In June, the sun is scorching.

The Tiefeng County Army has "taken over" Fengshi City for seven days, and the siege of Maple Leaf Fort lasted for seven days.

The roar of heavy artillery that came into my ears from time to time reminded everyone that the war was still going on.

But life has to continue.

Like other cities, there are also large areas of arable land outside Fengshi City. At present, the rye outside the city has been cut, and it is time to harvest wheat.

The cattle and horse slowly dragged the heavy stone slabs and crushed large flat fields into the harvested farmland.

The undrafted grains are evenly spread on the site and drain the water under the scorching sun.

Looking around, the fields outside the city were filled with abrupt golden spots, as if someone had thrown it on with a paint brush.

Because harvesting, threshing, drying and other processes require a lot of manpower.

So at this time, whether men or women, adults or children, as long as they have hands, they have to work.

Not only the self-cultivated farmers and tenants in Fengshi City, but also the landless people in nearby villages and towns, but also the poor in Fengshi City were attracted to sell their labor during the harvest season for meager rewards.

A large number of short-term workers gathered like streams in the morning, and returned home like birds in the evening.

The busy working scene is almost no different from June in previous years.

If people look to the more remote Tiefeng County, people will be surprised to find that the large refugee farms under the rebels had even finished harvesting winter wheat and were rushing to grow mixed vegetables and beans to supplement food.

It seems that the entire Xinkendi province has escaped from war and turmoil and has regained the stability and tranquility of the past.

However, this tranquility is more like the peace in the center of the storm.

There is no need for deliberate publicity at all. The result of the Battle of Hegu Village naturally spread outside the new land, causing severe turmoil in Paratu and even the alliance.

A new round of cleaning broke out in the Kings Castle.

The Red Rose Sect, which split from the old Grand Parliament, was once again divided into two according to "whether to support Grove Magnus unconditionally."

A large number of Red Rose MPs who disagree with Grove Magnus - especially those local factions who fiercely oppose external forces' intervention in the Paratu Civil War - were arrested and detained for charges of "traitors", "spy", and "rebel sympathizers".

Some Red Rose Parliamentarians were even executed in public without trial as "a colluder who caused the defeat in the battle".

The Kings Castle returned to the horror atmosphere of the last bloody coup: the doors and windows of every household were closed, and except for the cavalry with wanted orders, there were no pedestrians on the road.

Some people say that dying beasts are more dangerous than usual.

But Grove Magnus's actions are no longer just dangerous, they are more like crazy.

I just don’t know if the MPs who once surrounded Grove Magnus to the throne of the Speaker when they lowered their heads in front of the execution sword were regretful.

In Guitu City, the United Provinces, who learned about the latest battle situation in Paratu, began a new round of mobilization and armed forces.

The prices of iron, lead, nitrate and sulfur on the market are soaring, and the prices of raw wool are also taking off together with the prices of military supplies.

The Shanqiandi Wool Importing Guild gave a recommended listing quote for a pack of [medium quality, unremoved] raw wool [one gold shield and two silver shields] - and it is just a suggestion.

The panic-in-the-tex owners began to stock up on raw materials at any cost, while the wise owners were already laying off weavers.

On the other side of the inland sea, the tremor in Veneta is not lighter than that in the Union.

There has been no large-scale battle within the Senas Alliance for many years in which "both sides of the war have invested tens of thousands of troops".

A hundred years later, a battle of this scale is enough to destroy a country and prosper a country; even today, when it has experienced the baptism of sovereign wars, such a fierce battle is enough to be recorded in history.

However, there is more positive meaning in the shock of the Venetta people.

The "Insider Information of the Tiefeng County Rebels" that was deliberately suppressed by the supervised government can no longer be blocked. The name of Winters Montagne spread throughout the sea blue gate overnight.

In the Serbiati mansion, the sea blue ladies came one after another and asked Coza Serbiati about the situation. After leaving the door, they headed straight to the Navare Manor and half-true to congratulate Mrs. Navare.

The rumors spread in the sea blue living room and salon are not mentioned yet, and there is no need to say more about the reactions of Mrs. Navare and Mrs. Serbiati.

In response to the latest situation of Paratu, the Venetta government issued a stern statement to the ruling provincial governing committee through public channels, warning allies not to intervene in the Paratu civil war in any form, otherwise Venetta would be forced to respond.

In the Tanilla Islands, the situation in the rushing river basin heated up again, the holidays of officers of the Third and Fourth Corps were cancelled, and no more soldiers wandering outside the garrison camp were seen.

The Venetta Inner Sea Fleet also left its home port and began a new round of hunting for the United Provincial smuggling ships above the inland sea.

On the banks of the Inner Sea, the United Provinces and Venetta had already arched their waists and backs, exploded their manes, and their body was tightly attached to the ground, as if they were about to pounce on the other party in the next second to bite.

On the contrary, the Palatu military government located on the north bank of Jinliu River, located on Hongchuan, responded to the war on the south bank alone.

The Hongchuan military government neither took advantage of the opportunity of the enemy's loss of troops and generals to attack the cities on the eastern border border border border with the Union Province; nor did it try to break through the Jinliu River defense line again.

In short, the Hongchuan military government had almost no action, and its attitude was negative and intriguing.

As time goes by, the waves caused by the "Battle of River Valley Village" in the alliance are reflected back to Xinken.

The upper-class citizens of Fengshi City who were able to receive external news couldn't help but become pessimistic about the prospects of the new land.

The situation within the Xinkendi province is also turbulent.

