Among the dozen kingdoms in the eastern part of the Middle Continent, the United Kingdom on the East Coast is considered a powerful country, sitting on an army of 600,000 troops.

The country has a special national situation, there is no royal family, and the supreme power is decided by the noble council. The head of state of the United Kingdom on the East Coast is called the Consul, and the country does not have a crown issued by the Divine Radiant Empire, but is in fact a confederation of local nobles.

This particular national situation has led to a relatively relaxed rule by the United Kingdom on the East Coast.

The country attaches great importance to magic and is willing to spread transcendent knowledge to the lower middle and lower classes, and a magic academy has been established in the capital city of Kanas Castle. Although the selection of materials of the Kanas Magic Academy is not as extensive as that of the Harland Elder, after hundreds of years of accumulation, the scale is a few points larger than that of the Harland Mage Association today.

The United Kingdom of the East Coast has nearly 2,000 magicians, even because of years of war, and the number of magic apprentices is more than 10,000.

Because there are enough magicians, a legion on the east coast will be equipped with a magic squad, and the number of magic squads varies from as little as thirty to as many as fifty.

After the outbreak of the war, the number of magicians captured by the army led by Harland has exceeded two hundred.

It is precisely because of its strong national strength that the United Kingdom on the East Coast has not been able to swallow this breath since its defeat, and has repeatedly acted as the vanguard of the Triple Alliance.

Counting the initial strife, the country has been at war with the Kingdom of Grant for twelve years.

In twelve years, the two sides have engaged in five large-scale battles.

Every three or two years, the East Coast will always take the initiative to regain the lost territory and unite Ryan and Delong to divide the Kingdom of Grant.

In twelve years, the Haaland family has developed from an ordinary frontier duke to a behemoth, and the national strength of the Grant Kingdom has also skyrocketed.

This time the situation on both sides has changed radically, and with a brilliant victory, the balance has finally been upset on the side of the Grant Kingdom.

Half a month ago, Harland took it by surprise and used a powerful naval fleet to capture Silvermoon Island, cut off the enemy's food routes, and annihilated the two fronts on the east coast together with the noble alliance of the Grant Kingdom.

In just half a month, 300,000 soldiers were lost. Without 300,000 troops, the defense line on the east coast simply could not be supported.

At this moment, Haaland led the army to cross the Mara River and attack westward, and the ten corps of the Western Front were also in the dilemma of being attacked by the enemy.

Once the Western Front was lost, the United Kingdom on the East Coast would lose its bargaining power completely, and it would be difficult for the great nobles to survive.

In fact, after many years of war, the seven dukes of the United Kingdom on the east coast also suffered heavy losses.

First of all, the main force of the Younis family was completely annihilated, and the territory was occupied by the Grant Kingdom, and they lost their status as a great noble. In this war, the Gerald family followed in the footsteps of the Younis family, more than 100,000 square kilometers of land north of the Mara River were lost, and the three main legions of the family were lost.

The situation has developed to the present, and the remaining five of the seven duke families still have strong strength, but in the face of the invasion of the 200,000 nobles of the Grant Kingdom, the situation in the East Coast United Kingdom is almost unsupportable.

Richard is the commander-in-chief of the aristocratic coalition army, and Haaland is also the vanguard of the coalition with an army of 38,000. After the vanguard crossed the Mara River, it seemed to enter a no-man's land, and in just three or four days, more than 30 cities were connected.

The troops led by Haaland pointed directly to the rear of the Western Front, wanting to cut off the enemy's retreat and cooperate with his father William's Front to annihilate the Western Front of the United Kingdom on the east coast.

The Western Front on the East Coast had a total of ten corps with a total strength of about 200,000 men. The enemy they faced was also a coalition army, including the four earls of William, Zachary, Steven, and Wimble, plus two elite border armies of Grizzly Bear and the North, with a total strength of about 120,000. Although the total strength is only 60% of that of the East Coast, this front can be balanced by relying on the two elite armies of the Grizzlies and the North.

Generally speaking, this front is dominated by the Grant Kingdom. Relying on the border castle, the Mara River is dangerous, and it is easy not to go out of the city to fight.

William is the commander of this coalition army, although his qualifications are not as good as Zachary's, nor is he as good at capturing fighters as Zachary's command ability, but because of his promotion to legend, he has been to the front line many times, commanding small-scale raids and disturbing operations, and the East Coast army is embarrassed, and he is already more authoritative than Zachary.

