Ethan is an unlucky guy.

As a skirmisher with three years of military service, he is absolutely rare in a conscripted regiment like the Storm Division; especially when the top commander is a skirmisher, a veteran like him

It was supposed to be very popular.

But I don’t know whether it was because everything must be reversed, or because I was reported by the logistics department for hiding trophies before. As a result, I have been staying in the Fourth Infantry Regiment, serving as a scout and messenger.

Even on such a night of heavy rain, the other recruits could hide in the tent after "farewelling" the Aiden Army all afternoon, drink boiling salted meat soup and dry bread, and sleep well without a drop of rain on their bodies.

, but he had to stand guard in the rain until dawn.

Standing in the corner of the moldy and damp barricade, soaked Ethan leaned on his rifle and leaned against the barricade, looking boredly at the deserted streets filled with craters and rubble.

For a Clovis army, military discipline is often closely related to treatment and war situation; a Clovis regular army with stable supplies, countless battles, and full of honors is often closely related to the frequency of combat and the proportion of casualties it endures.

The empire was also amazed.

As for the levied corps... Well, since they are all "levied corps", you really can't ask too much of them except that they won't collapse at the first touch on the battlefield.

Relying on relatively stable supplies and a high share of loot, Anson's Storm Division's military discipline is much better than that of ordinary levy regiments; but it often has to turn a blind eye, and it is impossible to ask for too much.

For a sentry mission like tonight's on a rainy day, usually no one would say anything even if he hid somewhere sheltered from the rain for the night.

But I don’t know what happened to the leader who was always lazy even himself today, and warned him over and over again what would happen if he violated the mission.

In an extremely depressed mood, Ethan's throat twitched. He lowered his head, patted his coat pocket with his right hand, and found that there was still the last cigarette left in the shriveled carton.

oh?

This unexpected discovery made the unlucky Ethan a little excited.

Although Clovis military regulations prohibit fireworks at night - or in any army - especially sentries, because they can easily become targets for the enemy and expose their targets.

But...

Holding the cigarette holder tremblingly, Ethan flattened the cigarette case and threw it on the ground. He began to dig out matches. I don't know if it was because of the dampness, but even a dozen matches didn't draw any sparks.

"puff!"

Just when the unlucky Ethan felt depressed again, a small alluring flame suddenly stretched out in front of him, and he immediately leaned towards it in excitement.

"Thank you, I..."

Before he finished speaking, Ethan's eyes widened slightly in the faint firelight.

That attractive little flame was not a lit match, but a floating one.

Floating above the tip of a guy's outstretched index finger.

The unlucky Ethan was holding a cigarette in his mouth, trembling all over, and slowly raised his eyes.

His shocked gaze passed through the swirling smoke, and the originally empty streets full of craters and rubble suddenly became "lively" - hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at him silently through the heavy rain.

Standing in the front row, the "good Samaritan" who had just lit a cigarette for him smiled silently at him, and the small flame he held illuminated his face, revealing the pointed ears on the temples.

"Fuck me!"

These were the last words of the unlucky Ethan before he was alive - before he was torn into pieces by dozens of lead bullets.

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Similar situations occurred repeatedly at the outposts of all Storm Division outposts at almost the same time.

In the green city shrouded in heavy rain, hundreds of figures suddenly appeared from the narrow and winding streets. They quickly assembled under the cover of darkness and rain, and rushed towards the position in front of the Storm Division at an astonishing speed.

These elites who are scattered throughout the northern city and can still move unimpeded in the dark are the truth behind Duke Eden's grand "exit ceremony"!

When the Stormtroopers focus all their attention on the majestic soldiers, the grand ceremony and the roaring artillery, it is easy to only pay attention to the organization and size of the troops, and cannot notice whether each unit is better than before.

Shrunk...So when everyone thought that the Aiden Legion had evacuated from the Green Valley, three thousand elite soldiers and the spell casters of the Thirteen Councils were already on standby in the city!

In the first round of raids, the sentries in the Storm Division's forward positions were almost wiped out immediately.

For the Eden Legion, which previously occupied the commanding heights of the city on the tower of the northern city wall, every move of the Storm Division, including but not limited to sentries, gaps in the defense range, strength and firepower configuration...all are under the supervision of Duke Eden.

Down.

Therefore, even if a very small number of veterans had time to be alert, they did not have time to run away. They were surrounded by ambushes who quietly circled behind or blocked at the corner of the alley, and disappeared silently.

There was only a pool of blood washed away by the rain, and a cigarette butt soaked in the blood.

After quietly taking down the outer sentries, 3,000 Aiden soldiers with no casualties, mixed with the casters of the Thirteenth Council, launched an offensive directly towards the outer positions of the Storm Division under the cover of heavy rain.

So accompanied by sparse gunfire, running footsteps, piercing bugles, the collision of bayonets, and curses and wails in various accents...

Ethan, who was gradually getting cold, fell into a pool of his own blood. His body that had been torn apart by lead bullets continued to overflow with blood; the pouring rain mixed with plasma and seeped into his already dilated pupils.

The elf caster with cold eyes stood beside him, his eyes with a hint of madness fell on the cigarette butt that slipped from the corner of his mouth; expressionless, he slowly squatted down and held the unburned cigarette in the corner of his mouth.

The small flame on the index finger of his right hand quickly rose into the sky along with the smoke he exhaled, exploding into a dazzling firework in the rainy sky.

