Russell continued to tell the empress his judgment: "Besides, this fortified city built on the side of the mountain is not much inferior to the city of St. Caron, and it will definitely not be lost so easily.

Besides, the archers on the walls shoot too few arrows, and the most important thing is that the enemy's trebuchets are basically useless, are all their trebuchets damaged?, so I suggest that the Empress order the recall of the troops that are still attacking as soon as possible!"

Empress Gladys sighed when she heard this: "Russell, you really have unusual wisdom, and I agree with what you say, and I will order the withdrawal of the attacking soldiers as soon as possible." ”

Gladys then gave Russell a deep look and asked Shani to take Russell down.

As soon as Russell returned to the camp, Carlos and his men hurriedly gathered around and asked what had just happened.

Russell looked at the battlefield looming in the distance, shook his head and sighed: "If this time it is not as I expected, I am afraid that the imperial army will be ambushed by the enemy, it depends on how quickly the empress's order is issued!"

The administrative system of the empire proved to be very cumbersome, and it took about half an hour for the herald to gallop out of the camp with the empress edict printed with fire paint, and it took another ten minutes or so to reach the lords fighting on the front line.

The lords who received the order to retreat were very puzzled, why did they retreat now that the city was about to be breached by the soldiers?

However, because of the authority of the empress, they still reluctantly issued an order to retreat to their subordinates, and the soldiers were also very confused after receiving the order, why did they retreat when the city was about to be captured?

Where could Toren the Minotaur miss such a good opportunity, he and the army of the goblin Bobby had already relied on the magic of the priest's breath to hide halfway up the mountain near the city.

Now that the humans of the empire are retreating in confusion, where can they let go of such a good opportunity, they immediately issued an order to attack their men.

Led by Toruń and Bobby, two teams of Abyssal ambushes attacked from both flanks.

The retreating Imperial soldiers listened to the rumbling movement nearby in confusion, not knowing where it came from.

However, there were sharp-eyed people who saw the ambush soldiers gradually appearing on the left and right, and exclaimed: "Where did this army come from?"

Seeing this, the lords were shocked and said, "This is impossible, we have obviously reconnoitred the situation in the vicinity before the attack, and there are no troops ambushed nearby!"

But it was too late to say anything, and the first to hit the flank of the Imperial army were the minotaur warriors riding the thorny drakemons.

With its mountain-like body, the drakemon crushed everything in its path without hindrance, and all the soldiers they trampled on blended with the land.

The minotaur warriors were not idle, they brandished huge battle axes, and the bodies of all the soldiers who were cut down immediately split in two.

There were also minotaur warriors who held large bows, and when they fired an arrow, a group of Imperial soldiers were strung together by huge arrows.

No one survived this catastrophe under this ferocious attack. The Imperial Army's originally neat lineup was now scattered and scattered.

Before the lords could react, a large army of gnolls followed, brandishing their scimitars and swords and pouring into the ranks of the enemy, their vile and cunning swordsmanship keeping the soldiers scrambled to fight.

In an instant, the Empire's siege force had lost a third of its strength, and they fled the slaughterhouse-like place like lost their fighting spirits, throwing off their armor.

The lords had already slipped away when they saw that the situation was not good, leaving only the soldiers who had fallen behind the ranks to endure the slaughter of the Abyssal army.

Seeing the enemy's rout, the Abyssal Army wanted to continue the pursuit, and took advantage of this offensive to attack the Empress's camp all the way, but the Imperial Legion reacted quickly.

As they were about to reach a hundred meters from the camp, the Empire's trebuchets began to wield, and the flaming stones they threw blocked the Abyssal Army's advance.

Seeing that attacking further could be costly, Toruń and Bobby noticed that the Empire had taken precautions and ordered their men to retreat into the city, so that the Empire's siege forces could have a respite.

The frightened soldiers saw the monsters retreat into the city, and many of the surviving soldiers sat on the ground with relief, and some of them only now came to their senses and wept.

The smoke and dust in the sky cleared with the wind, and the remains of Imperial soldiers could be seen everywhere from the legion's camp to the city walls, and the distance of less than a mile was full of corpses pillowing each other, and the sight of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood was almost breathless.

The empress watched in amazement at the tragic situation of the army, and she was silent for a long time before silently regretting: "If I had ordered the besieging army to withdraw to the camp earlier, I am afraid that such a fiasco would not have happened." ”

Shani persuaded on the side: "Your Majesty, please don't blame yourself too much, the appearance of this army is beyond our expectations, the scouts have clearly scouted these locations before, it is not your fault!"