General McHale didn't have time to think too much about whether the prestige of the Candela Empire was in crisis. He only knew that now he was really in a serious crisis.
The sound of countless arrows piercing the sky came from overhead, so densely packed that it almost gave people the illusion that it was raining heavily.
But this "heavy rain" carries a powerful death threat.
General McHale watched a "heavy rainstorm" fall, and a group of soldiers all around him fell down like harvested straw. For the first time, a trace of panic arose in his heart.
What exactly is going on!
How could these guys from the Luersun Kingdom possess such powerful lethality
"Sir, be careful!"
One of the guards beside him suddenly shouted, rushed in front of him, raised the giant shield in his hand, and blocked the two of them.
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-"
A series of crisp sounds of flying arrows hitting the giant shield were heard one after another. The guard actually held up the giant shield and involuntarily took a few steps back. He barely stopped until he almost hit General Melhair.
"Sir, are you okay?" The guard turned back to General McHale and asked.
"It's okay." General McHale shook his head, but his eyes stopped on the giant shield in the hands of the bodyguard, and he couldn't help but shrink his eyes.
This specially made giant shield was hand-made by the most famous blacksmith in Wimbledon, the capital of the empire. The entire body is made of solid iron. The thinnest part is only the thickness of a palm. However, now it has been smashed out of the surface by the crossbow arrows that just fell. There are countless deep dimples that seem to be just a few inches away from being penetrated directly.
It can be seen that these crossbow arrows are not only extremely impactful. The lethality is even more astonishing.
Even this carefully crafted giant shield could barely withstand it. No wonder the armor worn by his soldiers looked like paper in front of it. It does not reflect any protective capabilities at all.
Turning his head and looking at the countless soldiers who had fallen to the ground on the battlefield, General McHale felt a little hesitant.
If this continues, there is almost no hope of winning this battle.
But if you just retreat like this, wouldn't you be slapping yourself in the face
After taking over the command of the army that conquered the Kingdom of Luersun from General Cook, General McHale only rested for less than a week before launching another offensive against the Kingdom of Luersun in a few days.
This time, he directly dispatched 30,000 of the 50,000 Imperial Third Army he brought with him, intending to defeat the Luersun Kingdom's army in one fell swoop on the frontal battlefield. This establishes authority.
But he never expected that the lethality of King Luersun's army would be so terrifying. As soon as the two armies came into contact, an extremely dense rain of arrows came like a torrential rain, making the two sides just face to face. Candela The empire's soldiers directly lost at least 10%.
What shocked General McHale even more was that the Luersun Kingdom's crossbow arrows seemed to be endless, and the attack never stopped from the beginning.
Under such a terrifying arrow attack, the soldiers of the Candela Empire were unable to make any progress and could only be passively beaten. Casualty rates skyrocketed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, General McHale wanted to send two light cavalry to go around. He launched an attack on the enemy from the flank, but he did not expect that as soon as the two light cavalry he sent out were dispatched, the Luersun Kingdom responded immediately.
The Luersun Kingdom sent out to intercept these two light cavalry were two small teams composed of dozens of strange-looking magic motorcycles. Their mobility far exceeded that of General McHale's two teams, which were famous for their speed and flexibility. No matter how these two light cavalry go around, they can easily stop them.
And in addition to the terrifying crossbows, they were also equipped with a powerful attack weapon that General McHale had never seen or even heard of.
The two light cavalry did not even touch each other's sides and were easily defeated. In the end, only less than a hundred people escaped, which forced the end of General McHale's surprise plan.
So the current situation on the battlefield has become that the Candela Empire is simply being beaten and has no power to fight back.
Just as General McHale was hesitating, he suddenly discovered dozens of fiery red light spots emerging from the formation of the King of Luersen Army on the opposite side. After a moment, these dozens of light spots turned into dozens of fireballs. Flying over here at high speed.
"Sir, be careful!"
The guards around him had witnessed the terror of these fireballs just now. Without saying a word, they threw General McHale to the ground and blocked him with several giant shields, covering him tightly.
“Boom, boom, boom, boom—”
Countless violent explosions rang out, and General McHale, who was pressed down at the bottom, felt the entire ground shaking violently, and the extremely terrifying explosions that came from him were so shocking that his ears lost all reaction for a moment.
After the surroundings finally temporarily regained calm, General McHale pushed away the bodyguard who was pressing on him, stood up and took a look, and suddenly felt a chill in his heart.
