The Legion of the Immortals retreated.

Sometimes, warriors are defeated on the battlefield not because they can't fight, nor because they are not brave enough.

It's because of scruples.

There were no cowards in the Immortal Legion, and while they were protecting Emperor Marius from retreating, they also left behind one team of warriors to use their lives in the queen.

These warriors brandished their swords against the charging cavalry, trying to trade their lives for time and space so that the rest of their comrades could leave the battlefield with their emperor.

His Royal Highness's troops were almost certain to die in such a situation, but they did not mind dying on the battlefield.

They only feared that His Majesty Marius would be harmed.

These are loyal and brave warriors.

However, Leon knew that Emperor Marius did not really want to leave the battlefield.

Leon was even sure that Emperor Marius would have preferred to die here in battle, and like these immortals, this emperor had tried to trade his own life for time and space for the Bacchus Empire......

The emperor was worried about the future of the empire, and wanted to preserve the vitality of the empire as much as possible, dragging the sick body to personally command, and using himself as a bait to lure the enemy into battle;

Fearing for the emperor's safety, the warriors abandoned the array and evacuated as shield lords......

The reality is often like this, they are all noble decisions, and they are all right decisions, but they do not get the desired results.

At the moment, the side of the battlefield.

General Agathon was galloping along the perimeter of the battlefield with 3,000 light cavalry.

Emperor Marius ordered Agathon to attack as soon as Leon had just launched a charge, and Agarthon's original task was to lead the light cavalry that was not suitable for frontal confrontation to attack Leon's rear as quickly as possible while Leon was charging.

As for where to attack, Emperor Marius gave Agathon free rein - it was okay to go straight to the city of the Long River, it was okay to go to Serenmis to cut off Leon's grain route, and it was also a good choice to go around behind Leon's large army and cooperate with the main army to flank the attack.

Agathon was best at running battles, and Emperor Marius knew the strengths of his beloved generals.

But after all, Emperor Marius still misjudged the mentality of his soldiers......

If the Chinese army of the Immortal Legion withstood the onslaught, if Marius's banner did not retreat a single step, Agathon would surely go around the rear of Leon along the flanks of the battlefield and do what he had to do.

But the problem is, the Immortal Legion is back!

Defeated with the banner of Emperor Marius!

Agathon was on the side of the battlefield, and he couldn't see the whole picture, but he could see the battle flag of Emperor Marius......

With Agathon's understanding of Emperor Marius, unless it is really impossible to stop the enemy, Marius's Chinese battle flag will never retreat......

But the Chinese army is led by His Majesty Marius himself, why can't it be stopped so quickly?

His Majesty Marius has been through a hundred battles, fought all his life, and has been defeated before, but that is because the difference in strength is too great, and he has never lost in a reciprocal battle!

Moreover, even with a weak force against an enemy several times his size, His Majesty Marius has no precedent for such a quick defeat!

Has something happened to Your Majesty?

At this time, Agathon's face was full of confusion.

Is it to continue the mission assigned by His Majesty Marius?

Or to the rescue of His Majesty Marius?

If you continue to rush towards the periphery, no one can stop these 3,000 light cavalry, and you can completely bypass the battlefield and directly cut off the supply line behind Li Ang, and finally force Li Ang to retreat.

But even if Leon retreats, it will be after today's battle is over - the Immortal Legion, which is currently in defeat, and Emperor Marius, will likely be crushed by Leon's cavalry......

If you go to the rescue of His Majesty Marius now, then these 3,000 cavalry still have a chance to hold back the heavy cavalry of Li Ang's follow-up charge, help Emperor Marius alleviate the current crisis, and maybe let the Immortal Legion regain its footing.

But these 3,000 light cavalry were the gendarmes and security guards urgently recruited by Emperor Marius, that is, the mounted police, and they were not suitable for carrying them on the frontal battlefield.

And these are all light cavalry, and the losses against the heavy lancers who have already raised their speed with light cavalry will be staggering......

But His Majesty Marius ...... More importantly!

Agathon hesitated for a moment, and finally made a difficult decision: "Brothers! Charge with me!! ”

The three thousand light horsemen turned around and cut into the center of the battlefield.

Since they had already rushed for a while, they were now in a position that was some distance away from the Chinese Immortal Legion, and they could not directly rescue them, so Agathon was tantamount to cutting into the battlefield from the side with light cavalry, and then trying to 'pursue' Leon's heavy cavalry team......

It's almost suicidal.

Because there are still two mounted archery units in the center of the battlefield.

The Noldor Elves and the Horn summon the Rangers.

The lancers had already rushed into the Bacchus' formation, and the two cavalry armies, which had been throwing cover, fell to the rear.

Seeing that Agathon's light cavalry turned around, both Israndir and Ralph were aware of what the force was trying to do, and they responded in the same way by striking head-on.

The Noldor Elves and Rangers were able to fight these Bacchus light cavalry on a single basis, and their equipment was far superior to that of these improvised mounted police, and as soon as the two sides came into contact, a large number of people flipped on their backs - most of the fallen were Bacchus.

