Green Monster Epic

“The internal problems of the Dawn Empire have been resolved, and now it’s our turn to face the wrath of a powerful empire!”

At the assembly point on the Human-Horse Prairie front, dozens of soldiers from the Wildlands Alliance, along with Allen, Jehr, and other heads of the staff department, sat together to hold the first joint meeting regarding the annihilation of the Centaur Legion.

The meeting was presided over by Jehr, the head of the Knights of the Natural Church, after all, the news of the Centaur Legion’s entire army being killed in action was first learned by the Natural Church and conveyed to the Alliance soldiers through Jehr.

Allen, Aaron, and other generals of the First Alliance Army couldn't help but show some sadness on their faces. After all, they had fought alongside the Centaur Legion for several months. Although they were initially dissatisfied with the Centaurs' passive fighting, after the other party revealed their plan, the slight dissatisfaction was replaced by admiration.

“The Human Empire has suffered a great loss this time, but for a vast empire, this loss may hurt, but it will definitely not lead to the empire’s decline!”

“Especially since the empire has lost face in front of their kingdom alliance, causing outrage among the empire’s high-level officials. Next, they will definitely raise troops and head north to take revenge on our Wildlands. Therefore, we need to prepare in advance to resist the Human Empire’s army!”

Jehr's face didn't show much emotion. Although his tone was heavy, it was still difficult to make the new powerhouses and leaders in the field pay attention.

“Let them come, are we afraid of them?”

“In my opinion, we should set out south now and block these guys in front.”

The victories previously achieved by the First Wildlands Alliance, and the brilliant achievements created by the Centaur Legion that had penetrated deep into the enemy's interior, all proved that the human civilization, this awe-inspiring powerful force, did not seem as strong as everyone thought.

Since other Wildlands warriors can do it, then they will surely be able to do it, and many are even very confident that they can do better than others. This is the common psychology of the unruly Wildlands natives.

Of course, more importantly, the huge wealth in the human territory that makes people covet is waiting for the Wildlands powerhouses and their teams to reap.

Until now, the ruling class of the three northern provinces of the Rose Principality is still in a vacuum. Although Newens, the royal city, has now been occupied by the Dawn Empire's army, the actual scale and strength of the army stationed in the royal city are not strong. As long as the Wildlands send troops south in time, it will not be difficult to reoccupy it.

However, Aaron, Orrin, and Jehr of the staff department have been suppressing the voices in the team who want to go south again, restricting the army to the border of the prairie, and only arranging boring and dull training every day.

The dissatisfaction among many commanders and their soldiers is constantly amplifying, making the usual training somewhat difficult. Fortunately, Allen had previously shown Aaron and others his powerful means of suppression. At this time, they learned from him and used it on this group of soldiers, killing dozens of the most active guys in a row, which barely stabilized the army.

Aaron and the others naturally understand what the soldiers below, and the new leaders, are planning, but after personally experiencing actual combat time and time again, they understand even more that if an army wants to form combat power, it is not as simple as looking at the size of the army.

“Going south to the Rose Principality is definitely necessary. To respond to the Dawn Empire’s counterattack, instead of placing the war in our Wildlands area, it is better to leave the flames of war on the Rose Principality’s own territory.”

“But we still say the same thing, if you want to go south to the Rose Principality, the cooperation and training of each legion must reach a certain standard, otherwise we will not agree to a group of rabble going south to give the humans heads!”

Aaron, as the nominal commander, is not good at taking the initiative to express his position, so Orrin, with a gloomy face, solemnly expressed the opinions of their old generals who stayed behind.

Orrin was originally prepared to die on the battlefield last time, but in the end, he was knocked unconscious by his own guards, and after all kinds of hardships, he was safely sent back to the Wildlands border. Until now, his injuries have not yet healed.

It was rare to save his life, but Orrin was not happy because of it. He had been very depressed. It was not until he returned to the Wildlands border and saw the arrival of the second batch of reinforcements from the alliance, and saw that his companion Aaron still wanted to continue staying on the front line to command the battle, that he finally found what he was going to do next and cheered up again.

Also, because of his previous experience in personally commanding operations, Orrin invested too much effort and emotion in the army that had disappeared on the battlefield. Until now, he has not fully come out of it, so the army that has been rebuilt under his command now has more or less allowed him to see some shadows of the army he once commanded.

