438 Pick each other out
"Frivolous? Can I still describe my strength as young and frivolous? Marquis Stilwell, you should say that I am confident. ”
In the face of Duke's cynicism, now the Marquis of Stilwell is also under the roof and has to bow his head. continued to argue with Duke, the viscount, but it was him, the marquis, who was embarrassed, so Marquis Stilwell just snorted coldly, and directly planned to cross Duke and stop arguing with him.
However, when Marquis Stilwell walked past Duke, Duke did not have the mocking smile on his face at this time, but said with a cold face: "Marquis Stilwell, don't think that no one knows what you are doing, those who harm others will naturally be harmed one day." ”
When Duke said this, the Marquis of Stilwell stopped directly, he already understood the meaning of Duke's words.
But he still pretended not to know anything and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"You know what I mean. Lord Marquis, you can't be the master of this kind of thing, so it makes no sense for me to tell you more, I can only say that the Falan Empire has weakened to this point, which is not unreasonable. ”
Duke's words almost made it clear what he wanted to say behind the scenes, Marquis Stilwell listened to Duke's words, thinking of his Imperial Army being captured this time, coupled with the powerful appearance of the Storm Army now, and instantly there was something in his mind that he had never dared to think of before, that is, the Northern Army of the Empire was ambushed, whether it would have something to do with Duke in front of him.
Now that everything has been clarified, the Marquis of Stilwell lowered his voice and asked Duke: "Is the ambush of the Imperial Army related to you?"
Hearing Marquis Stilwell's words, Duke just looked at Marquis Stilwell with a sneer on his face, and then didn't speak.
When he saw Duke's expression, Marquis Stilwell understood in his heart, first of all, an incomparable anger rushed to his heart, and he had a desire to directly pull out his long sword and kill Duke. But soon this impulse was suppressed, for the simple reason that the situation was stronger than people, unless the Marquis of Stilwell did not want to live, otherwise this kind of action was to seek death.
Marquis Stilwell naturally wanted to live, and the more he reached such a position of high power, the more he didn't want to die. However, this anger was only instantaneous, and soon a wry smile appeared on the face of the Marquis of Stilwell, because as Duke said, harming others will end up harming oneself, and it is really the Emperor Henry VII of France who intends to annihilate the storm army in this way, but he does not expect retribution on himself.
If Marquis Stilwell still has any emotion, it's regret. I regret that I really underestimated the Storm Army and this Duke, as a general from the imperial capital, plus the garrison in the Duchy of Berry, Duke's straw bale reputation can be said to be thunderous, and the inherent impression formed in the past ten years is not something that can be resolved by seeing the Storm Army in one day.
Even after seeing how well equipped the Storm Army were, they wondered if it had something to do with Duke Otto. Coupled with the fact that the Lion Army directly broke the news of the lack of weapons in the arsenal, it was impossible for Duke Otto to tell the outside world that it was Thacker who used it to support the Sea Clan, so he could only choose to cover it up, and in the eyes of others, Duke Otto himself was corrupt for his own use, and the object of use might be this inexplicable storm army.
Therefore, various news confirmed the thoughts of Marquis Stilwell and the upper echelons of the Imperial Army, and they did not take the Storm Army seriously at all. It can only be said that creation makes people, an inconspicuous little person, and finally set off a monstrous wave!
There are many things that don't need to be said directly, and after Marquis Stilwell understood all this, it was as if the spirit on his body was gone, and he didn't even have the strength to confront Duke, so he turned around and walked directly towards the car formation.
Looking at the back of Marquis Stilwell, Duke's face was also indifferent, if he could, he really wanted to do the same thing as the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire, that is, to annihilate the entire First Army of the Empire in this place.
It's just that many things can't have their own emotions, and it's the politicians who are despicable, not these innocent soldiers, and in their hearts, what they do is just to defend their families and the country.
After a moment's hesitation, Duke put the Storm Army on alert, and the 1,000-strong logistics army cleaned up the battlefield and casualties as quickly as possible. Duke's criterion for the wounded was to be able to maintain basic mobility and be able to get on the storm wagon on his own.
It was precisely because of the existence of the Storm Carriage that Duke agreed to Princess Gina's request to save the wounded, because the Storm Carriage would not slow down the Storm Army's own actions. Otherwise, even if Princess Gina prayed, Duke would not have risked his storm army.
Since Duke was only cleaning up the lightly wounded who were easy to move, there was not much time to delay, and on the other side, after the barrel of the Storm Muskets cooled down for a while, they once again aimed the muzzle of the Black Hole at the Black Hawks who were surrounding.
After experiencing a previous massacre and the rout of the Black Hawk Army, plus the casualties of the First Army of the French Empire when it broke through, the casualties of the entire Black Hawk Army were already more than 10,000, which means that so far, the remaining combat strength of the Black Hawk Army is almost 40,000.
With 60,000 people besieging 30,000 and letting 10,000 people go, their own casualties reached a staggering number of 20,000, which was simply unacceptable for the Black Eagle Army of the Hans Empire. No, Duke Blair, even in the face of heavy casualties, did not want the Storm Army and the First Army of the Empire to withdraw like this.
However, after the Storm Army merged with the First Army of the Empire, the 5,000 people of the Storm Army basically had no Internet access, and there should be about 8,000 people who could fight in the First Army of the French Empire, and the total strength reached 13,000 people.
These thirteen,000 men, with a defensive formation, and musketeers who terrified the Black Hawks, Blair couldn't attack even if he wanted to. However, in the face of such a situation, Duke couldn't retreat quickly if he wanted to, so he could only maintain the integrity of the entire formation and slowly move towards the border of the Fran Empire.
And the Black Hawks did not rush to attack, but chose to follow the Storm Army. The reason is very simple, that is, not far away, there are 40,000 reinforcements from the Hans Empire Army rushing over, and there are 20,000 heavy cavalry inside, which is also the most elite heavy army of the Hans Empire.
With the current speed of the Storm Army's retreat, it is impossible to get rid of the pursuit of the Hans Imperial Legion, so as long as the pursuit continues, as long as it takes two or three days, the situation will be reversed again!