iron pipe.

If there was a player here, he would definitely recognize what this weapon was at a glance. Because this is a flintlock rifle! The people of Blue Star are very familiar with it.

But the senior officers of the empire present didn't know it very well, and many of them cast doubtful eyes on Su Yu.

Lucas, as the most experienced officer, seemed to have thought of something and asked, "Is this a musket from the Dwarf Kingdom? I think I've seen it once before."

Su Yu nodded, "Yes, it's a musket, and it's an upgraded version of the revolver musket - a flintlock. My territory can currently produce this kind of weapon."

The technology tree of Su Yu's territory is very powerful. In the later stage of scientific research, even [Doomsday Mecha] can be manufactured, and producing some ordinary firearms is naturally a piece of cake.

Now his territory has just been promoted to the [City] stage, and the military has just pointed out [Military Science], which can mass-produce flintlocks, and it is not far from researching rifles with rifling.

Such a good thing, Su Yu must of course use it, mass-produce and export military products, and develop the territory's characteristic military industry.

The military industry is a highly profitable industry. With this as a breakthrough, he can earn a lot of psychic coins from NPCs.