Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1643 Times have changed
Even though it was expected, the Zhou side's decisive refusal still weighed heavily on Saint Laurent V's mind.

Just then, a minister hurried into the government office.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! In the past month, a large number of rumors detrimental to us have suddenly begun to circulate within the country!"

"Rumors that are detrimental to us..."

Upon hearing this, Saint Laurent V rolled his eyes and looked at the minister in front of him.

What exactly does this rumor refer to?

Faced with this question, the minister visibly stiffened, but still forced himself to speak...

"It is said that His Majesty the First Emperor tore up the United Nations agreement, led his army to attack Bronzeforest, killed the King and Prince of Bronzeforest, and was later killed after invading the Great Zhou..."

At this point, the minister hesitated to continue, lowering his head while cautiously observing Saint Laurent V, who sat there with an expressionless face.

Saint Laurent V let out a mocking sneer at the other party's petty trick.

"Isn't that the truth?"

"..."

The minister dared not speak; how was he supposed to respond to those words?
Seeing this, Saint Laurent V lost interest in continuing the conversation.

"I understand, step back."

The minister felt as if he had been granted a pardon and quickly withdrew.

After the ministers left, Saint Laurent V turned his head and stared blankly out the window.

Needless to say, this wave of activity likely indicates that the spies planted by the Great Zhou within their territory have begun their operations.

Or perhaps the other party had already taken action without their knowledge, but now that the commotion has become too big, it has finally come to their attention.

During the winter he was imprisoned, Saint Laurent I suddenly assembled a large army to launch a surprise attack on Bronzeforest. Such a large-scale operation could not be kept secret.

In this era, it was extremely difficult, or even impossible, for spies infiltrating enemy countries to make contact with their own country.

Therefore, once a situation arises, they often need to make their own judgments and then take action.

This directly led to the current dire situation of the Saint Laurent Empire, beset by both internal and external troubles.

Thinking about this, Saint Laurent V couldn't help but want to curse.

His own development bureau was doing perfectly well, but that crazy old ancestor turned it into a national destruction bureau. What was he supposed to do?!

At this point, Saint Laurent V had come to a decision: to gather his forces for one last battle, and if he could win, he would try to win again; if he couldn't, he would surrender.

Given that his eccentric ancestors had made things this way, he had no intention of sacrificing himself for his country.

With this in mind, under the command of Saint Laurent V, the garrison forces within the Saint Laurent Empire were quickly assembled.

In late spring, a crucial battle took place at the fortress at the border between the new and old districts.

A massive army is pressing in! The Great Zhou's troops have deployed their forces directly outside the fortress.

From the moment the giant eagle knights began bombarding Saint Laurent's rear positions, all the preparations Saint Laurent's army had made for this battle seemed to have lost their meaning.

"Beat the war drums!!"

At a command, Peter swung his dragon drumsticks and struck the Black Dragon War Drum. Amidst the thunderous sound of the war drum, Shi Lei, standing at the front of the formation, drew his sword and pointed it to the sky.

"For the Emperor!"

"For the Emperor!!" "Attack!!!"

Rows of heavy cannons blasted down the fortress's high walls, and Vol'jin and his boar riders charged into the interior, stepping over the ruins.

In this new era, they have already devised a new combat model!

In terms of agility, wild boar riders may not be a match for velociraptor cavalry, but they are certainly not as good as conventional cavalry.

Under this premise, both dwarves and wild boars are tough and thick-skinned. Coupled with the 'Petrified Skin' mantra inherited from their bloodline, their defense is already quite good. Once the mantra is activated, they become heavy armored cavalry.

With such a powerful physique, coupled with agility far exceeding that of conventional cavalry, they could dart and leap within limited spaces, charging wildly into enemy lines!

Faced with such wild boar riders, Saint Laurent's several formations were quickly and completely scattered.

There is only one way to deal with this: keep your distance and shoot them from a distance.

However, the boar rider's charge speed is not slow either!

The time it takes to withstand a few attacks is enough for them to charge right up to you.

If a proper heavy cavalryman is like a large armored vehicle on the battlefield, then each wild boar rider is like a small armored vehicle.

Faced with these small armored vehicles, any Saint Laurent formations that reached a certain size were scattered and broken.

The Saint Laurent soldiers, scattered by the attack, were forced to flee towards the outer perimeter, trying to escape the charge of the boar riders.

However, what awaited them on the outside were rows of dark gun barrels!

Under Shi Lei's command, the musketeers had already deployed their hunting formation on the perimeter.

We'll just wait for the Saint Laurent soldiers on the other side to escape, then we'll shoot them dead!

Even in the outermost areas, he deployed centaur cavalry to fill any gaps.

Row after row, amidst the dense gunfire, the escaping Saint Laurent soldiers fell one after another, instilling a deeper level of fear in the enemy.

At this moment, facing the barrage of firepower surrounding the Great Zhou Dynasty to block the routes, the officers on Saint Laurent's side couldn't help but realize that times had changed! The old ways were no longer effective!
Shi Lei's tactics may not be that aggressive, but they are characterized by their stability, so stable that they give the opponent absolutely no chance to turn the tide, which is simply despair-inducing!
Amidst the sounds of gunfire, the towering old-fashioned fortress was almost razed to the ground by the Great Zhou army, as if telling everyone that this thing was outdated.

One move led to another, and Shi Lei controlled the pace throughout. After estimating that the battle was nearing its end, he roared...

"Put down your weapons! Surrender and you will not be killed!!"

Upon hearing this, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty all roared in response.

"Put down your weapons! Surrender and you will not be killed!!"

Before long, calls for surrender like these spread throughout the entire battlefield.

Saint Laurent's soldiers had long lost their will to fight. Now, when the call to surrender was made, many soldiers immediately dropped their weapons, covered their heads, and knelt on the ground.

At this moment, anyone could see that the tide had turned against them.

Saint Laurent's side had made a solemn vow and amassed troops for this battle, but it ended unexpectedly quickly.

In fact, just as Zhou Xu had predicted, the Saint Laurent Empire had no chance of winning against them long after the 30,000-strong army was defeated and Saint Laurent I and Marshal Adolf died.

Everything they did afterward was seen as a death throes by the Great Zhou.

But no one noticed that several Saint Laurent soldiers, after dropping their weapons and kneeling with their heads in their hands, seemed to be possessed, beginning to chant eerily…

(End of this chapter)