"How is it?" Lavian asked Holling with a grim expression.
"Honestly... the Crusaders are ruined. The archers and bowmen have also suffered heavy casualties, but the most crucial thing is that the Crusaders, there are no more than a thousand of them still breathing..." Huo Lin was distressed. Only after counting the casualties did he understand the horrific price the soldiers of the Principality of Nix had paid to stop those damned chariots! Of the three thousand Crusaders, less than a thousand were still standing, and the enemy corpses left in front of the battle were only a little over a thousand. And most fatally, this was only the first wave of enemies. It was still unknown whether there would be more enemies chasing after them...
"Take care of the wounded, burn the remains of our soldiers, and then retreat quickly!" Ravian gave this order with difficulty. After all, they no longer had the ability to give their fallen comrades a decent funeral. In order to prevent their bodies from being desecrated by the enemy, Ravian could only reluctantly order the burning of their remains.
"Okay, I understand..." After a moment of silence, Huo Lin gritted his teeth and turned to convey the order.
"Sir, the result is worse than we imagined!" A knight came running over and said to Ravian.
"Go on, I can still hold on!" Ravian forced himself to cheer up.
"The remaining Crusaders' organization has collapsed. Almost all the officers have died in battle, even Commander Rockferre (a third-level Berserker). The highest-ranking officer we can find now is actually a trainee soldier..."
"This is really the best news I've heard today!" Ravian said self-deprecatingly, but his eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity.
Although the Crusaders were mostly ordinary men, the officers of each ten-man squad were led by professionals. Three hundred warriors or trainees, led by a third-level Berserker Commander, formed the backbone of the army. Facing the enemy, the Crusader officers naturally stood in front of the ordinary soldiers. Therefore, in the first round of clashes, the Crusader officer column was already annihilated in name only. The terrifying impact of that moment killed nearly 90% of the professional officers of the Crusader Army... so that by the end of the battle, only a handful of Crusader officers remained...
"It's so tragic... This wrong war must end. We chose the wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place..." Lavian sighed.
"We failed in this Eastern Expedition..." The knight sighed, looking very lonely.
"Failure? Haha! Now I just hope that the surviving soldiers of the Principality can escape safely! Winning or losing is no longer within my consideration!" Ravian grinned and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
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"Lord Lavian! The fire has been lit, and the things that can be quickly moved from the camp have been packed!" Huo Lin turned back.
Ironically, the chariots left behind by the Charioteers became an important tool for the Crusaders of the Principality of Nyx to transfer the wounded and supplies...
"Let's leave this place where we shed blood and tears!" Lavian looked at the raging fire in the distance. Those were the remains of the sacrificed soldiers of the Principality of Nyx who were burned.
"Retreat!" Huolin growled to the remaining officers around him.
In an instant, the shrunken team left here noisily. Although there were constant groans and curses along the way, their marching speed and discipline were not disrupted at all.
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"Wow! This boat is not small!" Jesse Ava said exaggeratedly. At this moment, Lance and his group were waving goodbye to the druid leader Bion at the Karl Rock Ferry. They were leading their horses and boarding the boat in an orderly manner.
"..." Lance rubbed his eyebrows. Having seen galleons before, he had no feelings for these double-decker wooden ships. For him, any ship that could carry his army downstream was a good ship.
"Stop sighing! Come with me!" Lance picked up Jesse Ava, who was standing on the shore and ready to sing a poetic song.
"Hey! That's very rude of you!" Jessie Ava said angrily with her eyes wide open.
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