out of cage

Chapter 266 Chapter 7.48 Great siege.

At 9:22 p.m. on September 8, a cluster of lights in the sky was moving south.In the ancient times of the main world, this is the scene of seeing night flights on the ground, but now the airship is heading south.

The first group army formed by the four corps of the industrial army going south, encircled and wiped out a total of [-] Royal Army on the western front, and then handed over the prisoners to the security forces who came to arrange them.Then, they hurried east to continue the pursuit.

United Industries' First Army forced a 48-hour march to complete a major detour.The troops spanned [-] kilometers and cut off all the communication lines behind the Royal Army.

On a total of more than 170 road nodes, the accompanying airship first dropped heavy weapons and equipment, and then the delta-wing air transport troops dropped the soldiers to complete the armament and equipment.

Each of these transportation hubs can be stationed in at most one or two rows, thirty or forty people, or even a dozen people. ——It seems to be very few, but anyone who has played "PUBG Mobile" knows that it doesn't take many people to block the bridge.Without armored vehicles and heavy fire assaults, thousands of people are useless.

The movement of the Kingdom Army carrying heavy equipment is the focus of United Industries.

The First Army formed by the four war regiments of United Industries did not disperse, but gathered into large sharp knives and continued to cut the connection between the various noble warlords of the Royal Army within the encirclement.

As the Royal Army struggled to cope, the various troops were dispersed in mixed orders, and once dispersed, other industrial faction troops would immediately insert to expand the gap.

For example, at dusk on the afternoon of the 22nd, Sugao Plain,

In addition to farmland, this area is a large number of small hills covered with pine trees.

The 2 troops led by the Earl Polit of the Royal Army lost contact with their elite troops and a large number of grassroots troops during the main assault of the First Army (01, 05, 11, 12). 2 people are scattered within a range of [-] kilometers.

Without waiting for Earl Politt to get his team together, the Industrial Party's 02 and 04 battle groups followed suit and destroyed the noble army with less than 2000 people.

Under the attack of the first round of artillery from the 02 and 04 battle groups, most of the sword and shield soldiers and musketeers in the earl's 2000-man team were defeated and fled to these small hills to hide.

In an instant, only the vassal troops of the great nobles were left. This team has only about 200 people, and the scale is more like a large team of adventurers.And they were facing the industrial tanks marching in rows.

Oh, that scene was amazing, the three mid-level arcanists hired by the earl fled directly.

The three-headed chimera domesticated by the Polit family roared with thunder and lightning on the battlefield, and finally died in the rocket volley of helicopter clusters.

During the 5-minute air battle, more than 60 rockets fired in salvo, hammering down the three behemoths.These fallen behemoths still wanted to struggle, and their huge wings flapped vigorously, flying sand and rocks for a while, making it impossible for the industrial infantry units to approach.

At that time, the three two-headed dragons were so swaying and rolling like porcelain, so naturally they would not be used to it.

Therefore, the tracks of the "Heavy Knight" crushed the wings, and the barrel hit the forehead.

This time, the Chimera immediately showed an understanding ability no less than that of a human being. After two heads hit the ground (kowtow) alternately, it became a captive of the industrialists.

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In this great battle, all the nobles of the Royal Army had profound backgrounds, and there were many such as Earl Polit who showed outstanding special combat power.

[After the war, the three-headed chimera confessed honestly: In fact, there was such a contract with this earl family hundreds of years ago, and it was just to fulfill the agreement.Ask the industry leader to "give a lenient chance"]

Although these ancient families showed some weird powers, they couldn't change the result.In the battle of the large corps, the command ability is the most important thing. As long as it does not break through the limit of the nine rings, any giant beast unit will not be able to overcome the big waves.

Hundreds of battle groups and hundreds of tracked steel forts moved forward. In the face of this torrent, everything was in vain.

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On the afternoon of the 23rd, as the 30 Royal Army encountered one after another, some sober-minded nobles of the Kingdom realized that they were trapped in a circle of encirclement.

