Chapter 438 Strategic Initiative(1/2)
Author: Xin Haiyue 1
The sky gradually brightens, the first ray of dawn shines on the earth, and the horn of charge sounds from the horizon.
The enemy has sent reinforcements, and the battle has come to an end. There are less than three thousand alien coalition forces remaining on the battlefield, and it seems that with more strength, they can completely wipe out the enemy forces.
"hehe……
"Hudson, let me make all kinds of calculations, but you didn't expect that you would fall short in the end, right?"
The silver bell-like laughter revealed Delise's inner joy.
After suffering all night, I finally waited for the moment of reversal. The feeling was beyond words.
"Miss Delise, don't be too happy, first see how many movable elves there are on the battlefield.
Well, that battle should be over, and they are destined to meet again."
After speaking, Hudson decisively ordered the troops to withdraw.
The battle has progressed to this point, and the expeditionary force is very tired. If they continue to go east, they may be able to wipe out all the enemy forces in front of them, but their own losses will also be very heavy.
Seeing Hudson's proud expression, the young elf woman's heart sank to the bottom.
The entire army was almost wiped out, but only part of the remaining soldiers could be saved, so it could not be considered a victory.
In an instant, Delise's anger reached its limit. Considering the disparity in force between the two sides, he gave up the idea of fighting with Hudson, and looked toward the reinforcements with murderous intent.
It was clear that he was here to help, but he turned out to be the main force on the battlefield, while his allies were watching the fun.
Most of the troops sent by the Ancient Relics Alliance had died during the battle. The few survivors were scattered on the battlefield, and you couldn't find them unless you looked carefully.
If you can't see it, you don't exist. After ignoring those teammates, Delise directly labeled her as unreliable in the Ancient Relics Alliance.
Can a mere few thousand human cavalry hold back an army of 200,000 for that long?
Once the seed of doubt arose, it would be a thorn buried deep in her heart that would never go away.
Tell him rationally, there is no reason for the Ancient Relics Alliance to cheat their teammates at that time. Without the support of the elves, they would not be able to escape the liquidation of the humans after the war.
Looking at the direction in which Hudson left, Delise said to herself: "Is that part of my plan?
I beg you, the famous generals of the human race are all so powerful, so it’s hard to let their spirits move!”
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Leaving the battlefield and looking down at the shrinking team in the east, Hudson sighed secretly.
"Stop to the east to rest and count the casualties of each unit.
The priest should do his best to treat the wounded, using magic potions and trying not to use divine spells."
Frankly speaking, the current location is not safe, it is about thirty miles away from the battlefield.
The Bu Nao expeditionary force was exhausted, and the enemy army had also been tortured for a day and night, and was in a state of exhaustion.
Please give me 20,000 more cavalry, and Hudson would not mind killing them with carbine.
Let’s forget it now, it’s not cost-effective to exchange the kingdom’s elites with those in the ancient clan alliance.
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"Marshal, was he greedy for credit that time and was unable to buy enough time for the army? Please forgive me..."
Before Jose could finish his apology, Hudson laughed.
"No, not only do I have no fault, but I have merit!
The opportunity to annihilate the enemy's remnants was missed, but in exchange for the opportunity to defeat the enemy's main force, it was a huge profit no matter how you looked at it.
The battlefield is ever-changing, and if there is a chance to burn down the enemy's camp, he would give up the interception plan."
After hearing what Hudson said, Jose became even more uneasy.
Didn't he want to break through the enemy's camp, or did he follow Hudson's instructions and play "Besiege Wei Juluo" with the enemy.
After playing a few more games, the enemy figured out his strength and thought it was impossible to break through the camp with such a small number of men.
The enemy refused to turn around and return reinforcements, so the planned feint attack turned into a forced attack.
"Marshal, after they broke through the enemy camp, they didn't find much food and supplies.
Except for the 10,000 enemy troops left behind, none of the remaining troops were wounded. For this reason, we lost 300 Warcraft Cavalry, so the record is actually very average!"
Jose hurriedly explained.
Whether your performance is good or bad depends on who you compare with.
Compared with the battle commanded by Hudson, sacrificing three hundred Warcraft cavalry in order to obtain such a result would really be a loss.
The 50,000 reinforcements that had stormed the enemy before had not suffered such heavy losses from the Warcraft Legion.
But you can’t just settle accounts like that, and you can’t expect to encounter uncontrollable factors like pig teammates every time.
"General Jose, judging from tactics alone, the actual gains from that battle were indeed not great.
