The rescue mission ended successfully. Although it was not a perfect victory, it was impossible to find fault with the result of saving more than ten times as many humans at the cost of just one airship and hundreds of casualties.

Regardless of the comparison in terms of data and the changes in morale, the casualties of many of the many humans who successfully rescued them from enemy rears accounted for less than one percent of the number of sergeants on the mission. Such a result can be regarded as a big victory in terms of the war habits of the Lost Land.

In particular, these people who were rescued were natives who had lived for a long time between the Sulitan Empire in the north and the Gwana Empire in the south. With the people who fled into the Gwana Empire before, they can more or less get close to each other and bring some trouble.

And these people who fled first, there were many young people who joined the defense line south of the Wind Emperor Mountain Range. As soon as you recognize your relatives with the rescued people, it doesn't matter who you are. Naturally, the two parties were in tears, telling each other's sufferings these days.

Although he was able to escape from that land and did not die under the ravages of the combined forces of demons and orcs, he was only one or twelve of the original inhabitants. But every time someone is rescued at this time, it always brings more hope to the living.

So even with a slight sacrifice, such a task still played a great value. Both politically and militarily.

But what makes the elders even more aware is that all the heavy casualties are due to "one" enemy! In particular, this enemy also destroyed an airship on his own.

Despite the fact that the airship was parked on the ground, it was damaged by enemy invasion. But in the history of the Heider Empire, such enemies were objects that had to be treated with caution and caution. Because if you don't take it seriously, there is no upper limit to the destructive power of such a strong person.

On the contrary, the demons who had been wary of it from the beginning would not meddle in the affairs of these humans who were surrounded or captive by orcs, as they had speculated. If a demon joins the way, this mission will definitely add a lot of variables.

After all, demons aren't like orcs. At most, the orcs are divided into ordinary orcs and tall special species called strong orcs in terms of individual differences.

Although there are several main types of demons, there are still differences between each one. Moreover, these differences that are difficult to classify, whether there are individuals enough to threaten the airship, but it is impossible to confirm whether there are any before encountering them.

Fortunately, there is also a strong man on the human side who can compete with it, a barbarian - slashing and killing Amida.

It's just that the origin of this barbarian doesn't even know the two most well-informed adventurers and mercenaries. It's as if I don't know where it came from, out of nowhere.

There are also doubts that this barbarian is in collusion with the devil and intends to gain trust and become a spy.

The reason for this association is that although barbarians are also considered human beings, the barbarian tribes whose social system still maintains a fairly primitive appearance are not all embraced by human beings.

Their beliefs and positions, like the unique appearance derived from their active isolation from the general environment, have a variety of combinations.

It would not be surprising if among these barbarians there were some heretics who believed in demons, cannibalism, and had the lifelong goal of being anti-human.

Because they are isolated in an independent environment, these heretical behaviors in the eyes of the outside world are normal things in their respective tribes.

In other words, in addition to the orcs and their branch of the strong orcs, there are barbarians and demons allied with the demons, which is not an unimaginable thing in the eyes of everyone, but makes people take it for granted. Therefore, for this barbarian of unknown origin, everyone is still more vigilant.

But since the other party did not follow the airship back, but stayed in the area north of the mountain range, occupied by demons and orcs. Then no one can question the motives of the other party, because even if they have to ask, no one can ask. What I think about now is just speculation.

In the end, he went to the north of the mountain, and specially captured the slasher Amida for interrogation. Capture a barbarian who can fight against a single airship powerhouse...... This kind of unreliable opinion, everyone only gave up after a circle in their minds.

The prerequisite for negotiating with such a powerful person is that there are enough people in your own camp to fight against it. this

to be able to negotiate well while ensuring your own safety. After all, I don't know when I will step on the other party's sore spot, and then I will be slaughtered by the other party.

Don't treat the strong as the strong. In this obsessed land where the concept of law is not clear and strength is respected, the strong are more capable of doing whatever they want than the nobles. If such a person is sanctioned, it only proves that he is not strong enough.

And it's still wartime, and it's too late to win over, not to mention the possibility of offending the other party. So the attitude towards slashing and killing Amida was surprisingly unanimous. That is to see the after-effects.

Putting aside the review related to the rescue mission, although the soldiers at the bottom are still immersed in the joy of a victory, the people who are responsible for planning and directing the entire battle have already begun to discuss the direction of the next step.

With less than half of the winter left, there should be no more fighting. That's everyone's consensus.

But when the snow melts in spring, it must be the beginning of a great war.

This time, it will not be like before, in order to raid the direction of the Gwana Empire, the demon and orc alliance forces hurriedly crossed the Wind Emperor Mountain Range and hit their heads on the defense line to break the bloodstream.

