C170 The Situation Is in Chaos

The Empire's garrison stationed near the province finally arrived at a farm about 30 miles away from Bael City at noon.

This made Richie and many others finally let out a long sigh of relief. In their opinion, this would at least make the two divisions surrounding the city wary.

Just as this group of troops was heading towards Bael City in high spirits, the leader of private army finally gave the order to attack the city.

Such an audacious action was beyond everyone's comprehension. Could it be that they were waiting for the reinforcements to arrive before attacking the city? This was simply like throwing an egg at a rock. Could it be that they didn't know the danger of being surrounded at any time?

At this moment, when the Empire's army was 20 kilometers away from Bael City, they encountered some small problems.

They encountered a large group of unarmed low-class people blocking their path. This gave their leader a huge headache. Kill? This was a risky move, because no one in the empire had the courage to give such an order.

A confrontation? This was even more absurd. First of all, the Bael City had been attacked by the private army. Secondly, they found that the number of Lower Race seemed to be increasing. Moreover, it seemed like the number of Lower Race was still increasing. Most of them were from other places. Most importantly, they discovered that there seemed to be some white people among them. Therefore, this method of confrontation. . . In fact, it was even more inadvisable. However, there was no other way. Without the order from the previous division, they could only watch helplessly as the drum beats shook the sky and the siege sounds came from not far away.

Just as they were about to send a small division to reinforce them, they discovered that not far behind them, the private army troops from Duke's Mansion had finally arrived in time.

This shocked the Empire's army. Based on what they knew, even if private army wanted to retreat, it would take them at least half a day to do so. But in the end, it was only less than two hours later.

It was an astonishing speed. It was also an incomprehensible speed. According to what they knew, these were new recruits that had just been formed less than a month ago.

However, facts speak louder than words.

Just as the Empire's army was nervously preparing to fight, they surprisingly discovered that. . . The private army did not seem to be prepared to fight at all. Instead, they set up camp less than ten miles away from them. However, their method of setting up camp was rather special. They didn't set up camp in a group, but in a fan-shaped way. Coincidentally, the Lower Race that came to support them had surrounded their army in the middle of the farm.

At the same time, the garrison at the border once again had a series of small-scale conflicts with the neighboring Moose Empire's army. This kind of conflict was very strange. When the Empire's army at the western border was looking forward to returning to Bael City, They chased and fought, even crossing the border to attack. And when the Empire's army retaliated, They retreated. On the contrary, the eastern line, which was originally guarded by the private army of Duke's Mansion, did not change at all.

It was obvious that the mission of Moose Empire was to keep the army of the empire in check.

At the same time, when the private army in the outer perimeter of the Bael City launched their first attack on the city, the Lower Race in the city finally started to explode. Such a situation made the cavalry of the empire who occupied Bael City panic. They could not massacre the people in the city, but they still had to resist outside the city.

Fortunately, although it was very difficult to deal with them, the private army still did not show any signs of breaking the city. This wasn't because they didn't have the ability to break the city. Strictly speaking, they didn't want to break the city.

General Richie, who was personally commanding on the city wall, knew this very well. He knew very well. The private army had many opportunities to charge up the city wall, but every time, it was at a critical moment. He suddenly slowed down. He also understood that the weapons of the private army were very advanced. Because the weapons in the hands of these Lower Race were weapons that he had never seen before. Moreover, they were extremely powerful, especially the large crossbows placed on the war chariots. They could shoot out dozens of arrows in a row at a time. Even if you are wearing heavy armor, he can still use the huge impact force to pierce through the armor. And its inertia can continue to hurt people. There are even some empty bows that can actually hit a thick wall.

It was a very deadly weapon.

Not to mention the private army who were charging with small crossbows in their hands. Although the Empire's army also had bows and arrows to defend themselves, their efficiency was much lower compared to their crossbows, which could fire more than ten arrows in a row. Many soldiers were even killed before they could fire the second arrow.

Also. . . There were still many more! Richie was almost certain that these two divisions had gathered the best weapons from the Duke's Mansion's private army. This was a victory purely based on skill.

Richie was almost certain that if he was the one commanding the city, the battle would end in less than two hours.

However, they only attacked, not the city. This made his heart sink to the bottom of the valley. He knew very well that since they were here to save Lee Xiang, it was impossible for them to do so. Therefore, he was sure that someone was commanding all of this. There was only one person who made such a decision. That was Lee Xiang himself.

What was he going to do? Richie smiled bitterly. Other than Count showing off their power to the empire, he was afraid that the other meaning was to show off their excellent weapons one by one to make the army in the city tremble in fear.

This was for sure, because at this moment, he was already shivering in fear. If the private army, which had already reached two hundred thousand men outside the city, had the same setup, even if only half of them were here, it would be enough to keep all of his direct descendants here.

What a brilliant technique! Richie sighed to himself. He knew that it wasn't just him, everyone in the empire had underestimated this Count.