But Agathon was still firmly pursuing the banner of Emperor Marius, and he fought with more than a hundred centurions of the iron ring, trying to penetrate the obstacles of the rangers and intercept some of the heavy cavalry behind......

The battlefield has completely changed to what Leon envisioned - a scuffle.

Now there are no enemies around Leon.

The heavy cavalry continued to chase after Emperor Marius's banner, and the charging horses knocked away most of the enemies around Leon, and the other immortals also gave up the siege of Lion and tried to intercept the cavalry chasing Emperor Marius's banner.

But they have lost their neat array, and they have lost their stable mentality, and this non-scale interception can only make them all fall under the hooves of the horses.

Of course, they still played a big role, and they and the two-handed swordsmen who remained behind the palace succeeded in slowing down the charge of the heavy cavalry and avoiding the complete collapse of the entire legion.

Agathon's light cavalry charge also prevented Leon's troops from taking advantage of the victory to pursue - the heavy cavalry could not continue to charge too far, and the follow-up pursuit could only be handed over to the Horn Summoning Rangers and the Noldor Rangers to mount and oppress.

But this was barely done with the sacrifice of thousands of people.

Relying on the sacrifices of the light cavalry and the battle of the Centurion of the Ring, Agathon rushed back to the Chinese formation, and presided over the Immortal Legion to maintain the order of retreat.

As the cavalry failed to pursue, the Bacchus Empire's army regained discipline after Emperor Marius was out of danger, and was intercepted under the command of Agathon, slowing down the heavy cavalry.

Therefore, the heavy cavalry that charged the formation failed to completely defeat the Bacchus, nor did they completely plunge the other side into chaos, and the hearty inverted bead curtain did not appear, and the heavy cavalry did not rush to the banner of Emperor Marius after all.

But in any case, the battle had been won - without a stable array, the Bacchus could not fight back, and could only continue to retreat until they reached the hilly terrain before they could get a chance to regain their footing.

Leon struggled to prop himself up from the ground, his chest, abdomen, legs, and hips were all injured, he was actually just gritting his teeth before, if the immortals besieged him for a few more minutes, he would definitely not be able to withstand it......

There were cavalry rushing by around him, and in order to avoid being accidentally injured by his own people, Li Ang did not move, but raised his sword and pointed forward.

Emperor Marius's battle banner had receded farther and farther away.

The long contradiction arrays on both sides were also retreating, and the crossbow arrows that were originally flying everywhere were gradually disappearing.

Alice jumped on three legs—one of its front hooves twisted after the previous jump, not daring to step on the ground.

But the little mare arched Leon with her head, trying to get Leon on his horse.

Leon put down the sword in his hand and stroked Alice's head: "The battle is over......"

Now there is no need to command.

One man and one horse stood like this, watching the other troops rush past them, or chase the battle flag farther and farther away from the side.

……

As it gets dark, the battlefield of the Celestial Plains calms down.

Bacchus's army retreated thirty miles and re-encamped in the hills north of the village of Seren.

Leon's light cavalry was hindered by the Agathon, and the heavy cavalry and hoplites could not continue to pursue for long, so they could only gather their troops and clean up the battlefield, and then set up camp in the camp of the Bacchus yesterday.

The place where he camped was the battlefield that Leon had originally planned.

In this battle, more than 400 of Li Ang's men were killed and more than 400 were wounded. Most of the casualties came from the first wave of heavy cavalry charges.

And the Bacchus Empire, more than 2,000 people were killed in battle alone - this is the number of corpses on the battlefield. As for the wounded...... Those who didn't die were evacuated, and I don't know how many were injured.

Nearly half of the light cavalry led by Agathon were killed in battle, and thousands of horses were left behind, and the Immortal Legion also left behind more than 800 corpses.

This was certainly a brilliant victory for the newly formed kingdom of Pande, a great victory against the strongest nation on the continent at the moment with equal combat power.

If you talk about the strength of the two sides, it is 7,005 against 10,000, and the kingdom of Xinpander is still at a slight disadvantage.

Moreover, the significance of this battle is far greater than the casualty comparison that has been shown so far - this victory means that no country can again stand in the way of the conquest of the continent by the kingdom of Neopande, if it wants to.

In Leon's tent, everyone rejoiced, and even the lords who had been wounded on the battlefield were smiling.

"Your Majesty, we can take advantage of the victory and pursue and fight all the way to Siyuan City!"

Ralph was wounded, and when he intercepted Agathon, he was hit by a Ring Centurion's spear - this is the main reason why they failed to leave Agathon behind, if it weren't for the Ring Centurions' spears to open the way and escort Agathon back to the Bacchus Empire's Chinese army, the Bacchus Empire might not have been able to organize an orderly retreat.

Leon smiled and didn't speak.

He wasn't so optimistic...... The war with the Bacchus Empire has only just begun.

