Chapter 140： meteor

On the side of the road, in a temporary camp, a few soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire standing guard were looking at the road with frustration, line by line of friendly troops retreating westward. Before these brightly armored soldiers had time to enter the cruel battlefield, they were ordered to begin to retreat.

The flanking attack of the Ailan Hill Empire worked, and the Holy Demon Empire had to abandon its plan to attack Higgsnar and withdraw its troops from the protrusion as soon as possible, so as not to form a huge encirclement and ruin its own vital power.

About 30,000 people are destined to be surrounded in this huge encirclement, and the remaining tens of thousands seem to have a chance to escape. How long has the Holy Demon Empire not experienced such a disastrous defeat? Maybe they don't even remember it.

Once upon a time, when facing a mortal empire, they didn't even need to use a powerful magic army. Only relying on the dragon knight and the giant horse cavalry, they could easily defeat their opponents.

They are accustomed to exploiting the mortal empire, and they are accustomed to seeing themselves as gods above all mortals. But today, they have to remember a cruel fact, that is, they are not gods, and it is not the weak ants who are oppressed by them...

"Have you heard? The 4th Army is in charge of the queen..." A soldier stared at the elite infantry with long guns in the distance, and said: "We will begin to retreat tomorrow... I hope that the opponent's aircraft will not fly to make trouble... …"

The comrades standing next to him were holding a straw stick in his mouth, and seemed to be unable to care about the status of a decent magician: "Is that right? I heard that when the 1st Legion retreated yesterday, a large group of opponent's aircraft was dispatched, and it hit 1 The legion can't lift its head, that's a miserable one."

"More than two thousand people can be wiped out in a day, and who can survive this war game." The soldier who spoke first put his hand on the long sword, very worthless for his colleagues who died. He sighed while shaking his head.

The loss of the Saint Demon Empire is completely impossible to make up for this time. Maybe the Norma Empire will have to spit out the benefits of eating it. The immediate failure caused the Holy Demon Empire to lose a large number of magicians, and it may not be able to recover its vitality in a few years.

What's more terrifying is that the current Ailan Hill Empire is willing to cease the war is still unknown. If the opponent insists on fighting, then how the Holy Demon Empire will end is a serious problem.

War is a very strange thing. You can choose when to start, but there is no way to choose when to end. Even the victorious side cannot control the time of the truce. This is the uncertainty of war.

"At that time it will be lively... more than 30,000 prisoners of the Holy Demon Empire...you dare to believe? The chief consul estimated that his nose is crooked, how much does he have to pay to return these prisoners?" Another soldier took with him. A bit resentful, he said sarcastically.

Everyone was not willing to fight this war. After all, the war against the Norma Empire had almost exhausted the enthusiasm of the civilians in the Holy Demon Empire. At the beginning, everyone thought that the invasion of Higgs was just a small war against the mortal empire, so the voice of opposition was not so harsh.

But now, the war has entered a dead end, the Holy Demon Empire has no way to win, and even peace has become somewhat impossible, which makes the people who have long lost patience begin to be dissatisfied with the decision of the parliament.

The people are determined that not only the common people of the mortal empire are unwilling to fight for a long time, but the people of the magic empire are also human beings, and they are unwilling to pay for the endless wars.

"We have never fought such a stubborn war...Even if the Eternal Empire taught us, we have never fought so miserably..." The soldier who spoke first said with a wry smile.

He is also a veteran, and has participated in the war against the eternal empire. The two sides are still at the same level of combat power. Although the eternal empire is stronger and the magic is stronger, but everyone can barely fight against it, and will not lose like this.

But as a magic empire, everyone knows that the eternal empire is nothing more than a magic empire that is stronger than the holy demon empire. To the west of the eternal empire, that ancient and mysterious country is truly powerful.

"I don't know what this Ailan Hill can develop into..." Another soldier whispered while looking at the remnants and defeated soldiers passing by their camp.

In front of his eyes, behind the soldiers who had just passed by, were the wounded who couldn't see their heads. Some wounded were lying on the horse-drawn carriage, and some were lying on the shelf carried by the back of the mountain mover.

More wounded people can only walk on their own legs, with their injured arms slung or thick bandages on their heads, their expressions are lonely and depressed, as if they have lost their souls, walking westward step by step.

