Chapter 403: Minos and Xiu
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Under normal circumstances, the mercenaries ran much more than the soldiers in the forest, but this time the 27th Legion, which followed them with a breath, was not slow, and I don't know if Minos had a flash of inspiration and actually gave an order not to open another road, so that the mercenaries who learned to evacuate the soldiers scattered into small groups and pursued along the trail they had just passed. So, the addition and subtraction of these two phases actually allowed Minos to catch up less than a hundred meters from the edge of the forest.
But this was not a good thing for the 27th Legion, which had only more than 3,000 men left, desperately chasing, and being more scattered than the mercenaries, only to bite the enemy's tail and be met with a fatal counterattack.
Like a kitten that had been stepped on by someone's tail, when there was a shout of killing behind him, Delgado and the three mercenary captains turned back in horror, and involuntarily cursed Damas for his incompetence;
Mercenaries are more assertive than soldiers, and guerrilla is the basic means of survival for mercenaries who hunt monsters in the forest.
Then, as soon as the two sides collided together, the 27th Army was reduced by more than 500 combat strength with a loss of almost 2 to 1.
There is no point in regretting, and being able to hold back these enemies and let Clarence go along can be regarded as making up for the previous defeat, and Minos immediately shrank his forces and defended desperately. Just watch in the middle of the process. And then went a fifth of the remaining total soldiers. He really didn't know whether to be satisfied or not.
"Hahaha...... Without the cooperation of the magician. I'd like to see what else these miscellaneous soldiers can do. ”
"It looks like Damas is finished. ”
"It's not like the other party can catch up so quickly, either they leave a part of their men to fight them, or the Florde mercenary group has fled without a fight. ”
The soldiers who were struggling to defend the group together made the three mercenary leaders chatter relaxedly, and then one of the mercenary leaders asked Delgado with some worry: "This is a good chance to eliminate them, but is it really good for us to stay here......?"
"There is no more than a legion of troops left outside, and there are more than 2,000 cavalry. Even if the enemy is a reorganized legion, it may not have a chance of winning, don't worry, not to mention the strength of the Blood Wolf Mercenary Regiment, which is not comparable to us. The one who spoke first answered before Delgado did. It's not that he is so sure of his own analysis, but he feels the crisis, the internal crisis from Angus, and he is unwilling to give up the credit in front of him and let the blood wolf monopolize it.
"That makes sense, look at the situation of this chasing army. The people who attacked the village were probably not much stronger. ”
Three guys, you and I, of course Delgado understood what they were thinking. However, they were relieved by their analysis, especially thinking that the master had also confessed to testing the strength of the hunters, so they subconsciously glanced back at the village.
"No, how can you take it lightly at the critical moment, the credit for the battle in the forest is given to you, hurry up and let your people end the battle, according to the report of the hunter mercenary group, the enemy outside is our target. Thinking of checking the strength of the hunter, Delgado generously made a promise, and in order to show his sincerity, he turned around and took his own people first.
Not knowing his true intentions, and mistakenly believing that Delgado's generosity was to snatch the credit for killing the target, the three mercenary captains immediately gave the order to attack their opponents and no longer tolerate their own injuries. After all, there are only five of the eight mercenary groups left, and as long as they can join the leader, the credit will be enough to restore their vitality in an instant, and this is not even the status they can get.
The attrition of the battle was very large, and the team was already able to set up battle formations in sparse places, but in order to pursue, the 27th Army Corps, which abandoned heavy shields and other defensive equipment, was under great pressure under the sudden intensification of the enemy's attack, and the casualty ratio returned to 2 to 1 in the previous scattered situation.
The rest of the soldiers were also exhausted from the continuous pursuit, even the captains and guards of each team with five-star strength also sacrificed several people, and seeing that they could not even support the battle array, Minos had the idea of dying in battle that he had never had in the face of the army of the undead.
However, at this moment, a small number of arrows suddenly shot into the swarming enemy team in front of him from the side, followed by more fighting slashes, although it was chaotic and wasted most of it, but Minos was excited to see those mercenaries retreat, and one by one they were extremely frightened and embarked on the road of escape again.
"Captain Minos, are you alright?"
"It's okay, it's okay, you came just in time. Seeing Xiu running over, Minos couldn't help but shed tears.
"Is it really timely?" The tragic situation of the Twenty-seventh Legion made Xiu's heart very uncomfortable, just like the Forty-sixth Legion he took over, this Legion was also considered disabled, but now he didn't have time to care about this, with a hint of expectation, he continued to ask: "By the way, has Lu Xien been here? Have you seen him?"
"Lord Marquis, I didn't see him, did he come alone, what happened?" Although they didn't get along for a long time, he understood that if Lu Chen disappeared, it would mean that something unusual had happened, and combined with the current situation, it would only be a great crisis.
"No, you didn't have to go long before we followed, and a mercenary group appeared on the way that was planning to attack you, so we decided to take their place and attack the enemy in turn. But Lu Xien chased them up alone to intercept them, and when we caught up, there were only a few hundred charred corpses at the scene...... "It's about Lu Chen's safety, Xiu, who has lost his composure, can't even take care of the battle that's still going on, and quickly tell him about his life."
One person killed a mercenary group, although he had heard a lot of Lu Chen's amazing actions, but Mainos, who had never seen him do it, was still frightened, but this frightening calmed down: "Don't worry, the strength of the marquis is better than me, according to what you said, he will be fine, most likely he is chasing and killing the enemy, or ...... Damn, could it be that His Royal Highness the Second Prince has an accident there!" I wanted to comfort Xiu, but while saying that, Minos thought of another bad situation.
At this moment, the soldier came to report: a mercenary who claimed to be Lu Chen's subordinate and asked to see the commander.