The Bacchus Empire is the most populous country in the Pande Continent, and after occupying half of the Dexia, the territory is currently the largest in the whole continent, and the victory or defeat of a battle cannot make such a country lose the will to fight, but will wake it up.

From now on, the Bacchus will see them as underdogs, and they will begin to really hold on to the strongholds, and the hard battle is yet to come.

But Leon did not say anything to discourage him, and it was a good thing that the brothers now had the confidence to win, as long as he, as a leader, would not be carried away by victory.

So celebrate when you should celebrate, just don't have any wine banquets - I didn't bring alcohol with me on this expedition.

"Report ...... Your Majesty, there is an envoy in the Bacchus Empire who asks to see you, saying that he is the one who owes you a debt. ”

At nightfall, a Noldor Ranger burrowed into the tent to report.

"And a messenger? Why did Emperor Marius always like to send people at night? Isn't he going to fight again? ”

The tent fell silent, and Leofrick spat out.

"This time it's definitely not about a war, it's probably for peace...... Let him in, it should be Agathon. ”

Leon shook his head and got up again to sit on the throne.

The man who came was indeed Agathon.

The general had a slap mark on his face, and it looked like he had just been taught a lesson—Leon could guess who he had been taught and why......

If Agathon resolutely detoured and cut off Leon's food route when Leon launched a charge, then Leon would have been forced to withdraw even if the Immortal Legion was completely annihilated.

Moreover, Agatson used light cavalry, which was not highly armed or trained, to fight with the Noldor troops, so it caused even greater losses, and it is estimated that Emperor Marius would be very distressed......

"Li Ang Ge...... Your Majesty Li Ang, I'm here to negotiate peace......"

Agathon was obviously not used to referring to Leon as His Majesty, and only changed his mind after he spoke.

"I thought you were here to pay off your debts...... Eight dragon tears, don't forget! ”

Looking at Agathon's serious face, Leon tried to make it easier.

"I've looked for Dragon's Tears...... I didn't find it, and I had to owe this debt. ”

A smile appeared on Agathon's face, probably remembering the sword that stabbed Leon at the Seven Forks Fortress, and the unpalatable meal that Leon had invited him to eat.

"Okay, if you owe it, you owe it, don't pay for it...... You say you want to talk about peace? However, I have just won a big victory, and it seems that it is not a good time for you to come to negotiate peace. ”

Leon said half-seriously, half-teasingly.

"I don't want to come either...... But this is an order from His Majesty Marius. ”

Agathon subconsciously touched the finger marks on his face: "I have to tell you that a few days ago, after you asked General Sulla to bring back the Shadow Legion, General Creon had already marched from the Sava River Fort to the Lion City Realm. ”

Leon looked at Agathon and was silent for a few seconds, then smiled: "This is inevitable, I sent troops to attack the Bacchus Empire, and Creon, as an imperial general, of course has to send troops to my kingdom......"

It's easy to say, but Leon actually feels very uncomfortable - he had dealt with the Red Death with Creon, and Creon had also led the Knights of the Radiant Cross to help clean up the undead forces in Lion City, who were not supposed to be enemies.

“…… Aren't you going to go back to the army for defense? Creon is not easy to deal with...... Moreover, he knew that His Majesty Amy was resettling the homeless people in Luxin Lake. ”

Agathon asked.

"If Creon is going to do things to farmers and outcasts, then he is not Cleone...... Why should I worry? Instead, you should be worried about the current situation - you have suffered too many casualties to hold Karen Deer Castle. ”

Leon shook his head and said, "Your Majesty Marius shouldn't have asked you to tell me about Creon, right?" It's better for you to tell me what Emperor Marius said. ”

Leon knew very well what Marius was, and that the emperor would never threaten anyone with the safety of a farmer or a homeless person, and that must have been Agathon's own initiative.

Sure enough, Agathon sighed, glanced at Lisa Dilan, who was beside Li Ang, and then turned his head and said, "Your Majesty asked me to convey the original words...... The Bacchus Empire has suffered heavy losses, and the fires in the Noldor Forest have been extinguished, are the elves now able to think rationally? Our real enemies are laughing at our stupid fighting each other. ”

The tent fell silent, and Risardran and Israndir stood up at the same time.

Li Ang also stood up: "Worship the Snake Sect?!" ”

"It's not just snake worship. Your Majesty, you may know that the entire Kairos family is in the hands of the Serpent Cult, and that their father and son need the blood of the Noldor Elves to stay alive, so they will start a war between us......"

Agathon nodded and said, "What caused them to become like this was a masked strange man who caused a disaster in Dilingang...... The reason why General Sulla was able to capture Antonius a few days later was because of the terrible disaster that had occurred in the port of Tilin...... Many of the dead who had already been buried were resurrected, and thousands of the living ...... All dead in an instant! ”

"Azi Dahaka...... Kavala! ”

Leon's face changed: "Where is His Majesty Marius?" I want to see him! ”

(End of chapter)