XIV. Failure Leads to Change

The two staggered together again, and instead of fighting hard again, the experienced Monte quickly bypassed Li Xi and slashed his thigh. Li Xi instantly knelt down under the pain, and Monte, who succeeded in the sneak attack, jumped up quickly and slashed at Li Xi's neck. It was just a huge shield that blocked the fatal blow, and the collision of the huge force also provoked flying sparks.

Li Xi bounced off Monte and then stood up and slashed over, Monte, who had just landed, had no time to dodge, so he had no choice but to roll over his body and stagger the key point and eat a sword, the two opened the distance again, and the fierce battle fell into a confrontation situation, and the physical strength of both sides had already reached the limit. Panting, the two did not distinguish the winner, and the subordinates around them also rushed over to protect them and fought in front of them. The two still looked at each other across everyone, there was no bloody hero to cherish each other, only the must-kill one was faster.

The battle in which no one lost did not change the situation of the war, the rats gradually couldn't support it, Monte finally sobered up a lot when he saw that the situation was not good, and he only had the end of defeat if he persevered, he couldn't lose all his family foundations, and military power was the guarantee of his life. So he retreated, it can also be said that the rat man has exhausted his strength, and a momentary outburst can catch the other party off guard, but it can't make up for the gap in actual combat power.

However, some things cannot be changed, the loser is the loser, and the end is doomed from the beginning of the game. Just as Monte withdrew his troops and fled, the recharged Asqi suddenly arrived. The rat people, who had already been defeated, were excited again, reinforcements! Reinforcements are coming! We can kill them back! Victory will be ours in the end!

Sure enough, politics is a thing without discipline, the army that was supposed to be attacked became Monte's lifeline, the Asqi who was originally eager to kill became a place of hope, and the army that originally rushed to the rescue also became a killer who rushed to the rescue. There are too many originals, buried in the game of politics, and there will be more and more in the future.

Li Xi, who was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, had not celebrated for a few seconds before he was frightened by the reinforcements who arrived. It's just that the subsequent pictures made them completely confused, not that they couldn't keep up with the times, but that the plot changed too quickly. Looking at the reinforcements slashing his own people, Li Xi's brain was completely short-circuited. Is there a rat traitor among the rat men, kneeling down under my big pants?

Fortunately, this short circuit was immediately picked up, and seeing the inexplicable chaos of the battlefield, Li Xi decisively ordered a retreat. It's just that how can you miss the God-given opportunity, Suotu has already led the army around behind him, and attacked with Asqi one after the other.

This is to destroy us all! The strange situation has also put Li Xi into a dead situation, and they will face another fierce battle after a fierce battle for a long time. But for the hope of survival, Li Xi could only take the tired army to meet the enemy again.

The war has never changed with human consciousness, and the stubborn soldiers have fallen one after another, and the battle situation has come to an end. But they did not flee or rout, it was their glory to die on the way to the charge, as long as they protected Your Majesty, there was still hope for everything.

For a long time, Li Xi did not think that the militia could have much success, but in the absence of military strength, he had to train them as the main force. It's not that it's discriminatory, it's just instinctive distrust. Now he knew he was wrong, wrong. They were all warriors, men who were not afraid of death, and he would take them back and bury them in their homeland and bury them in the land that gave birth to them.

Relying on his will, Li Xi broke the limit, and with a roar, he rushed to the front line again, for himself and for everyone.

Break through! Kill out! The old lady fights with you!

And our Monte was not so lucky, and under the double blow of being defeated and betrayed by reinforcements, the First Legion was completely scrapped. They scattered, begging and begging, but the answer was still bloody swords. Monte looked at it all, he gave up, he failed, and in the end he didn't trample his opponent under his feet, he was a funny clown, directing and acting in a farce.

He raised his scimitar and charged at the enemy.

He died, as honorably as a soldier on the battlefield, and the corpse that was so chopped down that it was unrecognizable, like thousands of soldiers who died in battle, became dust that no one remembers.

The dead Monte didn't arouse any interest in Askey, and he was not surprised by the result, and he didn't have to worry about the rest of the sweep. From the moment he stepped into the battlefield, he had been following Li Xi's movements, and looking at the humans who were about to be surrounded and annihilated, his plan was one step closer.

It's a pity that the plan still can't catch up with the change, and the originally dragged Patos arrives! The 40-man general guard returned to their duties again, and they cut the battlefield like a blade with a full burst of fighting spirit, and all the souls under the sword are dead!

Looking at the sudden reinforcements, Asqi's eyes were surprised, it turned out that the stupid man would also pose with him! Thinking of this, he frowned, and quickly calculated the gains and losses. In the end, he still chose to retreat, facing a group of high-level opponents who trapped the beast fight, and it was not time for him to smash the other party to the death, even if he had understood the importance of Li Xi, but compared to his great cause, all this seemed a little insignificant.

