Chapter 55: The war in the distance
More than five hundred kilometers northeast of the Arnus Hills, at the eastern foot of the Romanian Mountains, the city of Rendel, the capital of knowledge
Stretching from the eastern foothills of the Romanian Mountains to the Headhunting Rabbit Grassland in the east, it is a flat and fertile plain. It is also the most prosperous core hinterland in the empire's territory, and the most developed farming and populated area on the entire Falmat continent. The most dense place.
However, at this moment, unfortunately, the place is full of flames, and the sound of killings is everywhere. It has become the main battlefield of the empire's civil war - the empire's border guards, praetorian guards, field troops, the family private soldiers of the major noble lords, and twenty Reinforcements from foreign vassals from multiple subject countries joined the battle one after another under different banners. In the end, nearly a million troops were gathered to fight bloody battles in this fertile land.
Although the Imperial Senate and the new emperor Diabo controlled the original central government and the imperial guard of the empire, their strength was severely damaged due to the previous destruction of the imperial capital Urabianka by a flood, and logistics supplies were particularly difficult. It was difficult to annihilate the rebels of the eldest prince Saushar for a while, and they could only barely maintain a confrontation between the ruins of the fallen imperial capital and Rendel City where the temporary base camp was stationed.
What's even more terrible is that almost all the monarchs of the tributary countries on the Falmat continent fell to the rebels of the eldest prince Soshar, whether out of consideration for weakening the power of the empire or for plundering the wealth of the empire's core hinterland. camp. As foreign reinforcements arrived and joined the battle one after another, the scale and momentum of the rebels grew day by day. The morale and fighting spirit within the Senate became increasingly shaken, and the balance of the war became increasingly unbalanced.
In the end, a decisive battle of unprecedented scale broke out on the outskirts of the "Knowledge City" Rendel City. There were as many as 300,000 rebels under the command of the eldest prince Saushar. They were not only well-supplied, but also had high morale due to the wanton plundering along the way. The Imperial Senate and Emperor Diabo assembled a force of only 70,000 to attack them, and they were short of food and could not last long... In view of the above predicament, Diabo decided to make a desperate move, abandoning the weak walls of Rendel City and leading the army. The royalist army voluntarily left the city and fought against the rebels led by their brother on the plains on the outskirts.
Therefore, for three whole days and three nights, the vast plain with a radius of more than ten miles was filled with shouts of killing in a southern and northern accent. Dragon knights riding pterosaurs fell from the sky one after another, flags with various heraldic patterns fell one after another, and thousands of lives disappeared one by one at an alarming speed. Warriors from all directions drained their blood, dyeing the ground under their feet black and brown, filling the wind that swept through the wilderness with the smell of blood.
Although the rebels under the command of the eldest prince Sochar had an absolute numerical advantage, Sochar was not really an excellent military commander. The Praetorian Guards led by Diabo quickly broke through the rebel outpost array. The rebels who were four times their size were beaten back again and again.
Unfortunately, due to the huge disparity in strength, the Royalist Army failed to completely defeat the enemy. Instead, after gaining a slight upper hand, they entered a long war of attrition. The two sides fought inextricably for three days. The smaller royalist army gradually lost morale and began to fall into decline. It had to fight and retreat towards Rendel City behind it. At this moment, 10,000 border guards from Tigray City, an important town on the edge of the western desert, finally arrived at the battlefield near Rendel City and joined the rebels. They gave the royal army a fatal blow from behind and became the decisive victory. negative opportunity.
Under the double attack of the rebels, the exhausted royalist army soon collapsed completely. Emperor Diabo reluctantly broke through with a small number of trusted guards and fled towards the north. Most of the officers and soldiers chose to go to the north in despair. The rebels surrendered. Immediately afterwards, the high-spirited Saushar sent cavalry to pursue his brother Diabo, while ordering the entire army to dispatch and continue to attack Rendel City where the Imperial Senate was stationed.
Soon, Rendel City, which had lost most of its garrison troops, declared its fall amidst the raging fire. A quarter of the empire's elders were killed in the battle. A quarter of the elders fled with their families and property before the city was surrounded. The remaining half of the empire's elders had no time to break out and were desperate. Completely in despair, he had no choice but to surrender to the rebels and prepare to resign himself to fate.
Saushar was overjoyed to receive the good news, and immediately led a large entourage into the city to accept the surrender and submission of the senators.
