Chapter 239: The Emperors Choice (2) (1/2)
Chapter 239: The Emperor’s Choice (2)
Duke Florian’s arainst the Republican Aret the food for the soldiers, now, it was difficult for even the commanders to properly procure food
Under the worst conditions, Duke Florian’s officers urged hiht to their deaths Perhaps it was because he didn’t want to acknowledge the fact that the Empire had collapsed due to hiht for victory until the very end, but in the end, reality was inevitable He eventually became isolated in an encirclement after he was separated from his soldiers who couldn’t keep up with hi hiht in the net Don’t let him escape!”
“Wahhh!!”
“Die, Duke Florian!’
Trapped inside the encirclement, Duke Florian clenched his teeth and shouted
“Come at me, you Republican fanatics!”
Then, he literally fought to the death The option to surrender never crossed hishis sword till his last breath and expended his Aura until it ran out as he fought like crazy But as long as you are a hu wildly, Duke Florian beca that moment, a nameless Republican soldier stabbed Duke Florian in the waist with his spear
STAB!
“Keugh…”
And with that, a few more spears struck his body
Stab stab stab
“K… Keugh…”
In the end, Duke Florian dropped to his knees and collapsed onto the group As his conscience faded, he heard the Republican soldiers shouting in victory
‘There’s… no way… it was my fault I did it for the Empire…’
Even till the very end, Duke Florian didn’t admit his fault
Was this his last stubbornness because to acknowledge it would be equivalent to repudiating his entire life?
Later on in history, it became known that Duke Florian’s last achieveh the last battle and kill more than 1,000 Republican soldiers by himself
While Duke Florian was blocking the Republican Army, Duke Sebastian decided to deal with the vassal countries’ armies first Truthfully, in Duke Sebastian’s eyes, the vassal countries were the ones ere the raceful and reprehensible
The Republic and the Lester Kingdoin with So, noto be angry about
But he couldn’t forgive the vassal countries for betraying the Ees under the Empire’s shadow Of course, he was sure that the vassal countries had their reasons for doing this, but Duke Sebastian wasn’t a saint to understand or accept it
“I am Hector Sebastian!”
Every time Duke Sebastian led his army and attacked, the vassal countries all chose to retreat quickly rather than confront him Thanks to that, the provincial territories were able to take a breather as the vassal countries temporarily retreated far away But the problem hat ca the men and foods of this territory”
Duke Sebastian confidently demanded supplies from the local lord
“Your… Your Grace, winter is just around the corner If you take all our food, then ed earnestly, but Duke Sebastian stared at him with stern eyes
“The Emperor issued a nationwide draft order And yet, you didn’t obey it Why?”
“It was… realistically i and it was impossible to send supplies and soldiers to the capital, Your Grace”
“So then, it’s true that you disobeyed the E?”
“That… that’s…”
“Letting you keep your head is theto show you”
“”
“If you have nothing more to say, I’ll take all the supplies”
And Duke Sebastian forcibly took the territory’s supplies The soldiers searched all the ho on the territory and took away all the hidden food as well as any ht
The tearful people tried to beg for mercy but Duke Sebastian was firm
“Anyone who rebels is an enemy of the Empire You can kill them immediately”
At his co were immediately decapitated on the scene In the end, the citizens who had been saved by Duke Sebastian fro not to their enemies, but to the Imperial Army
Duke Sebastian tried to look caler and hatred He also knew that what he was doing was harsh But if they didn’t win the war, the Empire itself would be finished He had no choice but to do this
‘The people of the Empire, please curse and hatewith tears in his eyes
Because the vassal countries’ didn’t have knights or resources to stop Duke Sebastian, he was able to gradually push their arardless of whether they inning or losing the war, the I more and more impoverished
Duke Florian had chosen to fight to his last breath Duke Sebastian aging war by squeezing their own people
Coht properly yet Although he had been ordered by the E
‘Do we even have a chance of winning this war?’
Even if Marquis Baker Gothadom
The official known nudom was five Even if they coainst them Compared to the 200,000 troops led by Milton Forrest, he only had 50,000 soldiers Even their supply situation was a mess In a terrible situation like this, even if Antras was to come out of his coffin, there was no way he would be able to overturn it
“Do we really have to fight a battle when defeat is clearly obvious?”
Marquis Gothahts like him, it was an honor to die in a war But could they force ordinary soldiers to see it as an honor? Marquis Gotham was blind, but he was able to see the reality in front of them more clearly than Duke Sebastian or Duke Florian could
Once he and his arathered all his officers And once Marquis Gothaathered, he spoke
“As the current head of the Gotham Family, I ask you”
He turned his head to look around with his blind eyes
“Can you trust in me and abide by hts was the first one to respond loudly
“Whatever you decide to do, ill trust and follow you till the very end, sir”
“There’s nothing to ask, sir”
“We will follow you to the end, sir”
The knights, led by the Knight Commander, all swore absolute loyalty to him
Then, Marquis Gotham’s treasurer, a close confidant, spoke up next
“Marquis, for you to say such things here, it seeht, sir?”