Chapter 322: Retreat (II)

The second camp took one day. Retreat back to Metatrin City. When the second battalion returned to the city, a special army set out, this army of only two thousand men, all on skeletal horses.

Salin asked each of the twelve counts to send a hundred soldiers, and the four dukes to send two hundred soldiers each, making a total of two thousand elites. Among the two thousand elites, there are ten magicians, as well as the three kings of the undead. The location of their ambush was a hilly area only a dozen miles away from Xizhen.

Whether the ambush was successful or not, after a short contact, the army dragged the enemy around Westtown. To the east of Westtown is the ten-story magic tower. When the people of the Holy See saw the ten-story magic tower, they would probably go crazy.

Therefore, as long as this ambush army can insist on escaping a distance of about twenty miles, it is almost the same.

What's more, there is also a battalion of Rex in West Town, and more than 30,000 soldiers of the nobles of Metatrin City. The city's defenses, which have been under construction for more than a year, are completely capable of holding back the Holy See's army.

Rex's battalion was not so weak as Saline's army, in a defensive battle. It can exert several times the combat effectiveness.

Saleen didn't know that the reason why the Holy See's army was so crazy was because there was really not much food, and if they couldn't capture the Broken Blade Pass as soon as possible, everyone would be hungry and waiting for the Holy See's rescue, and might even have to retreat and fight in Phoenix.

There was no food in the Broken Blade Pass, and Salin only left five days' food for the second battalion and the mercenary group, and he didn't have time to take it away when he retreated, but the daily reserve of 20,000 people was not enough for the expeditionary force of more than 90,000 soldiers.

The expeditionary force was also at a loss, and attacking the Broken Blade Pass seemed to them to be a difficult task, and the enemy would inevitably resist to the death. Unexpectedly, although the resistance was strong, but in the end the enemy retreated, which only shows that there are more troublesome things to come. The eyes and ears of the Holy See had not paid attention to the area around Metatrin City, and there was no prior information at all.

There was information on the side of the divine envoy and the inquisition, but it was all concealed.

The Inquisition dispatched five thousand jailers, twelve black-clad priests, and three terrifying and inexplicable fellows, but these people had never participated in a single battle, not even if the enemy was burning the rations of the logistics troops.

The people of the Inquisition, uncharacteristically, claimed that they would only join the battle under the city of Metatrin, which made the real commander of the war. Archbishop Nicholas was extremely resentful.

Neither Archbishop Nicholas nor the generals of the Ninth Legion of the Tangulas Empire could command the people of the Inquisition, so they could only drive the expeditionary force, exchange their lives for the Broken Blade Pass, and strive to reach the city of Metatrin as soon as possible, at that time, the three bastards of the Inquisition would have no way to shirk.

It's a pity that the gods didn't have Lord Faka, otherwise Lord Faka would have bulldozed that city.

Archbishop Nicholas thought depressedly, although he was a close confidant of the Pope, he still admired Faka very much. That kind of strength, if the Pope didn't have the three artifacts in hand, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to deal with it.

The expeditionary force was temporarily stationed at Broken Blade Pass, and the magicians had to treat a large number of wounded soldiers, some of whom were seriously wounded, but they could not be ignored, even if they died, they would die under the city of Metatrin.

Believers don't know this, they just know that with the treatment of a magician, no matter what the injury is, it will soon be healed. Back on the battlefield. Naturally, sorcerers don't divulge secrets, which is what they need to make a living. If people knew that magic was harmful to the body, I am afraid that no one would spend money to treat them in the future.

Outside the Broken Blade Gate, the flames were blazing, and it was the only job that the people of the Inquisition were doing - burning the corpses.

While Archbishop Nicholas was worried, the Inquisition brought a shipment of food. This food is a common dried meat strip in the northern part of the Tangulas Empire, Nicholas is overjoyed, at least with so many meat strips, it can last for six or seven days, and the expeditionary force finally has the possibility of resting.

Unbeknownst to Nicholas, three male-faced men were laughing maniacally in the camp of the Inquisition.

"Boss, you say, if they knew that what they ate was human flesh, would they spit it out?"

"Spit it out, the third child, maybe they will ask the eldest brother again, hahahaha......"

"Boss, these people have eaten human flesh, and they want to repent, and it will be much easier to get into the inquisition in the future, your idea is really amazing. ”

"Hmph, this is an order from the Judge, you think I'm going to be so bored? The lives of the three of us were given by the referee, don't fight for Dinisio. To give them human flesh is to give them the strength to fight. Who knows what will happen in the future? I don't think these people can take that city. ”

"Big brother, what do you mean?"

"Don't ask, anyway, listen to me this time, the referee doesn't want us to really take down this city. The jailers have to take care of it, and if Nicholas is defeated, we will go to Phoenix. ”

"The referee has a secret order?" the other two guys were startled.

