The atmosphere in the city of Niustria is obviously different from usual.

The news of the defeat of the attacking troops had caused a commotion in the city, and the defeated soldiers returned in batches. Like other countries, Groney also had a strict military registration system, or a system of tracing deserters. This made the soldiers unable to escape - as long as the rule of this country did not collapse, they could only return to the camp and wait for their destiny.

That night, everyone was secretly discussing the war. Because the number of soldiers who were withdrawn in the end was indeed quite large, so any efforts to block the news were futile. Now, most of the soldiers in the entire city already knew the detailed process of the defeat of the outpost battle.

After Parry approached the Chaos Legion, the number of Chaos Legion further confirmed through scout reconnaissance - the intelligence was not wrong. The total strength of the Chaos Legion's front line was only about 3,000. Parry's troops were close to 9,000.

With two and a half times the force, the problem is no longer how to defeat the enemy, but how to achieve as many results as possible. Pari immediately decided to divide his troops into three groups and encircle and annihilate the enemy from three directions. He was very afraid that the enemy would escape immediately, but unexpectedly the enemy did not dodge or dodge at all, but came towards him head-on.

The battle process was unremarkable. The Chaos Legion did not take any tricks, and there was no cleverness in the formation. They just arranged a formation and charged, but the offensive was as unstoppable as thunder. Pari's formation made the mistake of underestimating the enemy, and the front was defeated directly by the Chaos Legion. The defeat of the first-line veterans directly led to the dispersion of inexperienced new recruits on the second-line, and the dispersion of the new recruits led to the complete defeat of the veterans. This process was so rapid and ruthless that before the left and right wings surrounded, the central troops commanded by Pari himself were completely defeated.

The Chaos Legion calmly turned back to face the enemy surrounded by both wings. After seeing the complete failure of the main force, the morale of the soldiers surrounded by both wings was extremely low. The Chaos Legion first left and then right, defeated the two troops in an orderly manner, and then everything became out of control. The officers completely lost control of the army, and all the soldiers rushed to escape, while the Chaos Legion chased them closely behind.

Fortunately, General Beral led a small army to defend the valley area in time. He accommodated the defeated soldiers and reorganized them. Beral is worthy of being a famous general. Relying on this army formed by a collapsed army, he actually defeated the Chaos Legion that was pursuing. Not only that, he showed the true style of a victorious general who had been through many battles on the battlefield, and killed the Chaos Champion who led the Chaos Chaser in a one-on-one single challenge.

Relying on General Belle's activity, things did not finally fall into control. Pari's army lost more than half, but finally had a retreat. In the end, the remnants were taken in by Belle and retreated to the city of Neustria. Similarly, the Chaos Legion did not dare to pursue further because of the defeat of Belle, and then retreated after rectifying the troops. Anyone who is interested can see that if Belle had not saved the battle situation in time, if the Chaos Legion occupied the intersection of the valley... Then, even if the troops that attacked this time were not wiped out, one out of ten would be left.

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"Can you feel that atmosphere?" Beller stood in front of the window and looked at the city of Neustria below. He was standing in Asu Ruffatt's room now, only the two of them, even if Robin was not there - as mentioned earlier, Robin was injured in his arm and could only be a wounded for the time being. "It seems that the atmosphere is a little nervous."

That's it, but Beller's tone was relaxed.

"This attack... is indeed a little too hasty." Ashu Rufate sat at his table, held his chin with his hand, and said softly. The military achievements of his subordinates are the military achievements of the main general, but the opposite is true: the failure of the subordinates is the failure of the main general.

"It's okay." Belle's face had no expression. "Our army lost 4,000, but the casualties of the Chaos Legion... will not be less than 2,000 people. And it is said that this time their casualties were all elite soldiers. It's a deal that doesn't make any profit or loss."

"How is Parry's going?"

"After a little injury, at least he has no worries about his life. The reason why he was quietly recuperating was probably more likely to be faceless to see people." Speaking of this, Beller's voice became a little regretful. "He is young and energetic and should not be responsible for such an attack mission. He is more suitable to lead the army to raid and hit the enemy's center of gravity..."

But no matter how you say it, Belar is very clear that there are naturally reasons why Asu Ruffat allowed Pari to lead his troops to attack. Some things, you can't feel the pressure on that position if you don't feel it.

The nine thousand people led by Pari this time were all soldiers from the former Northern Legion. This is also his basic foundation. Although this time was nominally a "coalition under the Church of the Gods of the Star Field". In fact, this "coalition" is indeed worthy of its name. Because this legion itself can be considered to be composed of three forces, standing under a banner to deal with the common enemy. To be honest, basically every senior general has his own direct troops. Belar's direct troops are 30,000 Tiberi soldiers, the direct troops of Ashrufate and Baranka are Groni Legion, and the direct troops of Pari are the Northern Legion troops that were originally stationed in the city of Nuestria.

