Volume 1: The Rise of Elanhill Chapter 0085 Node

"Stand still! Get ready! Fire!" With the command, the 1st and 3rd regiments in front began to pour fire on the enemy opposite them. The battlefield once again returned to the rhythm of queuing and shooting, and with the addition of heavy machine guns, it became extremely efficient.
The troops of the Alante Empire collapsed, as expected. With the 1st and 3rd Regiments joining the battle, the line that even the giant horse cavalry of the Holy Demon Empire could not penetrate was really a waste of talent when facing the troops of the Mortal Empire.
Within a few minutes, the Royal Guards, which the Alante Empire was so proud of and believed could even rival the Holy Demon Empire's army, were almost completely wiped out on the battlefield. The remaining troops fled in panic and hid in all directions, without even any effective organization.
General Zorn was dragged back, his eyes full of reluctance and madness. He felt that he should die here, on this land that made him despair. Unfortunately, his men could not let him die here, after all, General Zorn was still the nominal general of the Alante Empire.
"Retreat, sir! The cavalry of the Holy Demon Empire must have retreated. Let's retreat back to the camp quickly. There is still time to make plans!" An officer supported General Zorn and advised in a sad voice while looking at the army that was already in chaos.
After all, Zorn didn't really want to die on the battlefield. He just had a little idea, but as the gunfire from the Irish Hill grenadiers on the opposite side became more and more frequent, this idea was extinguished like the troops he commanded.
So he said nothing, and was dragged by his men to retreat towards the camp. They gathered the defeated soldiers along the way, and in the end they didn't even have 2,000 people. Who would have thought that an army of 30,000 people would retreat like this?
But when Zorn finally pulled himself together and led his remaining troops back to the camp, he found that this place was no different from a battlefield.
The corpses were piled up like a mountain, and the camp was in ruins. One glance at it showed that a fierce battle had taken place here, and it was a very tragic one. General Zorn did not even dare to enter the camp, and only sent two confidants in to inquire about what had happened.
As a result, two confidants brought back Prince Lumbak's men and delivered the news. Not long after Zorn led his troops away, an organized rebellion broke out. Several captains of the 10,000-man army suddenly attacked Lumbak's main camp, resulting in a fierce battle between the two sides, with each side losing thousands of people.
Afterwards, the captains of these 10,000-man troops, seeing that the sneak attack did not work, led their troops to bypass the camp and surrendered to the Irish Hill defenders in Maritsa with a white flag...Rumbach is still counting the number of casualties, and estimates that the losses caused by surrender and civil strife are at least 40,000 people.
An army that had 200,000 men when it set out has not even recaptured a city and has lost half of its troops... and also sent 30,000 prisoners to the enemy. This can be said to be the biggest joke in the history of warfare since the founding of the Alante Empire.
Now is not the time to shirk responsibility. No matter whether it is Zorn or Prince Lombak, they cannot bear the blame. Even the emperor himself cannot bear the loss of mobilizing hundreds of thousands of troops to gamble on the fate of the country .
"Retreat immediately! Isn't it courting death to wait here? The Elanhill troops on the flank are about to attack. If we get stuck there, we will lose tens of thousands of people!" Having seen the strength of the opponent's field troops, Zorn was very clear about his current situation.
The only thing he could do now was to quickly retreat with the last of these troops, and save the few remaining blood and bones of the Alante Empire. If the remaining 100,000 troops were lost, Alante would not even be qualified to seek peace.
But... even if they wanted to leave, how could they leave so smoothly? When facing the giant horse cavalry or dragon knights, the cavalry of the grassland empire was as weak as quails. But when facing the remnants of the Alante Empire, the cavalry of the grassland empire had an infinite advantage.
These cavalrymen can chase and kill along the way, biting the Alante Empire troops and preventing them from retreating south at full speed. As long as they can slow down the Alante Empire's retreat, the main force of Ailan Hill, which has a large number of carriages, can keep chasing the Alante Empire troops.
By then, neither Farud, the important city of the Alante Empire, nor Tongsk, the gateway to the royal city, could be defended... When that time really comes, the royal city will become the front line, and it is hard to say whether Emperor Hook will kill Zorn and Lumbak to vent his hatred.
"Retreat immediately! Take all the organized troops away, and leave the troops that have suffered heavy losses to cover the rear! Hurry! If you don't leave now, it will be too late!" General Zorn issued a series of orders after entering the camp. The troops of the Alante Empire immediately retreated with all their strength, and even left behind 20,000 old and weak soldiers as bait for Ireland Hill.
