On the side of the road, in a temporary camp, several Holy Demon Empire soldiers standing guard were looking frustratedly at the friendly troops retreating westward, column by column. These brightly armored soldiers had not yet had time to enter the cruel battlefield.
He was ordered to start retreating backwards.
The flank attack of the Elansil Empire worked, and the Holy Demon Empire had to give up its plan to attack Higgs Nar and withdraw its troops from the protrusion as soon as possible to avoid forming a huge encirclement and ruining its own strength.
About 30,000 people are destined to be surrounded by this huge encirclement, and the remaining tens of thousands of people seem to have a chance to escape. How long has it been since the Holy Demon Empire experienced such a disastrous defeat? Maybe even they themselves can't remember it.
It's clear.
Once upon a time, when facing the mortal empire, they did not even need to use powerful magic legions. They could easily defeat their opponents with just dragon knights and giant horse cavalry.
They have become accustomed to exploiting the mortal empire, and have become accustomed to seeing themselves as gods, above all mortals. But today, they have to remember a cruel fact, that is, they are not gods, and those who are oppressed by them are not gods.
Weak ants...
"Have you heard? The 4th Army is in charge of the rear..." A soldier stared at the elite infantrymen carrying spears in the distance and said, "We will start retreating tomorrow... I hope the opponent's aircraft will not fly to cause trouble...
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The comrade standing next to him was holding a straw stick in his mouth, and seemed to have no regard for his status as a decent magician: "Isn't that true? I heard that when the 1st Army retreated yesterday, the opponent's aircraft dispatched a large group of aircraft, and they hit 1
If the legion cannot hold its head up, it will be miserable."
"More than two thousand people were killed in one day. Who can withstand this kind of war?" The soldier who spoke first put his hand on his sword, feeling that his dead colleagues were not worth it. He shook his head and said with emotion.
There is absolutely no way to make up for the losses of the Holy Demon Empire this time. Maybe the Norma Empire will spit out the benefits. The current failure has caused the Holy Demon Empire to lose a large number of magicians. It may take a few years.
In this time, I can't regain my strength.
What's even more frightening is that it's still unknown whether the Elanhir Empire is willing to cease the war. If the other side insists on continuing the war, how the Holy Demon Empire will end is a serious problem.
War is a very strange thing. You can choose when to start, but there is no way to choose when to end. Even the victorious side cannot accurately control the time of the armistice. This is the uncertainty of war.
"It will be lively then...more than 30,000 prisoners of the Holy Demon Empire...can you believe it? The Grand Consul's nose is probably so angry that he is so angry. How much price will he have to pay to exchange these prisoners?" Another soldier led
With a bit of resentment, he spoke sarcastically.
Everyone was not very willing to fight this war. After all, the war against the Norma Empire had almost exhausted the civilians of the Holy Demon Empire. At the beginning, everyone thought that the invasion of Higgs was just a war.
It was a small war against the Mortal Empire, so the opposition was not that harsh.
But now, the war has reached a dead end. There is no way for the Holy Demon Empire to win, and even peace has become somewhat impossible. This has made the people, who have already lost their patience, become dissatisfied with the parliament's decision-making.
The people have decided that not only the common people of the mortal empire are unwilling to engage in a long-term war, but the people of the magic empire are also human beings, and they are not willing to pay for the endless war.
"I have never fought such a frustrating war... Even if the Eternal Empire teaches us a lesson, we have never fought so miserably..." The soldier who spoke first said with a wry smile.
He is also a veteran and has participated in the war to defend the Eternal Empire. The two sides are still at the same level of combat power. Although the Eternal Empire is more powerful and has stronger magic, we can still fight hard without losing.
Like this.
But as a magic empire, everyone knows that the Eternal Empire is just a magic empire that is more powerful than the Holy Demon Empire. To the west of the Eternal Empire, that ancient and mysterious country is the truly powerful existence.
"I wonder what this Ailan Hill can develop into..." Another soldier murmured in a low voice as he looked at the remnants and defeated generals that kept passing by their camp.
In front of his eyes, behind the soldiers who had just walked past, were an endless stream of wounded people. Some of the wounded were lying on carriages pulled by giant horses, and some of the wounded were lying on racks carried on the backs of mountain-moving beasts.
More wounded people could only walk on their own legs. They were holding their injured arms or had thick bandages on their heads. They looked lonely and depressed, as if they had lost their souls, and walked westward step by step.
