The Knight's Journey to the Empire

Those who have no way out will seize the last bit of time, enjoy themselves madly and be determined not to waste any of the good time.

So for a while, some places were actually caught up in a kind of morbid carnival.

People squandered money and enjoyed themselves as if they were unaware of the shadow of war.

Of course, in some places, public security has been directly paralyzed, and the number of thefts, robberies, murders, arson and other acts has increased sharply, causing heavy losses.

The local society became turbulent and the people suffered from all kinds of torture and ravages.

And those security teams, noble private soldiers, etc., even under the leadership of nobles, directly turned into vicious robbers, began to rob the people's property, plunder the people's fat and blood, and finally slaughtered them before leaving.

It can be said that before the army of the Kingdom of Essex arrived, at least half of the hinterland of the Kingdom of Midburg was in chaos.

However, this situation is also related to the propaganda policy implemented by the Kingdom of Midburg.

Because in the propaganda of the Kingdom of Midburg, the propaganda method used was intimidation:

The first is to portray the Kingdom of Essex as a monster like a scourge. As long as the Kingdom of Midburg was occupied by the Kingdom of Essex, all the property of the people of the Kingdom of Midburg would be confiscated, and then they would be reduced to slaves, and they would not be able to stand up for generations.

Secondly, the army of the Kingdom of Essex was portrayed as a cruel and evil army, saying that they did not bring rations when they went to war, but directly ate the enemy soldiers killed in the war as food, and ate them raw.

They also portrayed the King of Essex as a bloodthirsty monster, saying that he had to kill a hundred slaves before going to bed every day so that he could fall asleep peacefully; he had to kill slaves to entertain himself when he was eating and drinking; and when he was unhappy, it was normal for him to eat human hearts and drink human blood.

In addition, the ministers and nobles of the Kingdom of Essex were also demonized and exaggerated by the official propaganda of the Kingdom of Midburg.

Therefore, now the entire Kingdom of Essex is no different from all kinds of monsters in the hearts of the people of the Kingdom of Midburg!

In this era when people are ignorant, stupid and superstitious, this kind of propaganda can certainly play a certain role in uniting people against a common enemy.

However, it also left a huge hidden danger for the subsequent chaos in various places.

Therefore, it is no wonder that the people of the Kingdom of Midburg would behave so crazy after knowing that they will be ruled and enslaved by demons and monsters.

After all, the cause has already been planted, and now this is just the result.

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After capturing the eastern defense line of the Kingdom of Midburg, the army of the Kingdom of Essex did not choose the eastern route towards the coastal plains, but directly marched north to attack Fort McClellan.

Instead, they chose to attack westward along the Winston River upstream toward the river plains, intending to eliminate all defense lines in the south of the Kingdom of Midburg before making further deployments.

After all, judging from the area where the Kingdom of Midburg is located, all the defense lines on the north bank of the Winston River have been captured.

Then they had nowhere to go except fleeing west to the Principality of Golia.

Therefore, the top priority for the Kingdom of Essex now is to quickly capture all defense lines.

Then they would capture Eagle Castle between Tallinn County and Lothian County, and then march directly westward into Saladin County to block the Cartel Wealth Avenue in the Barinas Mountains.

Then the Kingdom of Midburg would be like a turtle in a jar, being trapped like a dumpling.

Of course, the Kingdom of Essex did not need to use many troops to easily capture the remaining central and western sections of the defense line.

Because after the fall of the eastern defense line, as the Kingdom of Essex could continuously send reinforcements through the occupied areas, it would be useless for the Kingdom of Midburg to continue to defend the central and western defense lines.

Therefore, it would be better to withdraw the troops and mobilize them to the Eagle Castle and Rodsaboye Fortress further behind, and add to the garrison forces of these defense nodes.

This might also buy the nobles in the heart of the kingdom more time to escape.

However, this news is rare good news for Sauron and others.

Because this means they will have more time to pack up their things in an orderly manner and finally evacuate Ganise County safely.

There is no need to worry about the army of the Kingdom of Essex suddenly arriving at the city, surrounding the city of Garnese and making it impossible for them to escape.

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August 4878, 8 in the Knight Continent calendar, Ulster County, Connacht City.

Because of the shadow of war, the city of Connacht is no longer as prosperous as it once was.

And because many civilians chose to flee north, there were almost no pedestrians on the streets of Connacht.

This made the atmosphere of the entire city gradually become bleak and desolate.

But Sir Jose, as the lord of Connacht, did not abandon his duties and flee even though he knew it was impossible.

Instead, he still stayed in the city of Connacht, upholding his duties as the city lord and his responsibilities as a vassal.

He was practicing his chivalry with practical actions and fulfilling the promise he made when he pledged his allegiance to his lord.

Although he already knew that his lord, Count Lopez, had received news that the eastern defense line had been captured by the Kingdom of Essex.

He immediately packed up his belongings and fled to the heartland of the Kingdom of Midburg with his family and relatives, without even having time to send someone to notify him.

But so what?

Sir Jose, who always believed in the loyal and unyielding spirit of chivalry, would not easily give up the city of Connacht without receiving an order to retreat from his lord.

Even if it costs him his life, he would not hesitate.

Of course, the people in Connacht were innocent, so even though their wives, children and elders had already fled to the White Bear Territory, Sir Jose did not force them to stay and trap them in the dead city.

Instead, he opened the city gates and let them leave the city, allowing them to flee and find other ways out.

So this city of Connacht, which originally had a population of nearly 10,000, now has only about 800 to 900 people left.

Moreover, more than half of them are old, weak, sick and disabled who cannot even escape.

The remaining small half, a team of nearly two hundred people, is the garrison force of Conant City.

These soldiers who stayed behind to guard the city are all good men who are unwilling to leave their hometowns and voluntarily stay to protect their homes!

So Sir Jose organized them and armed them into a garrison force for the city of Connacht, responsible for maintaining the law and order of the city of Connacht and guarding against attacks by the army of the Kingdom of Essex.

Although such behavior is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, they are very open-minded and none of them regrets or is afraid.