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Chapter 741 Tragic Counterattack
"Marshal, the dark elves sent over the bodies of the Elephant King and the Leopard King, as well as the photo stone that recorded the battle results."

After Count Gullen finished speaking, Hudson smiled slightly.

It can be seen that the dark elves are very aware of the current situation.

Knowing that he had delayed for so long that he had already challenged the kingdom's limit of patience, he directly used the two major royal courts as a token of his allegiance.

With the impressive results in front of him, Hudson naturally forgot about the past unpleasantness.

"Your Excellency, inform the entire army, especially the vassal army, of the dark elves' achievements.

Arrange someone to verify the battle record and distribute the battle merit points according to the rules!"

In just a few days, three of the "Four Emperors and Seven Kings" of the Orc Empire were gone. This exciting good news must be shared with everyone.

The composition of the vassal army is complex. A single force may be able to bully isolated orc tribes, but it is impossible to expect them to destroy the royal court or the imperial court.

It doesn’t matter if they can’t defeat the enemy, as long as they can find the enemy’s location, it will be enough for Hudson.

Without the help of the local tyrants, if the kingdom's army only relies on the encirclement and suppression, there will be no peace on the grassland for another ten years.

……

The grassland war entered a new stage, and the resulting political impact quickly began to spread to all parts of the mainland.

The fall of one royal court might be an accident, but the fall of two more royal courts immediately afterwards upgraded it from coincidence to inevitability.

No matter how deeply the orc tribes operate on the grassland, they cannot withstand the betrayal of "traitors".

Other major forces can rely on racial justice to restrain and increase the loyalty of their people, but the Orc Empire is the only exception.

The dark elves use the Elephant Man Court and the Leopard Man Court as a token of allegiance and will not feel that they are betraying each other.

When a Pig hunts a Lion-man, he does not think that he is killing his own kind.

The Bunnymen would not think of themselves as betraying the Empire if they betrayed the Bearmen tribe.

……

From the moment the Beast God fell, the Orc Empire collapsed.

If it weren't for the Alpha Kingdom, a powerful enemy, which provided them with enough pressure, the conflicts between the races would have intensified long ago.

From the day the big tribes began to use the smaller tribes as food reserves, the hidden danger of the Orc Empire's division had already been planted.

It’s ironic to think about it. The Orc Empire was originally an alliance established by a group of weak races in order to avoid being bullied by the bigger races.

The ultimate goal is to establish a harmonious society without exploitation and oppression, where all ethnic groups live in harmony.

Relying on the sincere cooperation of all races, they defeated the elves in one fell swoop 20,000 years ago and seized hegemony over the continent.

It is easy to share adversity, but difficult to share prosperity.

The day the Orc Empire reached its peak was also the beginning of its decline.

After seizing the position of overlord of the continent, the large and small races within the Orc Empire quickly split.

After a series of political struggles, the big families gradually took control of the empire, and the voice of the weak races became increasingly weak.

If this is the case, the alliance can still be maintained.

Small tribes need the protection of large tribes, and even if they lose their political voice, they can only endure it.

As time went by, this behemoth degenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The internal strife between the big tribes is becoming more and more intense. The members of the big tribes no longer consider the small and medium races as their own kind, and regard them as ants and food.

This situation continued until the last ten-thousand-year catastrophe broke out, when the several major clans that held power in the Orc Empire suffered heavy losses and were unable to control the situation in the empire.

In order to resist the enslavement of this corrupt empire, many races including humans, elves, dwarves, stone men, and three-eyed people launched a coup.

The once-mighty Orc Empire began to decline and was forced to retreat to the prairie to recuperate.

Because of the uneven distribution of benefits, the anti-Orc alliance quickly collapsed.

After a series of political and military struggles, the human race stepped onto the stage of history and became the new overlord of the continent.

The Orc Empire, having breathed a sigh of relief, has deviated further from the ideals when it was first founded, leaving only the jungle law of the survival of the fittest.

It's not a big deal that the Orc Empire killed itself. The key point is that they became a negative example and destroyed the trust among all races.

