Late at night, the mayor's mansion in Hupan Town was brightly lit. Senior generals of the Panshi Legion gathered to hold a meeting to discuss the situation.

"After this day, our army suffered a lot of losses. Of course, as the attacking side, the casualties are still above our side. But now they have more troops than us. If we continue to fight like this, we may be a little dangerous. The Prince of Wales had sent a letter to reply just now. He had sent the Flame Legion to rescue us, but when they got here, it would probably be at least half a month later. Anyone who has any opinions can raise them!" Winter's face was less arrogant and more anxious.

"My opinion should still break through. If I keep here, I don't think we can defend before the arrival of the Flame Legion." After thinking for a while, Jack decided to try to convince Winter in the end.

"Jack, you have too little confidence in our Rock Legion. Judging from the situation of defending the city today, the city walls we reinforced a few days ago have withstood the test. Moreover, the enemy's casualties are more serious than our army. If they continue to attack like this, even if they can destroy our army, they are afraid that they will have very little left. Therefore, I think they may not be able to attack the city like today. As long as we stick to the support, wait for the Flame Legion to arrive, we can attack the Lightning Legion in one fell swoop and capture Princess Anne alive!" Mitterrand immediately retorted.

Jack had to admit that Mitterrand's analysis was also very reasonable, and the Rock Legion could still eat food for a month, so there was no situation where he had to break through because of lack of food. However, Jack believed that Mitterrand did not fully consider the fact that the enemy commander was Roger. Judging from the Battle of Hotante under Roger and the Battle of defeating the Left and Right Army, his combat rules were completely unmistakable, and there were endless wonders. Jack believed that Roger should have a way to capture Lakeside Town, but this method was something he had not thought of. Therefore, he always felt that breaking through was a wise approach.

"Break through? To put it lightly, what should we do with the supplies and food? And the siege equipment we prepared are all left to Princess Anne? It would be strange if the Prince of Wales didn't kill us all!" After hearing Jack's proposal, Winter immediately shook his head repeatedly. He attacked 40,000 enemies with 80,000 troops, but was beaten to the enemy and ran away with all the supplies and food. When he returned to Balatan, he probably would have the same fate as Richard.

"But if you stay here, what if..." Jack still wanted to persuade him.

"We have been here all the time. After the Flame Legion arrives, we may turn defeat into victory. If we break through, even if we can retreat safely, it will be a complete defeat. Okay! Jack, you needless to say. I will not agree to break through!" Winter denied Jack's suggestion from his future.

So, the generals, on the premise that Winter had a foothold in defending the city and waiting for reinforcements, began to discuss how to arrange troops and strengthen the defense of the city walls and the two city gates.

"Forget it, fighting with these short-sighted people will only be implicated to death by them." Jack decided not to notify Winter and led his troops to break through.

He called the ten captains under him and informed them of their own decisions, and everyone looked at each other.

"Teacher Commander, if you let the legion commander know about this, you will be in trouble!" a captain kindly reminded.

"Don't worry, the Legion Commander and his team are basically dead for a lifetime this time. They underestimated Roger's wisdom too much. When they are with them, they can only be wiped out. If we escape, there will be a glimmer of hope." Jack explained his thoughts and analyzed the current situation for the ten captains.

"Okay! Since you have decided, we will break through with you!" The ten captains looked at each other and nodded. They were all promoted by Jack himself after taking office. Their fate was tightly tied to Jack. If Jack fell, their captain would probably have done the final result.

"Okay! Then you go back and notify the soldiers to prepare quietly. Now the town gate to the east is still guarding our Third Division. We will go out from the East Gate at about 5 a.m. and then go north. I looked at their camp during the day. The first division stationed in the north was their First Division. This division was originally the strongest, but after yesterday's field battle and today's siege, the loss was the largest in the Lightning Army. If we break through them with all our strength, we should be able to fight out." Jack explained.

"Okay! Then we'll go back and prepare immediately!" After hearing this, the ten captains nodded solemnly, then picked up their hats and walked out of Jack's room.

"Oh, I can make a breakthrough in the early morning smoothly... But why do I always feel my eyelids twitch so much? It seems that something bad is going to happen!" Jack always felt a little scared.

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The Lightning Army's tent outside the Lakeside Town.

"Sir, how did you let me retreat? If I try harder, I might be able to conquer it." Simon said with some dissatisfaction.

"Tsk! Do you think it's so easy to capture? Although you went up to the city wall at that time, Winter also led his direct guards. I was afraid that you would lose, so I had to let you retreat. And we have also tried their details today in the siege battle. Although they were temporarily reinforced on the original foundation, they were also very strong. The catapult carts had been bombing for so long and had not crossed a section. If you continue like this, the soldiers would be killed or injured too much." Diaz shook his head and said.

While Simon was still talking about it, Anne said apologetically: "Simon Division Commander, don't worry, I asked General Dias to give way to the retreat. Because I think I can no longer fight with them like this!"

"Oh, Your Highness, I feel sorry for the lives of soldiers. But there are no immortals in war..." Simon explained.

"I know what you said, but in just one day today, we suffered more than 3,000 casualties, and yesterday's casualties were already more than the total casualties in the previous two battles. Even if we conquered Hupan Town, I'm afraid that I would be willing to march into Balatan again but not enough. Moreover, according to the tips from Balatan, the Flame Legion has set out to attack us." Annie said with a worried look on her face.
Chapter completed!