After the war, the EU and North America had lost more than half of their forces. Apart from barely defending their current defense line, they could no longer send out any more forces to attack Brittania. Similarly, the EU had very little forces to begin with, and after the war, Brittania only had less than half of their original forces left. It was impossible for them to send out any more forces to invade the EU. However, neither side wanted the other to have an easy time, so after a few days of rest, both sides changed their strategy. They stopped fighting big battles and kept fighting small skirmishes, harassing and ambushing each other as much as possible.
Just like that, two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, the reinforcements sent from Brittania finally arrived at the North American frontline with the second prince of the empire.
"Welcome, brother Emperor Schunetzel." In the command center of the base, Cornelia, as the host, greeted the second prince of the empire, Schunetzel el Brittania.
"Long time no see, Cornelia." Schunetzel greeted Cornelia with a very fake smile.
"May I know why you're here this time?" Cornelia asked as she led Schunetzel to a chair on the side and sat down.
"The Empire was very shocked when they received your battle report. They've decided to increase the number of troops deployed against the EU. That's why I'm here to announce your commendation as the temporary commander of the reinforcements. I'm also here as His Majesty's messenger to convey His Majesty's message," Schonazel said gently.
"Oh?" Cornelia raised an eyebrow and looked at Schunetzel with sparkling eyes. Although he was said to be a temporary commander, who knew if he was actually here to seize power? One had to know that both sides were each other's most powerful competitors on the road to the throne. One side had outstanding military achievements, while the other side had outstanding political achievements. If possible, they would definitely not let go of such an opportunity to seize the results. As for the reward, as the princess with the highest chance of inheriting the throne, she didn't care about it at all.
"I'm just a temporary commander. After announcing your commendation, I'll step down from my position and head straight to the Chinese Federation. I'll formally propose marriage to Emperor Jiang Lihua on behalf of Brother Odysseus." Schonetzel obviously knew what Cornelia's "oh" meant. Zhu said with a warm smile.
"Is that so? Then you're really busy." Cornelia's expression relaxed as she said with a smile.
"That's right …" Schonazel replied.
After that, the two of them started chatting in the command room. A moment later. At the reminder of his messenger, Schonetzel stood up from his seat with a serious look on his face and began to read out the commendation order to the higher-ups in the command room.
"… I wish all of you the best of luck." At the end of the commendation, Schonetzel said.
"All hail Charles!" All the officers shouted in unison after the commendation was announced.
"Then I'll take my leave. I await your triumphant return, Cornelia, "Schonetzel said to Cornelia.
"I wish you all the best on your journey, Royal Brother Schnauzer," Cornelia replied.
Then, Schonetzel, accompanied by Cornelia, boarded the large transport plane parked in the central square. Amidst a series of rumbling sounds. The plane slowly rose from the square. After changing its direction in mid-air, it quickly flew to the east.
"You're all dismissed." Cornelia turned around and said to the officers behind her.
"Yes, your highness." The officers all saluted Cornelia and returned to their posts. They began to reorganize the new reinforcements.
At this moment, only Cornelia, her knight Guildford, and Sei Itō were left in the square. At this moment, Sei Itō said, "That guy is very dangerous."
"Hmm?" Cornelia raised her eyebrows and looked at Sei Itō inquisitively.
"His smile is fake. His eyes are calm. He didn't show any emotion after seeing you. Every action he made seemed to have been carefully thought out. He's definitely in line with the current situation. He's an extremely rational person. And I can see that he's very calculative. He has a very accurate grasp of the emotions and psychology of the people around him. He can easily win the favor of strangers and use them to his advantage. This kind of person is very scary. " Sei Itō looked to the east, as if he could still see Schonetzel on the plane. He said calmly.
"You're very observant." Cornelia said, "That's why he's my biggest competitor on the path to the throne."
"Unfortunately, I don't see much of a chance of success from you." Sei Itō said without holding back.
"Is that so?" Cornelia said, unmoved.
"Yes." Sei Itō nodded. "Compared to Schonetzel, who's in charge of the central government, you've made great military contributions by fighting all over the place. But when it comes to managing the upper echelons of the Empire, you're completely inferior to Schonetzel. And in terms of personality, although you can win the support of the righteous Hawks with your unyielding character, you're not as scheming as Schonetzel, who always gives off a gentle image, and is more likely to win the favor of the nobles. At the very least, the corrupt nobles won't have to worry about Schonetzel attacking them after he ascends to the throne. "
"According to what you're saying, I don't have a chance of winning at all." Cornelia said calmly.
