Why did the lord rebel

Chapter 515 The General's Decision

On February 11, 997 of the Imperial Calendar, General Siegfried of the Desolation Watch Division of the Glorious Federation, accompanied General Omar Canyang to the top of the Merton Gate in the west of Thorn City.

On the moonlit stone brick floor on the top of the city, there were still a lot of documents of surrender that were secretly shot by the imperial army last night. These paper documents had experienced the first rain this morning, and now they were all wet and sticky on the smooth brick floor.

The federal soldiers guarding the Merton Gate were not shaken by the human's trick to undermine the morale of the army. However, when the orc soldiers looked at the magnificent siege positions of the human side across the city gate and the imperial catapults that were like towering towers reaching into the sky, their eyes were inevitably a little nervous and at a loss.

The temperature rose quickly this spring, and the speed at which the Imperial Army built siege positions far exceeded the Federal Army's previous expectations. Since February, General Siegfried had almost watched as the Imperial siege positions in the west of the city were built up like bamboo shoots breaking through the ground, and then they were threatening the direction of Merton Gate with a covetous look.

The commander of the "Desolate Watch" Division glanced at General Omar Canyang beside him and said nothing.

Omar Canyang arrived in Thorn City in mid-January. At that time, the human empire had basically blocked the main roads on the Thorn City Plain, but General Canyang still brought a few of his personal soldiers and almost sneaked through the human blockades, bringing the isolated Thorn City defenders a joint handwritten order from the Great Chief and the Great Commander:

In the handwritten edict, the Federal Chief and the Grand Commander appointed General Omar Sunset as the commander-in-chief of the orc garrison in the Battle of Thorn City, to take over General Siegfried's previous responsibility for commanding the defense of the entire city.

- Although General Omar Canyang suffered repeated setbacks in the Burning Crystal Canyon and even had to withdraw from the occupied area in an extremely humiliating manner for the orcs, the federal top brass did not seem to give up their trust in the commander of the Dragon Flame Legion, and instead entrusted him with important tasks once again.

General Siegfried had no complaints about Omar Canyang's airborne landing: as the commander of the Desolate Watch Division, Siegfried did not have enough energy and power to control the many defenders in Thorn City. So far, the number of defenders in Thorn City has been extremely large, and its lineup also includes troops from several different divisions. This inevitably requires a senior federal general above the rank of general to coordinate the battle. The original reason why General Siegfried took on the task of coordinating the defense of the various divisions was purely because there were no higher-level officers here, and it was just a temporary expedient.

However, General Siegfried sometimes couldn't help but doubt whether the current General Omar Canyang could still shoulder the fate of Thorn City and even the entire Glorious Federation.

The last time the two met, Omar Canyang was still a high-spirited and vigorous veteran general. But now that they meet again, the federal general's body, which was originally as strong as a rock, seems to have been inevitably corroded by aging, sorrow and regret.

General Siegfried, who had been guarding Thorn City, did not witness the fierce battles in the Burning Crystal Canyon with his own eyes, but he could see that the burning earthen fort and the arrogant young Duke of Frost Maple Ridge had left General Omar Canyang with irreversible mental damage. After he led his troops to retreat without honor, the attacks and condemnations against Omar Canyang in the Federation were enough to destroy the confidence that the general had built up from his countless past victories.

Now, what General Siegfried saw on the top of Thorn City was nothing but a miserable loser. He had no doubt that the reason why Omar Canyang was still standing here was purely because of his sense of honor, and he wanted to redeem his past mistakes with revenge, dedication and sacrifice. Siegfried knew that once the Battle of Thorn City was over, no matter who won or lost, Omar Canyang would lead his troops to kill himself as soon as possible after completing his mission, and use death to prove his honor and loyalty.

Omar Canyang didn't care what General Siegfried beside him was thinking.

The leader of the Dragon Flame Legion held onto the battlement on top of the city wall with melancholy, turned around and asked:

"Where are Elliot Igor's Frost Maple Ridge troops?"

"We found the flag of the Igor family outside the 'Aurelian Gate' in the north." General Siegfried answered cautiously, "But there is no sign of the Igor family's participation in the siege position in the west."

"Let's transfer some more people to Aurelian's Gate." Omar Sunset sighed, "That way I'll feel more at ease."