This encirclement is rapidly shrinking.The distance between all the mechanical battle groups participating in the siege gradually narrowed from tens of kilometers to more than ten kilometers.

The Royal Army will find that the frequency of encounters with the Industrial Army is becoming more and more intensive.

After the 23rd, after confirming that they were surrounded, the nature of warlords in the Kingdom Army was fully reflected, and they began to break out of the encirclement without authorization.

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When the encirclement has not been completely tightened, there is still a relatively large gap between each of the troops responsible for the encirclement, and it is still possible to break out of the encirclement by virtue of their large size.But collective action must be taken.

However, some warlord troops are worried that they will be placed in the front and rear when they break through collectively, becoming the leader of the wading, or the abandoned son after the break.

Once the general breakout begins, the party forming the encirclement will immediately begin to reinforce the counter-breakout.

At that time, the encircling party (United Industries) will throw all its heavy firepower and mobilize the most elite troops to attack people.And the kingdom's second- and third-rate troops simply didn't have the courage to collide with these elite troops. ——To be honest, they just followed Prince Danny to the north to make a fortune.

On the breakout side, the lords who thought they were not direct descendants didn't want to lose their family fortunes, so they would take a gamble and break out of the encirclement without authorization before the king's capital ordered them to cut off the heir.

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However, Wang Guojun's operation of selling teammates to each other was completely expected by Carret.

The breakthroughs of several Royal Army aristocratic troops were all caught up and let go of the small ones: their establishment was defeated, they were made to discard all their supplies, and became small groups of troops that could not communicate with each other and fled around.

Then, those who blocked the bridge on the outside line were all waiting for the "express delivery".

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On the night of the 23rd and 24th, the 10,000+ troops of the four nobles of the Royal Army were divided into dozens of forces and hit the encirclement, paying a heavy price.

As far as the Industrial Corps is concerned, although it is to grasp the big and let go of the small.However, in actual operation, the staff of the joint industry took a lot of time to analyze the sequence.

Most of the kingdom's army are mobs that don't need to be let go. If they are defeated, they will be easier to catch than pigs.Kingdom elites cannot be released even if they are small in scale. They are broken into pieces under the cover of arcane methods anytime and anywhere, and they have to keep an eye on them all the time.

In post-war analysis, it is inaccurate to use the term "unauthorized breakout" to describe the current situation of the Royal Army.

Because... there is no central command at all.Perhaps, Prince Danny can only restrain his troops.After the various noble armies found themselves surrounded, they exercised their own judgment on the battle and were no longer under the command of the kingdom.Therefore, there is no such thing as "unauthorized".

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By the 25th, the largest part of the Kingdom's army that had been divided and surrounded had been trapped in a small circle with a radius of less than 10,000 kilometers. There were only two small towns in this circle.Obviously not enough for [-]+ troops to garrison.

The mayor's compound in the center of the town can only be given to senior officials of the Royal Army, and His Royal Highness the Prince will serve as the command post.

A large number of knights can only sleep on straw beds laid in dug earth pits, while ordinary soldiers don't even have earth pits and straw.exist
It was still a winter night, and at any rate, it was necessary to light a pile of firewood to get through.But as the encirclement shrinks, most of all the vehicles, horses and supplies are lost under the bombardment of the industrial army's steam crossbow. Where does the fuel come from?
When Iger's generals opened the door, they could see a large number of Kingdom troops shivering and hugging each other in the wilderness, shaking each other to keep warm.The lack of fuel in the wilderness caused some soldiers to dismantle the wooden parts of their weapons, and the rat hole was carefully taken care of by these 10,000+ people.

In this encirclement of tens of square kilometers, there are more people than rats!The rats suffered an indiscriminate disaster this winter.

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In the Kingdom's Ground Dragon Corps, Danny was much more exhausted than dozens of hours ago.

After meeting with the 30th battle group in the Xuanguang Industrial Zone earlier, both sides were ready to shake people.However, the ones from the industrial party are all Liushenzhuang teammates, while the ones from his side are all a group of pigs.