The racial struggles that followed became increasingly bloody, and genocide became the norm.

Once Pandora's box is opened, it can never be closed again.

The concept of harmonious coexistence among all ethnic groups has since disappeared from the stage of history.

Under the continuous conflicts of interests and killings, the human race, the overlord of the continent, and other races are completely standing on the opposite side.

The conflict between the Alpha Kingdom and the Orc Empire is just a microcosm of the many racial conflicts on the continent.

These unsolvable contradictions will only disappear when one side completely falls.

The continental wars that broke out time and again were all liquidation actions initiated due to the intensified conflicts between the two major camps.

Compared with the previous continental war, the situation this time is slightly different, and the balance between the two major camps has been broken.

If the anti-human alliance, which is at a disadvantage, suffers another major defeat, the fate of their members will not be much better than that of the orcs.

Against this background, all races fought hard on the battlefield, and the war in the Central Continent suddenly became unprecedentedly brutal.

……

Citadel of Ashes.

After denouncing the orcs for their incompetence, the leaders of the dwarf kingdom began to worry about the fate of their own race.

Under the frenzied siege of the Southern Continental Allied Forces, the defense line they had built at great expense was now on the verge of collapse.

The gap in strength is too great. If the countries in the southern continent take real action, they will not be able to resist alone.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid the defense line won't hold out for much longer. The only option now is to cut off one's arm and save one's life.

Abandon the vast tracts of land in the south and east of the kingdom, retreat to the northwestern mountainous area, and use the terrain to resist the invasion of the enemy step by step! "

Minister of War La Bresse suggested nervously.

The Dwarf Kingdom itself is a mountain kingdom, but there are differences between mountains and mountains.

The terrain in the south and east of the kingdom is much flatter. Not only is it rich in various mineral resources, but the land is also relatively fertile. It has always been the main settlement area for dwarves.

On the other hand, in the northwest region, the mountains are much steeper because it is adjacent to the Warcraft Mountains.

Not only are there cliffs everywhere, but it is also often harassed by monsters, so there are very few dwarf tribes settling there.

Because of the war, the Dwarf Kingdom was forced to migrate its population to the northwest of the kingdom.

But this is only a temporary retreat. If the whole clan moves there, it will be a different situation.

Anyone with a bit of strategic vision knows that once the Dwarf Kingdom retreats this time, there is no way they will ever come back.

There is no need for humans to take action. The harsh natural environment alone is enough to eliminate a large number of dwarves.

With scarce resources and a shrinking population, decline is inevitable even if a country occupies a place with great geographical advantages.

“La Bresse, you should know what this means!
We gave up large tracts of territory and carried out a strategic retreat, and the gateway to the Central Continent was opened.

The war in the Central Continent is at its most critical moment. The influx of a large number of Southern Continental Allied Forces will inevitably lead to..."

Before Prime Minister Aaron could finish his words, Labres interrupted him with a wave of his hand:
“Your Excellency Prime Minister, the current situation is not that I want to retreat, but that the defense line is on the verge of collapse.

Maybe it will be today, maybe tomorrow, or maybe the day after tomorrow, but it won’t be long before the defense line is breached.

Rather than being defeated by the enemy, we should turn passivity into initiative.

The military planned to take advantage of the collapse of the defense line to launch a large-scale attack on the front line and inflict heavy damage on the coalition forces of the Southern Continent.

If all goes well, we should be able to delay the enemy for two or three months. This is the only thing we can do for our allies right now.

If you count the time, we have been holding out for nearly five months, but there is no sign of the reinforcements they promised.

Optimistically speaking, this plan could delay the enemy for three months, and it would take another two or three months for the enemy to occupy large areas of the kingdom.

Arrange some troops to harass their logistics lines to further slow down the enemy's advance, which can delay the enemy for about a year.

The great Dwarf Kingdom has held back the Southern Continental Alliance for a year on its own. What else can the allies say?"

Everything is afraid of comparison. Compared with those teammates who were defeated at the beginning, the performance of the Dwarf Kingdom was completely above average.

