Chapter 889 [0886] Two-Way Retreat

Once upon a time, Demacia and Noxus were bitter enemies.

The two sides have fought many battles at Green Teeth Peak and Mourn Gate. Although they both ended in Demacia's victory, if you look at the map, you will find that both Green Teeth Peak and Mourn Gate are Demacia. On the border, although Noxus was the losing side, this was an offensive campaign.

Overall, the Noxus Empire is more powerful, and Noxus has always had the upper hand in conflicts on the Valoran continent.

Although the Demacians' elite military policy prevents Noxus from easily breaking through its eastern defense line, the fact that it is passively beaten cannot be changed. Even in the diplomatic game of Valoran, Noxus has no bottom line. They often gain the upper hand.

However, with the Shurima strategy having little effect and the Ionian War failing, the internal shortcomings of Noxus became increasingly apparent. At this time, Demacia was also having a lot of troubles due to the differential treatment of the ban on magic. This behemoth was sinking together, but with the emergence of Lux, everything changed.

In the Battle of Tobitsia, Swain, who had put all his chips on the line, was defeated and died due to the successive betrayals of Black Rose and Ramo. The Noxus Empire fell into pieces. From then on, the fate of the two countries finally became completely different. different directions.

Before sending troops, Darius had actually done a good job of psychological construction. In his opinion, although Demacia also experienced a civil war, their country at least remained intact. No matter whether Noxus is now In terms of economic level and military strength, it cannot compare with Demacia.

Therefore, in this battle that took many years, Darius very carefully placed himself on the weaker side. Instead of fighting head-on, he chose a pincer offensive in order to gain victory in a disadvantaged situation. victory.

Unfortunately, what he doesn't know is that after the normalization of magic, the internationalization of trade, and the industrialization of industry, Demacia now is completely different from Demacia twenty years ago.

What Darius thought was "thinking from the weak side" was actually arrogant.

He simply doesn't know that Noxus is no longer qualified to regard itself as a country equal to Demacia!

This is also the fundamental reason why Darius' plan is regarded as a bad idea by Lux. When the gap between the two sides is large enough, only a seemingly very passive defense is the only way to achieve delay.

Unfortunately, Darius understood all this too late.

When the Trifari elite returned with the struggling Tamara and brought back Draven's final order, Darius was stunned on the spot.

The thumb of his left hand that was stroking the blade of the saber was cut, and bright red blood dripped to the ground, but he didn't seem to notice it.

The meaning behind this order...he knew it all too well.

At this moment, Darius could barely breathe - but as the Lord Commander of Noxus, he had no time to grieve.

"Retreat." The voice squeezed out of his throat and brewed in his mouth for a few seconds before it came out from between his teeth, "Go back to Dalmo, back to the Immortal Fortress, the Demacians' target is not us! "

The orderly soldier was startled by this order.

"Everyone, retreat." Darius repeated, "Get out of the way, show our sincerity, capture the Frostguard Priest - no, kill her directly, and then give her body to Dema West Asia, she's going to take it all."

The messengers left quickly.

Around Darius, many staff officers looked embarrassed.

The excuse for starting a war can be fooled, but how can the reason for a truce be that simple?

"If the Frost Guard priest is not enough, add the priest group." Darius glanced over their bodies, as if seeing through their worries and helplessness, "Then add mine."

At this moment, the strategists of the staff department all widened their eyes. They looked at the commander in disbelief, not expecting that he would

make such a decision.

"Retreat, I will break up the rear with the commander's personal guards."

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The battle lasted less than two hours and ended with the victory of the Demacia Northern Expedition.

When the Noxians were completely defeated and retreated in large numbers on the western front, the eastern front troops also immediately retreated deep into the forest. When Darius led his personal guards to cut off the rear, most of the main troops Successfully evacuated the battlefield.

