The night was deep.

In the city, there is still a lot of noise and bright lights.

The original garrison had long since withdrawn from the defensive line, and the mixed army under Li Qing took over the city defense.

When the 10,000-strong regiment changes its defense, it is necessary to arrange the camps of various departments, divide the defense areas, allocate military resources, organize equipment, and familiarize themselves with the terrain...... There are so many things that it can't be done overnight. From the busy time at dusk to now, it is gradually coming to an end.

The movement of the change of guard here attracted the attention of the Holy Light Alliance army on the opposite side.

Before dark, an army of about 5,000 miscellaneous servants came out of the Holy Light Alliance's camp and tentatively attacked Guancheng.

Li Qing did not expose the true strength of the mixed legion.

In accordance with the practice of defending the city a few days ago, he attacked with long-range firepower such as artillery, trebuchets, and ballistae when the motley army passed through the five-kilometer wilderness of Guò.

And the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance has been attacking the city for more than ten days, and they have long been familiar with this rhythm. At the time of the passage to the Guò field, the motley army of 5,000 men marched quickly in a skirmish line, and the formation was very dispersed. Therefore, until they reached the foot of the hillside under the castle, less than fifty people were killed in pieces.

However, just as they were about to line up at the bottom of the hill, Li Qing handed the Iron Folding Bow to Scarlett and asked her to put on a good performance of the High Elves' marksmanship.

Scarlett fired her bow fifteen times, firing fifteen heavy armor-piercing arrows. The arrows were not missed, and each arrow killed an officer. After fifteen officers were shot, the motley army of 5,000 men broke up and fled back with no armor.

The fact that only fifteen officers were killed in battle, and a force of 5,000 men was crushed was a ridiculous situation. If you don't know the inside story, you must be confused and at a loss.

But Li Qing knew why.

The servant army that belongs to the Holy Light Alliance is different from the servant army of the empire in terms of the general system.

Although the commanders of the Imperial Servant Army are all Imperial Generals, the commanders of each unit are generally still the officers of the Servant Army itself.

Like the commander of the Tyron hoplite regiment, it is the Tyron general Solin Mosa. The officer corps under his command is also all Tailong people. During the war, Li Qing issued orders to Solin Mosa, and the specific operations were commanded by Solin Mosa and his officer corps.

As for the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance, except for a new vassal like Amaterasu, who has not been subjugated for a long time, the military commanders of the servant army units of the other vassal countries are all officers from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance.

For every 1,000 people in an ordinary servant army, there is one chief officer from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance, two or three lieutenants from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance, and a guard of about twenty people.

For every two or three hundred elite servant troops, there will be a chief officer from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance.

As for the officers who were born in vassal states, no matter how talented they are, they can only hold deputy positions. In peacetime, he is responsible for liaising with subordinates, pacifying the morale of the army, and managing logistics chores, while on the battlefield, he is more engaged in the work of heralds.

Under such a military system, the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance has almost no say in the war. Whether it is a grand strategy or a specific battlefield command, it is only necessary to obey orders.

There are pros and cons to such a military system.

On the plus side, it is convenient for the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance to have absolute control over the servant army. On the disadvantage, once the commanders of the various units of the servant army are killed, the servant army, which has not had any autonomous power for a long time, will become overwhelmed, and even the whole army will be crushed when the loss of troops is not large.

On all sides of the battlefield, there are often examples of this. From a small army of a few hundred people to a 10,000-person legion, the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance has repeatedly had the entire army collapse in an instant after the commander of the unit was killed in battle.

On the imperial side, it has also taken advantage of the shortcomings of the Holy Light Alliance's servant army many times, and when fighting against the Holy Light Alliance's servant army, the fierce general and the strong man forcibly assaulted, directly took the middle army, and beheaded the chief officer, so as to defeat the enemy army lightly.

The motley army of 5,000 people was precisely because Scarlett accurately killed fifteen chief officers and adjutants from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance, and then they were scattered - the servants of the Holy Light Alliance in the Southern Theater were mostly from many small countries in the southwest of the empire, and their facial features were similar to the characteristics of the Southeast Asian race on Earth.

The officers from the core countries of the Holy Light Alliance are all similar in appearance to the Western Europeans on Earth.

Coupled with the armor and banners of the officers, even if they are mixed in a military formation of 5,000 people, it is very easy to identify, and it is impossible to escape the keen eyes of Scarlett, who has the blood of the High Elves.

The servant army on the side of the Holy Light Alliance has obvious drawbacks, and as for the servant army on the imperial side, it is not so easy to collapse.

On the one hand, the Empire's servant armies can be said to be as deep as the sea with the Holy Light Alliance. Those who can persist in exile to the empire and continue to fight against the Holy Light Alliance are all warriors with a relatively strong will.

