Everyone had to admit that the defensive system and tactical thinking laid out by Iroh were quite effective in this war.

In a dozen days, the Stasi army had indeed broken through all eleven lines of defense, but that was the end of it - a full 100,000 troops were blocked from the Yanlong Fortress, and they could not advance an inch!

Because, the vitality of Stasi's front-line combat troops has been completely consumed in the process of attacking, according to incomplete statistics, the number of Stasi's casualties is about to exceed 50,000 since the start of the war.

And what Falkenridge paid for was only nearly 100 square kilometers of land, dozens of magic ballistas and more than 20,000 lives.

"We are not allowed to retreat! We have always had a tradition of being brave and good at fighting, and our soldiers will never take a step back just because the enemy is strong! The battle will be carried out until the last moment, and those Falkenridge guys are not ready at all! The results we have accumulated over the past few decades will surely win the final victory!"

Just as Stacy's front-line commander sent a letter requesting instructions to the capital, Archduke Jon's reply was quickly delivered.

With this letter, the commander knew that Grand Duke Jon had committed the same old mistake again, although Grand Duke Jon was forty years old this year, and even broke through to the realm of legends, but this problem has never changed.

Although Grand Duke Jon is indeed proficient in strategy, he is only at the beginning of the introductory level of the details of warfare, or tactics, but he still thinks that he is wise to interfere in the details of war, believing that the well-prepared Stasi army will definitely be able to take out all enemies.

In fact, under normal circumstances, Falkenridge is indeed not Stasi's opponent, but this time the opponent seems to be a little out of the box...... As for the evidence?

Just look at this staggering casualty figure, and even the dullest commander should understand what happened.

Since Grand Duke Jon is not allowed to retreat, then no one dares to easily mention the suggestion of retreat, especially with the successful breakthrough of Grand Duke Jon to the legendary level last year, his desire to control his subordinates is even stronger, and the purge campaign launched when he first sat in the position of Grand Duke is still vivid, who dares to blow the Grand Duke Jon who is in full swing at this time?

What's more, Grand Duke Jon said this, at least the black cauldron must not be carried by himself. There is also a group of commanders and generals on top, if they are really defeated, they can't blame themselves anyway, right?

- Almost everyone thinks so.

Of course, it is indeed a little sad to let his troops die with such a clear conscience, but the troops who are leading now ...... They are all from the Principality of Taukaba, isn't this kind of war of attrition prepared to deplete the strength of these regions?

The Duchy of Taukaba is a tragic country, it was long ago intimidated by Grand Duke Jon and adopted as a client state - unlike the 12-year-old Fackenridge, Taukaba is truly with Stasi.

But it doesn't work if you don't stand together, this country's army basically has nothing to do with except for the large number of people and food. Even back then, Grand Duke Jon just took a group of masters to "talk" with the Grand Duke of Taukaba, and asked the army to show off his might on the border between the two countries, and the Grand Duke of Taukaba reluctantly chose to surrender.

As mentioned above, Grand Duke Jon is afraid that Taukaba will turn his war potential into strength, so he has been trying to weaken it by all means.

After all the trade-offs, everyone chose to keep their mouths shut, and when another morning came, the order to retreat that the commanders of the Stasi front troops had been waiting for did not arrive, but the idiot instructions to continue the offensive came.

However, the Stacy army, which had suffered heavy losses after fighting for more than ten days in a row, really did not have the strength to attack again, and their poor logistical supplies, even if they were strengthened by the lightning storm plan, were still not enough at the moment.

Think about it, after all, this is a supply of more than 100,000 people, and it also includes the big consumer of the Earth Dragon Knights......

Without Iroh's handy exchange power, Stacy didn't solve this huge problem so quickly.

To put it bluntly, what these soldiers were waiting for was not a retreat order, but a supply that arrived with the retreat order. But the retreat order they were waiting for did not come, nor did the life-saving supplies they were waiting for.

"Isn't this our life? We fought desperately in front and sold us to Falkenridge in the end?" an officer from Taukaba complained in front of his commander, "General, the enemy is almost all concentrated in the Yanlong Fortress, and our men have lost too much in the past few days, and now they can't be attacked alive or dead, what should we do?"

"yes! I'm now wondering if those Stacy generals are using us as cannon fodder!"

Another officer chimed in: "Falkenridge is not letting us retreat now, this is an order for the purpose of consuming us!"