The Tiefeng County Army released the Victory Bulletin signed by Winters Montagne to the public, and Maple Stone City was immediately available for Luoyang Paper.

The printed communiqué was robbed and the hand-written communiqué was sold for a silver coin. Three printing workshops in the city had to print them urgently.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Maple Stone City people who received the communiqué not only read it in the square, living room, and dining table, but also secretly sent them to other places.

Although the communiqué omitted many tactical details, it kept silent about the casualties of the coalition forces.

However, through the summary content in the article, ordinary people outside the parties involved in the war were able to see the entire picture of the battle for the first time and learn about the devastating blows the Grand Parliament Army suffered.

Through the subtle emotions revealed between the lines - for example, the Parliamentary Army is called the "pseudo-government Army", the Baishan, Bianjiang, and Leiqun County troops are called the "Xinken Land Army", and only use the "our army" on the "Tiefeng County Army" - many smart people in Fengshi City pessimistically realized that there might be a battle to fight within the so-called "Xinken Land Alliance".

The development of the situation is just as expected by the people of Fengshi City.

The Leiqun County army was stationed in the southeast of Fengshi City, and never met with the Tiefeng County army. They watched the Tiefeng County army besiege Maple Leaf Fort alone.

It is said that Blood Wolf invited a major to contact the Leiqun County army, but the school official had a big fight with Colonel Skur. The Leiqun County army retreated again that day and retreated to the border between the Fengshi City Direct District and Leiqun County.

On the other hand, the garrison in Vorne County also rejected the Blood Wolf's ultimatum.

The Vorne County garrison politely received the Blood Wolf's messenger, but firmly stated that he would never accept "unconditional surrender" and would not "submission to the rebels."

Under the appearance of peace and tranquility in Xinkendi provinces, undercurrents surge.

The Tiefeng County army, the Leiqun County army and the Vorne County army were in control of each other, and there was no action on the surface.

But anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that although the Tiefeng County Army controlled Fengshi City, its situation was the most unfavorable. Their connection with the base was cut off by Vorne County, while the Leiqun County army, which was backed by the local area, was replenishing the losses.

Seeing the smallest, you can see the beginning and the end. All signs have made the upper class citizens of Fengshi City, who have a broader horizon, more convinced that the current peace is just a mirror and a new round of war will fall at any time.

Pessimistic emotions spread from top to bottom and gradually spread to every corner of Fengshi City.

Even people working in the fields, occasionally straightening their waists and seeing the dark clouds in the sky, will feel anxious about the future.

However, all of the above, Major Ald Felt, who was trapped in Maple Leaf Fort... did not know anything about it.

Major Felt did not know the cleaning of the Kings Castles, nor did he know the tension between the United Provinces and Venetta, nor did he know the extremely quiet of the military government, nor did he even know who else had survived.

Since the moment he escaped into Maple Leaf Fort, the major's world was only less than one square kilometer in size, roughly appearing as a circle centered on Maple Leaf Fort and a radius of 300 meters.

There was originally a brigade of defenders in Maple Leaf Fort, but after learning the news of the defeat, some ran away. Then, they fled into the hundred and ten remaining soldiers of the Felt army, plus the hundred and ten servants, the total number of people who could pick up weapons was still around the same brigade.

In fact, Major Felt has proved his ability to maintain the morale of these 500 people and not tied up by them to offer them to the Blood Wolf.

But apart from that, he was unable to make any other attempts.

The major could only watch the rebels in Tiefeng County in despair like crazy. They first built a high wall around Maple Leaf Fort, and then built a second high wall outside the high wall.

At the beginning, only the rebels were burying their heads outside Maple Leaf Fort.

A few days later, some prisoners in brown clothes also appeared on the construction site, greatly accelerating the operational efficiency of the rebels.

The rebels used the open space between the two high walls as a new camp. While digging trenches to approach the Maple Leaf Fort, they organized prisoners to make a large number of cages in the new camp.

Because Maple Leaf Fort is built beside the river, the river bank between the river channel and the fortress is completely exposed to the range of the defenders, so there will always be a section of the river bank under the control of the defenders and it is difficult to completely encircle.

However, the rebels did not even let go of the last section of the river bank.

The rebel engineers took a different path, first building a camp on the other side of the river, and then extended a floating bridge from the camp on the other side at night.

By the time Major Felt woke up early in the morning, the bridgehead of the rebels had risen.

The bridgeheads and pontoon bridges on both sides not only blocked the final gap in the siege fortifications, but also blocked the Anya River.

If it weren't for the fact that the pontoon bridge across the Anya River in front of me was the enemy's masterpiece, Major Felt would have applauded the officers who commanded the project.

However, it is my turn to become the "enemy army" in the textbook battle examples, and it feels bad.

With the completion of the rebel bridgehead, the connection between Maple Leaf Fort and the outside world was completely cut off. Not to mention sending or receiving letters, even getting water could not be done.

If there was not a backup well in Maple Leaf Fort, the defenders would have to surrender immediately.

On the fourth day of the siege, the rebel cannons appeared outside Maple Leaf Fort.

Seeing the thirty-two-pound cannon pushed out by the rebels, Major Felt's eyes immediately turned black.

The major's last hope was also shattered, and he knew that he had only one way left: negotiate, and then surrender conditionally.

However, according to Felt's own observations, the rebels seemed to have to attack - otherwise there would be no need to dig so many trenches; and it also seemed to have to be sieged for a long time - the double-layer high walls were obviously to guard against external enemies.

But I don't have the intention to negotiate.

"Why don't you negotiate with me?" Major Felt asked himself every day, but he still couldn't figure it out.
To be continued...