What's wrong with building a steel torrent in a dungeon?

Although the coalition forces of the nine elven kings were numerous, there were too many factions within them and the command had not been straightened out, causing the armies to fight on their own. However, because they had been mainly defensive before and had the unlucky expeditionary army in the front, these problems had not been exposed for the time being.

But now, they no longer have an expeditionary force to serve as cannon fodder.

At this time, no one was willing to take the lead and risk their lives to clear the way for friendly forces. Not only that, there was even a lot of friction between the armies as they competed for the best escape route.

If people are not united, it will be difficult to fight a war.

Finally, the assault force's offensive collapsed under the defense of more than 1,000 people, and they had to choose other ways to break out. But after this delay, they found that they had already fallen into the encirclement set by Zhu Chongba, with enemies everywhere and no way to go.

The Southern Fortress was clearly within reach, but they just couldn't attack the last bit of the road. In desperation, they had to ask for help from the Southern Fortress, hoping that they would put aside their past grudges and attack from both sides.

The situation afterwards turned out to be just as Zhu Chongba had predicted.

After learning that their army was trapped around the southern fortress, the nine elven kings immediately put pressure on King Xinye, asking him to send troops out of the city immediately to rescue this isolated army! The queen also sent a special envoy, asking King Xinye to rescue this living force at all costs so that they can go north to resist the invaders.

King Xinye was instantly caught in a dilemma.

That same night, the messenger, after going through untold hardships, finally arrived at Zhu Chongba's camp again.

He said, "We have prepared everything according to your instructions. But before that, we must bring Miss Elendil back first to ensure that you will not betray us."

"We will definitely return Elendil! Don't worry about that. The city of Orila is a country based on commerce and we always keep our promises!" Zhu Zhongba said.

"No! What if you cross the southern fortress and tear up the agreement?" The messenger said: "If you don't return Elendil, what guarantee can you give?"

"I'm sorry, we really can't guarantee you anything." Sankara said, "Because it's not us who are in dire straits now, but King Xinye! Even if we regret it, you can't do anything about it!"

"You! Do you really want to break up with me?" the messenger roared angrily.

"Tear off the relationship?" Sankara snorted coldly, and then shouted at the other envoy: "Are we really going to tear off the relationship? Do you think you can still negotiate with us here? If we really want to fight! We can completely ignore King Xinye's face. If the southern fortress is breached and the southern army is crippled, will you, King Xinye, still have any choice?"

The elf messenger never thought that he would be attacked by a troll one day. As a result, he lost his temper completely and simply sat down on the stool with a look of frustration on his face.

After scolding him, Sankara calmed down a little. He said, "Don't worry! We trolls are different from you elves. We will keep our promises and never go back on our word! You want us to give you a guarantee? Sorry, we don't have one! But you have no other choice but to trust us!"

Zhu Chongba also added: "We will proceed as planned! But we will only give you one chance. If you are unwilling to believe us, the door to cooperation will be closed forever."

After hearing this, the messenger had no choice but to leave with his head down.

"Wow! It feels so good." Sankara said, "It really boosts our morale! The elves forced us to sign countless humiliating treaties. Every time at a meeting, their envoys always looked down on us! Finally, we got them in our hands once."

"That's nothing." Zhu Zhongba said, "When we sign a true truce with the elves, you will be able to take real revenge."

"I can't wait any longer!" Sankara's eyes were filled with fighting spirit.

A few days later, King Xinye finally gathered his troops and rushed out of the Southern Fortress without hesitation, and launched an attack on the enemy. However, as soon as the Southern Army went out, it was ambushed, the army suffered heavy losses, and King Xinye was also seriously injured.

At the same time, Jinzaka and his personal guards sneaked into the southern fortress and directly blew open the gate with explosives. The Great Wall that had resisted the trolls for hundreds of years was easily blown into a large hole.

Afterwards, a large number of Vienna Allied forces entered the southern fortress and controlled a small section of the elves' southern defense line with lightning speed.

Thousands of miles of embankment destroyed by ant nests

The huge defense line soon collapsed, and the Southern Army was forced to shrink and gather, handing over one-third of the defense line to the Vienna Alliance.

Of course, everything that happened was a good show directed by Zhu Chongba and Xinye Wang. The two sides cooperated well and nothing went wrong.

It can be seen that King Xinye no longer has any hope for this war and has begun to look for a way out for himself.

