Colbart's decision was exceptionally decisive. Of course, it was also the most correct decision given the current situation. Soon, the Beastman soldiers began to frantically plunder the city. The Beastman soldiers were quite familiar with these things, but they didn't expect that they would rob their own people this time.
Unfortunately, even though they plundered the city ferociously, they didn't find much in the end. The people left in Dilatwa City were basically starving civilians, so the amount of food they could find was really limited. To be honest, it was already good enough to feed the entire army.
Even so, there was nothing they could do. They didn't even have time to count the amount of resources they found. Dratwa immediately led the army out, because the Elven army was about to arrive.
"Marshal …" The deputy general also looked at the towering Dilatwa City. This city was really the gateway to the west of the Beast Race. Now that they had lost it to the enemy before the battle even started, what would they do in the future? "Marshal, where should we retreat to?"
"We can't think too much. Let's just retreat until we reach a place with food." Colbart didn't know where to retreat to, so he just retreated towards the main city. They would stop at whichever city that had food, because they were really out of food.
"…" The Deputy General didn't say anything. After a moment of silence, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Marshal, I'll stay here. We're out of food anyway, and you can't bring so many people to the rear. I'll stay and block the Elven army, giving you time to retreat."
The Deputy General knew that staying here would mean certain death. Therefore, this was equivalent to saying goodbye.
"No … Let's go together." Colbart immediately said, "There's no need to stay here. The 200,000 civilians in the city are enough to stall the Elven army. The Elves won't slaughter civilians. If you stay here and resist, the Elves will have the intention to kill you. We'll leave the 200,000 captives with the Elves for now. When the opportunity arises, we'll take them back."
"This …" The Deputy General nodded. Yes, the Elves weren't like the ferocious army of the Human Race like Li Huailin. Although both sides had been fighting for a long time, the Elves had never massacred a city. Therefore, these people would only be captured by the Elves as slaves. In fact, this was a way for them to survive. After all, they had already robbed all the food in the city. If they stayed here, they would starve to death. However, if they were captured by the Elves, they would have food. Although they would become slaves, at least they wouldn't starve to death.
Thinking of this, the adjutant nodded. Compared to this, the army was in more trouble because they didn't have enough rations to reach the next city. If the next city ran out of rations, wouldn't it mean that … they had to continue robbing the civilians' rations and retreat?
The Deputy General didn't say much because he didn't know what to say. This was the only thing he could do. The 100,000 soldiers here were the last of the Beastmen's strength. Although the Beastmen were in dire need of soldiers, they couldn't replenish their numbers. It wasn't that they didn't have enough soldiers. If the Deputy General shouted, then hundreds of thousands of new soldiers would rush up to sign up. After all, the civilians were about to starve to death. Soldiers had food to eat, so of course they would join the army. However, the problem was that the soldiers didn't have food to eat. The entire country was about to run out of food. Even if they wanted reinforcements, they wouldn't be able to do so. Therefore, the 100,000 soldiers in their hands were the last of their troops. They absolutely couldn't die here.
Just like that, the Beastmen left with their tails between their legs. Not long after they left, the Elven army arrived. Before they even started attacking the city, a scout came to report that the city gates were wide open. There didn't seem to be a single soldier inside. However, the civilians were in a mess. After asking a few questions, they were told that the Beastmen had already left. Before they left, they even robbed all of their food.
"This Colbart is really decisive. He even gave up on Dratwa." The commander of the Elves was still Li Huailin's old acquaintance, Selena. It was because of this idiot that the Elves were defeated by the Beastmen even though they had the upper hand. If it weren't for the Beastmen's lack of food, the Beastmen might have been defeated into the Elven Kingdom.
"Commander, what do we do now?" a female General wearing armor asked Selena.
"Could it be Colbart's scheme? Did he pretend to retreat, but actually let his soldiers disguise themselves as civilians and mix in with the crowd? Then, when we enter the city, he will attack us?" another female General said. Indeed, the Elves were afraid of Colbart's tricks. Colbart's bravery was truly invincible. He had used all kinds of strange schemes against the Elves. The funny thing was that the Elves were basically actors hired by Colbart. They cooperated with him in all kinds of ways. No matter how the Elves schemed, they would fall into his trap. After suffering several losses in a row, the Elves were now traumatized.
