I will be crowned king

"I said, is this really okay?"

On the hills south of Eagle Point City, looking at Major Fabian rushing back in the distance, Carl Bain looked at the confident Anson next to him with a worried expression: "Why do I feel a little dangerous? .”

"Danger, what's the danger?" Anson said absently without raising his head, and skillfully maintained and oiled Lisa's Borni rifle:

"Our base camp is more than two kilometers away from the city wall of Eagle Point City, and the nearest artillery fort is nearly one kilometer away - if we can still be hit at this distance, do their cannons have eyes?"

"That's not what I'm talking about." Karl rolled his eyes and pointed at the many military flags behind him that almost filled a forest:

"You plan to rely on this thing to scare the Yser elves in the city and make them surrender obediently to the city - also, where did you get so many military flags?"

"Basically, they were all seized from the Israel Outpost before. I asked Alan Dawn to find someone to paint them with black and red paint and then sent them over." Anson replied casually:

"And what you said is not accurate. This is at most just part of my perfect plan!"

"But you are right about one thing, that is, I have no intention of attacking the city at all. I am just pretending at best...or I won't attack the city myself. There are people who are more suitable to do this than us."

With the corner of his mouth raised, Anson closed the gun with a "click!"

Behind the two men, a whole company of soldiers was working hard to build artillery forts and camps. According to the hastily set up, the entire camp was at least the size of a full infantry regiment: fences and walls could be seen on the outside, and inside there were The neatly arranged camps, sturdy forts and temporary warehouses... look just like the real ones.

The reason why it is "just like the real thing" is because except for the real cannon fort, everything else can only look like that from a distance - there are only a few felled trees and unshaved trees on the fences and parapets. There are only a few decent tents in the camping area, and the rest are just a few pieces of fabric placed on support pillars... If the enemy dares to attack such a camp, it will definitely collapse at the first touch.

Of course, maybe you don't even need to touch it, because there are not many living people in the entire camp - the infantry company responsible for setting up the camp is only staying here temporarily, and they will go to the next "construction site" surrounded by military flags later. At work!

All in all, it seems that Eagle Point has been surrounded from the south, cutting off their "defense line" from the supply line and the Seven Cities Alliance. It is such a thing that "pretends to be an iron wall".

But for the current defenders of Eagle Point City, it is a real iron wall.

The reason is also very simple, because they dare not really attack.

At present, Ludwig has almost pulled out all the nails in the frontal defense line of Eagle Point City. If they mobilize a large number of troops at this time and attack "almost half of the defense line of Eagle Point City", they will still have to count on the Southern Army Corps in front. The main force will not attack immediately...unless Ludwig is blind.

In addition, at least two thousand of the defenders in the city were prisoners who had been released by Anson before; these elves were almost completely wiped out, stripped of all weapons and supplies, and entered Eagle Point City unarmed. of.

Their presence will also cause a heavy blow to the morale of the defenders in the city.

The only thing Anson was worried about now was how long the "uninformed" Lieutenant Colonel Romain and his three thousand men could hold out in front of Louis Bernard's twenty thousand army.

If he was unlucky, Louis would probably leave an infantry division of four to five thousand men to contend with Roman. The remaining troops would rush to rescue Eagle Point City at the risk of being cut off.

If this is the case, then the time left for him to capture Eagle Point City is only forty-eight hours at most; Anson must turn around immediately and prepare to face Louis Bernard.

"All in all, the key to winning a war is not just defeating the enemy on the battlefield; making one's own people believe that one is invincible, while making the enemy think that one cannot win, is also a part of war."

"To do this, you cannot just use the power in your own hands, but you must include all factors and consider the problem from the enemy's perspective."

"For example, the defenders of Eagle Point City opposite were retreating steadily under the attack of Commander-in-Chief Ludwig. At the same time, they constantly learned from the defeated reinforcements that the supply line was cut off and the reinforcements were annihilated one after another; Under such circumstances, low morale is inevitable for the isolated defenders."