Richie waved his hand and ordered all the soldiers to give up resisting. Since the private army did not want to destroy the city and only wanted to show their strength, why should he work so hard? Let them make up their own stories.

He needed to return to Duke's Mansion to ask the highest commander here.

"There seems to be no movement outside the city. . . Has the city been destroyed?" Lyman's expression shook. He turned his head and looked at Lee Xiang who was resting with his eyes closed. He was pleasantly surprised.

Lee Xiang slowly opened his eyes and said with a bitter smile, "No! They might have reached a stalemate stage. It seems I have underestimated this Richie. No wonder the empire entrusted him with such a heavy responsibility. . . "

" What should we do now? " Lyman did not understand Lee Xiang's words, but since he had nothing to do, he might as well find a topic to talk about.

"Wait!" Lee Xiang closed his eyes again. "Wait until the one who can make the decision comes to us!"

Lyman smiled bitterly. Although he could understand a little bit of Lee Xiang's words, he could not fully understand it.

"I am curious. Why did your army give the order to start a war with the army of the empire in such a tense situation? Did you not think of any leeway?" "I have been under house arrest here. How could I give the order?" Lee Xiang asked with a faint smile. "Even if I give the order. Even if I give the order, who knows? Even if the empire knows, they will pretend not to know. Because I have already left a way for everyone to go down the slope. "

I hope the empire will cherish this opportunity, I have done my best! "Lee Xiang smiled faintly, and a trace of malice flashed in his eyes.

"But why did you reject Richie's invitation?" Lyman was very curious. Since he said he would cherish this opportunity, first of all, Lee Xiang did not cherish this opportunity.

"Richie?" Lee Xiang smiled. "He is not qualified. At most, he can talk to Bill. "

Lyman smiled bitterly. He knew that Lee Xiang probably wanted to use this opportunity to force the people of the Imperial Capital out. This way, it would naturally increase his social status and create an established fact.

In Duke's Mansion, the few people led by the prime minister, Kohl, frowned and listened to Richie's report.

"Lee Xiang refused to be released. What should we do now?" Kohl turned his head and looked around.

No one answered. After a long time, Barut said in a deep voice, "No matter what? Didn't Father's instructions just now be very clear? Try your best to stabilize the situation! "

Kohl sighed slightly. He knew very well. . . Because of his mistake this time, these people had started to doubt him. But he had no choice, because His Majesty's instructions were very clear. Since it was his idea back then, it was naturally his turn to end this matter. The meaning was already very clear, all the blame had to be placed on him.

"But now that the war has already started, the situation is already irreparable. . . Hundreds of thousands of troops confronting each other. . . Sigh. " Kohl sighed slightly. Although he did not finish his words, everyone understood what he meant. How could the situation be stable? Unless he went to beg Lee Xiang!

Thinking of this, everyone's eyes fell on Ronton who had been silent all this while.

"Your Highness. . . "

Ronton waved his hand. "Prime Minister, you don't need to say anything. This matter is not under my control. So you are making things difficult for me. "

Ronton's refusal without hesitation made Kohl lose face. After coughing a few times, he turned his eyes to Shaun, who had been silent the whole time.

"I heard that you have a good relationship with Lee Xiang. What do you think about this matter?"

Shaun smiled bitterly. "The prime minister talked too much about this matter. It happened too suddenly. I did not think about it carefully. My relationship with Lee Xiang was built on our previous cooperation, but do you think he would still give me face in this situation?"

Kohl sighed. "If Lee Xiang is willing to come out of the church, I don't mind inviting him personally, but the problem is that he refused to see Richie. "

"No, no, no. . . " Shaun shook his head. "It is not that he does not want to see Richie. In his opinion, Richie is not qualified. If the prime minister is willing to go, I can go with you. "

"But the current situation. . . " Kohl's face lit up.

"The situation is just a superficial phenomenon. In my opinion, it is completely within my control. Everyone should have realized that both sides still maintained absolute restraint. Quite calm. . . "Shaun shook his head. "According to my understanding of Lee Xiang, he did this to give us all room to go downhill. Otherwise, Bael City would have been destroyed long ago. Why wait until now? The key is how to proceed to the next step. "

" That's good too! " Kohl thought for a moment. "Although His Majesty has decreed that we must maintain stability as much as possible. However, no matter what, the Empire will not be frightened by him. So the prerequisite is that he must give a clear explanation for this incident. Otherwise, the Empire will not be able to raise its head in the entire continent! "

This was the truth. If a dignified Empire were to compromise with the provinces under its jurisdiction, it would not make sense. However, on the other hand, everyone felt that such a compromise was inevitable, because the current situation was not only internal, but also involved the involvement of the neighboring countries.

However, Kohl's words were a little ridiculous. What a joke! What was Lee Xiang going to explain? He was under house arrest, so the one who needed to explain should be the empire.

Furthermore, given Lee Xiang's usual behavior, he would never let go of such a rare opportunity. Anyone who knew him would be sure of this. Therefore, they thought that Kohl's words were a little funny.