This is not the so-called protagonist aura, and the hundreds of troops killed in battle are a strong proof of this. In an instant, the tide of rats retreated, but the deep eyes in the distance still recorded everything about humans. And the people who survived the catastrophe didn't care about anything else, and protected Li Xi and retreated all the way. In this way, a chaotic and inexplicable war ended.

On the battlefield at the blocking point on the other side, the elite squad had already withdrawn, and Etong Tai also hastily withdrew to the camp. This battle made him feel uneasy, and only half of the 500 heavy armor warriors withdrew. In just half an hour, it was as if he had experienced a century. Under their all-out battle, only a few dozen corpses were left, and the leading demon-like warrior was their nightmare. If it weren't for the other party's rush to leave, he really didn't know if he would have come back alive.

It's okay, he's not really stupid, and showing off his martial arts won't put his life on the line, since you're in a hurry to come back to help, then go! You better go to Asqi and work hard! Of course, he hopes that others will be unlucky, so the delay was not successful, and it also gave Patos a chance to turn back to save the Lord.

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The morning was as calm as ever, masking the hustle and bustle of the battlefield last night, and the badly wounded and weakened Li Xi was still unconscious in the governor's mansion in the town, while Patos was dealing with the aftermath of the war. Troops in the rear are also arriving in order to deal with the ensuing big battle. This war was a failure, and the huge casualties cast a shadow on the hearts of the villagers, perhaps because the backbone of the main Li Xi was still in a coma, and the people who lacked leadership became more and more panicked.

However, the gloomy atmosphere dissipated considerably in the evening. Li Xi woke up, but he was still a little weak after losing too much blood. After dinner, Li Xi left Patos strong, he couldn't rest, there were too many things for him to deal with.

"Of the 200 regular sergeants, 69 were killed and 24 wounded. The front battalion had 1,800 sneak attack troops, 1,407 killed and 59 wounded. Due to the urgency of the fighting, many of the wounded were simply not able to bring them back. Patos' heavy voice struck Lixi's heart. Of the 2,000-strong troops, only one-fifth was left after the First World War, and such a large casualty made Li Xi blame himself, and this was all his responsibility! He was sorry for the warriors who died in battle, and he regretted his chagrin, but the result was irreparable.

According to the merit statistics, a total of 2063 Black Iron enemies and 56 Bronze enemies were killed, and the merit value increased by 2175 points, for a total of 2525 points. XP increased by 21.75, current total XP 57.25, XP remaining 342.75.

Judging from the battle losses of both the enemy and us, Li Xi did not fail, and in two consecutive fierce battles, facing an army of nearly 5,000 people, it can be said that although he was defeated, he was still honored. It's just that Li Xi still can't be happy, and the smiling faces with vitality have become tombstones with no bones. How many families have lost loved ones, and how many children cry in the middle of the night.

Death in battle is glorious, it is the fate of a warrior, only when you really face it, will you understand that there is only one life, and no matter how great the glory is, it cannot cover up the passing of life. And they are still moving forward bravely, so that the banner of the empire will never fall.

An atmosphere of silence surrounded the two, and after another brutal bloody battle, Li Xi came to his senses. Those valiant warriors know better than he that glory is the true meaning of my life. So he is even less qualified to depress himself and feel sorry for himself here. He will not let the blood of his warriors be shed again, he will conquer everything here, this is the best reward for them.

"Old Pa, replace the javelinmen and spearmen, the javelinmen's original range is not very long, and with the nezumi moving quickly, they can't pull enough distance at all. Two rounds at most, and you'll have to go up and fight hand-to-hand, or you won't be able to outrun them. It can only be equipped with ultra-short blades such as daggers, and the training only focuses on javelin strikes, which is too disadvantageous. And the spearmen too, compared to the height and dexterity of the rat people, the attack rate of the spear is too low, often you stab the air once, and there is no time to block back. It's not that they're bad, it's just that these weapons aren't good for dealing with small and fast nezumi. I decided to replace all the archers, with Roman-style infantry, with two javelins, short swords, and square shields. Amplify the advantages in hand-to-hand combat, and combat can also be more flexible. ”

After listening to this, Patos was shocked, but he didn't expect that such a failure didn't hit Li Xi (cough cough, according to the usual urine nature, Li Xi will always be confused for a while), but let him think of a change in the military system, and it is so reasonable and convincing.

For a time, Patos's admiration was like a surging river, and like the Yellow River flooding out of control, and then his Majesty's will was quickly conveyed.