My villain wants to save himself, but the yandere heroine disagrees

"Why do you think the enemy doesn't abuse civilians? Is it because we are still fighting? They do this to make us give up the will to resist and surrender obediently, right?"

"So, don't say that our resistance is meaningless, Wirtz. On the contrary, our resistance not only protects the people behind us, but also prevents the enemy from doing whatever they want to the people in the occupied areas."

What Martin said makes a lot of sense. Indeed, if one still has weapons in his hands, then he still has the capital to negotiate with the enemy, and the enemy will also be afraid of him.

But if you even hand over your weapons to the enemy, then the enemy will not have any scruples about what they do to you.

Although it is not ruled out that the enemy really has good military discipline, but if it is just a show, who will bear the cost?

Martin didn't want to be the sinner. Similarly, many soldiers and officers on the front line had similar ideas.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Martin said this and changed the subject.

"Wilts, have the scouts and magicians sent any information?"

On the battlefield, in addition to scouts, there is another way to detect military intelligence, and that is magic.

Although most armies are not usually equipped with magicians, it is quite common to have magicians accompanying the army when a war breaks out.

In addition to releasing fireballs and rocks on the battlefield to assist the army in killing the enemy, the magician's other function is reconnaissance.

"Hey, stop talking. The military mage assigned to us is a young lady. She always thinks that reconnaissance is not suitable for her. In this kind of weather, with so many dead leaves, how can the scouts go to investigate?" When Wiltz heard this, he immediately began to complain.

Indeed, those who have access to magic are mostly children from wealthy families, so it is normal for them to dislike these soldiers.

"That won't do. You should talk to her right away... Never mind. I'll go and persuade her." Martin said this and was about to get up. At this moment, a pile of snow falling from a branch in the distance suddenly attracted his attention.

There is no snow now, and the reason why the snow falls from the branches is very simple.

As more and more snow fell, Martin frowned.

"It's too late, Wiltz, quickly call all the soldiers out and get them into formation, the enemy is about to attack!"

As expected, when the soldiers walked out of the warm tents, they were complaining at first, but when they saw the army slowly approaching in the distance, they all held their breath.

The enemy is attacking.

Chapter 81: Negotiations before the Battle

The battle begins.

Fortunately, Martin's sharpness enabled the soldiers to march out and form a formation in time, otherwise the battle would have lost hope at the beginning.

Of course, there is still not much hope left now.

As a sixth-level warrior, Martin has witnessed many big battles during his adventures, so he is naturally not afraid of this kind of scene.

But the soldiers under his command were different.

Like Martin, most of them are new soldiers recruited from other places. Some of them have combat experience, but most of them are farmers with no combat experience. Even after this period of battlefield training, they still cannot be called veterans.

Judging from the situation, the number of the enemy is at least ten times that of ours.

Faced with this kind of attack, Martin certainly knew that it was impossible to win, so he quickly ordered Wirtz to go to the rear to request reinforcements, while he himself tried his best to hold this line.

Every inch you retreat, an inch of land will be lost.

On the other side, in the vanguard of Antica and the royal coalition forces.

The person in charge of this main attack was the leader of the vanguard, Litt. At this moment, she was riding a horse and leading the troops slowly forward in the snow.

This kind of weather was not only a torment for the defenders, but also for the attacking coalition forces. It had been snowing these days, and Litt deliberately waited until the snow stopped before ordering the attack.

After all, no one knows when the next snow will fall, so it is best to capture Florence before the next snowfall, so that we can directly face Romulus, the capital of Naples.

Although most of the counts of the Duchy of Naples had given up resistance, the Duke himself was not weak, and the coalition forces had to spend a lot of effort to attack.

However, as more and more land is captured, the enemy's fighting will decline, and the war will become visibly smoother.

After all, if there is no mistake in command, war is a snowball behavior. The side with the advantage will get bigger and bigger, and eventually win the last battle effortlessly.

Wearing a thick cloak, Litt looked at the Naples army in front of him. After seeing the huge number of his own troops, he did not choose to escape, but tried to organize a formation to resist.