He was able to become a general of Emperor Candela's army, of course he had experienced hundreds of battles and had never seen any tragic scenes.
But the scene before him still made him feel chilled all over.
Looking around, apart from him, there were almost no people standing in the field of vision.
On the originally flat grassland ground, dozens of deep craters with a diameter of more than ten meters had been blasted out.
The middle of the pit is as smooth as a mirror, but the surrounding area is densely packed with mutilated corpses whose true appearance cannot be seen at all. The scene looks as miserable as possible.
Staring at this situation blankly, General McHale felt that the ambition in his heart was being drained away bit by bit.
"Sir... Your Majesty... I... we'd better... retreat..."
A painful sound sounded under his feet. General McHale looked down and was shocked to find that almost all the personal guards who were blocking him were blown away by the violent explosion just now, including the giant shield in his hand, leaving only the same The two guards at the bottom.
One of the guards lay motionless, obviously dead, and the other guard's face was also covered in blood. I can only raise my head. He managed to make a weak sound.
After saying this with great difficulty. The bodyguard's head drooped and he made no sound anymore.
General McHale's hands trembled slightly. He turned his head to look at the King of Luersen's army formation in the distance, and found that sometimes dozens of fiery red lights were lit. A deep chill suddenly passed through his heart, and his body trembled. , then took a deep breath and squeezed two words out from between his teeth.
"Retreat..."
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If the Candela Empire's first offensive against the Luersun Kingdom suffered a serious failure. While surprising other countries on Sainz's continent, they were also able to give answers such as "The Candela Empire was too careless", "The Kingdom of Luersun must have been carefully prepared", "The Candela Empire dispatched only local legions"... etc. If these reasons are used to explain it, then the second offensive will be defeated again, causing the entire continent to lose its voice in an instant.
This time the offensive launched by the Candela Empire was personally commanded by General Melhail, the general of the Candela Empire. The third legion of the Candela Empire's regular army was led by him. Although it was also 50,000 people, its combat effectiveness was the same as the previous 50,000. The local army is completely different.
Under such conditions, the Candela Empire's second offensive against the Luersun Kingdom failed miserably again, which really made everyone feel incredible.
And what’s even more incredible is that. This time, the Luersun Kingdom not only repelled the invasion of the Candela Empire, but also launched a counterattack. Within a week, they continuously pursued the lower third legion of the Candela Empire led by General McHale, forcing them to flee three hundred kilometers into the Candela Empire before barely escaping.
According to the revealed intelligence, except for General McHale, only less than 10,000 Candela Empire soldiers were left in the end.
In other words, this time the Candela Empire actually lost more than 40,000 regular troops in its offensive against the Kingdom of Luersun!
In the more than a thousand years since the founding of the Candela Empire, except for the war with the Maro Empire, the Candela Empire has never suffered such shocking losses!
And if the two losses are added up, this time the Candela Empire's invasion of the Kingdom of Luersun not only failed completely, but also lost more than 80,000 manpower, and other types of material losses were countless. Count, it can be said to be a huge defeat.
While all the countries on Sainz's continent were shocked and unbelievable by this, they all had the same question.
What on earth did the Luersun Kingdom rely on to cause the Candela Empire to suffer such a disastrous defeat
Various information about the two wars between the two countries began to spread throughout the continent.
After studying this information, all countries discovered a problem. The reason why the Luersun Kingdom was able to defeat the Kandra Empire so easily was not because they had powerful tactical capabilities, nor was it because the Kandra Empire underestimated the enemy. The fundamental reason The only thing is that the combat effectiveness of the Luersun Kingdom's army is too terrifying.
In the two offensives, the total number of battles between the two sides was barely more than ten, which also included the subsequent pursuit battle by the Luersun Kingdom.
In fact, the total number of actual battles between the two armies was only five times.
In just five battles, the Candela Empire suffered extremely shocking losses, so much so that it later completely lost its ability to fight.
This shows that on the frontal battlefield, the combat effectiveness of the Luersun Kingdom's army far exceeds that of the Kandra Empire's army.
But... why is the combat effectiveness of the Luersun Kingdom's army even better than the regular army of the Candela Empire? Or is it far superior
You must know that the Candela Empire and the Malo Empire are both the two major empires of Sainz Continent. With their strong national power, the combat effectiveness of their armies has always been the best in the entire continent.
After all kinds of messy intelligence analysis, all the intelligence finally pointed to one point.
The key lies in the military magic machinery equipped by King Luersun's army. (To be continued...)