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(Second update for today ~)
GOR Chapter 623 Not A Madman! Not A Saint!
When Du Wei saw Gabriel, his younger brother's armour had been dyed red. There was a piece of flesh hanging from his shoulder guard and blood stains on his face.
However, there was a look of excitement on Gabriel's face. The moment he saw Du Wei, he strode forward and gave Du Wei a fierce hug. He ignored the blood stains on his body and rubbed most of it onto Du Wei's body.
"All right!" Du Wei pushed his younger brother away and carefully inspected him. After determining that his younger brother was not seriously injured, he relaxed.
In today's first battle, Du-Wei, out of selfishness to protect his brother, placed his infantry regiment at the back of the army's shield wall.
This was Gabriel's first battle, after all. Even if he was a brave young man, it would be better for him to not take on too dangerous a task in his first battle. A bit of training would be enough.
However, looking at the blood stains on Gabriel's body, it was clear that he had charged forward quickly …
"Did you abandon your team and charge forward alone?" Du Wei's face turned grim as he looked at his younger brother.
"I killed at least six orcs today!" Gabriel's face was filled with excitement. He seemingly did not notice the grim look on Du Wei's face as he continued to speak loudly. "One of them is most likely an officer. I noticed that the helmet it was wearing was different from the other orcs."
"Let me ask you, did you abandon your team and charge forward alone?" Du Wei lowered his voice.
"That … …" Only then did Gabriel notice the strange tone in his brother's voice. He quickly shrunk his head back and said apprehensively, "I … … after the battle began, the situation became chaotic. All I knew was to charge forward … … I didn't pay attention to that."
Du Wei took a deep breath and was about to reprimand his younger brother when he saw the look of excitement on the young man's face. Additionally, the young man's eyes were filled with anticipation. It was as though he was a child who had just performed well and was hoping to be praised by his elders.
Duwei thought for a moment. After all, it was his brother's first battle. If he scolded him fiercely, he was afraid that it would hurt the young man's self-confidence. So he sighed and patted his shoulder: "Well done. You performed very bravely. You didn't lose our father's face!"
Gabriel's eyes turned red. Lowering his head, he quickly rubbed his eyes and looked at Du Wei with a serious face. Lowering his voice, he whispered: "Brother, I know … … Today I shouldn't have recklessly moved forward. As an officer, I have neglected my duty … … Although you don't have the heart to scold me, you can't blame me for my negligence. But … "
After saying that, he took the initiative to hold Du Wei's hand and looked eagerly into Du Wei's eyes. "I promise you, next time, I will not be so reckless!"
Du Wei smiled with satisfaction. His younger brother understood. That was good. His painstaking care for him was not in vain.
"But … …" Gabriel scratched his head and smiled bitterly. "I know you love me. But next time, don't put me at the back of the group. Big brother … … you are doing this for my own good. But if others see this, they will look down on me and think of me as a useless good-for-nothing who needs to be protected by you! "
Du Wei's heart skipped a beat. He knew that his protective stance was somewhat inappropriate.
The two brothers looked at each other and laughed out loud.
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The fire burned for an entire day. On the second day, Du Wei sent out troops and magicians to put out the fire. Finally, the fire was brought under control. It was not until the night of the next day that the fire was completely extinguished.
What was left of the once majestic fortress was now nothing but a pile of rubble.
Stepping on the rubble, Du Wei walked over the ruins of the fortress. Looking around, he saw that some places were still emitting thick smoke.
"Three years, millions of gold coins and tens of thousands of men to build this majestic fortress." He sighed.
The human infantry had moved past the ruins from both sides. Five thousand men were stationed at the southern bank of the river to act as a precaution against attacks from the sinners.
"Thankfully, although the fire is fierce and has burned down the buildings on the ground, most of the foundations of the buildings are still there. There are still many remnants of the city walls. Rebuilding them should not be a problem. However … … time will be a thorny issue. During the construction of the fortress, the sinners will certainly keep harassing us. "
Du Wei knitted his brows deeply.
This battle had basically achieved the strategic objective that he had envisioned. A great victory had effectively stimulated the army, which had been growing numb by the day, into a surge of excitement!
Looking at the soldiers who were now working back and forth to clean up the battlefield and the ruins in the fortress, their faces were brimming with confident and proud smiles. Their expressions were vastly different from the numb and anxious looks that he had when he had just arrived at Jincheng a few days ago.
