The troops of the Rose Cross were slowly advancing in the Breer Forest, while the reserve team departed from Pastown rushed towards the forest.

Because it is a reserve team, about 2,200 people can actually participate in the battle among the three thousand people. For a war with a size of about 10,000, such a level of force is enough to determine the outcome of a battle.

Compared to the panic a few days ago, Roddy finally had some confidence in the current crisis at this time, but he did not dare to relax at all. He did not leave after the army set off, but followed the army and silently supervised the speed of the army...

To be honest, such behavior has aroused a lot of disgust. After all, the bishop, as the commander, never wants to see anyone point fingers at his troops. Roddy, who pretends to be a "priest", also understands that he cannot cross it, so he never says a little nonsense along the way.

He also understood that this army could not be as capable as his cavalry team as his arm. When it really started a war, he could only be a "spectator"...

Time passed by in a hurry, the calendar turned over May 6th, and after the sunrise on May 7th, the Rose Cross teams in the Brill Forest finally began to meet before the final battle...

"Captain, are we slowing down?"

When moving in the dense jungle, the speed is still not fast, but it is obvious that since the early morning departure, Captain Sally obviously no longer had his previous decisive attitude. Instead, he delayed the departure time and increased the reconnaissance range when the team was moving forward. Although it was not stated clearly, the team members all realized that she was deliberately delaying the speed of moving forward.

Sally did not deny this. She nodded and replied: "Roy and Bart who went to the flank to reconnaissance have not returned yet. When they bring the exact news, we will speed up and catch up with the team ahead."

"I understand, captain."

Knowing that Sally was not in a cowardly battle, the team members felt much more relieved. Sally, who was walking in front, picked up the map to confirm the current position of the team-

The entire "Rose Cross" main force was scattered everywhere in the edge of the Brell Forest in a "convex arc". At this time, Sally's squad was right behind the "arc top" of the arc, about the same distance from the left and right wings, and more than one kilometer from the front troops.

This was the position she personally led the team to adjust last night. It was not that Sally did not dare to face the enemies, but that she could never confirm whether these enemies were really as weak as before...

"Captain, news came from the front line that the first team had already walked out of the forest and arrived at the scheduled meeting place."

"knew."

Sally nodded, still calming down and did not urge the team to speed up.

"The second echelon left the forest and arrived at the meeting place. Bishop Flair was urging us to move forward, Captain Sally..."

“I will arrive on time.”

Sally looked up at the sun above her head and said, "Tell Bishop Flair, don't urge me again-"

The words suddenly stopped halfway, and Sally looked ahead with vigilance... The atmosphere of the entire team immediately solidified for a moment. Seeing this, the team members around all held their weapons with vigilance.

However, no expected enemies appeared around.

The subordinate, who held his breath for several seconds, looked at Sally and asked, "Captain..."

"Listen carefully!"

Sally raised her hand to interrupt him. The soldiers who were prompted focused for a moment, but they all heard the vague...

"horn?"

The team will not blow the horn when gathering. Only when charging or retreating will it be used to use this snail number that can be transmitted far even in the forest. When you hear it, everyone thinks of several possibilities-

"The decisive battle was underway?"

Someone asked a question, but no one answered him because the players in the forest had no idea what was going on outside.

But just a few seconds later, the rushing sound of horse hooves suddenly came. Sally turned around. When she saw Roy, who was covered in blood, rushed back, she immediately rushed out a few steps and shouted, "Get out of the way, prepare for treatment!"

Roy jumped off the horse exhausted, and the two magical techniques made him regain some strength. When he got up, he didn't have time to salute and shouted: "There are enemies on the right wing who are surrounded! The number may be over a thousand!"

This sentence suddenly made everyone's heart sank, and Sally immediately ordered: "Everyone, stop moving forward!"

Before the subsequent order could be expressed, Bart's figure appeared on the other side - "The left wing was attacked, and fierce battles have occurred! There are too many enemies to count!"

"Damn it!"

Sally couldn't help but curse, holding the worst plan, but she didn't expect it to come true now. Even though she had some psychological preparation in advance, the young woman was still a little irresistible in her heart.

"Take all supplies and prepare for battle-"

She tried hard to suppress the panic in her heart and prepared to start giving orders one by one. However, as soon as the words fell, the sound of leaves rubbing and horse hooves came from the forest behind her...Sally turned around suddenly, but after hesitating for half a second, she decisively said: "Cancel the preparation for combat, everyone breaks through to the right wing! Quick!"

“…We are surrounded!”

