readx;

Taking advantage of the rest time, General Camp can take care of counting the remnants, but after such a count, General Camp really wants to cry without tears, and there are less than 5,000 people left in the army of more than 40,000 under his command now, and more than 2,000 of these 5,000 people are the Holy See Overseer led by Stephen, and the remaining nearly 40,000 horses were either killed in the attack of the elven army last night, or scattered to nowhere, if it weren't for the fact that there were more than 1,000 legion commanders and guards who had been following him, Camp would really have become a bare-bones commander. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

General Kemp originally wanted to wait on the spot to collect the defeated soldiers, otherwise he would take such a little remnant back here, I'm afraid it would be difficult to explain to the military department, but the defeated soldiers did not wait, waiting for the elven army to be responsible for the reconnaissance of the Pegasus Knight, the Pegasus Knight did not approach, after confirming the identity of the deserters of Camp and his party from a distance, he immediately turned around and left, and soon the smoke and dust were everywhere in the direction where the Pegasus Knight disappeared, and the elven cavalry got the information and immediately chased after him.

Seeing the rapid approach of the billowing smoke and dust, General Camp had to give up the idea of continuing to gather the remnants of the defeated generals, and flew on his horse to continue to flee, this time he ran and stopped, and abandoned his armor. The elven cavalry under the guidance of the Pegasus Knights was in pursuit, and their morale was like a rainbow, and they chased more than 600 miles from the elven forest, connecting several small towns in the middle, and finally General Camp had to lead the remnants of the defeated army to flee to Lua City, the largest city in the east of Hig, preparing to resist the elven army with the high city and deep moat of Lua City.

When he heard the news of the elven army's attack, the defender of Lua City was so frightened that his mouth opened wide and his jaw barely dropped. If General Kemp, the commander of the army who was like a lost dog, had not told him the news himself, he would not have believed it was true.

How can it be?

The battle report that came back a few days ago also said that the progress of the coalition army's attack on the elven forest was going well, and the elves were so frightened that they didn't even dare to show a shadow from beginning to end.

Under the orders of the defenders, the heralds immediately hurried to the direction of Baden City to ask for help, and at the same time, a griffon also flew out of Lua City and headed straight for the city of Triumph of Higdi.

The suspension bridge of Lua City is hung high, and the defense work has been urgently mobilized, all the soldiers have gathered on the city wall to prepare for the battle, and the recruited people will carry a large number of war materials to the city wall, most of the garrisons in Lua City have been drawn to attack the elven forest, and the number of garrisons in the city is only 20,000 at present, and it is very difficult to defend against Lua City, which is very wide in the city wall. Fortunately, General Camp was defeated along with the Templar General Stephen.

Stephen also knew that he couldn't retreat back here, because Lua City was not only the largest town in the east of Higg, but also the center of east Hig, and once Lua City was lost, it would be equivalent to the fall of the entire east of Hig. And the city of Lua has the same important value to the Holy See, during the civil strife of the Higg, the city of Lua changed hands several times, and even became the base camp of the rebels for a time, besieged by the Higg army for several months, the people in the city suffered the most from the war, because of hunger and some even changed children to eat. After the Sigg civil strife, the citizens of Lua City, who had suffered double trauma and spiritual trauma, were in urgent need of spiritual comfort, so the belief in the God of Light quickly took root in the hearts of the people of Lua City, and laid a firm foundation, people believed that the souls of their dead relatives would fly to heaven, and people believed that the God of Light would bring them the gospel.

Therefore, the strategic value of Lua City for the Holy See is second only to Triumph City, and it must not be lost, otherwise the belief system that the Holy See has worked so hard to build up in eastern Higg over the years is likely to be swept away by the elves, making all the fruits of the Holy See's years of efforts in vain. This would not only greatly weaken the Holy See's control over Higer, but would also seriously delay the Holy See's plan to go north.

Stephen has been assisting Cardinal Raphael in developing the Holy See's influence in Higg under the orders of Emperor Schpburn for many years, so he is well aware of the importance of Lua City and the entire eastern region of Higg to the Holy See. Therefore, as soon as he entered Lua City, he immediately found the assistant bishop in charge of the affairs of the Holy See Lua City, explained the current situation, and asked the assistant bishop to immediately gather the priests in the city, and mobilize the congregation to prepare to assist in the defense of the city.

The elven cavalry did not waste more time chasing down the rout, they advanced extremely fast, and half a day after General Kemp's defeated army arrived, the elven forward cavalry had already reached the city of Lua.

Seeing the heavily guarded sight on the city wall, the cavalry did not choose to attack, but returned the same way, and after another two days, the mighty elven army arrived at the city, surrounded the city of Lua, and began preparations before the siege.

Stephen, who was standing at the head of the city, looked at the formation of the elven army and breathed a sigh of relief, first of all, the number of elven troops was not as large as expected, according to the observed situation, it was expected that there were about 50,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry, and secondly, the elven army lacked war equipment, and was currently looking around for wood to make watchtowers, siege vehicles, etc., but Stephen knew that after Lua City experienced the Sigg civil strife, in order to prevent the Boers rebels from coming back, the defense was further strengthened. Moreover, during the civil strife, there were many battles around Lua City, and the available wood within a radius of dozens of miles around the city had already been cut down, and new trees had not grown in recent years, so the trees used for the manufacture of siege equipment were not easy to find, which would delay the elves to prepare for the siege, and when they were almost ready, maybe the reinforcements from the direction of Baden City had arrived, and the elves who were attacked by the enemy could only choose to withdraw their troops.

Stephen was half right, the elves did not launch an offensive in a short time, at most, some archers approached the city wall and shot a few cold arrows at the soldiers in the city to play a certain deterrent role. But on the other hand, the heralds of the Holy See brought the news back to Triumph City, and Cardinal Raphael was shocked when he learned the news, and he didn't even have time to think about the reason for the defeat, so he urgently entered the palace and asked Higg XIII to immediately send troops to rescue Lua.

Higg XIII was also shocked by this result, but what shocked him was not the elven counterattack, but Raphael's original pat on the chest and assured him that the elven relics had expired, and they could safely and boldly attack the elven forest, now it seems that this is a complete joke, the cruel reality gave Raphael a slap in the face, and as a high-ranking figure of the Holy See who has always acted rigorously, it is unimaginable that he has made such a low-level mistake.