Chapter 582: Chapter 363: The Collapse of Siam Chapter 582: Chapter 363: The Collapse of Siam “What, the prisoners have been rescued? You bunch of trash, what use is feeding you? You’re even worse than dogs, failing to keep an eye on a few people.”

Upon hearing the news of the Prince’s escape, Pupeng in Siam Ubon Province couldn’t help but fly into a rage, kicking his trusted informer, the head of his own security department, who had come to report.

“Your Majesty, King, it must have been the Jieke Group’s Steel Camp that executed the rescue. The prison guards couldn’t stop them!”

The head of security protested his innocence, the fame of the Jieke Group’s Steel Camp was known far and wide, far more formidable than any special forces. How could they contend with that?

“Couldn’t you hide them better to avoid being discovered by the Jieke Group? Then we wouldn’t have all this trouble today.”

Unfortunately, Pupeng wasn’t listening; the series of recent military defeats had left him frazzled. Territory was continuously lost, the capital Manchester was besieged, the An Nan Three Countries, seeing the dire situation, had hastily withdrawn their supporting troops back to their own nations.

Throughout Siam, flames of war ignited everywhere. Every message he received spoke either of a city’s fall or the annihilation of an army.

Now, hearing this utterly dreadful news added to the immense mental pressure, Pupeng couldn’t control his rage and viciously kicked the head of security several more times.

At that moment, another person walked in, reporting urgently to Pupeng: “Your Majesty, King, there’s terrible news, truly terrible.”

The moment they entered, they saw Pupeng engaged in beating and kicking and involuntarily swallowed hard.

“Another city has fallen, has it? Order the army to take it back for me. If there are not enough soldiers, then draft the able-bodied men to replenish our numbers.”

Pupeng stopped his assault and looked on with great dissatisfaction.

“No, Your Majesty, King, it’s news about the other Princes, they have said some very serious things online.”

The individual brought out a tablet and opened a video on it.

In the video appeared faces very familiar to Pupeng, those of his royal brothers.

“Pupeng, you despicable scum, hard to believe you’re my brother, becoming king and then imprisoning us, killing my seventh brother, second brother, and eldest brother. You don’t deserve to be a king, you have no greatness of mind.”

“You colluded with the CIA, committing heinous regicide, an affront to heaven. Do you think you can escape punishment? Our father’s spirit in heaven will surely watch as we avenge him.”

“Before he died, our father indicated his wishes, naming the Ninth Prince Baiya as his successor. Yet you colluded with outsiders to murder our father and seized the throne meant for Baiya. You should abdicate immediately, bow before our father’s grave, and seek forgiveness through death.”

In the videos, one saw the sons of the old King of Siam, their expressions full of anger, accusing King Pupeng of imprisoning them and presenting evidence.

The allegation most frequently aired in these videos was that the designated successor according to the old King was the Ninth Prince Baiya, and it was Pupeng who had usurped Baiya’s rightful throne through base and shameless means.

Watching these videos, Pupeng’s eyes turned bloodshot. Enraged, he smashed the tablet and bellowed, “Nonsense, utter nonsense, that throne is rightfully mine. Our father never once said anything about passing the throne to my ninth brother. I hate this, I should have been ruthless and killed you all in the beginning.”

The people nearby shivered with fear, a furiously raging Pupeng could indeed kill.

“Immediately issue a statement to clarify that these people are under the control of the Jieke Group, serving as the mouthpiece for the Jieke Group. Not a single word they say is credible.”

“Yes, right away.”

…

Meanwhile, Manchester.

This metropolis with millions of inhabitants had been surrounded by the Jieke Group for a week.

Besides the amassed armies of the Jieke Group, the scene also attracted a large number of journalists from far and wide, continuously reporting this hot-button news.

The Jieke Group didn’t stop the journalists from coming, allowing them to report on the state of Manchester.

Since the Jieke Group had not attacked, after the initial chaos, the people of Manchester gradually calmed down.

Furthermore, because the Jieke Group had not cut off water, food, or electricity, life within the city continued much as before, aside from being unable to leave.

This disappointed many foreign reporters who had hoped to witness a massacre of civilians by the Jieke Group, generating major headlines.

However, today there was sudden activity in the stationed troops of the Jieke Group that had been surrounding the city; a large number of soldiers were mobilized, with Spider Mechas leading the way toward Manchester.

In an instant, numerous reporters became alert, like sharks scenting blood, thinking the Jieke Group was finally going to disregard international opinion and forcefully take control of the major international city.

The defending troops inside Manchester also became tense. They all clutched their weapons, hunkering down behind street barricades and defensive fortifications, shivering with apprehension.

Reaching the nearest defensive line to Manchester, the Jieke Group’s troops halted their advance, and then the Jieke Group actively summoned the domestic and international news media.

Under the watchful eyes of countless onlookers, Baiya made his formal appearance. He stepped forward calmly and addressed the multitude of news media, “Friends from the press, and to all my subjects watching the live broadcast, I am the Ninth Prince Baiya. Today, I come before you with one purpose: lay down your weapons; we need the dawn of peace to arrive.

This war should never have happened. It’s all because of Pupeng’s personal greed. He imprisoned us, his brothers, killed our father, the Emperor, and even colluded with the CIA of the Beautiful Country to betray our national interests, dragging Siam into this damned war and leaving us with ruins and weeping citizens.

