When the Kimo army, which was fighting on the Assyrian border, heard the news that most of its territory had been lost, the Tianjuan rear army captured Fulu. The fall of Fulu meant that the main city of Kimo, Bejiamo, became a real isolated island, without supply lines and any help to contain the enemy's forces and reduce the pressure of defending the city...
So, Bie Jiamo announced his surrender.
But surrender is only the first step—
The Kimo Temple received the greatest forgiveness because it worshipped the same "Lotus" as the Tianjuan Temple, but the Senate and the Supreme Council were not so lucky. Most of their members were not only hanged immediately after surrendering, but their immediate family members were also beheaded, all their property was confiscated, part of the food was used as military rations by the Tianjuan Army, and the rest was distributed by the rear army in the name of Emperor Helen to the poor civilians in Biejiamo City. As a result, the civilians in Biejiamo City changed from resistance to the Tianjuan Army to hesitation.
The Tianjuan Army then threw out the second piece of "cake" - the land and slaves that had just been confiscated.
As a result, the number of people opposing the Tianjuan Army suddenly dropped to less than 10%...
Immediately afterwards, the Tianjuan Army disbanded and reorganized the surrendered troops and sent most of them to the pass.
Finally, they left behind a small army and a new management team. The main members of this new team came from the first group of powerful people in the Kimo territory who defected to Tianjuan. They had matching abilities, so they quickly appeased the people and made everything run smoothly.
At the same time, the Hurlites had no choice but to slow down the pace of their attack on Assyria, because their ally Kimo strongly demanded that they stop the attack on Assyria and then turn their swords around to regain lost territory. Even if the Hurlites were unwilling, they had to carefully consider this issue, because the principle of "the lips and teeth are cold when one is gone" is not profound.
However, although the battle lasted for a long time and the Assyrian army was exhausted, the Assyrian military strength had not been reduced to the extent that Hurriyet could turn around with confidence. In other words, if Hurriyet's entire army went to help the Kimites, the Assyrian army would definitely throw knives at their backs. This had happened before.
Because the Hulit Army and the Kimo Army absolutely outnumbered the Tianjuan Army in terms of military strength, the Hulites would not even consider the issue of losing. They just felt that the Tianjuan Army had been silent for a long time before this wave of outbreak, and now had almost the entire Kimo territory serving as a strategic depth, so it was impossible to defeat it in a short time.
As a result, the Hurlit and Kimo armies would have to face an active two-front war, but the current situation was similar - after capturing the pass, the Tianjuan army stayed there to "wait and see", and in the eyes of the Hurlits, it was obvious that they wanted to reap the benefits.
So it’s not just the Kimos who are uneasy and angry.
Thus, the handful of powerful people in Hulett's territory who had the most say began a new quarrel:
Some people think that they should first negotiate peace with Assyria, sign a five-year or ten-year non-aggression armistice agreement or something like that, and then turn around and fight a decisive battle with the Tianjuan Army to help Kimo regain lost territory. If there is still strength left, just take over the annoying Tianjuan Territory and turn the four territories into three.
There are also some people who think that it is impossible for Assyria to cease fire with them, because the current situation might be the result of an agreement between Assyria and Tianjuan, so the best way is to seize the time to break through the Assyrian defense line and force Assyria to retreat first.
A small group even proposed to take advantage of the opportunity to recruit Kimo's army to strengthen the territory's strength...
But no opinion could get more than half of the support - this half-majority was the benchmark for Hulett's resolutions and had been well adhered to for hundreds of years.
The quarrel lasted for four days before it came to an abrupt end, not because they didn't want to quarrel anymore, but because the conditions for quarreling had disappeared - an elite unit of Hulett's Third Legion suddenly attacked the venue, and except for the high priest, everyone else fell in a pool of blood.
At the same time, Hurlit's Third Legion divided its troops into several routes and captured Samesia and Dashia, which were defended by only a few thousand militiamen. They announced that the above two cities and Black Stone City had seceded from Hurlit and pledged allegiance to Emperor Tianjuan.
What's even more "horrifying" is that not long after the Hurlit Third Army did this, the Hurlit Fifth Army captured the three cities of Misia, Tolasi and Phoebeli in one fell swoop. After the commander Li Moli also declared his allegiance to Emperor Tianjuan, 70% of the Fifth Army's troops, together with half of the Third Army's troops, easily captured the White Shield Mountain, the central pass of the Hurlit territory.
At this point, half of the Hulit territory was lost in one fell swoop. Of course, the Kimo army also suffered the same misfortune. The thousands of archers they arranged in the third and fifth legions did not even have time to resist before they became piles of corpses in the fire...
The Hurlit border was shocked, because the fallen area was the Hurlit grain-producing area. The two "rebels" on the White Shield Mountain only needed to hold the pass for a year, which would be enough to drag the more than 100,000 Hurlit troops in the border war zone to death. More importantly, the highest combat command group was gone. Who would mobilize them now? Who would make plans? Was this going to let the remaining legions fight on their own? The Kimo army was shocked, because the loss of thousands of elite archers was undoubtedly a double whammy for them - the territory had not yet been recovered, and they had lost another 15% of their troops...
