"Chapter Twenty-Eight: This Battle Must Be Won"

Silence bows its head in the noise, silence makes friends with the eyes in the night, so we see the world wrong, but say that the world has deceived us.

– Rabindranath Tagore (Indian poet, philosopher, and Indian nationalist)

"General, if you want to win a big victory, you must pay a sufficient price!" Di Maria, who had no shame on his face, met Bai Feng's eyes, stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and said: "The last general, Di Maria, is willing to apologize for his sins with death after the war!"

"General Di Maria, do you think I'm afraid of taking responsibility?" Bai Feng, who shook his head slightly, said in a serious tone: "I just don't want to give up hope on the premise that there is hope, after all, we are not without the possibility of victory, are we?"

"General...... Di Maria wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Louis beside him: "General, if it really comes to the day when there is no hope, I hope you can give me and Di Maria the opportunity to apologize after the war." ”

"Impossible!" Facing Louis, who took the initiative to take responsibility, Bai Feng refused without hesitation: "I am your commander, you are the generals under my command, no matter what you do, it is my order, and it is not your turn to bear any responsibility!"

"Also, if I, Bai Feng, can resist the onslaught of the orc army in the east of the empire with a tired army, and fight a bloody way out of the encirclement of countless orc armies, I can also defeat the steppe cavalry in the north of the empire, I don't believe that the steppe cavalry can be stronger than the orc army!"

"The last general, Hans, swear to follow the general to the death! Sweep away the Northern Barbarians and restore my rivers and mountains!!"

"The last general, Luculus (Luis, Rodriguez...... Swear to follow the general to the death! Sweep away the Northern Barbarians and restore my rivers and mountains!!"

Such inspiring words, coming out of Bai Feng's mouth, naturally received a warm response from the generals in the military tent, and the military tent, which had a dull atmosphere a second ago, became active at this moment, and the faces of the generals showed a smile symbolizing hope.

"Strategically, we should despise the enemy in order to strengthen our belief in victory, but tactically, we should pay attention to the enemy, knowing that the other side will not be defeated. Bai Feng, who successfully aroused the enthusiasm of the generals, returned to the truth and preached:

"Retreating to Polyni is our last resort, before that, what we need to do is to use our own strength to defeat the Jurchen cavalry as much as possible, because the army under our command is far more than nine legions and 240,000 troops!"

"Wink. Bai Feng called by name: "You mark all our troops on the map." ”

"No!" Wen Ke, who walked out of the queue, used his spiritual power to enlarge the provincial map on the magic map to Besançon Province, and explained to the generals while marking the number of the legion: "The number of legions we have now is actually thirteen. ”

"Among them, the Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh, and Fifty-eighth Legions, five standing legions, with 100,000 soldiers, and the Tempest Legion and the Lance Legion, which are the same size as the standing legions, have 40,000 soldiers, making a total of 143,000 soldiers in seven legions. ”

"The Feather Forest Legion and the Fire Legion are full royal legions, each with 50,000 well-equipped soldiers, plus 10,000 elite soldiers of the Iron Guard, and 7,000 soldiers of the Death Battalion, a total of 117,000 soldiers of the four legions. ”

"Although the Pro-Guards is a single number, it has three combat units under its command, and General Luculus's headquarters has four infantry wings and one cavalry company directly under its command, as well as some elite infantry cavalry officers, with a total strength of about 18,000, which is only a little more. ”

"General Goto Kiji has 1,200 samurai and more than 9,800 iron artillery and spearmen, with a total strength of 11,000, and I have three companies of archers and two companies of crossbowmen, as well as 1,000 cavalrymen, with a total strength of 16,000. ”

"I can assure all the generals here that the 45,000 soldiers of the Pro-Guard Guards are not only not much less in strength than the Royal Legion, but also no worse than the Feather Forest Legion;

Hearing that Wink exaggerated the combat effectiveness of the Pro-Guards in such a way, Louis, Renard and other generals who did not know the achievements of the Pro-Guards naturally subconsciously looked at Hans, López and other generals of the Yulin Legion;

The acquiescence of Hans and other generals of the Yulin Legion made Louis and other generals begin to face up to the pro-soldier guards who were not valued by them before for the first time; you must know that the Yulin Legion at this time is recognized as the strongest legion in combat among all the legions of the Tianlong Empire!

The combat effectiveness of the newly established standing legion is not as good as that of the old standing legion, and the combat effectiveness of all standing legions is not as good as that of the royal legion, which is almost common knowledge that everyone in the Tianlong Empire knows, and the newly formed Yulin Legion is the strongest legion in combat effectiveness among the five royal legions!

Facing the shocked gaze of almost half of the generals in the military tent, Wink meticulously continued: "The last legion is the Spartan legion specially transferred from the east by the general, and this legion with a full strength of 10,000 soldiers is the nemesis of the cavalry, and it has defeated 50,000 wolf horsemen head-on!"

"What?!" "How could it be ?!!" "Fifty thousand wolves riding ?!!!"......

Louis and the other generals, who had not yet reacted from the shock, exclaimed uncontrollably one by one, it was not that they did not have enough concentration, but that what Wenk said had surpassed their cognition, making it really difficult for them to accept it for a while.

"You don't have to question what Wink said, what he said is the truth. Bai Feng spoke again: "If it weren't for the Spartan Legion crushing the pursuit of 50,000 wolf horsemen head-on, how do you think we broke out of the Sunset Fortress?"

Even with Bai Feng's affirmation, Louis and the others were still full of horror, as if they couldn't believe the achievements of the Spartan army; Wink, who was quietly happy in his heart, first glanced at Leonidas, who was expressionless, and then continued:

"Seven standing legions of 143,000 soldiers, two royal legions of 100,000 soldiers, pro-guard 45,000 soldiers, and the Death Battalion, Iron Guard, and Spartan Legion add up to 27,000 soldiers, so that we have a total of 315,000 soldiers!"

"And in the province of Langxiang on the north bank of the Xingyue River, there are only less than 100,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Jurchen tribe, and our strength is more than three times that of them, even if we add the 60,000 cavalry of the Eight Banners of the Mulhouse Province, our strength is still twice as much as theirs!"

"Generals, we have an army of nearly 320,000, more than half of which are elites who have fought head-on with the orc army. After Wen Ke finished speaking, Bai Feng asked rhetorically, "With such a large and elite army, do you think we will lose?"

"Our army will win this battle!" As soon as Bai Feng's words fell, his face turned into excitement and excitement Louis, and he immediately said with confidence: "The last general, Louis, is willing to be the vanguard of the army and do his best to recover Langxiang Province for the army!"

"General, the last general Di Maria is willing to be the vanguard of the army together with General Louis, and take the lead in recovering Langxiang Province for the army!"

"General, the last general Renard (Cavani, Tevez) is willing to follow the general to the death, sweep the Northern Barbarians, and regain the lost territory!"

"General, the last general Rodriguez (Eder, Ospina, Danilo, Sagna) is willing to ......"

As long as these generals who command the army have the belief that 'this battle will be won' in their hearts, they will be infected by them, and the soldiers under their command will become more high-spirited and firm!