Five Hundred and Forty-Three Passes
The battered General Safiral was sitting in his headquarters, because he hadn't been on the front line to directly fight the enemy for a long time. As a great magister, he was already slightly fatter now.
Although he can still wear his previous armor, everyone can see that this armor is no longer suitable for him.
Staring at the battle map in front of him, General Safiral was used to the gifts from Alan Hill. This map was drawn by Alan Hill, and all the terrain was accurately marked, almost exactly.
This is very scary. In the magical age of the past, having such a detailed map was simply unimaginable. All commanders can only frequently send out scouts to obtain terrain information around them.
Summarizing all this information in one's own mind, and then directing troops to use these terrains to fight is a skill that a senior commander must learn.
But now, this kind of skill doesn't seem to be so important, because a huge map is just in front of everyone's eyes, and it can be clearly arranged no matter how it needs to be arranged, and there is no need to work hard to compare it.
"The devil has invested a large number of demon dogs in the front, and our 1st Army Group is trapped in place... If we can't rush to help the Volan Pass, then our defense line will be in danger." A general said in a low tone, pointing to the map Said to the gloomy-faced Safiral about the important defense node marked last.
The general, who has always had no affection for Alan Hill, is now feeling very heavy, because the devil's counterattack has made many of his previous decisions serious mistakes.
As an opposition within Greckon, Safiral has always been a little wary of Elan Hill. It seemed to him an annoyance that someone else's army was stationed in Grekon's territory.
So he tried his best to squeeze away the 9th Army Group deployed by Alan Hill on the front line of Grecon, and squeezed this force to the second line to rest.
Because the demon forces at that time had been defeated, and the main force of the demons marching eastward had also been annihilated by nuclear bombs. Grekon was filled with joy of victory, and more people supported General Safiral.
Everyone thinks that the unsightly 9th Army of Alan Hill should be placed in the second-line defensive position first, and then find a reason to send away this hard-to-please and hard-to-send god in a few days, so that the complete sovereignty of Grecon can be restored up.
Therefore, in order to take the overall situation into consideration, General Alfred, who took over the command of Princess Cape Luna and temporarily commanded the 9th Army Group, ordered the troops to retreat and stationed in the front line of Alan to rest.
And the Grecon opposition who have achieved their goal,
Started to find a way to get the 9th Army to roll to the territory of the Eternal Empire to station...
As a result, this proposal was vetoed by Longsard Lafayant of Greckon, so today's 9th Army Group is still stationed in Alan, which can also ensure the safety of Greckon's northern line.
It's just that now, the demons on the safe northern front are not attacking. On the contrary, the demon troops have concentrated their superior forces and pinched the central cluster of Grekon, which is the soft persimmon composed of magisters, dragon knights, and giant horse cavalry!
The Wolan Pass is a relatively important defensive position guarded by the Magic Legion. If the pass is breached by the demon forces, then whether it is to attack Alan to the north and attack the flank of the 9th Army Group, or to turn south and attack the flank of the 1st Army of Greikan, it will gain a huge battle advantage.
"Order the 1st Army to go up for reinforcements! Be sure to thwart the demon's attack!" Safiral finally made his own judgment and pressed the most elite troops in his hands to reduce the combat pressure on the front line.
The 1st Legion is the main force of Grecon's mages, and their combat effectiveness is still very strong. This army has dragon knights and a large number of magicians, and it has always been the absolute main force of Greckon's army before Greckon formed the Alan Hill standard army.
Even now, Greckon has the 1st and 2nd Armies of the Alan Hill model, and the 1st Army is still the main force, receiving the first-level logistics supplies and salary treatment.
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In the Wolan pass, the tall city wall had already collapsed, and the collapsed rubble was scattered on both sides of the city wall, making these originally strong fortifications look like a mound.
The fortifications here were destroyed during the last demonic invasion. After being recaptured from the demonic army, although they have been repaired, they still have not been able to return to their original level.
The original tall city wall is now only partly left, and the rest is a parapet built temporarily with stone strips and sandbags.
Standing behind these fortifications are Grekon's traditional infantry, armed with huge shields and spears burning with magical flames, facing the sea-like demons, fighting non-stop.