Shocked and angry, the Kimo army understood why their territory was lost so quickly from what happened to the Hurricane Territory. Their commander Ippoliri reached a consensus with the Hurricane Army as quickly as possible - while the Assyrians knew nothing, they would first set up a confusing formation to delay the Assyrians, while they would gather their main forces to retake White Shield Mountain, preserve their lifeline, and then slowly move forward...
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Helen's carriage stopped on a horse path, with six secondary carriages and two thousand guards guarding the front and back. The sun was shining brightly and the scenery was pleasant outside the carriage window, but Helen had no time to appreciate the scenery at the moment.
After the first female officer finished her report, Helen couldn't help but frowned: "Is the news confirmed?"
"Reporting to Her Majesty, the news is very accurate. Woolleglindo and Shelley Oliver have escaped, and General Cleo's whereabouts are unknown. The guards have been chasing them and set up many checkpoints along the way, but have not seen any trace of the two. Now the fastest of them has arrived at White Shield Mountain yesterday." The first female official bowed her head and replied.
"How long will it take to reach White Shield Mountain?" Helen asked.
"Your Majesty, we still have two days to go."
Helen nodded, and after a brief pause, she ordered, "Tell them to speed up, and you retreat first."
"I obey your order." The first female official bowed her head, then knelt down and walked out of the car.
"Your Majesty, this is the list of titles prepared by the cabinet. Please review it." The second female official knelt and presented a stack of red paper.
"Leave it here for now. I'll take a look at it later." Helen waved her hands impatiently. In Tianjuan, the title was only given to balance the relationship, and in the occupied area it was to appease the people. If it were not for reducing the casualties of the main force and for realizing the goal of unifying the world as soon as possible, she would really be willing to "bomb" the cities one by one, because in the book of humiliation of Tianjuan territory, the big families of Kimo and Hulit had left their mark. To be fair, Helen didn't want to forgive any of them.
After the second female official left, Helen's brows slightly frowned again. She was very surprised by the news that Wu Lai had escaped with Shelley, but it seemed reasonable because that was Wu Lai, this guy was always different.
Where could he be? Helen finally looked out the car window...
As she thought this, she could never have guessed that Wu Lai was crying bitterly at this moment in a small forest near the Kimo border pass.
The reason Wu Lai cried was that he saw Sibanok's body - although he had been stripped of most of his clothes and was hanging by the neck with a rope on one of the row of wooden stakes near the entrance of the pass, Wu Lai still recognized him at a glance.
Wu Lai didn't know why Sibanok appeared here, but he could be sure of one thing, that is, Sibanok had died not long ago, because his face was still lifelike.
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"Hello, my lords. This is so strange. Why were these people hanged?" Wu Lai suppressed his anger and grief, and forced a smile as he asked the two Tianjuan soldiers who were chatting on the ground next to the wooden stake.
The two Tianjuan soldiers looked him up and down. One of them laughed and said, "Judging from your accent, you are also from Tianjuan."
"Yes, yes, I'm here to look for my brother." Wu Lai tried his best to make himself look more like a farmer. The Tianjuan language is almost the same as Assyrian. The only difference is the change in tone. If you pay a little attention, it is not difficult to pretend to be a Tianjuan person.
"Oh? Your brother is..."
"My brother is transporting food for the army, and I want to follow him to make a living." Wu Lai answered and pointed at the corpse, "It looks scary."
One of the soldiers laughed and said, "These are the enemy's spies and agents, some are Hurrians and some are Assyrians."
"Assyrians? Why are the Assyrians coming to our side?" Wu Lai pretended to be curious.
"Who knows? Look, these four old guys are all Assyrians." The soldier stretched out his arm and pointed at the four bodies, including Sibanok.
"Oh, I see." Wu Lai nodded, bowed, turned and walked towards the grove, where Shelley, dressed as a peasant woman, was waiting for him.
Wu Lai walked with his teeth chattering. He knew that the reason why Sibanok appeared here could only be related to him. He could also imagine that Sibanok came here to find him because this old man who was extremely loyal to him guessed that his disappearance was related to the enemy, so he came all the way here...
But what Wu Lai didn't expect was that the reason why Siban Ok died was not because he was from Assyria, but because of the gems that Siban Ok and his three old servants carried with them, gems worth five million gold coins.
This was the property that Sibanok was going to use to redeem Wu Lai, because the old man felt that no matter where Wu Lai was kidnapped, as long as he was not dead, there would be a chance to redeem him with this money. Even if it was not enough, it could buy Wu Lai temporary safety.
The person who gave these gems was Loli, but it was Sibanok himself who decided to go to the Hulet territory to inquire along the way, because compared with other people, he felt that it was easier for him to hide his identity. After all, he was old, so old that no one would think he was dangerous.
However, even Sibanok himself did not expect that from the moment he landed on a river beach in Hulet with the help of more than ten boys from the special forces company, he would embark on a road of no return...
When Wu Lai covered his face and sobbed, Shelley did not ask him why, because she knew that if a man like Wu Lai used crying to express his emotions, then this incident must have touched Wu Lai's heart.
She gently put her arms around Wu Lai's waist from behind, then gently pressed her face against his back, once again listening carefully to the strong heartbeat.
"My Wu Lai, we are on our way home." Shelley said slowly.
At the same time, more than a hundred carriages appeared on the horse trail outside the east gate of Yanmarsh Town...