In the dimly lit basement, a middle-aged man in a sumptuous magic robe sat in his place, staring blankly at the huge local war zone map in front of him.

He is the Magister Rudolph, the commander-in-chief of the Gushan Fortress, responsible for commanding more than 300,000 puppet armies nearby, as well as more than 300,000 puppet empire mage legions.

This number still sounds scary, but in reality this force is not as strong as it seems.

Because, 300,000 puppet soldiers actually have little combat effectiveness, they are just cannon fodder, and they are the existence of a number.

And the remaining 300,000 magician legions are not the real magician legions that were once invincible in the world.

In this army of 300,000 people, more than 30,000 are low-level magicians recruited from the Eternal Empire and the Holy Demon Empire, and their combat effectiveness is actually not strong.

Of the remaining 270,000 people, there are more than 200,000 ordinary soldiers of the puppet empire and other magic empires, these soldiers have no magical combat ability, and they rely on Mauser 98K rifles and some weapons such as individual bazookas and anti-aircraft guns.

These weapons are all the same type of weapons that imitate ** Lanhill, and their power is even more uneven, so these so-called magic legions, in fact, should be called "human soldier legions" to be more accurate.

As for the remaining more than 70,000 magic legions, they are indeed the elite of the puppet empire, and some of the mages are indeed high-level mages - it's just that compared to the magic legions at the beginning of the war, the overall strength of this army has also decreased significantly.

The real magic legion is actually the terrifying force that the 1st Army crashed into in the territory of the Holy Demon Empire. It was a strong force that could fight for hours with the best of Elanhill's troops, and almost broke through the 1st Division's defenses.

That unit is the Magic Legion, a well-deserved Magic Legion. Now, such a magic army actually no longer exists, and the magic army in front of you is just a magic army reconstituted by a large number of mages who have been replenished in large numbers.

They don't have heavy weapons like magic war machines, they don't have the support of monsters like dragons and snakes, and they don't even have high-level magicians.

Scraping together, the force barely has more than 70,000 people, but in fact there are children around 15 years old and elderly people over 180 years old.

Many of the mages who have been added lack practical experience, and even many of them are only engaged in magic research on weekdays......

Such a magic army is actually very limited in combat effectiveness, and it is a problem to defend its position, let alone fight a decisive battle with the elite main force of Elanhill.

Commanding such an army to hold a fortress, with few reinforcements and scarce supplies, Magister Rudolph felt that he was too good to cook without rice, as if there was no hope.

In fact, his command ability is very average, and he is not a clever woman, but he feels good about himself and feels that he is a famous general in the world, so he thinks that he is a clever woman and it is difficult to cook without rice.

In the past three days, he had lost about 10,000 puppet soldiers, but he only waited for the 192 puppet soldiers to come from the rear...... In this case, the troops under his command are seriously shrinking at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Yesterday alone, the so-called magic army under his command killed more than 20,000 people. Iran Hill did not open the net because the opposite side was old, weak, sick and disabled, but stepped up the offensive and defeated the puppet empire.

Coupled with the previous losses, there are less than 300,000 troops left in the current Gushan Fortress that can still fight. There were about 100,000 humans, and 200,000 puppets.

Why are there so many puppet soldiers left? Because although there are few, there are puppet soldiers who can be replenished one after another, but the human soldiers, the puppet empire can no longer be replenished.

The renegades from the Eternal Empire and the Holy Demon Empire, that is, the magicians who have taken refuge in the puppet empire, have no way to replenish them.

And the mages from the puppet empire can't withstand the attrition, and there is no way to replenish them to the front line on a large scale.

After all, the puppet empire has lost most of the area where cannon fodder is produced - the Holy Demon Empire is now almost completely occupied by Iran Hill, and although most of the Eternal Empire is still under the occupation of the puppet empire, there are very few people who can volunteer to join the army.

No one is stupid, and when the puppet empire is in full swing, there are still some opportunists who are willing to take refuge in exchange for better treatment.

But now, the puppet empire is retreating one after another, and everyone can see that Iran Hill has the advantage, wouldn't it be sick to go to the puppet empire at this time?

"My lord! Lord Coruman has retreated from the front! His troops were almost completely lost, and the defensive positions on the northern periphery were almost lost......" A waiter walked in, stood behind Rudolph, who was sitting in a chair, and reported bad news.

