After two months of hard fighting, Wren finally chose to withdraw from Dusk City, shrinking his defense line and retreating to Alpine City in the Steel Rock Province. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After all, the southern front was a bit different from the eastern, western, and northern fronts of the empire, with naval battles to the east and ports to rely on.

Magellan, who was good at defense, had to defend against the enemy from the sea, and it was not a big problem to hold out for a month or two, and the loss was nothing more than a few warships.

To the north is the Stormwind Fortress, which has been run by the Stormwind family for several generations, with strong walls and material support from the wealthy Obsidian Province.

On the Western Front, there is a vast area as a strategic depth, which is basically to put the Bright Crusade into it and use the depth to slowly break through.

But the south side is different, because the south side is too close to the royal capital, and it takes about a month and a half to reach the royal capital from the western border of the empire.

You can go north from Dusk City in the south, and if there is no obstruction, it will only take more than half a month to arrive, which is half the shorter journey!

This directly led to the fact that the southern front did not have strong fortresses and sufficient strategic depth for defense, and the terrain was complex and not rich.

In the two months under Dusk City, the Imperial Frontier Army almost did not give an inch, and in the battle with the Federation Army, it turned this place into a meat grinder!

After paying the tragic price of nearly 20,000 people, he finally left the small city of Biansai where the bones were piled up, and the sunset reflected the blood!

"Many of the 20,000 people are volunteers to join the new army, the imperial border army killed about 8,000 people, I remember the previous statistics, the entire Dusk City is less than 20,000 people, that is to say, the 12,000 new army killed...... That's a terrible number. ”

As the commander of the Federation Army, Green slowly walked into Dusk City, and there were soldiers in front of him to remove the corpses of the Imperial soldiers blocking the city gates.

Otherwise, they didn't even have a place to stay, and there were still remnants of flames on the ground, staggering and erratic under the evening breeze.

Many of the corpses that fell to the ground were still very young, with immature faces, and they looked like they were only in their teens, which was the age of flowers.

Green saw these young faces that could never open their eyes again, with mixed tastes, slowly advancing surrounded by soldiers.

After entering the city, there were Union soldiers escorting the Imperial soldiers and the prisoners stood nearby, waiting for Green to pass by.

Dusk City was originally a small and narrow city, with a large number of corpses blocking the road, and there was no way to pass through it without retreating to the side.

Blood pooled on the ground in a trickle, and the Union soldiers tried to wipe it clean so as not to stain the commander's boots.

But there was no way to do that, and the old man of Dusk City looked at Green and his partner through the broken window with resentment in his eyes.

"Yes, according to the information we have obtained before, the Empire has already been in the mood of the people due to the civil war and the huge uprising, and according to the strategic speculation before the expedition, they should hate the Empire and welcome us into the city, but it seems that the current situation is a little different. ”

Grant, who graduated from military school at the same time as Green, has always been his right-hand man, and this time he is also the chief of staff of the army.

Originally, I thought that this time the northern empire was the desire of the people, and the Dermok Federation now has the power to sit on the position of the number one power in the continent.

It was enough to encroach on half of the territory of the empire, for which before the war they were well prepared, both in the reserve of the army and in logistics.

These are all unassailable, and the atmosphere of war in the country is high, and both the lower classes of the people and the upper class of big businessmen are supportive.

I thought it would be nine times out of ten, but I didn't expect to encounter such a tragic battle, and then I encountered stubborn resistance under the dusk city.

This was a great blow to the enthusiasm of the Union soldiers, and these young soldiers, who had never been on the battlefield, understood the cruelty of war.

While the Empire had suffered 20,000 casualties, the attacking Federation Army had suffered a lot of losses, and they had lost about 12,000 men despite their well-equipped and well-trained personnel, although this number was replenished in time, it still maintained a full size of 80,000 men, a replenishable reserve force.

There must be no way to compare with the elite when the expedition began, and the Federal Council also had to revise the combat objectives, changing the plan from arriving in the imperial capital within a month to complete the comprehensive suppression, to gradually encroaching, and the perseverance of the people of the empire has indeed reached an alarming level.

"The reason why the people's hearts are sluggish is because they have no confidence in the king, especially in order to consolidate his throne, Rhaegar originally generously gave away all the local rights and gave the local governor a high degree of autonomy, his idea must be to wait until he recuperates and then regain power, but he has not waited for that step, it has been overthrown, if the country can be more decisive at that time, it will not be like this. ”

Green walks through the tattered streets, and Dusk City is a small border city, but it is also quite bustling with a lively market.

But now it is a mess, and even most of the timber has been torn down to fill the holes in the towers, and the ground is full of potholes.

"Now that they are doing this, it means that they are full of confidence in the new king, believing that the new empire is worth their lives to fight? This is really a terrible fighting spirit, the empire, and the previous dynasty of the empire, can be entrenched in the center of the continent for such a long time, it is not without reason, encountering such a tragic battle, does it mean that the next cities will all be like this?"

Grant also restrained the cynical smile of the usual Suri, and the scene in front of him deeply shocked him and made him tremble involuntarily.

"But even so, we who have already embarked on this road have no turning back, they shed their blood for the sake of their motherland, and why don't we? War is cruel, it is true for them, and it is also true for us, so there is no need to pity our opponents on the battlefield, because perhaps when the positions are reversed, our homeland will also suffer such a tragic situation!"

Green shook his head slightly, he tried not to look at the cruel sight, but the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

"It's really not like you can say it, war is cruel, there is never sympathy and mercy. ”

Grant was convinced of this, and the setting sun spread an endless cloud of fire, like blood, delicate.

"That's what the guy said. ”

"Really, is that the one we are going to face one day? ”

Grant was stunned and smiled bitterly, it was so difficult to even defeat Dusk City, and they didn't know what kind of tragic battle was waiting for them next.