Chapter 479: Breakout Failed!

"Your Majesty, the Beast King, look! There is another squadron of human light cavalry over there!"

"Ignore them. They are only a thousand light cavalry; they certainly cannot break through. Right now, the most important thing is to concentrate our forces and capture those three thousand light cavalry!"

"Send out all remaining three hundred Wolf Knights!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Beast King!"

Roar, roar, roar!

At the Beast King's command, another three hundred Wolf Knights joined the roar and entered the battle against the Kingdom's three thousand light cavalry.

"Damn it, why are there still so many Wolf Knights?"

The great nobles all showed expressions of shock.

On battlefields of the past, it was rare to see more than a thousand Wolf Knights.

Because Wolf Knights are a very rare existence even among the Beastmen.

But this time, the Beast Race actually brought more than thirteen hundred Wolf Knights.

If we add the Beastmen lost previously, wouldn't that reach fifteen hundred Wolf Knights?

It can be said that this Beast Race truly mobilized every last one of them!

And after these three hundred Wolf Knights were deployed, the impact on the battle situation was very great.

The three thousand light cavalry, which had previously been barely able to tangle with the Wolf Knights, immediately fell into a disadvantage.

President Willoughby and others showed anxious expressions, knowing that if this continued, the light cavalry would probably not be able to hold out.

Without the light cavalry, the Kingdom's main army's breakout would be basically impossible to succeed.

"Duke Lieshi, quickly order your knights to accelerate the breakout; the three thousand Kingdom light cavalry cannot hold out for long!"

"I will!" Duke Lieshi also sensed the severity of the situation and actually felt a slight regret in his heart.

If only he had known earlier, he would have cooperated with those three thousand Kingdom cavalry; although casualties might have been significant, it would at least have increased the probability of a breakout.

But now, his own light cavalry is already entangled with the Beastmen over there; trying to withdraw now is too late!

After speaking, Duke Lieshi gave a few instructions to an attendant beside him, and that attendant hurried off to the front to deliver the order.

And President Willoughby, worried this was not enough, gritted his teeth and said, "Legion Guards, quickly, you must divide some of your manpower and immediately go support Duke Lieshi's cavalry!"

"Yes, President Willoughby!"

Just like that, the Kingdom's main army increased its commitment again, sending elites to the front to support Duke Lieshi's light cavalry.

And Duke Lieshi's light cavalry, having received Duke Lieshi's instructions, immediately, in coordination with the Kingdom Guards, launched several charges against the Beast Race's encirclement, attempting to open a gap.

Unfortunately, the Beastmen's combat power was very strong.

Plus, the various Kingdom armies had been starving for over two weeks, and their combat power was greatly weakened.

Even though they had supplemented some strength with horse meat these past two days, they still could not reach normal condition.

Thus, under this double overlay, Duke Lieshi's light cavalry and the Kingdom Guards suffered many losses, yet achieved absolutely no results.

"Haha! Human President Willoughby, your soldiers have been starving for too long! You can barely hold your swords, so how can you fight against my Beast Race warriors!"

"How about it? Now, if I give you one last chance to submit to me, would you be willing to agree?" The Beast King's hearty laughter came through.

Because he had already seen that the state of this human army was weaker than he had imagined.

Therefore, given the current situation, the outcome was almost decided.

"Beast King, our Kingdom's main army will absolutely not surrender! I, Willoughby, am even less likely to surrender; just give up on that idea!" President Willoughby still refused the Beast King's surrender offer with ringing force.

The Beast King's expression immediately turned cold.

His multiple attempts to persuade surrender were mainly to use this human army as cannon fodder for the upcoming attack on the entire Northern Border.

But this human President Willoughby was so ungrateful, so he stopped being polite.

And at this time, all Beastmen from other directions had already gathered, including the Beastmen armies originally scattered throughout the city, which had completed their assembly.

"Pass the order: all humans, without a single exception, must be annihilated!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the Beast King!"

Woo, woo, woo!

Amidst the sound of horns, all Beastmen inside and outside the city launched a fierce attack on the Kingdom's main army.

"Damn it, you green-skinned monsters, I'll fight you to the death!"

"That's right, fight them to the death; kill a few more before dying, so we can avenge Gervas!"

As more and more Beastmen surrounded them, while their own guards fell one by one under the Beastmen's siege, all the nobles clearly understood that their breakout this time was probably going to fail.

Facing such a situation, some nobles trembled in fear, but others were stirred to bloodlust, preparing to fight to the death.

And Mil, Ian, and a few other Southern Region nobles were the latter.

For a moment, Winterfell was filled with shouts of battle and wails of agony.

Of course, the Kingdom's main army lost its element of surprise and was dragged into a war of attrition by the Beastmen, which also doomed the breakout to complete failure.

"President Willoughby, what should we do? We cannot break out!" The great nobles had already realized the severity of the situation and gathered around President Willoughby.

"Everyone, what I just said to the Beast King is my true thought!"

"This time, since we cannot succeed in breaking out, we will perish together with the Beastmen; killing more Beastmen will not only make up for our losses but also reduce pressure on the Kingdom in the future!"

"As for surrendering to the Beast Race, I think you gentlemen clearly understand that is absolutely not a good choice; not only will you not have a good ending, but your families will also be implicated!"

President Willoughby did not hide anything this time.

He told the great nobles his plans in the most straightforward words.

Additionally, he warned all the nobles not to think about surrendering.

The great nobles' faces turned green and then white; among them, there were naturally a few who were afraid of death.

If it really came to a desperate moment, they might indeed make an unwise choice to save their lives.

But hearing President Willoughby's warning, everyone became much more sober.

That's right.

Not to mention whether the beastmen keep their word.

Even if they really surrender to the beastmen, what about their families?

If His Majesty the King learns they betrayed the kingdom, their family titles and fiefs will surely be stripped away.

"Gentlemen! The Grand Marshal's choice is my Hernande's choice! I would rather die in battle than bow to the beastmen!" Duke Hernande stepped forward at this moment to support the Grand Marshal.

"Grand Marshal, Duke Hernande, we understand too! We will fight the beastmen to the end!"

The Grand Marshals no longer hesitated, nodding and answering one after another.

And then, as the Wolf Riders carried out their slaughter, the number of light cavalry grew fewer and fewer.

Duke Lieshi had even come to regret it, wanting to recall his thousand-plus Lieshi Riders to help, but it was already too late.

"Your Majesty the Beast King, look at those human light cavalry—half of them have already been wiped out by our Wolf Riders!"

"Believe me, in less than an hour, this last half will also die beneath the long blades of our Wolf Riders!"

"Then, once the Wolf Riders are free, they can deal with these ordinary human soldiers, and these two-legged sheep will have no chance to resist!"

"Very good! Best to completely annihilate this human army before nightfall—that way we can minimize the chance of the enemy escaping!" The Beast King nodded in satisfaction!

"Yes, Your Majesty the Beast King!" The subordinate answered immediately upon hearing this, for the task was not a difficult one.

"Report! Your Majesty the Beast King, urgent military intelligence!" However, just at this moment, a hurried shout reached the Beast King and the others' ears.

Everyone was stunned, looking around in all directions, and finally found the shouting messenger on the north side.