Especially the backbone officers of this army, most of them are served by the five thousand elite soldiers that he and Aaron managed to bring back, which makes Orrin feel even more responsible for this new army.

Before they are fully trained to be qualified soldiers, Orrin is unwilling from the bottom of his heart to send this group of guys to the battlefield, that is just giving them away for nothing.

Even though this time many tribes, after seeing the gains of the alliance army commanded by Aaron and others before, rarely sent out their own elite soldiers, and their overall quality is much higher than the previous alliance army, in the eyes of Orrin, Aaron, and others, they are still far from being true soldiers!

“You are delaying the battle!”

“It is clear that several provinces in the north of the Rose Principality are now unattended, which is a great opportunity for our Wildlands forces to enter and rule, but you are stubbornly blocking our army from going south.”

“Are you so afraid that the credit we will gain next will exceed yours?”

Although Aaron and Orrin represent two super clans behind them, among the leaders present, there are those who can compete with them, such as the dwarf goblin legendary knight leader Harridy, who is glaring at Aaron, who also comes from the super-large Yucatan tribe.

Beside him, there is also a legendary bear goblin female, secretly glancing at Allen, who is closing his eyes to rest, with undisguised admiration in her eyes. It is Brigitte, the representative of the Bosoni tribe, the super-large goblin tribe allied with the Yucatan tribe, the bear goblin female who once wanted to form a partner with Allen.

I didn't expect that after so many years, the strength of the bear goblin female Brigitte has also been raised to the high level of legend. Although the future will basically stop here, in terms of the number of legendary people in the bear goblin lineage, she is indeed a very excellent bear goblin female.

It's just that the current Allen is no longer someone that Brigitte can casually stick to and express her love for, so Brigitte is still very reserved in hiding her feelings, but her means of hiding her emotions are really clumsy. The strong and leaders in the field can all be considered human beings, and naturally they can figure out something.

However, no one dares to make fun of a demigod, especially since rumors have recently said that this lord's strength is comparable to that of a saint, which makes all the representatives and leaders who respect the strong in awe.

“Absurd!!”

Orrin glanced coldly at the dwarf goblin Harridy. The killing intent and power remaining from just coming down from the battlefield, even during the period of physical weakness, are still so sharp and sharp. Harridy only felt a knife cut across his body.

"If you lot, this rabble, were to go to the battlefield now, you'd lose half your numbers to the human army in less than a day and suffer a crushing defeat. Do you believe that?"

"Hahaha!"

Harredi replied with wild arrogance, as if he had heard a ridiculous joke: "Don't think that just because you've won a few battles, you can trample on the dignity of our valiant warriors. What your rabble can do, our elite warriors, nurtured for years by our various tribes, can certainly do as well, and they'll do it even better!"

"Humph! How about we use the forces at hand right now and have a little contest?"

"Fine, that's exactly what I want!"

Bang!!!!

The heavy sandbox let out a loud thud. Allen, who was utterly exasperated by these bickering fellows, deeply embedded his large hand into the edge of the wooden table, nearly destroying the sandbox.

"The enemy hasn't even fought their way back yet, and we're already fighting amongst ourselves. No wonder humans have always looked down on us! They're absolutely right!"

Allen couldn't help but get angry. This wasn't the first time such pointless arguments and infighting had occurred among the army's high-ranking officers. Their ultimate goal was nothing more than vying for military power and coveting the wealth of the human Rose Empire.

However, aside from arguing and power struggles, these commanders and tribal representatives had never truly seriously considered how to deal with the human army or how to get their soldiers to coordinate and cooperate with other legions.

In their eyes, the soldiers of their own faction were their most important bargaining chips. Any action that attempted to change the officer ranks under their command or tried to familiarize and coordinate the armies with each other was enough to arouse their vigilance.

The second wave of reinforcements from the Wildlands Allied Forces seemed to be stronger overall, with better quality soldiers, but because the members of each tribe had high hopes for this military campaign, it made the command structure of this army even more complex. It was not as easy as the first allied army to integrate the command authority of the entire legion and consolidate it into a unified whole that executed orders effectively.

Although Allen was one of the five pillars of the alliance, last time, regarding the legion's commanding officers, he could directly strip the authority of the officers placed in the army by the various tribes, who were just there to gain seniority, and ultimately hand over the command to Aaron, Orson, and other core leaders.

