Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 396 Laugh out loud

north of north.

Burning Crystal Canyon front line.

The land of destruction and death.

The Grand Duke of Rose City, Grim Rosario, stood silently on the battlement wall on the west side of the Burning Crystal Canyon——

Walls?No, maybe, now it is just an isolated island standing on the high cliff of the canyon.

The high wall that stretched for several kilometers on the west side of the Burning Crystal Canyon, like a dam, held back the orcs' tide of offensive for the hot land of the empire behind, and now the remaining part is not even one-tenth of its heyday. arrive:
From the south to the north, this steel line of defense has been almost completely destroyed by the flames of war. Shocking gaps and cracks can be seen everywhere, and it is even impossible to identify whether it is the tusk of the Ice Demon Mammoth or the flame bomb of the "Flesh and Blood" chariot. for.

The place where Grand Duke Graham Rosario stands is this old fortification that has been full of vicissitudes. In the central part, where the so-called "Yuanwang Fort" was originally located, there is only one remaining, which is about [-] meters long. broken remains.

In the Burning Crystal Canyon, every soldier of the Empire knew that if even this poor, crumbling last piece of the city wall was followed by the next federal offensive...

...the end is here.

On both sides of Grim Rosario, above the long wreckage of the Burning Crystal Canyon defense line, countless human beings of the Empire are fighting against the tragic fate for the last time, just like Sisyphus in the myth. :

Soldiers, officers, craftsmen, family members... All human beings have almost forgotten the difference in identity, and everyone is taking advantage of the respite when the enemy's offensive comes to an end, desperately rushing to repair the line of defense.With broken logs and cracked stone bricks in their hands, they desperately tried to build any structure that could provide shelter in the most primitive and wild ways.

Imperial humans were once famous in Haven Continent for their exquisite architecture, but at this moment all dignity and glory have been abandoned.

No one has commanded the soldiers how to build the defense line, and all the architects accompanying the army on the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon have long been shrouded in horse leather in the continuous months of war.

Today, everyone is just relying on instinct, trying to fight for any hope of surviving tomorrow's battle:
Where there are stones, build a wall.If there is wood, support the horse.If you have a shovel, dig out the pit.Even if there are only the corpses of friendly soldiers, then these corrupted flesh and blood should be stacked together, higher and higher...

But can such chaotic, fragile, and sloppy defensive measures really block the orcs' mammoth tusks and war wolf iron hooves for humans in the next offensive?

——This question, in fact, everyone knows the answer, but no one wants to think about it.

The battlefield is a place where thinking is not allowed.

Thinking can suffocate.

And Grim Rosario never suffocates.This veteran general who had led his army to fight fiercely on the front line of the eastern border for decades, still dressed in white and silver armor, stood on top of the broken wall, sniffing the air of the front line affectionately as usual.Today, the damp rain and fog smelled of blood and scorched earth. It was the smell of despair—Grime Rosario felt this way for the first time in his life.

"Grime Rosario." Marquis Lane Grant called coldly from the side.

As usual, the commander of the Imperial Central Army did not wear a helmet.But now only half of his flaming fiery red hair is left with scorched black—this is all thanks to the incendiary bomb that was thrown at the Imperial Army headquarters by the "Flesh and Blood" chariot the afternoon before yesterday.

Grand Duke Grim Rosario turned to look at his colleagues.

"Nearly two months ago..." Marquis Leon Grant said coldly, "...you told us to keep going because 'this will be the last attack of the orcs in this war'...please Tell me, counting from that day to yesterday, how many times have the orcs launched offensives?"

"The big one, six times. The small one, nineteen times." Grand Duke Rosario sighed and replied without hesitation.

The corner of Marquis Lane Grant's mouth curled up, which was an expression called sarcasm and contempt.However, now, no one can tell whether this expression is for the gloomy Grand Duke Rosario in front of him, or for Leon Grant himself.

"There, that gap." Marquis Lane Grant raised his hand and pointed to a city wall wreckage more than 100 meters to the north, "Nine days ago, it was washed down by the Ice Demon Mammoth. Yes, but that section is used up. My adjutant died there. He has been with me for 21 years. His father was my former roommate in the same room. Before he died in the battle, he was entrusted to me and asked me to take good care of him. Now He's dead too."

The Marquis Grant moved his arm away again, pointing to the south:
"Over there, that piece of scorched earth. Six days ago, my best children, the crossbow battalion of the Central Army that I have cherished all my life, were burned alive by an incendiary bomb—when the incendiary bomb landed, they Bound by the battle song of the orc bastards, they couldn't move. I sent people to dig up their corpses, but they couldn't dig them up, and they shattered when touched."

