"What? Two armies of the Mocaster Empire equipped with magic cannons were suddenly attacked by forbidden spells, and nearly 1.8 million troops and more than a thousand magic cannons of the two armies were all wiped out? Then the orcs immediately conquered nearly half of the Mocaster Empire?" Hearing this incredible battle report, I was almost choked to death by the fruit pulp while enjoying the delicious food in my seat.
"My Lord, there is more to it than that... According to the Kingdom's news, the Telde area's defense circle was also attacked by a forbidden spell, and in the subsequent attack by the beastmen, all 1.7 million defenders were wiped out, and even the millions of residents in the defense circle were not spared..."
"Damn it... How could this happen? It's a forbidden spell... How could those beasts use a forbidden spell? Telder is finished... Then what about the Holy City? What about the Royal Capital?"
After hearing about Telde's fate, I immediately jumped up from my seat and eagerly asked about the other two regions where the main military forces of the Kingdom of Yan were gathered.
If the latter two garrisons also suffered an extinction-level blow, then I can say that the entire Kingdom of Yann would be doomed. This is because all the mages with apprentice magician qualifications and all the strong men in the Kingdom of Yann have been assigned to these three areas.
"Sir, there is no news from the capital yet, but I have already sent more people to patrol... As for the Holy City, it is said that it was also attacked, but after a melee, although the Holy City was occupied, most of the people and troops in the Holy City withdrew..."
"Oh! God..." After hearing the news, I finally couldn't bear the blow. I sat down on the chair weakly, with my hands tightly supporting my head.
"Let all officers above the rank of division commander come here for a meeting... Remember, no information is allowed to leak for the time being, otherwise you know the consequences..." After slapping myself on the head a few times, I knew that this was definitely not a solution, so I immediately gave the order to summon the officers.
"Sir, there is news from the king's capital..."
"Read it quickly... By the way, first tell me this news was from a few days ago..." Now, I have become almost a frightened bird. When I heard that there was another war report, the first thing I wanted to know was whether the war report from the royal capital was from before or after the big attack.
"Report to the Lord, the news came from 6 days ago. The main content is that more than half a month ago in the Western Continent, the entire Demon God Defense Line collapsed due to the attack of the Demon Tribe. Although in the subsequent battle, the human army withstood the invasion of the Demon Tribe and fixed the battle line around the Demon God Defense Line. But from your Majesty's hint, it is estimated that the Western Continent is unlikely to provide us with assistance in fighting against the beastmen, and let us make corresponding preparations..."
"Damn... outdated stuff..." Muttering softly, I waved him away and began to prepare for the next meeting and the next war plan.
In less than ten minutes, all the senior officers, including Iya and Princess Marit, arrived at the command tower on the top floor of the castle, and at my signal, quickly took their seats in order of priority.
"The Demon God's defense line in the Western Continent is destroyed... The two main combat units of the Mocaster Empire are also destroyed, including the more than a thousand magic cannons we supported them with...
In addition, our Telde is completely finished, the Holy City is said to have fallen, and although there is no specific news about the Royal Capital, according to predictions, the situation is definitely not optimistic. . . . . .
I have called you all here now, not only to prepare you mentally, but I also hope that you can come up with a more effective battle plan. . . . "
"Report, here is the latest news from Lord Musa, please take a look..." As soon as I finished speaking, before anyone else had time to say anything, an intelligence officer affiliated with Musa rushed in and carefully handed a letter to me.
"****..." I cursed, then smashed the desk in front of me into powder with a palm. I dropped the letter and walked out without looking back, leaving everyone in the room confused.
To be honest, I had already prepared for the worst in my mind for both the Holy City and the Royal Capital, but in fact, the outcome was countless times worse than I expected.
As for the Holy City, of the nearly 1.5 million troops in the entire defense circle, after discovering the Orcs' sneak attack and killing most of the magicians who released the forbidden spell with magic cannons, in order to allow the people in the defense circle to retreat, of the entire Holy City's 1.2 million soldiers and nearly 300,000 magicians, only the Dragon Legion and a few magicians escaped in the subsequent rearguard action.
In the capital, more than one million of Yaen's elite troops, including Queen Yaen, were slaughtered by the orcs to protect the people who were retreating from the capital. After that, the people who lost the protection of the troops were also slaughtered by the orcs who followed them.
Looking at these two results, I couldn't help but smile bitterly. Who would have believed that the high-ranking officials of Yaen, who had always disregarded the lives of their subordinates, would think of ordinary civilians first in this situation, and even bet on the future of the entire human race
Don't they know that the demise of these two armies actually means that the entire Kingdom of Yan has lost all hope. Even across the country, we will no longer be able to recruit a qualified magician or a team of qualified warriors.
In my original assumption, even if the troops in these two places could not escape unscathed, it should not be difficult for the main force to escape danger under the cover of millions of civilians in the gathering place. At least those magicians with flying abilities should have a chance to escape the pursuit of the beastmen. But now...
Thinking of this, I found myself back to the helpless state I had just crossed Andrel and entered the East Continent. I only have 70,000 troops now, plus the dragon army that escaped from the Holy City and the tens of thousands of survivors in my fiefdom, so the total number of troops is only about 150,000. If I were to lead such a small number of people to deal with millions of beastmen and an unknown number of demons, my head would have to be rusty.
"My lord, Her Royal Highness the Princess has fainted. Please go and check on her quickly!" Just as I was sitting down dejectedly on the top of the castle, the voice coming from the stairs made me extremely annoyed.
OK, the move is complete, broadband is installed, and everything is back to normal~~ (to be continued)