Low morale: Most of the low-level soldiers can no longer find their own officers (knights), not "may collapse at any time", but have already collapsed.It's just that there is no place to collapse in the encirclement.

Lack of equipment: most of the armor and weapons were chased like ducks, and most of them were lost. Seven or eight people may be able to gather a set of equipment.This is only a layer of paper away from disarming.

Food and medicine shortages: Rats ate all the meat. The reason why they didn't eat people was because they belonged to the order camp, and they would severely punish them if they found out.The outer encirclement is also the camp of order. Every morning, white helicopters will fly to the sky and throw some hot canned food.

Of course, the Royal Army did not take advantage of such an airdrop for nothing.This is the industrial camp declaring the nature of their order, which is running against the Royal Army: they will not use the Austrian method to contain the regional food production like the Royal Army encircled and suppressed the southern insurgents.It is hoped that the wounded and hungry will throw away their weapons and come to the designated place to receive food.

At the end of this war, the industrial faction designated by the Temple of Justice in the capital as the enemy of justice did more justice than the believers of justice.

The temple priests who accompanied the army found that except for healing magic, their other magic skills were curbed.This makes the root of this war - faith - also shaken in the end.

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"Why did it become like this?" Young Danny was extremely confused and lost.

Before the war, he was able to suppress Xingchekaruit step by step, forcing the traitors of this family to be irresistible, but in the blink of an eye, it became nothing.

He suddenly realized that he had put too much pressure on him in this war.

The legitimacy of his heir, the full power of the kingdom, and—the halo he has carried from the gods since he was born.

And thinking of the favor of the gods, Danny was very annoyed.

There are also gods in the north of Carret. ~But this divinely favored person has never stated it, but has always declared that he is a mage who pursues the truth.

It wasn't until this war officially started that the entire continent didn't know the three gods of "industry, technology, and machinery".

Humming, amidst the sharp voice, on the square of the small town in the distance, the originally soft light of the magic circle suddenly flickered like a "broken fluorescent lamp", and after a few flickers, it completely collapsed.

This interrupted Prince Danny's thoughts.Because he needs to ask about the current situation of his mage group.

In the center of the town, the teleportation circle led by the mages of the kingdom failed again!

The six-ring spell group teleportation, when reporting and asking for instructions, this is the plan of the current commander of the Kingdom Army trying to dispatch reinforcements from the outside world.This is actually a way to escape, because if you want to transmit information, you only need to perform a lower-level material transmission spell.

Prince Danny does not accept the escape, so there is no way for everyone to say so.

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But now, everyone may not be able to think about the prince anymore. Under the heavy pressure, everyone has a haze in their hearts.

But the deployment of teleportation arrays in this small town failed one after another, making the arcanists in the kingdom realize how strict their enemy - the Industrial Party - is blocking them!
The arcanists accompanying the kingdom's army discovered through advanced detection that the small towns in this area have been detected by the industrial party's arcane methods, and once an arcanist tries to establish a "teleportation" spell with four rings or above, they will be interrupted.

The way of interruption is similar to that of "Silence" magic.

In the rune magic system established by the Industrial Party, all the current mainstream arcane magic can be simulated with standard spiritual rune structures, similar to mechanical assembly.

The rune masters of the Industrial Party may not be able to release "Silence" and "Call of Otherworlds" independently.

However, several professional rune mages can combine the runes they are good at to form arcane spells with the same effect.

This is the true meaning of the "Shen Emblem" of industrial cooperation.A large number of people have specializations in the art industry, so that enough people can achieve their own expertise, and then cooperate with each other.

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In this war, all aspects of industrial dispatch, such as chariots, fuel, food, and manpower, were more than those of the kingdom.Now even the power of the arcane side seems to be the same.

The secrets of the kingdom have been accumulated for hundreds of years.And how long has it been since the rise of the Northern Industry Leading Austrian Law?Now the place where the kingdom feels it has the most advantage over the north has been suppressed.