After experiencing the catastrophe of fire and military disaster, the city of Rendel was already in a mess. The magicians and apprentices who once lived in the city have now all fled, and the houses have turned into ruins. A large-scale magic The research institute also turned into a burning ruin. Burnt and stripped corpses can be seen everywhere on the streets, as well as seriously injured people squirming slightly while covering their wounds. But Saushar, who had just achieved a decisive victory, obviously had no intention of pity and relief for these citizens, but could not wait and only wanted to enjoy the fruits of victory.
Then, just as the eldest prince Soshar walked through the streets strewn with corpses and rubble, he arrived at the city hall of Rendel City, preparing to accept the surrender of the senators. The cavalry that was sent to chase Emperor Diabo also brought him good news.
"...You are saying that my hateful brother, Diabo, who arrogantly proclaimed himself emperor, fell from his horse and died on the way to escape?"
At the door of Rendel City City Hall, Soshar stared at a rebel general who came to report the news with a complicated look in his eyes.
"...Yes, Your Majesty, we captured three attendants of the false emperor, and this is the confession that was tortured from their mouths..."
The rebel general quickly replied, "...and the body of the false emperor was also found and brought back by us..."
Next, several soldiers came up carrying a stretcher, and then in front of Sochar, they opened the white cloth covering it, revealing the body of Emperor Diabo on the stretcher. Xoshar looked down and immediately recognized the familiar face of his second brother Diabo. However, at this time, Diabo no longer looked as elegant and suave as Sochar remembered. Instead, his hair was disheveled, his clothes were tattered, and he was covered in blood. His neck was twisted into a strange angle, and his eyes were even more... It seemed to be bulging out, as if it still had an expression of surprise and disbelief.
Looking at the hideous death of his second brother Diabo, Sochar stood beside the stretcher and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he reached out and took off the somewhat twisted crown on Diabo's head, and brushed it off with the corner of his clothes. Clinging to the dust, he carefully put it on his head.
——No matter how tortuous the process was, the war was over and he had become the final winner.
The emperor's crown and the hegemony of the continent, these things that should have belonged to him after the death of his father, finally returned to his hands.
The next moment, Sochar turned around and walked into the city hall with billowing robes. At the same time, he ordered without looking back:
"...Immediately cut off the head of the false emperor and hang it outside the city gate for public display! Hang the false emperor's attendants outside the city gate as well. Let's consider it as a burial!"
"...As you command! Your Majesty!"
Next, Saushar accepted the surrender of the remaining senators. Under the flattery of the generals, lords, vassals and senators, he took off his armor in the city hall, put on his purple robe, and was officially supported and Crowned as the unique and supreme emperor on the Falmat continent. Then he boarded a luxurious carriage and paraded throughout the city, accepting the congratulations and worship of soldiers and subjects.
Next, he also ordered a large banquet and the entire army celebrated for three days to celebrate the victorious end of the imperial civil war and the return of peace.
After being so noisy and lively for several days, Saushar, who officially became the emperor, temporarily sobered up from the days of drinking. While rubbing his temples that were stinging from the hangover, he started to deal with the backlog of official duties, such as chasing after people. Suppress the remaining enemies, reward heroes, deal with prisoners, etc.
It was only then that a civil servant came to see him holding a file and a document, and reported a strange piece of news to him that had been ignored for many days.
"...Huh? While I was fighting against the false emperor Diabo and the rebellion of the Senate, an army claiming to be from another world ran out of the 'door' on the top of Arnus Hill, and Captured the city of Italica and captured my sister Pinna? Hehe, interesting! ”
Emperor Soshar sneered a few times, curled his lips and commented disapprovingly. Although this news was a bit unusual, it did not stir up any waves in his heart. Because in his opinion, the empire after the end of the civil war is still the invincible world hegemon. Some ignorant clowns are nothing to be afraid of. Instead, they can be used to scare the monkeys and show the new emperor's great martial arts to his subjects and princes.
"...Send an envoy to the city of Italica first! Instruct those outsiders who overestimate their capabilities to ask their leaders to come here within a month with generous gifts and kneel down to pay tribute to me. If you ask for forgiveness, I may be able to forgive their offense to the empire's territory! Otherwise, the invincible army of the empire will cross the Romanian mountains and crush these self-destructive ants from body to soul!"
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