Chapter 362: Chapter 155, Racing Against Ti
September 14th, evening.
Old World, Brittania, Arden Forest, outside Yulsen Castle, Knightly Army camp.
The food supply is gradually tightening, and Marquis Angxi ordered that all food be collected and distributed in a standardized quota, which sparked complaints among the soldiers. The knights can still have a full al, but the peasants can only have so thin porridge, barely getting by, causing the army’s morale to drop further.
Even with this approach, the Knightly Army’s food situation is still in dire straits.
In contrast, although the Beastn suffered heavy losses, they maintained their morale with the abundant food and fodder from the castle.
Normally, Beastn always lack food reserves. If the Beast King cannot satiate the endless hunger and bloodthirst of the beasts, there is a risk of internal chaos, with the formidable Doomsday Bulls and Great Horned Beasts marked by the Evil God even attempting to challenge the Beast King.
Now, the large quantities of food ant for the Knightly Army have already filled the bellies of the Beastn; these omnivorous Chaos creatures eat anything.
In the camp’s main tent, Marquis Angxi could directly feel the declining morale of the knights and peasants. After hesitating for a long ti, he picked up the Magic Communication Device: "This is Angxi Desmond. Gabriel? Please report your situation?"
"This is Gabriel de Bastogne. We’ve advanced deep into Arden Forest and are fifty kiloters from Ten Thousand Demon Rock!" Gabriel replied.
The Right Army is still unaware of the Knightly Army’s situation.
Damn it! Marquis Angxi calculated briefly, knowing that it’s unlikely for the Right Army to return in aid. They are at least one hundred fifty kiloters from Yulsen Castle, which would take four or five days.
"Is there sothing wrong, my Marquis?" Gabriel’s voice ca through the Magic Communication Device.
A shadow clouded the young and handso face of Marquis Angxi.
His army was already in trouble, but he remained confident that he could still defeat the Beastman Army and achieve a restoring victory.
Duke Bohemond of Bastogne has long had a strained relationship with King Richard, and there are also tensions between Duke of Winford, Francois, and the King, which led Marquis Angxi to push them aside. If they found out that the Left Army had been utterly defeated and the Center Army was in a tough battle, his prestige and the King’s prestige would both be damaged.
For himself and for his Majesty, Marquis Angxi felt that he must not let the Right Army know the current situation, so after a mont of silence, he said, "It’s nothing, just that we and Adelaide encountered an ambush, suffered significant losses, and decided to temporarily halt the advance. Once you’re near Ten Thousand Demon Rock, you can wait a while. If we’re really unable to rendezvous, you can retreat on your own."
"Alright, Lord Angxi, do you need our support?" Gabriel had been psychologically prepared for ambushes by the Beastn; it seed natural that the Left and Center Army encountered ambushes and sustained significant losses, so he didn’t think much of it.
"No need, just focus on intercepting the Beastman forces from Ten Thousand Demon Rock." Marquis Angxi put down the Magic Communication Device, his eyes turning blood-red. No matter what, he must annihilate the Beastn before their reinforcents arrive, or it’s all over!
"Pass my order! Everyone wakes up at four o’clock! We must conquer Yulsen Castle by tomorrow!"
"Yes!"
On September 15th, the Knightly Army began attacking Yulsen Castle at any cost. The entire city spent almost an entire day amidst the shouts and kills of knights and Beastn. By dusk, despite the knights slaying three Doomsday Bulls and the Four-ard Bull Demons, they were still defeated under the ferocious counterattacks of the Beastn.
By the end of the day, over a hundred knights and more than two thousand peasant soldiers had died in battle, reducing the Knightly Army to less than thirteen thousand n. The army was in a state of panic, the peasants extrely demoralized, and at every mont, peasants would abruptly turn and vanish into the forest.
The Beastn also had only about four thousand left, but all of them were elite Great Horned Beast Battle Groups, Giant Minotaur Battle Groups, and Chaos Ogres, Cyclops, and the most powerful Doomsday Bulls and Four-ard Bull Demons. These creatures weren’t much affected by castles’ walls; they tenaciously held their ground.
The knights could not gain an inch, and rumors began spreading in the army, with many knights believing that given the food shortage, they should retreat. Others thought appointing Marquis Angxi to command the Knightly Army was a mistake.
The young marquis thus bore trendous pressure and finally made a decision to deploy all the reserves at once, no longer guarding against possible Beastman reinforcents.
Victory or defeat will be decided in this mont!
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A day later, deep in Arden Forest, Right Army camp.
Laine took a short nap in the afternoon, then walked out of the camp.
In the past few days, the forest was unusually quiet. The Right Army hadn’t encountered any Beastman Warbands, not even scattered Beastn. They marched smoothly to within forty kiloters of Ten Thousand Demon Rock.
Taking a deep breath of the forest air, Laine walked among the camp, boosting the soldiers’ morale. The Right Army still had more than four thousand nine hundred n, and after successive victories, the soldiers were high-spirited, especially since Laine allowed them to hunt in the forest, even the humblest peasants managed to get so roasted at to eat.
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