Chapter 86: Robbit's Downfall

  At the same time as the Thunderhorn Ridge was preparing for battle, Azera in Parliament City also completed her preparations. The 15,000 Salter warriors not only integrated perfectly, but the magical weapons secretly transported from Maro were also delivered to Parliament City and distributed among the 200 specially selected dragon-slaying warriors who would be responsible for killing the black dragons of Thunderhorn Ridge during the battle.

  For several months since Azera's coup, the Parliament City has been cut off from the outside world, thoroughly purging unstable elements within the city. Azera knew his rule was not secure, with many opponents in the city who would rise up against him as soon as he led his army out of the city.

  So after completing the military training, he did not rush to attack the city and capture the land, but instead spent a lot of time stabilizing his rule. With the help of Maro's shadow, Azera had solved more than a dozen underground opposing groups, capturing or killing those who opposed him.

  And divided the nobles in the city into aristocrats, relying on these people with real power to consolidate his throne. After all, it is impossible to rule the entire Council City by relying solely on the power of one family. Azera divides some unimportant powers and establishes an aristocratic group to help manage while also being safer to guard against opponents.

  News of the Thunderfist's monster marrying a Salt person also reached Azrael. He understood the significance of Thunderfist's move, which had originally not intended to participate in the internal affairs of the Salt people but was now involved. Azrael took advantage of this situation and in his propaganda in the city, the wedding became an evil gathering where the townspeople, already bewitched by monsters, helped a monster forcibly take away a beautiful Salt woman.

  This news shocked and enraged the people of Salte, but under Azera's careful handling. The young men who joined the new legion mostly believed in Azera's argument. One by one, they couldn't wait to go to Thunder Cliff immediately, skinning and dismembering that demon.

  The city of the Parliament has now stabilized, and the speeches and trends within it are all what Azera wants to see. All opponents have basically been purged by him. Now is the time to take action, taking advantage of the fact that the entire Eran still hasn't formed a unified mechanism, and various forces are scattered. It's the perfect opportunity for Parliament City to launch an attack. If that demon really reopens the Eran Parliament and forms a coalition army, it would be troublesome.

  Azara left 4,000 men to garrison the Congress and dispatched an army of over 11,000 men towards Lobos, which was poorly defended. Lobos, recently become a city, did not have high walls, and the more than 4,000-strong Santa Fe troops were on the west side of the Congress, without immediate ability to support Lobos.

  With only Lobito's 3,000 defenders, it would not be possible to withstand the attack of 10,000 soldiers for long. If the Parliament could capture Lobito within four days, then this city would fall into Azera's hands. From here, some distance away from Thunder Cliff, even if using carrier pigeons to receive messages within a day and set off immediately, it would still take three days to arrive at Lobito.

  Although Lobito is relatively close to Santa Fe, Santa Fe has already dispatched most of its forces and currently does not have any garrison troops. Relying on the newly formed 1,000 new army, it is powerless to support Lobito. There is no way except to strengthen its own defense force and prevent the Parliament City from attacking Santa Fe.

  As a connection between Santa Fe and Caldera, the Council City only needs to control Robleto to not only block Caldera's returning reinforcements but also attack the already thinly guarded Santa Fe City, which has only one thousand new troops guarding it. Even relying on the city's defenses, it cannot hold out for too long.

  Two days later.

  "Robito has already been captured." Lirisis handed the letter sent by Zorvath to Mo Yan and said, "And our legion is still halfway there, it will take two more days to reach Robito. Should we order them to stop advancing?"

  "How can it be so fast?" After taking a look at the letter sent back by Zhuoer's pigeon, Mo Yan furrowed his brow and asked: "Although the 3,000-strong garrison couldn't stop the army of the Council City, why couldn't they even hold on for two days? This is different from my expectations. Did something special happen?"

  "Yes." Lirien nodded in confirmation of Mo Yan's question and said, "The Ankude garrison of Robito withstood the first day's attack, but that night their city gate was opened by someone, so they lost the defensive line of the city wall. Three thousand Salte warriors were no match for the numerous Council City Garrison in the alley battle."

