The morning light heralding the arrival of a new day was sprinkled on the land of the Duchy of Magini, and perhaps it was a little inappropriate to call it the territory of the Duchy of Magini, because the people who stood on this land were already the people of the Eastern Oguna Empire, which had always admired force and had developed militarily.

For Fidel, what happened last night left him extremely disappointed, and only about 10,000 regular troops of the Duchy of Mageni returned to the barracks of the Mercenary Patriotic Regiment alive. This also shows that the Duchy of Mageni lost nearly 40,000 regular troops overnight, including the stubborn but loyal old count.

Two terrible defeats in quick succession left many soldiers in despair, the Southern Army was hollowed out of its "head" because it fell into the trap of the Imperials, and the regular army of the Principality was attacked because of traitors. If anyone can hope for a country that is not very powerful, he will surely be ridiculed as a fool.

The only thing that can be confirmed is that Vittorio, who was the first to put in order the wounded soldiers who escaped from the barracks, still has such hopes.

"Commander, the detailed process of the murder of the Count of Camhen and the defeat of the 50,000-strong army has been written, and it can be sent to the city of Dumu and the Duchy of Magini at any time," Vittorio stayed awake all night, his eyes were bloodshot, but he could still report the current situation to Fidel in a flat tone, "Most of those regular troops are still capable of fighting, and they have all been incorporated into the mercenary defense regiment, nominally commanded by those two nobles, but in fact they are all called by you, the commander." ”

Fide looked at the letter, written by Vittorio himself, "This is a letter that makes the Duchy of Mageni feel hopeless. ”

"Actually, even if we don't send them a letter, they will know about the defeat we just faced," Vittorio didn't look at Fidel, and he also avoided the gaze of the other captains, "I'd rather have a Mageni Duchy tell the rest of the land the news than let the news of the defeat get out of the mouth of the enemy." ”

After everyone was silent for a while, Selena asked, "Actually, the Earl of Kanheng and those principality nobles can choose to break through from one direction when the enemy is surrounded..."

"But the pride and pride of the Count of Camhen did not allow him to do so," Vittorio said, "and the two nobles have already confessed, and the Count of Camhen knows the risks of attacking the enemy, but he is no longer willing to give up an inch of land." That's why he stuck there and got into disputes with other nobles, which indirectly led to the final tragedy. ”

"That Viscount Robin must also be ready to mutiny, even if the Earl of Campham tries to escape from the barracks, Robin will get in the way, and even choose to assassinate the Count of Campin. Robin, who had already sent important information and barracks defense materials to the Empire, didn't expect to run into Field, so when he failed to plot Field, he was completely exposed when he didn't make a move to Camhen, and Fielder also knew why the other party had to kill him.

"But—" Luca, who had suffered a minor injury to his lower back, suddenly thought of a question, "But why did Sir Robin rebel against the Duchy of Magini?"

There was nothing to discuss about this question, but some captains suddenly thought of another question because of Luca's question - even the nobles who originally belonged to this country have rebelled, and those nobles with prestige have also died in battle, so what should the potato mercenary group do?

Because of the desperate resistance of the regular army and the timely support of the mercenary Patriotic Regiment, the Imperial Army of East Oguna also suffered heavy losses. According to the report of the Scout Cavalry sent by Selena, countless corpses appeared in the barracks built on high ground, including many of the horses of the Imperial Cavalry. One can imagine how much resistance those Imperial Iron Horsemen encountered after storming the barracks. After rough statistics, the Eastern Oguna Imperial Army, which lost two small cities and the rear military camp, lost at least 15,000 people, and the three mercenary groups of the Mercenary Guild also suffered casualties of varying degrees, among which the main force of the American Young Mercenary Group was almost completely destroyed, and countless handsome faces became a delicacy for maggots.

If the Mercenary Guardian Regiment was not in the same camp as the 50,000-strong army commanded by Count Camphen, then the mercenaries led by Fide should be the biggest winner of this battle. The end result was that the East Oguna Empire and the Mercenary Guild won a crushing victory at the cost of losing nearly 30,000 troops, while the Mageni Principality lost more than 40,000 men, most of whom were regular troops.

These numbers were written by Vittorio in the letter that was going to be copied to all parts of the principality, Vittorio didn't want to hide anything, after all, this was the truth, Fide and the victory he wanted turned into defeat in the end, but hiding the truth would only make the defeat stinking bad.

The news of the Count of Canham's defeat spread throughout the Duchy of Magini in just two days, and the Count of Canham, who was regarded by many principalities as the last pillar, died in front of his barracks.

