The Lord Of Blood Hill

Chapter 565: Heavy Losses

A few days later, news of the Night Falcon Knights' destruction becomes known to many powers.Their first reaction is to think it is false news. They repeatedly try to confirm whether it is true.

Then another shocking piece of news reaches the major powers.

On Peace Haven's eastern battlefield, Blue Warhammer was ambushed and wiped out.

The Gloomwood Knights who went to support them also suffered major losses.

After that, detailed battle reports become known to the various sides, and they finally understand how Peace Haven achieved such an exaggerated result in such a short time.

The fighting on Peace Haven's western front relied on the surprise of a night attack and fires.

On the eastern battlefield, the trap had been buried long ago. The dams, canals, and other water works Henwell previously built played an important role.

At first, the attacking Ogiro army did not pay attention to these civilian works.

Then, after the Peace Haven army chose its battlefield and formed ranks, those dams were immediately blown open.

The entire battlefield became a swamp. In some places, the water was three or four meters deep.

Not many Ogiro soldiers drowned, but the battlefield environment that followed was terrible.

The mud makes it almost impossible for Blue Warhammer, a heavy legion, to move.

As for the Gloomwood Knights, their situation was even worse. The knights could only dismount and move on foot.

While struggling with their own heavy armor, they also had to help their warhorses escape the mud pits.

Then they were attacked by Peace Haven legions carrying long spears and wearing light gear such as leather armor.

Those long hooked pikes in particular could easily hook Ogiro soldiers to the ground.

In this kind of chaotic battle, once someone in heavy armor fell, getting back up was not easy at all.

The battle on Peace Haven's eastern front is fought in this extremely undignified way for an entire day.

In such a terrible battlefield environment, any force that tried to support them would be entering a disaster.

Afterward, the Blue Warhammer Legion is wiped out, and the Gloomwood Knights, famous for their rapid mobility, also lost two thousand knights.

Including the losses suffered by other standing legions, Ogiro lost a full thirty thousand elites on the eastern front.

This makes the king of Ogiro tremble with rage and roar that he will flatten Peace Haven.

But in the end, just like the furious King Baleqi, he calms down and chooses to have the army withdraw and rest.

They now realize Henwell truly can drag them down into hell with him.

So how they should deal with Henwell next needs to be discussed again with far greater caution.

No one expected Peace Haven's war to unfold so quickly, nor did they expect the battle to be so brutal.

The night attack on the western defense line cost the allied armies of the two kingdoms nearly fifty thousand elites.

The Eastern Mudfield Battle on the eastern defense line cost Ogiro close to forty thousand elites.

Peace Haven pays a price as well. On the western defense line, the newly formed Fifth Legion was shattered.

The First Garrison Legion, responsible for the night raid and burning the camps, lost one-quarter of its strength.

In the great melee, the Second Garrison Legion and the First Mixed Legion both lost nearly one-fifth of their strength.

The cavalry cluster also lost more than two thousand men.

All told, Henwell's side lost nearly twenty thousand elites. Even after the wounded recover, more than ten thousand are dead, and several thousand more are left disabled and forced to leave active service.

In the Eastern Mudfield Battle, although Peace Haven had made full preparations, it still suffered considerable losses.

They were only slightly lower than the losses on the western front.

Calculated this way, Henwell has lost the equivalent of two elite legions.

For Henwell, who has few troops and follows an elite-soldier policy, this result is extremely painful.

But the outside world does not see it that way.

In their eyes, Henwell used the cost of thirty thousand men to devour Ogiro's Blue Warhammer and the Ika Kingdom's Night Falcon Knights. That alone is already outrageous enough.

On top of that, he crippled Lumir's Lake Sword Legion and Ika's Golden Flame Legion, two ace legions.

At the same time, Lumir's Water Fairy Knights and Ogiro's Gloomwood Knights both suffered serious blows.

For a short time, those two forces will find it very hard to return to the battlefield.

Right now, the remaining armies of the three countries still hold the numerical advantage.

They can keep attacking, but they also need to mobilize more ace legions from within their own countries.

This battle makes them realize that every army Henwell has built is, in their military system, at the level of an ace legion.

If they want to defeat such armies and tear open Peace Haven's defense line, they need military forces of the same caliber.

This is the moment that tests their strategic composure and strategic resolve.

They have a chance to take advantage of the situation and eradicate Peace Haven.

But what is the price?

Can they bear it?

No matter how optimistically their advisory teams plan, each side will need to throw in at least one more ace legion to destroy Henwell's power.

That leaves two paths before them.

First, pull outsiders into the game.

The Cosen Kingdom in the north and the Billie Kingdom in the east are both too far from Henwell.

Moreover, neither side is likely to get involved. The Cosen Kingdom has no benefit to gain.

As for the Billie Kingdom, the war princess Catherine is dragging them down, and the country itself is investing all its energy into the struggle over royal succession.

Getting those two countries to send troops and join the war would be difficult to arrange in time, and they themselves would rather sit on the sidelines and watch the other sides fight bitterly.

Therefore, the only kingdom that can be pulled into the war and pose the greatest threat to Peace Haven is the Vorry Kingdom.

Amir is clearly very willing to join in, but Henwell has broad influence in Vorry.

The Noble Alliance and Henwell's allies will not allow Amir to do this.

If Amir insists on going his own way, that will prove he is a foolish king who abandons a meritorious vassal of the country.

The Rhine family still has other candidates.

Whether it is Obiken, Duke of the Western Regions, Lowel, Duke of the Northern Regions, or Quinns, Duke of the Southern Regions, all of them carry royal blood, even direct-line blood.

Any one of them can become king.

And none of them would refuse such an opportunity. Amir and everyone else understand this very clearly.

Therefore, the three countries cannot have Amir directly send troops. But they can have Amir make trouble for Henwell.

For example, he can dispatch legions to garrison the Peace Haven region.

In name, Peace Haven is still territory of the Vorry Kingdom. As king, sending his own army to support a lord under threat is reasonable in both sentiment and law.

And right now, Henwell cannot refuse. If he does, he is denying his own political identity, and Amir will be able to shut a lot of mouths.

However, to the three countries' surprise, Amir directly refuses this request.

They know Henwell must have offered Amir something persuasive and completed an exchange of benefits long ago.