Alien Empire Total War

Chapter 13: Coups and Uprisings (Part 1)

On July 3, the situation that had been improved under the imperial army's bombardment turned around in an instant. After the soldiers were ordered to withdraw to the barracks, the citizens who were locked at home due to martial law were encouraged and instigated by the newly promoted nobles and the Santos party. Back on the streets, they gathered in huge crowds on the city's main roads, heading for the resplendent Sona Palace in the heart of the city.

The citizens shouted various slogans and entered the Heroes Square in front of the palace in a mighty way under the guidance of caring people. When they arrived at the square, the ordered garrison had already been deployed here, and they formed a thin human wall. Armed with a rifle, they confronted the citizens who entered the square.

"My compatriots! We can no longer endure years of famine and endless wars! We must show our resolve to His Majesty the King - we need bread! We don't want war!"

"We need bread! We don't want war!"

"Bread! Bread! Bread!"

Passing through the congested crowd, Downey stood in front of the waiting line of the capital garrison. He looked at a few familiar faces on the opposite side and shouted loudly: "Rao, Boy, Keeson, are you going to be right? Did the neighbors shoot?"

The three soldiers whose names were called trembled. They looked at their friends with complicated expressions and said nothing. Downey continued to shout:

"Put down your guns! We just want to express our appeal to His Majesty the King. If you have any conscience, put down your weapons and let us go!"

The three soldiers looked at each other hesitantly. They slowly put down their rifles. With Downey's example, more and more protesting citizens joined in persuading the soldiers of the garrison. The garrison in the capital was recruited from the city. The soldiers who came were unwilling to point their guns at their familiar neighbors, so under the persuasion of the citizens, the soldiers put down their weapons one after another and tacitly allowed the citizens to rush to the palace.

On the palace wall of Sona Palace, the Janissaries stared dumbfounded as countless citizens crossed the human wall formed by the garrison and rushed to the moat outside Sona Palace. They tore their throats and shouted various slogans and voices. Gathered together, it can almost make the palace wall tremble.

Hearing the thunderous shouts outside, King Loren in the palace slapped the table angrily and roared at the attendant who heard the news:

"Where's Berlan? Where's Berlan and his Second Brigade? What are they doing?!"

The poor sergeant didn't know either, so he could only bow his head and endure the king's roar. The Kingdom Army, which King Loren had in mind, did not disappoint him—after they left the streets to reunite, they marched in battalions along the city’s well-connected streets to Heroes’ Square.

Brigadier General Berlan, who joined the Duke of Ireland, deliberately gave the citizens the opportunity to take to the streets to protest. After receiving a large number of citizens gathered there, he ordered the ready infantry to go into action, and they then left the military camp in the western part of the city together. , followed the army to the Sona Palace.

Charlie's 3rd Combat Battalion was also advancing along Escher Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare, and looked around at the incited citizens, with a frenzied look on their faces, shouting loudly and breaking into the shops on both sides of the street. , knocked down the potbellied businessman to the ground and looted the goods hoarded inside.

The soldiers watched this scene in shock and wanted to stop it, but every captain received an order from the regiment in advance—ignoring the citizens and rushing directly to the Heroes Square!

As a result, the downed businessmen looked at the passing soldiers with hopeful eyes, but received no response, and the citizens became more mad when they saw that the army had not stopped them.

Charlie couldn't figure out why everything had changed after only one night after it was fine yesterday?

He subconsciously wanted to ask Captain Doyle, but the latter just stopped his questioning with complicated eyes.

At this moment, a dull cannon sound suddenly sounded in the direction of Heroes Square. This cannon sound made everyone stunned. The soldiers all looked at the direction of the cannon sound in astonishment. Gunshots rang out one after another, and an emotion called unease instantly occupied everyone's hearts.

Not long after, a **** civilian ran from the front. He stumbled through the crowd and shouted loudly at the same time:

"The cannon is fired! The Praetorian Guards fired on the citizens!"

The news of the Guards firing quickly swept through the city, like water falling into a boiling oil pan, causing the entire city to boil instantly!

"Get ready for battle! The whole battalion is ready for battle!"

As soon as they learned that the cannons were fired, the commanders of the battalions in the city immediately realized that the situation was serious, and the order to prepare for the battle was also conveyed. Under the orders of the officers, the soldiers checked the firearms in a panic and loaded the rifles. ammunition.

"Go on! Goal, Heroes' Square!"

"Run! Run!"

The soldiers of each company began to run. Charlie held the rifle in his hand nervously, and a large number of blood-stained citizens ran screaming in front. Not only that, but there was a crackling sound of gunfire in the block ahead!

"What happened?"

"Damn, why did UU Reading www.uukanshu.com become like this?"

The soldiers in the company cursed uneasily, and Charlie swallowed, his rifle gripped even tighter—although he has a Total War system, he has only recently learned that the system army cannot be summoned out of thin air, but needs real people Soldiers as carriers!

In other words, even if he is attacked now, he cannot immediately summon a team of system troops to protect him!

At this moment, a figure suddenly flashed by the window of a building on his right. The figure held an aged musket in his hand. The muzzle of the gun had been stretched out of the window and aimed at the soldiers on the street!

"Oh damn!"

Charlie cursed subconsciously, quickly raised his gun to aim, pulled the trigger, only to hear a bang, and the figure behind the window fell to the ground!

"Enemy attack!"

After putting down his rifle, Charlie shouted loudly, and the next second, a group of armed citizens suddenly rushed out of the street behind him. They were full of anger and charged towards the soldiers in the center of the street!

"Attack from the rear!"

bang bang bang—

A series of gunshots came from behind, and several soldiers standing behind were caught off guard and fell to the ground screaming. The company behind the hall quickly turned around, aimed their guns at the rushing armed citizens, and pulled the trigger on them. - After a series of gunshots, the running citizens fell down screaming, and the others turned and fled in horror.

The attack on the 3rd Battalion was just a small microcosm of this huge city. Not only the 3rd Battalion, but the entire brigade was attacked. This "peaceful" protest was completely broken after the Praetorian Guards lit the artillery leads and fired at the citizens in the square, and gradually evolved into an uprising that swept the entire city...

The next direction is beyond the grasp of any conspirators.

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