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Chapter 503 - 503 86 Coalition Commander_1

503: Chapter 86, Coalition Commander_1 503: Chapter 86, Coalition Commander_1 Teluns City, under the relentless attack of the Orc Army, had finally reached the brink of collapse.

The outer city was already lost, and the inner city had several points of collapse.

Apart from cursing the bureaucrats who had built the city walls, Marshal Hodge could do nothing now.

After much effort, they finally made contact with the outside world.

The situation in the Duchy had somewhat improved, but the reinforcements still couldn’t make it.

Although there were many troops gathered near Dapes, most of them were newly recruited soldiers.

It was clearly too much to ask them to face off with the Orc Army in the open field.

The absolute gap in strength couldn’t be filled just by trying hard.

The Moxi Duchy could not afford the consequences of a military gamble, and the bureaucrats in the capital would not allow it.

Saying reinforcements couldn’t arrive, the bureaucrats in the capital did perform some human acts for once.

They allowed them to break out if the city fell.

The imparting reason behind this allowance was the presence of many children of the major nobles in the city.

When it became certain that the city could no longer be held, there was no need to have “their own people” accompany the city in its death.

However, when this order was delivered, it didn’t bear much practical significance.

Breaking out seems straightforward, but in practice, it was unworkable.

Defending the city, the garrison could still fight the Orcs.

If they left the protection of the city walls, it would be a different story.

Two legs cannot outrun four.

To break out now would be to deliver heads to the enemy.

Some of the Orc reinforcements sent earlier were heading south to the Warhammer Kingdom, while others were on their way back.

Even if they could escape from the siege of the Orcs smoothly, they would most likely run into these troops halfway.

A large-scale evacuation was out of the question.

The only method was to break through separately and rely on luck, which meant that most of them were doomed to sacrifice.

“Marshal, let’s leave together!

The domestic situation is in chaos, and they can’t do without you now!”

Haley earnestly tried to persuade him.

All his words were sincere, he truly hoped Marshal Hodge could escape.

The situation in the Moxi Duchy might seem slightly better now, but with the fall of the Teluns Defensive Line, it would once again plummet.

Although many troops have gathered at the capital in preparation for a major battle with the Orcs, the Duchy still lacked a prestigious and war-experienced commander.

As the only marshal left in the Moxi military, Marshal Hodge indeed had the potential to become the Commander of the Army, if he could break out.

“Haley, you go by yourself!

Someone has to stay behind when the Teluns Defence Line collapses.

My choice to stay with the city, in death or in life, is not only to give the people of the country an account, but also to the countless dead soldiers.

According to the news from home, the reinforcements will arrive in a month and a half.

Given the Duchy’s current situation, it shouldn’t be too difficult to delay for that long, provided they don’t mess up.

As for the issue of the commander, isn’t Earl Hudson, who has never lost a battle since his debut, the perfect candidate?

Highly capable, decorated with military honors, fame blown up by them, he will leave once the war is over, not competing for the core interests of everyone, far more popular than this old boy!”

Marshal Hodge teased and joked.

The decision to share the city’s fate was not only because of the apparent reasons but also because his body had also reached the brink of collapse.

The high-pressure environment had burdened him too heavily.

The body is honest: when weary and rolled up, it needs to rest.

An exhausted Marshal Hodge truly didn’t want to continue this high-pressure life anymore.

To him now, death had come to seem like a release.

“Rumble, rumble…”

After a round of resounding noise, the overwhelmed city wall finally collapsed.

Countless members of the Orc Army swarmed in through the gap.

Seeing this, the officers quickly led the city’s soldiers to charge at it.

They wanted to plug the gap again, but unfortunately, this time the gap was too large.

Even if the defenders did their utmost, they could not block the offensive of the Orcs.

The city fell!

The aristocratic military officers defending the city continued to fight bravely with their soldiers.

Each building inside the city was their point of array, and they remained defiant until the end.

…

“Damn Orc scum!”

“Damn Moxi bastards, I will remember you!”

…

Ever since Joseph the II heard the news about the Orc army heading south and soon reaching the Warhammer Kingdom, he had not stopped cursing.

This was such a pitfall.

When Dapes was besieged last time, the Orc Army bypassed them, and they could have justified their inability to intervene.

However, the situation was evidently different this time, the blockade at Dapes had already been lifted, and hundreds of thousands of forces had gathered but still let the Orc cavalry slip through right under their noses.

The traces of collusion were just too plain to see.

Even if they couldn’t stop the Orc cavalry, they should have at least fought a battle, to prove they did their best.

Unfortunately, the Moxi people seemed to have contracted procrastination disease.

Upon hearing of the Orc Army passing by, they didn’t at once send out cavalry to intercept but instead mobilised a large army to act together.

The result of this cautiousness was: by the time the slow-moving large army arrived at the battlefield, the Orc cavalry had already entered the Orton Duchy.

Life was already quite hard; now tens of thousands of Orc cavalry suddenly appeared, making the situation in the Warhammer Kingdom even worse.

You reap what you sow.

The time had come to reciprocate for the Warhammer Kingdom’s earlier lackluster contribution to the relief forces.

“Your Majesty, the enemy reinforcement has arrived, I’m afraid it will be hard for us to encircle and annihilate this remnant of the Orc Army.

Perhaps we should withdraw and solidify our defenses in the western part of the kingdom for the time being, and counterattack once the Alliance reinforcements arrive.”