The flash of orange-red sparks is like a signal, like the last small match that detonates the bomb, the last wave that tears apart the dam...

The moment it went out, the entire Green Valley began to shake slightly - thousands of Aiden legions were like floods pouring out of a broken dam, almost crazily pouring out of the main entrance and two breaches of the northern city wall.

Entering the city, they rushed unstoppably towards the Storm Division's forward position.

Obviously, the Aiden Legion, which was "eager to retreat", would not remember to help Carindia repair the city wall before leaving.

"God bless Aiden-!!!!"

The shouts resounded through the sky, followed by the charge of thousands of Aiden Legions who roared and fought, rushing endlessly in the heavy rain.

The Battle of Green Valley ushered in the first shot before its successful conclusion.

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"The governor's residence has been captured! There was only a small amount of resistance. The Clovis on both sides are constantly retreating. Count Luwang is leading his troops to clear out the remaining enemy forces in the stronghold!"

"The left-wing army encountered stubborn resistance from the Clovis people. The leading troops suffered heavy casualties. The second-line reserve troops were struggling with the enemy in the position. The flanking reinforcements tried to organize a bayonet charge, but were repulsed by the barricade defenders with grenades. They are currently exchanging fire with the enemy.

Asking for more support!”

"Baron Dick has broken through the Clovis blockade and led two infantry companies to attack the warehouse stronghold! The Baron requested more reserves to support the streets on the west side, saying that he only needed to allocate one more infantry regiment to blockade the warehouse stronghold.

street!"

"The artillery positions have been fully deployed, and the shooting elements have been aimed. They can carry out the mission at any time and launch a one-minute indiscriminate bombing of the warehouse stronghold!"

"The scouts have controlled the northern city wall tower and all commanding heights around the town. They have not found any enemy artillery positions or reinforcements from any direction. They are continuing to monitor the warehouse stronghold and the southern city wall!"

"The position on the west side of the Storm Division has been defeated by our army and is retreating from the barricades and defensive positions. Our army has suffered minor casualties. Baron Woden is leading his infantry regiment to continuously advance and carry out key strikes on the enemy troops who are trying to resist!

"

Accompanied by the deafening shouts of death and the sound of gunfire, one message after another was sent from the frontline battlefield to the Ayden Military Camp outside the northern city wall.

Under the pouring rain, although the young Duke Eden desperately tried to remain calm and composed, cold sweat continued to seep out from his temples, the back of his neck and the palms of his clenched hands along with the rain.

This is a big gamble.

Although Anson Bach's life or death is uncertain, although he is well aware of the deployment of the entire Storm Division, although the strength of the Storm Division is less than one-half of his own...but they are Clovis people.

Even in a head-on confrontation with the empire, they were able to keep up with the odds. They completely annihilated the Iser Guards in one battle and wiped out the Clovis, one of the Seven Cities Alliance, in just two days!

A prey of this level, no matter how weak it looks now, must be extremely vigilant!

What's more, the Ayden Legion, which seemed to have the upper hand, was already at the end of its war effort. The average ammunition for each soldier in each company was less than twenty rounds. Many people did not even have spare bayonets and could only continue to fight with dull knives or damaged weapons.

If we cannot rely on military strength to gain an advantage, we are destined to be defeated step by step; judging by the numbers of both sides, a complete defeat will certainly not be possible, but once defeated, we are destined to pay the price for the act of "blatantly tearing up the agreement."

But it seems to be going well now.

Relying on the reconnaissance of the Storm Division before the war and the three thousand infantry and elf spellcasters ambushed in the city, he successfully caught Anson Bach off guard and firmly controlled the governor's residence, one of the most important strongholds in the past.

-Occupying this place is equivalent to occupying the center line of the battlefield. After that, you can deploy your troops without any scruples and continuously compress the Storm Division's living space...

Until they are blocked in one stronghold after another, and then the dogs are shut down and beaten.

But even so, Duke Eden's face was still serious, and there was no trace of the joy of victory.

Because it went so smoothly!

The forward position that the Storm Division took two days to establish had collapsed by two-thirds in less than two hours, and a series of important barricades and defensive nodes had been lost, allowing the Ayden Army to attack across the board without restraint.

Those positions that originally seemed extremely strong, and even Duke Eden was prepared to pay two or three times casualties, collapsed as quickly as a dam bursting under the full offensive of Eden's army.

Judging from the intelligence received from the front line, except for the Storm Division defenders on the western front who put up a decent resistance, the remaining defenders probably did not put up any organized resistance and even started without firing a shot.

He retreated in panic.

Is this reasonable?

This is very unreasonable!

According to the information provided by Mattias, although this Clovis army is a levy, its sponsors and organizers are the two major families of Rune and Franz - the former is the oldest bloodline of Clovis, and the latter

The head of the family is the Archbishop of Clovis!

Therefore, even if they are slightly inferior to the ordinary Clovis army, their combat effectiveness should be the same as that of the Empire's army. Otherwise, there is no way to explain why they were able to annihilate the Imperial Guards in a single battle at Eagle Point City.

But the Clovis army opposite now is completely different - if it weren't for the unicorn flag, Duke Ayden almost thought he was facing a Carinthian army!

The overly smooth battle situation made him wary, and he even rejected all of his generals' requests for additional troops one after another. He tightly held the reserve army of 5,000 people in his hands and refused to send more troops to the front line.
To be continued...