"If we attack by force at this time, it is likely that the desperate enemies will fight for their lives; therefore, we must divide them and let some of them...well, the elves think that they can survive without fighting; let them believe that surrender is not for the sake of survival. Deserting is the best way to protect all your companions."

"So the next focus is not on winning on the battlefield, but on using the victories we have won before, the cut off supply lines and the main army's frontal attack to threaten and intimidate Eagle Point City, and win without a fight at the minimum cost... "

Anson was wiping the gun with a towel while talking. Leon Francois, who had come out from nowhere, was standing aside with his diary, so excited that his hands were shaking so fast. Recorded.

The young knight who admires Anson almost to the point of no return, now no matter what the deputy commander does, in his eyes, it is an extraordinary act. Every word and deed must be recorded completely, and must be read and studied repeatedly.

Carl Bain, who had no interest in these two missionaries and fanatic believers, rolled his eyes and simply went to supervise the artillery company's construction of the fort.

Thirty minutes later, Major Fabian finally arrived in a hurry, interrupting the "enthusiasm" of the two people who continued to chat:

"Eagle Point City has sent people. They do not agree with your 'reasonable' seventy-two-hour surrender request. At the same time, they have sent people to hope that they can formally negotiate with you and negotiate a result that is 'satisfactory to everyone.'"

Fabian's expression was still mixed with a trace of concealed ridicule - in his opinion, this was the Yisel Elf deceiving itself. How could such a thing as "surrender" satisfy everyone?

Anson didn't admire him very much, and the result was basically similar to what he guessed: "When?"

"Three hours later, on the north side of a slope outside Eagle Point City that cannot be reached by city defense artillery, both sides are only allowed to bring one infantry company of guards, and the number of people negotiating cannot exceed two." Fabian suddenly laughed:

"And you certainly remember one of them."

"who?"

"Bule Matias, the 'noble Iser pure-blood' knight!"

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In the wasteland south of Eagle Point City, a temporary tent stood in the middle of the road. The bloody unicorn representing Clovis and the golden ring of order flag representing Yser were placed around the tent.

In the solemn atmosphere, the Ysel Elf guards spread out in two columns with the tent as the center point; bayonets were hung on the muzzles of the guns, and the Elf line soldiers with lead bullets in their chambers put their right hands on the triggers and looked at them with strange expressions. The little girl who "confronted".

The thin and small figure was carrying a rifle that was taller than her. At least two revolvers and two grenades were bulging around her waist. She also carried two more rifles on her back, with the butts of the rifles poking into the ground like support pillars.

The big three-cornered hat was stuck on the girl's head, even bigger than her shoulders. Half of the girl's head was stuffed into the brim of the hat, only half of her serious and cute face and a few messy hair were exposed. s hair.

The dignified Commander of the Clovis Legion actually brought such a cute girl as his bodyguard... The Ysel Elf guards, who were originally feeling as if they were facing a formidable enemy and were so nervous that their hearts almost jumped out of their chests, looked at each other and didn't know what to say.

Only Buller Matias in the tent accidentally glanced at the petite figure outside when he sat down, and his body trembled slightly.

"Good afternoon, Commander Anson Bach, I didn't expect that we would meet again."

The elf knight looked at Anson and Karl opposite him with a slightly complicated expression: "We are honored that you are willing to accept our invitation to negotiate. As the defenders of Eagle Point City, we hope..."

"I just have one question."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Anson interrupted impatiently: "When are you going to surrender?"

After the words fell, Buller Matias's expression instantly became gloomy, and the elf sitting next to him looked a little flustered.

Carl Bain, who didn't know what to say at all, kept a straight face and went all out to pretend to be contemptuous. Although this "perfect plan" was unreliable, he could only cooperate now. .

"surrender?"