Finally, Ryan Grant pointed his finger behind him, which was the direction of the army camp.

"Grime Rosario, do you still remember that I brought my wife who I just married three months ago with the army? In order to stabilize the morale of the brothers in the fifth battalion, three nights ago, I sent her I went to reward them, but the next morning, she didn't return to my tent. To this day, I dare not ask them what happened to her."

"Lyan..." Grime Rosario looked at Marquis Ryan Grant sadly, "...I'm sorry."

"Grime Rosario." Marquis Lane Grant said coldly, "I am a soldier. I don't want your apology. I want victory. I ask you, Grime Rosario, what you promised me Where is the victory? Where are those 'flying tiger' bastards that you blatantly say are 'setting the war' in the heart of the Union? We're dying every day and where's everything you promised me ?!"

Grand Duke Graham Rosario remained silent.

"Two months ago, we should have withdrawn from Burning Crystal Canyon." Ryan Grant said viciously, lifted his boots and kicked hard on the top of the broken wall, "I have warned you countless times before! Crystal Canyon cannot be defended! Only by retreating to Eternal Sun City can we have a chance of survival!"

"It is definitely a wrong decision to retreat to Eternal Sun City." Grand Duke Grim Rosario said firmly, "Ryan, you have also seen the attack intensity of the orcs these days-the defense line of the Burning Crystal Canyon is already like this. If When we retreated, the wooden walls of Eternal Sun City will only be more miserable..."

"It doesn't matter." Ryan Grant said with a gloomy expression, "The time to withdraw has passed. We didn't retreat two months ago, and there will be no chance to retreat after that. Graham Rosario, you want to responsible for that."

"I will be responsible for everything." Grim Rosario whispered.

The Central Army and the Eastern Army, the two imperial commanders, stood silently on the remaining walls of the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon, looking at the giant mammoth looming in the blood mist on the other side of the canyon, listening to the battle song faintly coming from the air. Ming.

"The next time the orcs charge, the two of us will go down to the city." Ryan Grant gritted his teeth, "Let's stand at the forefront of the front line. Since it is a lost game, let the boss die before the soldiers. Let the Federation The green-skinned bastard knows that there are no cowards in the empire."

Grim Rosario nodded silently, agreeing.

"Grime Rosario." Marquis Lane Grant suddenly smiled sarcastically, "The battlefield myth of 'Blood Flower' ends here. Do you have any regrets?"

"It's just right to bleed and die with blood." Grim Rosario shook his head indifferently, "It's better, dying on the battlefield is the most honorable way to die. I'm not afraid of dying on the battlefield, dying In the hands of the enemy. I am afraid of dying within the borders, at the hands of my own people. I have no regrets."

"But I'm sorry." Ryan Grant sneered, "I've fought against you all my life, and in the end I have to die on the same day and on the same battlefield as you. You bastard."

"The suicide note?" asked Grime Rosario.

"I don't have anything to entrust. I don't want my wife anymore, what else can I say?" Ryan Grant snorted, "I just have no face to face the dead soldiers of the Central Army—so many lives were sent for nothing, just fucking Because I listened to your fucking nonsense!"

Ryan Grant clenched his fists and said bitterly:

"However, I knew this was my fate. When I led the army through Yongri City, I should have directly led the troops into the Emerald Palace and got into that green-haired little hoof! I have not lost my life in this life! "

Grand Duke Grimm Rosario sighed, shook his head, and said nothing more.

In the cold fog, the battle songs of the orc shamans gradually stopped.

The two imperial commanders looked at each other at the same time, and turned their heads to look across the canyon.

The shamans' battle songs for the souls of the dead came to an end-this was a sign that the federal army stopped repairing and was preparing for the next attack.

"Damn it!" Ryan Grant gritted his teeth and growled, "Why so fast this time! They only rushed through a wave last night...Damn bastards!"

"Our defenses are so dilapidated that they don't bother to wait any longer." Grand Duke Grim Rosario sighed. "The patience of the orcs has always been limited."

"Let's go down to the city." After the anger on Ryan Grant's face subsided, his expression was a little sad for the first time, "Let's take the last journey."

However, when the two imperial commanders walked down the city side by side and slid down the slope to the bottom of the canyon under the astonished eyes of the soldiers under their command, what they saw in front of them was not the shining saber of the Wolf Cavalry.

