Don, who was forced to follow the First Army, found himself underestimating the strength of the group.

From the battle to the defeat, the two sides did not even touch directly. Uncle Sang and the others just kept firing at the Dawn troops, there was neither a rain of arrows that covered the sky and the sun, nor the sweat and blood during the battle, in the battle line that was more than a mile long, he couldn't see anything, but from time to time in the opponent's ranks, people fell down in pieces, as if they were cooperating with the movements here.

This makes the war seem like a child's play, like a drama with no momentum.

However, from the side of the avenue, he knew that it was just his delusion, and the more relaxed the First Army became, the more it could only prove their strength.

He finally understood what Nail meant by the "First Army's mode of warfare".

A team of hundreds of people acted as if they were one person. It's like a ghost when it's silent, it's silent when it's attacking, everything goes according to plan, and it's disciplined like never before. Compared to those weapons with amazing lethality, Don felt that the Northland garrison was not much inferior - taking advantage of the cover of night, the ambush was in place on the eve of dawn; all five squads were in battle, and there was no overseer behind them; as the commander, Eagle Face did not stay in the camp, but stayed in the ambush circle closest to the old holy city; everyone was highly concentrated, the division of labor was clear, and every order could be carried out quickly...... If it weren't for these details, even with a fierce weapon, I am afraid that such a result would not have been achieved.

After witnessing the entire battle, Donn couldn't help but be a little glad that he had chosen to leave Hermes in time.

If you stay in the holy city and don't leave, when these guys invade the city, I'm afraid that merchants like him will be dealt with as enemies.

Anyway, he sighed secretly, it was too dangerous outside, if he could go back safely this time, it would be better to do business in the city of eternal night honestly.

Although the money is not much, it should not be a problem to feed the family.

And Fu'er from the "Heavenly Kingdom on Earth", I should miss him too, right?

I wish I could get home sooner, Don thought to himself.

In the evening, Hawkface walked into the makeshift tent, gave a military salute to Edith, and then handed over a booklet, "The battlefield has been preliminarily cleaned, here is the situation reported by each class, I have briefly summarized it." ”

"Thank you for your hard work," Northland Pearl took the booklet and flipped through it from beginning to end. It was expected that the First Army had no casualties, and the Dawn side found more than 1,000 corpses, and more than 600 wounded, and the direct attrition was estimated to be about 20%. Not many of them were killed by bullets, and most of them died from aerial bombardment and trampling, and the strafing along the way only exacerbated the level of confusion.

This is also in line with the staff's inference, after all, the number of garrisons in the Northland is too small to transfer enough ammunition on the magic ark alone, and the lack of pursuit means to expand the results of the battle is to be expected. As long as the mission of expelling the army of Dawn is completed, it will be considered a successful blockade.

In the end, more than 1,800 people surrendered, of which 25 were nobles, and the highest rank was an earl, who claimed to be the lord of the hundred flowers. However, it was another baron named Rayin Payton who intrigued Edith. According to the report, in the midst of a ransom promise and a desire to be treated properly, he repeatedly emphasized that he was an old acquaintance with a high-ranking official of the Grey Keep, and that he was a friend of the King of the Grey Keep.

"Does this man really say that?" she shook the book at Eagleface.

"I guess it's just nonsense, or think that the king of the Grey Keep is still Tifeco Wimbledon. The deputy battalion commander frowned, "What are you going to do with these surrendered nobles?"

"It's impossible to redeem it, let's throw it in prison first," Edith muttered for a moment, "maybe you'll need it later." As for the non-nobles, they can be dismissed on the spot, and we don't have so much surplus food to distribute to them. ”

"Yes. ”

"Haven't you found the whereabouts of Ampein Moya, Lord of the Dawn?"

"No one matching his character was found in the corpse," Hawkface shook his head, "There was a suspicion that Ampein had been seen during the interrogation of the captives, but at that time he and a group of knights seemed to have changed their clothes and were not carrying flags or family crests. The rest of the people tried to retreat with them, but they were stopped by the knight, and due to the distance and the chaos on the scene, the guy couldn't be sure that the other party was Ampein. ”

"Where did you meet?"

"Inside the Old Holy City. ”

"Then nine times out of ten," Edith shrugged, "to assemble such a large army, the King's personal conquest is essential. If the king of a country is in the army, where do you think he should go?"

"Uh...... Front?" Hawkface said uncertainly.

"After the Pioneers, to be exact. She explained, "The old holy city had no walls, and it was up to the fast hands to grab anything, so it was only natural that the king should come first in such a thing as a raid." The vanguard is usually served by his knights, who can both eliminate threats in advance and ensure that they are the first to enter the city. ”

"So when the bomber operation began, they were already inside the city?"

"Well, because of this, Ampein was able to evade Maisie and Miss Hummingbird's aerial attacks, and had plenty of time to discern the situation and choose the right direction of escape—that being said, it was a good response to be able to decide to leave the king's dignity and flee in disguise in half an hour. Edith raised the corners of her mouth imperceptibly and licked her lips slightly.

"Damn, let the biggest fish run away!" said Hawkface indignantly, "if I could prepare a pursuing force in advance......

"It's useless," she interrupted, "such a wide plain that you can't stop him unless you can predict his escape route." The ambush on the main road was nothing more than a prey to the enemy's retreat habits and herd mentality - so that when they fled towards the wheat fields on the other side, the muskets were much less effective. ”

The deputy battalion commander of the "......" did not refute, but still looked very annoyed.

"You don't have to blame yourself, because it's not necessarily a bad thing. Edith smiled.

"Why?" Hawkface looked up in surprise.

"It's a complicated question, you just need to understand that fear is contagious, and when those people realize how terrible it is to be against the Grey Keep, will they still dismiss His Majesty's warnings as nothing?" ”

Seeing that she didn't want to talk deeply, Hawkface didn't ask any further, "Then what should we do next?

"It's just these 500 people, and they can't even make a splash when they are stationed in the city. EDI vetoed without hesitation, "Wait, Miss Maisie has already gone to pick up a key person, and if it goes well, maybe we can take this place without much effort." ”