Soon, after the news of the Demons attacking the Undead Kingdom and the rebel army attacking the main human city spread, the Undead and the human army began to react. The response from the Dwarven Kingdom came immediately. The Undead army and the human army suddenly separated. The human army continued to advance toward the main city of the Dwarven Kingdom, while the Undead army turned around. It seemed like they were going to leave the Dwarven Kingdom.
On the other hand, there was news from the Human Kingdom. King Anthony had suddenly promoted the Duke of Aquitan to the rank of Grand Marshal. It was the highest rank in the Empire. During the war, he could command all of the human army, including the First Legion and the Fourth Legion. However, the human army did not make any obvious moves. The First Legion was still fighting against the Dwarves, the Fourth Legion was still at the Henasand Camp, and the Second Legion was still advancing toward the main city of the Dwarves, Molten Iron City.
When the news reached the Dwarven Palace, the Dwarves were overjoyed. Although the human army was still advancing toward their main city, the Undead army had indeed retreated. This had reduced the number of the human army by more than 40,000. When their reinforcements arrived, their numbers would be on par with the human army.
"Your Highness, although this is good news, we still need to retreat from Molten Iron City immediately to buy time for our reinforcements," Prime Minister Teroben said. Prime Minister Te Reuben said, "According to the usual practice of the human army, they will not let go of such a rich city like Molten Iron City. Let's try to stall them first. When our army returns, it will be time for us to counterattack."
"The Prime Minister is right," King Oli said. "Unfortunately, the civilians in Molten Iron City …"
"Your Highness … if we leave with the civilians, we won't make it in time. The most important thing now is to retreat to Soganda City in the south," Teroben said.
"Hmm …" Oli nodded with a pained expression. "No matter what, as long as we can wait for our reinforcements to return, we will be able to defeat the human army. Alright, let's go."
"Yes, Your Highness," all the ministers said in unison.
Without announcing this to the outside world, or even to the inner world, all of the royal and nobles of the dwarves suddenly and quietly withdrew from Molten Iron City, secretly heading towards Sauganda City, which was located south of Molten Iron City. Only Prime Minister Teroben, who had volunteered to stay in Molten Iron City with about 500 troops to defend the city. The rest of the troops had been taken away by King Oli.
Because of this, the Dwarves were a little worried. After all, the human army was very close to the Dwarves' main city. If they were to retreat at this time and the human army sent out a cavalry unit to intercept them, then they would be in grave danger. Therefore, while King Oli was retreating, he sent out a large number of troops to scout out the movements of the human army. And the result of the scouting surprised him.
"What? They went to Edraffa City? " Oli couldn't believe his ears when he heard the scout's report. Edraffa City was a medium-sized city near the main city. It was also not far from the human army's route of advance. However, in reality, there was no need to take down this city. This was because it didn't block the human army's advance. Moreover, all the troops in the city had been transferred away, so it was impossible for them to attack the human army. Therefore, there was no need to attack the city at all.
According to Ao Li's thoughts, at this point in time, the human army should be heading straight for the main city, Molten Iron City. After all, that was the key. What was the situation of attacking Eddrafar City? He couldn't understand it at all. What was the human commander thinking?
"Your Highness, it seems that the human race's greed is beyond our imagination." One of the ministers said, "They want to loot all of our things, so they went to Eddrafar City. However, they don't know that we've already escaped. Now is our chance."
"Hmm …" Oli nodded. He really couldn't explain the human race's behavior. He could only think that the human race was robbing them. Perhaps the human commander thought that Molten Iron City didn't have many troops left, so there was no need to let Edraffa City go. "No matter what, this is our chance. Alfarad, inform General Sequeraby again and ask his army to return as soon as possible."
"Yes, Your Highness," the minister replied.
No one cared about Eddrafa City anymore. All the troops had been transferred away, and most of the people in the city had fled to the main city to seek refuge. The human troops easily took over Eddrafa City without any resistance. Of course, they immediately started to burn, kill, and loot.
Time quickly arrived on the second day. The direction of the war was a bit unclear. First of all, today, the Demon Race's troops finally entered the territory of the Undead Race, preparing to fight against the Undead. Fortunately, the Undead were preparing to send reinforcements to Li Huailin's side, so their troops had already been assembled. The response was relatively timely. Several major cities on the border had already gathered their troops, preparing to defend and attack.
