Chapter 810: Epilogue (4)
Some of the troops had already begun deserting their posts by the time we arrived in the fort. As they frantically fled, they clashed with their reinforcing comrades who were just as frantic in rushing to the battlefield. Chaos ensued, and no amount of executions or punishments were able to stem this slowly growing tide of hopelessness
In contrast, the enemies werent in a hurry to chase down the deserters. Rather, they were meticulously taking up positions along the remaining wall sections.
True to the name as the Iron Wall of Andassis, the soldiers manning the surviving sections of the wall were still holding strong, in part due to the forts impressive history, and in part due to the Generals own charisma.
The title of Iron Wall wasnt just given in vain. Every brick of this fort had seen wars where the numbers dwarfed this current assault. Yet the fort stayed strong throughout. In some sense, the walls were a symbol to the soldiers that manned it. Thus when the wall fell for the western defenders, their morale crumbled along with it. With how sudden the whole attack was, there was no way for any of them to prepare for the mental shock. Thus the western section swiftly spiraled out of control.
From the very beginning, they werent even on equal grounds with their enemies. Without a wall to hold the enemy back, there wasnt even a chance of victory. Those who tried to resist were cut down without mercy.
In a normal army of the Western Human Realms, a soldier would roughly be a one-star. A section leader of ten would be a two-star. Yet the soldiers invading this breach were all at the minimum a two-star.
The enemy had only focused on the northern section of the fort thus far, giving the illusion that their main encampment and forces were in the north. Naturally, Cleoz knew that wasnt an indication that the enemy would never attack from other walls. He had even stationed some experts on the other three walls as a precaution. Even so, the worst came to pass, and his precautions proved insufficient.
After all, what were a few experts to do in the face of an army?
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