All the atrocities committed by Pupeng, we cannot continue to make mistakes. Now we must end this war.

Stop holding out, why sacrifice your lives for a sinner like Pupeng? He is just the war spokesperson for the Beautiful Country. What we truly need has never been war.

Since we were at fault in the first place, an unjust war is bound to fail, so we should seek peace if possible. For this reason, I will establish a new, true government of Siam to enter into peace negotiations.

If Siam wants to continue to stand in Southeast Asia, we must advocate for closer relations with Chan Country, following the principles of good-neighborly friendship, joint defense, and economic cooperation, rather than becoming a pawn of the Beautiful Country.

The above is my proposition. Citizens of Manchester, lay down your arms and come out. I am waiting for you outside. Don’t make needless sacrifices anymore.

The patience of the Jieke Group has its limits. Manchester is the jewel of our nation. Once the Jieke Group launches a formal attack, this Angel City will be reduced to rubble, and our decades of achievements will be reduced to nothing.

As long as you lay down your arms, I promise everyone here that there will be no retribution after surrender. You are all my people, and I will strive for the best treatment for you.

Trust me, I will be your King, a hundred times better than Pupeng. Join me to overthrow Pupeng’s rule. This country cannot continue to be ruled by him; otherwise, it will only slide into the abyss of destruction.”

The voice of Baiya was transmitted through the microphone, and the speech was broadcast live.

When Baiya finished speaking, the Jieke Group used planes to drop a large number of leaflets, which had been printed in advance, over Manchester.

The leaflets fluttering in the sky fell, seen by civilians and also picked up by the soldiers.

The leaflets bore Baiya’s propositions and promises.

When the leaflets fell, the Siamese Army stationed inside Manchester, already demoralized, lost all will to fight.

If the Jieke Group were attacking them, they might have some courage to defend their homeland, but the one asking for their surrender was their own Prince.

Moreover, Baiya had the unanimous support of the other Princes and proposed a feasible plan; negotiating peace might be the most beneficial way to resolve the war for Siam at present.

With their dissatisfaction with Pupeng reaching a peak, this patricidal King made it impossible for soldiers to truly risk their lives for him. Now that Prince Baiya stood up to overthrow him, the soldiers at the bottom naturally welcomed it.

Gradually, soldiers began to defect, sneaking out of Manchester to surrender to the Jieke Group.

Then more and more joined in, finally laying down their arms in an organized manner to the Jieke Group.

And when Baiya entered Manchester with a large group of media journalists, walking boldly from the suburbs into the city, the remaining Siamese Army also laid down their weapons. They surely couldn’t shoot their own Prince, Baiya, who could very well become the King in the future.

When Baiya managed to enter Manchester, this rich city gave up resistance completely and was taken over by the Jieke Group without a fight.

The next day, with the fall of Manchester and Baiya calling for peace and surrender, urging the overthrow of Pupeng, the news shocked the world. The sudden split in Siam caught everyone off guard.

Pupeng, who had slipped away to Ubon Province in the east, was furious and immediately issued a statement, publicly claiming that Baiya was a puppet regime, manipulated by the Jieke Group.

But Pupeng himself hadn’t even cleaned up his own mess yet; his words were very weak.

Baiya immediately issued a counterstatement, and the two sides started to insult each other online. You say I’m a puppet of the Jieke Group, I say you’re a dog raised by the Beautiful Country; both sides enjoyed their mudslinging.

This also caused a rapid division among the Siamese people who had not yet been occupied. Some agreed with Baiya’s rhetoric, while others denounced him as a traitor to the nation.

Because Pupeng had lost the support of the people, with continuous defeats in battle and patricide, the majority sided with Baiya.

Shortly thereafter, with the help of the Jieke Group, Baiya went to various prisoner-of-war camps to explain his philosophy and call on everyone to join the new Siam Government he had formed.

Baiya promised them that joining him would mean their defeat and capture would be forgiven and that they would receive more dignified treatment.

Consequently, a large number of captured Siam Soldiers joined Baiya, including more than a hundred generals and tens of thousands of troops.

These troops were rearmed under the organization of the Jieke Group to maintain order in the occupied areas and turned their guns, continuing to advance into the heartland of Siam.

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These captured soldiers were no match for the troops of the Jieke Group, but perhaps because the soldiers of the Jieke Group acted as supervising forces, their combat power surged when they turned and faced the troops under Pupeng, routing Pupeng’s forces completely.

The morale and willingness to resist among the Siam Soldiers had wavered, and they all thought about simply surrendering to Baiya. The surrender faction overwhelmingly prevailed; when the two armies encountered each other, after a few symbolic shots, the Siam Army surrendered.

The situation in Siam began to deteriorate rapidly. Later on, seeing how things were going, Siam’s top brass also defected in turns, proactively seizing those pro-Beautiful Country officials and embarking on political purges. In doing so, they sought to appease the Jieke Group, pledging their allegiance, and then they rushed to announce their joining under Baiya, awaiting his commands. The troops under Pupeng also turned against him in mid-battle, swearing loyalty to their new King, Baiya.

The Siam Government collapsed with a crash, and within just a few days, Pupeng had become isolated and alone.

By then, it was obvious to anyone that the situation in Siam was beyond redemption.