Chapter 222 The End
Due to Roland's weakness, Hela was protecting him, and the number of the greenskin army was too large, while Roland had few people and his defense was okay, but it was not enough to chase him down.
Therefore, although the greenskin army collapsed instantly after the greenskin priest fled, Roland's army still failed to intercept all the greenskins.
Even though the Legion Cavalry and the Extraordinary Knights charged forward frantically to intercept, they were able to capture only a dozen or so of the orcs in the end, and intercepted nearly one-third of the green-skinned orcs.
Moreover, there were only a small number of greenskin priests inside. Most of the greenskin priests who ran away at the first opportunity successfully escaped from the battlefield, and only some unlucky ones were intercepted.
Although they felt a bit regretful, no matter they were ordinary soldiers, legion soldiers, or extraordinary knights, they were all happy to eat all the surrounding green-skinned orcs and slaughtered them all.
When the last green-skinned orc in the encirclement was beheaded, a gap suddenly appeared in the dark clouds that had been hanging over the sky, and a bright ray of sunlight shone through the gap into the battlefield.
Then, as the dark clouds dissipated, more and more sunlight shone on the bloody battlefield.
While the soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, the weak Roland returned to the camp to rest with the help of Hela.
After returning to the camp, Roland had been recuperating quietly in the camp, except for occasionally letting Hela use magic to control his body and going outside for a few turns to show that he was fine. Various orders were also delivered to the entire army through Hela's mouth.
There was basically no doubt in the army about Hela coming out to give orders.
In this world where the supernatural exists, there is not much difference between men and women, especially in the military. As long as the person is capable, no one cares whether the leader is a man or a woman.
Hela has proven her strength in previous battles. In addition, she has a close relationship with Roland, so it is not surprising that she comes out to pass on orders when Roland is busy.
After all, Hela had done the same thing before, only the frequency was a little higher this time.
Therefore, with Hela's assistance, the weak Roland still took the lead.
However, Roland also knew that no one might notice his situation in a short period of time, but if he stayed here for a long time, he would be discovered by the extraordinary knight sooner or later.
So, a few days after the battle, Roland prepared to leave.
He handed over the command of an infantry corps that arrived late to Hela, so that she, whose military forces had suffered heavy losses, would have sufficient troops to rebuild the southern defense line.
And he returned with the remaining legion.
Since Roland didn't want to expose his weakness, he cut the Gordian knot and left with his legion in a hurry before Odin could react.
After Roland left, the command of the southern army returned to Odin.
More than an hour after Roland led his troops away, Odin, who had been busy dealing with military affairs since returning to the camp after the battle, finally noticed a problem as he looked at the increasing number of military affairs in front of him.
She looked at the military document in front of her, and felt it was a bit strange no matter how she looked at it.
Odin raised his head, looked at the legionnaire who was delivering the military service to him, and spoke.
"Your army's affairs should be handled by Lord Roland, right?"
After hearing Odin's words, the legionnaires were a little confused. After thinking about it, they replied.
"The general has left. Let us follow your command before leaving." "Huh?"
Hearing this, Odin was stunned. She looked at the pile of military affairs beside her and quickly flipped through them.
Since Roland's departure and the transfer of command were notifications issued by Roland, Odin did not need to spend time processing them. Therefore, Odin piled up all the notices that were not marked as urgent aside, preparing to take a look at them when he rested at night.
After taking out the notice issued by Roland, Odin read it carefully.
After confirming that Roland had really left and temporarily lent him another legion, Odin put down the notice and rubbed his eyes with his right hand.
It seemed that I was too relaxed and didn't even notice that Roland had left with the legion.
However, he is really cautious and generous.
After a moment's silence, she spoke.
"I know, let it go."
The legionnaire nodded, put the military affairs on the table, and turned to leave.
After seeing the legionnaires leave, Odin shook his head, put aside the messy thoughts in his head, and continued to work.
Just when Roland had just killed the greenskin high priest, Locke, who was leading the main force of the Locke resistance to strangle the greenskin warlord, finally broke through the last line of defense of the greenskin warlord's headquarters and killed the greenskin warlord. At the same time, he killed all the greenskin orcs in the entire headquarters of the greenskin warlord.
Just when Locke was anxiously preparing to lead his troops south for support, the news that Roland had killed the greenskin high priest and defeated the greenskin army reached his ears in time.
After repeatedly confirming that the news was correct, Locke did not hesitate at all and immediately passed the good news to the entire army. At the same time, he ordered the entire army to shoot down all the greenskins in the area they were responsible for as soon as possible.
Although there were many situations in this annihilation war that Locke had not expected, overall, the results of this annihilation war were good.
Not only did they successfully recapture another greenskin warlord's territory, but they also killed one more greenskin warlord. As long as a new greenskin warlord is born, the Locke Rebellion can still capture another new greenskin warlord's territory.
On February 2, with frequent reports of victory from all over the country, the annihilation campaign that had lasted for more than seven months was officially declared over.
Although some troops were still chasing the scattered groups of green-skinned orcs in the territory, most of the troops retreated in an orderly manner in batches under the guidance of Locke.
At the same time, all the legionnaires that Roland had loaned to other military forces returned to Roland's command.
Roland suffered heavy losses in this annihilation battle, especially the soldiers on loan. Even if they were not dead, most of them were injured. Several thousand soldiers were killed in the battle, and the number of injured and disabled soldiers was countless.
Although some legionnaires broke through in the blood station and were promoted to first-ring knights in this battle, overall, Roland's military strength was still much lower than at the beginning.
The losses of the legion soldiers are so heavy, not to mention the other military forces. The losses among them are greater than each other. Not to mention the ordinary soldiers, the losses are basically at least 30%, and the number of low-level transcendents killed in the battle is also in three digits.
Especially the army commanded by Odin, in order to fight against the army of the green-skinned high priest, a large number of extraordinary people sacrificed heroically and died in battle.
(End of this chapter)