"If we have enough troops to move south, then Farud will be ours." Chris looked at the map with some regret, crossed his arms and sighed, "Who would have thought that we would win this battle so smoothly..."
"If we take Farud by force, our battle line will be stretched too long. It will be difficult to supply ammunition, and Farud will become a quagmire that traps us and a nightmare for logistics support." Wilkes stood beside Chris and spoke.
No matter from which direction you look at it, Wilkes is very similar to Franky, the old general of the Alante Empire: they both attach great importance to defense and are willing to carefully calculate logistics support and the troops they have.
They are all great tactical masters, especially good at consolidating the victories they have already achieved. They are prudent and cautious in their use of troops, and their creed for winning is to not give the enemy any chance, even if they don't want any.
"Yeah, the meat is stewed and we didn't prepare any forks... It's really frustrating." Chris sighed again and shifted his attention away from the city of Farud, which was within his reach but extremely troublesome.
Then he looked at Burjos, the officer stationed in Maritsa. The two most capable surrendered generals of Hanhai City were now supporting the front line of defense of Ireland Hill: one was Wilkes, the lord of Hanhai City at that time, and the other was Burjos, the deputy general . It was really an interesting thing to think about it.
"Bourjois, what do you think we should do with the surrendered Alante soldiers? Including those in the direction of Bud and those here, it is not a small number." Chris looked at him and asked.
Although on the front battlefield , Bourjois and Wilkes faced the Holy Demon Empire's dragon knights and giant horse cavalry head-on, and the battle was extremely exciting and thrilling, but in fact, Ireland Hill's great victory occurred at both ends of the entire front line.
In the far west, Corea commanded his troops to defeat the Alante Empire troops that were counterattacking at the same time, captured at least 50,000 soldiers, and seized a vast territory. The results were brilliant.
On the easternmost side of the battle line, General Modler commanded his troops to seize the magic ore and control a large area of ​​territory east of Volavor. In this battle, Ailan Hill obtained the most important magic ore resources and a valuable grain-producing area.
You know, after this brutal war, it is already summer and the grain harvest is imminent. Having a new grain-producing area is also a very encouraging thing .
"Send the prisoners back to the rear to participate in infrastructure construction! After all, the labor shortage in the rear has been going on for a long time." Bourgeois thought for a moment and replied, "But the tens of thousands of soldiers who surrendered from the front are well trained and can be used directly."
The lack of qualified troops was also a serious problem that plagued Ireland Hill. No matter how fast they expanded their military, after suddenly occupying so much vast territory, their military strength was once again stretched thin.
There are already 27 regiments of Irish Hill troops, and now there are 10 cities and large castles that need to be directly controlled. In addition to the vast land between these cities, the more than 100,000 Irish Hill grenadiers are obviously too scarce.
Therefore, Chris really hopes to use the more than 30,000 surrendered Alante Empire troops directly - he hopes to disperse these soldiers and subsidize them to the expanded troops, so that he can use these surrendered enemy troops in the safest way.
"Try to deploy these troops to the Volavor area as much as possible." After some calculations, Chris said, "Keep them away from the direction where the Holy Demon Empire may counterattack, and close to Alante. Let them bully the weak ones first, so as to build up some confidence."
"The remaining thing is how to guard against the counterattack of the Holy Demon Empire..." Wilkes looked at the two cities on the west side and said to Chris: "The counterattack of the Holy Demon Empire may not only come from the south."
In fact, of the three mortal countries bordering the Holy Demon Empire, the farthest one is the Dosen Empire, and the closer ones are the Alante Empire and the Higgs Kingdom. If the Holy Demon Empire wants to attack Ailan Hill, it is actually a long way to go south through the Alante Empire, and it is closer to go directly through the Higgs Kingdom.
Moreover, after passing through the Higgs Kingdom, they directly entered the hinterland of Ailan Hill, which is the most important and most industrialized Seris region. Directly attacking this area would be the most fatal weakening of Ailan Hill.
Furthermore, as long as Seris City is captured, Ailan Hill will be cut into three sections that cannot support each other, and the battlefield situation will take a sharp turn for the worse. Therefore, for Ailan Hill, the most important defense node has always been Seris City behind it. This is also the reason why the teaching group has been stationed in Seris City.
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