Dam’s team moved silently towards the front battlefield. The magic tanks turned off their light shields at the same time and followed closely behind them towards the Bauhinia Legion that was fiercely attacking the hillside. The soldiers kept a certain distance and moved parallel to the left and right of the tanks.

The Bauhinia Corps was focusing on charging towards the Second Corps at the top of the slope.

Relying on the Gatling’s terrifying firing rate, the Second Corps firmly blocked the enemy at the foot of the slope, and the broken corpses continued to increase and pile up.

Judging from the battle situation, the Bauhinia Corps seemed unable to break through the firepower network, but in fact the Second Corps was already at the end of its strength, the ammunition it carried was about to run out, and many soldiers had been lost. After all, the number difference was dozens of times, and the enemy was all professional, and the magicians in the back row used various magics to continuously attack the defense line.

“Hit me hard!”

The regiment commander roared to encourage the soldiers, but just as he finished speaking, a machine gunner and the soldier who was assisting in loading the ammunition were blown to pieces by a fireball flying from the opposite side.

He didn’t have time to wait for the soldiers in the distance to take over, so he rushed over, grabbed the Gatling and pulled the trigger.

“You bastard! Come here!” The machine gun spewed out flames and the muzzle shook violently up and down. The regiment commander tried his best to suppress it with both hands, and the flesh on his cheeks shook wildly.

The soldiers of the Second Corps fought bravely, but could not withstand the tide of enemies. The commandos of the Bauhinia Corps gradually approached the front line, and the magicians followed closely while keeping releasing magic.

Seeing that the enemy was about to break through the defense line, the regiment commander let go of the Gatling gun, clenched his fingers with both hands to relieve the numbness caused by the recoil, and shouted: “Bayonet!”

When the soldiers heard the order, they grabbed the rifles beside them, pulled out the bayonets from the sides of their boots, and inserted the handles into the rings under the muzzles.

The dense barrage of bullets suddenly stopped, and the soldiers of the Bauhinia Corps were a little confused, but it did not last long. The two sides were fighting a life-and-death battle and could not afford to be distracted.

They concluded that something unexpected had happened to the Second Corps, or that their “arrows” had been exhausted, and joyfully quickened their pace, and then they saw a row of soldiers climbing out of the trenches, grabbing unfamiliar weapons.

“Fuck him!” The second commander’s eyes turned bloodshot and he roared as he was about to charge into the enemy.

The Bauhinia Legion soldier at the front instinctively released his mental power to cover him.

Not a professional, just an ordinary person?

An ordinary person fighting me in close combat?

A sneer appeared on his face, and he rushed forward with his spear raised horizontally. As he ran, the sharp sound of the spear tip tearing through the air almost pierced his eardrums.

“Idiot!” The second captain cursed in the Zaun language he learned from the Marshal and shot the knight dead.

The bullet pierced through the chest, leaving a trail of blood on the back. The body rushed forward a few steps due to inertia before falling to the ground.

“on!”

“boom–“

A shell came from the side and exploded among the crowd of the Bauhinia Corps’ front troops.

The second captain turned his head subconsciously, and at the same time heard his companion’s relaxed voice in the headset: “Your mission is over, leave the next step to us.”

Of course, the vanguard would not ignore their companions who were blown away, and their heads turned to look at them simultaneously.

On the left side of the hillside, twenty-five magic tanks were scattered but maintained in formation as they rumbled forward, with soldiers in camouflage uniforms following on their left and right.

The magician of the front army threw a fireball tentatively, and the soldiers quickly retreated behind the tank.

Sadu in front of the camp gate saw from afar that the fireball hit the tank, turned into sparks and dissipated, while the flat plate with a cold metallic glow remained intact. He knew in his heart that the outcome had been decided.

“Hahaha… Let me show you what a tank is!” The second regiment commander laughed heartily and waved his hand to command the soldiers, “Retreat!”

The battle that followed was uneventful. They hadn’t even completely defeated a thousand enemy troops, but now they were supported by thousands of soldiers, and there was also a strange monster with a strange appearance that could defend against magic. The Bauhinia Legion lost all morale and was instantly defeated.

