Chapter 1212 Pretending to Retreat
Three days later, in the 25th Legion camp, Kyle looked at the map and whispered, "It seems that all the Black Orcs have entered the battlefield. It's time to launch a tentative attack on Tasai City and lure out the enemy troops hiding in the dark."
Two hours later, an order was issued and tens of thousands of troops responded and began to prepare for war.
At this moment, in the city of Tase, Manus looked at the letter sent by Gamonli and his face turned black.
"This lowly creature asked me to defend the city, and now he wants me to pretend to be defeated and give up the city of Tasai."
"In order to increase the stakes, he even wanted me to leave the earth shield my mother gave me to him."
Hearing Manus's voice gradually getting louder, Bartholomew was stunned, but did not take the initiative to ask the reason.
At this time, the best option is to let your brother-in-law vent.
After a few curses, Manus gradually calmed down, looked at the animal skin fragments on the ground, turned to Bartholomew and said, "Look first, and let me tell me what you think."
Bartholomew's eyes flashed with helplessness when he heard this, but he still acted as a puzzle master again and restored the broken animal skin.
After reading the above, Bartholomew fell silent.
He really wanted to tell his brother-in-law that Gamonli asked you to abandon the city and flee, and left behind the earth shield so that you could leave this place safely.
But when I thought of Manus's arrogant character, I gave up the idea of persuading him directly.
Seeing Bartholomew not making any move, Manus became impatient and asked, "If you have any ideas, you can just say them out loud. Why are you hiding them?"
"Captain, I think you can follow the advice of Commander Gamonli and pretend to retreat, abandon the city of Tasai, and wait for the enemy to underestimate you and enter the city. Then, join forces with other troops to encircle the city and wipe out the enemy's reinforcements."
"As for the voluntary loss of the Earth Shield, as long as you are still here, it will be yours. Even if it falls into the hands of the enemy, because of your existence, the enemy will not be able to use this legendary armor."
After hearing Bartholomew's words, Manus calmed down rarely.
It's not that he couldn't see what Gamonli was up to, but his inner pride wouldn't allow him to make such a decision.
In order to cooperate with Gamonli's plan, his Third Legion had suffered a disastrous defeat.
So far, his reputation among the lower-level fighters has become terrible, but due to the hierarchy, they dare not talk openly.
After a long silence, Manus looked up at Bartholomew and said in a deep voice: "You will lead this operation. I have only one request. When we pretend to retreat, it must not turn into a real defeat."
"Yes."
Seeing Manus think clearly, Bartholomew couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He stood up, saluted, and left the hall.
……
On the morning of December 9774, 12 in the Glorious Calendar, when the first rays of the morning sun shone upon the earth, well-equipped troops emerged from the camp of the 1th Legion and lined up on the plains north of the city of Tasse.
After receiving the report from the soldiers, the general guarding the north wall of Tase City hurriedly climbed up the wall. Looking at the enemy army that was several times larger than before, he turned to the guards behind him and said, "The enemy is coming and it seems that they are coming out in full force. Go and ask General Bartholomew to come."
"Yes, General."
The guard answered and then turned and left, not daring to delay for a moment.
The general guarding the city turned his head and looked into the distance. A trace of worry flashed across his eyes, and then they were filled with a look of madness.
"Kill one and I'll make ends meet. Kill two and I'll make a profit. I'll burn my last breath to avenge my brother."
On the other side, on the plain outside the city of Tasai, Kyle stood on the command platform, looking at the neatly-organized army, divided into formations of thousands of men, with a total of fifty-three battle formations.
Raising his head slightly and gazing at the city in the distance, Kyle couldn't help but recall the past expedition to the Metagea plane.
The last time he commanded so many troops to attack a city head-on was more than 20 years ago.
The commander of the First Army, Moret, descended from the sky, came to Kyle, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "Commander, the troops have been assembled and no one has left. Please give your instructions."
Hearing this, Kyle came back to his senses, lowered his head slightly and looked at Moret who was standing in front of him, waved to him, and motioned for him to stand behind him.
Seeing this, Mollett came behind his legion commander without any hesitation, puffed out his chest and stood straight.
"go ahead!"
[One man, a thousand voices]. In the fifty-three battle formations, the voices of their legion commanders rang in the ears of all officers at the battalion level and above.
The next moment, the sound of war drums rang out.
Following the rhythm of drums, more than 53,000 soldiers marched in neat steps and began to advance towards the city of Tase 13 kilometers away.
In this battle, in terms of the Soul-Mind rank combat power level, in addition to the original nine Soul-Mind rank extraordinary people, the 25th Legion also has four Soul-Mind rank Judgment Knights and two Soul-Mind rank Dawn Priests, a total of fifteen people.
On the wall of Tasai City, Bartholomew stood on a high platform, looking at the human army in the distance, his expression did not change at all.
If he had not finalized the plan of feigning defeat, he would still be worried about whether the city of Tasai could be defended against a human army of this size.
But at this moment, he only needs to "try his best" to defend the city, and when things are impossible, lead the troops of the Third Legion to evacuate the city in an orderly manner.
As for the more than 20,000 tribal warriors who were recruited, they had to give up under such circumstances.
When the front line was four kilometers away from the city of Tasse, Kyle waved his hand and stopped the advancing army.
Ever since he took over as the commander of the 25th Corps, he has always emphasized the prohibitions before departure.
At this moment, the performance of the army did not disappoint him.
Looking at the "glass" shield emitting an ochre-colored light, Kyle didn't waste any words and directly ordered the magic crystal cannon troops to fire thirteen rounds of salvos.
At the rear of the battle formation, the commander of the magic crystal artillery unit received Kyle's order and immediately ordered the artillery to fire.
After hearing the order, more than a thousand soldiers activated the improved magic crystal cannon.
The next moment, purple energy balls began to condense at the muzzles of three hundred improved magic crystal cannons.
After just a few breaths, the magic power stored in the high-level magic crystal was exhausted, and three hundred purple energy balls broke away from the muzzle and flew high into the sky.
In a few minutes, more than 30,000 energy beams fell into the "glass" shield of Tase City, causing a violent explosion.
In less than five minutes, the second round of attacks arrived, causing the "glass" shield of the city of Tasai to become shaky.
