The anxious General Saphiral was sitting in his headquarters. Because he had not been on the front line to directly fight the enemy for a long time, as a great mage, he was now slightly fatter.
Although he can still wear his previous armor, everyone can see that this armor no longer fits him so well.
Staring at the battle map in front of him, General Sapphiral had become accustomed to gifts from Ailan Hill. This map was drawn by Ailan Hill, and all the terrain was accurately marked, almost exactly.
This is very scary. In the past magical era, having such a detailed map was simply unimaginable. All commanders could only send out scouts frequently to obtain terrain information around them.
Summarizing all this information in one's mind, and then commanding the troops to use these terrains to fight, is a skill that a senior commander must learn.
But now, this skill seems to be less important, because a huge map is right in front of everyone's eyes, and they can clearly see how it needs to be arranged, without any effort at all to compare.
"The devil invested a large number of devil dogs on the front, and our 1st Army Group was trapped in place... If we cannot rush to the Wolan Pass, then our defense line will be in danger." A general spoke in a low voice, pointing to the map.
The last important defense node was marked, he said to Sapphiral, who looked gloomy.
This general who had never had a good impression of Eiland Hill was now in a very heavy mood, because the devil's counterattack had caused serious mistakes in many of his previous decisions.
As an opposition within Greken, Sapphiral has always been wary of Elanthir. In his opinion, it is an irritating thing to have other people's troops stationed in Greken's territory.
So he tried his best to squeeze out the 9th Army Group arranged by Eiland Hill on the front line of Grecken, and pushed this unit to the second line to rest and recuperate.
Because the demon army at that time had been defeated, and the main demon force marching eastward had been annihilated by nuclear bombs, everyone in Greken was filled with the joy of victory, and more and more people supported General Sapphiral.
Everyone thinks that first we should place the eyesore of the 9th Army of Elland Hill in the second-line defensive position, and then find a reason to send away this hard-to-recruit and difficult-to-give-away god after a while, so that the complete sovereignty of Grecken can be restored.
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Therefore, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, General Alfred, who took over the command of Princess Capelluna and temporarily commanded the 9th Army Group, ordered the troops to retreat and stationed at the Alan line to rest.
After achieving their goal, the Griken opposition began to think of ways to get the 9th Army to move to the Eternal Empire to station...
As a result, this proposal was vetoed by Lord Longsardelefa of Greken, so the 9th Army Group is still stationed in Alan and can ensure the safety of Greken's northern line.
But now, the demons on the safe northern front did not attack. On the contrary, the demon troops concentrated their superior forces and pinched Greken's central cluster, which was a soft persimmon composed of magisters, dragon knights, and giant horse cavalry!
Wolan Pass is a relatively important defensive position guarded by the Magic Legion. If the pass is breached by the demon troops, then whether it is attacking Alan to the north, attacking the flanks of the 9th Army Group, or detouring south to attack Grekendi
The flanks of the 1st Army Group will gain huge combat advantages.
"Order the 1st Legion to go up for reinforcements! We must thwart the devil's attack!" Saphiral finally made his own judgment and sent his most elite troops forward to reduce the combat pressure on the front line.
The 1st Legion is the main force of Greken's magicians, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong. This army has dragon knights and a large number of magicians. Before Greken formed the Ailan Hill standard army, it had always been a regular army.
The absolute main force of Rickon's army.
Even now, Grecken has the 1st and 2nd Elland Hill model army groups, and the 1st Army Group is still the main force, receiving first-level logistics supplies and salary benefits.
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At Wolan Pass, the tall city wall has long since collapsed, and the collapsed rubble is scattered on both sides of the city wall, making these originally strong defenses look like a mound.
The defenses here were destroyed during the last demon invasion. After being recaptured from the demon army, although they were repaired, they still have not been restored to their original level.
Only part of the original tall city wall is now left, and the remaining part is a temporary breastwork built with stone strips and sandbags.
Standing behind these fortifications are the traditional infantry of Greken. They are holding huge shields and spears burning with magical flames, and they are constantly fighting against the demons like the ocean.
"The first row of soldiers retreats! Replenish the magic energy fluid! The second row of soldiers come forward! Raise your shield!" A commander pointed forward with a long sword in his hand, and loudly ordered the soldiers in front of him to rotate.