General Siegfried hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded without objecting.

In Siegfried's opinion, General Omar Canyang was a bit too cautious towards Elliot Igor and Frost Maple Ridge: according to observation, the Frost Maple Ridge troops outside the Aurelian Gate had less than two thousand people.

As the Sixth War progressed to this point, military research institutions in various countries on the continent had already thoroughly studied the famous Frost Maple Ridge. Military scientists unanimously agreed that the mysterious black high-end vehicles under Duke Elliot Igor were best at mobile warfare on open terrain, and siege was not within the Frost Maple Ridge's advantage range.

In order to guard against the Frost Maple Ridge thugs outside the north gate, Thorn City has actually dispatched more than half of its division's troops to defend in the direction of Aurelian's Gate: compared to the troop deployment of Frost Maple Ridge, the defenders relying on the geographical advantage have deployed more troops for alert, which shows that they have given enough attention to Frost Maple Ridge.

  But General Omar Canyang still thinks it’s not enough!

Although General Siegfried secretly disapproved of his superior's conservative style, he had no intention of disobeying General Canyang's orders - deep in the heart of the commander of the Desolate Watch Division, perhaps there was also a trace of fear of Frost Maple Ridge.

He turned his gaze away from the sad and dangerous Omar Setting Sun and looked towards the Imperial siege position opposite the city gate.

At the northern end of the Imperial Army's position, which stretched from north to south like a long snake, there were flashes of fire. Along with the fire, there were bursts of explosions coming from afar, which sounded dull and faint to the ears of the federal generals on the top of the city.

General Siegfried knew that it was the Wyvern Air Cavalry of the Desolation Watch Division that was bombing the Imperial Army's positions: in order to slow down the Imperial Army's pace in establishing positions and inflict casualties on its manpower, over the past month, the Glorious Federation's defenders had been sending air cavalry to bomb and harass the Imperial Army's positions every day.

However, today's bombing was probably as effective as usual:

General Siegfried saw from afar that the two-legged wyvern cavalry, which was flying in the air like a mosquito, took more than ten minutes to finally knock down the giant catapult that was being built in the northern camp of the empire. The catapult column that stood on the horizon like a giant shook dangerously for a while, and then fell towards the imperial camp at its feet, stirring up scattered smoke and a loud noise that shook the earth.

  Then, the Wyvern Air Riders paid a heavy price for this pitiful victory:

Almost at the same time as the giant catapult collapsed, colorful magic lights lit up behind the cloud of dust, indicating that the magician force that the imperial army relied on for air defense had finally arrived at the scene. Even though the flying dragons had already pulled up their altitude at the first opportunity, many of them were unfortunately hit by magic and fell to the ground like birds with broken wings.

The generals of the Federation, including General Canyang and General Siegfried, knew that in the bombing and harassment these days, a large number of Federation air knights died every day in the Empire's magic counterattacks. The proud air force of the "Desolate Watch" Division was shrinking rapidly like a slug encountering salt. However, tactical bombing at the cost of the lives of the Wyvern air knights was actually the only way the Federation defenders could think of to hinder the Empire's siege progress.

What made General Siegfried feel most sad was that even the incendiary bombs thrown by the wyverns were not domestically produced products of the Glorious Federation, but "Flame Sandwich Candy" produced in Frost Maple Ridge and purchased from second-hand dealers of the Demon Tribe. Looking across the entire continent, only this kind of wasteland product filled with "Esso Maple Syrup" had sufficient reliability and lethality to ensure that huge results could be achieved even when thrown from high altitudes.

But no one knows whether it is due to the tricks of the arms dealers of the demon clan, or because the arms sold by Frost Maple Ridge to other countries are all defective products, but the batch of "Flame Sandwiches" in the hands of the Glorious Federation seems to be far less useful than the original goods in the hands of Frost Maple Ridge's air cavalry: the incendiary bombs thrown by the Griffin Cavalry of Frost Maple Ridge on the top of Thorn City are enough to create a huge burning no-man's land, while the incendiary bombs dropped by the Federation's Wyvern Air Cavalry can only create clusters of small and cute fireballs.

General Siegfried, who had led his army in Thorn City and confronted the Empire's humans for decades, felt for the first time a sense of powerlessness that made him feel like a hero without freedom.

