Chapter Eighty-Three: Advance and Retreat
With the crow of a rooster, the morning sun gradually rose, illuminating the land that had been soaked in blood.
The battle lasted for a whole night, and although the outcome of the battle had already been decided, the resistance of the remaining soldiers of the Masodra Empire was unusually stubborn.
I have to say that the troops of the Maso de la Empire are really elite, even in this case, most of the soldiers did not choose to surrender, but it is a pity that the chain of command is broken, and the soldiers have the intention to kill the enemy, but they don't know what they should do. So although the resistance was heroic, it was useless.
And there is also a relationship with Mitters, because he has been present all the time, and gathered the soldiers around him, organizing them to counterattack, if he also ran away, it is estimated that these soldiers would not be able to stand up to now. Unfortunately, they did not have much effect in the end, and at dawn the last soldier also fell, but he also fell in front of Mites, and all the soldiers did their duty and protected their captain, with their own lives, of course.
At this time, Miters was already wounded, and when he looked around, except for him, there seemed to be no more of his own soldiers still standing, and as far as he could see, all of them were enemy soldiers. The soldiers didn't know that Mitus was the commander of the enemy legion, but they could tell from the armor they were wearing that the other party was a big official, and according to the general rules, of course, it was better to capture him alive.
Mitters looked at the soldiers who surrounded him, and also laughed miserably, but Git's side should have successfully run out, his mission had been completed, and he also directly raised his saber and crossed his neck, ready to kill himself. Rather than being captured and humiliated, it is better to die here.
"Wait, Mitters." At this time, a voice appeared, and the surrounding soldiers also automatically separated, and Hegar walked up directly.
The two are also old rivals, and when Mitters saw Hegar, he first showed an angry expression, but quickly relaxed, and finally turned into a sigh: "This time you won, Hegar." ”
"This wasn't my plan." Hegar saw Mites' expression and knew what the other party meant, Mites didn't plan to surrender, he was preparing to die here.
"Is it the head of the mage called the Water God?" Mitters asked.
"It's not ...... It seems to have been a plan made by a young earl named Serina. "I really didn't expect the war between us to end like this." ”
"The little count who suddenly appeared? I'd love to meet him if I had the chance...... It's a pity ......" Before Mitters could finish speaking, suddenly the sword in his hand was horizontal, the sword light flashed, and with the blood spurting out, the famous general of a hundred battles had already fallen to the ground.
"Gather his corpse well." Hegar also sighed, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him: "The war is over, we have won!" ”
"Oh!" "Oh!" "Oh!" The mountains roared like a tsunami of cheers, and this month-long war finally came to an end.
After a while, the time came to noon, and at this time, in the conference room of the Fortress of Thrad, all the non-commissioned officers of the First and Second Legions of the Saint-Willan Empire gathered for a meeting. Of course, Ye Junwen was also here, and he was sitting in the first row, except for the two legion commanders, Hejiaer and the Water God, he was sitting in the first place.
There was no objection to this ranking, at least not for now, because everyone knew that the previous plan was proposed by this little earl whom they had never heard of before, and now that the empire has won a big victory, this has proven everything.
"According to the current rough statistics, the number of casualties of the enemy troops in this battle is more than 80,000." A general next to him was reporting the approximate casualties, and the soldiers outside were still cleaning up the battlefield, and the exact number could not be counted.
"Oh......" Hearing the figure of 80,000 people, all the generals let out an exclamation, and then they all subconsciously looked at Ye Junwen's side. 80,000 men, which is about half of the total number of opposing troops, this is a real big victory.
Yes, the total number of the two army corps of the enemy army combined is about 16-170,000, and everyone knows this. Of course, half of the troops are currently lost, which does not mean that the other side still has half of the troops. The fact is that the troops on the opposite side were directly scattered and completely crushed, and indeed half of them escaped, but those people were scattered, not retreated. These scattered soldiers, generally speaking, it is difficult to find their main force again, and it is even possible to be a deserter directly, and it is almost impossible to gather the remnants of the army again, because they have nothing to do, what is the use of you gathering people at this time? You don't even have food to eat, you don't have weapons, don't you want to regain your combat effectiveness? So at present, these two legions have been wiped out, and it is impossible to reorganize them in a short time.