As mentioned earlier, although this unit is theoretically a regular army in the Kingdom of Groney, it was actually completely under Rafa's control before. Its key tasks such as promotion of officers, employed soldiers, and paid military salaries were all decided by Rafa alone.

Of course, now is no longer as good as in the past. Pari no longer has the capital to be independent. But the mark left by Rafa on this army is very strong. Without a major purge or a major replacing, this mark cannot be erased. The problem is that a major purge, and a major replacing meant a sharp decline in the combat effectiveness of the army. In the current situation of such a great enemy, this kind of thing cannot be done. This is also the reason why Pari must become a deputy general, and only he can command this army freely.

"The Chaos Legion is so powerful..." Ashu Rufate thought. "According to information, Parry used the first battle formation formed by veterans and was torn and broken through from the front by the Chaos Legion. According to those soldiers, the Chaos Warrior's attack was as powerful as a mad tiger, and there was no way to stop it..."

"That is the elite unit of the Chaos Legion... If I'm not mistaken, it should be composed of Chaos God Selected Warriors. I have also seen the soldiers of the Chaos Legion in the past... As far as I know, they are mainly divided into three levels: Chaos Lord, Chaos Champion, and Chaos Warriors. Chaos Lord is almost equal to our king, grand duke, Chaos Champion means our duke, count, etc., and Chaos God Selected is almost equal to the knights of our country. Although the first two are strong, the number is too rare, and they can only serve as commanders or middle and high-level officers. The so-called Chaos God Selected is the elite among Chaos Warriors and the candidates for Chaos Champion. They are all veterans who have been on the battlefield and are considered to be protected by evil gods, so they are called the "Divine Choice" warriors."

"Have you ever fought with such elite troops?"

Berel recalled the battle with the Chaos Legion in the past. "I remember that the phalanx composed of Chaos God-Selected Warriors rushed towards me like this... Although they were mainly killed by muskets and cannons, they still defeated six and seven troops. However, although the Chaos God-Selected Warriors are the most elite troops, even if the Chaos Legion with a total of less than 50,000 or 60,000, there should be only one or two thousand such elite troops."

"Thousands..." Ashu Rufate pondered. From this point of view, this time might be a complete trap. Chaos deliberately sent a combat force that was weak on the surface but actually had extremely strong combat power in order to lure the coalition out and attack it. But this trap is difficult to see through. "Are they really afraid that I will send a large army to attack and annihilate this elite force in one fell swoop?"

"Even if this is a gamble, they have won the bet." Berel shrugged. "Besides, this is meaningless."

"Is it only one or two thousand?" Ashu Rufate considered this question. "If they put all their elites into such a gamble, then the Chaos Blood-Tooth Lord is really..."

"This is just an estimate." Beller added. "No one knows the specific combat power of the Chaos Legion this time... But at least, we can no longer underestimate the enemy as before, thinking that with three times the strength of the troops, we can win steadily. There is no way to make a decision about war. In fact, to be honest, this battle is not much inferior from the perspective of combat power. If he can march correctly, he dare not say that he will win, but at most it will be a small defeat and will not fall into the current situation."

Berel was right. Ashurufate found himself slowly beginning to understand the Chaos Lord’s idea. Perhaps this was not a trap, or rather a pure trap, but a “right-right” choice.

Lead an army with actual combat power far exceeding the surface. If the coalition forces do not move, then the Blood-Tooth Lord can naturally attack the small city. If the coalition forces are dispatched, then take advantage of the situation to teach the enemy a severe lesson. The coalition forces will dispatch a real army... If this happens, then the Chaos Scouts will be able to inform him in time and let him retreat.

This is the benefit of blocking the battlefield. Regardless of small-scale troops, a real large-scale army is absolutely unable to escape the scout's reconnaissance. The Chaos Legion won the scout war, so the coalition's large-scale operations cannot avoid their eyes. On the contrary, because they were completely defeated in the scout war, Ashrufate knew nothing about the large-scale mobilization of Chaos, just like a blind man.

"Don't worry, general," Berel looked at Ashu Rufate's expression and suddenly smiled. "A small defeat does not affect the overall situation. But what I care about is the strength shown by the Chaos Legion in this battle..."

"By the way, Lord Beller," Ashurufate asked suddenly. "The last time you led your army to defeat the Chaos Legion... you should have encountered a similar situation as ours this time. The Chaos Raider Cavalry is stronger and more powerful than the light cavalry of our army. So, how did you do to solve this problem at that time?"

"If you insist on saying something, you won't do anything." Berel thought for a moment and replied. "In fact, I don't care about this. Anyway, the year-long siege battle in Sarek has exhausted the Chaos Legion's spirit, so they have very little choice in their actions, only a few, and it's easy to guess."
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