When the Elf King's reinforcements saw that the flag flying in the southern fortress was suddenly changed to the Vienna Alliance, they all looked pale and their morale collapsed instantly.

In the following days, they were bombarded by flying thunder cannons, artillery, and feather tribes, and a large amount of supplies were burned. At the same time, snow fell from the sky. Starving and cold, surrounded by powerful enemies, they had no intention of resisting, and finally surrendered.

From then on, there was no more war in the South.

The Vienna Alliance used the southern fortress as a springboard and openly entered the territory of the Elf Empire.

During this period, they also kept their promise and did not harass the villages and towns along the way. The troll officers also strictly disciplined their soldiers to prevent all burning, killing and looting.

Of course, even if they hadn't made a promise to the New Leaf King, they wouldn't have done this! Because at this moment they had only one goal - the Green Miracle.

They and the Orila troops were like two sharp knives, piercing the heart of the Elf Empire from different directions.

Chapter 390: Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl

Just as Zhu Chongba led the Vienna Alliance Army into the territory of the Elf Empire, the troops in the city of Orila were not idle either.

The army and navy moved forward in tandem, conquering six large cities in one go. They imitated what they had done in Kaguya City, fighting against the local tyrants, dividing the land, and conducting a comprehensive cleanup of the nobles' property in the villages and towns along the way, and returned it all to the people.

It was then that the people realized that these nobles had hoarded so much wealth in their manors and plundered so much of the people's wealth, and this was even when they ran away with their most valuable items. The extent to which the nobles amassed wealth can be imagined.

At this time, the Northern Legion and the Eastern Legion of the Elves finally joined together. A total of 70,000 troops, plus the 20,000 troops of the Green Sea Legion, were all stockpiled near the Green Miracle.

The other nine Elf Kings also gathered their strength, squeezed out their last bit of wealth, and headed south. On paper, they were going to resist the Vienna coalition forces coming from the north, but in reality, they were going to rescue their own captured troops.

However, the elves at this time seemed to have lost the courage to fight in the wilderness and could only defend the city. Fran did not hesitate and continued to advance towards the green miracle.

When they were about to attack the Green Miracle, Fran wrote another letter to Lucy Antiriel, urging her to surrender.

This time, Lucy Antiriel did not tear the letter into pieces instantly like she did last time. She thought for a long time before tearing the letter into two halves in front of all the ministers.

Fran's second peace request was declared bankrupt.

Of course, this time, Fran did not expect Lucy Antiriel to give in. In her opinion, Lucy Antiriel still had some chips in her hand that she had not used up, and the war score had not yet reached 100% (although it was almost there).

The proud Elf Queen would never lower her head so easily.

It's like training a loyal nun to eventually corrupt her. It takes timing, discretion, and most importantly, patience!!

But it doesn't matter. Fran has plenty of patience. What's more, she is best at teaching others! She has a lot of experience.

The war continues.

The city of Aurora was not in a hurry to attack the Green Miracle. After eliminating the last city on the Luna River, she sent people to the villages and towns around the city and carried out land reform there. Before long, all the arable land still in the hands of the nobles was divided equally.

Without the interference of the nobles, the land reform went very smoothly.

Not only that, they also mobilized the vast majority of elves and civilians to voluntarily contribute to the construction of their hometowns, necessary infrastructure renovation, and grassroots management autonomy. With a few simple measures, the entire Luna River Basin began to show a stable and improving situation.

This made Lucy Antiriel extremely angry!

Why can't you just burn, kill, rob, rape and pillage like the other invaders? Because doing so will only provoke resistance from the elves and stir up the blood of the entire empire. By then, Lucy Antiriel will be able to incite the entire empire to fight back with her eloquence.

Unfortunately, Fran didn't even try to steal any money or food? Are you here to fight? You're here to do charity!

If burning, killing and looting only destroyed the branches of a tree, then what Fran did was to dig up the roots of the tree. The elves found that the foreign invaders were better than their own nobles, so it was obvious who they would help!

At this moment, Lucy Antiriel hoped that Fran could slaughter more of her countrymen and commit more murders!

However, the situation deteriorated faster than Lucie Antiriel expected.

This time, the crisis appeared within them. The Green Miracle was crowded with too many elves.

