Chapter 308: Lookout Fortress

The size of the army is one of the important criteria for measuring combat effectiveness. Even in modern wars, various high-tech weapons are used in turn, but it is impossible to completely replace the role of people in war, unless you plan to use atomic bombs and kill everyone together.

Having more people is indeed an advantage, but how to organize people can be called an army, otherwise it will be a mess.

The army of the Subia Demon Kingdom was hit by the sudden attack and lost its way. The command system collapsed drastically. A large number of recruits were added in, and the new recruits with weak stress resistance also aggravated the spread of fear. Even if the officers wanted to reorganize the team, they could not find anyone.

At this time, the offense and defense changed.

The Qihang City army, which was originally responsible for the feint attack, changed its strategy and took the opportunity to launch a real attack, successfully breaking through the interception of the three corps of the Subia Demon Kingdom Army.

Viola, who completed the decapitation tactic, did not go home, but led her own army and the reinforcements from the Half Moon Castle to harass outside the military camp, attacking from front and back.

From time to time, the sky rained fire, exploding frogs, and a large amount of venom. When the priests' magic could not be used, the burden on the medical system of the Subia Demon Kingdom Army was greatly increased.

But don't think that this can completely defeat it. After all, it is a huge army of 120,000 people, and nearly half of them are regular soldiers who have experienced hundreds of battles. Even if they suffer such a blow, the organization can still be maintained.

The army of Qihang City did successfully break through the defense line, but was soon beaten back by the reorganized army of the Subia Demon Kingdom. They had no choice but to retreat to the city to defend.

The harassment of Viola and the army of Half Moon Castle was just to take advantage of the opportunity. The number of people was too small, and the threat posed to the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom was almost negligible.

When the army of Qihang City retreated, Viola and the others had to retreat, otherwise they would not have enough people to share when they were free.

However, they did not return to the Leon territory, but returned to Half Moon Castle, posing as if they could attack again at any time.

The whole battle lasted nearly four hours. Unlike hot weapons, cold weapons are much more laborious to wield than to pull the trigger, and the physical and mental damage has reached its limit.

Both sides have returned to their camps, and the dispute seems to have been temporarily ended.

The Subia Demon Kingdom Army regrouped overnight and set out at dawn, abandoning a large amount of baggage and supplies and wounded, and retreated to the south in a panic.

In this battle, the Subia Demon Kingdom Army lost about a quarter of its troops, about 30,000 casualties, and lost its supreme commander.

There is no doubt that Viola and his team won. Not only did they successfully lift the siege of Qihang City, they also successfully forced the Subia Demon Kingdom Army to retreat and beautifully completed the decapitation tactic.

But in fact, Viola's target was not the Kingdom Tiger, it was just a by-product.

Her real purpose was to "open a map" for the Demon King God.

Bai Long and Viola went deep into the military camp in person. The fog of war in this part had dissipated. About half of the military camps had clearly appeared on Li Chengxi's screen. He could intervene at any time by any means.

In fact, he did so.

Unfortunately, some people in the Subia Demon Kingdom Army seemed to realize this, or they might have been scared and evacuated to the south immediately after dawn.

If they still stayed where they were, they would be a living target for Li Chengxi.

Let's put it this way, because it was close to the end of the year, he had already bought two hangs of "Earth Red". If the Subia Demon Kingdom Army was still stubborn, he would let them know what the New Year's Beast was...

Of course, Viola also discovered the movements of the Subia Demon Kingdom Army, but did not immediately launch a pursuit. She only sent scouts to monitor at any time to prevent them from making a comeback.

Then, the army of Qihang City and Half Moon Fort began to clean up the battlefield first, seized a large amount of supplies and military supplies such as weapons, and successfully captured a large number of wounded.

The seriously injured were killed and given a quick death, while the lightly injured were detained as laborers and moved to the vicinity of Qihang City to build a prisoner-of-war camp and contribute to the infrastructure.

It was indeed inhumane, but when dealing with invaders, you should not talk about the question of humanity or inhumanity. Viola was very restrained not to kill them all.

After doing all this, she deliberately delayed the pursuit three days before resuming the pursuit.

There were 2,000 people under Viola's command, 3,000 people from Half Moon Castle, and 20,000 troops from Qihang City. A total of 25,000 people were chasing an army of 80,000 to 90,000 people. It was indeed a bit of black humor.

Letting them go on purpose was for the sake of stability.

After all, in terms of manpower, one's side was at an absolute disadvantage. Once the other side was pushed too hard, if the dog jumped off the wall, one's side would probably suffer huge casualties.

Viola currently had only this little manpower, so of course she couldn't use it casually.

With the withdrawal of the Subiah Demon Kingdom Army, the northernmost area of ​​the Avarus Demon Kingdom is now liberated. There are two routes for Viola to advance.

One is to go east and liberate the remaining occupied territories in the north of the Avarus Demon Kingdom. The other is to chase the Subiah Demon Kingdom Army to the south and give priority to liberating the southern territory of the Avarus Demon Kingdom.

The advantage of going east is that the capital can be recaptured as soon as possible, and there are many great lords in the east who are still resisting. Joining forces with them still has the ability to fight against the four-nation coalition.

Going south can quickly liberate about one-third of the territory, and because it is located on the coast, the transportation is convenient and fast, and the Avarus Demon Kingdom Navy can also be assisted.

In these two directions of advancement, Viola has already made a decision.

She was going south.

The important reason for making such a judgment was that the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom had been frightened.

Rather than using only 25,000 troops to confront the armies of the other three countries, it was better to chase the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom, which had been frightened.

A great victory did not make Viola go crazy. She knew that her troops were still weak, and it would be easy to be surrounded and suppressed if she rashly went to fight the armies of the three countries.

In view of this, it was the best strategy to give priority to liberating the southern territory and wait for the number of troops to increase before considering retaking the capital.

And Viola was not simply thinking "still in the development stage, don't waste time", there was an important city in the south, which was currently in the hands of the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom.

Once this fortress city called "Open Gate City" was in hand, Viola could easily attack the coalition forces of the other three countries from the side and rear. It was an important transportation hub in the country of the Demon King of Avarus, equivalent to a large domestic crossroads. The strategic significance of taking it here was extraordinary.

Of course, this is a matter for the future. Viola is currently leading her army to pursue the army of the Subia Demon Kingdom. Before reaching the Kaimen City, she must first face a difficult obstacle.

A "Lookout Fortress" that lies across the river, standing on the edge of the vast forest and cliffs.