Afterwards, statistics showed that the five war groups on the Western Front of Noxus, including the most elite Trifari Chapter, had almost all lost their strength. When these five war groups left the city of Forcalodna, they still had their main forces. The number of soldiers was close to 3,000, but those who voluntarily returned to the Immortal Fortress or other cities to reorganize after the war, the total number was less than 3,000.

Literally ten out of ten.

Among the more than 20,000 people who lost their lives, no more than half probably died on the battlefield. The other half were completely shattered by this crushing battle. They no longer had the courage to fight, and even suffered from serious illnesses. Mental illness, or simply being haunted by demons.

In contrast, the casualties on the Demacia side did not even reach four figures, and except for a few unlucky ones, most of them were only minor injuries.

On the contrary, on the eastern front, in order to deal with the Noxian attack, Demacia suffered about 2,000 casualties and achieved an exchange ratio of close to one to two during the battle.

Although the seven Noxian war groups on the eastern front lost less than 4,000 people in the initial echelon charge, in the subsequent retreat, even though Darius personally led the commander's guards to cover the rear and used all the black gunpowder reserves to set off a big firework to stop the enemy, the direct casualties and non-combat casualties exceeded 5,000 under the continuous pursuit of the Northern Expedition Army with spells.

The 40,000-man Eastern Front army lost a quarter in one battle, and most of the supply equipment was lost. The total loss was no less than the previous Battle of Tobysia!

At this point, Noxus's mobile forces were almost emptied, and the reserves of food and equipment were almost exhausted. The earth dragon lizards could only guarantee subsequent breeding, and two species of Asian dragon dogs were completely extinct. The reserves of black gunpowder were emptied, and the Black Forest independence movement that had just been suppressed was surging again.

It can be foreseen that the Noxians' steps to rebuild the empire have been completely interrupted. What they have to consider next is not how to rebuild the Noxian Empire, but how to prevent the current Noxus from continuing to split!

Of course, before considering this issue, Noxus still needs to face a humiliating and difficult choice: negotiate with Demacia.

A complete failure on the battlefield means no initiative at the negotiation table. At this moment, Noxus' only hope is that the Demacians are more concerned about the situation in Freljord and are unwilling to pursue Noxus relentlessly - otherwise, from the current situation, as long as the Demacians are willing, they can even drive straight from the Dalmore Plains to the Immortal Fortress.

And once things develop to that point, Noxus will completely cease to exist.

From this perspective, the Noxians are lucky.

Although Lux won the Battle of Turkgul, she really didn't have the time to continue to pursue Noxus relentlessly.

As this battle shows, Noxus is no longer qualified to be Demacia's opponent. Although they still regard themselves as a great power, compared with Demacia, they have long been others.

After the Battle of Turkgul completely destroyed Noxus, there was no point for Demacia to go any further. Now, all Lux needed was Turkgul, a stable logistics channel.

Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides were completed quickly, faster than the aunties buying vegetables in the market.

Noxus will hand over all the priests of the Frostguard tribe, and Darius will step down.

In addition, the entire Black Forest area will be changed from a Noxian autonomous territory to a "neutral channel temporarily managed by Demacia", and all the buildings owned by Noxus in the Black Forest area will belong to Demacia.

Demacia will stop its offensive to the east, and the range of action of the Noxian army will be limited to the Dalmo Plain.

For the military equipment and supplies obtained by Demacia, Noxus will buy them at a discount with food or other supplies; and the captured Noxian soldiers can also be redeemed by Noxus with money and supplies.

There are some other minor details. Although Lux wanted to take this opportunity to reach some economic "cooperation" with Noxus and make Noxus a part of Demacia's production and trade, she really didn't have the time now.

Even after the war, the Northern Expedition Army could not rest for a few days and had to rush north.

And there was only one reason for all this: Avarosa was a little overwhelmed.

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While Demacia and Noxus were confronting and fighting, Avarosa and Frost Guard were also confronting and fighting around Fokarodna.

