Chapter 62 Strategic Victory and Tactical Failure

"How could this happen?" Constantine shouted furiously. "Why did the message arrive?"

Before the high priest could answer, an adjutant next to him asked: "Marshal, what is the next attack plan?"

"Attack?" Constantine roared angrily: "Why attack? Withdraw, withdraw immediately, and the whole army retreats."

"What happened?" the adjutant asked in confusion.

The high priest turned to the adjutant and said: "I just received news that the temple was occupied two days ago. Now that Marilyn has expelled all the people from the Presbyterian Church, and the main forces of the temple have been reorganized, we probably have no chance. .”

The adjutant still asked in disbelief: "This...how is this possible? Isn't there only one bodyguard group loyal to Marilyn? Even if we are not here, the remaining standing guards of the temple should not be overtaken by the bodyguards group. Defeated? Where are the elders? Although the elders on the left and right came out with us, don’t the other elders in the elders’ house have god-level abilities? Could it be that they were all defeated? Is Marilyn that powerful?”

"Marilyn is indeed not that powerful." The high priest said helplessly: "But do you think our army of 25 million people was defeated by Marilyn?"

"How could we lose at her hands? Besides, we haven't failed yet, have we?" The adjutant suddenly understood something. "You mean to say that the Frost Rose Alliance helped occupy the temple? But haven't we failed yet? Besides, more than 20 million of us are nailed here, can they still send out troops?"

This time it was Constantine who spoke: "We do still have the comprehensive strength to surpass the Frost Rose Alliance's troops, but we have failed, and the defeat was complete. As for the temple, who else besides them can help Marilyn obtain victory?"

"But I don't understand. Why did we fail? We still have people, and we can raze Tianyu City to the ground."

"So what if it's razed to the ground? Is this someone else's main city? It's just a gecko with its tail cut off. It hurts, but it doesn't hurt the vitality at all. It won't take long to grow back. What about us? Our nest has been taken away. We There is nothing to add. Even if Tianyu City is captured, what else can we do? Retreat to the mountains and become savages? Or switch to robbery and become bandits? Have you ever calculated how many people will be lost if we capture this place? Marilyn controls the temple, Frost Rose The foundation of the alliance has not been harmed. The wall is down and everyone is pushing back, we can’t get any help, and the Dark Temple will definitely be happy to kick us again. Will we still have a way to survive by then?"

"Then let's forget it? What should we do at the headquarters? Are all the elders killed?"

The high priest shook his head: "I heard that two elders escaped, but the intelligence system was also broken up, and there was a blockade of the Dark Temple in between. Our news was also intermittent. We don't know which two elders escaped. Come out."

Elder Zuo said: "Only two elders from the headquarters managed to escape, and including the two of us, there are only four elders. Our eight elders can be regarded as demi-god-level existences. There is no reason that four of them were killed under the protection of the army. Who? Who made the move on the other side?"

"I heard that the president of the Frost Rose Alliance personally did it. Two of the four elders who were killed were killed by him. I heard that one of the other two was besieged and killed by many enemies while covering everyone's retreat, and another She was killed by a master named Zhen Hong in the Frost Rose Alliance. It is said that this woman named Zhen Hong can ignore defense, and the elder was punched to death by him through the city wall. The strangest thing is that the city wall is still intact!"

Constantine said: "I know this. It is a fighting technique in the East. They call it beating the cow across the mountain. It is actually a high-level force-penetrating technique that can penetrate the force into the object. It explodes at a designated distance, so it can cause jumping damage. In the face of this kind of attack, defense is ineffective. The opponent can send the power directly through the armor and detonate it where he wants."

"That's right, that's right." The high priest immediately said: "That's it. The elder's armor and the city wall in front of him were completely intact, but his chest was completely shattered into blood, and he died inexplicably!"

"It seems that this guild is very powerful!"

"The key issue is that the other party controls the Ring of Discipline. As a middleman, as long as he does not directly infringe on everyone's interests, no force will 'meddle' in him."

The right elder said: "It would have been better if Philindil had directly replaced Marilyn. This time it really set me on fire!"

