After this battle, the entire Black Hawk Army suffered almost 10,000 casualties, but casualties are not the same as death, compared to the escape of the French Imperial Army and the abandonment of the seriously wounded, the Black Hawk Army was able to receive treatment faster, and basically only a few thousand people died.

In other words, these thousands of casualties were exchanged for the losses of almost 10,000 people in the Guards Regiment and the First Army of the French Empire. This is a real loss, so the Hans Empire is not a loss in this battle.

Watching the Hans Imperial cavalry begin to turn around until they finally disappeared from his field of vision, Duke was also deeply relieved in his heart. Seriously, he was really afraid of the Hans Empire's fierce and forced charge, if this was the case, the Storm Musket Team would at most fire a round of three-stage shooting, causing the death of hundreds of Hans Empire cavalry.

Then the Storm Infantry fought hard with the opponent with the help of the fortifications of the Storm Carriage, and the role of the Storm Musket Team was almost useless. In this era, even if it is a rifled musket, there is basically no accuracy at all, and platoon gun shooting can cause casualties to dense formations, and point shooting hits depends on fate.

And this kind of hand-to-hand combat, if the Storm Musket Team still shoots, it will really become a black gun in the back after the war, and it may be greater than the cavalry of the Hans Empire for the Storm Army's own lethality. Even in modern society, they would not dare to shoot, let alone muskets of this era.

Therefore, although Duke said it before, he was righteous and asked Princess Gina to withdraw with the First Legion of the Empire. But in fact, he was also panicking to death in his heart, on the one hand, because he was afraid of death in the face of 40,000 Hans Imperial cavalry, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the Storm Army would suffer heavy casualties, and the soldiers of the two regiments here were two-thirds of the most elite human soldiers of the Storm Army.

Although in terms of the current number of storm troops, there are other alien infantry such as the dwarf army, the fish-man army, and so on. But Duke has known this since he was a child, and Duke will not say that he treats dwarves differently from fishmen, and he can also guarantee that people such as Hammer and Fasqi are loyal to him.

However, there are many things in this world that dare not be said to be foolproof, and the strength of the human soldiers of the Storm Army is the guarantee of the unity of all races. Whether in the Middle Ages or in later generations, in countries where the main ethnic group was dominant, there were relatively few disputes and confrontations of all kinds, and preventing problems before they happened was a good thing for any race.

Now seeing that the Hans Imperial cavalry has finally retreated, all these worries can also be left behind. At this time, Duke began to order the Storm Army to de-prepare and prepare to continue the march to the Alakou Fortress and the Storm Camp, and he himself led the two generals, Alan and Karl, to the location of Duke Otto of the Lion Army.

Not to mention the identity of Duke Otto as Duke's father, even if he was the former commander of the Northern Army and led reinforcements to rescue him, it was enough for Duke to come over and salute. And aside from the fact that Duke Otto acquiesced to Emperor Henry VII of France to let him go to Stormcastle to die, Duke began to appreciate this imperial god of war a little more and more!

Durkzema came to Duke Otto, looked at the veteran in front of him who was full of traces of war, hesitated for a moment, and then saluted first: "See Lord Duke." ”

Duke Otto nodded and didn't say anything more about Duke's salute, but from the look in his eyes, Duke still felt a sense of relief. This kind of look is familiar to Duke, when he was in another world, whenever his father saw his achievements, he would have such a look.

At the same time as Duke came over, Princess Gina and the commander of the First Legion, Marquis Stilwell, also rode over, as the real commander of the Northern Legion and the status of the royal princess, Duke Otto still bent down and saluted Princess Guina, but did not dismount.

In fact, with Duke Otto's current status and prestige, no one will say anything even if he doesn't salute Princess Jina. The status of a royal princess is far inferior to that of a powerful duke like Otto, but the relationship between the royal family and Duke Otto is tense at present, and Duke Otto does not want to give others the impression of disrespecting the royal family.

"Your Royal Highness Princess, I am glad to see the First Legion of the Empire return safely with you, this is the blessing of the Empire. ”

Duke Otto said politely, he is different from other lords, Otto really has feelings for the French Empire, and it can even be said that the stable situation of the French Empire today is due to the early war between Otto and Henry VII.

"Lord Duke, this is indeed a blessing for the Empire, but the reason why the First Legion of the Empire and I were able to break through was because of the Storm Army led by Viscount Duke, otherwise the entire First Legion of the Empire would be in a dangerous situation. ”

"By the way, Lord Duke, did you also have an accident, why are you here?"

Gina also expressed the doubts in her heart, because Duke Otto led the lion army to conquer the barbarians, but he appeared behind him, and the Guards and the Marquis of Barton also appeared here. It stands to reason that after Marquis Patton found Duke Otto and the Lion Army, shouldn't he come over quickly to support the First Legion of the Empire, why is the situation completely wrong?

"The Lion Army is surrounded by a large barbarian army, and the Marquis of Barton has just happened to lead the Guards to help us break through. But the barbarians were carefully prepared this time, with a full 100,000 cavalry troops, so we were in a bitter battle and had no way to support the Imperial army. If Baker hadn't arrived in time with the Silvermoon Army, the casualties of the Lions and Imperial Guards might have been even greater. ”

Hearing Duke Otto's answer, Princess Gina said with surprise on her face at this time: "You have also been surrounded? How could it be so coincidental that the Imperial Army and the Lion Army's expeditionary troops were attacked at the same time?"

Princess Jina's question, in fact, Duke Otto was already thinking about it when he met the Guards Legion. This is no ordinary coincidence, you must know that the preparation required to gather tens of thousands of troops is very amazing, neither the barbarians nor the Hans Empire can make such an ambush operation casually, and it is so precise and synchronized with the gods.

To reach the point of this tacit understanding, then there is only one possibility, the barbarians and the Hans Empire have negotiated with each other, that is, in order to completely annihilate the northern legion of the French Empire. It is definitely not a simple matter to reconcile two century-old rivals, or even practice cooperation, and it must also have enough interest temptation, and there is only one explanation after thinking about it, that is, the entire battle plan of the French Empire has been leaked, so it is such a coincidence.