But this time, he had no way to act in the same way, because this time, many of the allied leaders and legendary powerhouses represented powerful factions behind them. They would not be easily intimidated by the power of Allen, the pillar. They would not budge an inch when it came to fighting for the interests of themselves and their factions.

In addition, Allen's own foundation in the alliance was relatively shallow. This was the time to build good relationships between the various tribes and pave the way for him to gain greater influence in the alliance in the future. Naturally, he couldn't afford to offend these faction representatives in front of him.

After all, the merits he had established in this southward campaign were already glorious enough. If it weren't for Kah Rong, the avatar of a god, being ahead of him, he would definitely be the first in line to receive credit in the allied army.

He had already earned so much profit and obtained so many inheritances and knowledge books, which were coveted by many tribes and powerhouses. If he were to cut off the path to profit for others and factions at this time, even if his essence was for the good of the alliance, he couldn't stand the fact that others were too selfish and didn't care about the so-called alliance interests.

Supporting Aaron and Orson in their own names to continue to hold the power of the Second Allied Army was already the most correct decision he could make for the alliance. As for any problems the alliance might have in the future, he would no longer overemphasize his existence, unless it concerned the interests of his own tribe and forces.

However, the current situation was really depressing. The human army could counterattack at any time, but the members of the alliance were still planning and calculating for their own interests. This dissipated the little confidence that Allen had managed to muster in the alliance.

"It's just a matter of training the army and going south to the Rose Duchy to occupy and consolidate important towns!"

"Are there any conflicting points between these two things? Does there have to be a first-come, first-served choice?"

"There's no need to be so rigid in looking at the problem! Going south to campaign in the Rose Duchy, the resistance in the three northern provinces is not strong right now. This is a good opportunity to temper the quality of the army's soldiers and let them experience the atmosphere of battlefield combat!"

"At the same time, the allied army now occupies important defensive cities in the Rose Duchy, such as Ceres and Vergau. Reinforcing them will give us a considerable advantage and greater initiative when facing possible retaliation from the human Dawn Empire in the future."

"..."

Perhaps influenced by Allen's previous expedition, or perhaps Aaron and Orson felt the responsibility for the safety of the army, this time, without Allen expressing his attitude, they unanimously believed that they needed to conduct necessary training for the legions under their command before leading their troops south to start fighting.

But this was a scene that other new leaders and representatives were unwilling to see. The reason why they were so active in this reinforcement was because they saw that the Rose Duchy was now declining and leaderless, which was a good opportunity to take advantage of.

However, everyone's army had already reached the doorstep of the enemy's home, but they were still unable to take another step forward. Anyone would be anxious and restless, so it was not surprising to see their attitude towards Aaron and Orson.

However, in Allen's view, Aaron and the others' decision was too conservative. Times had changed. Last time, he strongly advocated strict training for the allied army because they had plenty of time. At the same time, their goal was to deplete the national strength of the Rose Duchy as much as possible and make the human kingdom feel threatened, so the stronger the Wildlands Allied Army was, the better.

But this time, the Dawn Empire was likely to retaliate against the Wildlands, so for the allied army, training the army was not the main task. Instead, the current priority was to find a way to resist the powerful empire's offensive actions against the Wildlands.

The Centaur Grassland was flat and open, which was certainly conducive to the charge and battle of the Centaur race, and also had certain advantages for the Wildlands Allied Army, but this was also good news for the humans, as they could drive straight in without having to attack under unfavorable conditions such as city defense works.

If it weren't for the help of the avatar of the god Kah Rong, the Wildlands Army would not have been able to break through the human cities so easily when they invaded the Rose Duchy.

Even so, the price they paid was not small. The ratio of battle losses between the two sides with disparate strengths was often close to 1 to 1 in siege warfare.

Subsequently, the remnants of the Wildlands Allied Army were besieged by the Dawn Empire's army in Nynes King City. Relying on the dilapidated city defenses, they stubbornly held off the human army for more than twenty days, causing the other side to suffer far more losses than their own. This proved to Allen, the Juggernaut, and the others that even Wildlands army soldiers who were not familiar with defensive warfare could inflict more damage on the enemy with the help of city defenses.

Did the Wildlands Allied Army have to give up this advantage?

"Commander Jeger, your staff department has not come up with a qualified strategic plan until now. Don't you think you have failed in your duty??"

After reprimanding Aaron and the others, Allen turned his head and vented his anger on the lizardman Jeger, expressing his dissatisfaction with his inaction these days.