At the same time, the humans had taken back the southern bank. Strategically, they did not have to worry about the sinners using this fortress as a stronghold to invade the south at any time. Although Luo Xue had said that he did not plan to invade the south en masse, this was war after all, not a game. Even Luo Xue could not fully believe the words of the enemy.
As for the third …
Du Wei suddenly laughed coldly. The corners of his mouth curved slightly, and his eyes were cold …
Luo Xue, you are indeed generous and ruthless!
Sixty thousand orcs were used as cannon fodder by you?!
You are indeed a "saint"! You are indeed crazy!
However, it's good that I have found out your bottom line. It's funny, didn't you say that you wanted to be a saint? But now it seems that your so-called "saint" is only benevolent to the elves!
After the battle, Du Wei quickly noticed a slight difference.
This battle was a glorious victory, but in general, the sinners who stayed behind to resist were all orcs! None of the elves had participated in the battle!
If the elves had participated in the battle, then even if he had Gryphon Knights, the number of Gryphon Knights was too small. They could launch a sneak attack, but if they encountered a large-scale elven aerial army, a hundred Gryphon Knights, even with the name of Srethrin, would not be able to deal with thousands of elves head-on. As long as the other party had more than three thousand elven warriors in the air, a mere hundred Gryphon Knights could only retreat. Even if they risked their lives to set fire, they would definitely not dare to fight! It was absolutely impossible for them to achieve such a glorious result!
Moreover, they had the Dragons in the air!
The elves did not participate in the battle. Even after the orcs were defeated, the elves on the north bank did not send a single soldier to support them. Only when a portion of the human army was blinded by victory and rushed to the river bank, attempting to cross the river to pursue them, did the elven warriors appear to stop them. But after the human army retreated, the elves also gave up.
Originally, Du Wei had brought his mages into the battle and was already prepared to bear a considerable amount of losses. He estimated in his heart that his side had a hundred Gryphon Knights and thirty mages. If they encountered a large number of elven warriors defending the sky with the help of the Dragons, then his side would definitely suffer great losses. Even if they risked their lives to set fire, in the worst case scenario, Du Wei was even prepared to sacrifice his hundred Gryphon Knights!
Furthermore …
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"Killed more than thirty-seven thousand enemies, captured … less than two thousand?"
After Du Wei read the statistics reported to him, his face immediately darkened.
Above the ruins of the fortress, where the commander-in-chief's residence used to be, a new temporary camp was set up.
In the big tent, many generals gathered here to report the battle after the battle.
But when Du Wei saw the statistics, his face immediately darkened!
"Humph, less than two thousand … …" Du-Wei was about to say something, but when he saw the look of disapproval on the faces of all the generals in the tent, he sighed in his heart. The hatred had already been buried.
This was not a battle of annihilation, but a battle of defeat. Logically speaking, it was impossible for there to be such an imbalance between the number of enemies killed and captured. Then, the only explanation was that the people below had concealed the actual situation. Hatred caused the human soldiers to go berserk at the end of the battle, and they slaughtered many of the captured orcs! Even … many of the officers tacitly approved or encouraged this behavior.
Du Wei sighed. He knew that if he pursued this matter at this moment, it would cause the disgust of the generals under his command. After all, since the beginning of the battle, the orcs had done all kinds of things that could not be erased. For example, the orcs even treated humans as food! Just this alone was enough for the humans to look at these enemies with extreme hatred.
As the commander-in-chief —
The merciful could not command troops!
Du Wei gritted his teeth and calmed down. He deliberately threw the statistics to the side. "What else? What about the casualties of our brothers? "
Seeing Du Wei's solemn expression disperse, the generals heaved a sigh of relief. Many people in this tent were involved in the massacre of the prisoners of war. The remaining two thousand prisoners of war were left behind by some of the officers who had been captured by the enemy.
But …
He could not help but feel a little conflicted. Luo Xue, with such hatred, do you still want to be a saint and ask for peace?
Is it possible? Hmph!
"Sir." The officer in charge of statistics handed over the second set of statistics.
Du Wei glanced at it and his heart clenched.
The casualties were close to twenty thousand. Among them, fifteen thousand had died in battle. The rest were heavily injured and disabled and had completely lost the ability to fight. As for those who had light injuries and temporarily lost the ability to fight, there were close to four thousand as well.
In total, his subordinates had lost close to twenty-five thousand in battle.
He had set fire everywhere, blocked the enemy's retreat, and outflanked them. He had even thrown in one of his trump cards, the "Thunder Cavalry".