The citizens of the Duchy who walked the streets of Dumule were angry, and they thought that it was a grave mistake for Count Campham to think too highly of himself and act arbitrarily, and that an old man over eighty years old could still have an army of 50,000 at his disposal, and finally bury all of them. They believe that the Duchy of Mageni needs a hero who can really stand together and stand in front of the country against foreign enemies. Count Endrida, who has been recuperating in the Dugi City, has built up an army of tens of thousands of people, and with some small cities around the Duge City, the sphere of influence in the new capital of the Duchy of Magini has the strength to make a comeback. Count Endrida also took the initiative to stand up after the death of Count Canchen, and publicly declared that he would definitely protect the people of the Duchy of Magini, and stand up for Duke Yannis and for this land.

Although Endrida has no small ambitions, and he does take advantage of this crisis to become the only nobleman that Duke Yannis can rely on, those nobles in the west of the duchy obviously do not have much affection for Endrida. After the death of Camham and the other nobles, more and more cities wanted to join the Duchy of Nou, and they also extinguished the last bit of hope and discussed the matter of being included in the territory of the Duchy of No.

Ludwig, who had already formed an alliance with the Duchy of Magini, also encountered great resistance, and the Imperial Army of East Oguna stopped most of the main forces in front of the Winter Country, even Ludwig, who had the talent of a general, could not gain an advantage for a moment, and the Imperial General named Godara was obviously not a vegetarian.

The only thing that could give Phyll some comfort was Mave's lobbying. Although the news of the defeat of Count Campham and his 50,000 regular army also reached the southern part of the principality, Maev's tireless efforts to visit the lords in various places still achieved some results. The cities were hesitating between the Papal Union's alliance of independence and the Duchy of Magini, and after meeting with Maev, they all said that they would not abandon the Duchy Magini, but at the same time they wanted to see the Duchy of Magini victorious as soon as possible.

Later, Feder learned that Maeve kept mentioning herself in the process of lobbying, and when she met with each nobleman, she would claim that Fed, the head of the Mercenary Guard, was a baron personally canonized by Duke Yannis, the hope of the duchy, and her fiancé.

Fed could understand the "marriage contract" that Mave had not negotiated with him, and he knew that it was just a means of negotiation for Maeve, after all, for many sensible nobles, the death of the Count of Camhen represented the basic disappearance of the old power of the Duchy of Mageni, and the country needed to be re-energized and must be injected with fresh blood. Moreover, the defeat a few days ago was not without gains, and the Empire also paid the price.

"If Miss Mave can succeed, maybe there will be a certain number of troops who can support us..."Patrick looked at the map, the military camp of the Mercenary Guardian Regiment had retreated again and again, and the surrounding cities were also fleeing, "Count Endrida also claimed that he would send troops here in the short term, so that we must hold this line first, and not let the Imperial Army of East Oguna take another half step." ”

Winoti, who was in a bad mood, said loudly: "But the Imperial Army of East Oguna has not advanced half a step at all! We have just been defeated again and again, from the Southern Army to the regular army of the Duchy... Now we're just hired mercenaries..."

Fidel asked Vittorio, "Are those mercenary groups stable?"

"They're still okay with what they're doing and we're giving them more incentives to keep them emotional. Squadron Leader Jasmine also sent several mercenaries from Black Swamp City who had just joined the Mercenary Guardian Regiment, nearly 4,000 people. ”

With his hands crossed and his chin resting on the back of his hand, Fidel closed his eyes. He knew that there wouldn't be traitors like Robin around him, but no one could guarantee that the mercenary groups wouldn't disperse early in the morning. With the stalemate in the war between the two countries, the East Oguna Empire occupied more of the initiative, and the other side knew that the long-lasting attrition would definitely be the loss of the weaker Mageni Principality. When the nobles to the west are determined to separate, the Duchy of Namageni will become a state that exists in name only, and its own mercenary task, which is particularly important, will come to an end, and there may be "sequelae".

Vittorio said suddenly: "Later, when I returned to the burned barracks, I found that there were some traces of the rebels. Now that they have achieved their goal of eliminating the Count of Camhen, perhaps they will continue to 'fight' for the destruction of the Duchy of Magini, and we need to be vigilant. Vittorio, who has been silent for the past few days, threw out such a dangerous signal as soon as he opened his voice, and the captains felt a sense of crisis.

Most of the captains, including Patrick, began to consider whether to persuade Fide not to continue to serve Duke Yannis and the Duchy of Magini, after all, they were mercenaries, not soldiers of this country. I thought that they left the Papal States and wanted to develop and take root in the Duchy of Magini, but they didn't expect that the country was full of bad luck, and the successive defeats made the country hopeless, and what Fidel wanted to obtain no longer existed.

While everyone was pondering, Vega walked in with a man of medium stature.

"Hello everyone, I am Li Wei, the leader of the civilian mercenary group, and I want to take my subordinates to join the mercenary defense group. ”