In early August of the Radiant Calendar 9766, the Cadro Legion commanded by Velin and the Monster Legion led by Archibald clashed several times on a small scale, with victories and defeats on both sides.
Through prisoners, both sides had roughly learned the other's names and strength. As for troop numbers, they could only make broad estimates.
During war, aside from the commander and a handful of senior officers who knew the number of their own soldiers and the names of their strongest warriors, no one else was qualified to know. They could only understand the approximate numbers.
Inside the command tent, Velin sat at the head, with Kyle standing behind him. On his lower left sat Madmonk, commander of the Sixteenth Silver Knight Order, while on his lower right sat Count Russell Curisco, commander of the Sailop Third Noble Legion.
Ten days ago, reinforcements from Sailop Province had arrived at the border and been placed under Velin's command.
With twenty thousand soldiers from Qixing Territory, seventy thousand troops from the Cadro noble coalition, more than sixteen thousand knights of the Sixteenth Silver Knight Order, and eighty thousand men from the Sailop Third Noble Legion, the forces under his command numbered nearly two hundred thousand.
However, the only forces with considerable combat power were his direct troops and the Sixteenth Silver Knight Order commanded by Madmonk. As for the Cadro Legion and the Sailop Third Noble Legion, only a small portion of their soldiers were truly useful. Most could only be used once, or perhaps not even that.
"Over the past two months, our army has fought thirty-three small-scale engagements with the Monster Clan. We won seventeen and lost sixteen. Five thousand six hundred and thirty-seven were killed, while eleven thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight were wounded. Apart from one