Sixth Legion Retreats

Ivand hurriedly said, "Legion Commander, we're almost there. There are old men with white hair and children without beards among the garrison on the city walls."

"Just one more attack, please lead us in one more charge!"

Turas shook his head. "It can't be taken, Ivand. Ironwire City used to be a proper border fortress. Back then, it was an important stronghold against the East Sea Alliance Army."

That is, more than a hundred years ago, we solidified the Southern Defense Line, and this place was no longer built as a fortress, but was expanded by the Iron Vine Family as the center of their territory.

Ironwire City has a typical inner and outer city structure; even if we take the outer city, they can retreat to the inner city.

Ivand wanted to speak at this point, but Turas stopped him.

"Yes, Ivand, I know what you want to say."

We can definitely take the outer city today, but we definitely can't take the inner city.

The main force of Count Lloyd is less than a day's journey from here, and they will arrive tomorrow morning.

He has at least 10 battalions under his command. As for us, the Regimental Commander the Third Regiment was killed in action, and the remaining troops have been transferred to your command.

Even with my own troops, we only have five battalions left, the rest are all wounded, we can't possibly be a match for Count Lloyd."

After listening to the analysis of the Legion Commander Turas, Ivand had nothing to say. He knew that the Legion Commander's mind was made up.

He punched the central pillar of the tent hard, making the whole tent shake.

"Let's retreat, don't waste time. If we retreat now, we can take the wounded with us."

Do you intend to wait until Count Lloyd arrives with his troops before fleeing in panic and abandoning them?

After Turas gave his orders, everyone left, leaving only Turas and his adjutant in the tent.

Turas stood in front of the map and looked at it quietly for a while, then said to his adjutant, "Take your men and put the map away. We don't need the tent."

"Yes, Legion Commander!"

Then Turas left the military tent and walked towards the camp gate, going straight out of the camp gate.

Sailik, who was directing the guards to pack their belongings, saw the Legion Commander leave the camp with only two guards.

He immediately led a squad of guards and gave chase.

"Sir, where are you going?"

Turas turned around and saw who it was. Sailik. I just wanted to take one last look at Ironwire City."

Seeing Sailik Turas didn't say anything more, Serik silently followed behind him.

Turas didn't get too close to Ironwire City. He found a high platform on a field ridge about a kilometer outside the city and stood on it.

They had all felt the power of the Ironwire City Bed Crossbow in the past few days, and Turas was naturally not unaware of this; staying outside the firing range was the safest option.

Turas gazed at the Ironwire City not far away. The city walls were covered with the marks of war, some of the crenellations were blackened by smoke, and there were many black marks on the walls, all remnants of dried blood. There were also many broken weapons at the foot of the city.

The bodies have been moved away by both sides. After all, it's not yet winter, and the bodies will continue to rot. If they are not dealt with, they will cause a plague.

Turas sighed heavily, "It really was so close. You're not reconciled, and I'm even more so."

Originally, I could have returned victorious from this battle, and the Pepper family would have had a chance to advance further, but now I might even lose my life!

"My lord!" Sailik didn't know how to comfort Turas.

Turas stared for a while, then turned and left.

Sailik hurried to catch up, saying as he walked, "Actually, sir, we have done very well. We have stormed into the Ironvine Territory and forced Count Lloyd to retreat."

This is a great help to the Cornwall County nobles who were crippled; you can certainly use this as grounds to ask the Grand Duke Mora for forgiveness.

Turas turned to look at Sailik, "You've been with me for so many years, and this is the first time I've seen you think like this. Sailik, you've improved. You've already shed the image I had of you before."

With your discerning eye, you're already qualified to be a Regimental Commander. I'll give you a hand when we get back.

As for me, don't worry about me. What I did wasn't so simple. His Majesty the Grand Duke might forgive me, but the War Department and the Prime Minister certainly won't let me escape alone.

After listening, Sailik remained silent.

After Turas returned to camp, most of the troops had already packed up. Originally, the Sixth Legion had not carried much baggage because the raid was for a forced march.

After several days of intense fighting, a large portion of the supplies had been used up, so there wasn't much left to take, which would free up quite a few wagons for the wounded soldiers.

Turas directly ordered that the guards first escort the wounded troops to retreat, while he and Ivand's First Regiment would bring up the rear to receive the remnants of the Fifth Regiment.

The changes at the Sixth Legion's camp also caught the attention of Ironwire City, and the sentries quickly reported to Lenster and Kadok.

Thinking that the Sixth Legion was about to launch another attack, the two hurriedly climbed the city wall to observe.

When they saw that the Sixth Legion troops leaving the camp were not heading towards Ironwire City, but instead heading north, the two men looked at each other in bewilderment.

Kadok slapped his injured left leg, the wound he had sustained during the siege. The blow made his teeth ache with pain.

"Am I dreaming, young master? Are they retreating?"

Lenster was also somewhat incredulous. They had originally planned to abandon the outer city and retreat to the inner city for defense, but the Sixth Legion had actually withdrawn first.

Just then, another group of sentries arrived to report that an unidentified army had appeared behind Ironwire City.

The two men were startled and quickly ran to the other side of the city wall. They saw a very disheveled army, no more than a thousand men, all of them disarmed and many without even weapons.

The troops completely ignored Ironwire City and continued north around the city walls, heading towards the Sixth Legion camp.