In recent years, William often organized elite troops to cross rivers and attack enemy supply lines. Although he was repeatedly attacked by plots and ambushed by the East Coast army, William's ability to transform into a giant bear always broke through the encirclement and inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy. Like Markian many years ago, he relied on his legendary power to stir up the storm and change the situation.

William has taken the Legendary Ability Fruit and has the magical ability to transform into a giant bear, although it is not as comprehensive as the legendary knight, but when he transforms into a giant bear, his explosive power is much stronger than that of the legendary knight, which is very suitable for attacking head-on.

After the death of Marc Dean, the United Kingdom on the East Coast had no strong professionals who could match William, and the battlefield looked staggered and embarrassed.

As the days passed, the situation became worse for the United Kingdom on the East Coast.

The armies of the four marquis of the east, the three counts of Paulus, Charlotte, and Marcel, crossed the Mara one after another.

An army of 160,000 poured into the land of the east coast, burning and looting along the way, and rushed to the capital city of Kanas Castle.

The last five legions left on the east coast are all newly formed legions that have not been trained for a long time, not only are they weak in combat effectiveness, but they also need to defend the Kanas Castle.

Although the combined number of Richard and William's armies was less than 160,000, which was less than the number of the Western Front on the East Coast, they occupied a favorable situation, and with a large number of elites in their hands, they actually swept the 200,000 troops of the Western Front into the encirclement.

Seeing that the back road was about to be cut off, Augustine, the commander of the Western Front on the East Coast, frowned and was in a dilemma.

Hundreds of thousands of troops were strangled together, the battle lines were intertwined, and it was simply impossible to retreat easily.

In such a situation, the slightest carelessness in withdrawing troops will turn into a rout. Moreover, William's 120,000-strong army was on the front line, and the two sides were staggered, even if the East Coast army wanted to retreat, William would not let him do it.

However, the supply lines in the rear were about to be cut off by Richard and his troops, and continuing to hold on would only delay the destruction of the entire army. Moreover, at this moment, more than 100,000 Haaland led the army into the hinterland of the east coast, and at this time, the rear could no longer maintain the supply line.

The situation has developed to this point, and the only way to survive is to take refuge in the kingdom of Delong.

If you enter the Delong Kingdom with an army and lose the territorial support, this army will also become a rootless tree, and you can only obey the dispatch of the Delong Kingdom at that time.

Once it becomes a guest army, it is also a situation of being cannon fodder.

After weighing left and right for most of the day, it is better to be cannon fodder than to be wiped out, and Augustine finally decided to take refuge in the kingdom of Delong. But a smooth exit from the front line also requires a fierce battle.

After Augustine transferred four legions to the elite of the army, the remaining six legions immediately abandoned the battle line and decisively moved to the west.

The front-line army had just been reduced and was soon spotted by the veteran Zachary.

Zachary is a true old fritter, with more than sixty years of battlefield experience, and his command talent surpasses William's. Zakary immediately spotted the retreat of the East Coast army, and while informing William, he decisively launched a counterattack.

Finding that there was a fierce shouting of killing on the battlefield, William quickly figured out the enemy's intentions, and it was certainly impossible to let Augustine get his wish at this time. William decisively threw his troops into a counterattack and passed the order to the major legions below.

William's orders were delivered very quickly, mainly relying on the lion. After the order was passed down, the army of the Kingdom of Grant launched a counterattack on all fronts.

The Zachary counterattack was like a flare gun, entangled the four broken legions on the East Coast.

At this moment, Richard's troops were not far from the front line, his army had cut off the supply lines of the Western Front on the east coast, and the forward was less than twenty kilometers away from the battlefield.

If you look down from the sky, Haaland's leading regiment is like a giant dragon, piercing the enemy's soft belly, and if it is delayed for another day or two, Richard's department can join William and completely surround and annihilate the enemy.

In this dangerous situation, Augustine did not dare to rescue the broken rear troops, and he hurriedly gathered six legions and retreated westward, hoping to rely on the border castle of the Delong Kingdom to regain a stable front.

Augustine gave up the broken army, and the four corps of the broken Western Front on the east coast were soon chased by William and Richard to encircle and annihilate. Although the resistance of the troops on the east coast was fierce, it was bombarded by the artillery of Haaland's magic crystal, and the formation soon collapsed. Without the protection of the military array, no matter how elite the soldier is, when he encounters an organized army, he is also like a lamb.

