Because he witnessed the battlefield with his own eyes, Sui Xiong gave up his original idea of stealing the three Eagle artifacts for research. The whole night, he floated over the battlefield, thinking alone.
Born in an era of peace and tranquility, and growing up in a stable and peaceful society, to him at the time, the most cruel and terrifying thing in the world was probably a lovelorn lunatic going to the streets with a machete to chop at random, causing many injuries. He was eventually shot to death on the spot - he was eating spicy rice noodles in a nearby shop. He was surprised and put the rice noodles soaked in spicy oil into his nostrils, which left a deep memory.
Of course, he has also seen many horrific reports, such as terrorist attacks that endanger the public in a certain area, such as war and famine in a certain area, such as earthquakes and tsunamis in a certain area... But, after all, those are all through TV Computer-based newspapers lack a sense of reality.
Born and raised in a peaceful world, he developed a gentle and soft character. He is willing to negotiate with others to solve problems, is willing to share the benefits with everyone, is willing to share the benefits, and is willing to compromise and make concessions appropriately...
However, this also makes him react quite violently when faced with evil acts that exceed his bottom line of compromise and concession. When he is faced with cruelty that is beyond his ability to bear, he will suffer a very heavy blow.
And among the cruel scenes he had seen in his life, this moment was the most cruel.
It's not that he hasn't fought or killed. For example, when I was in the abyss, I killed countless demons. Not long ago, he even participated in the attack on Cloud City, fighting with a large number of angels and divine envoys, and killed an unknown number of them. But no matter whether it is a demon or an angel, there is no bloody and tragic feeling when being killed. There is only a light, shadow and flame explosion effect similar to that in the game. For experienced players, this kind of battle is really difficult for them. It has enough realism that it feels like an intense and difficult virtual game.
In fact, until now, Sui Xiong often fantasizes that maybe he is just having a too long and absurd dream. After waking up from the dream, he returns to real life, returns to his dormitory, and continues to look at the warehouse, draw illustrations and play games. Game life.
This may be regarded as escaping reality. He really can't accept the messy reality of this world.
But at this moment, with countless human and humanoid corpses scattered across the fields, he finally had no way to escape reality. He had to look directly at this bloody battlefield and this cruel world.
As an artist, Sui Xiong is an emotional person. He is not good at detailed analysis and thinking, but he is good at understanding and feeling others.
At this moment, he could deeply feel the pain and despair of the dead, the sorrow and grief of the living, the tragic destruction caused by the war, and the disaster that would last for a long time...
He just floated motionless over the battlefield, watching the people at his feet busy, collecting the corpses day by day and disposing of them separately. The corpses of nobles and knights with higher status will be frozen, waiting to be returned to their graveyards; the corpses of junior officers and adventurers with a slight status but not high enough will be burned to ashes, and the ashes will be placed in a In a small jar, they were given to their families together with their belongings; as for ordinary soldiers, their bodies were gathered together and burned, and then their ashes were buried collectively. What they left behind in the end was just a name on the "killed list" of the army secretaries. That’s all.
Compared to the more civilized Eagle Kingdom, the Orc Empire's approach is more rough and ruthless. The corpses of famous strong men would be found and transported back to their hometowns together with their relics, because they could be used as blood inheritance materials for their heirs or tribesmen; ordinary soldiers would simply burn them on fire, and their ashes would float in the wind** , even the burial was saved. As for the scribes, they only record how many people died in a certain tribe, their names, etc. They don't bother to remember them at all.
Sui Xiong stayed above the battlefield for a month, watching with cold eyes as both sides silently cleaned up their affairs, sent envoys to negotiate, and handed over prisoners. In late January, when the weather was almost extremely cold, the last remaining armies of both sides garrisoned here also left. On the land that was once fought for with blood, there is only a vast expanse of white snow, covering up all traces.
By this time, the casualties on both sides had also been tallied.
On the human side, the army directly under the Eagle Kingdom originally numbered about 400,000 people. Nearly 200,000 died in battle, died of illness, and were seriously injured. About 20,000 were slightly injured. About 50,000 fled. The adventurers recruited originally There were more than 4,000 people, and more than 2,000 people died. The number of minor and serious injuries was about the same, and only a few were intact. About 50,000 volunteers and knights from various countries came to help, of which nearly 45,000 were killed, and the remaining five Few of the thousands could still retain combat effectiveness, and the casualties were the most severe.
The orcs' calculations are more general. The total number of troops engaged in the decisive battle was about 650,000, and nearly 350,000 died on the battlefield. Later, due to the insufficient healing ability of the shaman, the number of injured, sick, and those who died or fled was close to that. One hundred thousand. However, the orcs calculated another figure - the loss of the elite troops was about 150,000, and the losses of other troops were about 300,000.