General Omar Canyang was also using a Dark Moon Glazed Telescope to observe the results of the Wyvern bombing. He put down the telescope and was silent for a while before speaking:

"This daily bombing, please stop."

The federal generals on the city wall were in an unbearable silence. Chief of Staff Nemo of the Desolation Watch Division glanced at General Siegfried, and seeing that his old partner had no intention of speaking, he replied sternly:

"Yes."

General Siegfried savored the bitter taste in his mouth as he watched the wounded Wyvern air cavalry returning home.

Giving up a military action because of "little effect" or "too many casualties" is not the usual style of the Glorious Federation Orcs, but General Siegfried knows that times have changed. Perhaps today's Orcs need to learn to "give up" more than ever before - this unfamiliar compulsory course.

And General Omar Canyang, who once fought in the Burning Crystal Canyon, must have learned it earlier than anyone else.

  As if noticing the sadness in General Siegfried's heart, General Canyang looked at him and asked:

"Where is Damian Wakema?"

"Deputy Division Commander Damian is currently organizing military equipment at the Northwest No. 2 Military Camp in the Upper City," General Siegfried replied. "He has just recovered from a serious illness. I want him to have a good rest before he can go back to the front line of command..."

"There is no such thing as 'rest' for the children of the Vekma family. I know you want to protect him, but the soldiers of the Federation should be on the front line." Omar Sunset said in a rough voice, "Call Damian Vekma over. I want to hand over all the defense of your Desolate Watch Division in the west to him."

"Leave it to Damian?" General Siegfried was a little dumbfounded. "Then...then what should I do as the division commander?"

"You go to the Aurelian Gate in the north and command the brothers there to deal with Elliot Igor's Frost Maple Ridge." Omar Canyang said firmly, "Without an experienced veteran, I'm afraid the young men at the Aurelian Gate will fall into Duke Igor's trap. Teacher Siegfried, I'm counting on you."

General Siegfried was stunned. He looked at General Canyang's sincere eyes and didn't know how to refute the other party's slightly absurd dispatch order.

But what he didn't expect was that General Omar Canyang immediately said:

"Teacher Siegfried, you are the oldest man in our army, and I believe in your brain. The Aurelian Gate in the north must be just a feint attack direction of the imperials. Eliot Igor may not fight for their emperor's war with all his strength... I will appoint you as the reserve commander here. If Damian and I die in the west... If we all go to meet the God of War, then please survive at the Aurelian Gate and retreat with the rest of the brothers."

General Siegfried stammered for a while, unable to utter a single coherent sentence, while Chief of Staff Nemo smacked his lips meaningfully.

“Master Cain will also go to Aurelian’s Gate to help you.” Omar Canyang added, and turned his head with his hands behind his back, leaving the old orc with white hair and beard behind him. “At least, let Elliot Igor know that we, the people of the God of War, are not people that anyone can step on!”

……

Xiahou Yan put down the Dark Moon Glazed Telescope in his hand.

Observing the "Aurelian's Gate" of Thorn City from the northern siege position established in Frost Maple Ridge did not provide him with any special discoveries.

In any case, the shape of the northern gate of Thorn City is exactly the same as the three gates in the west: a huge arched doorway is opened on the pure white moonstone wall, and the extremely heavy wooden city gate is deeply embedded in this doorway, separating the yellow brick avenue from outside the city to the lower city of Thorn City.

On both sides of the city gate, there are two very hidden iron gates hidden on the side walls deep in the gate. Through these two small doors, you can climb up to the side sentry tower that is completely integrated with the wall of Thorn City, and approach the mechanism on the top of the tower to open the city gate.

The doors of the "Aurelian's Gate" city gate, like several other city gates, are made of a whole piece of elven ironwood - the strength of this extremely hard magical plant material is even far greater than that of fine steel, so it can only be cut and polished by magic rather than physical means.

The only thing that surprised Xiahou Yan was that the doors of the Aurelian Gate were now covered with twisted thorn-like textures, as if the "Stefano thorns" at the foot of the city wall were also spreading and growing on the surface of this gate - but there was no similar strange phenomenon on the other three gates to the west.

Xiahou Yan was a little confused about what special treatment the federal orcs guarding the city had done to the gate. However, he decided to follow the glorious tradition of Frost Maple Ridge and fire a cannon at the jerk first.