Under Shani's patient persuasion, Gladys's depression eased a lot. She regained her uneasy heart.

Looking at the soldiers who fled back to the camp, she exchanged orders from her subordinates: "Now send someone to straighten out the retreating team, find the best doctor in the legion to treat the wounded, and those soldiers who are not in serious trouble will not be asked to return to the battlefield for the time being, and let the cook cook some hot food to treat them, they are also soldiers who contribute to the country." ”

After her subordinates were ordered to retreat, Gladys called Shani to her side and whispered: "You call the lords who are in charge of the siege now, and now while this enemy has not completely disappeared from our field of vision, send some clever scouts to investigate their news as soon as possible, the empire will not be able to withstand such heavy losses next time!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Shani left the tent with a hint of apprehension.

The empress's summons soon reached the besieging lords, who knew that they had forced their troops deep into the city in order to gain success, resulting in heavy losses to the besieging army.

Such crimes were capital crimes on the battlefield, and even their titles of nobility did not exempt them from their crimes.

So they hurried to the Empress's tent with the consciousness of guilt, but the reality was different from what they imagined, there was no group of fierce executioners staying inside, only Her Majesty sat alone in the chair and looked at them with a serious expression.

Some lords were so ashamed in their hearts that they fell to their knees and cried to the empress to state their sins. The rest of the lords were all ashamed, bowing their heads and waiting for the empress's hair.

At this point, Gladys spoke: "You don't have to cry to me, I shouldn't be the object of your apology." It is the soldiers under your command who have been harmed, who have lost their lives because of your pride, and I am heartbroken that these soldiers died here in vain!"

The hearts of all the people present were terrified, I am afraid that they will not be able to be good at this time, and it seems that His Majesty the Empress is about to announce their guilt.

To everyone's surprise, Gladys changed her tone and continued: "You yourselves should know how much responsibility you have committed this time, and you should also know the consequences of committing this crime. But I'm not going to punish you right now. ”

When they heard that the Empress had said that she would spare them, they all raised their heads and looked at her in amazement.

Gladys said in a deep voice: "You should know better than me that it is not the barbarian soldiers who are attacking you this time, but another unknown army. According to the soldiers who escaped, the army contained the wolf-headed monsters from the previous sneak attack on the vanguard army, as well as some giant beasts that looked like small hills.

These enemies were unheard of before, and you have seen their strength. Although there is an element of sneak attack in it, if you are given a chance to fight them fairly, do you think your army can defeat these monsters?"

The lords looked at each other when they heard this, and no one was confident that they would be able to defeat these monsters. After a quiet exchange of opinions, an old lord stepped forward and said to the empress in a respectful voice, "Your Majesty, we think that no one can defeat these monsters alone, so we just discussed the strength of both sides. Even if we set up our formations in advance and the soldiers are not afraid of life and death, it will take twice or even three times as many enemies to defeat the monsters. ”

Gladys bowed her head, and she continued, "So every lord and even every soldier in the legion present is crucial, and you have a stake in whether our empire can achieve the final victory in this war, which is full of changes. Therefore, I will give you a chance to make meritorious deeds, and if you can stop the onslaught of the monsters, you will be the heroes of the Empire. The scales of war will surely be tilted in favor of the Empire!"

The lords didn't understand that the empress had exonerated them from their guilt and given them the opportunity to make meritorious contributions. They wept and thanked Her Majesty the Empress for her kindness, and they were also glad that they had a chance to survive.

Gladys accepted the lords' praise with ease, and after seeing that the crowd had calmed down, she arranged for her attendants to take them out of the tent.

Soon after, the report of the siege was sent by the attendants, and Gladys read the report carefully, secretly calculating the losses of the Imperial Legion in her heart.

This time, the battle corps sacrificed more than 5,000 soldiers, plus the seriously wounded and frightened soldiers who could not continue to fight, and a full 10,000 troops were wiped out by the enemy.

The number of 10,000 people does not seem to have a great impact on the Imperial Legion, but these are the elite armies of various lords, and these warriors are enough to compete with an ordinary army of 50,000 if they are properly commanded, and the most important thing is that the morale of the legion cannot withstand such a drastic attrition.

It seems that he is going to order the craftsmen to step up the production of siege equipment, and the current situation does not allow him to continue to postpone. However, this battle also exposed the weakness of the monsters, and the monsters will also be afraid of the power of trebuchets, so it is necessary to build more of these sharp weapons to deal with them.