Chapter 308 Watcher’s Fortress
The size of the army is one of the important criteria for measuring combat effectiveness. Even in modern warfare, with various high-precision weapons taking turns, it is impossible to completely replace the role of humans in the war, unless you plan to use atomic bombs to wipe out everyone together.
Having more people is indeed an advantage, but how to organize people can it be called an army, otherwise it will be a mess.
The Subia Demon Kingdom army was overwhelmed by the sudden onslaught. The command system collapsed significantly, and a large number of recruits were recruited. The recruits with weak ability to withstand stress also exacerbated the spread of fear. Even if the officers wanted to regroup, they could not. No one can be found.
At this time, the offense and defense changed shape.
The Qihang City army, which was originally serving as a feint attack, changed its strategy and took the opportunity to launch a real fierce attack, successfully breaking through the interception of the three corps of the Subia Demon Army.
After completing the beheading tactic, Viola did not go home. Instead, she led her own army and reinforcements from Half Moon Castle to harass outside the military camp, attacking from both sides.
From time to time, rain of fire, exploding frogs, and large amounts of venom fell from the sky. When the priests' magic was unable to be used, it greatly increased the burden on the medical system of the Subian Demon Kingdom's army.
But don't think that this can completely defeat it. After all, it is a huge army composed of 120,000 people, nearly half of which are regular troops who have experienced hundreds of battles. Even after suffering such a blow, the organization can still be maintained.
The Qihang City army did successfully break through the defense line, but was quickly beaten back by the regrouped Subia Demon Kingdom army, and had no choice but to retreat to the city and defend it.
Viola and the troops from Half-Moon Castle were harassing them just to take advantage of the situation. Their numbers were too small, and the threat they posed to the Subia Demon Kingdom's army was almost negligible.
When the Qihang City army retreats, Viola and the others have no choice but to retreat, otherwise they won't be able to make up enough people to wait for others to free up their hands.
However, they did not return to Leon's territory, but returned to Half-Moon Castle, assuming a posture that they could attack again at any time.
The entire battle lasted for nearly four hours. Fighting with cold weapons was different from that with hot weapons. Swinging a sword was much more strenuous than pulling the trigger, and the physical and mental damage had reached its limit.
Both sides of the war have returned to their respective camps, seemingly ending the dispute for the time being.
The Subia Demon Kingdom army formed a team overnight and set off at dawn. They discarded a large amount of supplies and wounded people and retreated south in a panic.
In this battle, the Subia Demon Kingdom army lost about a quarter of its troops, about 30,000 casualties, and also lost its supreme commander.
There is no doubt that Viola and the others won. Not only did they successfully end the siege of Sailing City, but they also successfully caused the Subia Demon Kingdom army to retreat, and successfully completed the beheading tactic.
But in fact, Viola's target is not actually the Kingdom Tiger, this is just a coincidence.
Her real purpose is to 'open a map' for the Demon King.
Bailong and Viola went deep into the military camp in person. The fog of war in this part has dissipated. About half of the military camp has clearly appeared on Li Chengqi's screen. He can intervene at any time in any way.
In fact, he did exactly that.
It is a pity that some people in the Subia Demon Kingdom Army seem to be aware of this, or they may be scared out of their wits and evacuate to the south immediately after dawn.
If they were still standing there, they would be Li Chengqi's living targets.
Let’s put it this way, since the New Year is approaching, he has already bought two pieces of ‘Earth Red’. If the Subia Demon Kingdom’s army is still convinced, let them know what the New Year’s Collapse Beast is...
Of course, Viola discovered the movements of the Subia Demon Kingdom army, but she did not immediately launch a pursuit. She only sent scouts to monitor them at any time to prevent them from retaliate. Immediately, the troops from Qihang City and Half-Moon Fort began to clean up the battlefield as a priority, seizing a large amount of supplies, ordnance and other military materials, and also successfully captured a large number of wounded.
Among them, the seriously injured ones were treated uniformly and given a happy life, while the lightly injured ones were imprisoned and kept as coolies. They were moved to the nearby Qihang City and allowed to build their own prisoner-of-war camps and contribute to the infrastructure.
It is indeed inhumane, but when dealing with invaders, don't talk about inhumanity. Viola was very restrained in not cutting them all down to sacrifice to the heavens.
After doing this, I deliberately delayed the pursuit for three days before resuming the pursuit.
There were 2,000 men under Viola's command, 3,000 men from Half-Moon Castle, and 20,000 men from Sailing City. A total of 25,000 men went to pursue an army of 80,000 to 90,000 men. It was indeed a bit dark humor.
He deliberately let them go for stability.
After all, one's own side is at an absolute disadvantage in terms of military strength. Once the opponent is pushed too hard, one's own side is likely to suffer huge casualties in the event of a sudden jump.
Viola currently has only this amount of troops on hand, so of course she cannot use them casually.
With the withdrawal of the Subia Demon Kingdom's army, the northernmost area of the Avarus Demon Kingdom has been liberated. There are two marching routes in front of Viola.
One is to go east and liberate the remaining occupied territories in the north of the Avarus Demon Kingdom; the other is to chase the Subia Demon Kingdom army south and give priority to liberating the southern territories of the Avarus Demon Kingdom.
The advantage of going east is that you can retake the capital as soon as possible, and there are many big lords in the east who are still resisting. If you join forces with them, you will still have the ability to fight against the four-nation coalition.
Going south, you can quickly liberate about one-third of the country, and because of the coast, transportation is convenient and fast, and you can also get assistance from the navy of the Demon Kingdom of Avarus.
Viola has already made a decision on these two marching directions.
She's going south.
The important reason for making this judgment is that the Subia Demon Kingdom army has been frightened.
Instead of using a mere 25,000 troops to defeat the armies of the other three countries, it would be better to chase the Subia Demon Kingdom army, which was already frightened.
A big victory did not let Viola get carried away. She knew that the troops she had at hand were still weak, and rashly fighting the Three Kingdoms army would easily lead to encirclement and suppression.
In view of this, the best strategy is to prioritize liberating the southern territories and wait until the number of troops increases before considering recapturing the capital.
Moreover, Viola is not simply thinking, "It's still in the development stage, don't waste time." There is an important city in the south, which is currently in the hands of the Subia Demon Kingdom army.
Once this fortress city called 'Open City' is obtained, Viola can easily attack the other Three Kingdoms coalition forces from the side and behind. It is an important transportation hub in the Demon Kingdom of Avarus, equivalent to a large domestic crossroads. Kou, the strategic significance of capturing this place is extraordinary.
Of course, this is what will happen in the future. Viola is still leading the army in hot pursuit of the Subia Demon Kingdom army. Before reaching the open city, she must first face a difficulty.
A ‘Watcher’s Fortress’ lies across the river, standing on the edge of a vast forest and cliff.
(End of chapter)