After the fall of Moon Harbor, in order to encourage the vast number of elven civilians to spontaneously fight against the enemy, the elves launched a propaganda offensive, describing the city of Aurora as extremely vicious. These soldiers from the underground city had a feud with the elves and wished to treat the men as women and the women as X slaves.

The result was very effective. Before the arrival of the Orila fleet, a large number of elves poured into the Green Miracle. After the arrival of reinforcements, the entire Green Miracle became overcrowded.

But the Green Miracle itself does not produce food, all its supplies are supplied by other places. And the main artery of supply is the Luna River.

Now, this aorta is broken!

Every day, Green Miracle consumed a huge amount of food and supplies. In order to deal with Fran's surprise attack, they had to send a large number of soldiers to patrol and reconnaissance, and recruited a large number of laborers to strengthen the defense of Green Miracle. All of these increased the consumption of food.

On the other hand, on Fran's side, although Orila's troops made rapid progress, their attacking troops were actually not too large, and the supply pressure was not too great.

Of course, this is not only due to the powerful production capacity of the city of Orila, but also thanks to the gifts from the elven nobles.

When the elven nobles fled, they would definitely take away all kinds of jewelry and valuables first. The cheap and bulky supplies were left behind, and these became Fran's spoils of war. Even if most of the supplies were distributed to the local people, the remaining supplies were enough for the soldiers of Orila City to use.

It will be more than enough to last at least until the beginning of next spring.

Afterwards, Fran generously told Lucy and Antiriel with her actions that she was going to start repairing Luna Harbor and support the big cities along the Luna River to form a republic without an emperor and nobility.

After the situation in the Elf Empire stabilizes, they will vote on whether to join the City of Orila and become a part of them.

At this moment, Lucy Antiriel was really anxious.

Because she knew that this was not the first time Fran had done something like this.

The west side of the Soul-Guiding River in the Feruman Empire is a living example. It took Fran only one year to get rid of hunger and poverty there, and another two years to build it into a prosperous and strong place. The materials produced there can even feed back the entire city of Orila.

If Fran is given a year, what kind of changes will happen along the entire Luna River? Will the local elves continue to be loyal to the Elven Empire?

Moreover, the area around the Moon Goddess River is far smaller than the west of the Soul Guiding River in Feruman, and its fertility is not comparable to that of the barren Feruman area. In other words, if Fran really wants to allocate resources here, it may not take more than a year for this area to break away from the Elf Empire and completely turn to the city of Aurora.

Now, the entire Green Miracle was in complete panic, especially the nobles who had fled.

Without this piece of land, the Elf Empire might still be able to survive, but they would probably become civilians. So they jointly wrote a letter to the Queen, asking her to lead the army to take the initiative to attack and recover the lost land.

Chapter 391: The Vienna Alliance is full of trash! Trash!

Finally, Lucy Antiriel agreed to the petition of a large number of Green Miracle nobles and began to formulate a counterattack plan.

On the surface, it seemed that the Elf Queen had no choice but to do so due to pressure from the nobles.

However, although these nobles were numerous, and some were even hereditary grand dukes, they had lost their lands and private armies, and most of the items they carried with them were gold, silver, and jewelry. This was no different from a tiger with its teeth pulled out.

At this time, the price of food in the city had already been ridiculously high, and all kinds of jewelry were flooding the pawnshops. The prices kept falling, and some nobles soon couldn't even get enough food to eat. On weekdays, they even had to seek help from the Queen! With their abilities, it was obviously impossible for them to influence Lucy Antiriel's decision.

The elves at the core of power all knew that what really made Lucy Antiriel decide to counterattack was the increasingly heavy food burden! And Fran's increasingly unscrupulous strategy of poaching people. Green Miracle, it was time to counterattack.

There might be a chance of victory if we launch a desperate fight, but if we keep wasting time, it will definitely be a dead end.

Of course, Lucy Antiriel had thought about peace talks! But this road was blocked by herself!

After all, after receiving the letter for the second time, she made a lot of speeches to show her determination to fight. Now she is asked to withdraw her speeches. What will the fanatical soldiers think? What will the people think? They might even rebel and hold her body and continue the attack.

Such a plan was naturally opposed by McMahon! But since the New Leaf King was seriously injured, he could no longer get military help. At this time, he didn't know how to solve the crisis.

But he and Lucie Antiriel agreed on one point: rather than dying slowly, it would be better to give it one last try!

