late at night.
Sika Kingdom border defense line, Bastana stronghold.
Outside the stronghold, a small group of more than a dozen soldiers with torches were patrolling, guarding against small groups of Alliance members infiltrating. Normally, they don't pay much attention to this work, but recently, with the troops from the two countries approaching the border and the continued high pressure, they have to work hard.
They have already heard that this time the Soma Alliance on the opposite side has gathered a full five alliance armies.
A small group has about ten people, a large group has about a hundred people, a regiment has about a thousand people, a legion has about ten thousand people, a coalition army has about a hundred thousand people - five coalition armies have about half a million people.
And their side of the Sika Kingdom was not that weak, and they gathered a full four coalition armies. The military structures of the two countries are similar, but the Sika Kingdom prefers various elite brigades, reinforced regiments, and reinforced legions. The number of troops often exceeds several percent, so the overall number is almost the same as that of the Soma Alliance.
Calculated in this way, one million people from both sides gathered on the border, which makes people feel frightened just thinking about it. It is an unprecedented formation.
Once this kind of battle begins, small soldiers like them really have no choice but to resign themselves to their fate. After all, being dropped alone on a battlefield of millions of people is like a pebble dropped into the sea, without even a splash. Just sank.
Therefore, they have been praying that it is better to maintain this situation and not start a fight.
This may be cowardice, but they are just small soldiers. Whether they win or not, their military exploits have nothing to do with them. They just want to live.
However, reality is often the opposite of expectations.
Life always brings out the worst—Murphy's Law.
A small group of soldiers patrolled for a long time. They calculated that the time was almost up and were about to return to the stronghold to replace the next group of people. Suddenly they heard something moving in the night.
The sound was very small at first, almost inaudible, but in just a few seconds it became deafening, like thunder exploding, and in the roar, it felt like thousands of bison were rushing towards them.
"what!"
The soldier shouted and looked in the direction of the sound. The next moment he saw heavy cavalry wearing heavy armor breaking out of the darkness like a blade cutting through butter. The heavy cavalry formed a dense formation, like a huge black arrow with no visible edges, flying close to the ground.
The soldiers of the Sika Kingdom suddenly widened their eyes and subconsciously shouted: "Enemy attack!"
Their bodies became stiff, but the trained movements took effect in time. They quickly picked up the horns at their waists and blew them with all their strength.
"Woo~woo~"
The old voice spread quickly, and the patrolling soldiers turned around and ran away.
At this time, the Bastana stronghold they set out from had already reacted. Multiple figures flew out and flew towards the charging Soma Alliance army.
The figure flying out was a wizard. He had just received a notice from above and was preparing to launch a general attack just before dawn. They were a little surprised that the Soma Alliance was one step ahead of them, but they were not too panicked. They were trying to release spells according to the records to delay the Soma Alliance's offensive and buy time for their own side to counterattack.
As they flew closer, light appeared in their hands, which was the magic being generated.
But just when the spell was being generated, several spears with gray light mixed with dark blue light suddenly approached as fast as lightning and hit their bodies.
"Boom!"
After several explosions, the Sika wizard in the air was instantly killed, and his body fell to the ground. And this is what the hidden Soma Alliance wizards and magic-equipped knights in the heavy cavalry team did - the Sika Kingdom has a record of its attack on the Soma Alliance, and the Soma Alliance has a record of its attack on the Sika Kingdom.
This is war, a chess-like war. Whoever thinks more has the advantage.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
Amidst the sound of intensive horse hooves, the heavy cavalry team ran over the corpse of the wizard from the Sika Kingdom and rushed straight to the Bastana stronghold.
At this time, the heavy armored infantry, holding spears more than four meters long, poured out of the stronghold and formed a square formation to greet them, becoming the second group of obstructing forces.
At the same time, the sound of horse hooves sounded on both sides. They were the cavalry supported by other strongholds, preparing to flank the charging heavy cavalry of the Soma Alliance. As mentioned before, the people of the Sika Kingdom had decided to attack just before dawn. , the army is all ready, so the response to the Soma Alliance's attack is not slow at all. The supporting cavalry on both sides were already discovered and dispatched before the horns of the patrolling soldiers sounded, so they could arrive in time.
It seems that now the heavy cavalry of the Soma Alliance are at a disadvantage again.
However, they did not have the slightest fear of being intercepted by enemy cavalry on both sides, nor did they slow down their charge and continued to move forward.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The sound of new horse hooves sounded, and the new heavy cavalry of the Soma Alliance broke out from the darkness. They accelerated and changed direction in coordination, blocking the support of the Sika Kingdom from the left and the right.
For a moment, a fierce collision sounded, fighting broke out, and the war really began.
This scene happened near the Bastana stronghold, and it also happened everywhere on the border between the two countries - this is a microcosm, this is a contrast. In just a short period of time, the border between the two sides became chaotic and turned into a mess.
One hour, two hours, three hours.
Three hours later, the pot of porridge began to boil, and the situation on the border battlefield became extremely complicated. Except for the highest command room, which had an understanding of the overall situation, the soldiers and officers involved were completely confused. Some teams even directly disrupted their organization and could only rely on the abilities of grassroots officers to decide whether to continue the attack or retreat.
Mario is one of them.
He could be said to be extremely lucky. When he accidentally fell into the tunnel, his military rank was promoted to three levels, and he became a first-class captain of ten. He was only one step away from being a centurion.
This is considered a proper officer status. As an officer, the leader of the Red Maple Cavalry Regiment was naturally embarrassed to let him continue to serve as a soldier under the original squad leader, so he selected a few people from several squads in the regiment and gave them to him. He formed a temporary special team, including himself, a total of nine people.
He was extremely excited about this and had already made countless preparations. He was just waiting to go to the front line and lead his men to make a good contribution and become a real centurion.
But he can also be said to be extremely unfortunate.
The Red Maple Cavalry Regiment to which he belonged did not seize the vanguard status and was assigned as a reserve force in the rear. It did not join in until the front attack was thwarted. Just as they were trying to break through the enemy's defenses, they encountered a group of magic knights from the Kingdom of Sika.
They were indeed an elite cavalry regiment, but they were obviously no match for the magic knight brigade, so they quickly changed direction and broke out to the side amid the roar of the group leader, "Where are our magic knights?"