On the other hand, the empire mainly controlled the dependents and the logistics of the troops. There is little interference with the formation of the servant army, giving them a certain degree of autonomy and giving them the opportunity to take the initiative.

This time, the servant army of the empire, even if the chief officer died in battle, could consciously gather under the command of a higher-ranking general and continue to fight.

Unless the casualties reached the limit they could bear, they would not be like the servant army of the Holy Light Alliance, which suffered a slight loss, and the entire army was defeated just because the chief officer was killed in battle.

The Empire is at risk of betrayal by its servants.

However, all the servants who can be arranged to defend the key defense line have proved their loyalty, and they also have families living in the hinterland of the empire. Like the mixed army under Li Qing's command, except for the six hundred Deadpools, everyone in the rest of the troops has families living in the empire.

And the hatred between the six hundred Deadpools, and the evil goddess who led them, and the Holy Light Alliance can be described as incompatible. Whether it is Deadpool or the Evil Goddess, they are all descendants of the evil gods who have undergone the baptism of the power of the evil gods. During the lifetime of the evil gods, they were favored by the evil gods and blessed by the evil gods. After the death of the evil god, the favor and blessing of the past turned into a curse and resentment of the gods.

Driven by the curse of the evil gods, they must be the enemies of the Holy Light Alliance for the rest of their lives. As soon as there is a sign of taking refuge in the Light Alliance, curses and resentments will set in.

Therefore, the Evil Holy Maiden and the six hundred Deadpools, although they are all lonely and have no family to restrain them, they are the most reliable at the moment when they are at war with the Holy Light Alliance.

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The motley army of 5,000 people failed to test anything except for a sharpshooter who could shoot a silver-level officer at a distance of two or three hundred meters, except for a sharpshooter who could shoot a silver-level officer at a distance of two or three hundred meters, but sacrificed fifteen Holy Light Alliance officers in vain.

This obviously did not satisfy the Holy Light Alliance.

So after dark, two crows took advantage of the night to sneakily fly over Guancheng, trying to get close to reconnoitre. As a result, Su Su released a group of ghosts, and they rushed to pounce on them into two dried corpses.

According to Su Su, those two crows were the demons of two low-level mages. Although the combat power is not strong, it does not have any spell fluctuations in itself, and it is easy to be ignored by people as ordinary birds. It can also share vision with mages, which is very convenient for reconnaissance.

Of course, such a little trick can't be hidden from Su Su. Even if there are no spell fluctuations, with Su Su's eyesight, he can see their essence through their appearance and identify their demon identity.

And the death of the demon will also cause a certain backlash to the mage. Although it was not particularly strict, at least for a week, those two low-level mages would not want to play normally.

However, even if it can be played normally, it is not a big deal. In front of Su Su, no matter how many low-level mages there are, they are just cannon fodder.

On the Guancheng side, the mixed army under Li Qing was busy until midnight before they roughly settled down.

On the side of the Holy Light Alliance Army, until midnight, there was still a meeting in the large tent of the Chinese army in its central camp.

A lion-like burly blonde middle-aged man sat on the main seat of the Chinese army's big tent, looking at the generals below with an expressionless face.

"There is no doubt that the Imperial Army has changed its guards! No matter what the combat effectiveness of the troops is, it is a new new force. The results of our previous ten days have become meaningless! ”

"Not bad. We attacked for two weeks in a row, and although we suffered heavy casualties, we also inflicted a lot of casualties on the Imperial army. What's more, the morale of the Imperial Army has dropped significantly. The strength of the defense in the last two days has plummeted compared to the first week. Seeing that the shape has improved, but with this change of defense of the Imperial Army, our efforts in the first two weeks have all been in vain! ”

"You're talking nonsense. Didn't we anticipate the current situation? The Imperial Army is fighting on the inside line, which can be replenished at any time. Isn't it normal for a new force to come to change the guard? How did you fight before, just keep fighting. ”

"Keep fighting? Say it easily! Don't forget, in the first two weeks of the offensive, our army has suffered almost 20,000 casualties! That's a whopping 20% casualty! More than 5,000 of them were killed in battle, and nearly 3,000 of the wounded were crippled and unable to return to the battlefield! Such heavy casualties have seriously affected the morale of our army. If the Imperial Army is still the original defender, if the soldiers find that a new force has been replaced in the city, do you think they still have the morale to fight any longer? ”

"That's right. The morale of our army has dropped to a dangerous line. If the soldiers were forced to go into battle, I think they would soon crush back if they were forced to go into battle. Well, maybe the five-kilometer stretch of wilderness that hasn't even led to Guò has already collapsed under the long-range strikes of the Imperial Army. You must know that the legion we are leading now is only a weak-willed servant army, not an alliance legion with a glorious tradition and a long history. ”

