However, this also made Ash Rufate's painstaking counterattack still in his womb. In the tug-of-war just now, the troops he had worked hard to gather in the retreat not only suffered major casualties, but also exhausted in the fierce battle. What's worse, because of this, the Chaos Legion also gathered.

Even Beller believed that the original plan of counterattack was to use the cover of the night to concentrate troops during the retreat, and then launch a sudden slam at dawn to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop - there was no hope.

They could only expect the Chaos Legion to give up the battle due to exhaustion in this protracted battle. But the Chaos Legion never refused to give up the battle. They showed incredible tenacity, and their commander drove their subordinates without any mercy, as if they wanted to squeeze out their last slight strength. Even the Chaos Wizards refused to rest. Because of the fierce battle during the day, the Chaos Wizards are now exhausted. But as long as they recover even a little energy, they will launch attacks with magic.

Every so often, a magic flew over the head of the coalition forces. A fireball or lightning or something, causing casualties on one hand, and pointing out the direction of the attack for the Chaos Warriors.

Trekking in the dark - they had traveled in the rain for a day and a night before - exhausted the strength of both sides. Even the Chaos Legion was exhausted. But they were still persisting because they also knew that victory was like a fruit on a branch, and they could get it by stretching their hands a little longer.

Ashu Rufate and Beller were together - after the fierce battle at midnight, they now gathered together and became the seat of the temple. His eyes penetrated the darkness and watched his army retreat. They were only two of them, both standing on the ground, holding horse reins on their arms. Ashu Rufate was using his dark vision to watch the entire battlefield, looking forward to finding such a glimmer of opportunity, but Beller didn't know what he was looking at.

In the endless darkness, shouts, fighting, and guns and cannons all rang out from time to time.

"The Chaos Legion will not retreat." Berel finally said. "Although they are very tired, they also know... our army is even more tired."

"Yeah." Ashu Rufat answered hunchedly. He seemed to be indifferent to the huge tragedy.

"At dawn, everything is irreversible. I am very grateful to the darkness now. With its cover, our army can still hold on for the time being."

"Well." Asu Ruffat said. He was desperate to find that there was no chance of this battle, but the desire to end the tragedy quickly remained in his mind. "Mr. Beller, do you... have any other ideas?"

"This is not an ordinary defeat," said Beller. "A ordinary defeat means that the army will lose between 30% and 70%... But this time, this time, few people in our army will be able to withdraw to the city alive."

He was talking about the truth. Although the coalition forces have not failed at this moment - they can still maintain a certain order to retreat, it means that they have not been defeated yet. Even if they are defeated, they are only a small defeat - but in fact they are already as fragile as a candle in the wind. They only need to blow a little force and they will be extinguished.

This is by no means an exaggeration. What drives the tired and numb soldiers to act now is not an order or initiative, but an instinctive inertia. If they realize that they have been defeated, perhaps the inertial forces that support their actions will be exhausted, and they will fall down like wood, and even escape.

But the Chaos Legion still has the power to support them - the spiritual power, which is the fact that they are about to win. Of course, there are other things, such as religious ones.

This army is almost the entire army of this country. If he fails, it means that the country is as helpless as a weak baby and can be slaughtered. Yes, there may be some troops in Gaohua City... There are also some scattered forces in other places, but Ash Rufate believes that no city can withstand such a huge Chaos army, especially so many Chaos Wizards.

If these Chaos Wizards gathered together, perhaps the power of magic alone would be enough to collapse the city walls.

"Well, I believe so." Ashu Rufate said. He suddenly realized that setting up defense in the river was an extremely stupid gambling, because if he won, he would only get a little defensive enhancement from Gaohua City in the rear. If he lost...then it would be the current ending. The risks paid were completely inconsistent with the results of the harvest.

He never seemed to have bet such a stupid bet.

Berel was silent and didn't speak for a long time. Suddenly, he seemed to wake up from his contemplation.

"Ashurufat, where did your flag come from?" asked Beller. He seemed to have forgotten the situation at this time and instead mentioned a completely unrelated topic. "That side... is painted with a red dragon-shaped flag. This pattern... is not common."

Ashu Rufate originally wanted to say that this flag appeared in his dreams. In those chaotic dreams, those endless killings and battles, he always stood under this flag. However, Ashu Rufate did not want to tell others this secret. "It was given by Her Majesty the Queen. When she enthroned me as a knight, she also gave me this pattern as my family's seal... I put it on the flag."