In the main city of the Human race, the vanguard of the rebel army finally approached the main city of the Human race from the west. The 15,000 Royal Guards were also ready to defend the city.
In the main city of the Dwarves, the main force of the Human race was still stationed in Edraffa City. They were still half a day away from the main city of the Dwarves, but for some reason, the main force of the Human race was very slow. It wasn't until noon that they began to slowly march towards Edraffa City.
At this time, most of the dwarven royalty and nobles had already arrived at Soganda City. No one could understand what the human army was doing. However, they guessed that it was because the humans had stolen too many things, causing the transport team to slow down the entire army.
No matter what, this was good news for the dwarves. Because today, 70,000 dwarven reinforcements were finally returning after a long and arduous journey. The dwarven reinforcements on this side almost didn't stop. Knowing that their main city was about to fall, they rushed all the way back from the frontlines. They were unexpectedly able to return more than 10 hours ahead of schedule.
The leader of this army was the famous Dwarf General Sequeraby. He was also an old general, and was considered one of the stronger generals among the Dwarves. Therefore, he received the mission to immediately return to the main city.
At this time, he also received news from the main city. To him, this was good news. This was because the Human army hadn't reached Edraffa City yet. They were still on the road to Edraffa City. At this speed, he felt that he might be able to catch up to the Human army by today.
Of course, he couldn't let his army fight the Human army right now. Right now, the soldiers had been rushing for three days straight, and were exhausted. They needed to rest. General Sequeraby naturally knew this. After some calculations, his army shouldn't be able to stop the Human army before they reached Edraffa City. However, Sequeraby felt that since the King had already retreated from the city, Edraffa City could be used as bait. When he reached the vicinity of Edraffa City and felt that the entire army was resting, the Human army would definitely start a large scale robbery and slaughter. At this time, the soldiers would be at their most chaotic, and it was possible that the commander wouldn't even be able to call them back. When the time was right, Sequeraby would suddenly launch an attack against the Human army. He should be able to obtain victory in one strike.
After discussing his idea with his subordinates, everyone agreed that it was a good idea. Thus, it was quickly approved.
"Then let's hurry up and immediately approach the main city. When the Human army is careless, we'll deal a fatal blow. May God Catoke protect us!"
"May God Catoke protect us!" The Dwarven generals said together.
Thus, the Dwarven reinforcements once again sped up, rushing towards the main city. At this time, not only the generals, but the soldiers were also very anxious. This was because their families were all in the vicinity of the main city. Humans were famous for their savagery, so everyone wanted to rush back to save their families. Therefore, although the Dwarven soldiers were very tired, they still persisted in speeding up their march.
The more anxious they were, the more problems would arise. By noon, the Dwarven reinforcements had already arrived at a place less than half a day's journey from the main city. According to the original plan, they should be able to reach the main city by nightfall. Sequeraby was also very satisfied with this speed. However, there was a limit to how much people could go. After walking for an entire morning, it was clear that the stamina of the soldiers couldn't keep up. Sequeraby decided to take a short break, and then immediately continue on their way.
"Everyone, rest!" "Everyone, rest!" The order was immediately passed down, and all of the soldiers immediately fell to the ground. Although they knew that they still had to continue on their way, they still wanted to rest if they could.
Sequeraby couldn't rest yet. Right now, he had to constantly pay attention to the movements of his opponents. However, he felt a bit strange, because the scouts who were supposed to report to him didn't appear. He wanted to ask where the human army was, and if they had reached Molten Iron City.
"Strange … … where are they?" The nearby general felt strange as well. The scouts should have returned by now.
"How long have they been gone for?" Sequeraby suddenly had a bad premonition. Although he didn't know why, he felt as though he was in danger.
"Uh, about half an hour?" The nearby general said after thinking for a moment.
"Not good. I keep feeling like something's wrong." Sequeraby said with a dark look on his face.
"What's wrong? General, what do you think is wrong? "The nearby general asked.
"I don't know. But I keep feeling that it's not safe." Sequeraby said after thinking for a moment. "Send out scouts, then have the soldiers be on high alert … …"
"Not good, General!" Just as he was speaking, a soldier charged in from the door. "General! The undead army that covers the entire mountain is charging towards us! "
"What?! An undead army?! "Instantly, all of the dwarven generals were stunned.
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