Chapter 322: Retreat (Part 2)

The Second Battalion took a day to retreat back to Metatlin City. When the Second Battalion returned to the city, a special army set out. The army had only two thousand people, all riding on skeleton war horses.

Salin asked each of the twelve counts to produce one hundred soldiers, and each of the four dukes to produce two hundred soldiers, a total of two thousand elites. Among these two thousand elites, there were ten magicians and three undead kings. The place where they ambushed was chosen in a hilly area that was only ten miles away from Xizhen.

Regardless of whether the ambush was successful or not, after a brief contact, the army dragged the enemy around Xizhen. To the east of Xizhen is the ten-story magic tower. People from the Holy Seen the ten-story magic tower, they will probably go crazy.

Therefore, as long as this ambush can survive for about twenty miles, it will be almost the same.

What's more, there is a battalion of Rex in the West Town, with more than 30,000 soldiers from the nobles of Metatlin City. The city's defensive facilities have been built for more than a year and can completely stop the Holy See's army.

The battalion of Rex is not as weak as Salin's army. It can exert several times its combat effectiveness in defensive battles.

Salin didn't know that the reason why the Holy See's army was so crazy was because there was really not much food. If we could not capture the Broken Blade Pass as soon as possible, we would have to go hungry and wait for the Holy See's rescue, and might even have to retreat and turn to Phoenix.

There was no food stored in the Broken Blade Pass. Salin only left five days of food for the Second Battalion and the Mercenary Group. He didn't have time to take it away when he retreated, but the one-day reserve of 20,000 people was not enough to consume the expeditionary force with more than 90,000 soldiers.

The Expeditionary Force was also helpless. In their opinion, the attack and breaking the Blade Pass was a difficult task, and the enemy would inevitably resist to the death. Unexpectedly, although the resistance was strong, the enemy retreated in the end, which only shows that there were even more troublesome things. The Holy See and hear never paid attention to the area of ​​Metatlin City, and there was no news in advance.

The God's envoy and the Inquisition had information, but they were all concealed.

The referee dispatched five thousand prisoners, twelve black-clothed priests, and three terrifying and inexplicable guys, but these people had never participated in a battle, even if the enemy was burning the military rations of the logistics troops.

The people of the Inquisition were out of the ordinary and claimed that they would join the battle only under the city of Metattering, which made Archbishop Nicholas, the real commander of the war, extremely angry.

Archbishop Nicholas and the generals of the Ninth Legion of the Tanggulas Empire were unable to command the people of the referee, so they could only drive away the expeditionary forces and exchange their lives for the Blade Pass, and try to reach the city of Metatrim as early as possible. At that time, the three bastards in the referee could not refuse.

Unfortunately, the god envoy, Lord Farka, was not here, otherwise Lord Farka would be able to flatten that city.

Archbishop Nicholas thought depressedly that although he was a confidant of the Pope, he still admired Farka very much. If the Pope did not have the three magical tools in hand, he would probably not be able to deal with that kind of strength.

The Expeditionary Force was temporarily stationed at the Blade Pass. The magicians wanted to treat the injured soldiers in large numbers. Some of these soldiers were seriously injured, but they could not ignore them. Even if they died, they would die at the city of Metatlin.

The believers don’t understand this. They just know that with the treatment of magicians, no matter what the injury is, they will soon recover and go back to the battlefield. The magicians will naturally not disclose the secrets, which is their capital for making a living. If people know that magicians are harmful to the body, I am afraid no one will spend money to find them to treat their illness in the future.

Outside the Blade Pass, the fire surged into the sky, which was the only job that the people in the Inquisition were doing - burning the corpses.

Just when Archbishop Nicholas was worried, the people from the court sent a batch of food. This food was a common dried meat strip in the north of the Dongulas Empire. Nicholas was overjoyed. At least with so many meat strips, it could last for six or seven days. The Expeditionary Force finally had the possibility of rest.

Nicholas didn't know that in the camp of the referee, three fierce-faced guys were laughing wildly.

"Boss, you said, if they knew that they were all human flesh, would they spit it out?"

"Spit it out? Third brother, maybe they will ask the eldest brother again, hahahaha..."

"Boss, these people have eaten human flesh and have to repent. It will be much easier to get them into the courthouse in the future. Your idea is really amazing."

"Hmph, this is the order given by the referee. Do you think I would be so bored? Dinicio hastily raised an army, not even caring about the head-on battle of Garroran. There is something strange about it. The three of us are given by the referee. Don't fight for Dinicio. Eating human flesh for them is to give them the strength to fight. Who knows what happens in the future? I don't think that relying on these people can conquer that city."

"Brother, what do you mean?"