Buller Matias snorted coldly: "I'm sorry, but respected Commander, you and your army have not yet broken through the walls of Eagle Point City, so it seems that you are not qualified to make such harsh demands on us."

"The reason why I am requesting a meeting with you is purely because if we continue to fight like this, the lives of many heroic knights will be wasted; therefore..."

"I ask again, when do you plan to surrender?"

Anson said coldly again.

Buller Matias, who was rudely interrupted, took a deep breath and clenched his fists unconsciously: "I said, we..."

"when?"

"When? I...I repeat, we..."

"Is it possible or impossible to hand over Eagle Point City within forty-eight hours?"

"Forty-eight hours? Didn't you say seventy-two before..."

"Okay, declare surrender within seventy-two hours and hand over Eagle Point City, right?" Anson didn't even bother to look at the flustered expression of the elf knight, and turned directly to Karl:

"Are the documents of surrender ready?"

"certainly."

Calm-faced Karl nodded lightly, and neatly took out a parchment scroll that had been prepared, placed it neatly in front of the other party, and handed over a pen.

"Sign it."

"boom--!"

With a muffled sound, Buller Matias suddenly stood up and slammed his right fist on the table, unable to hold back his anger any longer.

Almost the moment the elf knight stood up, Lisa outside the tent had already pointed her gun at his head; it took a few seconds for the panicked elf guards around to react and all raised their weapons.

The tense atmosphere is like a dry powder keg, ready to explode.

"Don't be too self-righteous, Your Excellency Anson Bach."

The Elf Knight took a deep breath again, and his trembling body tried his best to suppress his anger: "The flag of the Ysel Elf is still hanging on the wall of Eagle Point City. You are not qualified to negotiate with us in this tone."

"We are discussing with you calmly to see if we can find a better way to solve the problem at hand so that both parties do not need to continue to bleed unnecessarily."

"In the final analysis... this war is just a temporary dispute between you Clovis people. The noble Yser elves have nothing to do with you. We can calm down and let the top leaders of both sides solve the problem through negotiation."

"Don't forget, the empire's army is still winning victories. Aren't you worried that if this continues, the Ysel elves will completely fall to the empire?"

Buller Matias threatened.

As if he hadn't heard anything, Anson looked at the Elf Knight calmly, took out the Inquisitor's pocket watch from his pocket, and opened it with a "pop!"

"The time is now four-fifty in the afternoon."

"After forty-eight hours, if Eagle Point City is still unwilling to surrender to the Southern Army and hand over the fortress and all its weapons, our army will launch irregular and indiscriminate shelling of the fortress from the southern defense line."

"Seventy-two hours later, our army will launch a general attack from the south and north at the same time; by then all promises will be invalidated, and no elf in the city will ever be able to return to the land of Yser - whether alive or dead. "

"I will use a forty-eight-pound mortar to 'send' your urns to the icy peaks of the Dawn Mountains."

Anson, who looked calm, also threatened unabashedly.

After hearing this, the expressions of the two elf nobles changed at the same time, and Buller Matias's expression was even more ugly. His twitching expression seemed like he wanted to shoot Anson to death.

But when he raised his head and saw the little girl with the gun pointed at him, and the Clovis flags all over the mountains behind her, the Elf Knight immediately calmed down a lot.

After a few seconds of silence, he adjusted his collar and glanced at Anson with a cold gaze.

"Walk!"

After saying these words, Buller Matias turned and left. The accompanying elf nobles and guards looked at each other and followed hurriedly.

Looking at the elves walking away, Carl Bain, who finally breathed a sigh of relief, slowly glanced at Anson, whose mouth corners were slightly raised:

"Is this... also part of your 'perfect plan'?"

"Yeah." Anson nodded as expected.

"What's next?" Karl pointed to the Eagle Point City Road opposite.

"Next..." Anson suddenly showed a strange smile:

"It's time to see if the defenders in Eagle Point City have any backbone."