These proud kingdom mages suddenly felt that their school would be in crisis after this battle.

The self-employed arcane masters are quite capable, but they have no establishment (organization).

"Industry, technology, and machinery" have just risen, and social rules are not conducive to the old mage.

And after the new god is born, the ether world of the entire planet is changed.On a larger level, what will the change in the rules of casting spells lead to?

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The angle of view comes to the south,

In the royal capital of Aiger, the old king no longer hunts.He was anxiously flipping through the information from the north, trying to "pick gold from the sand" to find some good news.

However, a steady stream of new information came in. The main force of the kingdom went northward to demand that the northern territories obey the imperial order. Now the situation has taken a turn for the worse.

The old king felt that the courtiers around him were playing tricks on him.

It was said at the beginning that Carret was under increasing pressure to obey the Empire.but now?Well~ under the instillation of information of "one's own advantage" all the time, even if the king rationally feels that the "advantage" has a false part, but the expectation in his heart is still "balance of power".

But it is absolutely unacceptable to lose everything now.

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The old king found his eldest daughter, Roseanne.

The princess, whose husband was also in the northern siege, told him sadly: "It's all true. The kingdom's army has been hovering between 'destroyed' and 'waiting to be destroyed'."

Roseanne's eyes were sad: "The reason why it's not fully over now is because Carret wants to prolong this humiliating process." Due to the different positions of this princess, her judgment on Carret is also limited by her perspective.

On "humiliation" - before this war in the Kingdom, the various "comments" of the nobles, big and small, on Carret could definitely fill the entire city wall.

And Carret used "justification" to avoid war and "protect" the interests of the northern industrial system, and was commented by nobles and nobles alike: "There is no Xingche family member to take responsibility."

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Those who called me the happiest at the time are all surrounded by the encirclement now!
But now, the mass encirclement and annihilation is a foregone conclusion, and Carret is still expounding the theory that "war is bad" and "industrial development benefits mankind".

It's just that behind this set of rhetoric, I finally saw it.

Now Northern United Industries has begun to put forward specific requirements for the kingdom's reform: the land in the Kingdom of Aiger should be divided equally, and the tax revenue should be unified.The sharp edge is directed at all the great nobles in the empire.

When responding to the inquiry, the spokesperson of the Northern Industry Alliance gave the answer: find relevant personnel to hold a meeting and take up future responsibilities together. ——The relevant personnel are now one or two kilometers away from the muzzle.So don't worry about when you can gather people for a meeting, you can make a list now.

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Now, Roseanne is "speechless" to Carret, her cousin. She claims to have seen countless people with different political opinions, but today she has to admit that she was wrong.

In history, there are many cases where hidden ninjas finally waited until their opponents let go, and then won in one fell swoop.However, the process of taking it down was so open and closed, and the elites who directly destroyed the entire kingdom with their own power were deterred.That was unprecedented.

The aftereffects of "royal court struggles lead to the loss of the country's elite and great vitality" are the most necessary for those court fighters to avoid.

But Carret obviously doesn't have such worries now. The elite and vitality are already on the industrial leader side, and they are well protected now.

The troops of the Industrial Party still seem to be benevolent to the Royal Army in the encirclement, leaving a bottom line.But if the encircled Kingdom Army continues to be obsessed, or if the Kingdom continues to be obsessed, it will be lost forever.

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Half an hour later, Roseanne withdrew from her father.

And Cizeya waited for her own sister.

Seeing her sister's expression, Cizeya, who was wearing armor, understood that the king was still unwilling to accept being completely beaten by his nephew (Carret).Back then, he was stronger than Papa Carret!

After learning that the king now lacks awareness that the kingdom is at stake.

Caesar took a deep breath and said to her sister: "Sister Wang, the throne can be given up, but the vitality of the empire must be preserved."

Roseanne looked at Caesar with a complicated expression.

Caesar held the sword and walked into the king's palace.

　In the second half, the encirclement, I am humming: the lonely brave

　　
　
(End of this chapter)