Noble Husband At the Door (Antonio) novel Chapter 5342

Some people were happy, while others were sad or angry, especially in such a state of battle.

At the very least, compared to the relaxed atmosphere of Samuel, the group of men in black was collectively silent.

In the large tent, a group of people sat there without saying a word.

At that moment, the special envoy and his six colleagues lowered their heads in shame.

"How many soldiers did we lose tonight?"

In the main hall, the elder was sitting upright. His voice was not loud, but it still exerted an invisible pressure on everyone present.

But they could understand the elder's behavior.

After all, they had brought so many people with them and obtained such an enormous advantage. Yet, in the end, they had been toyed with in the first battle, and in the second battle, they had gathered a large number of troops to join hands and suffered another crushing defeat.

Not to mention the elder was angry, even if he wasn’t angry, they would still feel extremely ashamed.

"Speak." The elder raised his voice.

"Reporting to the Elder, 30,000 soldiers and horses were lost in this battle. About 10,000 of them died under the counterattack of Samuel. About 20,000 people died at the collapse of the ground on the battlefield."

Thirty thousand people were killed. Was that terrifying?

For an army of 1.8 million soldiers, it was just a drop in the bucket, not terrible at all.

However, if one were to make a horizontal comparison of the enemy's casualties, then it would be sufficiently terrifying.

They had only one enemy, and more than 30,000 of them had been injured. This had nothing to do with anything else, and it was utterly unacceptable in terms of face and dignity.

"Elder, it is my dereliction of duty that caused such casualties. Please punish me."

After a moment of hesitation, the envoy finally stepped forward.

In any case, he was the commander of this battle, so he naturally had the greatest responsibility for the failure of the battle.

"We participated in the battle together, but we failed to restrict Samuel very well. As a result, we are also willing to be punished together."

"Elder, although the special envoy and the others were wrong, the collapse of the ground is really strange. In fact, it is not difficult to accept that we lost tens of thousands of people when facing Samuel. It's just that 20,000 people died in the collapse, which is a little..." The trusted follower continued.

The elder looked up at the envoy and said, "The collapse incident is indeed very strange. You are in the center of the battlefield. Have you found any clues?"

The envoy shook his head. "The collapse incident is indeed very strange. Starting from one meter away from the city wall, it has been spreading wildly and continuously to the place where the battle was taking place. The area is so large that it shocked everyone."

If they had not retreated at that time, more people would have fallen into the collapsed area, and the casualties would have been far greater.

"To tell you the truth, it seems to be a natural disaster. After all, in order to make the ground collapse, they have to dig up the ground first, and then such an effect will appear. But as you know, Samuel can't have so many free people to do this, especially under our noses."

"Elder, the envoy's words do make sense. However, to be honest, while this matter might appear to be a natural disaster, after carefully thinking about it, there seems to be something amiss about it."

"I have the same feeling. It's mainly a coincidence. It's too far-fetched to explain it with natural disasters alone."

"I agree. We know the terrain of Nightsky City better than anyone else. The soil below is extremely hard. How could it collapse so easily?"

The elder also nodded and said, "I agree with you, but the problem is that if it is man-made, I want to ask who did it?"