Compared with their previous achievements, it is not worth mentioning. But the war is not military, but more political.
The reinforcements from the Ancient Relics Alliance were slow to move, resulting in the Elf Legion being crippled by them. Do the Elf Tribes have no ideas?
Once a rift occurs, it is not that simple to heal it. At the very least, the elves cannot send reinforcements to them in the short term.
The military is here, except that the more than 20,000 wounded are not counted as achievements, they can roughly make a calculation.
First, we annihilated 15,000 enemy troops transporting grain and grass, and also severely damaged more than 20,000 enemy reinforcements. Our side contributed a lot to the annihilation of 10,000 enemy troops. It is conservatively estimated that the enemy troops were annihilated at 45,000.
Please take into account our sneak attack along the way and the enemy's non-combat attrition. Is it possible that the loss of the foreign coalition forces will be around 50,000?
How much food and grass is there in the camp I burned down? The enemy is now out of food, and the morale of the army will definitely be severely damaged.
Maybe each tribe has some dry food that they carry with them, but the quantity is definitely not too much. Maybe they will make a fuss over the dry food issue.
There were two ways before them, one was to use the corpses on the battlefield as military rations, or the other was to kill the cavalry animals to fill the gap.
It doesn't matter if you are a soldier in the Ancient Relics Alliance, but the soldiers of the elves will definitely not accept using the corpses of their companions as military rations.
When races with different ideals collide, conflicts will inevitably occur.
What’s more, with them, the enemy won’t have an easy time traveling the two hundred miles from the east!”
The surprise came so suddenly that Hudson was a little confused.
If the enemy's camp is very close, no matter whether there is a shortage of food or not, everything can be solved secretly.
Now all the soldiers know that the food and grass have been destroyed, and if the officers use meat as military rations, the origin will be exposed in an instant.
There are many races outside the Ancient Relics Alliance. Some races are accustomed to mistakenly eating the corpses of their companions, while many others hold an exclusive stance.
In an alliance that is already unstable, it is inevitable that there will be another incident of adultery from the outside.
With so many unfavorable factors added together, it was hard for Hudson to find a chance to severely damage the enemy.
While happy, Hudson was also a little worried. The number of troops following him was getting smaller and smaller.
There were 35,000 men at the time of the expedition, but now there are less than 30,000 left, including 5,000 wounded.
The expeditionary force was victorious all the way, covering up the impact of casualties, and the morale of the army had long been affected.
In any case, the army had to rest and regroup after that battle.
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The battlefield is here, and the alien coalition forces have gathered together, and the atmosphere seems particularly desolate.
Buqin rushed to reinforce them, but unexpectedly they pounced on Lonely. Even though they knew that the enemy's position was not far away, no one proposed to pursue them.
Everyone is exhausted, and if they insist on pursuing, if they encounter the enemy who have rested for several hours, they will lose their lives.
"Do we have anything to eat? Why did we wait until now to arrive?"
Delise asked murderously.
Bringing a full elves army here, I thought they would be able to shine and make the elves famous.
Unexpectedly, just a few months after arriving at the front line, the entire army was almost wiped out.
If something like that happens, you must give an explanation to the clan. Otherwise, even if you are not a strong person in the holy realm, you will be punished when you go back.
Is the blame for Delise irreplaceable?
Could she respond to the invitation of the Ancient Relics Alliance to send troops? Initially, because the reinforcements did not arrive on time, causing heavy losses to the army, the responsibility lies with the Ancient Relics Alliance.
As for what happened in the middle, it was none of the Ancient Relics Alliance's own business. She just needed to catch them for failing to fulfill their agreement.
Delise doesn't care about the subsequent impact at all. Whether the premise of friendship is wrong, and whether her performance in the Ancient Relics Alliance is difficult to gain her respect.
Even if they fall out, it won't affect the overall situation. From the moment they send out troops to join the war, there is no way out in the Ancient Relics Alliance.
The war has been going on so far, even if they are willing to switch sides, the human race cannot accept it.
Because during the invasion of the Ancient Relics Alliance, the number of human beings who died had already been in the millions. If we count them as indirect deaths, I am afraid that the number will exceed tens of millions soon.
So many people have died and there is no response when asking for permission. How can the human race have the nerve to say that they are not the overlord of the continent?
Including Hudson's political inducement to surrender, all of them are actually unsuccessful. Is it true that he can be recruited to surrender to the Alliance of Ancient Relics to ensure that they will be liquidated after the war? Hudson has no courage to do it.
To be continued...