Chapter Thirteen Annie's Heart
"What? The enemy surrendered like this?" Roger commanded the cavalry and infantry of the Lightning Army to attack the front and back. He had just wiped out the cavalry of the Left Route Army. When he was about to take advantage of the victory, he received notification from Simon that the Left Route Army sent an envoy to contact him to decide that the entire army would surrender.
"Yes, according to the commander of the Simon Division, Robin Hood, the adjutant of Burley and his aides, saw that the situation was hopeless, killed Burley and led the remaining troops to surrender." The messenger sent by Simon reported to Roger.
"Okay! I understand. Let me leave this matter to Commander Simon's Division to deal with. Let him count the surrendered enemies and send them to our original camp to Commander Del's Army for reorganization." Roger nodded in agreement.
Then he turned around and said to Anne and Dias, "This Robin Hood is really cruel and ruthless! He actually killed his boss as a gift for surrender. This bastard has a bad character. If I want to say, this man really deserves..." Roger made a beheading action.
After hearing this, Annie nodded. She heard her anger and dissatisfaction with Robin Hood from Roger's words. And she also felt that such people who betrayed her boss were indeed not trustworthy. When Annie was about to arrest this person first and then discuss how to deal with it, Dias said: "Your Highness, Brother Roger, I know you look down on sinister villains like Robin Hood, but now is not the time to deal with people like him. If we punish or even execute them, the enemy who originally wanted to surrender would be held in a group to fight against us, and no one would surrender to us anymore. This would make the battle process of us entering Balathan very difficult..."
After Roger pondered for a while, he felt that this was true. He couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "General Diaz, you are right. I am indeed a bit inappropriate in my considerations. It seems that I am really not a political person!"
"Nadias, let me leave this matter to you to comfort the surrendered generals. Tell them that as long as they serve us wholeheartedly, I will not care about what they have done before. However, if they are half-hearted, don't blame me for being rude..." Annie's beautiful big eyes also flashed with a cold light.
"Don't worry! Your Highness, Princess, I know how to tell them about this." Diaz naturally understood it, responded and went down to appease the surrendered officers and soldiers.
The bloody battle is coming to an end. Except for a small number of soldiers who were dispersed by the defeated soldiers and the left-wing soldiers who had not received the order to surrender were still resisting stubbornly, most of them either died in battle or surrendered. The soldiers of the Lightning Army began to clean up the battlefield, treat the wounded, and sent people to send the prisoners to the camp where the Lightning Army was originally stationed.
"Annie, let everyone rest for a night. We will set out again tomorrow morning, and the final battle will be soon. As long as we annihilate the Central Army, we can relax!" Roger said with a smile.
"Okay!" Annie immediately called a messenger and asked him to convey Roger's orders. Her big blue eyes showed a hint of gratitude. Roger made great contributions to winning two consecutive games. Moreover, after two wars, the Lightning Army not only did not die many people, but instead received a large number of surrendered troops. These people could immediately join the army to fight after doing ideological work.
Annie looked at Roger's handsome face and said with a smile: "Brother Roger, you are really amazing! You are completely a war god! Now I believe no one will doubt whether we can defeat the Rock Legion. But five days ago, almost everyone, including myself, believed that with 40,000 soldiers to fight the 80,000 enemy troops surrounded by three sides, it would be undoubtedly defeated..."
"Annie, this is not my credit alone. I just came up with an idea. Victory is achieved through everyone's joint efforts." Roger said modestly.
"I know... But Brother Roger, I think I'm useless. I can't command wars, nor fight to kill enemies, and I have to let so many people protect me. I feel like I'm a burden and it's not worthy of so many people's loyalty to me..." Anne quietly pulled Roger aside and said softly.
"Annie, you're wrong to think so. Do you know why everyone supports you?" Roger asked softly in her deep eyes.
"I...I really don't know, maybe it's just because I'm a princess." Annie said biting her cherry lips.
"It's not just this reason, your identity is just a motivation for them to support you. The main reason is that you have an upright and kind heart! You won't push the country into war for your own desire for power, put the people in war, and live and die in a daze, and you will also cruelly eliminate all those who do not support him." Roger felt that he needed to enlighten her at this time, otherwise even if he conquered Balatan and seized power, Anne's thoughts would not mature and adapt to everything now.
Roger told Anne in detail about the bad things that Wales did and the harm it brought to Ice. In fact, Anne had known about these things for a long time, but no one analyzed and told her systematically like Roger.
"So, Anne, you are the only one who can save the people of Is now. Del, Dias, Simon and other loyal soldiers of Is have seen that you are the hope of Is, so they will unite under your throne, hoping that you can lead them to overthrow the pseudo-government in Wales and restore the legal order of Is. Although there will be many difficulties and difficulties on this road, they will accompany you until the end of victory!" Roger said patiently.
"But Brother Roger, I'm not very good at many things! I'm not as wise as cousin Jessica. I'm an unqualified princess..." Annie's eyes were covered with tears at this time.
"Annie, don't worry, we will all support you behind your back..."
"Brother Roger, will you accompany me on the road you have been talking about?" Anne asked with expectant eyes staring at Roger.
"This... I will help you defeat Wales and make you the queen of Ice!" Roger's face felt embarrassed, and he had to avoid the important and said ambiguously.
"Okay... I will take on the responsibility of protecting the country and the people!" Although Anne was not as wise as Jessica, she was not a fool. She naturally heard the meaning of Roger's words. Her eyes suddenly dimmed.
Roger also felt uncomfortable when he looked at Annie with a painful expression.
Chapter completed!