"That's possible." When the General said this, the Elven General next to her also became nervous.
"Who cares what his plan is." Selena suddenly waved her hand to stop everyone's conversation. Then, she said, "According to the Queen's order, all Beastmen who pass through the city, be it soldiers or civilians, must not be spared!"
"What!" All the Elves were stunned. They really didn't know about this order. Was she going to massacre the entire city? The Elves had never done something like this before. "Commander? This is the Queen's order? Are you sure? "
"Of course I'm sure. Take a look." Selena took out a green paper-like object and displayed it in front of everyone. Upon seeing this, everyone believed that it was, of course, Queen Rachel's order. "But how is this possible? Her Majesty didn't say anything about it …"
"I heard that this order was given by the continent's Emperor, His Majesty Ruolin, who personally went to the palace to persuade Her Majesty," Selena immediately explained. Of course, this was what the person who passed the order told her.
"What's Lord Ruolin?"
"I see. It's that Lord."
At the mention of Li Huailin's name, everyone immediately accepted this order. That's right. To them, Li Huailin's order couldn't be any more normal. Didn't the humans do this when they fought against the Beastmen in the past? Now, it was just a matter of changing the order to them, which was acceptable.
"Since it's Lord Ruolin's order, let's carry it out."
"Yeah. After all, it's an order from the continent's Emperor. Her Majesty has also agreed to it. Let's carry it out."
Thanks to Li Huailin's high favorability among the Elves, although most of the Elven troops were somewhat resistant to this order, after some discussion, most of the Elven Generals agreed to this plan. If it wasn't for Li Huailin's order, it would have been difficult to succeed.
In short, all of the Generals nodded, and the order was carried out. The Elven troops began to march towards Dratwa City. As the city gates were wide open, all of the Beastmen civilians saw the Elven troops marching in. They knew that they had been abandoned by their own troops and had no food. This meant that they had no way to survive. No one dared to stop them. They quickly stood in place. A few people were already shouting at the Elven troops in front of them, "We are civilians. The troops have left. We surrender. Don't … Ah …"
Before they could finish, a Beastman civilian screamed in pain and fell to the ground. An arrow was stuck in his head. The Elven soldiers were very accurate with their arrows. One arrow was a headshot.
The Beastman wanted to shoot again, but the captain stopped him. "Save it. There will be more to kill in a while. Use your sword."
"F * ck, the Elves are killing the prisoners … Ah …" Another Beastman civilian was shot to death before he could finish his sentence. The Elven army had also rushed into Dratwa City and started a large-scale massacre. The entire city was in a mess.
On the other side, Colbart was leading his army to the east. But without rations, it wasn't easy to lead them. Halfway through the journey, the army started to have deserters. Everyone was starving, and there was no way out. Why didn't they run for their lives? Colbart was also very anxious, but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't stop them.
Before they reached the next city, they were caught up. However, it wasn't the Elven troops that caught up, but the refugees that escaped from Dratwa City. Very quickly, these panic-stricken Beastmen were brought in front of Colbart.
"What did you say? The Elven army is starting to massacre the city? " When Colbart heard this news, his face was filled with shock. This was simply impossible. What was going on? Why did the Elves suddenly become so ferocious? They even started to massacre the city. Of all things, they had to learn from that guy.
"That's right, General." The refugees didn't even know who Colbart was. They were already scared to the point of going insane, and they nervously shouted.
"This … Marshal!" The adjutant on the side clenched his fists, and his veins bulged as he said to Colbart, "Marshal! How dare the Elves do this? Let's kill our way back. They definitely won't expect us to kill our way back! We'll catch them off guard! "
"Report!" Before Colbart could reply, a soldier rushed over from the front. "Marshal, an urgent report from the capital city. The dragons in the east have suddenly declared war on our empire. Right now, several cities have been suddenly attacked by the dragons. The Great Leader urgently summons the Marshal to return to the capital city to assist in the defense."
"What?" Hearing this, Colbart almost fell off his mount, "This … His Majesty wants us to retreat to the main city to help defend? Could it be that the main city …"
"The main city hasn't been attacked yet, but the Tribe Leaders are quite worried," the soldier immediately said, "Marshal, please immediately retreat."
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