After the Battle (Conclusion)

Leaving the wounded soldiers' camp, Victor was somewhat downcast. The casualties in this battle were too great, and the fighting strength of the Southern Marching Legion was less than 50%. Otherwise, he would not have asked Yellen to come and assist him.

Shortly after he returned to camp, James came to him. "Victor, my troops are ready and can depart at any time."

"So soon, how many people are you planning to take with you?"

James hesitated for a moment, but finally answered under Victor's intense gaze, "The enemy is just a bunch of remnants. I've gathered enough troops from four detachments."

"I knew it. Oh well, 2,000 it is. The remnants of the First Legion only number a little over 6,000. I doubt they would dare to launch a counterattack."

James was overjoyed that Victor would agree, and turned to leave, but Victor called him back.

"Wait a minute, I've found some friendly troops for you. Go to the camp in Great Oak Territory and find Knight Yellen. He'll make arrangements for you."

James was quite pleased to hear that there were friendly forces there, but he became somewhat reluctant when he learned that they were going to the Great Oak Territory camp.

"What's wrong? I found you reinforcements and you're still unwilling?"

"If the First Legion launches a counterattack, your 2,000 men could suffer a heavy loss."

"But you saw it yourself during the battle with the army of Great Oak Territory. They were all show and no substance. If they had been just a little faster, my father's and Uncle Walker's armies wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses."

It's understandable that James had reservations about the performance of the Great Oak Territory Army. During the battle, the Great Oak Territory infantry phalanx was responsible for dealing with the left flank of the Coalition of Nobles.

Although the forces were the private army of Great Oak Territory against the Coalition of Nobles, there were also inside agents within the Allied Army forces: James's father, Ronald Viscount Blue Rose, and Victor's father's friend, Baron Walker Black Oil Pine. The combined forces of the two families numbered a full 6,000 men.

Together with the army of Great Oak Territory, they actually had the advantage in troop strength. The two private armies inside the Allied Army formation could also directly disrupt the formation of the entire left-wing Coalition of Nobles.

However, during the battle, the army of Great Oak Territory was in a daze, its attacks were weak and ineffective, and it could not gain an advantage when fighting against the Coalition of Nobles. It was even hit by two counterattacks.

The poor performance of the Great Oak Territory army directly resulted in the Blue Rose Territory and Black Pine Oil armies fighting alone in the Allied Army formation until the First Legion retreated and received support from James's Cavalry, thus relieving the siege.

The last two armies suffered heavy casualties. Fortunately, Viscount Ronald and Baron Walker were not seriously injured, otherwise James would definitely have gone after the Great Oak Territory's army. Even so, James did not have a good attitude towards the Great Oak Territory.

Victor understood the situation, but there was a reason why the Great Oak Territory Army had this problem. Victor explained it to James directly, and James was quite surprised when he suddenly learned the news.

"Has that Count really passed away?" After all, Count Black had suppressed the Eastern Region for decades and was renowned. This was evident from the fact that the nobles of the Eastern Region actively responded to Count Black's call during the Civil War. James really didn't expect that this legendary nobleman would die so quietly.

"The Knight Yellen I found for you is also the future core of the Great Oak Territory army. It was his Cavalry unit that helped you defeat the right wing of the War Department. I believe you two will get along well."

James then remembered who Knight Yellen was. He did have a good impression of the Cavalry unit in Great Oak Territory. Although they were not elite, their fighting spirit was quite good. He immediately expressed his opinion to Victor.

"I understand. I'll go to the Great Oak Territory camp to find him right away."

"Alright, regarding the remnants of the First Legion, I'll say it again: don't force them. If there's no opportunity, politely send them away from the east, just make sure they don't stay in the three eastern counties and cause trouble."

After James left, Victor began to review the documents, and the clerk finally compiled the complete casualty figures for the battle.

"Your Excellency, in this battle, my Southern Marching Legion consists of Two Rivers Territory Mesopotamian Territory, totaling over 3,700 men, along with a mixed regiment of over 3,700 men from Baron Brown and Viscount Markut."

The total number of casualties was over 3,400, with over 2,900 seriously wounded and over 4,700 lightly wounded. Among those killed were 6 battalion Detachment Commander, 18 Company Commander, and over 100 platoon Squad Leader and below.

"Bang!"

Upon seeing the number, Victor slammed his fist on the table. The guards outside the door, thinking something had happened, rushed into the room with their weapons.

Seeing the bewildered guards, Victor sighed, "I'm fine."

He waved them away, then Victor leaned back in his chair, closed his eyes, and rested.

"After this battle, the army of the Two Rivers Territory has suffered heavy losses. We can only rely on the two regiments of the Golden Sunflower Territory. We need to send a message to Foss and the others as soon as possible."