"The first hidden danger - if all the water in Lake Steyer is to be drained, all the discharged lake water will be drained below."
El pointed down.
"And below Lake Steyer is a large settlement."
“There are many Frankish nationals living here.”
"Although we can arrange personnel in advance to lead all the citizens of the settlement area below Lake Steyer, even if we lead these civilians away, this large settlement area will inevitably be out of stock."
"This large settlement area will become a country of territories, and for a long time in the future, this area will no longer be occupied."
"And these Frankish citizens who were forced to leave this area will become homeless refugees."
"But - we can help these refugees find a new place to settle down."
"Although it will destroy a large tract of land under Lake Steyer, the price is nothing compared to being able to capture the city of Bellu."
"So this is not the biggest hidden danger."
"The second hidden danger, and the biggest hidden danger, is that if the lake water in Lake Bolu is drained, it will be equivalent to indiscriminately killing the citizens in Lake Bolu."
"There will be many citizens who have not left Belle City to death by thirst."
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El's words made the atmosphere of the entire tent solemn...
"...No." A general from the Sheeran Army said in a deep voice, "We cannot do this kind of thing that will cause the death of a large number of innocent civilians..."
The translators translated what the general said to all the knights of the Britannian army as quickly as possible.
As soon as the translators' translation sound fell, a sneer suddenly rang:
"Can't do it? Why can't you?"
The person who speaks is Deng Jiaer.
Deng Jiaer shrugged, looking fearless.
"As long as we cut off the water source of the city of Bolu, we can take the city of Bolu without a single arrow, so that the casualties of our coalition will be minimized."
"Why don't we do such a good thing?"
"Then you can't kill all the innocent civilians in the city!" The general replied unwillingly.
"This is helpless!" Deng Jiaer's anger also rose a little, "This is war! War will inevitably lead to accidental injuries! What we need to do is not to pity the civilians of the enemy country, but to do everything possible to bring the greatest results to our country!"
"If we do this, it will be no different from massacre of the city!"
"As long as the emperor of the Frank Empire can open the city and surrender as soon as possible, there will be no deaths! Since you are so opposed to cutting off the water source in Bolu City, then you can tell us a siege method that can be more efficient than cutting off the water source!"
"Okay...!" Isel, who was standing beside him, frowned and said in a deep voice, "Stop quarrel! Now it's in the meeting! How can you be so noisy!"
With the occurrence of Issel, Chinore, one of the leaders of the Sheeran Army, also spoke to the general:
"Calm down! Don't make noise in military meetings!"
Because of Issel and Chinol's voice, the originally tense atmosphere was a little relieved.
But Deng Jiaer and the general still glared at each other.
Su Cheng and El seemed to have expected that things would become like this, and they looked calm from beginning to end.
"Since that's the case..." Su Cheng whispered, "Then come and vote. El, what do you think?"
"I have no objection."
"Okay. Then—those who do not agree with the breaking of the water source in Bolu City, please stand up."
After Su Cheng finished speaking, the sound of a sparse chair pulling sound immediately sounded.
There were only 3 people standing up...
"Okay, the vote is over." Su Cheng said loudly, "From tomorrow, 70,000 troops will be distributed to cooperate with the arrangements of hydrological experts to drain the lake water of Lake Steyer! The rest will continue to maintain the siege of Bellu City!"
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The total length of the military meeting tonight is less than an hour, but it is inexplicably quite long.
After the meeting, El and Gabriel walked one after another on the way back to the military tent where they lived.
After the military tent where they lived appeared within the field of vision of the two, Gabriel suddenly said:
“…Is it going to massacre civilians…”
"…Well." El nodded softly, "This is also helpless."
"Break the water source, it will kill many innocent people in the city of Bolu."
"Continuous water sources will cause many generals and soldiers in our army to die due to siege."
"In comparison, it is definitely more cost-effective to let the enemy country die..."
Gabriel sighed softly: "El, don't you feel scared? If you do this, you may be criticized."
"It doesn't matter." El said softly, "After I promised Your Majesty that I would become the new marshal of the Holy Sheeran Empire, I knew that there would be such a day, and I was mentally prepared..."
"...It's really annoying to massacre civilians..." Gabriel sighed.
"...Yes. That's why I want to be a third-class quarconian for the rest of my life..."
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The next day, under the arrangement of Su Cheng and El, a 70,000 army drove out their military camp in a mighty manner.
Of these 70,000 people, Britannian army produced 50,000 and Sheeran army produced 20,000.
Under the command of hydrological experts from both armies, the 70,000 troops dug out drainage canals by the lake of Lake Steyer.
According to hydrological experts from both armies, it will take at least 2 months to drain the water of Lake Steyer.
In just two months, it is really a short time for the siege battle.
The Frank soldiers, who did not know the intentions of the Britannian army and the Sheeran army outside the city, were still on guard and waited foolishly for the Britannian army and the Sheeran army to attack.
The generals and soldiers of the City of Bellu only knew that the Britannian army and the Sheeran army outside the city were very strange. They had been at the city for so many days, but they were still stationed outside the city of Bellu.
Neither retreat nor attack.
It silently surrounded the city of Bellu.
They didn't know that the Britannian army and the Sheeran army would no longer attack their city of Berlu...
Until the fall of the city of Berlu, the generals of the Britannian army and the Sheeran army would not shoot even an arrow at the walls of Berlu.
When the coalition forces 70,000 went to dig the canal and drain the water of Lake Steel, another 310,000 troops continued to surround Bolu, confusing Bolu's defenders.
In this calm atmosphere, there has been undercurrents...
Chapter completed!