The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 559: They Cannot Afford This

The commander of the Lake Sword Legion is a decent commander, and his battlefield instincts are sharp.But he is wrong about one thing. The legion attacking from behind is not one of the second-rate armies he has encountered before.

And the legion he wants to attack is not soft either.

Under the light of flames rising into the sky, Grand Duke Kolen sees the change on the battlefield through his telescope, and his expression changes sharply.

"Not good. That idiot Dalhan is going to ruin everything! Does he not even look at the enemy banner? The force coming from behind is Peace Haven's Second Garrison Legion."

"That is one of Peace Haven's elite legions. Why does he think his two thousand-man teams can withstand the enemy's assault?"

After cursing, Grand Duke Kolen says anxiously, "Go. Send someone to notify Lumir. Have them dispatch the Water Fairy Knights to clean up the situation."

"They must stop the advance of Peace Haven's Second Garrison Legion, or something disastrous will happen."

Then Kolen gives another order. "Notify Viscount Obian. Have him lead the Second Guard Legion to receive the Golden Flame Legion and help them withdraw."

Although he has already made arrangements, Kolen's expression is still ugly.

"Your Highness, we cannot protect Lumir's side. Right now, we can only preserve our own strength."

Prince Kullen says he understands as well. Lumir's army truly cannot stop Peace Haven's surprise attack.

While they are discussing the consequences that will follow, the battlefield changes again.

First, the two thousand-man teams left behind by the Lake Sword Legion truly cannot stop Orus's advance.

Second, Dalhan's Lake Sword Legion does not break through Augusta's rear line.

Finally, and most importantly, the Golden Flame Legion has fallen into a disadvantage, and its flank has suddenly been broken through.

There is no firelight in that direction, and sight is poor. The commander of the Golden Flame Legion has not placed much defensive strength there.

As a result, Peace Haven's warriors really do attack from there again.

By the time the commander of the Golden Flame Legion realizes that something is wrong, two of Peace Haven's thousand-man teams have already broken into his formation and thrown the defensive line into a complete mess.

Through the chain reaction, a gap also appears at the front of the line.

After that, the entire legion falls into complete chaos.

The Second Garrison Legion from behind also plunges into the Lake Sword Legion's battle line.

Before Grand Duke Kolen can respond, another recently reorganized Lumir legion plunges headfirst into the battlefield.

The situation grows even more chaotic, and Kolen and the others start cursing furiously.

Kolen grabs the Lumir envoy by the collar and roars, "Where are your Water Fairy Knights? Why are they not moving?"

"Now! Immediately! At once! Have Dilio send out the Water Fairy Knights to divide the battlefield and buy a chance to reorganize the formations!"

After the envoy is driven away, Grand Duke Kolen sighs. "This really is a terrible night. Why are Peace Haven's soldiers able to fight at night?"

"Can their soldiers see clearly? Is their vision not affected? Did they use some supernatural spell?"

The core of the entire night raid is that Peace Haven's soldiers do not suffer from night blindness.

Even the soldiers of Ika's ace legions do not eat meat every day.

When nutrition is lacking, night blindness appears. At night, even with auxiliary light sources such as moonlight, people can be nearly blind.

That is why in the few days before a major battle, soldiers are fed very well and given meat every day.

The goal is to make up for night blindness as much as possible. But this kind of last-minute effort is still no match for Peace Haven soldiers who are already well nourished.

For other forces, the greatest expense in building an army is weapons and equipment.

But for Peace Haven, the greatest expense is recruit training and the daily costs that follow.

For each legion's annual budget, one-third is wages, one-third is the replacement and renewal of weapons and equipment, and the remaining one-third is all living expenses.

Not to mention that Peace Haven soldiers begin night combat training as early as selection in the recruit camp.

After they are assigned to a legion, every legion trains for night battles more than ten times each year.

Night battle training is not just about being able to see things clearly.

Marching formations, assault and defensive formations, cooperation between troop types, transmission of signals and orders... this is an entire system.

Even for a modernized army, night fighting is a difficult subject.

Henwell's heavy investment in the army finally receives its proper return at this moment.

So what is the situation on Lumir's side right now?

The Water Fairy Knights cannot move, because more than three thousand Peace Haven soldiers have already assaulted nearby.

Once the Water Fairy Knights leave, Prince Dilio will very quickly be captured.

Take Dilio and charge out with him?

What kind of joke is that?

He is not a member of the knight order and has not gone through Fighting Spirit linkage training. Charging with them would be extremely dangerous.

If he dies on the battlefield, the problem becomes even more serious.

Dilio himself does not want to take the risk either.

Should the Water Fairy Knights go and wipe out the nearby Peace Haven elite infantry?

It is still the same problem. Do they take Jorkson with them?

If they do not take him, then when they choose a hundred-man team to charge, Dilio might still be captured.

If they take him, that is dangerous too.

Could they split the knight order into small teams and wipe out the thirty-odd hundred-man teams one by one?

They could.

But it does not work.

They have already tried. Small teams of a dozen knights launched surprise attacks on the hundred-man teams of the First Garrison Legion.

But not a single knight among those dozen survives, and they cause very little damage to the hundred-man team once it is in formation.

Then they raise the stakes.

Thirty knights in one group, with a casualty exchange of one to two.

They are still wiped out completely, while more than forty men in that hundred-man team remain and continue holding their defensive line.

Fifty knights in one group, with a casualty exchange of one to three. A dozen or so knights survive.

The Peace Haven hundred-man team has no survivors, but not one of them retreats either.

What if the knights also form a hundred-man team?

The result is even worse. Three Peace Haven hundred-man teams quickly converge, then block the charge under the strikes of Heart-Piercing Lotus from more than a dozen centurions and deputy captains.

Before this hundred-knight team can withdraw, several hundred-man teams on both sides rapidly close in.

In the end, they kill this hundred-knight team by force.

So now, the Water Fairy Knights can neither advance nor retreat.

They truly no longer dare test the enemy. After several rounds of struggle, nearly three hundred knights have died, while they have killed only a little over seven hundred Peace Haven warriors.

In their view, this is extremely not worth it.

In addition, once a gap appears, several hundred-man teams immediately receive the signal, move over in support, and block the opening again.

Now Dilio is numb. He does not know what to do, and can only keep asking for aid, hoping his own troops will hurry over.

He has not yet realized that the situation outside is getting worse and worse.