Chapter 119 Desperate situation! One thousand vs. forty thousand!
It is true that if the Crown Prince of Wales was still the same person, he would naturally not issue such an order now.
However, it is a pity that the current crown prince is no longer the original Wales, but a puppet given a false life by the "Water Elf Ring".
Marshal Albion's advice is indeed more powerful for Albion's future rule of Torristine, but what does this have to do with Shelfeld?
The mission she received from her master Joseph was to destroy Albion and Tristin. As for what will happen to Albion and Tristin in the future, who cares?
Let Henrietta and the others go? That is obviously impossible!
Compared with the identity of the royal family of Henrietta, Sheffield is more concerned about the identity of his illusory successor.
Wood is the Heart of God Reeves Rachel, and as its master, Henrietta is naturally regarded as one of the heirs of "Nothingness".
No one knows how strong the power of "nothingness" is than Sheffield. Just like Sheffield, wouldn't she use the power of the God's Mind, Misnitron, to play with the entire kingdom of Albion?
In order to prevent other successors of nothingness from threatening Sir Joseph, in Sheffield's list, both Wood and Henrietta are the ones who must be killed!
As for Torristine's other pair of combinations of nothingness and legendary familiars, Viscount Walder, who she arranged, must have already taken action.
In the dark night, Albion's 40,000 troops were chasing a cavalry team, and the person in charge of commanding this army was Sheffield himself.
In terms of mobility, although there were many people in Albion, they were far inferior to Wood and the others who were escaping on horseback.
However, there are advantages to having more people. After a night of pursuit and interception, Wood and others were finally forced into a forest.
Sherfield also ordered Albion's soldiers to form a surrounding formation, surrounding the entire forest, and continuously compressing the range of activities of Wood and others in the middle.
"Mr. Wood, before the enemy completely surrounds us, you can take Henrietta and leave."
Wood and others ran for a whole night, and the horses ran for a whole night, and finally they all died of exhaustion on the road. Because they were desperate and worried about Albion's air force, they finally took the initiative to get into the forest.
With dense jungle as a barrier, Albion's magic airship and dragon knight troops cannot fight well in this environment.
However, entering the forest also means entering a dead place. Now there is no other way except to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the opponent.
With 30,000 vs. 70,000, Torristin still had little chance of winning. Now with 1,000 vs. 40,000, even if the soldiers here are elites among Tristin, there is no chance of winning.
The current situation was unavoidable, so Queen Toristin mentioned the old story again and said that she could be used as a bait to attract the enemy's attention.
Then let Wood take Alietta away alone before the other party completely surrounded them.
"Your Majesty, this order of yours makes it very difficult for me to handle. Your Highness Henrietta wants me to save you, but you asked me to protect Henrietta and leave.
And whether it’s to save you or Her Royal Highness, it’s too unfair to treat other soldiers as abandoned children.”
Now, Wood was sitting on the ground with his eyes closed, as if what he was facing was not a desperate situation at all, and what he said made the soldiers around him look moved.
The rules of respect and inferiority in this world are so deeply ingrained that even if Queen Toristin just said something, she didn't care about the life and death of other soldiers, and these people didn't think there was anything wrong.
Commoners obey orders and are loyal to the nobles, and for the sake of their own honor, the nobles can choose to die to protect the royal family, as if everything is as it should be.
"If you can survive, who would want to die, but the current situation is that if you don't plan to leave, then no one here can survive.
Of course I know that the soldiers who are staying here are real heroes, but just because of this, you should protect Henrietta and leave.
Otherwise, even if they all die here, who will guarantee the glory and rewards they defend?"
The queen's meaning is very simple. Only if one of her or Henrietta returns alive, the person who dies here will be the real hero.
Otherwise, even if Tristin wins this war, who in the new royal family will remember these meritorious people?
"Your Majesty the Queen, I have said before that I will not choose to give up on anyone, because the weight of human life is equal, and it has nothing to do with civilians, nobles, or even the so-called royal family.
No matter whether I save Anrietta or you today, the other person will definitely regret it for the rest of his life.
If that's the case, then why not try to fight again? Besides, judging from the current situation, we may not be dead ends."
The difference in strength between one thousand and forty thousand soldiers. If fighting on plain terrain, then a thousand soldiers would be swallowed up by the opponent's army in just an instant.
However, the area they are in now is a forest. Although there are many people on the other side, due to the terrain restrictions, even if they are surrounded, the other side has no way to swarm them.
Therefore, according to Wood's command, the existing one thousand soldiers were quickly arranged into a double ring formation under Wood's instructions.
The formation on the outer layer of the ring is defended by strong civilians wearing heavy armor, while the inner layer of the ring is defended by nobles who have mastered magic. As for the middle area, the protected Henrietta and Thoris
Queen Ting.
This formation was chosen not because of the superiority issue between civilians and nobles, but because compared to weak magicians, civilian soldiers who have undergone training are indeed more suitable for outer defense.
This is a team battle rule based on tanks protecting mages, but those who can use magic happen to be nobles.
As for Wood, he will not join the defensive formation and will be free to function as a non-staff presence.
Judging from the terrain at the scene, this area can allow the enemy to attack with thousands of people at a time.
Considering that the soldiers on Toristin's side were all elite, they could not withstand the opponent's repeated battles, so Wood's task was to reduce the Albion soldiers who rushed up as much as possible.
As the encirclement of Albion continued to shrink, some noisy footsteps began to appear in the surroundings, and the Toristin soldiers arranged in a circular formation began to feel nervous and their palms became sweaty.
Wood, who was sitting in front of the soldiers, had closed his eyes to rest, but when the first Albion soldier appeared, he opened his eyes in an instant.