This is the road they took when they came, and now they can only follow this road back to where they started. After paying a heavy price and sacrificing their friends or relatives, they got nothing.
, only in exchange for a painful memory.
The day after Ailanhir began to counterattack on the southern front, the combat troops of the Holy Demon Empire began to retreat backwards. They abandoned the entire salient, leaving only part of the army to support their defense line.
These remaining troops are destined to stay here, but no one knows how far the retreating troops will be able to withdraw.
The Elansil troops who control the Rosrol area are thinking of ways to expand their victory. They are attacking north and east, and are gradually narrowing the pocket of the encirclement.
Without air cover, the Holy Demon Empire's troops moved very slowly, and they had to move at night to avoid threats from the opponent's air power.
Regrettably, neither dragon knights nor giant horse cavalry are ideal night action units, so whether they use the night to attack or use the night to retreat, for the Holy Demon Empire's army,
That being said, it is not an easy task.
After all, humans are still not used to being active at night. This habit is universal for both mortals and magicians.
At this moment, all the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire were waiting for their fate with anxiety. The Holy Demon Empire's record of complete victory over the mortal empire that it had maintained since its birth was ruthlessly broken in this battle. For
For the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire, times have changed.
No one knows what kind of situation the Holy Demon Empire will face next, because no one knows what will happen if a magic empire is defeated by a mortal empire.
On the side of Ireland Hill, the situation is not too optimistic. The Higgs area is working hard to absorb the wounded on the front line. The price paid by Ireland Hill, which has always been victorious, is a bit higher than anyone imagined.
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On the frontal battlefield, the losses continued to exceed 100,000 people. The magician troops of the Holy Demon Empire were not in vain. While their dragon knight troops were slaughtered by fighter jets, they also caused huge losses to the Airan Hill ground troops.
of casualties.
Most of the combat units under the 2nd Army have lost their offensive capabilities, so that subsequent counterattacks can only be carried out by second-line troops such as the garrison regiment. Under the cover of some of the main forces of the 2nd Army, 10 garrison regiments
The first counterattack launched successfully drove the Holy Demon Empire back to a place 100 kilometers away from Higgs Nar.
The encirclement is being compressed, and the Holy Demon Empire, which has been unable to reinforce, has given up supplying the troops within the encirclement. The rapidly depleting reserves of magic replenishing liquid are the biggest enemy of the Holy Demon Empire's troops who persist in fighting.
After all, they were unable to obtain magic supplies in the Forbidden Demon Realm, so this method of relying entirely on logistical supplies made them even more afraid of being surrounded.
But now that the encirclement is about to be formed, and it has become a fact that the Holy Demon Empire army in the pocket cannot get supplies, then there is only one sentence to describe the Holy Demon Empire army in the encirclement. There is not much time left for them.
Compared to the Holy Demon Empire troops in desperate situations, the current Airan Hill troops at least have an absolute advantage in terms of logistical supplies. Countless supplies and mobilized soldiers are heading to the front line.
Although the Holy Demon Empire has a clear advantage in terms of battle loss ratio, the Mortal Empire also has its own advantage in terms of military strength. Ailanshir mobilized more than 2 million troops, a number that the Holy Demon Empire cannot come up with in any case.
The training system of magicians determines that there will not be too many of them, and the speed of replenishment of the magic army can naturally not keep up with the second-line defense regiment of Ailan Hill who can go to the front line in just a few dozen days of training...
While Ailan Hill's troops were continuously sent to the front line, and even the construction of the rear was not delayed, the Holy Demon Empire could only watch its opponents continue to attack due to two-front fighting and difficulty in mobilizing troops.
grow stronger.
This can be clearly seen from the comparison of the air forces of the two sides: before, the forces of both sides were evenly matched, but now, the sky has been occupied by Airan Hill's fighter jets, and the number of these flying mortal weapons is increasing.
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"Now all we can hope for is the mediation of the Eternal Empire..." Looking at the wounded soldiers with broken armor, as if looking at his own future, this ordinary soldier from the Holy Demon Empire said with a wry smile.
"Eternal Empire? Will they care about our life and death? I guess the only one who can help us this time is..." The comrade who was also heavy-hearted nodded aside and agreed with him.
After hearing what the other party said, the soldier seemed to see a glimmer of hope and said, "Yes... let's see if those real gods are willing to give us a chance."
While they were talking, above their heads, in the distant sky, a meteor streaked across the sky.