The main force left to fight against humans is demons, with other underground races assisting. And not only orcs and gray dwarves, goblins and the relatively rare illithid also appear in this coalition composed of evil camps.
However, the illithids have a special status. They do not line up on the front lines and engage in hand-to-hand combat with humans. They just hide in the back, confuse and affect the minds of the soldiers.
In contrast, the human coalition, led by the Gwana Empire, recalled the troops who wanted to make the Northern Expedition to join this big game.
After only five waves of fighting, they remained undefeated. The raid on the Gate of the Abyss naturally stopped. No one was sure that they could conquer that gate when supplies were cut off.
In other words, the evil camp alliance led by demons only used half of its strength and ended up in a draw with the human side.
This is still one empire using all its strength, and the other empire putting in most of its efforts. If the evil coalition forces concentrated all their efforts, Old Kaweigong would probably have no choice but to retreat back to the south of the mountain range.
The Wind Emperor Mountain Range lies between the Northern Expeditionary Army and the Empire. It is not easy to supply supplies. When the war situation on this land is at a stalemate, everyone can't help but turn their attention to the west side, where the army is composed of orcs and gray dwarves.
As the main force, the West Route Army needed food and fodder supplies.
It is not entirely true that demons do not need supplies. But the fact is that demons will be 'full' even if they eat dirt.
Because they can directly convert everything in the mouth into the required energy instead of going through the digestive system.
The biggest difference is that the latter are picky eaters. However, the purity of the food they eat will still be related to the amount of energy they purify.
The most outstanding thing is the condensed body of spiritual consciousness of Homo sapiens, commonly known as the soul. The killings on the battlefield, whether they are casualties of the enemy or our own, can become the devil's food.
Therefore, in the battlefield north of the mountain range, the demons can also use war to support war, maintaining the situation of oppressing the human coalition forces.
But except for demons, other races from the underground world are not as talkative as demons.
Even if they didn't eat fish, they still had to eat grains, fruits and vegetables. However, just after one winter, emergency rations were rescued by airships again.
Although the large army has not yet fallen into a state of food shortage, the situation is very obvious. They must find the next supply location to have the capital to continue fighting.
If you can't find it, this is not a matter that can be solved by returning to the underground world. It is very likely that you will not be able to go back, and you will have to bury yourself on the surface.
Therefore, even if half of the strength is used on the battlefield on the north side of the mountain range, the human army will fight in five waves. The Lord of the Abyss, Wolfram, who commands the entire army, has never thought of withdrawing the troops from the west and completely defeating Gwana.
The army of the empire.
Perhaps after withdrawing the western invasion force and defeating the main army of the Gwana Empire with all their strength, they could then cross the mountains and invade the empire southward.
Wouldn't there be gold and silver treasures all over the place, and endless food? Moreover, the defeated army is also a good source of food, and everyone doesn't care whether the meat is broken or not.
But the idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel. The army led by Old Kawei Gong is not a ragtag group like the multinational coalition forces on the southern defense line of the Suli Tang Empire.
Such an army is a tough one. If you want to take it down, you don't know how many people will die. Maybe some people think that the large number of deaths caused by the evil alliance will also help reduce the supply pressure.
However, this kind of thought will only exist in the mind of the commander-in-chief of the Abyss Lord. Who among the people below would be willing to become a sacrificed pawn?
Besides, there is obviously an easy route, so why do you have to go head-to-head? What if the three Abyss Lords who have arrived can play a role in the ordinary army and suppress the human coalition force.
Then it is not a problem for the troops invading the west to turn back and jointly attack the Gwana Empire. But it is obvious that the strength of the three monarchs has been restricted.
No matter what the reason is, the battlefield north of the mountain range is in a stalemate, so finding another breakthrough point is a very reasonable choice.
Wolfram did not particularly suppress such an idea, because it was a fact, not a fallacy.
It is unnecessary to deliberately deny other people's opinions in order to demonstrate control. As the Lord of the Abyss, it does not need to prove anything additional.
And seriously speaking, such division of troops was originally part of its many plans. It was just proposed by others first.
Moreover, on the battlefield north of the Fengdi Mountains, winning a battle with the same level of strength as the enemy is a different pleasure to a commander who prides himself on his intelligence than overwhelming the enemy with superior force.
Speaking of which, the great kings who crossed the Gate of the Abyss did not have any great ideals or clear goals.
It's just because it's interesting. For the Lord of the Abyss, adding some changes to their long lives is the meaning of fighting this battle.
So Wolfram stayed on the north side of the mountain. Against the Western Route Army, this Lord of the Abyss was only a nominal commander.
The actual planning, orders and arrangements were jointly decided by the generals of the West Route Army. Anyway, everyone knew that sooner or later the West Route Army would break into pieces, disperse and hunt separately.
Therefore, the bloated and inefficient command system is only temporary. No one jumps out to correct it, let alone criticize it.
