Chapter 1558 The Rescue Mission Ends
The rescue mission ended successfully. Although it was not a perfect victory, the result of rescuing more than ten times the number of humans at the cost of only one airship and hundreds of casualties was beyond criticism.
Regardless of comparisons in terms of data and changes in morale, among the many humans who were successfully rescued from behind enemy lines, the casualties among the sergeants who performed the mission accounted for less than one percent of the number of those who went out. Such a result can be regarded as a great victory based on Midi's war habits.
Especially the people who were rescued were natives who had lived between the Suritan Empire in the north and the Gwana Empire in the south for a long time. With the people who had fled into the Gwana Empire before, they could more or less be related to each other and share some stories.
Among those who escaped first, many young men joined the defense line south of the Fengdi Mountain Range. Once you recognize your relatives with the rescued people, it doesn't matter who you are. Naturally, both parties burst into tears, recounting each other's sufferings during these days.
Although they were able to escape from that land and did not die from the ravages of the demon and orc alliance, only one-tenth of the original residents were there. But every time someone is rescued at a time like this, it always brings more hope to the living.
So even if there is a slight sacrifice, such a task still exerts great value. Both political and military.
But what makes the elders pay more attention is that all serious casualties are caused by "one" enemy! In particular, this enemy destroyed an airship on his own.
Although the airship was parked on the ground, it was invaded and destroyed by the enemy. But in the history of the Haider Empire, such enemies are targets that must be treated with caution and caution. Because if not taken seriously, there is no limit to the destructive power of such a strong man.
On the contrary, the demons who were wary from the beginning, as expected, would not interfere in the affairs of these humans who were surrounded or trapped by orcs. If there are demons to interfere, this mission will definitely add many variables.
After all, demons are not like orcs. Orcs are divided into ordinary orcs and a tall special species called strong orcs based on individual differences at most.
Although there are several major categories of demons, there are still differences between each demon. Moreover, among these differences that are difficult to classify, it is impossible to confirm whether there are individuals among them that can threaten the airship until they are encountered.
Fortunately, there was a strong man on the human side who could compete with him, a barbarian who hacked and killed Armida.
It's just that even the two most well-informed adventurer and mercenary guilds don't know the origin of this barbarian. It was as if he suddenly appeared out of nowhere from nowhere.
Some people also suspected that this barbarian was colluding with the devil and planned to gain trust and act as a spy.
The reason for this association is that although barbarians can be regarded as human beings, the barbarian tribes whose social system still maintains a fairly primitive appearance are not necessarily surrounded by humans.
Their beliefs and positions, just like the unique appearance derived from their active isolation from the general environment, have various combinations.
It wouldn’t be surprising if among these barbarians there were some heretics who believed in demons, cannibalism, and had anti-humanity as their lifelong goal.
Because they are in an isolated and independent environment, these heretical behaviors in the eyes of the outside world are completely normal in their respective tribes.
In other words, in addition to half-orcs and their branch strong orcs, there is also an alliance between barbarians and demons. In the eyes of everyone, it is not unimaginable, but it makes people think it is natural. Therefore, everyone is still more wary of this barbarian of unknown origin.
But since the other party did not come back with the airship, but stayed in the north of the mountains, in the area occupied by demons and orcs. Then no one can question the other person's motives, because no one can even ask. All I think about now are just guesses.
You can't go to the north of the mountain and capture this Amida who killed you for questioning. Capturing barbarians who could stand up to the powerful single-kill airships... This was an unreliable opinion. Everyone gave up after only turning it around in their minds.
The prerequisite for negotiating with such a strong person is that there is someone in your own camp who is strong enough to fight against him. this
Only in this way can we negotiate well while ensuring our own safety. After all, you never know when you will step on the opponent's sore spot, and then be violently killed by the opponent.
Don't ever think of the strong as the strong. In this mysterious place where the concept of law is not clear and strength is respected, the strong are the ones who are more able to do whatever they want than the nobles. If such a person is punished, it only proves that he is not strong enough.
And it's still wartime, so it's too late to win over, let alone the possibility of offending the other party. Therefore, everyone was surprisingly unanimous in their attitude towards killing Armida. That is to see the effects.
Putting aside the review related to the rescue mission, although the soldiers at the bottom were still immersed in the joy of a victory, the people responsible for planning and directing the entire war had already started discussing the next step.
With less than half of the winter left, there should be no more wars. This is the consensus of everyone.
But when the snow melts in spring, it must be the beginning of the war.
This time, it would not be like before. In order to raid the direction of the Gwana Empire, the demon and orc alliance hurriedly crossed the Wind Emperor Mountain Range and hit a head on the defense line with bloodshed.