The battle was fought into the evening, and the resistance was gradually coming to an end.

In this battle, William suffered 7,000 casualties, and Haaland led 1,000 casualties, and successfully annihilated 80,000 troops and four legions on the east coast, and captured more than 50,000 prisoners alone.

When the tide is gone, it's easier to catch people than pigs. Because people will surrender voluntarily, pigs will run around and bring some trouble.

After the war, Richard selected 20,000 young men from 50,000 prisoners and added them to each legion. After winning the battle, Richard joined forces with William and marched west into the territory of the Delong kingdom.

Once again, Haaland led his army into the lead, storming Augustine's stronghold.

Although Augustine owned the castle, he was unable to hold the line in the face of Haaland's magic crystal cannon. A large number of alchemy bombs exploded in the castle, killing and wounding a large number of soldiers every day.

In order to avoid the damage of the magic crystal cannon, Augustine had no choice but to build a cannon trench in the castle, and his life was extremely miserable.

After years of development, the artillery led by Haaland has developed greatly, not only with fragmentation and killing flowering shells, but also with siege type heavy grenades.

Richard led the army of Haaland to attack such a fortified castle, usually shelling it for seven or eight days, killing and wounding a large number of defenders, and blowing down the walls before committing infantry to attack the city.

A strong castle will last for seven or eight days at most.

In just one month, Richard and William joined forces to conquer eleven fortified castles and break through Augustine's defensive line.

In the process, Haaland led the army to attack at an unhurried pace, and with almost no casualties, Augustin's scattered army was surrounded and annihilated.

Richard, the legendary mage, had not yet made a move, and Haaland's regiment had already broken through the enemy's defenses.

Within a month, Augustine lost another 50,000 troops. The Western Front under his command has fought to the point where there are less than 50,000 troops left, and more than 20,000 soldiers have fled during this time, and they are on the verge of collapse.

The war has continued to the present, and the surrounding situation has changed again.

The first was the battlefield of the province of Seldorf, where King Roger relied on the royal guards to defeat the combination of Elena and Charlemagne and put down the rebellion. Now that he has freed his hands, he has left Nolan with a legion of the ninth-order knight Finney, and Roger personally led three royal guard legions to the south for reinforcements.

The coalition of nobles of the Grant Kingdom, under the command of Marquis Allen, also fought under the castle of Kanas, and the United Kingdom of the East Coast was on the verge of extinction.

Richard joined up with William and managed to break through the defensive line set by Augustine. Augustine's logistics line has been cut off, and now it is just a trapped beast, and it is also in a situation of total annihilation.

And the situation in the Delong Kingdom has become extremely bad during this time.

The Scarlet Horn Mallo still organized a cultist rebellion, which restrained some of the energy of the Delong Kingdom. The three dukes of Fox, Edward, and Guise on the Western Front mobilized nearly 160,000 troops and crossed the Mara River to fight fiercely against King Anton.

In the territory directly under the Grant Kingdom in the middle line, the two major legions of the Wild Lion and the Iron Lion led a coalition of 40,000 nobles and 80,000 troops to fight against the Delong Kingdom, and the 70,000 army commanded by the Roger Kingdom also reinforced in this direction.

The eastern defense line, commanded by Augustine, was already in tatters, and Augustine's troops could be surrounded and annihilated by Richard and William at any time.

The situation on the battlefield was all involved, and when Richard led the navy to conquer Silvermoon Island and cut off the retreat of the East Coast Maritime Front, the situation of this war was already doomed.

In less than two months, the United Kingdom on the East Coast had lost more than 450,000 troops. With the loss of these 450,000 troops, the Grant Kingdom's more than 300,000 troops were freed up, and the defeat of the Triple Alliance was inevitable.

Seeing that the situation of the Delong Kingdom was critical, the Ryan Kingdom gave up the strategy of all-out attack, made a comprehensive mobilization, recruited 100,000 troops from the nobles, plus transferred 100,000 troops from the front line, and combined 200,000 troops into the Delong Kingdom to support.

200,000 fresh troops entered the battlefield, not only stabilizing the situation of the Delong Kingdom, but also building a new defense line in the east, helping the remnants of the Augustus Division to stabilize the front. A large number of troops poured in, and by the way, they helped the Delong Kingdom to put down the rebellion.

(End of chapter)