Chapter 1728 Accident
It was already dark, and the lights in Baishuang Shangcheng were brightly lit, shining between the two mountains like a bright pearl. The city was enveloped in a cold and miserable atmosphere. Many soldiers and civilians sat on the side of the road crying. What are they thinking about fighting for? If the capital is destined to be unable to be defended, is there any point in the war?
The trucks hauling lumber and bricks and stones in the city are constantly coming and going. These stones and wood are all dragged outside the city to reinforce the fortifications. More people don’t have time to consider whether it makes sense to do so. So what if you understand it, so what if you don’t understand it? They are just soldiers and security officers. Thinking too much will only cause more trouble, because they have no way to refuse to defend the city. This is their home, with parents and family members they cannot move away from.
Fleeing soldiers and wounded soldiers kept pouring into the city from outside the city, as well as a small number of people from the lower city. The streets were already full of people, some with tents and some without tents. In fact, there are many risks in entering the city in such an open manner. You don't know whether there are enemy spies among the people coming in. This is a hidden danger. But Her Majesty the Queen cannot refuse them entry into the city, which will only cause greater moral unrest among the troops. Why should they defend the capital if the capital cannot protect them? For the queen, this is the last country she can rely on, and the soldiers and people here are also the last people she can rely on.
In the imperial conference room, many people were arguing. What makes the queen happy is that many of the generals stationed in Baishuangxia City have returned. They have not given up on the city or her. Moreover, the three generals of the Storm Kingdom and the Rhine Kingdom: Hushan, Serena, and Beta did not evacuate. Especially Hushan and most of his Hushan Camp were preserved. It seems that the strong always have stronger survivability in the face of disasters.
The officers each reported the number of remaining soldiers they had taken in. The situation was not optimistic. At present, no more than 30% of the soldiers had returned to the upper city. The others were either dead or escaped. The officers were arguing about two issues: "Whether they can withstand the pirate attack" and "Whether they should abandon Hoarfrost City".
The former is almost undoubted. The water attack falling from the sky during the day made the defenses they painstakingly arranged instantly disappear. No matter how many layers of defense plans were in place, they were ineffective in the face of absolute power. Now the morale and confidence of the soldiers and officers have been greatly affected. The so-called defense of the royal city can only be empty talk.
The first issue is not controversial, and it seems that the second issue does not need to be controversial. Since it cannot be defended, giving up Baishuang City is the only option. But having said that, when the choice was placed in front of Queen Midgard, she still had difficulty making a decision. This is her country, which she inherited from her fathers and ancestors. She really does not give up the power here, and she also has some responsibility for the people and the efforts of the ancestors to build this country. She tried to persuade herself and the generals to stick to it, trying to find some positive energy in the generals' words, but there was none. Everything is taking on a pessimistic and negative tone, and even General Reich, whom he most trusts and relies on, has become less confident at this time.
The fourth black dragon came back, seriously injured, and even the dark dragon with him was seriously injured. Her Majesty the Queen quickly asked her royal medical team to diagnose and treat the fourth black dragon. Frost Upper City has the best team of doctors and veterinarians in Midgart, but they do not have much experience in treating dragon injuries, and most of the relevant experience only comes from books.
The severity of the injury to the fourth black dragon made the possibility of holding on to Baishuang Shangcheng even slimmer. Everyone is waiting for Her Majesty the Queen to give the final order to retreat. After Selina contacted the country, she gave the advice to abandon the city and take refuge in the Storm Country. Jean Reaches also felt that going abroad to form a government in exile was the best option, which was much better than surrender and complete destruction.
The Queen of Midgard said that she must consider the best, even though time is approaching, just like the dragon flame clouds in the sky that have not dispersed in front of the city, bringing depression and fear to people. The 'pirates' who captured the lower city of Baishuang may launch an attack on the upper city of Baishuang at any time. They did not suffer any damage during the day's battle. It may just be the soil soaked by the water that slowed down their march. But the arrival of the army will not take long, maybe tonight, maybe tomorrow morning.
At 11 o'clock at night, in the cold sky, several stars of Liao Liao can be seen outside the clouds of Longyan. Standing on the heights of Baishuang City, looking down at the foot of the distant mountain, outside the winding gorge, you can see The lights moving together in clusters at the foot of the mountain indicate that the enemy's army is mobilizing troops and making final preparations for the attack on Baishuang Upper City. From here to the lower city, the height difference is only more than a thousand meters, and the straight line in the air is only a few kilometers. If it were not blocked by the steep mountains, with numerous arrow towers and magic towers arranged on both sides of the mountains, the enemy's attack would be imminent. . Even though Bai Shuang's 'City-Wide Screen Net' in the upper city had stronger defensive capabilities than the shield in the lower city, she no longer had confidence in it.
Go down from the highest tower of the palace, which is also the "City-Wide Screen", and walk to several tall carvings on the Heroic Wall under the palace city. These martyrs depicted here are the founders who founded the Kingdom of Midgard. The carvings on the wall of heroic spirits have been stained and are not so clear and three-dimensional, but their moving expressions can still be traced back to the difficult and prosperous years in the early days of the founding of the country.
"You can't let go here." A gentle voice with the charm of a mature man sounded from behind. It's the fourth black dragon. This man's magnetic voice when he speaks harmoniously is unforgettable. The Queen of Midgard turned around and saw the fourth black dragon as expected. He still had wounds that had been bandaged for the first time. They were wounds left by the dragon's flames and were difficult to heal for a while.
"Should I let it go?" This was the Queen of Midgard's rhetorical question. She is not a gentle and weak woman, on the contrary, she is a woman with a strong and decisive character like a man: "This is my country, my land, no one can tell me that I should give up."
The fourth black dragon turned to leave. He doesn't need to say much, and there are many things that he can't say.
"Stop." Queen Midgard said: "I have not forgotten the rudeness you showed me during the day."
"So, do you want to pursue it now?" Chapter Sihei likes to wear sunglasses, which makes it difficult for others to see the emotions in his eyes. At this time, he put on a pair of newly purchased dark green sunglasses.
The Queen of Midgard said: "I want to hear your opinion."
The fourth black dragon knows what he is talking about, whether to stay or not, and where to go. This is currently the biggest focus in the entire Baishuang Upper City. He turned his back and said: "You can hear things like opinions from the mouths of your generals. And from the mouths of foreign generals."
Midgard said: "But I want to hear it. Listen to your opinions. Their opinions have too many colors and considerations of their own interests. Midgard is a small country that only wants to survive. I want to hear more honest opinions. "
(End of this chapter)