After all, judging from the sheer number of people, their numbers are more than ten times that of the other side. What if they can really overwhelm the other side?

On the edge of this vast and flat river basin, all ambushes could be exposed and a major battle was inevitable.

The three armies of the North, the East and the Green Sea launched a mighty green miracle and attacked the troops of Orila City.

However, when they finally arrived at the battlefield, they found that the number of the enemy was obviously inconsistent with the intelligence.

This is just a small force of a few thousand people! The size of the opposing force is clearly over 20,000! When did Fran have so many troops? And how did they manage to transport them all to the Elf Empire on the other side of the ocean without anyone noticing?

In fact, Fran had begun making secret plans long before the troll crisis broke out.

To reinforce the Troll Empire, the fleet must depart from Biesong Port and cross the entire Endless Sea and most of the Saint Selux Sea, which takes a lot of time. But if the target is the Elf Empire, the situation is completely different.

The continent of Calradia and the continent of the Elf are separated only by the Saint Serux Sea. Even if it is a traditional wooden sailing ship, it will only take more than a month to reach the continent of the Elf from the east coast of the continent of Calradia.

However, at this time, the city of Orila did not have an outlet to the sea to the east.

Although the Holy Roll Empire has outlets to the sea, these outlets are controlled by Katarina. In other words, they are controlled by the Northern Alliance and the Chinese Alliance. Under such severe circumstances, the dwarves and elves will naturally not let Fran use these ports.

However, this does not pose a problem for Fran. Since the power of the city of Orila has grown, almost all forces in the entire continent of Calradia want to establish good relations with them.

They knew very well that as long as they could integrate into the production system of Orila City, they would surely prosper in a short period of time, and first come first served.

Some states even expressed their strong hope that the railway in Orila City could be built so that their own ports could be connected to the railway network in Fran.

Therefore, Fran had already planned the Pan-Calradia Railway and selected several high-quality ports to start building the railway.

This war directly accelerated the construction of the railway. In order to curry favor with Fran, the other country agreed to close the port during the war and give it to Fran for use. So Fran transported the troops from Orila City to the port by rail, and then boarded the ship to the Elf Continent.

Of course, these forces did this not just to please Fran and gain benefits from Orila City.

This was also the result of the elves being too tyrannical. The elves had always regarded Calradia as their own backyard, and had exploited and oppressed the various countries in Calradia without any reduction, but because of face, they did not exploit them as harshly as they did the colonies of the Indya continent.

Driving the elves out of Calradia would be of great benefit to all the forces on the continent.

As for the new overlord, Orila City, at least from their current signs, they are much more merciful than the elves. After Orila City earns the lion's share, it will still give them a bite of soup and a bite of meat to eat, which can be seen from the fact that there was no large-scale famine in the entire Calradia continent last winter.

With a complete transportation system, Fran's troop transport speed naturally increased rapidly. Soldiers only need to take a train for more than two days to reach the easternmost part of Calradia from the front-line Leopold Fortress, and then take a bumpy ship for more than ten days to quickly reach Luna Port and enter the Elf Empire.

Before the war, the elves forced Fran to expand the size of her army. Their tactics were very effective. Now, Oulila City had tens of thousands of new soldiers, and they were marching towards the Elf Empire to fight their first battle after graduation.

In the end, even Fran, the city lord, and Christina, the city lord's deputy, arrived at the Elf Empire.

In critical moments, on the front lines!

Her appearance undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Aurora City. On the other hand, although Lucy Antiriel gave passionate speeches every day, when it came to the critical moment, she still shrank behind the high wall of the green miracle.

In contrast, Lucy Antiriel is just a little devil who can only speak harsh words. Once she encounters real danger, she can only curl up. Although Fran is a businessman who never speaks harsh words or makes big promises, she really goes all out when it comes to the critical moment.

Fran's behavior undoubtedly made Lucy Antiriel lose face. However, she did not dare to leave her palace and go to the front line! Not to mention how the pampered queen could adapt to the harsh environment of the front line. If something happened to her, wouldn't the queen's direct bloodline be cut off?

You have to know that Lucy Antiriel has neither children nor direct siblings. With her death, the throne can only be given to distant relatives, which means that the Azalea Dynasty, which has been passed down for a hundred years, will be interrupted here by Lucy Antiriel, and she will also become the last queen of the dynasty.