In total, both sides invested more than one million troops, and there were even true gods leading legions of divine envoys to participate in the battle. In the end, the earliest patron saint of mankind, the God of Knights with high reputation, fell. The envoys and believers of the gods were killed and wounded countless, and the mortal casualties on both sides totaled more than 750,000!
Such a tragic war rarely happened in history. Even in the legendary war between humans and orcs, although the number of troops mobilized exceeded this number, the casualties were much less than this - the two sides mobilized more than 1.5 million troops, but the final total number of casualties was only 1.5 million. It was only about three hundred thousand, not even half of what it was this time.
The key reason why the casualties in this battle were so tragic was that both sides invested angel troops and several crazy melees. The legendary level of the army of divine envoys was extremely effective in killing mortals. With the help of super-large-scale auxiliary magic, mortals who would normally be disintegrated by massacre mustered up unimaginable courage and launched a crazy attack. The battle, regardless of physical strength or casualties, not only resulted in an alarming number of casualties, but also caused a large number of people to die from injuries and illnesses after the war.
In particular, the human army once broke through the orc front line and launched a completely one-sided massacre of the auxiliary soldiers with low combat effectiveness in the rear of the orc army. Just like cutting wheat with a huge scythe, countless auxiliary soldiers died in pieces, and their blood even formed a small lake at one time. The price was that almost no one from the human assault troops came back alive, and almost all of the warriors died in the orc positions.
But in the intertwined melee, the situation was reversed. Although several of the elite troops of the orcs were almost completely wiped out, before they were wiped out, they took several times as many humans with them to the underworld.
The serious consequences of such casualties will slowly become apparent in the future.
The total population of the Eagle Kingdom is about five million, but the Griffin Dukedom in the east is basically semi-independent. Although the area there is not large, the land is very fertile and supports almost a million people. In this battle, Duke Griffin only sent more than 3,000 troops to support the battle. This army was very cunning and always maintained a relatively safe position on the battlefield, with minimal losses.
With a population of four million and an army of 400,000 mobilized, the Eagle Kingdom has almost exhausted its financial resources. The direct loss of 200,000, and the injured and routed 70,000, almost means that the entire army has suffered a loss of nearly 70%. On average, it means that more than one-fifteenth of the population of 5 million has been lost. For those areas where there were relatively few troops sent, perhaps only five people from one village joined the army, and three returned in the end; but for those areas where there were more troops sent, there were cries in every house, there were dead in every household, and every territory was at the same time. Many funerals were held, and many orphans and widows were added to every village.
There is no exact population statistics of the Orc Empire, but it should be roughly between 12 million and 15 million. However, many of the tribes are obeying His Majesty the Emperor's orders, and there are only six who can truly be called die-hard royalists. To 70%, that is, between 700 and 10 million.
Taking a more optimistic middle number, assuming that His Majesty the Emperor can mobilize the army among nine million people, regardless of the auxiliary troops, the elite troops will not exceed 300,000, and one hundred thousand people will die at once, which seriously shakes His Majesty the Emperor's support. rule. Not to mention the loss of 300,000 auxiliary troops, which may not directly damage the emperor's rule, but will have many bad effects on the people.
For the Orc Empire, this means that many once powerful tribes will weaken, and many tribes that are not strong will be annexed. It is not known how much more blood will be shed in the civil strife and fighting that will follow.
At the same time, people must not forget those knights, troops, and adventurers who did not originally belong to the Eagle Kingdom and came to support for interests, beliefs, or the king's orders. Their losses were also extremely heavy. The elite believers of the God of Knights were almost wiped out in the entire main plane, and only about one-fifth of the volunteers were able to return to their hometown alive. Even among the adventurers who suffered relatively little losses, half of them died...
This is war, a war so tragic that it is unimaginable.
Before this war broke out, many people had speculated. Some speculated that both sides would win, and many speculated that everyone would draw. But even the craziest and most pessimistic people did not expect that the two sides would fight so badly. It's like a nightmare!
This crazy and tragic battle even moved the goddess of war and death of the war god system. Although He has always been keen on making the deaths of both sides in the war more tragic, and even planned massacres together with the God of Hunting and Slaughter, but in the face of a huge battle involving millions of people, with more than 70% casualties, this cruel man And the evil gods couldn't help but shrink back. So much so that His followers, who were supposed to be praising this war, lost their voices.
Regardless of the scale of the war or the number of casualties on both sides, this battle, which later generations called the "Battle of the Day the Sun Goes Out," was so terrifying that even the gods trembled.
In terms of its impact on future generations, perhaps this war on earth is more far-reaching than the war between the gods in which the human pantheon annihilated the solar pantheon...