When Litt saw this scene, he knew that he was about to hit a wall.

It can be said that the coalition forces have not had smooth sailing for so long. Occasionally, they will encounter Naples' elite troops. This situation will occur when fighting with Naples' elite troops. Even if their numbers are small, they will not retreat. This kind of troops will often adopt a method of fighting that will hurt both sides. Even if they defeat this troop, the loss will not be small.

But as Lit got closer, he felt more and more that something was wrong.

The equipment of this unit is the same as that of an ordinary civilian army. In other words, it is a peasant army used as cannon fodder. Why do they have the courage to line up in the front?

When the two armies were less than 500 meters apart, Litt ordered the entire army to stop, and Virgil beside her immediately passed the order to the entire army.

Martin was standing at the front of the army. Looking at the huge troops in front of him, he was sweating nervously.

Faced with such a large number of enemies, I will eventually have to retreat.

And at this moment, the other party actually stopped, which Martin had never expected.

Then, a man walked out from the enemy's huge army formation.

It looks like he is the other party’s leader. Does he want to talk to me?

Although Martin was not a professional soldier, seeing this situation, he could only walk out of the army formation with uncertainty in his heart.

"Are you the commander of this unit?" Litt shouted to Martin from a distance.

"Yes, are you the commander of the invaders?" Martin nodded and asked Xiang Litt.

"The word 'invader' is too unpleasant. We are only trying to eliminate harm to the empire this time."

Seeing that they had no hostility towards each other, the two men moved closer.

Martin looked at the other person's long black hair and purple pupils in surprise.

What surprised him the most was not these, but the other person's face that looked quite young.

If I am not mistaken, the other party should still be a child of eighteen or nineteen years old. How can such a person command such a large army? It seems that the other party must be either rich or noble.

Thinking of this, Martin put his hands on his waist.

If I could accomplish something here...

But after thinking about it, Martin gave up.

The other party trusts me so much, and it is so unethical to launch a surprise attack on me like this.

Thinking of what the other party had just said, Martin was furious. He snorted coldly and then replied: "Since you said that you are not an intruder, then the person standing in front of you is the 'harm' you want to eliminate?"

"Of course not, it's just that you are blocking our way forward. This is aiding and abetting the evil, so I am here to advise you to surrender."

"If that's the case, then we have nothing to talk about. If you continue to talk to me,

It will delay your attack." Martin said this and was about to leave.

"Don't be impatient." Litt called out to Martin and pointed at Martin's army.

"I have seen many Naples troops on my way here. Your troops are the most outdated troops I have ever seen. Your commander has you guarding the front line. What does he think of you? I don't need to tell you more, right?"

"What if I say that this is my own choice?" Martin smiled when he heard this.

"If it was your own choice, then I can only say that your current actions are a crime." Li Te's tone turned cold.

"You clearly know that we are here to fight against the enemy. Your Duke has even been excommunicated. Do you still want to work for your Duke under such circumstances?"

"I have never thought about it this way. I just want to protect the city behind me and the land we stand on."

Hearing Martin's words, Litt frowned.

"Then you shouldn't stand in front of us, sir. I think you are a man with your own ideas. You must be aware of our intelligence, right? We never abuse prisoners, and the occupied areas are ruled by the original people again. We are not here to oppress you. On the contrary, we will reduce the burden that Giovanni has put on you." Litt said this and began to paint a rosy picture for Martin.

"Well, then we'll just have to throw down our weapons and let others prey on us, right?"

"Why would you think that!?"

"How can I think otherwise? In this world, the only thing you can trust is the weapon in your hand. Now we have weapons and you are negotiating with us. If a group of unarmed peasants stood in front of you, would you negotiate with them?!"

Seeing that he couldn't win the argument with Martin, Litt shook his head helplessly.

"Well, let's put it this way. Your peasants are no match for the army behind me. If you fight me in single combat and beat me, we will retreat today and attack again in three days. If you lose, you will retreat and leave this camp to us. How do you think?"