The natural barrier that prevents the invasion of the evil coalition on the west is a large river. At the beginning of spring, the snow from the mountains melts and flows down, so the river flows very fast during this season.
If the flow is fast, many methods of crossing the river cannot be used. At least it is impossible to wade across the river on foot.
Searching upstream and downstream, they could not find a bend in the river with a slower flow, which also made this evil coalition give up the idea of wading.
It's not that they, coming from the underground world, don't have a way to cross the river. After all, there are rivers underground.
There are also some gray dwarves staying in this western route army. Although building a bridge has nothing to do with forging, people with skills will naturally refer to their own experience to find the most suitable solution.
Moreover, what is to be built is only a temporary bridge. Without considering durability, let alone safety and other issues, there are many ways to use it.
The more troublesome ones are probably those tall war beasts. With their weight, ordinary bridges may not be able to bear them.
If the bridge is broken, just find a way to repair it. But if a giant beast falls into the river and is carried away, it will be a big loss.
These giant beasts are neither easy to tame nor easy to cultivate, and no one wants to lose them in vain. Fortunately, this is a magical world, and it will be easy to solve some difficulties with magic.
A teleportation gate connecting both sides of the river can easily solve the problem of giant beasts crossing the river. The reason why all the armies are not allowed to pass through the teleportation gate is that the difficulty lies in consumption.
Each time the teleportation gate is operated, corresponding power will be consumed. The farther the teleportation distance, the more objects are teleported, and the greater the consumption.
Although these people from the underground world are not poor people, especially the gray dwarves, their possessions will make everyone covet them.
But having money is not an excuse to waste it casually, especially on a group of low-level soldiers. Therefore, the portals built not only allow war beasts and important materials to pass, but also allow high-ranking officials from various races to pursue safety and convenience.
, to go through this portal.
The remaining soldiers still took the risk to build a short bridge and walk on it. Because the short bridge was unstable due to the swaying of the flowing water, many soldiers fell into the river and ran away.
Although it is a pity, after crossing the river, it is a smooth road, so how can the evil coalition not be excited. Therefore, there is nothing but a pity for those who fell into the river.
The crossing of the river was not very fast, but there was almost no obstruction. The small kingdom in the direction of the invasion of the evil camp's Western Route Army failed to organize any defense forces.
I could only watch the enemy cross the river and the natural dangers. It was not that these small countries were unwilling to act, but that they received the news too late and had no time to react.
Many countries have even just sent out recruiting officers to various places within their territories to recruit soldiers. They are also considering joining the southern front of the Suritan Empire and then losing civilian adventurers and mercenaries.
The situation of these small countries, as considered by the top leaders of the united evil camp, is a sweet fruit.
Although the population or wealth is not as large as that of the Gwana Empire, it is worse than the Gwana Empire. Even in the eyes of outsiders, if they are not bullied, then who should be bullied?
And these small countries had no way to accuse the Gwana Empire. After the people of the empire got the news, they immediately found the powerful figures of the small countries through the forum, and then sent airships to summon them to confirm what they said.
But just as these small countries began to recruit troops at this time, it was too late to mobilize the defenders on the southern defense line of the Gwana Empire Mountains for support.
As long as the big river is not an obstacle, reinforcements from the Gwana Empire will arrive only after these small countries are beaten to pieces.
At this point, even if the empire can prevent the evil coalition from continuing to invade, the irreparable damage has already been done.
Compared with the slow and unresponsive Gwana Empire, these small kingdoms still pinned their hopes on another powerful country in the same sequence of the five empires-Vida Military State.
It's just that the military kingdom had previously intended to send troops to support the defense line south of the Fengdi Mountains, but it was difficult for these small countries to cross their kingdom and obtain supplies from the local area.
The relationship between the two parties is not harmonious. However, this is not to blame for these small kingdoms not giving them face. In fact, the road to prosperity of the Vader Military Kingdom has taught many lessons.
When an empire is called a military state, it is natural that the people in this country are martial and have all the strategic means.
As long as the people of the military state are given a little pretext, they can swallow each other up without changing their expressions. The Vader military state has done too many things to annex them easily through false pretenses.
No wonder all the kings, big and small, and nobles old and young were frightened when they heard that the military country wanted to use the road, and they made every possible effort to make things difficult, just to politely refuse.
Fortunately, major powers still have some respect for their actions. As long as they can't find a suitable excuse, Vader's military will not fight head-on.
That's why those small countries dared to stand firm and refused to let go. Besides, in the religious war two hundred years ago, the strength of the military was naturally in opposition to various sects, and it was considered the hardest hit area.
Therefore, in the past two hundred years, the military and state have been restrained in their actions, in order to recuperate and recuperate. Now that the countries are in trouble, everyone thinks of this old neighbor again.
Letters asking for help arrived like snowflakes in front of the emperor's eucalyptus tablets.