"It's not a secret order, by the way, to investigate the situation in Phoenix, our maps are not standard, didn't you see that twelve high-ranking black-clothed priests were dispatched this time? ”

The Broken Blade Pass has stabilized, and Metatrin City has become much deserted, the streets are patrolled by the army, and the number of undead in the core area of the city has increased, and no one dares to enter rashly. It's still an area patrolled by Caucasian demon wolf warriors, and if it's accidentally eaten by a demon wolf, there's nowhere to reason.

In the eastern port, the number of ships is extremely small. Salin has asked Gu Ya and the others to find a way to recruit merchants and sell some livestock here. The vicinity of Metatrin City is full of precious arable land, and there is no pasture, and this meat is originally supplied by Salin. However, the fish and shrimp in the sea are not suitable for everyone's taste, and there are many warriors who are accustomed to eating beef and mutton, and for a time they can only rely on merchants to traffick.

When a soldier fights a war, he must be supplied with meat, and only by eating meat can he have the strength to fight. Salin even set up a slaughterhouse on an island north of the waters of Metatrite, and a large amount of meat was brought into the city every day to supply his army of 50,000.

Qin is rich and the price is low. But a cow costs dozens of gold coins. After all, not everyone can use puppets to farm, and half of Qin Yin's farmland still relies on ploughing oxen.

This daily meat was also a large profit for the merchants, but since the news of the Holy Expeditionary Force spread, this business on land has been cut off, and there are very few people who do it by sea, because the cattle are transported by sea ships, and many often die.

The standard of the five battalions of soldiers in Salin is half a catty of meat a day, of which there can be one or two fish and shrimp, and the rest are cattle and sheep. The consumption of one day is 4,000 catties of meat. Due to the small number of pig farmers in the north, it was the most cost-effective way to buy pork, but it was only in the south that it could be purchased in large quantities.

The border of Garulan is tight, a million troops are deployed, and the daily consumption is also a terrifying number, the meat in the north of Qin Yin is basically bought by the emperor's ** team, and everything that Salin can buy is taken out of the hands of the nobles.

Unconsciously, the price of meat in the northern part of Qin Yin had increased by four or five times, and it was almost impossible to buy it at the original price like in Shengyan City. If you don't know how expensive firewood and rice are, Salyn's money is easy to come by, and now it's fast.

The army that had retreated back to the city of Metatrin was re-replenished, and Saleen's five battalions began to be tensely armed. Because the city is too large, the width of one city wall is almost eight miles, and the main force of 20,000 yuan has to be invested in the main two aspects. The defense capability of the five battalions is still very tight.

Fortunately, most of the people who came to settle in Metatrin were strong, and the Salen Temporary Signs Auxiliary Army made up more than 20,000 people. With the addition of more than 20,000 auxiliaries, Salin also had 90,000 available strength. There were more than 20,000 private soldiers in the hands of the nobles, and the forces inside and outside the city were basically equal. Metatrin City will definitely be able to survive, depending on how many people will die in the battle.

Saleen's pension was set at a high level, and if a soldier died, he would have to give his family forty to one hundred gold coins. Ten thousand people died in battle, and the loss of equipment and pensions must have exceeded one million gold coins.

Elenor also felt that the loss would be huge this time, and she sighed: "It would be nice to have food from the elven plane, eat a meal, be full all day, and don't need to eat meat, you can ensure your physical strength." ”

"It's not bad if there are demon insects, and you can eat a meal for a few days. "Neris is also helpless about the things in front of her, the Castlevania has not yet been built, and now it can summon dozens of demons at most, which is not helpful for the war, and it will consume a lot of demon cores.

The advantage of summoning a demon is that it saves the cost of the bereavement, and the demon dies when he dies, and I have never heard that the demon will think about the aftermath.

"You said that the demon worm can take care of a meal for a few days?" Salin was very keen to grasp the problem.

"Yes, master, the demon insect not only tastes good, but when you eat it, it is more than a beef tube, almost the same as the monster in the sea, huh...... The whale's oil is almost of that grade. ”

Whale oil is the configuration food of Sarin's elite troops, and soldiers can eat it for a week with a pound with them. Moreover, the energy contained in it is equivalent to eating only meat every day, which can keep soldiers at their strongest physical strength. Tens of thousands of catties of whale oil are stored in Sarin's warehouse, but whales are only active in the deep sea and difficult to hunt.

"If you eat it, will it be dangerous?"

"I don't know about this, the demon worm can digest even the weakest demon, human soldier, it should be fine, right?"

"You can find a way to get a few, and if we can, we will breed them in large numbers and use them as military rations!"

Salin thought to himself, if humans can adapt, let those slaves in the East China Sea test it first, if the slaves can't die after eating, and they don't get sick, then humans can eat demon insects. Many devil insects are vegetarian and grow extremely fast, and they can grow in a week. This growth rate allows the demon plane to support a large number of demons.