Almost as soon as the front foot arrived at Regina, the back foot was scattered, and in order to convince more free mages, they set out on the journey again during the night.

As for Benjamin, he flew alone in the direction of the border.

The church might be sending troops tonight, and he didn't know if he would be able to make it, but in terms of speed, he was already the fastest of all. If he can get to the border before the outbreak of the Great War, he may be able to save as much of his military capital as possible.

- He has already worn the badge of executive prime minister, so he also has a certain amount of military command.

At this moment, it was about one o'clock in the evening, the sky was unbelievably dark, and there were few traces of human activity in the fields below. The news did not spread in Ikhor, so the rest of the country remained calm.

Benjamin had been flying in the night for an unknown amount of time, when suddenly, he saw a flash of fire on the horizon ahead.

He was instantly refreshed.

"That's ......"

The firelight was also moving, and soon it was getting closer and closer in his line of sight. In the dark plain, I saw countless people holding torches and moving quickly in this direction.

Is it the army?

Benjamin was a little surprised. After all, this is still a long way from the border, and you shouldn't be able to meet the army here.

As the distance approached, the whole picture of the troops gradually appeared in his eyes. The number of people is extremely large, at first glance there are tens of thousands, and it is spectacular at first glance. It's just that the whole queue doesn't look very neat, and even a little chaotic. Many soldiers carried stretchers, and the smell of blood was faint in the wind.

Suddenly, Benjamin's mood sank to the bottom.

"It's Ikor's garrison. The system said, "The church acted very quickly, and broke the border in one fell swoop. But don't be too sad, at least, it's not a fiasco, and a lot of life has been saved. ”

Benjamin took a deep breath and didn't speak, but flew towards the army.

“...... What people!"

As soon as he flew closer, the people in the army immediately noticed. Several mages flew out and looked at him with wary expressions. Benjamin took out the badge given to him by the executive prime minister and showed it to a few people in front of him.

"I am the head of the Academy of Magic, and I have been commissioned by the Executive Prime Minister to contact Ikor's border guards. You're the 100,000 defenders from before, what's going on?"

When the mages and the surrounding soldiers heard this, they were all stunned, and they looked at each other for a while, silent and did not speak, and the air was filled with a heavy and oppressive atmosphere.

A moment later, a middle-aged man like a general walked out of the army.

"Dean Benjamin, I have long admired your great name. The man nodded, and replied, "My name is Kent, and I am tasked with several other generals to lead the border garrison. ”

"General Kent, what happened? What about the other generals?"

“...... Three hours ago, the Kingdom of Hori suddenly launched a surprise attack. Although we had received a warning from the Prime Minister, the enemy's strength was so great that it was difficult for our troops to resist it, so we had to retreat temporarily. Speaking of this, the general paused before continuing, "Several other generals have unfortunately died in the process of retreating. ”

Benjamin couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, even though he didn't know those people at all.

The church came so quickly......

First provoked a coup d'état, and then took advantage of the confusion of command and information jams within Ikor to send troops at an almost impossible speed to directly defeat the long-arranging border defenders - those men must have prepared this plan early on.

It's a pity that whether it is the dark department of the academy or the eyeliner of other countries, there is no news about it before. This intelligence effort has been a bit of a failure.

"How many are there in the Church's army?" Benjamin could only ask.

"At least 300,000. General Kent's voice became heavier, "At the beginning of the raid, there was an astonishing sound of artillery fire. The Holy Light cannon, mixed with catapults, hit our outpost directly, causing the sentries to not send back information in time, and there were some disagreements within our command. A few minutes later, the mountains were full of soldiers pouring out of the ravines on the side, and we had missed the best opportunity to counterattack, and after a brief exchange of fire, we had no choice but to retreat. ”

Benjamin nodded and asked, "How bad is the loss?"

"We sacrificed a large number of soldiers to prevent the pursuit, and now there are only about 50,000 men left. Even the dozen or so Holy Light cannons were all captured by the enemy before they could fire. ”

"This ......"

At that moment, Benjamin felt a little headache in his head.

"It was our incompetence, and if we had retreated decisively before the enemy opened fire, we would never have caused such a big loss. General Kent also bowed his head, "I am willing to take all the blame." ”

"Forget it......," Benjamin shook his head and said, "At the moment of the big war, what kind of guilt is discussed, let's first repel the enemy army and keep Ikor . ”

Kent bowed his head and was silent.

"And what about the mage, how serious is the loss of the mage?" Benjamin asked after a moment's thought.

"The Mage is the most well-preserved unit we have so far due to its nimble flight ability. In the current ranks, there are about 2,000 mages who have preserved their combat capabilities. ”

Hearing this, Benjamin's face softened slightly, and he nodded.

That's some good news.

"Where are you going to retreat now?" he continued.

"To Rock City. General Kent replied, "This is one of the cities that we are now relatively close to, with a difficult terrain that is difficult to defend, and at the same time on the road to Regina." We are ready to go in there, regain our strength, and try to hold the enemy attack from there. ”

"Rock City......"

In Benjamin's mind, the system quickly called up all the relevant information for him to query. The city is large and well fortified, but it's not that close to this side.

With the speed of 50,000 men, it would take them at least two days to get there.

The church won't catch up, will it?

"How far are the pursuers of the Horry Kingdom from us, and can they catch up?" asked Benjamin hurriedly.

"We can't confirm. General Kent shook his head and said, "But so far I have not seen any trace of the pursuers. They should still be cleaning up the battlefield, maybe ...... General Rand, who was left behind, was still fighting those enemies at the moment. ”

Benjamin heard this, nodded, thoughtful.

In a sense, this remnant army of 50,000 people can be regarded as the "vanguard force". Although in the end, this is probably the only vanguard left.

In order to make the large army retreat successfully, they paid a very heavy price.

"You go on retreating, I'll go and see. After asking about the situation, Benjamin took a deep breath, left the words, and continued to fly west.