"That's right. Even if there are priests and priests who bless the divine arts, with the current morale of each servant army, they can at most rush to the foot of the opposite hillside. Once within the range of the Imperial Army's dense firepower, there is no suspense that the whole army will be defeated. And such an attack is simply pointless. Not to mention climbing to the top of the city, it may be difficult to even inflict casualties on the Imperial army. So we need reinforcements. ”

"Some of the servant regiments, which had suffered particularly heavy losses and had particularly weakened morale, urgently needed to be withdrawn to the rear to recuperate. The rest of the corps, which suffered relatively minor losses, were also unfit to continue the battle. It is also necessary to rest in the camp for a period of time to restore morale before participating in the siege again. Therefore, Your Excellency General, if the siege is not suspended, we need reinforcements. More and stronger new forces are needed. ”

"In addition, in the first two weeks of fighting, we already knew that the barrier in front of us would never be easily overcome by us. Even if another 100,000 servant troops are added, plus our existing 80,000 servant troops, even if they are all filled, I am afraid that we will not be able to capture that level. We need a real Alliance Legion! ”

"Yes, only a true Alliance Legion can capture that level at a relatively small cost. Of course, the servant army is also useful, and the use of the servant army to consume the living force of the empire is also the established strategy of our alliance. But to drive the servant army to attack such a dangerous city...... It's just a waste of the power of the servant army and a meritorious service to the Imperial Army. ”

"It's a bit of a shame to spend the servant army in such a hopeless siege. After all, they are now the Lord's flock, and they are also believing in the omnipotent Lord. If they can effectively drain the living forces of the empire, it will be worth the sacrifice to spread the glory of our lord. However, in the current situation, their sacrifice is basically meaningless. So I think we have to change our strategy. Haven't the five major Knights of the Cathar already assembled in the Southern Theater? I think it's better to ask the Knights of the Cathar to conquer a dangerous place like the one in front of us. ”

"Concentrate the most elite forces, strike a thunderbolt, and capture the enemy's vital points. Then with a large number of servant troops, they rushed into the hinterland of the empire, spread out across the vast imperial land, flooding the imperial towns like a flood, exhausting the imperial army and constantly consuming the power of the empire...... Such a strategy is indeed more cost-effective than draining the servant army in a hopeless siege. ”

The lion-like burly blonde middle-aged general didn't say a word, listening quietly to the discussion of his officers.

It wasn't until the officers' discussion came to an end, and most of them agreed that reinforcements were needed, that the middle-aged general slowly spoke: "Reinforcements, there will definitely be them." But the attack could not be stopped until reinforcements arrived. Early tomorrow morning, the offensive must continue. No matter how many casualties I have to pay, and no matter how low the morale of the soldiers is, I only want to know the following three points before dark tomorrow. ”

He stretched out his index finger: "First, the arms and combat power of the new force of the imperial side. Second, the identity and strength of the imperial generals. Third, the number and strength of the imperial methodological power. ”

After a pause, he said extremely coldly: "As long as we can figure out these three points, even if we wipe out all the remaining 80,000 servant troops in the seven camps tomorrow, we will not hesitate to do so!" ”

Hearing the general say this, all the officers in the tent first changed color in unison. But soon, some of the more flexible brains realized something.

The general's ruthless decision to wipe out 80,000 servants in one day, but only to know those three questions, shows that he ......

"Could it be that General Thunder Prison is going to personally lead the five major Guardian Knights to open a breakthrough from our side?" One of the generals said silently.

Many generals are saying that it is best for the Five Guardian Knights to personally attack and conquer Xiongguan with the power of thunder.

But every general who said this did not think that this would become a reality.

After all, the Ten Guardian Knights are not only the backbone of the Holy Light Alliance. Among the ten knights, except for the Holy War Blood Angel Knights, each member of the remaining nine knights also has the title of "knight" at the least.

That is a high-end army of all nobles, how can it be like miscellaneous soldiers, doing such hard work as attacking a fortified city?

Besides, the ten major Knightly Protectors have their own characteristics. There are those who are good at jungle warfare, those who are good at defensive warfare, those who are good at protracted warfare, and those who are good at charging into battle and destroying the enemy formation when the large corps on the plains are dueling...... Not every Knights of the Aphar is good at attacking strong walls.

Although with the strength of the Knights of the Cathar, it is not impossible to fight siege warfare. But that has to be willing!

Therefore, no matter how much you hope that the Knights of the Cathar will make a move, those generals who are so mentions are just talking about it. They never expected the Knights Cathar to appear on this battlefield and personally participate in the siege.

However, although the general's words were not explicitly stated, the meaning of the words was clearly ......

"Whether the Thunder Prison General will make a move, or whether the Knights Cathar will send out, is not something you can discuss at will." Facing the expectant eyes of the generals, the middle-aged general said expressionlessly: "Such a big thing is not something you should care about. You just need to do the three things I asked. To this end, I allow you to use any means to motivate your subordinates. ”