"The soldiers in the first row retreat! Replenish the magic energy liquid! The soldiers in the second row step forward! Raise the shield!" A commander pointed forward with a long sword in his hand, and loudly ordered the soldiers in front of him to take turns.
Above the crowded phalanx, a thick magic defense barrier blocked some flying fireball magic. From the gap in the shield wall directly in front, spears were stabbed one after another, stabbing the demon soldiers who rushed to the front to death. .
From time to time, some soldiers fell down with arrows. These black bows and arrows, quenched with the poison prepared by the devil, would occasionally pierce the gaps in the armor.
Farther away, the huge demon troops are trying to break through the Grekken soldiers who are no longer protected by the city walls, and these Grekken soldiers still behave very well when facing enemies three times their height. tenacious.
Countless magic attacks the giant warriors of these demon troops. A series of fireballs or lightning hit the target, beating these house-like behemoths howling endlessly.
A giant dragon tore apart a struggling demon bat, and then spewed huge dragon flames at the demon troops under its feet.
Under the control of the dragon knight, it quickly swept across the phalanx of the demon army, and the endless dragon flames followed its dive, engulfing all the demons in a straight line.
"Ah!" The armor on the demon body ignited by the dragon flames melted, and the flesh and blood inside the armor instantly became scorched black. These demons screamed and struggled in the flames. In just a few seconds, they were scorched into charcoal and shattered in the flames.
While the giant dragon was slaughtering the demon army, the demon army was also constantly compressing the human line of defense.
On the huge city wall, a demon climbed up to the top of the city, and before he could wave the weapon in his hand, he was pushed down by the oncoming spear.
He screamed and the ladder under his feet fell backwards, smashing into the devil's phalanx, causing another scream.
After the soldiers on the city wall overturned the ladder, they immediately took two steps back. The archers behind them continued to move forward, pulling their bowstrings tight against the dense crowd of demons below the city.
"Let go!" Behind the crenel, Commander Greckon, wearing a visor, shouted loudly. Following his shout, all the archers on the top of the city let go of their bowstring palms almost at the same time.
"Boom!" There was a vibration of the bowstring, and a row of bows and arrows swooped into the phalanx formed by the demon troops.
Some of those demons also held shields, but more demons had no defense. They only wore armor, but those armors could not stop the magic bows and arrows fired by Grekon soldiers.
So, the moment these bows and arrows crashed into the crowd, a large group of demon troops fell down. However, the follow-up demons immediately took the place of their companions, and behind them was another fully formed demon phalanx, which was constantly crowding forward.
"Where are the reinforcements? Haven't the reinforcements arrived yet?" The officer standing at the top of the city looked at the tiredness of his subordinates and loudly asked another officer in the distance.
The officer was helping a soldier who was hit by a devil's bow and arrow to stop the bleeding. He turned his head covered in blood and replied loudly, "The message for reinforcements was sent out an hour ago!"
Just as he turned his head to shout, a dragon knight in the distance was directly hit by the fireball and fell behind the phalanx of the demon army.
The place where it fell was soon surrounded by demons, and just a few seconds later, the dragon knight who persisted in fighting until the last moment was submerged in the crowd of demon troops.
"Fireball!" On the low parapet, after the human troop launched a row of magic attacks, the demon troop stepped on the burning corpse of their companion and rushed up again. Then the human magician unleashed a new volley of fireballs, driving back the demons near the parapet.
The two sides saw each other back and forth like this, and the troops on the human side who were out of ammunition and food began to increase little by little.
"Let the giant horse cavalry charge back! If you slow down, it will be too late." The leading officer shouted hysterically.
"But...they rush in, and they may not be able to come back!" An officer slashed the demon in front of him, and replied in a mournful voice.
"This is an order! For Grecon!" The leading officer insisted on his order regardless.
"Yes! Sir!" Hearing the order, the officer took two steps back, looked at the bloody soldiers on the ground, and gritted his teeth: "Let the giant horse cavalry charge back! Immediately! Immediately!"
Not long after, a heavy armored cavalry appeared on the battlefield. They waved their spears, facing the demon army like the ocean, and clamped their horses belly.
"Drive! Drive!" These knights put on their visors, yelled loudly, leveled their spears, and moved slowly towards the black ocean.
"Long live Grecon!" The moment they ran fast, all the cavalry shouted together, shaking the heavens and the earth.