This battle could be called a complete victory for the Vela Nobles over the Steppe Barbarians. It had essentially brought an end to most of the Barbarian Tribes on the northern grasslands of the Vela Region, wiping out an army of over a million Barbarians in one stroke.
This was the greatest victory won against the Barbarians in the entire northern continent in many years. Even the Raine Kingdom itself was uneasy about invasions by the Steppe Barbarians.
The Raine Kingdom had always focused on defense against the Barbarians of the Skyline Grassland. It had even built border walls along its northern frontier and adopted a scorched-earth policy, making for a rather passive struggle against the Barbarians.
The Fas Kingdom was much the same. Its northern territories also faced pressure from Barbarian invasions.
The two strongest nations on the continent both had a considerable portion of their national strength consumed along the northern frontier in their struggle against the Barbarians, leaving them unable to gain an overwhelming advantage.
Of course, the Vela Nobles' great victory was also related to the relative poverty of the grasslands along Vela's northern frontier. Even at their peak, the Barbarians there had never numbered more than three million in total. In their current weakened state, their total population was likely no more than 1.5 million.
After the Vila Civil War, the Four Counties of the Northern Frontier underwent tremendous development. Their population had now surpassed five million, more than three times that of the Barbarians, so gaining the upper hand was only natural.
It was said that the Barbarian Alliance of the fertile Skyline Grassland had a total population of over ten million, roughly equal to the population of the Raine Kingdom's two northern provinces.
Under such circumstances, the Barbarians were all soldiers. Unless the