Chapter 957 (1/2)

The raid on Ariel lasted for seven days and seven nights.

It took the generals of the Eastern Route Army a full seven days to successfully loot Ariel.

From precious jewelry to edible livestock, they were looted by the generals of the East Route Army of the British army.

Even the ordinary people's food and the generals of the East Route Army did not let go.

At Su Cheng's instigation, only one month's rations were left for the civilians in the city, and the rest of the food was ”collected”.

After completely looting Ariel, the companion capital of the Holy Hiran Empire, the generals of the East Route Army rested in the city for another three days before returning home with their mountains of booty.

As early as before the main force of the East Route Army had been stationed in Ariel, Su Cheng had sent messengers to the generals of the West Route Army, so that the generals of the West Route Army could lead the division with their booty.

According to the current time, the herald should have successfully arrived at Otto city and successfully conveyed Su Cheng's command to the Knights of the Western Route Army.

When the Eastern Route Army left Ariel, it did not forget to fill the walls of Ariel with the flags of their britannian empire.

Even if I want to return home, I don't forget to disgust the Shiran again.

The West Route Army successfully captured Otto City, and the East Route Army also successfully captured Ariel and defeated the reinforcements of the Holy Hiran empire. Both the West Route Army and the East Route Army successfully completed their operational objectives.

Therefore, the ”Aurora” offensive is an unprecedented success, a rare victory.

Although this offensive did not capture a city or a place of the holy Hiram Empire, the damage suffered by the holy Hiram empire in this offensive undoubtedly far exceeded the damage caused by the loss of the city and land.

Once again, a large number of troops have been lost, let alone a large amount of wealth.

The ”Aurora” offensive brought the greatest harm to the Holy Hiran Empire, that is, it created millions of refugees in the territory of the Holy Hiran Empire and turned countless farmers and citizens into refugees.

In this ”Aurora” offensive, the British army was divided into two routes. When attacking their respective target cities, both the West Route Army and the East Route Army burned, killed, looted and killed all the way.

All the villages along the way were devastated by the British army.

The farmland was trampled, and all the livestock used for farming entered the belly of the British Army soldiers. Agricultural tools such as hoes and plows were given priority by the British Army soldiers. The agricultural tools that farmers rely on for survival were collected and burned.

There is only one purpose for them to do so - to turn these farmers into refugees.

Not only farmers, but also the vast majority of citizens are likely to become refugees.

Although many cities obediently chose to surrender and avoided the massacre of the British army, the British army was not soft on these obediently surrendered cities.

Although their slogan is ”as long as you surrender obediently, leave half of your belongings to you”.

Although the slogan sounds good, how much is ”half of the property”?

Collect all the food in the city that belongs to human beings, and leave only the food for livestock to them - from a certain point of view, this is only half of the property.

All the food eaten by human beings was confiscated and the other half of the food - that is, the food eaten by livestock - was left to the citizens of the city. This is indeed only half of the property.

Because the specific meaning of this slogan is ambiguous, when collecting the property of those cities that surrendered obediently, the British army never collected only half of their property

With the efforts of the britannian army, millions of refugees have been added to the originally stable western territory of the Holy Hiran empire.

Farmers have lost all their farm tools, farming and livestock. Even if they return to their hometown, they can't immediately restore their original production.