In the end, in this great victory, the casualty ratio was actually one to one and a half?
Even though they had lost the battle, the orcs' combat power was indeed strong! If it were not for his Thunder Cavalry breaking the enemy's formation, the humans would not have gained much of an advantage in this battle.
Oh, right, there were also the casualties of the Thunder Cavalry. This number was not included in the calculation!
In this battle, the Thunder Cavalry charged back and forth and later defeated the enemy's wolf cavalry. After the battle, the Thunder Cavalry's casualties were over a thousand. This result was already not bad, but for Du Wei, it was still very painful!
Everyone else was surprised. When did the Tulip Family have such a strong army? Especially these cavalrymen, the aura that each of them displayed showed that they were genuine battle-hardened elite soldiers! Although the Northwest Tulip Family had experienced the defense of Anglia and the annihilation of the Northwest Legion's rebel army. But for the former, everyone knew that Du Wei only had two to three thousand cavalrymen at that time. As for the latter, that war did not last long …
Only Du Wei and some of the core members of the family knew that the establishment of the Thunder Cavalry had cost Du Wei a lot of thought!
Elite soldiers were created through fighting, not through training – this was a principle that everyone understood.
The origin of the Thunder Cavalry could be said to be mysterious. After Du Wei and Saladin reached a cooperation agreement, Du Wei, in addition to supplying Saladin with weapons and supplies, secretly sent troops directly into the prairie to fight under Saladin's command. Usually, they would only pretend to be Saladin's subordinates.
Over the past three years, these troops would be rotated almost every year. Gradually, Du-Wei sent batches after batches of troops into the prairie. Taking advantage of the chaotic battlefield in the prairie, Saladin took part in the process of annexing one tribe after another. Participating in the war, batch after batch of troops were honed into a true elite force!
This was a very difficult task. The number of troops sent in each batch was controlled. Of course, it would not be good to have too many as it would leave traces. If it was too little, it wouldn't work either. If it was too little, it would be useless.
He also could not help Saladin too much, lest this prairie wolf's power expand too quickly and go beyond his control.
In the past three years, batches of elite Knight soldiers were honed from the prairie's battlefield. During this period, there were also casualties, which made Du Wei feel very guilty. Wasn't this kind of training too cruel?
However, objectively speaking, this kind of war also strengthened Du Wei's control over the prairie's situation! One battle after another provoked the hatred between the tribes on the prairie. While Saladin's power expanded, more and more tribes on the prairie joined together to fight against Saladin.
As a result, such an elite Thunder Cavalry was created! These people were honed in the battle with the prairie people, who were known as the strongest cavalry!
Of course, carrying out this kind of extremely dangerous "actual combat training", the treatment of this Thunder Cavalry cavalry was the highest, even in the Tulip Family.
"Sir, we have won this war! How do you think we should write the military report to the imperial capital? "
In the tent, after a general spoke, many people looked at Du Wei eagerly. Such an unprecedented victory since the beginning of the war, presumably the reward in the imperial capital would be very generous!
Everyone here is a soldier. What is the purpose of fighting so hard? In addition to defending the imperial capital and the glory of the soldiers, who doesn't want to make outstanding military achievements, win the reward of high officials, and let their family live a life of luxury?
Du Wei carefully observed the changes in the expressions of his subordinates and remembered them in his heart. He smiled indifferently: "Everyone, rest assured. I will write a letter back to the imperial capital today to ask for your reward!"
Cheers were heard.
Suddenly, many people were beaming with joy, and some people were clamoring loudly. They thought that they should take advantage of the current situation to fight across the river and defeat the enemy on the north bank in one go, reaping the fruits of victory.
When Du Wei heard this, he only smiled faintly and did not say anything.
Before the war, many of these fellows were fiercely opposed to this counterattack ….. but now, humph.
He steeled his heart and secretly made a plan …..
Purge! Purge!
In order to truly control this army, there was still a considerable number of people among these people who had to be eliminated! In order to firmly brand this army with my own brand ….. then, among the people in front of me, there must be a careful distinction! Some of them can be developed into my direct subordinates, and the rest can only be purged!
Perhaps, with this reward ….. I can get away with some of them?
When he thought of this, he could not help but mock himself in his heart ….. I didn't think that I would have such thoughts one day.
Luo Xue, you are a saint and also a madman.
But I am not!
I, Du Wei, am not a saint, nor am I a madman!
I will only do things according to my own way! I'll walk my own path!
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