I have tens of millions of wage earners

Chapter 844
Sure enough, after talking about some advantages, the Duke of Ravenna raised his tone and said: "But our army is now facing a problem, a problem that must be solved immediately."

"That is, although our army has occupied a large area of ​​positions, our army is actually surrounded."

"Damn, despicable braves, they suddenly appeared."

"It seems that they used something called the upper line to suddenly appear behind our army, thus suddenly cutting off the back of our army."

"The million-strong army of our empire is now locked within the Maginot Line."

"The situation is dire, dire and needs to change!"

A warrior covered in blood, he said angrily: "Hmph, these despicable and shameful brave men are really shameless!"

"Originally, we had already guarded against their broken troops. Although the two legions were very powerful at the beginning, after the selected mage group took action, their threat has been eliminated by us."

"It can be said that the surprise attack troops of the Iron Hill Kingdom were quickly defeated by us."

"Originally, after solving the rear raiding enemy, the mage group can then come to the front line to support and help our main force destroy the enemy's resurrection position together."

"But I didn't expect it, yeah, I didn't expect it, they actually used such a despicable weird magic!"

"Now, it's really bad."

The imperial general said fiercely: "What the hell, I personally led the team to look at the back just now. There are at least 10,000+ despicable brave men, and they blocked our back!"

"And those brave men are very difficult to deal with, not the type given for nothing."

"Not very strong, but able to fight."

"With my elite personal guards and selected mages, although their cooperation has killed a lot, but since the brave will be resurrected infinitely, I can only bring people back in the end, fuck it!"

Another staff member under Ravenna asked next to him: "Then what should we do? Lord Ravenna? We are moving on. After all, we are only a little short of winning this battle."

"Or?" The staff member hesitated a little, "First ensure the safety of our rear?"

How to do?
Ravenna himself is actually still struggling and thinking. This is not an easy decision.

It is obviously necessary to choose very carefully, but it is necessary to choose quickly but correctly.

Ravenna was thinking.

Thanks to the elite, highly trained, and highly organized army of our own empire, our own army did not bomb the camp even after going through arduous battles and being surrounded at the same time.

Although there is some confusion and a little panic, it has not reached the point of losing control.

So far, I can still effectively command the army to fight.

Whether it is to let them continue to move forward and kill a bloody path, or to turn the main force around and go back to open a retreat?
It's all possible.

But it has to be fast!

Because the besieged army, although it can maintain morale for a short time, this morale will become weaker and weaker as time goes by.

The overall morale of the troops will become more and more depressed.

The fear of being surrounded will inevitably spread among the army.

Ravenna, the commander-in-chief of the empire, knew it very well.

I must take advantage of the fact that the army still has combat effectiveness and cohesion, and make breakthroughs in a short period of time.

Either go straight forward to defeat the opponent and occupy the entire Maginot Line!

Either go back and take down the hateful and despicable brave sneak attack troops, and open a way for your army to survive.

only……

Why are you hesitating?

Because even if the retreat is successfully opened, it almost means the failure of this battle.

Survival?

Even if he succeeds, it is almost impossible for him to organize another attack by the army, but he can only choose to lead his brothers to retreat in despair.

Leaving hundreds of thousands of corpses behind, but finding nothing?
This will be an unprecedented failure of the empire in recent years!
The empire is extremely powerful, but it has not been defeated or suffered losses for many years.

but!

In the past one or two hundred years, the empire has really not suffered too much collapse!
If he is defeated like this and goes back, it will be a heavy blow to his status within the empire, and it will also be a lifelong shame for him.

Of course, shame can be washed away.

Even if he has to avoid the limelight temporarily, but his relationship is still there, he definitely has a chance to make a comeback.

only……

The shame of defeat is not so easy to wash away.

The Duke of Ravenna was thinking, but he didn't think for long.

Because he knows that time is not waiting for us, and he must make a decision as soon as possible.

So Ravenna gave instructions.

Because he really didn't dare to continue taking risks.

A big defeat and a loss are better than annihilation of the whole army!
So he ordered that after the selected group of mages rest on the spot, they will cooperate with other conventional troops to continue to exert pressure.

And he himself will lead tens of thousands of elite troops of the empire, together with those mammoth cavalry who still have combat effectiveness, rush to help the rear!
Absolutely elite soldiers fight together, trying to break through the broken army of Iron Hill Kingdom in the shortest time!

Thus opening a survival channel for his own army.

As soon as this order was issued, all the staff were silent.

Because although this order did not directly state that it was preparing to withdraw troops, it was actually equivalent to withdrawing.

After all, after leading the most elite troops to the rear for support and opening the survival channel.

Most of the ordinary soldiers in the entire army probably don't want to fight anymore, but want to evacuate from the passage.

On the other hand, after finally laying down so many positions, and now withdrawing the main force, many hard-earned positions will definitely be lost.

And those who have the ability of immortality, the resurrected brave men will definitely reoccupy the position and prepare for the decisive battle again.

Lost ground, get it back?

Even if the imperial army has the strength to take back the position again, I am afraid that they will not have the desire to fight.

The lost position is completely lost!
It's not that the soldiers of the empire are good, nor is it that they are not brave.

Rather, it is a change in mentality.

After all, at the beginning, they were an army of 200 million, mighty and mighty, aggressively attacking, the offensive was like a tide, and their morale was high.

And now, they need to fight for their own survival!

We need to create a channel to communicate with the outside world!

Armed with the strength of a fight for survival, soldiers will charge as hard as they can.

However, even if a way of life was successfully opened up, for the soldiers, their courage to fight basically disappeared.

Do it all at once, second time tired, third time exhausted.

As the Duke of Ravenna, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, he knew this very well.

In fact, Ravenna is already preparing for the retreat.

(End of this chapter)