  "The attack on Parliament City was too sudden." Regal explained, "Although the SS also set up personnel in Lobito, but the number is a bit too small. The SS only has a hundred people, and it's a bit too hard to defend all of Erland at all times."

  "I understand, this time it's not your fault." Mo Yan nodded and said: "Compared to Malo's shadow, the number of SS troops is a bit too small. I will solve this problem in the future, you can recall the people who followed Saint Fei's expeditionary army. You are not needed on the front lines now, the current task of the SS is to prevent the infiltration of the Council City into Thunder Cliff and find a way to clarify the defense of the Council City, laying the foundation for future attacks."

  "Alright." Regal nodded and left the office to arrange the tasks assigned by Mo Yan. As Mo Yan said, although the Party Guards with inferior numbers might be able to defend against some assassinations and gather some intelligence compared to Malo's Dark Shadows, it was still somewhat unrealistic to fight against the Dark Shadows in the darkness of the siege war.

  Lobito's party guard had only a small squad of ten people there. Although they noticed the Shadow's infiltration unit at night, they gave up attacking due to the overwhelming number and could only inform the garrison troops. However, it was still too late, allowing the Shadow to open and destroy the gate facilities, making the gate unable to close normally for a short time.

  This led the Parliamentarian garrison outside the city, almost unimpeded, to storm into Lobito. The 3,000 Salt troops retreated to the castle in Lobito after losing half of their forces. However, after the walls of Lobito were breached, the castle inside had lost most of its resources and a castle without sufficient grain reserves could not hold out for long. The fall of the castle was only a matter of time.

  "Order Raffora to halt the advance and set up camp in a nearby area." Moyan said to Lilith, "Don't let the Council City Garrison of Robito discover them. Have everyone execute in stealth mode and dispatch scouts to monitor the movements within the city at all times. Also, immediately send word to Arica and Ankud, telling them there's no more time for consideration, Eran needs to unite immediately."

  "Alright." Lirien took down Mo Yan's words and nodded before walking out to draft the necessary orders and letters. Meanwhile, Mo Yan was considering the current situation - now that the Council City dared to dispatch troops, it meant that Azera had stabilized the situation in the Council City. However, Eran's forces were currently fragmented and unable to form a unified fighting force.

  If Azura were to take advantage of this period and defeat the legions of each force one by one, then Eran would no longer have the ability to fight against the Council City. Even if it was Thunder Cliff in front of 10,000 Sart people, the power was a bit too thin, let alone once the Council City occupied the city, Azura could continue to recruit and train new legions.

  No matter in which city, there are always some who hope to become nobles of Eran. The power of Azura is what they want to see, and once Azura has taken the city where they live, their opportunity will arrive. Helping the new emperor solidify his rule in the city and training a new army is undoubtedly a good way to gain favor.

  The longer the convocation of the council is delayed, the more it will fall into a passive state. So Mo Yan needs Eland to convene the council immediately and form an alliance with Eland's army. As for the troops in Lobito, Mo Yan needs to wait for the return of the expeditionary force from San Francisco, 4,000 Salter people cooperating with 5,000 demon legions, although there are still some difficulties, but also have the ability to fight a battle. The weapons originally intended for use on the council city will first let Lobito's city walls taste the flavor.

  "Can we conquer the Parliament City?" Emily, who was standing beside him, asked worriedly: "Now that Elan is fragmented, the army of the Parliament City can be said to be unbeatable. It won't be easy to defeat them."

  "Heh, if Leiting didn't join in, the outcome of Ailan might have been uncertain." Moyan smiled and said without worry: "But now that Leiting has joined in, Azela's fate is sealed. Even if Arica and Ankud don't help out, I still have confidence in winning this war, although it will take some time."

  "In the face of a powerful dragon clan, even if there were more ants, it would be of no use." Upon hearing Emily's words, Jones said with his hands on his hips: "Not to mention the existence of a powerful master, what is there to worry about with just 10,000 Saults?"

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