Chapter 1409: Ilsa Is Furious

As soon as Barr's simple greeting ended, cheers erupted in the square that seemed to lift the entire sky.

Who is Bard de Roux? The answer to this question has long been known among the citizens of Orleans.

It was Bard de Roux who led an army of 70,000 people who defeated the Britannia army and liberated their Orleans - this is the consensus of all the citizens of Orleans.

After the cheers in the square subsided a little, Barr continued:

"The reason why I invite you here is for no other reason than to tell you the truth!"

Speaking of this, Barr deliberately paused to give the citizens in the square time to react and whet their appetite so that the citizens in the square would listen to his words more seriously.

Barr's deliberate pause and this move to whet the appetite of the city residents had a pretty good effect.

After Barr's words fell, many citizens in the square looked at each other in confusion, wondering what the "truth" that Barr just said meant.

After whetting everyone's appetite, Barr cleared his throat again, and then——

"Actually - I was not the one who commanded the 70,000-strong army to defeat the Britannia Army!"

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The ensuing reaction in the square was exactly as mild as Barr had expected.

The square erupted with exclamations one after another.

Everyone looked at Barr with doubts and confusion.

It was Bard de Roux who led the 70,000-strong army that defeated the Britannian Army and liberated Orleans - this consensus has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But Barr suddenly said at this time that he was not the one who commanded the 70,000-strong army to defeat the Britannian army.

Everyone was confused by Barr's words.

When everyone in the square was confused and overwhelmed by what Barr just said, Barr waved to the bottom of the high platform.

Then, a girl wearing silver-white armor with brown hair and purple eyes slowly walked up the steps to the high platform and came to Barr's side.

"Everyone may be confused - who is this girl?"

Having said this, Barr paused deliberately again, once again whetting the appetites of everyone in the square.

Some people guessed the answer to this question and stared at the girl next to Barr with their eyes widened.

What Barr said subsequently also confirmed the correctness of their conjecture.

"I was not the one who commanded the 70,000-strong army to defeat the Britannia Army and liberate Orléans!"

Barr used a much more passionate tone than before, and then shouted loudly:

"But this girl - Jeanne Darc!"

As soon as Barr finished speaking, the girl standing next to Barr, that is, Jeanne, forced out a stiff smile and showed the Luo Linjun military salute that she had not yet mastered to the people in the square below.

"It was Jeanne who came up with the ingenious plan that could defeat the Britannia army!"

"At the same time, it was Jeanna who commanded the troops to defeat the Britannia army head-on on the battlefield!"

"Without Jeanne's clever plan and Jeanne's command, we would never have been able to defeat the 150,000-strong army of the Britannia Empire!"

"Jean saved Orleans!"

"Jeanna saved the country!"

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Barr's shouts were clearly heard by everyone in the square.

The citizens in the square looked at Jeanne on the high platform with more and more eyes.

Being stared at by the fiery eyes of the citizens, Jeanne did not feel excited or excited.

But... I felt awkward.

Jeanne's eyes began to wander randomly, and she didn't even know how to move her hands...

Jill was now standing under the high platform, observing Jeanne's movements from beginning to end.

After seeing the uneasiness visible to the naked eye on Jeanna's face, Jill involuntarily clenched her hands that were hanging down...

The expression on the face,

It also gradually became heavier...

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The news that the frontline army was defeated and more than half of the troops were lost was spread to Pendragon and throughout the entire Britannia Empire as quickly as possible.

The whole country was shocked - this was the reaction of the monarchs, ministers and civilians of the Britannia Empire after learning that the 150,000 troops on the front line were defeated.

Common people may not quite understand the huge difference in national power between their own country and the Luolin Empire, but the central monarchs and ministers are quite aware of it.

Both Ilsa and ordinary courtiers believe that the "Veronica" plan will be foolproof and will destroy the Rollin Empire.

But who knew - not only did they fail to destroy the Luolin Empire, they also lost nearly half of their military strength.

Although this war to destroy South Korea was not without gains.

All the territory north of Orleans in the Rollin Empire has become the new territory of their Britannia Empire.

After learning that Willie and the others were defeated, Harry led the remaining troops to retreat in time to consolidate the defense line north of Orleans and prevent them from losing the only victory in the war to destroy the South.

The commander of the Luolin Army, Barr, was also very aware of current affairs, and knew that with the current national strength of the Luolin Empire, it would be the limit to liberate Orleans.

Therefore, after the liberation of Orleans, there was no further action to recapture the territory north of Orleans.

Although the newly occupied land north of Orleans was saved, the war to destroy the South was a failure-this is an indisputable fact.

After learning that the front-line army was defeated, Ilsa was so angry that she smashed the water cup that happened to be at hand.

According to the recollections of several maids who happened to be present at the time, they had served Ilsa for so many years and had never seen Ilsa so angry.

There was a reason why Ilsa was so angry.

This war to destroy the South was the first step for their Britannia Empire to embark on the great journey of "unifying the continent".

Ilsa had high hopes for this first step of their empire.

She expected that the 150,000 troops on the front line would be able to flatten the Rolin Empire with the force of a storm, completely incorporate the territory of the Rolin Empire into the territory of their Britannia Empire, and capture all the monarchs and ministers of the Rolin Empire, so that they would meet her as the emperor of the Britannia Empire in Pendragon.

As a result, this war to destroy the South, which Ilsa had high hopes for, was defeated.

And the defeat was so tragic that the front-line army lost nearly half of its military strength.

Ilsa was so angry that she wanted to draw her sword and kill all the knights on the front line.

Ilsa punished the senior commanders headed by Albert as quickly as possible.

Although Albert had to retreat to the second line due to a recurrence of his old injury halfway through the war, and the subsequent defeat had nothing to do with him, as the nominal supreme commander, he still had to be punished to a certain extent.

Albert was deprived of his salary for half a year, but his official position remained unchanged and he continued to serve as the head of the Raziel Knights.

The two deputy commanders were not so lucky.