After the battle song in the federal camp stopped, what came through the thick fog from the opposite side of the Burning Crystal Canyon was a mighty orc military band.

The shamans were chanting loudly, the rhinoceros horn made a dull sound, and the sound of the drum made of human skin shook the sky, and amidst the loud music, the orc envoy who stepped out of the line explained Opening the scroll, Grime Rosario and Ryan Grant didn't hear a word of what was being read. Only the heavy word "cease fire" pierced their eardrums clearly.

The two rock-like men had tears in their eyes for a moment.

……

Thousands of miles away in the south of the mainland, east of the Dusty Mountains, on the edge of the Tongge Desert.

"The Great Chief, the Grand Commander, and the Blood Council have reached an agreement." Greer Raven Whisper Special Envoy Su Rong said, "Our country will abide by our agreement with you and maintain an absolute ceasefire with the Imperial Army on the front line of the Burning Crystal Canyon for three months. Ai Master Liot Igor, this is unique in the history of the Glorious Federation."

"Shuangfengling and the Igor family will always be grateful for the great chief's kindness." Xia Houyan squinted his eyes and smiled, and patted Greer Ravenwhisper kindly on the shoulder.

At this very moment, the senior official Xiahou is leading his own white horse, leading a group of Shuangfengling Expeditionary Army and fake "Scourge Legion" on the way home.

And Grayer Raven's language quickly caught up and conveyed the chief's will, which did not go beyond Xia Houyan's expectations.

After the peace negotiation in the temple officially ended, in the past ten days, the subordinate of Shuangfengling officially handed over the blood temple to the blood thorn with a nose and tears almost at a lightning speed. The City Lord then withdrew from Bloodthorn City like a gust of wind.

During the whole process, all the people of Shuangfengling did not offend the orc residents along the way. Their silent and disciplined style almost made it impossible for the federal orcs to connect them with the demonic human rogues.

The months of fighting on the plain, the brutal killings, and the days of heavy artillery fire in Bloodthorn City, to the orcs, it was like an unreal nightmare, coming and going in a flash.

"Lord Duke Igor." Greer Ravenwhisper didn't care about the human noble's frivolous behavior, and reminded him seriously, "The great chief has offered you an olive branch, and the respect of orcs has never been cheap."

"Understand, understand!" Xia Houyan laughed, "Please rest assured, I have written to request the empire to strictly abide by your country's ceasefire conditions - the empire will temporarily recognize your current control of the eastern occupied area, and will never They will not be the first to break the ceasefire. Compared with the fall of Yongri City and the opening of the Central Plains Cave, the northern nobles can clearly understand the importance of this price. However, my request..."

"Of course your request has been approved by the Great Chief." Greer Ravenwhisper shrugged, "We will hand over the jurisdiction of Dan-Azler and the sub-orcs to your territory - provided that you pay a fair price .”

"Dan Azler's rent issue, after we arrive in Shuangfengling, I will send someone to talk to you." Xia Houyan winked his eyes, "Trust me, we have a few good negotiators in Shuangfengling."

Greer Ravenwhisper felt ominous in his heart.

"At last," the special envoy of the great chief shook his head, shook off the haze in his heart, and continued to declare, "the great chief believes that this peace agreement means that all grievances between your territory and the Federation will be wiped out. We I will not hold you accountable for looting the Great Plains of Dolores, but I hope you will stop talking about 'Hammer of Purgatory' in the future."

"That should be the case. Enemies should be resolved rather than knotted. National reconciliation is worth a thousand dollars!" Xia Houyan laughed.

After all, according to Ya's unilateral description, the Federation "Hammer of Purgatory" division did a lot of evil, killed people, and committed heinous crimes in Shuangfengling last year!

——Anyway, there is no proof of death, and the great chief would never have dreamed that the "Hammer of Purgatory" was actually massacred by Shuangfengling unilaterally at that time.

"However, the great chief also specifically reminded me that there is one thing that must be clarified to you." Greer Raven's expression became more serious, "You were in the Temple of Blood before, and you once severely accused the Glorious Federation of launching a war of aggression. Crime——but the chief wants you and all the humans in the empire to face up to this iron fact: the war between humans and orcs was clearly initiated by the humans in your empire."

Was this "Sixth Human-Orc War" started by the Empire? ——For the first time in many days, Xia Houyan was dumbfounded and speechless.

He turned around in a little confusion, wanting to ask his horsemen what was going on, but the people who greeted him also rolled their eyes.

(End of this chapter)