"Maybe they're going to kill us and Falkenridge...... I can see that those bastards only care about their own troops, how can they care about the life and death of our people?" Seeing that someone echoed him, the officer who spoke first was even more excited, "Those scum, afraid of our potential, will find a way to let us fight for them! In the end, they will send us to death!"

"That's enough!" the general at the head slapped the table and shouted loudly: "If those bastards hadn't used our wives and sons to blackmail us, we would have turned against us a long time ago! What is this called? Logistics supplies have not been sent to us now, and they still told us to attack the fortress?"

"General, what do you say? We'll all listen to you!" When several officers saw that their general was speaking, they hurriedly persuaded him: "As long as we surrender, our families will not be able to save their lives! Those bastards can do everything!"

Over the years, Stasi has destroyed the Principality of Taukaba, the Principality of Taukaba can feed the population equivalent to a kingdom with the land of a principality, and agriculture is naturally very developed, as a result, he now has to provide food for the whole Stasi, resulting in Taukaba's own people often starving, which naturally causes hostility among the people of Taukaba.

Grand Duke Jon, who knows what the name means, naturally knows what he will come up with to suppress the discontent and hostility of the Principality of Taukaba. So countless Taukaba people were captured into the army, either sent to do hard work, or escorted to the front line to be used as cannon fodder, anyway, he happened to be worried that there was no suitable reason to weaken Taukaba.

Now you can weaken a potential enemy and strengthen your own strength, so why not?

So the Taukaba at the front were forced to support the troops who had come over, and they were not so much willing to fight a war for Stasi as they were refugees and rebels. Although the combat effectiveness of these troops is not bad, once they have crooked brains, they will degenerate more quickly and thoroughly.

"We are alive, they will be more scrupulous in doing things, if we die in battle now, our land will not be given away to those bastards in vain? There will still be nothing left at that time!" The general sighed and said, "You all go back! Listen to my orders, if Falkenridge attacks, don't resist! Surrender quickly! If you have one life left, it will be better than anything else!"

He looked at his henchmen, suddenly looked out the window, and then lowered his voice and continued: "Those Stacy Inspectors arranged in our army must be eliminated as soon as possible! Do this immediately! Be secretive and do it secretly!"

"Yes!" several officers immediately replied, knowing what was at stake.

As the general of the Principality of Taukaba thought, the other troops who were ordered to fight at the forefront were actually retreating, because after seeing the difficulty of the defensive position of Falkenridge, the officers of Stasi did not dare to joke about Stasi's family background anyway, and now the servants in charge of the battle are basically the servant army of Taukaba, and the main ones who died are these troops.

And Stasi's own army, sorry, can really be described as "unscathed".

However, just as the tide of Stasi's troops was surging, Falkenridge's counterattack finally arrived in another early morning.

A halfling soldier from the Duchy of Taukaba was lying on the hastily set up camp cover, and before he could rest his body, which was even more exhausted from the construction of the fortifications, he felt the earth tremble slightly. His eyes widened and he ran to the top to take a look, and saw a phalanx of cavalry on the opposite side rushing towards him wrapped in dust.

Farther away, the gates of the Yanlong Fortress had been completely opened, and the array of archers and infantry had also been dispatched - at this moment, the Falkenridge army, which had been silent for a long time, finally launched a full-scale counterattack!

He was so frightened that he hurriedly ran out of the camp, and even crawled low and ran back, he only had an iron sword on his body, let alone use it against the cavalry, and even the opposing infantry he couldn't stop. He ran more than ten meters and came to the place where another group of soldiers gathered, looking at his comrades, who were also not much better than himself, and then he remembered that there should be a long-range fire point near this position to suppress the enemy.

Now, however, Falkenridge's army does not seem to have been suppressed in any way.

When the soldier looked over curiously, he saw that a white cloth had already been hung there. If there was an officer here, then he didn't have to think about it to know that it must be because there had been no logistical supplies for three days in a row, and if a unit with a huge consumption of ammunition like this did not have sufficient supplies, the result would naturally be as silent as it is now.

Since Stasi had mobilized so many soldiers, it was impossible for all the soldiers to get enough equipment with its resources, so those archers were left with only defensive daggers after losing their bows and arrows, and they couldn't be expected to use this to fight the cavalry guns, right?

So the Taukaba soldier, who was just about to escape, threw away his weapon without thinking about it, and raised his hands expressionlessly.