Although the countries in the southern continent had their own agenda and did not launch a full-scale attack in the early stages, it was still a remarkable achievement.

Unfortunately, this record is too heavy!

In order to stop the human army, the Dwarf Kingdom has lost more than 600,000 soldiers.

For a dwarf kingdom with a population of less than 10 million, these cold figures are truly too horrifying.

But they have no choice, the anti-human alliance is now a whole.

We may not all prosper together, but we are bound together in the face of adversity.

Once the allies are defeated, the Dwarf Kingdom caught in the middle will not be able to remain unscathed.

“Let’s get started!

We no longer have a choice. Whether the great dwarf race can continue depends on this battle.

By the way, tell the allies that the kingdom has done its best, and the rest is up to them!"

The Dwarf King said in a heavy tone.

At this point in the war, the Dwarf Kingdom has been severely damaged.

Without decades of recuperation, it is impossible to recover.

On the other hand, the Southern Continental Coalition suffered more casualties, but also had to share the losses with more countries.

At most it will cause some pain in the flesh, but it is far from causing any serious injury.

……

It's not just one person who is suffering. The dwarves are having a hard time, and the situation in Middle Continent is also not optimistic.

Hessian Palace.

Looking at the battle report in his hand, Alexander V showed a bitter expression.

The defense line collapsed completely, and the elven army was less than 300 miles away from the capital. A new round of battle to defend the capital was about to begin.

Although the kingdom's army fought very hard on the battlefield, fighting on multiple fronts was beyond their limits.

"When will our reinforcements arrive?"

Facing the advancing elven army, the greatest motivation that allowed them to hold on until now was the reinforcements promised by their allies.

"Half of the 300,000 reinforcements promised by the Alpha Kingdom have already arrived in the County of Corubia, and the other half has just passed through the Gutlan Province and is expected to arrive at the capital in half a month.

The Frankish Empire and the Iberian Kingdom each promised 200,000 reinforcements. The first five legions arrived at the port last night and this morning respectively, and should be landing now.

Calculating from the distance, they will arrive at the capital in about twenty days. The follow-up troops are expected to arrive in batches within forty days.

The 100,000 reinforcements promised by the Kingdom of Ruthenia, the Kingdom of Avarat, and the Kingdom of Oprus are still on the way.

The vanguard troops are expected to arrive at the battlefield within a month, and the follow-up troops will take about two to three months.

The situation with the reinforcements from other southern continental countries is a bit more complicated, and there is no clear arrival time for the time being."

The answer from Foreign Minister Marquis Krasna slowly relaxed Alexander V's frown.

The support promised by the allies was not just verbal, but was actually put into action.

A rough calculation shows that the total strength of the reinforcements from various countries combined has exceeded one million.

Together with the Hesse Kingdom's own army, they can fully fight the enemy.

What's more, it was not only their family that received reinforcements from various countries. The two neighbors next door also received support from their allies.

By then, the three countries will be able to cooperate with each other and launch a counterattack on the enemy at the same time.

Too many ants kill an elephant!
No matter how powerful the elven army is, it cannot withstand the larger number of human soldiers.

The current reinforcements are far from the limit of each country, and they can be replenished if they are all used up.

Since the outbreak of the continental war, the total number of troops mobilized by the Five-Nation Alliance has exceeded 10 million. The five countries in the southern continent with a larger population can mobilize even more troops.

As long as it becomes a war of attrition, the human race will achieve a strategic victory.

In fact, the Anti-Human Alliance can mobilize a lot of troops, so they shouldn't be in such a difficult situation.

However, the Orc Empire, which had a large number of troops, collapsed, and the million-strong army of the Ancient Alliance was beaten and paralyzed by the Alphas and Mossi as soon as they appeared.

The current situation on the battlefield is: five alien races against the entire human race.

The total population of the five tribes combined is not as large as that of the three countries in the Central Continent. The number of troops that can be mobilized is absolutely inferior.

“Prime Minister, have all government departments do a good job of logistics support. I don’t want to hear about disputes with our allies due to lack of logistics supplies.