This time when the enemy comes again, he must be fully prepared and a desperate fight with all his strength. Therefore, everyone is taking advantage of this winter to manage their own defense lines.
However, compared to sticking to the geographical location, the other faction's opinions are also quite strong. That was when the human coalition launched a counterattack and regained the lost ground on the north side of the mountain range.
The reason why this opinion became popular was that a by-product of the airship rescue operation was a map of the distribution and barracks of all demons and orcs north of the Wind Emperor Mountains.
Being able to detect the location and situation of human gathering points, it is impossible not to have demons and orcs. The latter may not have considered defense from the beginning, but just attacked and stationed wherever they went, so the overall formation seemed to be full of loopholes.
With such a layout, even some fledgling young officers can still devise ways to divide, surround, and then annihilate the enemy.
If not for anything else, just because every enemy army stationed on the spot is too scattered. Even after the snow melts, if they want to support each other at such a distance, it is estimated that the party surrounded by the surprise attack will be wiped out, and other enemies may not know what happened.
Because the disadvantage of the enemy's formation is too obvious, some people even suggested attacking before the snow melts to divide and defeat the enemy. But this exaggerated proposal was directly dismissed by the words "supply difficulties."
Soldiers marching with insufficient winter clothing. Even if you can win the battle in the early stage, you will starve if the supply is not good in the later stage. Is it possible that in order to win a few battles, we have to sacrifice the soldiers who attack?
Or do you expect them to rely on their faith to kill the enemy despite being cold or hungry? Those who dared to say such things were all appointed as commanders of special forces and recruited their own troops. If anyone is willing to follow them, take advantage of the late winter and cross the mountains!
No general with any brains would use this plan of killing a thousand enemies and damaging himself by eight hundred. That's what those people who are just talking about it and don't take any responsibility would say.
After they gained the power to recruit their own troops, they kept trying to deceive others at first, and even immediately focused on flying troops. But the end result is that no one believes in these people who joined at a later stage, have no idea where they come from, and call themselves military experts.
Needless to say, the regular legions and noble private armies of the two empires were each guarded by their own people. The man didn't nod, and no one was allowed to move.
The main forces from the civilian population were almost all civilians who had fought in the retreat battle or who had withdrawn from the north. How could they, who have suffered so much, believe in such beautiful words without any common sense?
Let’s first experience what it means to fight on an empty stomach! If you really understand this feeling, let’s formulate a strategy. Other than that, it doesn't matter how nice it is.
As for those new recruits who have also joined the defense line and have not experienced combat. Will they believe in these people who also have no meritorious achievements and can only speak eloquently, or will they believe in veterans who have fought hard battles? As long as your brain is not broken, you still have to choose who to trust?
Another compromise opinion is to hold on to the favorable location first and wait for the demon and orc coalition to fail and retreat again, and then the human coalition will take advantage of the situation.
Launch a counterattack. In this way, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.
The morale of the team that retreated due to defeat was already low and they could not withstand greater pressure. When chasing such an enemy, even if they are as brave as lions and tigers, they will turn into panicked rats and run away in a blink of an eye.
Even if the enemy's fresh troops further behind do not experience a major defeat, they will be impacted by the retreating rebel troops in front, or be affected by the emotion of defeat. Thereby affecting the performance of its combat effectiveness.
All three opinions have their supporters. Those who purely defend themselves are basically small countries in the south of the mountain range, as well as some small nobles of the Gwana Empire. They just want to protect the one-third of an acre of land they own, and they don't have much ambition.
The counter-attackers are naturally those who have lost their hometowns, as well as some young people who seek to make contributions. These people are also the group with the strongest fighting will, and there are some very famous adventurers or mercenaries among them.
Adventurers never seek stability. They are the most courageous group of people to challenge the unknown. After all, if you want stability, you shouldn't even step out of your home, you should just stay at home.
The situation of mercenaries is similar, but they need a better reputation and more outstanding achievements in order to increase their employment value.
There is nothing more similar to mercenaries than the young people of the Karlsruhe Empire. They also need to make achievements and become famous, so that they can have better leverage when inheriting the family business in the future, or recommending themselves to serve in a higher-status family.
However, most of these people are still rational. At least the opinion of sending troops despite the winter snow is in the minority among this group of people. Everyone desires to make meritorious deeds, not to die.
Among this vast crowd, are there people who do not seek fame or fortune and are not personally related to it? Old Mr. Kawei, who was allowing his staff to discuss as much as he wanted, suddenly thought of such a question.