Elder Zuo also said: "We shouldn't have chased Marilyn out when she was rescued. If we had ignored her, the more than 20 million troops stationed at the temple headquarters would not have been taken advantage of by others, and we wouldn't be here today. matter."

Constantine interrupted their complaints and said: "There is no regret in selling medicine in this world. Don't complain about how it was before. What we should be concerned about now is what should we do with the current situation? Attack Tianyu City It is definitely not needed. The loss is too great and it is of no value. The strategic purpose can no longer be achieved, and it is meaningless to achieve the tactical purpose. Withdraw the team first. We retreat to the edge of the forest before taking refuge. The remaining more than 8 million troops Even if you can’t attack the enemy, self-protection probably won’t be a problem.”

Constantine's words were recognized by everyone. A vigorous decisive battle suddenly came to an anticlimactic end in the middle of the battle, and so far the enemy has not even 'touched' the city wall. When the two sides were preparing for battle last night, our soldiers acted extremely relaxed because they knew about today's situation. The army of the Temple of Light is blocked here. It is understandable that we don’t know the situation in the country, but our people know that the Temple of Light is under our control, and in fact, the news that the Army of Light received today was deliberately released. Yes, we deliberately let them know the news so that they can retreat on their own.

War between large political systems has always been a battle in four aspects: culture, economy, politics, and military. Cultural war is a kind of slow erosion. It depends on whose cultural charm is greater. Everyone is similar in this regard. Moreover, even if there is a gap, no two or three generations can change it. Economic combat did not play a role in our battle with the Temple of Light, so it is ignored. Politics and military matters are the focus.

From the day this battle began, Rose and the God of War have been cooperating in directing the battle. Rose directs political warfare, while the God of War directs military warfare. The God of War calculated the results as soon as he received the statistical data. The result was that there was an absolute gap between the two sides in terms of military. Even if the advanced strategy formulated by the God of War was used, in the end the Light Legion and our guild would only end up in a lose-lose situation. . Therefore, the possibility of military victory is almost zero. Being able to guarantee a tie even when the actual military strength is an order of magnitude lower already shows how powerful the military god is, but after all, he is just a computer, not a god. No matter how good the strategy is, it is impossible for one soldier to kill an army group. However, we still have roses. As a fully automatic strategic command computer, Military God itself has to serve national politics, so it has a function of reading political requirements. He can receive political goals proposed by politicians and calculate corresponding military arrangements based on the situation. The political goal given by Rose is to send Marilyn to power, and Rose gave a complete plan. After receiving the plan, the God of War designated a small number of highly mobile units to hold back the Army of Light, and sent all the main forces to France to deal with the Temple of Light. In fact, Tianyu City only has flying units these days, except for workers who don't know how to fight, and the army is all in France. Although the Air Force is restraining the enemy in Germany, they are highly mobile and can go to France to support the battle at any time when needed. On the contrary, the army of the Temple of Light can only be led by our noses.

Rose's plan is very clever, and since the God of War is a computer that assists political goals in setting military plans, the more clever your political plan is, the more successful his military plan will be, so this time he created such a powerful one. military plans. We managed the more than 20 million troops of the Temple of Light entirely by relying on less than one million regular air forces and four to five million laborers. All the main forces were freed up and sent to fight in France. The comparison of strength between the two sides is simply the difference between an ant and an elephant, but now the ant successfully bit the elephant and even maimed the elephant.

Regarding the retreat of the Light Legion, Tianyu City did not react much. There are no defense forces in the city at all, and chasing them out is just to deliver food, which is useless. Constantine was not a newcomer either. Although he knew that the situation was unfavorable, he retreated in an orderly manner and did not form a huge rout. This was one of the reasons why we did not dare to pursue him. However, our actual purpose is not here.

Although Marilyn is a goddess who is like a doormat, that is because of the excessive power of the Temple Elders Council, not because she is any worse than other women. No one is born knowing everything. As long as she studies properly, Marilyn will also become a goddess like Arni and Michele. At that time, she will no longer be satisfied with us telling her what to do. Although we helped her climb to her position, once she has gained real power and grown up, she will definitely try to get rid of our control. . Therefore, the benefit to us from putting Marilyn in position can only be temporary. But a long-term method also exists, and we must implement this method now.