The enemy had lost the will to resist. For the First Army, what remained was not war but massacre.

Sadu looked at the soldiers of the Bauhinia Corps fleeing in panic. The sporadic counterattacks from the crowd were met with a cannonball and then silenced. He sighed slightly:

“Aunt, I knew I would lose, but I didn’t expect…”

“Will we lose so miserably?” His aunt in purple armor appeared beside him at some point and seemed to have never left.

“Ah.”

My aunt looked to the right: “Don’t stare at him. He has already given up.”

A breeze blew across the grass within sight, but no one responded.

She tilted her head. “How curious! He’s just a mage, but even I can’t detect his invisibility magic.”

After a while, Zhang Mu’s figure slowly emerged with his hands behind his back: “Are you so sure I’m here?”

My aunt smiled and asked instead of answering, “You don’t want to keep my nephew here, do you? That’s not possible.”

“So that was my plan, but since you object, as Mr. Potter’s student, I will certainly not go against your decision.”

Huh?! Little guy, you are sensible!

Even though his aunt knew that he was going to take Sadhu away, Zhang Mu had no ability to stop her. What he just said was just polite words, but she loved to hear them.

“Come here, little one.” Auntie waved.

Zhang Mu didn’t worry about being ambushed or anything like that, he just trotted over to Le Hehe.

My aunt put her right hand on his head and rubbed it until his hair became a mess. The sadhu beside me couldn’t help but gloat over his misfortune. Finally, someone shared my pain.

This happiness even overwhelmed the sadness of the legion’s annihilation, and he tried hard to suppress the corners of his mouth that were trying to curl up.

“Here.” Auntie withdrew her hand and fumbled in the storage bag at her waist for a while, then took out a magic crystal and handed it to Zhang Mu, “It’s a meeting gift.”

Any unexpected gains?

Zhang Mu took it and put it away with a smile: “Thank you, teacher’s wife.”

My aunt was stunned, as if an electric current ran through her body. She reached directly into the storage bag to take out another treasure.

Sadhu couldn’t stand it any longer. He was worried that his aunt would empty her coffers, so he tried to dissuade her: “We will have another chance to meet in the future.”

Zhang Mu was not greedy either, and agreed, “Yes, teacher’s wife.”

The aunt, feeling a little regretful, took her hand out of the storage bag, came close to Zhang Mu and muttered, “Is Potter in the capital?”

Zhang Mu was surprised and asked, “Teacher Potter went to the Empire, didn’t you know?”

“To the Empire? Which Empire?”

“I don’t know about this for now. I’ll contact the teacher later and let you know when I have the result.”

Potter might be imprisoned, and it was the church that arrested him. Even if she was blessed by God, she couldn’t resist the power of the church. Zhang Mu was worried that she would rush to rescue him and end up not being able to rescue him but getting herself into trouble, so he didn’t plan to reveal the news.

“It’s a deal!” My aunt didn’t think there was any need for Zhang Mu to deceive her, so she believed it easily.

Afterwards, she handed Zhang Mu a sound transmission crystal, saying that it could be used to contact her. After that, she picked up Sadhu and flew into the air, quickly disappearing into the sky.

Zhang Mu retracted his gaze and looked back at the battlefield, muttering, “What a pity, the leader got away.”

On the battlefield, there were only a few soldiers of the Bauhinia Corps still standing. One magician was still fighting tenaciously, but a few seconds later he was also shot in the head by a bullet.

“It’s over.” Zhang Mu ordered the deputy commander to clean up the mess, and he flew back to the command center in the rear.

Upon learning that the Bauhinia Legion had been completely wiped out, Domit immediately ordered the remaining legions to attack the coalition’s city with all their might.

At first, the legion will encounter a certain degree of counterattack. The coalition soldiers rely on thick city walls, magic arrows, and defensive magic circles to resist the attacking Lake Legion.

