Even if Count Valbi wanted to lead the East Sea Alliance's forces to support the Xister Kingdom Army, the council disagreed, and even the Legion Commanders at the front opposed it.
In the end, all he could do was accept the council's resolution and have the entire frontline army intensify its attacks on the Raine Kingdom Army, break through the enemy forces before them as quickly as possible, reclaim the occupied territory, and only then look for an opportunity to support the Xister Kingdom's forces.
For this, he could only apologize to the Xister Kingdom.
Count Valbi's final reply to the Xister Kingdom was: the East Sea Alliance's main forces were about to launch an all-out offensive against the Raine Kingdom Army and truly had no strength to dispatch troops to support the Xister Kingdom. They were asked to hold on for a while longer. Once the East Sea Alliance achieved a breakthrough on its battlefield, their encirclement would naturally be lifted, and the enemy would not dare take such a great risk.
After Prince Yonitsa received Count Valbi's letter and saw the East Sea Alliance's response, he was so furious that he shouted in rage.
Now even their last option was gone. The Xister Kingdom Army truly could only rely on itself.
In the battles that followed, the Vela-Raine Allied Army did indeed increase the intensity of its attacks. Especially after adopting concentrated offensives, many sections of the Xister Kingdom Army's defenses fell into crisis. Even with reserve forces providing support, they were already run ragged.
The entire defensive line could be said to be hanging by a thread, ready to collapse at any moment.
And because of the prolonged fighting, the Xister Kingdom Army inside the encirclement had suffered severe depletion of weapons and equipment.
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