*******

The strategy of "Rose Cross" in Brier Forest is completely a "skirt" tactic, that is, all members act in the forest in the form of "squads", with each team ranging from 15-50 people, including several mobile cavalry teams with nearly 100 people.

Although it is claimed that the number of people participating in the war reached 20,000, because the supplies in the forest are far more difficult to guarantee than the plains, most of the figures are engineers and farmers responsible for logistics - and no more than 3,500 people can actually go to the battlefield.

Although the proportion is not high, this number is enough to kill the private soldiers of most nobles in the kingdom in seconds, and can even "run wildly". However, as the nominal commander-in-chief of this battle, Bishop Freyer, who had just left the forest, was completely shocked by the scene in front of him...

The number of enemies pouring from the front was more than 2,000, and the array was neatly arranged. There were two follower cavalry teams on both sides ready to launch a charge at any time.

And what about my own side?

The two batches of teams that had just walked out of the forest had only 500 people in total, and at this time, the most basic queue integration has not been completed yet...

how so?!

He held the staff in his hand tightly, not knowing what to do at this time: soldiers kept rushing over to report the situation of the war. In addition to the enemies directly in front, a large number of enemy troops appeared on both sides and behind the entire army. In just a few minutes, there were even small-scale battles.

He thought his team could retreat as easily as before, but the results reported made him completely unacceptable: the scattered team of "Rose Cross" had no power to resist in the large-scale enemy assault, and was wiped out in almost one encounter!

"Sir, we must block their charge, or the whole team will collapse..."

"Stop! Go and block! What are you waiting for?" The adjutant's words made Flair come to his senses. He shouted at all his subordinates who were surrounded by him with great disobedience: "Why did the enemy suddenly appear? Why is there no warning?!"

However, no one answered such a question. The infantry team of "Virgium Cross" in front of him had begun to accelerate collectively. The flashing purple light proved that there were a large number of clergymen in the opponent's array... This often means that the enemy will be more difficult to deal with than imagined.

"Where is my army!? Why are there only a few squads?"

The questioning at this time is meaningless. Flair's command ability is mediocre. He just executed Moglani's orders like a puppet from beginning to end. Therefore, he was completely panicked when he suddenly changed and completely lost his ability to adapt.

However, the "Viridian Cross" that had been fully prepared would not give him a chance to breathe. The first wave of charge of the front team crushed the first group in front of him five minutes to smash the first group in front of him!

These pagans waited for their leisure, and their days of dormant are just for today's battle. The morale is high and full of momentum... In contrast, the extremely tired "Rose Cross" team must be motivated and have no morale, strength, and even the most basic defensive formation was pushed over without even being put out, and there was no room for resistance!

Such a result was like a blow, which made the soldiers who originally thought they were sure to win and the minds of the soldiers were blank. What followed was the panic and horror that gradually spread...

The shouts of killing came from all directions. The soldiers holding weapons looked around and found that they didn't know which direction to escape. The situation of defeat was almost immediately, and then it caused a complete mental collapse.

Groups of teams rushed out of the forest, hitting their teammates who were retreating in a hurry in front of them, and then collided with the enemy's advancing array without any formation and defense... and were then harvested together.

The bloody battle broke out, but the two sides were at a huge gap, showing a complete massacre.

Among the countless teams of "Rose Cross", only three teams chose the right route, successfully broke through from the edge of the right wing that the enemy had not yet encircled, and left the edge of the Brell Forest without any injuries... Among them, the team where Sally is located.

But at this time she would rather not rush out of the forest... because after her vision was wide open, the situation on the plain battlefield was instantly clear. From a distance, these pagans who were prepared were like adults beating children, constantly causing the defense line of the "Rose Cross" to retreat and shrink...

The three teams that followed Sally by chance escaped the encirclement were less than one hundred people at this time. Compared with the number of enemies with more than 4,000, they only have the option of "preserving the power of life"...

"Retreat! Look for cover!"

"Take away heavy armor and heavy weapons!"

The embarrassment of throwing away his armor makes people feel extremely shameful, but complaining is useless. This is the reality: when failure is like a blow and punching the face, the only thing that can be done is not to face the other face, but to protect yourself in the most reasonable way.

"Captain Sally, there is a pursuer in the left rear!"

“Report quantity!”

"About three hundred people..."

This quantity completely lost Sally's idea of ​​turning around to fight. She gritted her teeth and ordered: "Accelerate! Continue to retreat!"

This is not the first time she chose to "escape" to face the crisis. She once ran away from the border of Everta because of Francis' traps and traps... But Sally understands very well that at this moment, the person who has led her out of the crisis countless times will never appear again...
Chapter completed!