Chapter 209: Victory
Su Xiao was lying on the bed, and the noisy sounds of running, battle horns, and so on could be heard from outside.
The Imperial army was getting ready to go.
The outcome of the war was already a foregone conclusion — the Empire would win.
Not to mention that the leader of the north was killed, Teigu Esdes couldn't be blocked by the army of the north.
Her Teigu was a very magical thing, it allowed her to control ice, water flows, and so on. Some Teigu were just weapons with some special features, for example, some Teigu could have abnormal sharpness, incredible strength, and so on.
The teigu could be a ring, knife, sword, armor, and so on.
But the Teigu couldn't be used by everyone. The Teigu chose its own host, and after the death of the host, the Teigu began to look for a new host.
Teiga could be divided into several main categories.
The first one was edible, such as "Demon Extract", which could only be used once. The abilities of such Teigus were usually very strong.
The second type was a weapon. This type of Teigu had a wide variety of forms and could be used as a knife, pistol, sword, and so on, and this type of Teigu had various abilities.
The third was quite unique. It was a biological Teigu. This Teigu could be a humanoid creature, or it could be a dog or a bear.
Each of the three Teigus had their own advantages and disadvantages, but all of them stood out because they gave their host a unique power.
Su Xiao recalled the Teigu carriers and their characteristics, for he would definitely encounter Teigu users in the future.
When he thought of one Teigu, a powerful roar rang out in the street.
— Have they finally moved out? I wonder what's going on in the imperial capital right now.
However, it was too early to think about it. He needed to rest now. Five minutes later, Su Xiao was fast asleep. After returning to the empire, he would clearly not be allowed to rest. After all, he would literally be deep in the enemy's camp.
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The next morning.
Inside the fortress of Tonta.
The fortress of Tonta has changed a lot. A large block of ice appeared in the fortress, and a huge number of houses were frozen.
Many people in the north were frozen to death, and stiff corpses lay everywhere on the ground.
The huge fortress turned into a small ice world.
An empire soldier ran out of the fortress, and his heart sank as he walked across the snowy field.
The scene on the snowy field could only be described as terrifying. A huge number of rioters were impaled on peaks, and these peaks were stuck directly into the icy ground.
At least thousands of pikes with people were stuck in the field, but after these peaks, an even more terrifying scene could be seen.
The army of the north collapsed due to the lack of a leader, and Esdes turned the vast battlefield into an icy world.
The northern army surrendered at five in the morning.
There were about 30,000 northern soldiers and between 70,000 and 80,000 civilians in Tonte.
Don't underestimate these civilians. They could also become soldiers at a crucial moment.
After the northern army surrendered, Esdes gave the order.
«Kill everyone, leave no one alive!»
She decided to use the blood of the people of the north and show all other potential rebels their end.
The massacre started at six o'clock and ended at seven o'clock.
Almost 100,000 people were executed in less than an hour. Some of them were buried in mass graves, and some were impaled on pikes.
News of the terrible end of the army of the north began to spread through all the regions at nine in the morning. The remaining rebels of the north began to flee and fled to the colder and deeper territories of the north.
At eleven o'clock in the morning, all the border settlements of the north were abandoned. Many people were scared.
The Imperial army withdrew at twelve o'clock. At one o'clock in the afternoon, more than 300,000 soldiers marched back to the empire.
At about two o'clock in the afternoon, more than 100,000 empire soldiers who were not injured began to leave the fortress and left less than 50,000 soldiers behind.
The reason why they started retreating so quickly was because such campaigns required a huge amount of money. Food alone for 500,000 soldiers had to be consumed every day in truly huge quantities, and all this food had to be delivered to the north, to a region that was very difficult to reach.
In addition to food, the army needed medical supplies, medicines, armor, weapons, and also it was not necessary to forget about compensation for the seriously wounded, compensation for the families of dead soldiers, and so on.
If all 500,000 soldiers remain in this fortress, the current savings of the imperial treasury can only last for half a year, and in a whole year, the empire's economy will crack and collapse.
Fifty thousand soldiers will be enough to guard the fortress. In the past, there were only a few thousand soldiers in the fortress in the north.
It was too difficult to transport supplies to the north, and up to this point, the empire was already reducing the number of border guards.
It wasn't surprising that the empire eventually collapsed. Reducing the number of border guards was the fastest way to bring the empire to ruin.
The current empire was like a rotten tree, but there was no daredevil to kick it yet.
On the way back, most of the soldiers were walking, which caused their movement speed to slow down.
Su Xiao was sitting on the horse's bumpy back. He had never ridden a horse, and he didn't think it would be so difficult to master it.
Su Xiao's first horse fell to the ground after thirty minutes of traveling. White foam began to come out of her mouth, and her stomach continued to twitch wildly.
He hit it too hard when he was getting on it, which caused this horse to get hurt...
The fate of the second horse was much better — at least it didn't start spitting foam after half an hour of traveling.
This horse was good, but Su Xiao wasn't good. It was very tiring to drive it at such a slow speed. Right now, his ass was hurting and the area below his chest was hurting because of such a trip.
— General, how soon will we get back to the empire?" Su Xiao took the lead and asked Esdes a question.
— Esdeath was surprised, but quickly regained her composure. — About two days or so.
Su Xiao frowned.
— You don't know how to ride, do you?
Su Xiao felt very helpless. — Yes.
— Why?
— I hate this method of transportation, it makes me feel very uncomfortable.
Esdes was surprised. She didn't think that Su Xiao, "that cold person", would hate anything.
— Your organization didn't teach you how to ride a horse?
— I killed my horse.
Esdeath's eyebrows shot up.
— Killed a horse? And what is the result?
— I was hung up and whipped two hundred times. I almost died then.
Esdeath chuckled and looked at Su Xiao in surprise. — And what happened in the end?
— I started practicing running and started running faster than horses. I have also developed my stamina and now I am not inferior to horses.
Esdes chuckled again, and the other adjutants nearby laughed.
— Runs faster than a horse... What kind of subordinate did I get? If you don't like riding, why are you sitting on a horse??
Su Xiao knew that he couldn't avoid this question and ended up giving an unexpected answer. — If the killer doesn't know how to ride, they'll suspect him.
If all ten sentences were filled with lies, then the lie will be exposed sooner or later, but if there is a little truth in the ten sentences, the lie will become true in the eyes of others.
— Don't force yourself. Go and get in the supply wagon, or your horse will start spouting foam again.".
The warhorse under Su Xiao's control turned its head and looked at Su Xiao, seemingly with an accusing gaze.
— Thank you, General, " Su Xiao jumped down from his horse and limped over to the supply wagon and settled in.
He was finally free, and he got away with this little lie.
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