Above the crowded phalanx, a thick magic defense barrier blocked some flying fireball magic. From the gaps in the shield wall directly in front, long spears were thrust out one after another, stabbing the demon soldiers who rushed in front to death.
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From time to time, soldiers fell down after being hit by arrows. These black bows and arrows, tempered with poison prepared by the devil, would occasionally hit the gaps in the armor. The soldier who was hit by the arrow fell down and was replaced by the soldiers behind him.
Farther away, huge demonic troops were trying to break through the Griken soldiers who were no longer protected by the city walls. However, these Griken soldiers still performed very well when facing enemies three times taller than themselves.
tenacious.
Countless magic attacks the giant warriors of these demonic troops. Fireballs or lightning hit the target, beating these giant beasts as big as houses until they wail incessantly.
A giant dragon tore into pieces a struggling demon bat, and then spit out huge dragon flames at the demon troops at its feet.
Under the control of the dragon knight, it quickly passed through the phalanx of demon troops, and the torrent of dragon flames engulfed all the demons in a straight line as it dived.
"Ah!" The armor on the demons ignited by the dragon flames melted, and the flesh and blood inside the armor instantly became charred. These demons screamed and struggled in the flames. In just a few seconds, they were burned into pieces.
Coke, shattered in the flames.
While the giant dragon was slaughtering the demonic troops, the demonic troops were also constantly compressing the human defense line.
On top of the huge city wall, a demon climbed up to the top of the city. Before he could wave the weapon in his hand, he was pushed down by an oncoming spear.
He screamed and the ladder under his feet fell down, hitting the devil's square, causing another scream.
After the soldiers on the city wall overturned the ladder, they immediately took two steps back. The archers behind them continued to step forward and tightened their bowstrings against the densely packed demons below the city.
"Let go!" Behind the crenel, Commander Grecken, who was wearing a face shield, shouted loudly. As he shouted, all the archers on the city head released their hands holding the bow strings at almost the same time.
"Boom!" There was a sound of bow strings vibrating, and a row of bows and arrows swooped into the square formation composed of demon troops.
Some of those demons also held shields, but more demons had no defense. They only wore armor, but those armors could not stop the magical bows and arrows fired by the Greken soldiers.
So, the moment these bows and arrows hit the crowd, a large part of the demon army fell. However, the demons that followed immediately took up the positions of their companions, and behind them, another full demon phalanx was moving forward.
's crowded.
"Where are the reinforcements? Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?" The officer standing at the top of the city looked at the tired look of his men and loudly asked another officer in the distance.
The officer was helping a soldier who was hit by a demon bow and arrow to stop the bleeding. He turned around with blood all over his body and replied loudly: "The message requesting reinforcements was sent out an hour ago!"
Just as he turned around to shout, a dragon knight in the distance was directly hit by the fireball spell and fell behind the phalanx of the demon troops.
The place where he fell was soon surrounded by demons. Just a few seconds later, the dragon knight who persisted in fighting until the last moment was drowned in the sea of demon troops.
"Fireball!" On the other side of the low parapet, after the human troops fired a row of magic attacks, the demon troops stepped on the burning corpses of their companions and rushed forward again. Then the human magicians fired a row of new ones.
The fireball technique forced the demons near the parapet back.
The two sides went back and forth like this, and the number of troops on the human side that were out of ammunition and food began to increase little by little.
"Let the giant horse cavalry countercharge! If you wait any longer, it will be too late." The leading officer shouted hysterically.
"But...if they rush in, they may not be able to come back!" An officer chopped down the demon in front of him and replied in a mournful voice.
"This is an order! For Grecken!" The leading officer insisted on his order regardless.
"Yes! Sir!" The officer who heard the order took two steps back, looked at the soldiers who were fighting bloody battles on the position, and gritted his teeth: "Let the giant horse cavalry countercharge! Immediately! Immediately!"
Not long after, a group of heavily armored cavalry appeared on the battlefield. They waved their spears and clamped their horses' bellies in the face of the ocean-like demonic troops.
"Drive! Drive!" These knights fastened their visors, shouted loudly, leveled their spears, and moved forward slowly towards the black ocean.
"Long live Grecken!" The moment they started running quickly, all the cavalry shouted together, shaking the world.