When the smoke of the war gradually subsided, the survivors were seen by the corpses everywhere, the blood-stained sand dunes, and the vultures occasionally flying high in the sky foraging for food, the rich smell of blood and the lingering smell of death cast a cloud on everyone's hearts, but no one felt anything about it, because most of them were used to it.

As a soldier under General Estes, a member of the most aggressive demon legion in the Empire, the habit of death is only an introductory course, and those who can't adapt to it either escape or die.

After a fierce battle, this battle ended with the defeat of the Western alien army, and the victory belonged to the demon army, of course, this was a matter of course in the eyes of everyone in the army.

The Demon Legion is a true army of a hundred battles, they have their own persistence and pride, and the more important reason is the absolute trust in the Legion Commander Estes Balutes, a military spirit-like figure.

By this time, the enemy army had been defeated for a long time, but Estes's army had not yet left, and they were collecting the corpses of their fallen comrades and sorting out the captured loot by the way.

Because of the hot desert environment, it is impossible to keep the bodies of these people for too long, and even if they are cremated after being transported back to the army station, they will be officially buried in the empire when the war is completely over.

Estes stood silently on a sand dune, his dark blue eyes casually and quietly looking at the soldiers under his command who were cleaning up the battlefield in the place where the soldiers had just clashed, and he looked a little absent-minded, as if he was thinking about something.

Suddenly, a scorching wind blew, mixed with a little dust, she reached out and pressed the beret on top of her head, her ice-blue hair like silk fluttered in the air in the wind, and the heroic and feminine blended together without any sense of disobedience at this moment, just like a person who came out of an ancient painting.

The battle with the "Dead Thorn" Lagarde and Cardina, although the result was that Estes won, but after all, it still failed to end their lives, Estes shot and beat the woman named Cardina to a serious injury, and Lagarde, whose strength can faintly compete with Estes, is very rational after a fierce fight, very rationally suppressed the idea of a long battle, covering the seriously injured Cardina retreated.

With the retreat of this pair of main forces containing Estes, the Desert King Gregor also understood that the battle was not good, and led his troops to kill the encirclement before the situation was completely out of control, and used his familiarity with the surrounding terrain to get rid of the pursuers sent by Liva, and this encounter ended in such a situation.

The battle was won, and the results were quite gratifying, but Estes was clearly not so happy with the outcome of the battle.

After all, the harsh natural environment of the endless desert still had a certain impact on her, and Estes's Ice Emperor was greatly limited in this extreme water shortage condition, and her strength could only exert six or seven percent at most, if it weren't for this, the two people from the "Death Thorn" would definitely pay a heavier price even if they wanted to leave.

This is an endless desert far west of the Empire, and it is not the home field for the Empire's army, and it is impossible for Estes to destroy a force entrenched here in such adversity.

If nothing else, these desert barbarians will still adopt the strategy of avoiding the frontal battle with the Imperial army in the future, delaying as much time as possible, as long as they can support the logistics of Estes, it will be their victory.

Of course, this is the right thing to do, the Western alien people can see the disadvantages of the imperial army clearly, and Estes herself naturally understands this, in order to avoid being dragged down, she has also drawn up a lot of strategies and tactics in her heart, and then it will only depend on whose means are better.

Thinking of something that stirred up excitement, the corners of Estes's mouth unconsciously twisted into a slightly pleasant smile.

Fighting wits and courage, using her own advantages, overcoming environmental disadvantages, and then clearing the obstacles created by the enemy, and doing whatever it takes to win the only victory, this is the battlefield she is looking forward to.

It's funny......

Just as Estes's thoughts were wandering everywhere, Liva, dressed in a military uniform and with a straight posture, slowly walked from behind Estes, and finally stopped three steps away from Estes, and bowed his head respectfully.

"Lord Estes, the work of clearing the battlefield will be completed in about half an hour, and then you can directly pull out the army and return to the camp."

Estes didn't look back, bowed slightly, and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Liva." ”

"It's a subordinate business."

After Liva said this, he raised his head silently, glanced at Estes's back, his mouth opened slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but as if he had some concerns, he couldn't help but fall into silence, and thought about whether to open his mouth or not.

"Do you have something to say?"

Before Liva could say anything, Estes seemed to feel something, turned his head to look at him, and said with a smile: "Say whatever you want, you are also my old subordinate, don't worry so much." ”

"Yes." Liwa responded, weighing the words in his heart, and said cautiously: "Our army has now penetrated deep into the heart of the endless desert, but after all, the environment here is too different from the imperial environment, and many soldiers have shown a situation of not adapting to the water and soil, while the western alien peoples occupy the advantageous position, and they are bent on delaying the idea, and try their best to avoid confrontation with our army...... If this continues, even with the bravery of the Demon Legion, it will definitely take a lot of time and energy to annihilate them completely. ”

Estes nodded and didn't reply, but judging by his expression, he should have agreed with Liva's statement.

Then, only to listen to Liwa continued: "But in terms of the current situation of the empire, time is undoubtedly a big problem, the revolutionary army has already reached the Bishui Pass, and the battle is raging, in case the situation on the imperial capital takes a sharp turn, and our army is mired in the quagmire of the endless desert, and cannot rush back to rescue in time, the empire will be really in danger......"

"Therefore, the subordinates proposed to return to the Changge Fortress on the basis of the existing victory, the Western alien nations are now suffering heavy losses, and it is unlikely that they will invade the imperial border again in the short term, and Lord Estes can use this time to return to the imperial capital, and after the rebellion of the revolutionary army is destroyed, it is not too late to go back and clean up this group of desert people."

Liva said this carefully, and kept paying attention to Estes's expression, wanting to persuade the female general to withdraw her troops when she was in the middle of the war, this is really not a trivial matter, and it is probably possible that she will be cut by drawing her sword in an unhappy way.

If it is in peacetime, in fact, it is nothing with Estes's temperament, but the current situation of the empire is not negligent at all, Liva's military strategy is extremely high, and he understands the hidden crisis under the current stable situation, the empire is now like being surrounded by three powder kegs in the middle, no matter which powder keg bursts, it will be the end of total collapse.

It was precisely because of this that Liva had to make a suggestion to Estes to withdraw from the army, hoping that the battle woman would be able to take care of the overall situation at this juncture.

And after listening to Liva's words, Estes did not draw his sword and cut people very kindly, but the corners of his mouth outlined an unpredictable faint smile, looking at Liva and responding: "What you said makes a lot of sense, Liva, maybe the situation may indeed develop as you expected, but ......"

She turned her head slowly, looking into the distance, her voice as calm and magnetic as ever, mixed with a little irrefutable determination.

“…… Even so, I still won't consider retiring until I've completely killed all the foreign nations in the West. ”