"Hanlong, the corps commander asked you to see him immediately. He wants intelligence about the retreat and the current enemy forces. Go quickly!" The voice coming from behind interrupted my thoughts. I knew it was the division commander Kevin without looking back.
Since those two battles, those senior commanders have been sticking to me like sticky candy. In addition to plagiarizing my ideas, they have also been discussing with me in a subtle way how to deal with these super threats that make their scalps tingle. As a result, my treatment in the military camp is almost unimaginable. Even Carsent is not as good as me in some aspects. And soon, I will know how lucky I am here. Of course, this is absolutely inseparable from my performance in these two wars.
After I agreed, I immediately rushed to the main camp near the canyon. The reason for setting up the chief officer's camp here was not only for safety, but also to prevent the defeated army from disintegrating. After all, if you want to leave the camp and escape to Kastardek, you have to pass through the Barren Stone Canyon.
"Hanlong, come here. This is all the intelligence we just received. It contains some information about the upper echelons of the empire and the Senke Federation. Half an hour ago, our soldiers discovered that the enemy's magician troops had arrived 50 kilometers away from here. If they continue to march, they may arrive here at midnight. But even at the latest, they can arrive in front of the Yellowstone Canyon tomorrow morning.
Another piece of news came from the Empire. Due to our predicament, the Lord had no choice but to send a letter to the Imperial Capital asking for help. With the help of the wizard Wenke, who was on good terms with the Lord, the Empire finally sent the wizard Wenke with his magician brigade to assist us. Of course, in order to ensure the safety of the magician troops, the Empire sent a direct legion from the Imperial Capital to assist us. Of course, their main purpose was only to protect the safety of those magicians.
According to the lord's information, the reinforcements are expected to arrive here in 10 days. Because of this, the lord hopes that we can hold on here until the reinforcements arrive."
After hearing what Captain Carsen said, my head immediately became big. Why am I so unlucky? I can't stay here for even a minute. Not to mention that the fierce battle scene makes my heart unable to bear it, the number of times I vomited in the battle this morning is enough to kill me. Moreover, our reinforcements will arrive in 10 days, and the enemy's magician troops may launch an attack on us tomorrow at the latest.
Although I don't know how much destructive power the so-called magician troops can produce, after the battle in the morning, I clearly know that the soldiers of the Kastark Empire are not much worse than those of the Senke Federation. There may be a gap in individual strength, but in terms of overall combat and coordination, they are definitely much stronger than those of the Senke Federation. However, even though the overall strength gap is absolutely not large, the Kastark Empire troops were defeated due to the participation of the magician troops.
Everything here filled me with fear of those magicians. I imagined that those magicians fought like I did on Earth. It was simply the cold weapon era against the modern army, purely seeking death.
"My Lord, what do you think? I have never seen a magician, let alone any knowledge of the magician army's combat methods, so I have no way to judge this situation. But I can confirm one thing, that is, if we don't rely on this line of defense, let alone fight against the magician army, even these two legions in front of us are enough to send all of us to hell."
Silence, Carsen remained silent after hearing what I said. Looking at his expression, I knew that he had no hope of holding out for 10 days when the enemy had a magician army. At the same time, my heart also turned cold, because I knew that Carsen was not a person who would easily give up. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he would never be like this. But seeing his current appearance, I didn't dare to disturb him. I could only stand there in a daze, thinking about what I should do if Carsen stayed and waited to die
"My lord... My lord, it's bad. I don't know who outside leaked the news that the enemy magician troops are about to arrive and we are prepared to hold on. Now not only the soldiers of the 223rd and 224th Legions are in chaos, even the soldiers of our legion are somewhat unstable..." The one who rushed in anxiously was Commander Ax. After entering the tent, he saw that Carson and I were one sitting and the other standing, both in a daze, and he quickly shut up.
"Damn it... Where are those two idiots? How do they discipline the soldiers? Axe, you go and pass on my order immediately. Have all the soldiers line up and tell them that we haven't made a final decision yet. I'll give them an answer in one hour, but during this period, if anyone dares to violate military discipline or tries to escape, you will immediately enforce military law on the spot. Do you hear me?" Hearing this, Carsent immediately became anxious and immediately asked Axe to go out and organize the troops. But soon after Axe went out, after pacing back and forth in the tent a few times, Carsent stopped.
"Someone, call the commanders of the 223rd and 224th legions immediately and have them come here to discuss the above provisions with me. Damn it..."
Soon, the two legion commanders came to Carsent's camp. It can be seen that the main legion and the ordinary legion are almost in a subordinate relationship, otherwise they would not have reacted so quickly to Carsent's words.
"You two, take a seat! Hanlong, sit here..." After the two legion commanders came in, Carsen spoke first and asked me to sit next to him. Obviously, the two legion commanders were very surprised by Carsen's behavior, but they had reached their current status and would never react excessively to such things. Their faces only changed slightly and then they immediately returned to normal.
"I think you two know the plans above, but I would like to ask you two about what to do specifically. After all, our three troops must act in unison, otherwise we will all be doomed together in the end. Now, I just want to know what you are going to do. Two words, retreat or defend!" Without any courtesy, Carson went straight to the point, because there was no time at all.
“Retreat…” After hesitating for a long time, the two legion commanders finally whispered a word, and my heart, which had been in the air, was immediately put down.
"Okay! I will take responsibility with everyone at that time. Now, Hanlong, tell us about the retreat plan. You are the one who came up with the following things, and you know the specific execution best."
"To retreat, we must leave behind the most mobile troops to carry out the operation..." After hearing what I said, the two legion commanders were immediately delighted, because now except for their own horses, the legion is basically pure infantry, so can't they justify running first? But how could I not know what they were thinking? "In addition, we have to leave behind the strongest masters to cover our retreat. So my plan is this, except for the wounded and soldiers without war horses, all the soldiers in the 103rd Legion will stay behind to cover our retreat, and all the soldiers above the swordsman level in the 223rd and 224th Legions will stay to assist the 103rd Legion in covering our retreat. If they don't have enough war horses, then they will draw the war horses of the 103rd Legion. This group of people will be led by Lord Carsent to help me stop the enemy..."
"No......"
"No, this is the final decision. I don't want anyone to object. Otherwise, let him bring his own legion to cover us, or we can all go our separate ways. Otherwise, go out and prepare immediately. I will check it in an hour. If it is not done, then we will go our separate ways!" Seeing that even the legion commanders were about to express their objections, Carson immediately stopped them from saying anything, and quickly took me out of the barracks to arrange the retreat of his own legion. (To be continued)