George ordered the Chinese army to move back, and the magicians formed a formation not far in front of the chariot, forming a second line of defense in retreat. The main force of the Nannar army finally came from the rear, and after a night's march, seeing that the light cavalry was scattered and the enemy was in front, the pursuit was already red-eyed, and the two sides began a great battle of pursuit and escape on the desert.

No matter how strange the battle plan Amon formulated, after all, it also needs to be backed by the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, and if you can't fight a tough battle when you encounter the enemy, no matter how clever the command is, it is useless. Orebain was surprised to find that the An-La army he was pursuing was not as vulnerable as the legend suggests, they were in an orderly manner, and the soldiers were not timid, and although they fled at full speed, they were not in disarray.

The An-La army marched very slowly, but fled back very quickly, engaged several times in the desert and then broke away, with hundreds of casualties and many dead horses, but in the end the large army calmly withdrew to the seaside camp.

Although he had already heard from the spies about the situation of Amun's camp, Orebean was still taken aback when he saw it with his own eyes, and secretly asked Amun what he was doing, and did he want to settle down here? Except for the chariots brought with him for this sortie, the rest of the chariots of the An-La army were lined up outside the camp, and they formed a semicircular defensive wall with sand on them.

The loose sand was easy to fall and flow, and it was not suitable for building a wall, but the An-La army took the empty sacks that had been used up to transport food to fill the wet sand, and stacked them on top of each other, relying on the chariots like a strong and simple wall. There were five gaps in the wall, and the retreating troops of the An-la regiment split into five strands, and poured back into the camp like quicksand, and then fell silent.

Looking up outside the barracks, many Hati soldiers couldn't help but gasp, there were actually five tall fortresses in the barracks. It turned out that they dragged the big ship with baggage in the sea ashore along the shallows and placed it on the sand dune, and the hull was also protected by sandbags to prevent fire, and the upper and lower three layers of the ship's strings became condescending arrow towers. If you attack through a gap in the wall, you will be confronted by these five tall battle fortresses.

There is no danger to defend in the desert, there is almost no favorable terrain available, and the side with the fortifications naturally has a great advantage in the defense, and the disadvantage is that such fortifications cannot be moved but can only be held. Amun's order was to hold the camp with all his troops.

Orebain had already led the main force of the Nannar Army in pursuit here, and it was impossible to retreat without fighting, and immediately ordered the camp to be attacked. The soldiers rushed to the defensive wall like a tidal wave, and to their surprise they met no resistance, the other side was like an empty battalion, and the forward troops rushed through the five gaps without any problems.

At this moment, the sound of the command was heard, and countless heads suddenly appeared on the five battle forts, and arrows rained down, but they only shot at the perimeter of the city wall, focusing on the gap area, which happened to be at the edge of the condescending range, temporarily blocking the influx of more enemies. The commander of Hati also knew that only by taking these five forts could he successfully capture the camp, and desperately launched a charge, at this time, the sword and shield soldiers of the An-La Legion also rushed out from behind the forts.

The first round of the battle was fought in the small battlefield within the defensive walls, and the legionnaires who remained in the large camp had long been recuperating and waiting for this battle, and most of the troops in front of the Nannar army rushing into the wall were killed, and a small part retreated.

After the tentative battle, the Nannar army launched a full-scale charge with chariots and heavy cavalry, and the walls of the large camp of the An-La army were washed away in many places, and the battle revolved around the offensive and defensive tug-of-war of the five battle forts, which lasted for a day and a night, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy, but the Nannar army was no longer able to attack, and finally did not take the large battalion.

The Nannar Legion was repulsed, and their total casualties in this series of battles were nearly 1,000, which was also a great defeat. The reasons for the defeat were very simple: first, it was a mistake in judging the enemy's situation, secondly, the operational situation was unfavorable, and most importantly, it was because of the underestimation of the enemy.

The main force of the Nannar legion, which was close to 3,000 men, was not intended to attack the large camp at first, but was led in a circle by the forward troops sent by Amun. It was impossible for Orebean to rally his entire legion for this battle, but the Amun Legion was a large battalion of 5,000 men, almost twice as strong as the other side.

The An-La legion was backed by walls and forts, and the defense was already superior, and the side that forcibly attacked would suffer heavy casualties, which was enough to make up for the gap in combat effectiveness between the two sides. And the combat effectiveness of the An-La regiment was not at all as people thought in advance, and there were no mistakes in defensive command, and the fight was decent.

Orebain attacked angrily, but he couldn't attack for a long time and suffered heavy casualties, and he also knew very well that it was impossible to take the opponent's camp, so he had to gather his army and retreat immediately, and he had to guard against the opponent from covering up from behind along the way.