If there is a lack of any strategic materials, let the Ministry of Foreign Affairs coordinate with the countries in the southern continent.

The purchase money will be paid for first, and if they will accept war bonds, then pay with bonds!"

Alexander V said calmly.

The biggest advantage of the continental war is that the Human Alliance provides credit endorsement for the warring countries, and everyone can owe debts!
All materials needed for the war can be paid in IOUs first, and everything will be settled after the war is over.

If you can afford it financially, you can pay it back after the war.

If the family is not financially strong and unable to pay off the huge debt, then the debt can be "reduced" through political means.

After almost every continental war, some country would apply to the Union for partial debt relief.

The interests involved will eventually be compensated in the distribution of spoils.

If the alliance loses, then everything will be over.

The belligerent countries on the front lines will most likely become history, and their debts will naturally no longer exist.

……

The situation of the Orc Empire has further deteriorated, the Dwarf Kingdom is on the verge of collapse, and reinforcements from various human countries have entered the Central Continent one after another...

A series of bad news triggered turmoil within the anti-human alliance.

The originally ambitious ethnic groups no longer had their initial confidence in winning the war.

Not to mention those families that are in adversity, what they are thinking about now is no longer winning the war, but how to keep the race going.

Even the Central Continent battlefield, the only place where the Anti-Human Alliance had the upper hand, began to waver.

Just as the elven army was besieging the Black Forest capital, the Stonemen suffered another defeat on the battlefield.

Unlike previous failures, this time they had a better reason.

When they were encircling and annihilating the Hessian army, the Alpha army that had entered the County of Corubia suddenly appeared behind them.

There were not many troops participating in the battle, only one cavalry corps.

However, it was this cavalry corps that became the last straw that broke the camel's back, causing the already low-morale Stoneman army to completely collapse.

The letter for help appeared in the elf camp, and the elves' high-ranking officials were devastated.

There are too many stupid teammates!
I can’t carry it with me, I really can’t carry it with me!
They endured the fact that 300,000 Hessian troops held back the million-strong Stoneman army, but they never expected that the Stoneman tribe could be defeated so badly.

It’s just one cavalry corps, not ten cavalry corps. Under normal circumstances, the Stonemen should have enough troops to intercept them.

It is still unknown what exactly happened, but the Stoneman army was defeated.

And it was not just a simple small defeat, but a complete collapse of the entire front line.

Not only were all the previous achievements lost, but even the commander's camp was wiped out by the enemy.

Now the enemy is advancing rapidly and the war has reached the heartland of the Stonemen.

If there are no major changes, it is estimated that the defense of the royal capital will begin in a few days.

Judging from the current performance of the Stonemen, the Queen of the Forest Elf doubts very much that they will fall before the Black Forest Kingdom.

"The Stoneman Kingdom is in a critical situation and urgently needs reinforcements. What should we do?"

The forest elf queen said with a frown.

As the war progressed, members of the anti-human alliance fell one after another. If something unexpected happened to the Stoneman Kingdom again, the consequences would be unimaginable.

“Your Majesty, the alliance can no longer withstand the blow, and the Stoneman Kingdom must be saved.

Even though their military contribution is minimal, I must keep them for political reasons.

The alliance is currently at a disadvantage. If people lose their morale, there will be no way to turn the tide!"

An old elf said with a serious look.

The situation has developed to the point where the elves have been kidnapped.

The fall of the Kingdom of God delayed the plan to split the continent, leaving behind the elves who were supposed to leave the continent.

If we cannot leave in a short period of time, we will inevitably be involved in the conflicts on the mainland.

The elves' long lifespan has caused them to suffer from a common problem among long-lived races - their ideas and concepts cannot keep up with the times.

Those who hold power are a group of old guys who are hundreds or thousands of years old. They are not sensitive enough to the changes in the situation on the mainland, and their judgment of the strength of each ethnic group often remains in the past.

Before the outbreak of this continental war, almost all elves believed that as long as they tried their best, the anti-human alliance would be able to defeat the human race.

They have completely failed to notice the various reform and strengthening movements launched by the human race in various countries in the past decade or so.

