Global Lord: My Undead Can Undergo Fission
Chapter 572: Battlefield Meat Grinder

Chapter 572: Chapter 572: Battlefield Meat Grinder

Grassland border, ahead lay a row of human fortresses. Indeed, a row—all constructed by three kingdoms.

Previously, these three kingdoms used the fortresses to combat Beastmen, using them to train their troops. At the same time, the three nations frequently engaged in wars themselves, so the military facilities here were quite formidable.

However, after such prolonged combat, these fortresses were severely lacking in war supplies.

In many fortresses, even arrows were used sparingly, not to mention stones.

Suddenly, the sound of horns blared, and on the distant horizon, a dark shadow swept rapidly towards them.

"More Magic Beasts, prepare for attack," everyone tensed up. Indeed, it wasn’t an army approaching but a large number of Magic Beasts, specifically canine-types upon closer inspection.

The lowest were of bronze level, with some even being of gold level.

Indeed, these were summoned by the Dog King, a tactic set by Li Mingshu on the frontline.

A swarm of canine Magic Beasts surged forward, not attacking the fortresses unless they ran headlong into them. Instead, the beasts opted to bypass them and strike at some villages and facilities in the rear.

Even though this area was close to the border and the villages greatly emphasized defense,

such repeated attacks meant enormous losses for the rear. Their logistical supply lines had also suffered severe damage, making it impossible to rely solely on the fortresses for defense.

These Magic Beasts did not fear death, how could a regular army possibly endure their attacks and bypass them?

You should know, charging through would incur huge losses.

Eventually, due to the multitude of Magic Beasts, many were blocked at this location and began to attack the walls.

The gold-level Magic Beasts possessed formidable attack power. These weren’t natural structures but man-made, and even with some Defense Magic Arrays, they couldn’t completely ignore the attacks of gold-level beasts.

Under the onslaught of gold-level Magic Beasts, the walls took significant damage.

It didn’t take long before some areas were breached. It was evident that many of these areas had been recently repaired; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been breached so easily.

The soldiers desperately defended until they had sufficiently weakened the Magic Beasts, then they flung open the gates and charged out to eradicate them. At this point, issues began to emerge in the rear again.

"It appears their supplies have run out,"

said the Silver Knight Order as they charged. They led a large number of silver and bronze level cavalry, but even so, this force was not something their opponents could counter.

Seeing their arrival, the opposing soldiers quickly retreated.

But at this moment, the canine Magic Beasts refused to back down, pressing forward to entangle them. Before the cavalry arrived, both the beasts and the soldiers had suffered losses, leaving many soldiers stranded outside.

It was clear that a significant portion of those left outside were troops produced by Functional Buildings.

Regarding the use of these territories, even these three kingdoms wouldn’t give up.

However, due to compatibility issues, their long-term development wasn’t very effective, not to mention compared to Fang Jie. The cavalry quickly overwhelmed these troops and then retreated.

As for attacking the fortress, there was no rush; they would handle it gradually.

This scenario had occurred not once or twice, and although the people inside the fortresses were furious, they were helpless.

"Very well, rest for a day, and continue the day after tomorrow," Li Mingshu commanded upon reviewing the reports.

This was the strategy devised by Li Mingshu. If Fang Jie wanted to slowly grind them down, Li Mingshu would naturally choose the safest method of combat. Using his soldiers as fodder was the last resort.

Thus, Li Mingshu simply had large numbers of the Dog King gather daily to summon Magic Beasts for attacks.

After all, these were summoned creatures, and it didn’t matter if they were killed.

The slain Magic Beasts would disappear after a while, leaving nothing behind and not providing the enemy with any resources. On the contrary, the enemy had to intercept and exterminate these Magic Beasts, otherwise, their losses would be substantial.

In this back-and-forth scenario, his side only lost some Magic Power that could be regenerated, but the enemy lost various strategic resources, a great deal of soldiers, and even many civilians.

The entire nation’s rear was starting to become chaotic, as per the intelligence sent by spies.

After all, the soldiers in the three kingdoms weren’t all produced; most were civilians directly recruited and trained.

With many deaths, civilians were naturally unhappy. However, the southern battlefield had turned into a meat grinder, where daily combat resulted in huge losses of both manpower and resources, and the three kingdoms were starting to feel the strain.

If this continued, it wouldn’t be long before they were simply drained by their material shortages.

Not everyone could be like Fang Jie, lacking nothing in basic supplies.

With Magic Beasts attacking daily and cavalry cleaning up every couple of days, the battlefield was littered with corpses. Yet under these circumstances, they couldn’t publicize how dire their battle situation was.

Externally, they claimed to have major achievements daily because they eradicated a large number of Magic Beasts each day.

Many also propagated how much it cost the enemy to maintain these Magic Beasts, the daily losses they incurred, how much wealth these beasts brought, and what benefits they could provide, and so on.

The three kingdoms all said the same, and many among the public believed it.

For his part, Li Mingshu had no particular desire to let them know the truth.

Simply continuing to drag things out was fine, letting them keep sending forces this way and continually depleting them. Once he occupied this region, controlling it would be much easier.

This area was simply too vast; Li Mingshu could at most manage to control the entire grasslands.

As for more areas, even if seized, they wouldn’t belong to him, so how massive the losses were didn’t matter to Li Mingshu. Despite the adversaries being human, they weren’t from Earth, not his compatriots, so why should he care?

In this regard, Li Mingshu, this military man, was much more ruthless than Fang Jie.

At this moment, the upper echelons of the three empires were distressed.

Having no other choice, they gathered to hold a meeting. For this, aside from the kings who did not move, they had all dispatched their crown princes, indicating how significant this issue was.

But such discussions were virtually futile; the frontline situation would continue as is, leaving them no choice but to let things take their course.