The An-La Legion won all three battles, especially the battle of the garrison, which was the most important victory although it was hard, and the enemy's vitality was greatly damaged. But from a strategic point of view, they also missed two excellent opportunities, the first was when the vanguard led by Amon broke through the defense line and led the main force of the Nannar Army away from the main camp, and the more than 3,000 soldiers left behind by the Amon Army could have taken advantage of the weakness to attack the opponent's large camp.

The second time was when Orebein withdrew, and the main force of Amun's army could have attacked from behind, without giving the opponent a chance to breathe, and won the fundamental victory of the battle. However, Amun's army did not do this, and the battle plan formulated by Amon and George was to hold on to the vanguard after it withdrew to the camp.

The reason is also very simple, they still lack confidence in the combat effectiveness of the An-La Army, and do not think that these soldiers can achieve an overwhelming victory in the frontal battlefield, after all, they are a ragtag army that has only been trained for a few months. This is similar to playing chess, even if the chess in your heart is smart, you have to see what kind of chess pieces are in your hand. If Amon had commanded the Horus Legion, he would probably never have let go of these two opportunities.

Interestingly, when the Nannar Legion attacked the main camp, the corps commander Amon and the captain of the personal guard, Medanzo, were not in the army, the supreme commander of the legion was George, and the front-line commander of the battlefield was John. After the retreat of the Nannar Army, the An-La Army suffered many casualties and needed to rest and restrengthen the defensive line, and George did not rush to order the pursuit.

No matter what kind of army, it needs a real battlefield to sharpen its edge, and the An-La Legion is now completely different from when it first left Monfil, and the changes that have taken place can be described as reborn. Being able to achieve such a victory in actual combat has sublimated the results of the previous training in a qualitative way, and now if they are pulled out, they will definitely dare to fight a big battle, and the spirit of the soldiers will almost be like a different person.

...... The great magician Cézanne, who broke through from the main battlefield and rushed to give orders, finally woke up from his coma, and as soon as he opened his eyes in a daze, he heard the sound of killing not far away, and asked the servants standing by the bed in a panic, only to learn that it was the Nannar army that was attacking the camp in a big way. The magician was startled, and instinctively closed his eyes again and secretly prayed to the gods.

Cézanne, like the commanders of other legions, was not optimistic about the combat effectiveness of the An-La army at all, and this time he ordered the An-La army to go east to rescue, but there was no way, it was nothing more than to attract the opponent's troops to gain a respite for the main battlefield, to put it bluntly, they were an outcast sent to death.

I finally sent the order, and before the An-La army could be opened, the other party had already besieged it on a large scale, and there was a good chance that it would not be able to hold it here, and he, a great magician who was seriously injured, was afraid that he would also die here! But Cézanne waited for a long time, and there was no movement of fighting around the camp, but the shouts of killing in the distance gradually subsided, and finally returned to calm. After another inquiry, the An-La Legion actually repelled the opponent's attack!

After a short time, Master George walked in, sat on the edge of the bed and comforted: "Lord Cézanne, I heard that you woke up and rushed over immediately, thank God, although your injuries are not light, but the main reason is that the mana consumption is too huge, as long as you recuperate for a while, you will be fine, but you can't use mana for the time being." This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it might be an opportunity for you to break through the level 8 achievement. ”

Cézanne didn't have any intention to talk about the cultivation of divine arts at this time, and sat up struggling with the support of the servant and asked, "I heard the shouting and killing, is it the Hatian army attacking, and what is the battle situation?"

George smiled slightly: "We have seen the order you brought, yesterday we sent the vanguard to rescue the Pharaoh, but we encountered the resistance of the Nannar army halfway, and we had to withdraw to the camp for a hard battle, and the enemy has been repulsed. You can recuperate in peace of mind, you are completely safe in the An-La Legion. ”

Cézanne said in a little anxious: "I don't care about my safety, otherwise I wouldn't have risked my life to break through here, the An-La army is here to fight the Nannar army, what should His Majesty Pharaoh do? Lord Amun, where is he? I want to see the commander of the legion and announce His Majesty's order in person!"

George replied, "Lord Amun has seen His Majesty's order, and while we are here to fight against the opposing army, the Legionnaire has gone to the rescue of Pharaoh himself. ”

Cézanne was taken aback again: "Lord Amun personally went to save Pharaoh, and how many troops and baggage did he bring?"

George said in a solemn tone: "Everything that can be taken away has been taken away, it doesn't matter how many people there are, the important thing is to be able to turn the tide of this war, otherwise no matter how many victories we achieve here, it will not be of much significance." ”

...... How many men did Amon take with him to leave the Legion? George didn't dare to tell Cézanne, or the mortally wounded magician would have to fall out of bed. Amon brought only one of them, the captain of the bare-pole guard, Medanzo, and the rest, not to mention soldiers, not even a horse.

Amon had a lot of supplies in the space magic weapon he carried, barely enough for a legion to eat and drink, but instead of crossing the desert to find the Pharaoh's army, he sneaked into the rear of the enemy line with Medanzo.

(To be continued)