The magical lights in the basement are dim, giving people a sense of unreal despair and helplessness in the end times.

Magister Rudolph, who was only a little away from the Grand Magus, raised his head and looked at his attendant, his gray beard trembled slightly, and asked unnaturally, "The outer position is lost?" How can he still have the face to come back? How can there still be a face to come back alive? ”

"Isn't there still Shrek Archmage on the flanks? He still had more than 10,000 soldiers there...... "The next second, as if grasping at some life-saving straw, Rudolph remembered that there was still a strong general on the outer defense line.

This commander is one of the most famous generals in the puppet empire, his personal combat effectiveness is good, and his command of the battle is also fierce and ferocious, and his performance in the previous attack on the Eternal Empire was very eye-catching.

"Shrek Archmagician...... I heard, I heard about him...... He committed suicide by poisoning. The waiter's face was ugly, and he bowed his head and replied softly.

"I heard?" Magister Rudolph frowned, unhappy with the unconvinced news.

"Yes, I heard! The position in charge of the Shrek Grand Magician lost contact not long ago, and the magician who came back at the end said that His Excellency the Shrek Grand Magician must live and die with his own position. The waiter hurriedly replied.

"......" Hearing this, Magister Rudolph sighed, not knowing what to say, so he could only be helplessly silent.

Another warrior loyal to the empire withdrew from the stage of history in this way, and walked so quietly that not many people can even remember such a name.

In this world war, there are too many such fools or warriors, they have perished in the corner, and their deaths do not seem to have splashed even a ripple of history.

"The retreating man said that he had prepared poison to take after the magic had run out, and that he was determined not to be a prisoner......," the waiter then explained.

He had heard these things too, but he had only heard them. It is impossible for him to see Shrek's great magician commit suicide and martyrdom, and it is impossible for him to verify the news again.

After all, that position is now occupied by Irlanhill, and anything that happens there is a fog for the puppet empire.

Even, no one knows whether this suicidal great magician really committed suicide or surrendered. Iran Hill doesn't propagate, and the puppet empire doesn't have spies to waste on probing for such news.

The waiter paused when he said this, and then continued: "Later, it was later seen that Iran Hill's troops occupied the high ground where Shrek's Grand Magician was located......"

"No one saw him retreat...... So, so, it seems that Shrek Grand Magior, maybe, maybe, almost...... It's a martyrdom. Seeing that Commander-in-Chief Rudolph's face was getting more and more ugly, the waiter's voice was so low that he couldn't hear it clearly.

Without waiting for Magister Rudolph to say anything, the attendant immediately raised his voice and changed the topic and asked, "Lord Magister, Grand Magus Sam has sent someone to ask, are we going to fight back and try to recapture the outer defensive positions?" ”

"Fight back? I can't even afford the bullets of the front-line soldiers now, what can I use to fight back? Yes? What to fight back? Rudolph suddenly became hysterical, slapped his hands twice on the armrests of his chair, and shouted angrily: "Let Cruman go!" Let him take the rest of his men to fight back! Take back the positions he lost! ”

"This ...... This doesn't work, right? The waiter hurriedly spoke, "Lord Coruman...... 's troops have just been routed from the battlefield, and now forcing them to fight back may cause a mutiny! ”

"They shouldn't have retreated in the first place! How? Still mutiny? Do they dare to rebel? Let him fight me! If he doesn't go, I'll execute him! Magister Rudolph commanded unbelieved.

The waiter touched the land deed of a centipede city in Burkelan that Coruman had bribed him with, gritted his teeth and said, "It's better to send Sam's troops to recapture the position......

After thinking about it carefully, he felt that what the waiter said still had some truth, and Magister Rudolph shook his mind a little.

This is also to blame the puppet empire's army command system is so backward that the waiters dare to talk too much on this kind of command issue - in Iran Hill, this is the work of the General Staff, which messenger guard dares to give the commander an idea?

"Then let Grand Magician Sam personally lead the troops to counterattack...... As for Coruman, let this bastard reflect well! If there is a next time, I will execute him with my own hands! Eventually, Magister Rudolph decided that the waiter was right, and changed his command.

In his heart, he also repeatedly warned himself that he should not be swayed by anger and make irrational decisions.

And the waiter who walked out of the door to give the order, his fingers rubbing his fingers on the title deed, with a smug smile on his face.