Although they were unable to reverse the outcome of defeat in the end, the city walls were collapsed by artillery fire, the magic arrows could not penetrate the armor of the magic tanks that came to support them, and the magic circle automatically closed due to depletion of magic power, but it did cause Lake a lot of trouble.

The root cause is still the first few.

The coalition was composed of several kingdoms and there were too many cities. As the front line continued to advance, the battle line was stretched, logistics became increasingly tight, and the pace of attack inevitably slowed down, waiting for ammunition and other supplies to arrive.

Zhang Mu at the command center considered using the “world” to transport it himself, but after careful consideration, he gave up.

Lake’s territory will become more and more vast, and the future battlefield will never be limited to one place. Instead, there will be two or even three fronts. Can he handle it alone?

He had other important matters to attend to and did not have much time to serve as a baggage train officer.

Besides, the legion’s logistical capabilities must be established sooner or later. In this case, it is better to start training early while the current enemy is not too strong. When a full-scale war with the empire breaks out in the future, there will be no time for Lake to come slowly.

The advancement of the front line was getting slower and slower, and Domit called his staff together to discuss countermeasures.

Everyone had a headache because those who should run away had already run away, and the rest were die-hards who would never surrender. Inducements and persuading them to surrender had no effect on them.

The dispute lasted for a whole night, but no effective solution was found. Finally, an aide came up with an idea and suggested that the Bauhinia Corps be widely publicized in the allied cities as having been defeated, thus weakening the enemy’s morale.

No one had any hope for this.

One staff member retorted: “According to intelligence, the coalition forces never expected the Bauhinia Corps to help them from the beginning, so how could they lose their fighting spirit because of the Bauhinia Corps’ defeat?”

Domit thought about it and agreed: “I think it’s okay.”

Everyone looked at him with doubtful eyes. He smiled and explained, “I guess that the coalition forces were doomed to fail, but the soldiers still fought desperately. It is very likely that the coalition leaders deceived them.”

“What does that mean?” someone asked in confusion.

“The top leaders of the coalition should have told the soldiers that they had asked for help from the Gangnuo Empire, and that the Bauhinia Legion was on the way to support them. As long as they could hold out for a while longer, Lake would be destroyed.”

Domit looked around at them and spread his hands: “Or other similar words.”

Zhang Mu clapped his hands to attract everyone’s attention: “Just give it a try and you’ll know. Anyway, you won’t have to pay the price if you fail. This is a sure win.”

That makes sense!

Everyone was happy, then went their separate ways and arranged their affairs.

Soon the Allied soldiers defending the city discovered that Lake was no longer rudely greeting them with a barrage of artillery fire upon meeting them. Instead, he used a strange magic prop to amplify the sound, announcing to them that the Bauhinia Legion had been annihilated.

At first the soldiers did not believe it and laughed at each other, saying that Lake’s plan was really clumsy.

Can you, Lake, defeat the Bauhinia Legion? Even if you can, do you dare? That’s the legion of the Gangnuo Empire.

After realizing this, Domit immediately sent people to send the captured Bauhinia Legion’s armor to the front line and displayed it openly in front of the city.

Seeing the bauhinia flower pattern on the chest of the armor and the large patches of dark brown blood coagulated on the surface, they had no reason to doubt.

They were defeated without a fight and fled the city.

The collapse was faster and more violent than Domit had imagined.

The defenders in the city, whose gates were blocked on three sides, escaped completely through the last remaining gate almost overnight.

After being stunned, the Lake Legion gathered its soldiers and entered the city to take over all matters including defense.

The cities that followed were basically the same as these. When they saw the Lake Legion approaching the city, they turned around, dropped their weapons and fled outside the city.

In the end, while Lake was still on the march, the defenders of the target city fled without leaving a single hair behind.

This strange war lasted for a month, and all the coalition forces captured all cities except the capital of the Kingdom of Saran.

One morning.

Zhang Mu received a report that King Saran refused to surrender, and unexpectedly learned that the commander in the city was Novak, so he immediately ordered a temporary suspension of the attack.

“Uh, Marshal, are you going there in person?” Novak asked in surprise.