At the beginning, it was the Avarosa people, led by Ashe, who were stationed on the west side of Fokarodna in a semi-encirclement and harassed it from time to time.

Although the Avarosa people's projectile ability was okay, with the Frost Guard priests in the city and the main body of the city wall relatively intact, it was impossible to take Fokarodna with arrows and slingshots alone.

Considering that the Demacia reinforcements were on their way and that their team included spellcasters and professional siege units, Ashe was able to maintain a semi-encirclement.

However, just as the Noxians began to try to delay the Northern Expedition and buy time with the pincer attack, the Frostguard warriors in Fokarodna, who were still in a defensive posture, suddenly took the initiative to leave the city and launched an attack on the Avarosa camp.

Since Ashe had been prepared, the effect of this attack was not very good, and it looked a bit like giving away heads.

However, Ashe, who thought that the Frostguard tribe was anxious, had not been happy for two days before the news of Lissandra's personal arrival struck her like lightning.

The Frost Witch... is here?

Although Ashe is the leader of the Avarosa tribe, has the Avarosa longbow in her hand, and is also recognized as the "Avarosa descendant" by the Rakstak League, the Frost Witch is a formal and traceable descendant of Lissandra, and even her name has inherited Lissandra.

(Of course, Lissandra has always been the same Lissandra, but most people in Freljord don't know it.)

In this comparison, Ashe, who used to have a good appeal, suddenly seems to have less appeal.

And appeal, in Freljord, has always been summed up by reputation.

Due to the relatively primitive social structure, in the tribal-based Freljord society, Avarosa's "expedition" from Rakstak to Fokarodna could not be completely solved by itself.

Although the dairy products produced by the large livestock carried by the army could solve some of the supplies, and Avarosa had previously stockpiled a lot of food, it was still too late to rely on a little bit of transportation.

In this case, the tribes in the area near the battlefield and the tribes along the way from Rakstak to Fokarodna would become part of Avarosa's supply.

Avarosa's supply line largely depends on the assistance and trade of nearby tribes-even if the Demacia Northern Expedition Army needs countries along the way to open trade, the Avarosa tribe is undoubtedly more dependent on the tribes along the way.

Since the Rakstak Alliance was held not long ago, most of these tribes would give Ashe a face, and Avarosa's supply line had no problem.

However, with the arrival of the Frost Witch, the situation suddenly changed.

The tribes that had been fully supporting Avarosa's logistics began to hesitate because the Frost Witch was also famous and they did not want to offend her.

In this case, the originally smooth Avarosa logistics transportation was significantly delayed.

At the same time, the battles around the city of Fokarodna also began to become abnormal - along with the Frost Witch, there were also a large number of Frost Guard Warriors and Frost Guard Priests.

The former were ice-blooded warriors who could easily tear apart the Avarosa's front line in a local battlefield, and even directly cause a large-scale collapse.

The latter were the strongest spellcasters in Freljord. Even though this was not their strongest winter, these Frost Guard Priests still brought astonishing losses to the Avarosa people, forcing Ashe to temporarily avoid the edge.

If it was just like this, the situation would not be hopeless.

What really dealt a fatal blow to Avarosa was a personal attack by Lissandra.

At that time, the Avarosans only saw Lissandra, who was like a queen, from afar. Then the climate around the entire Forkarodna changed suddenly. The originally mild weather suddenly cooled down, and a few moments later, heavy snow began to fall.

In the heavy snow, the Frost Guard priests blessed the Frost Guard Warriors to launch a tidal attack, which defeated the main force of the Avarosan front army at once. It was not until Ashe took action personally that the situation was barely stabilized.

When the Noxians retreated, Avarosan also retreated.

Kalya's small class · Frost Guard Warrior:

In East Freljord, there is often a famous warrior who suddenly disappears - the result may be that he died in a battle, or he may be conquered by the Frost Witch and become a Frost Guard Warrior.