"The Human Race advances step by step, we have no other choice, might as well take a gamble.
Recruit another four hundred thousand troops, eye the Moxi People and the Alpha People, and send the rest of the forces south!"
After hesitating for a while, the Forest Elf Queen made a resolute decision.
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Dapes Palace.
Unaware of the strategic changes of the Elf Race, King George and a group of high-ranking duchy officials were tensely focused on the map, burning the midnight oil.
Judging from the reports from various battlefields, the situation was very unfavorable for the Moxi Duchy.
After all, the enemy was the Elf Army, with combat strength not comparable to ordinary Human soldiers.
Even ordinary Elf troops had a combat strength surpassing many Knight Corps.
Even the duchy’s elite Magical Beast Legion, with equal forces, could not gain any advantage.
The main reason they could inflict tens of thousands of casualties on the enemy was due to the outdated tactical thinking of so Elf commanders, providing them with an opportunity.
"When can the reinforcents from the Alpha Kingdom arrive?"
George asked with concern.
If there was a better option, he wouldn’t want to constantly seek aid from the Alpha Kingdom.
Solving the national defense issue independently is the only way for the Moxi Duchy to detach politically from the influence of the Alpha Kingdom and gain full autonomy.
"The Departnt of Foreign Affairs has done a good job with diplomatic efforts, and both Your Majesty Caesar and Marshal Hudson have promised they will send reinforcents to the duchy as soon as possible.
The first batch of reinforcents is expected to enter the duchy in about half a month, while the subsequent reinforcents will arrive in three months.
Due to troop deploynts, the first batch of reinforcents entering the kingdom will only be one regint, with substantial reinforcents due in another three months."
Count Kalajic’s response brought a sigh of relief from everyone.
As long as reinforcents are coming, even if it’s just one regint, it’s enough to boost morale.
Fighting against the Elf Race is quite suffocating.
Their Mage Corps goes on a killing spree in the battlefield.
The duchy concentrated the Magic Crystal Cannons for bombardnt, which only worked at the outset of the war, later being bullied.
It’s not that the firepower of the Magic Crystal Cannons is lacking, it’s the significant difference in mobility between the two sides.
To change this passive situation, we can only hope for technological advancents in Magic Crystal Cannons, reducing both weight and size.
Undoubtedly, this is a project for long-term investnt.
"Spread this good news, I want every soldier in the duchy to know that reinforcents have arrived!"
George said with a hint of excitent.
In recent days, he, the King, has been tornted.
Unable to sleep without worry, fearing that one day he will wake up to find his country gone.
With the war situation tightening, his faith in the Alpha People’s promises gradually waned.
Selling out allies happens infrequently on the Continent of Aslante, but it isn’t unheard of either.
If the interests are great enough, even the closest allies are unreliable.
Especially when there was an internal dispute within the Alpha Kingdom, he was even more sleepless.
On one hand he had to deal with the invasion of the Elf Army, and on the other hand he had to quickly engage in diplomatic efforts.
Fortunately, he was lucky; both Hudson and Caesar IV had no ambition towards the duchy.
During the peak of internal discord, the two intervened to suppress the West Advance Faction and the South Expansion Faction, facilitating the military expedition plan.
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At nearly the sa ti, Marquis Lelian, the commander defending the Columbia Country, also received news about reinforcents.
Compared to King George, his response was much less composed, leaping with excitent.
The letter on the table was silently put away by him.
Since reinforcents are coming, the previously suicidal mission has turned around.
The city’s supplies are enough to last until reinforcents arrive. No need to risk going out and fighting the enemy, no need to send out farewell letters.
In fact, choosing to go out and fight the enemy now was mainly because he wanted to contribute one last bit to the kingdom.
Under the fierce assault of the Elf Army, the Dark Forest Kingdom was on edge, needing soone to share the pressure.
The defense battle in Columbia Country up till now was sothing that could be accounted for with all parties involved.
Once the defending army is annihilated, the Elf Army will approach the gates of Alpha Kingdom, at which point the enemy will definitely be distracted.
The ideal scenario is: The Alpha People pull their main forces back from the plains and engage the Elf Race in a decisive battle.
If the Alpha Kingdom wins, or achieves a mutually destructive outco, the Dark Forest Kingdom can overco this crisis.
Now allies proactively join the battlefield, rendering such unsophisticated tactics unnecessary.
If survival is possible, no one wants to die, especially such a self-destructive maneuver that inherently carries significant aftereffects.
"Jerry, imdiately spread this good news throughout the army.
Tell everyone that the two million troops of the Alpha Kingdom are already on the way, the era of counterattack is just around the corner!"
Marquis Lelian decisively employed the Pie-drawing thod.
Anyone with a bit of military knowledge knows that it’s impossible for two million troops to arrive all at once.
This is not the vast grassland; the small Columbia Country couldn’t accommodate so many troops deploying.
But that doesn’t matter; he’s not trying to fool the officers; he just needs to deceive the soldiers below to quell the wavering morale.
"As you command!"
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