"Don't ask, anyway, let me listen to this matter. The referee doesn't want us to really capture this city. The jailer must take good care of it. If Nicholas loses, we will go to Phoenix."

"The referee has a secret order?" The other two guys were shocked.

"It's not a secret order. By the way, we investigate the situation in Phoenix. Our maps are not standard. Didn't we see that twelve high-level black-clothed priests were dispatched this time? They just went to survey and map the terrain."

The Broken Blade Pass has stabilized, and Metatrium City has become much deserted. The streets are full of troops patrolling. The number of undead has increased in the core area of ​​the city, and no one dares to enter rashly. There is still an area where the Caucasian demon wolf warriors patrolled. They were accidentally eaten by the demon wolf, but there is no place to make sense.

In the eastern port, there are very few ships. Salin has asked Guya and others to find ways to recruit merchants and sell some livestock here. There are precious arable land near Metatlin City and there are no pastures. This meat is originally supplied by Salin, but the fish and shrimp in the sea are not suitable for everyone's tastes. There are many soldiers who are used to eating beef and mutton, and they can only rely on merchants to traffic.

When soldiers fought, they had to supply meat. Only by eating meat could they have the strength to fight. Salin even set up a slaughterhouse on an island north of the Metatlin waters. A large amount of meat was transported into the city every day, and his 50,000 troops were supplied.

Qin Yin was rich and had low prices, but a cow also costs dozens of gold coins. After all, not everyone can use puppets to cultivate. Qin Yin still relies on plowing oxen to operate in half of the farmland.

This daily meat edible is also a major transaction for merchants to make profits, but since the news of the Vatican Expeditionary Force spread, the business on land has been cut off, and few people do this business on the sea route, because livestock are often transported by sea boats, and many people often die.

The standard for the five soldiers in Salin's battalions is half a pound of meat a day, including one or two fish and shrimps, and the rest are all cattle and sheep. The consumption per day is 4,000 pounds of meat. Qin's northern part has few pigs, so buying pork is the most cost-effective, but it has to go to the south to buy in large quantities.

The border between Gallulan was tight and a million troops were deployed. The daily consumption was also a terrifying number. The meat in the north of Qinyin was basically bought by the imperial army. What Salin could buy was cut out from the nobles.

Before we knew it, the price of meat in Qinyin's northern region rose four or five times. It is almost impossible to buy it at the original price like Shengyan City. If you don't know that the price of firewood and rice is expensive, Salin's money is easy, and you are now going quickly.

The troops retreated to Metatlin City replenished their troops, and Salin's five battalions began to make intense defenses. Because the city was too large, the width of one wall was almost eight miles, and the main force of 20,000 was invested in both aspects. The defense capabilities of the five battalions were still very tight.

Fortunately, most of the people who settled in Metatlin City were strong, and Salin temporarily showed up to more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers. In addition, there were more than 20,000 auxiliary soldiers, Salin also had 90,000 available power. There were about 20,000 private soldiers in the hands of the nobles, and the forces inside and outside the city were basically equal. Metatlin City could definitely be saved, it depends on how many people would die in the battle.

Salin's pension is set high. If a soldier dies, he will give his family members 40 to 100 gold coins. If he dies in battle, the loss of equipment and pensions will definitely exceed one million gold coins.

Erinno also felt that the loss would be huge this time. She sighed: "It would be great if there was food from the Elf Plane. After a meal, I would be full all day. I don't have to eat meat to ensure my physical strength."

"It would be nice if there is a demon insect. It would be a few days to eat it." Nelise had no choice but to know what was happening in front of her. The Castlevania had not been built yet, and now it can summon dozens of demons at most, which would be of no help to the war and would consume a lot of magic cores.

The advantage of summoning a demon is that it saves pensions. The demon dies when he dies. I have never heard of that demon thinking about his funeral.

"How many days do you think that demon insect can take care of it?" Salin keenly caught this problem.

"Yes, master, the magic insect not only tastes good, but it can be eaten with a full beef. It's almost the same as the monsters in the sea. Well... the giant whale's oil is about that level."

Giant whale oil is a food equipped with Salin's elite troops. Soldiers carry a pound with them and can eat them for a week. Moreover, the energy contained in it is equivalent to eating only meat every day, which can keep the soldiers' strongest physical strength. Salin's warehouse stores tens of thousands of pounds of giant whale oil, but giant whales only move in the deep sea and are difficult to hunt.

"Will people eat it, there will be no danger?"

"I don't know this. The demon insect can even digest the weakest demon. Human soldiers should be fine, right?"

"You can find a way to get a few. If possible, we will breed in large quantities and use them as military rations!"
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