Chapter 83: Girls Can’t Be Kept Away

Chapter 2.3: Big Victory ()

"What? You want to withdraw?" The next day, in Florence, Litt looked at the imperial commander in front of him and asked in surprise.

"The city of Romulus is right in front of us, why are you withdrawing?"

She really couldn't understand it. It was obvious that they would win the war by attacking Huanglong directly, but at this moment, her allies said they would quit and withdraw.

No one would be able to accept this situation.

"I'm sorry, but this is an order from His Majesty himself, and the royal family and generals all agreed. I heard that the Duke of Orleans has joined forces with the Duke of Prussia, the Duke of Lucia, and the Duke of Aragon to deploy troops on the border and seek an explanation from His Majesty the Emperor. Now the situation in the royal territory has become even more tense. I'm sorry."

"Is that so..." Upon hearing that, Li Te had no choice but to agree.

The other party has followed me all the way to Florence, and has made great efforts in the process. Now I have difficulties and must go back, and I can't stop him.

"In that case, I wish you a safe journey. I hope the misunderstanding between the royal family and those dukes can be resolved soon."

"Yes." The commander of the Imperial Army nodded after hearing this.

Originally, the vanguard troops of the two armies combined had a total of about 80,000 people. Now that the Imperial Army has left, the number of soldiers left in Litt's hands, including the incorporated Naples troops, is less than 40,000.

It would definitely be impossible to capture the city of Romulus with only the 40,000 men at hand.

As the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Dukedom of Naples has fought till now and lost most of its fertile land, the number of troops in Romulus City will not be less than 80,000, which is twice the number of Litt's current army. In this case, it is difficult to protect itself, let alone attack.

Not all commanders are as brainless as Garibaldi.

The only option now was to stop in Florence for a while to reorganize and wait for Lucius' army to arrive.

Litt thought so and looked at Martin beside him.

"I'm sorry, it seems we can't set out early. We can only wait here for my father's army to arrive."

"It's okay. I'll stay with Judith for a few more days." Martin said this and gladly accepted the opportunity to take a short vacation.

"But listening to what they said, it's really strange. Why did Prussia also join the camp of pressure? Olivia and Orson are obviously engaged. We are now on the side of the royal family. Why is Prussia standing on the opposite side?"

"I don't know either." Virgil also

shook his head.

"Virgil...what do you think? Could it be that the relationship between Orson and Olivia has broken down? If so, does that mean that this is my chance?"

"Uh... Master Litt, are you still thinking about this?" Virgil said this with a trace of cold sweat on his forehead.

This girl, why does she wish bad things for others every day?

……

On the other side, Saint Laurent City.

"Father, can you tell me what's going on?" Olivia brought Lianka to Duke William's temporary residence. Looking at William sitting on the sofa and drinking tea comfortably, she asked in confusion.

"Olivia, what are you asking about?"

"Father, do you want me to speak frankly? It's about the coalition's reinforcement of troops stationed at the border. My family and the Dukedom of Antica are allies. Now the Dukedom of Antica stands on the side of the royal family, while we are going the other way. Isn't this a bit..."

"So? Because we have an engagement with Antica and have become allies, we must side with Antica in this conflict, right?"

William said this and divided the books in front of him into seven piles.

"The situation in the empire used to be like this. Although some places were strong and some were weak, there would never be a situation where one family dominated the world, because before that family became the dominant one, the other families would unite together."

William said this and stacked the books in front of him.

"In this case, how to break this situation, Olivia, do you know?"

"Then of course we should win over the other party's forces."

"You're right, but if this situation arises and the Empire only has one voice, do you know what will happen?"

William said this as he stacked the pile of books that symbolized the royal family to the highest level.

“The person at the top will ignore the people at the bottom. The duke will no longer be a duke, and the earl will no longer be an earl. They will all be subjects under that person. If that person makes a mistake, no one will punish him, and more people will suffer.”

"Of course, most nobles may not think so much, but the issue of their ruling rights alone is enough for them to fight with their rulers."

"My joining now is not to destroy the peace of the empire. On the contrary, I am maintaining the peace of the empire. What do you think will happen if I join the royal family?"