This time the enemy will come again, and it will be a desperate battle with all his strength. So everyone is taking advantage of this winter to run their own defense lines.

However, the opinions of the other faction are also quite strong compared to the geographical advantage. That is, the human alliance forces attacked and counterattacked, recovering the lost territory north of the mountain range.

The reason for this faction of opinions is that one of the mission by-products of the airship rescue operation, that is, the distribution and barracks map of all the demons and orcs north of the Wind Emperor Mountains.

It is impossible to detect the location and condition of human gathering points, and it is impossible not to have demons and orcs. And the latter may not have considered defense from the beginning, just where to hit and where to station, so the overall layout looks full of holes.

With such a layout, even some fledgling young officers can still arrange a way to divide, encircle, and then annihilate the enemy.

If nothing else, because every enemy army stationed in place is too scattered. Even after the snow melts, if you want to support each other at such a distance, it is estimated that the side surrounded by the surprise attack will be eliminated, and the other enemies may not know what is happening.

Because the enemy's disadvantage in the formation was too obvious, some people even suggested attacking before the snow melted to divide and destroy the enemy. But this exaggerated proposal was directly dismissed by the four words "supply difficulties".

The soldiers did not have enough winter clothing for the march. Even if you can win the battle in the early stage, you will have to go hungry if the supply is not good in the later stage. Isn't it possible to sacrifice the soldiers who fell out of the attack in order to win a few battles?

Or do you expect them to rely on their faith to kill the enemy without fear of cold and hunger? Those who dared to say such things were all named commanders of special forces and recruited themselves. If anyone wants to follow them, take advantage of the late winter and cross the mountains!

This kind of plan of killing 1,000 enemies and inflicting 800 self-losses will not be used by any general who has a little brain. That's what people who talk about scratching and not taking any responsibility for.

After they gained the right to recruit their own people, they didn't stop demagoguery at first, and even set their eyes on flying into the air to support the troops for the first time. But in the end, no one believes in these people who joined later, don't know where they came from, and self-styled military scholars.

Needless to say, the regular legions of the two empires and the private armies of the nobility were each suppressed. The one didn't nod, and no one was allowed to move.

Almost all of the main forces from the people fought the retreat battle, or the people who withdrew from the north. How could they, who have suffered hardships, believe such beautiful words without the slightest common sense?

Let's go and experience what it means to fight hungry! If you can really understand this feeling, let's make a strategy. Other than that, it's useless to say it nicely.

As for those who are also new to the defense line and have not experienced battles. Will they believe in these people who also have no merits, but only have a lotus tongue, or will they believe in veterans who have fought hard battles? As long as your brain is not broken, who do you have to choose?

Another eclectic opinion is to hold the territory first, and wait for the demon and orc alliance to retreat again, and then the human alliance will take advantage of the situation

Open a counteroffensive. In this way, it is bound to receive a miraculous effect of twice the result with half the effort.

The morale of the team that retreated because of the defeat was already low, and it could not withstand more pressure. Chasing and killing such an enemy, even if it is originally as brave as a lion and tiger, will turn into a panicked rat and run away as soon as he twists.

Even if the enemy's forces further behind did not experience a major defeat, they would still be affected by the onslaught of the retreating army in front of them, or the mood of defeat. Thus affecting the play of its combat effectiveness.

All three opinions have their supporters. The purely conservative faction is basically a small country south of the mountain range, as well as some small nobles of the Gwana Empire. They only want to guard the one-third of an acre of land in front of their house, and they don't have much ambition.

The counter-offensive faction naturally consisted of those who had lost their homeland, as well as some of the young people who sought to make a difference. These people are also the most combat-minded, and some of them are some of the most famous adventurers or mercenaries.

Adventurers never seek stability, they are the group of people who have the courage to challenge the unknown. After all, if you want to be stable, you shouldn't even step out of the house, you should stay at home.

The situation of mercenaries is similar, but they need a better reputation and more resounding exploits in order to increase the value of their employment.

Much like the mercenaries are the young men of the Karlsruhe Empire. They also need to make a name for themselves and make a name for themselves in the future, so that they can have better leverage when they inherit the family business in the future, or introduce themselves to serve in a higher-status family.

However, most of these people are still sensible. At least the opinion of braving the winter snow to send troops is also in the minority of this group. People are eager to make contributions, not to die.

In this vast crowd, are there any people who do not seek fame and fortune, and are not closely related? Old Kavigong, who was letting his staff officers discuss it to his heart's content, suddenly thought of such a question.