"There are also more than 30,000 casualties on our side." At this time, the general here continued to report. The losses are indeed not small, but this is also acceptable in the eyes of everyone, after all, their establishment is still there, and now it is only a little insufficient in troops.
In this battle, the main losses were the troops of the Second Army, and most of them were those who defended the city before. Ye Junwen's troops and the remaining troops of the First Legion participated in the last battle with almost no losses, and those soldiers defending the city were too miserable, the offensive and defensive battles in the first three days were too bloody, even the commander of the legion Shui Shen was injured, and finally those soldiers were exhausted when they opened the fortress and rushed out, and some even fell to the ground and fell asleep forever when they heard the news of the victory, which was exhausted to death. Of course, they won anyway.
"Water God, how are your injuries?" After listening to the battle report, Hegar looked at the water god next to him. Now the water god is wrapped in a lot of gauze, and there are blood stains oozing from it, and it seems that the injury is not light.
"At the moment...... It's nothing, it's been checked. The water god said, "Don't worry about my ......."
The water god said that there is no scruples, referring to the strategic issues later. Although they won the battle, the war was not completely over, although the enemy's legions were crushed, but the two countries did not stop fighting, and the problem they had to face now was to wait for the peace talks between the empires here, or go further......
Judging from the current situation, the Masodra Empire should choose to negotiate peace when they get the news, this can no longer be fought, the two legions have been destroyed, and it is impossible for them to send other legions up. And the current results, if you want the other party to cede the previous target, the Tedmara region, there should be no problem, but it has already reached this point, and everyone's ambitions have risen.
At present, there is no obstacle in front of them, and it is possible to kill the opponent's main city directly from this side, although this is not the strategy they arranged before, but the opportunity is rare, is there a better time than now? Of course, if they want to act, they must also decide as soon as possible, otherwise the other party will definitely let other legions come back to defend, and the opportunity must not be lost.
This military meeting is mainly discussed about this, whether to send troops or not, this decision is currently on the two of Hegar and the water god. Of course, they could have waited for the Empire to receive a new order after receiving the war report, but by then it would be too late. Outside, the king's order is not referring to the current situation, even if there is no order from above, they must make their own judgment at this time.
The current generals are also divided into two factions, with those who support both opinions, and those who want to send troops are in the majority. After all, the people who are soldiers are a little bloody, and now they have just won a big victory, and they are full of fighting spirit, of course, they are pursuing while they are victorious.
"Then I'll tell you what I think." Hegar nodded, but just as he wanted to speak, the water god next to him suddenly tilted his body and fell directly from his seat.
"Lord Mizujin, what's wrong with you!" Everyone became nervous, this was obviously too badly injured, although the water god himself said that there was no problem, but this situation was not the case at all.
"Water God, you better go and rest first." Hegar came up and helped the water god and said.
"Damn......" The water god looked at Ye Junwen next to him, and said to Hejiaer, "Count Serina is now commanding the legion in my place, General Hejiaer, now is a critical moment, don't delay the fighter because of me, please make a decision as soon as possible." ”
"I see." Hegar nodded, and then motioned to the soldiers next to him to bring the water god down for treatment first. Before the water god went down, he also looked directly at Ye Junwen's side, Ye Junwen didn't say anything, just nodded, but this also made the water god feel relieved.
Soon, the water god left, and everyone's eyes returned to the stage. They all heard the words of the water god clearly before, and the command was temporarily handed over to Ye Junwen, which means that Ye Junwen is now the acting commander of the army, and Ye Junwen has not had time to hang any military position before, but he flew directly to the top in one step, which is really unprecedented.
But unexpectedly, no one raised objections or anything like that, after all, generals don't look at age, what they need is their achievements, and Ye Junwen's records, isn't it just full. Most of the generals who had mocked Ye Junwen before did not object at this time, this record was really a bit scary, and they were all suppressed.
"So, General Serina." Hejiaer here nodded and said to Ye Junwen, "I want to hear your opinion first." ”
"Let me ask you a question first, can anyone on our side be able to win the Juggernaut?" Ye Junwen asked.
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned, why did they suddenly talk about the matter of the Sword Saint, of course they didn't know the information in front of them.
"If not, it's trouble." Ye Junwen continued, "Because I know that there is a guy named Ferres Sword Master in front of us who is still waiting for me. ”