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Chapter 311: One Step to Hell (63/103)

On the other hand, the soldiers in the Prussian Legion were also very confused. The infantry gathered together to form a phalanx, examining the surrounding situation, and alerting to possible attacks.

However, apart from the heavy rainfall from the sky, there was no movement around, and the scene fell into a strange atmosphere for a moment.

One minute, two minutes, ten minutes...

Half an hour passed, but no attacks came.

The heavy rain washed away the body, and most of the soldiers' clothes had been soaked in the rain, and the cold was constantly invading. They were too nervous when they were fighting just now, but now they suddenly calmed down, and the soldiers immediately started to tremble.

Some soldiers sneezed one after another. Seeing this, if they drip, they might be at risk of catching a cold.

Half an hour passed, and Keiros gradually calmed down, and then he realized that he had made a big fuss.

Judging from the current situation, the withdrawal of troops just now was simply unreasonable, and it could even be said to be very stupid, not like a decision he could make.

But the order has been issued after all. At this moment, the generals of the entire army surrounded Keiros, looking at him with a puzzled look, obviously waiting for further orders.

After biting his lip, Keiros still didn't say the four words of continuing the attack. He waved his hand powerlessly and said, "The whole army, withdraw the camp and defend closely."

Afterwards, without explaining anything, he turned around and walked down the temporary lookout and walked towards the camp behind him.

Several generals stayed in place and looked at each other, exchanged a lot of information with each other through their eyes, and then did not say anything more. They just scattered themselves and went down to command their troops to retreat.

Keiros didn't see the eyes of those generals, and he knew without looking at him that at this moment, his generals must be full of disdain for him, and even a little...contempt.

But he couldn't ask, and he couldn't get angry. The only thing he could do now was to ignore these things and pretend to have other plans.

Only in this way can he continue to maintain his prestige in the army.

However, at the moment he himself despised himself a little. The general of the Prussian Legion and the heir of the Hohenzollern family in the future will be frightened to withdraw due to a nightmare. What he said is simply a shame.

In any case, the Prussian army finally withdrew from the camp, and all the generals were once again concentrated in the tent of Keiros.

No matter what, Keiros still has to give them an explanation or arrange the next step of action.

Facing the generals in the hall, Keiros's mouth was a little bitter. After thinking about it, there was nothing to say. He could only cough twice and said, "This time the soldiers can't hold on. Let's retreat first and wait until the rain stops before attacking."

"What......?"

Hearing these words, a general in the camp called out in surprise, as if he could not believe that Keiros would say such words.

Not only this general, but other generals were roughly the same in their minds. They agreed that Keilos might be talking nonsense, or they caught a cold in the rain before talking nonsense, or Keilos had not finished speaking.

However, Kylos wanted to say this one. After saying this, he waved his hand and said, "Okay, you all retreat. I'm tired and I'm going to rest for a while."

The generals in the hall were angry. Isn’t this playing tricks on them? Someone immediately took a step forward and wanted to say something to Killos.

But at this time, Keiros had turned around and walked towards the bedroom inside the tent. The general was pulled by his companion and smashed his mouth twice, but he still didn't say anything.

Then, the generals in the tent retreated one after another and walked out of the tent.

After moving away from Keiros's tent, these generals gathered in private in groups of three and five to discuss today's war.

When they mention Keilos, they always whisper disdain, and sometimes someone even whispers: "That idiot..."

Every time such a scolding sounded, others would nod in agreement. After today's war, Keiros's prestige in the army had completely dropped to the bottom, and the generals under his command no longer trusted him.

At the same time, Duke Billon's questioning letter was sent from the Saxon Legion and placed in Keilos's military tent.

It was said that it was a questioning letter, but it was actually a very unceremonious insulting letter. In the letter, Duke Billon cursed Keiros and even said that if you don’t know how to fight, you should hand over the soldiers to me to command such words.

Kiros did not tear the letter, but read it word by word from beginning to end, and even read it repeatedly several times.

He needs to calm himself down in this way and reflect on what went wrong that led to such serious mistakes today.

However, just as he was concentrating on his mind, a severe headache came again like a tide.

The most angry were the generals, the most humiliated was Keiros, and the most pitiful were the soldiers in the Prussian Legion.

In today's battle, the Prussian Legion invested nearly 30,000 troops, and the losses reached 456%.

Almost halfway!

Long-range troops such as archers and musketeers were used as cannon fodder, and they were all injured and killed after the battle. The sword, shield, infantry and spearmen were the main forces of the siege, and the losses were also very heavy.

In the end, 30,000 soldiers rushed up, and only more than 17,000 survived.

In addition to the more than 3,000 people who did not fight, the Prussian Legion's first 60,000 troops have only more than 20,000 left.

Forty thousand people died in this month-long war, and this number was equivalent to the entire population of a large and medium-sized city.

Moreover, all the young and middle-aged people who died were young and strong. It can be said that after experiencing this war, even if Hohenzollern won the final victory, his family's strength would be greatly reduced, and it would take at least nearly ten years to recover.

What's more, until now, they have not won...

It was already afternoon, and the rain still showed no sign of stopping. The plain in front of the Vienna city wall had already accumulated water all over the ground. Straws of bright red blood were floating in the white water beach. The pale corpse that had lost its temperature was poured beside the water beach. After absorbing water, it gradually became swollen.

On the city walls, on the ground, and in the rivers, there were corpses lying on the ground everywhere, looking at the sky with empty eyes, not knowing whether they saw heaven or hell.

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