"If you're willing to make up your mind, it's not impossible." Sei Itō said.
"What should I do?" Cornelia asked.
"Seize power by force. Force the throne through military means." Sei Itō said bluntly.
"I'm starting to wonder if you're trying to incite internal strife in the Empire." Cornelia turned around and stared into Sei Itō's eyes. At the same time, Guildford very cooperatively placed his hand on the hilt of his sword and stared at Sei Itō with a guarded expression.
"Think what you want." Sei Itō shrugged. "I'm just telling you what I've observed. After all, you're my collaborator. The higher you climb, the more I can gain, right?"
"Hmph." Cornelia snorted coldly and turned around to walk back to the command center.
"If you don't want to start a political revolution, you can assassinate me too." Sei Itō chuckled as he followed behind Cornelia. Unfortunately, Cornelia completely ignored Sei Itō's words and walked into the command center with an expressionless face. She stood in front of the military sand table in the center of the room and began to ponder over her next strategy.
Seeing this, Sei Itō curled his lips and walked to Cornelia's high back chair and sat down. He leisurely stared at Cornelia who exuded a different kind of charm as she pondered.
Three days later, Cornelia's troops were reorganized. At noon on the same day, Cornelia gathered all the senior officers and arranged the tasks in front of the sand table in the command center. On the same night, Cornelia and her knight regiment led several troops and rushed out of the base under the cover of night. In the blink of an eye, they melted into the night sky.
After a period of rapid march, the troops that were scattered into dozens of troops all arrived at the designated location in the wee hours of the morning. After resting for more than an hour, under Cornelia's command to "attack", the troops swiftly launched an attack on the EU allied forces.
Completely unprepared, the exhausted EU allied forces were caught off guard by Cornelia's sudden attack. Until the end of the battle, the EU allied forces didn't manage to organize an effective counterattack. They could only helplessly abandon their defensive line and lead the defeated troops to the next defensive line.
But with Cornelia's character, since she launched a sneak attack, how could she only attack one defensive line? Therefore, when the defeated troops arrived at the next defensive line, they didn't get the rest they expected. Once again, a portion of the soldiers were swallowed up by the Britanians like wolves and tigers. They could only join the defeated troops and continue to move.
Just like that, the EU's joint defense line was lost to the Brittanian attack overnight. When they were ready to counterattack the next morning, the Brittanian army, who had already set up a defensive line, once again gave the exhausted EU army a head-on blow. After leaving behind more than a hundred EU robots and a small number of armored troops, the EU army had no choice but to retreat, surrendering the five defensive lines to the Brittanian army.
The following situation completely fell into the hands of the Britanians, or rather, into Cornelia's rhythm. Under Cornelia's tactics of sneak attack, harassment, assault, and destruction, the EU allied forces in North America lost half of their defensive line in two months. The loss of a large area of land and the increasingly serious rebellion in the EU forced the EU's upper echelons to consider peace talks with the Britanians to temporarily end the war and suppress the rebellion in the country.
But the Britanians didn't want to enter into the negotiation process so easily. After delaying for more than a month, under the threat of an all-out war with the Britanians, the Britanians finally issued the order to stop the war and negotiate. As for the negotiations that followed, it had nothing to do with Cornelia.
At this moment, Cornelia, who had been relieved of her position as the frontline commander, led Sei Itō, Guilford, and several other knights on a plane back to the Empire.
Yi Tengcheng, who had been following Cornelia's army all this while, in addition to obtaining the rich soul energy that filled the air above the battlefield, he also selected 15,000 people of suitable age from the people in the war-torn zones as slaves and brought them into the Rubik's cube world. After building houses for them and providing them with the basic necessities, he threw them all to Ito Reina and let her arrange their farming work.
"I can finally see Euphemia." At this moment, Cornelia was sitting on a plane flying to the capital of the Britanian Empire. She was admiring the white clouds outside the window and was full of longing.
"Have you thought it through? Do you want me to help you get rid of Schonetzel when we return to the Empire? " Sei Itō, who was sitting next to Cornelia, unknowingly interrupted her thoughts.
"There's no need," Cornelia calmly replied. After seeing how Sei Itō turned fifteen thousand slaves into nothing, Cornelia was more and more grateful for her choice to agree to the deal with Sei Itō. So now, she was more and more tolerant of Sei Itō's easily irritating remarks.
"Then forget it. But how are the people I asked you to investigate coming along?" Sei Itō asked.
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