In the long run, these incomplete reforms will ultimately end in failure.

But within a certain period of time, the military strength of various countries has indeed improved.

The anti-human alliance was extremely unfortunate as it happened to coincide with the peak military period of the human nations.

"Your Majesty, good news!"

“News came from the Dwarf Kingdom that they had lured the Southern Continental Alliance into a trap and detonated an underground volcano.

Now the entire steel defense line is covered by the gushing magma. Everywhere you look, it is a sea of ​​fire. The human army that entered it was almost completely wiped out.

Judging from the situation on the battlefield, the Southern Continental Coalition suffered approximately one million casualties.

In the next few months, we don't have to worry about the enemy coming from the Dwarf Kingdom!"

The good news brought by the middle-aged elf only made the forest elf queen happy for a moment, and then her face turned bitter.

"The enemy is not stupid. The Dwarf Kingdom has lured the human coalition into a trap. The price they paid must be quite high, right?"

Sometimes being too smart is not a good thing.

It was originally a good news, but the Queen of Forest Elf was still able to keenly discover the hidden message in it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!

In order to lure the humans into a trap, the eight dwarf legions responsible for covering the army's retreat used themselves as bait at the last moment.

......"

Halfway through his words, the middle-aged elf's eyes became moist.

The atmosphere on the scene suddenly fell from a high point to a low point.

Even though they knew that the tragic sacrifice of the Dwarf Kingdom was not entirely for the Alliance, but more to cover the retreat of their people, everyone was still shocked.

Historical experience tells them that whenever such a tragic scene appears, it means the beginning of a disaster.

"Okay, cheer up.

The time the dwarves bought for us cannot be wasted.

Pass the order down, asking the Prairie Elf Kingdom to send out three legions to reinforce the Stonemen.

The rest of the troops will continue to follow the original plan and strive to destroy the three kingdoms of the Central Continent as soon as possible!"

……

Lutetia, the Terran Alliance Council.

When the news of the destruction of the Southern Continental Coalition Forces came, everyone's first reaction was that it was impossible, and then the situation on the scene got out of control.

Compared to the second-hand information obtained by the alien alliance, the battle reports received by the congressmen were much more detailed.

As the enemy was losing ground, the coalition forces naturally had to launch a large-scale attack.

No one had expected that beneath the last line of defense of the Dwarf Kingdom, there was actually a huge extinct volcano.

What was even more unexpected was that the enemy actually used themselves as bait to lure the main force of the coalition over, and then activated the magic circle buried underground to revive the dormant volcano.

The battle line that stretched for hundreds of miles suddenly turned into a sea of ​​fire. Countless coalition soldiers were reduced to ashes under the gushing magma.

After summarizing the casualties of various countries, the total number of soldiers killed was as high as more than 1.3 million, and the number of wounded was countless.

Without the magic power to save lives, it has become a luxury for the wounded to recover in a short period of time.

The magic potion that can quickly heal injuries has a pitifully low production volume due to artificial refining, and it is impossible to popularize it.

According to an optimistic estimate, there are at least 200,000 to 300,000 wounded soldiers who need to leave the battlefield due to physical reasons.

In a short period of time, the coalition forces had lost the ability to continue the attack.

Accumulating previous losses, the coalition forces suffered more than three million casualties in order to break through the Dwarf Kingdom's defenses.

Even if the losses were shared by many countries in the southern continent, this would still be a painful number.

Of course, there is no need to consider attacking at this time.

Before the erupting volcano calmed down, the army could not pass through at all, and even wanted to take a detour.

The range of the magma eruption was only a few hundred miles, but the fires it caused were endless, and the dust and smoke in the sky affected a wider area.

In the face of the mighty power of nature, human power is insignificant.

Even a strong person like the one in the Sanctuary is powerless to prevent a natural disaster of such a large scale.

"Damn you dwarves!

This is too despicable, their entire family must be sent to the stake!"

After one congressman made a proposal, it quickly gained the support of many congressmen, and the scene was full of excitement.

……

(End of this chapter)