Volume 6 In the World Chapter 672 Curtain (Part 1)
Only now did Gabriel know the dilemma faced by the defenders of Castle Junku.
"What? My general, you are telling us that your army has been surrounded? Sir Adelaide's army has been wiped out? Castle Castle has fallen?"
Gabriel's head was full of questions, and he looked confused: "But didn't you tell us before that the army just encountered an ambush and the losses were somewhat heavy?"
"We encountered an ambush and suffered heavy losses, but now is not the time to talk about this. The orcs suddenly attacked Castle Castle. Sir Adelaide's army has been annihilated. Thousands of my troops are now surrounded at a ferry.
We need your support in the basin!"
Francois said loudly, with some hysterical impulse in his voice:
"I order you to return reinforcements immediately. You must arrive at Junku Castle within one day, otherwise my army is in danger of being destroyed!"
"My army is more than a hundred kilometers away from Junku Castle. How can we get back to Junku Castle within a day?" Gabriel said after taking the magic transmitter. He was still a little unbelievable.
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Five minutes later, in the Chinese army's tent, Gabriel and several senior officers under his command were already on standby in the tent. In addition, several high-level knights also came to the tent.
A large map was placed in the camp, and Gabriel began to describe the current situation.
Sir Adelaide's army was annihilated, the orcs made a surprise attack, Castle Castle fell, and Francois's army was trapped at the ferry near Castle Castle, suffering heavy losses.
Reinforcements are now continuing, and according to Gabriel's judgment, the situation is already very critical.
"What should we do now? Withdraw our troops? We are already very close to Castle Castle. It is impossible for the orcs to support us so quickly in a short period of time. Although there are many orcs coming, it is impossible for most of the orcs to arrive so quickly.
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Our magicians have also confirmed this with detection magic. Most of the orcs are still at least five days away.
Withdrawing our troops now? It means we have given up the material transfer station that the Shire has operated for hundreds of years." Some senior knights immediately retorted.
"But if we don't support it, Francois's army will be in danger of being annihilated, and the military castle will be lost. The materials inside will only be in vain for the orcs, and then the orcs will use these materials to deal with us."
"But if we don't go to rescue now, we are ignoring our comrades. This is not a knight!"
"But our war goal is to destroy the Orcs' Demonic Rock and prevent the Orcs from establishing a stronghold within a hundred kilometers of Storm Fortress.
How can we explain to the Grand Duke of Gros and the people of the principality that we are unable to achieve our goal even after making such huge sacrifices? This is a knight?"
Everyone was arguing endlessly.
Gabriel frowned even more. He really didn't expect that Junku Castle's army of more than 20,000 people would be defeated by the orcs?
Adelaide was wiped out?
Fort Junku was breached?
Only a few thousand people left and then surrounded?,
Looking for help from yourself in a desperate situation?
Francois must have concealed the true situation before, otherwise it would not have been possible for the army to be defeated like this overnight.
So what should I do now?
The army he led has reached a crossroads.
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Out of chivalry's morality, he should go back to rescue. As a knight, he cannot leave his friendly forces to die without saving them. What he is thinking about is, can his friendly forces really last until one day later?
Francois had only a few thousand men left and was surrounded. In this case, what could the more than 4,000 people on his side do?
This place is about 110 kilometers away from Junku Castle. Normally, it is normal for a knight to march hundreds of kilometers a day on the grassland, but most of his army is heavy infantry and cannot forcefully march.
Walking 110 kilometers in one day is equivalent to a forced march. Even if they can reach it in one day, can they really repel the orc army with their little strength?
Again, Gabriel could hear the orcs' killing cries in the magic transmitter, which proved that General Francois's situation was already quite critical. Gabriel had a hunch that Francois might support him.
Not even a day.
But if we don't save him... Gabriel covered his head in pain and gestured to everyone:
"I need some quiet time."
"Okay, Your Excellency Gabriel." Everyone knows that this commander-in-chief is the one who makes the final decision.ωωw..net
With everyone watching, Gabriel began to think.
His mind was spinning rapidly, and Gabriel knew that any small mistake now would ruin this army.
A few minutes later, Gabriel opened his eyes, his voice full of coldness:
"We will not support Francois's army because the fall of Chateau de l'Arnique is irreversible and there is no point in rescuing them.
The large orc army will arrive here in five days, and even if Junku Castle is recaptured, it will be breached soon.
We will continue to march until we destroy the Demonic Rock and pull out the orcs’ outpost!”
The room in the tent became very quiet, and everyone felt conflicted about the decision made by Gabriel.
Unexpected and reasonable.
Gabriel first stretched out his hand and pointed to Junku Castle on the big map: "There are several reasons why we didn't return reinforcements."
"First of all, we consider the most ideal situation of returning to the reinforcements in Castle Castle. That is, if we successfully return to the reinforcements in Castle Castle and rescue Francois, let's calculate it as 3,000 people. Then we will join forces and there will be almost 8,000 people left. Then
The outcome of this battle was that our army of less than 10,000 men withdrew from the Kansas prairie, lost the ferry that communicated with the outside world, and returned to Storm Fortress to rest."
"More than 20,000 corpses will become delicious meals and sacrifices for the orcs. After achieving so many results, these creatures will be generously gifted by the beast god, and they can reproduce crazily without any scruples.
If the knights can successfully retreat this year and retain some vitality, the scale of the beast tide next year will be unprecedented..."
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"Everyone, please remember that this is the most ideal result. We did not consider whether the infantry would be ambushed on the forced march by the knights alone. We did not consider how much fighting power the orc army still has, let alone Francois.
Do you want to persist for one day?"
When Gabriel said this, everyone realized the seriousness of the matter.
Yes, in the best case scenario, even if Francois and his army are rescued, will the war be won?
No, failed miserably.
"But we can't ignore the friendly forces' requests for help. This is not in line with chivalry."
A high-ranking knight said hesitantly: "This is to ignore death. The knight's moral character does not allow me to do this."
"We have not violated the moral character of chivalry. Our war goal is to destroy the Ten Thousand Demonic Rocks. We are moving forward step by step in accordance with this goal. On the contrary, if we go to support, this war will really fail!"
Gabriel gritted his teeth and explained immediately.
The pedantic high-ranking knight stopped talking, so Gabriel took the opportunity to continue:
"The Ten Thousand Demonic Rocks must be destroyed! Only by destroying the Ten Thousand Demonic Rocks, the orcs as the vanguard will lose their core of faith and totem, and the angry beast gods will punish these beasts. So what if they win the Army Castle?
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The core of faith has been destroyed, the camp has been reduced to ruins, and the front position has been lost. It is very difficult to build a new Demonic Rock. We, the Shire, can take this opportunity to recuperate, and this time the strategic goal will be achieved."
"If we can destroy the Ten Thousand Demon Rocks, we have still accomplished the goal of this war. After paying so many sacrifices, we must win this war."
"And now is a good time to destroy the Demonic Rock,"