This is the path they took when they came, and now they can only follow this path and go back to where they started. After paying a heavy price and sacrificing their friends or relatives, they got nothing but a painful memory in exchange.

On the second day after Ailan Hill started the southern counterattack, the combat troops of the Holy Demon Empire began to retreat. They abandoned the entire protrusion, leaving only part of the army to support their defense.

These left-behind troops are destined to stay here, but no one knows how much the retreating troops can withdraw.

The Airanhill forces that control the Rozrol area are trying to expand their results. They stormed north and east, and are gradually narrowing the pockets of the encirclement circle.

The forces of the Holy Demon Empire that had lost air cover moved very slowly, and they had to act at night to avoid threats from the opposing air force.

Regrettably, neither the dragon knights nor the giant horse cavalry is an ideal unit for night operations. Therefore, whether it is to attack by night or to retreat by night, for the troops of the Holy Demon Empire Said, it is not easy.

After all, human beings are still not accustomed to activities at night. This habit is universal whether it is a mortal or a magician.

At this moment, all the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire are waiting for their destiny with anxiety. The victory of the Holy Demon Empire, which has been maintained since its birth, has been ruthlessly broken in this battle. For the soldiers of the Holy Demon Empire, the times have changed.

No one knows what kind of situation the Holy Demon Empire will face next, because no one knows what will happen to a magic empire being defeated by a mortal empire.

On the Ailan Hill side, the situation is not very optimistic. The Higgs area is working hard to absorb the wounded on the front line. The price paid by the victorious Ailan Hill this time is a bit more than anyone can imagine. .

On the frontal battlefield, successive losses exceeded 100,000. The magician troops of the Holy Demon Empire are not in vain. While their dragon knight troops were slaughtered by fighter jets, they also caused huge casualties to the ground troops on Ailan Hill.

Most of the combat units under the Second Army have lost their offensive capabilities, so that subsequent counterattacks can only be carried out by second-line units such as the garrison. Under the cover of part of the main force of the 2nd Army, 10 garrison regiments launched their first counterattack, and successfully drove the Holy Demon Empire back to a place 100 kilometers away from Higgsnar.

The encirclement was being compressed, and the Holy Demon Empire, which had been unable to reinforce it, gave up the supply of troops in the encirclement. The rapid consumption of the magic replenishment liquid reserve is the biggest enemy of the Holy Demon Empire's troops.

After all, they can't get magic supplies in the Forbidden Domain, so this way of relying solely on logistics supplies makes them even more afraid of being surrounded.

It's just that the encirclement is about to be formed now, and it has become a fact that the Saint Demon Empire army in the pocket cannot be supplied. Then only one sentence can describe the Saint Demon Empire army in the encirclement now that they have not much time left.

Compared with the Saint Demon Empire troops in desperate situation, the current Ailan Hill troops at least have an absolute advantage in logistical supplies. Countless supplies and mobilized soldiers are heading to the front.

Although the Holy Demon Empire has an obvious advantage in the battle damage ratio, the Mortal Empire also has its own advantage in terms of military strength. Ailan Hill has mobilized more than 2 million troops, and this amount of the Holy Demon Empire cannot be made up anyway.

The training system of magicians determines that their number will not be too much, and the replenishment speed of the magic army naturally cannot keep up with the second-line Ailan Hill garrison that can go to the front line after dozens of training days...

When Ailan Hill’s troops continued to be sent to the front line, and even the construction of the rear was not delayed, the Holy Demon Empire had to fight on two fronts and it was difficult to mobilize the troops, so it could only watch its opponents constantly. Grow up.

This point can be clearly seen from the comparison of the forces of the two air forces: the forces of the two sides were evenly matched before, but now, the sky has been occupied by Ailan Hill’s fighters, and the number of these flying mortal weapons is increasing. many……

"The only thing we can hope for now is the mediation of the Eternal Empire..." Looking at the soldiers with broken armor and wounds, as if looking at their own future, this ordinary soldier of the Holy Demon Empire said with a wry smile.

"Eternal Empire? They will take care of our life and death? I guess the only thing that can help us this time is..." The same heavy comrades nodded and agreed with him.

Hearing what the other party said, the soldier seemed to see a glimmer of hope, and said, "Yes...Look at the real gods, are you willing to give us a chance."

While they were talking, above their heads, in the distant sky, a meteor pierced the sky.