"The queen gave it...it should be multiple patterns for you to choose?" Berel smiled. "Ashurufat, I have seen this flag once." He whispered. "In Sivania, this flag was flying in the undead legion of vampires. At that time, I was the general of Ryan's army... the deputy general."

Ashu Rufate did not answer.

"Actually, this pattern is not uncommon." Berel suddenly smiled. "Actually, when I was the governor of Mill, I was bored and studied heraldry. Even in Ryan, this pattern is not unique to vampires... Well, I think it's just a coincidence."

He looked at Ashu Rufate, "His Count, do you want to ask me why this matter is mentioned? It's actually very simple. This pattern reminds me of vampires... and the Battle of Kalean." He said softly.

"Kalian?" Ashu Rufate repeated the word. When he spoke it, he realized that he had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with the word.

"Yes, the battle in the desert...ah, in fact, many people know that I suffered several defeats in that war... In fact, 'loss' is just a more euphemistic term. To be honest, I was defeated by the vampires of Kalean in the desert... To be honest, the desert is a battlefield for vampires, because they do not need food and water, and they will not be tired. And humans are completely incomparable... So once they are defeated in the desert, the human army has no chance to escape." Berel said. "Defeat means the entire army is wiped out. I escaped completely with the favor of the gods."

He added the last sentence lightly. "It's very similar to the situation in front of him."

"But you won that battle," said Asu Ruffat. He also knew some of the results of Berel.

"Well, I won the last battle. I persisted hard and barely resisted the increasingly fierce attacks of the vampires. Although I had no hope of winning, I still persisted... Then, at the critical moment, reinforcements came... Ha, I won the critical battle... Actually, that was not a win, but no matter what, I killed two or three hundred vampires, everyone praised me in the most exaggerated words, and called me the "vampire killer". Actually, I was just lucky, really."

"But this time is different. At that time, you had reinforcements, but this time, we didn't."

Berel suddenly turned his head to look at Asu Ruffat. Although the night was very dark, the two sides were very close after all, and they could clearly see each other.

"What can keep me fighting on the battlefield at the critical moment of life and death is that I believe in my luck." Berel said. "I am a person with good luck. Don't look at me like this, but I have never suffered any serious injuries so far... This time, I will lend you my luck." He paused. "Do you believe in luck?"

"I believe." Ashu Rufate hesitated and replied. "I can survive until now... If it's not luck, then what is it?"

"Very good, we are both people of good luck." Berel smiled. He looked up at the sky. At this time, there was a faint light in the east, just as the dark curtain of the night was slightly torn a small gap. However, there was still a long time before the real dawn. "Do you have any ideas?"

"The last counterattack," said Ashu Rufate. "I have the last...my guard. Intact."

"Well," said Beller. His guards had suffered serious losses in the previous battles and had lost their combat effectiveness. "On the other side of Balanca... Well, if you try hard to choose, you should be able to get two hundred people." He chuckled. "Two hundred people, go and attack the 100,000 army."

"At dawn," said Ashu Rufate.

"The last chance." Berel agreed. "When it dawns, the Chaos Legion will find that some scattered our army are mixed among them. At this time, they will inevitably siege and eliminate those who are left behind... This will lead to chaos and ineffective internal command... in a short period of time."

"...If a raid is launched at this time, even a small army may break through the periphery and directly kill the enemy's chief general. Of course, it is only possible." Berel shook his head. "But you have to know that the opportunity for this matter is like throwing out ten dices at a glance, each of which is six."

"No matter how small the chance is, it is better than no chance." Ashu Rufate replied.

"If you stick to it until noon tomorrow, there will be hope." Berel suddenly said.

"Tomorrow at noon?"

"I sent someone to Gaohua City for help. As soon as possible, we will get reinforcements at noon tomorrow." Berel said hard. Even he knew that it would be too difficult to hold on until noon tomorrow.

The night is always an ally of the weak side, and it is no exception at this moment. Because of the night, the Chaos Legion can only follow and bite, but cannot launch a real large-scale offensive, and cannot defeat and destroy the enemy. But when the night passes, things will immediately turn the other way around.

"It should be able to hold on." Berel said to himself softly.

Ashu Rufate smiled in his heart. Beller did not have dark vision like him, so many things could only be guessed. So he didn't know why the Chaos Cavalry did not appear in the entire field battle, and it seemed that he did not participate in the pursuit battle at all. But Ashu Rufate had seen it long ago that the Chaos Legion placed the cavalry behind to maintain strength, and after dawn, they would launch a real attack. And the coalition side had no power to stop the cavalry.
Chapter completed!