The Imperial Calendar of the Britannian Empire April 23, 293.
On this day, the Eastern Route Army, with a total force of 80,000, finally set off, and the troops pointed directly at the capital of the Holy Hillan Empire, Alier.
The Western Route Army, with a total force of 64,000 and the Eastern Route Army, with a total force of 80,000, were like two sharp swords, stabbed straight towards the two important cities of the Holy Hillan Empire.
As for the more than 50,000 prisoners in the Chubol Fortress, they were handed over to the transport team of the Northbound Administration for handling.
In order to cooperate with Su Cheng's "Aurora" offensive, the Northbound Administration also did its best.
With the help of the central government, a transportation team with a total scale of 150,000 people was squeezed out, responsible for helping to transport various spoils from the "Aurora" offensive.
These more than 50,000 prisoners of war are naturally one of the spoils, and they are relatively useful and expensive spoils.
These prisoners of war are all cheap laborers, and they don’t need to be paid any compensation, they just need to give them the food they need to survive.
The 200,000 Xilan soldiers captured in the "Overlord Counterattack" have now been taken to the northern border to build roads.
Now more than 50,000 nearly free labor force has been added, so the people from the Northbound Administration are so happy.
The reason why the Joint Corps had to stay in the Chubol Fortress for a few days before starting the departing was on the one hand because of rest and recuperation of the troops, and on the other hand, it was to wait for the North General Administration's transportation team to recruit people.
Now, the more than 50,000 prisoners of war in the Chubol Fortress were also transported back to the Britannian Empire in batches, and the Chubol Fortress was also handed over to the people of the North General Administration for the taking over.
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As the accompanying capital of the Holy Hillan Empire, Arriel has no need to express his strategic value.
There are 24 cities between Chupol Fortress and Arriel.
In other words, the Eastern Route Army, which had to ensure smooth supply lines, had to conquer these 24 cities one by one before they could reach the city of Arrier.
It took only 2 days for the vanguard troops led by Deng Jiaer to successfully arrive at the first city blocking their way to Arrier Road - Ulan.
Ulan is just an unknown small city. If it weren't for participating in this "Aurora" offensive, Deng Jiaer wouldn't have known that there was a city called Ulan in the Holy Hillan Empire.
According to the information spying out by the scouts, the Ulan city is small, with a low wall, a total population of only 70,000, and there are only more than 200 defenders in the city, and they are all weak soldiers with weak combat power.
Just from the paper data, you can see what a vulnerable city Ulan is.
Deng Jiaer, who was in charge of the vanguard troops, was not only responsible for opening the way, but also responsible for solving some weak enemies that could be dealt with by the vanguard troops alone.
This Ulan City is a weak enemy that can be solved by relying on the strength of the vanguard troops alone.
The vanguard unit has more than 10,000 people, and the ace unit of the Michael Knights, the Delan Immortal Squad, is also among the vanguard unit. With such combat power, it is easy to defeat Ulan.
But after the troops approached Ulan City, Deng Jiaer did not launch an attack directly.
Deng Jiaer remembered the combat principles that Su Cheng told them:
First persuade the enemy city to surrender. If the enemy city is unwilling to surrender, then launch an attack. After capturing the city, the city will be massacred with retaliation against this city that is not ignorant.
Although it is easy to capture this Ulan, it is naturally the best to take it without leaving any blood.
So after the troops arrived at the city of Ulan, Deng Jiaer did not rush to attack the city, but sent someone to shoot her letter of persuasion into the city.
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Holy Xilan Empire, Ulan City.
After receiving the news that the Britannian army was approaching, the lord of Ulan City sent people to invite reinforcements while converting the hall he usually used to hold banquets and host guests into a combat command room, making every preparation to fight the enemy.
The lord of Ulan City was sitting in this temporarily modified combat command room, looking at a letter in his hand with a gloomy face.
In addition to the city lord, there were also several officers from the defenders in the city.
The letter that the city lord is reading is the letter of persuasion that Deng Jiaer had just shot in with a bow and arrow.
This book of persuading surrender is very long, with many polite words and polite words.
But if you compress the content of this varied book of persuasion, the book of persuasion actually only says one sentence:
[Surrender obediently, if not surrender - massacre of the city]
After suppressing the anger in his heart, he finished reading the book of persuasion of surrender, the lord of Ulan City immediately tore the book of persuasion of surrender into pieces in a few seconds.
"If you want to fight, come and fight!" The city lord gritted his teeth, "Do they think I would be afraid of their threat? We will never surrender! We will fight the abominable invaders until the last moment!"
"City Lord..."
As soon as the city lord finished speaking, an officer in front of him said in a careful tone:
"I think... it's better for us to surrender..."
As soon as the officer finished speaking, the city lord immediately cast an angry look at him.
The officer's body was so scared that he was trembling with fear by the city lord's gaze.
"What did you say just now?" the city lord roared at the officer.
The officer seemed to have given up his promise, swallowed and plucked his courage and said loudly:
"City Lord! I think - it's better for us to choose to surrender!"
"City Lord, you saw it on the city wall just now? There are at least tens of thousands of Britannians outside the city!"
"And there are only 212 defenders in our city!"
"Even if our soldiers are all brave men who are ten, they are not opponents of the enemy outside the city!"
"What's more, the combat effectiveness of these 212 soldiers in our city is definitely not as good as that of the soldiers of the Knights of the Britannian Empire!"
"In addition, our city lacks various cities guarding equipment, and there are not even many arrows."
"We have no way to compete with the Britannian army outside the city!"
"If you start a war with tens of thousands of enemy troops outside the city, it is just a suicide act! It is just a matter of increasing unnecessary casualties!"
"City Lord, no matter how hard we struggle, we cannot bring considerable damage to the Britannian army outside the city, so our best choice now should be to surrender and protect the city..."
Before the officer could finish his words, he was severely reprimanded by the city lord:
"You bastard! The enemy is facing you, and you actually say such despairing words!"
"City Lord, I'm not a disheartened word. I..."
The officer wanted to defend himself a few more words, but the city lord obviously didn't want to hear his voice anymore.
"Are you still a citizen of the Holy Hillan Empire? Now that the enemy is facing a great enemy, you don't even think about how to kill the enemy, and you are determined to surrender?"
Chapter completed!