The front line continued to lose cities and territories, and the pressure on the military increased day by day. The domestic call for Martins' replacement was crescendoing. If he didn't achieve any results soon, he would be kicked out.
Even knowing the risks involved, Martins had no choice but to take a gamble. For him personally, if he won everything would be fine, and if he lost, it wouldn't be much worse than it already was.
Hesitant, he glanced north and asked gravely, "How likely is it that we would succeed in recapturing the Augustusburg Defense Line if we united with the Warhammer Kingdom?"
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In Layton County, after a series of preparations, the day of assembling the expeditionary army arrived.
Looking at the tangle of troops, Hudson doubted if this was more of a market-going crowd than a military expedition.
People leave their hometown for cheap. If they were to travel two thousand miles to fight in foreign lands, they had to be thoroughly prepared.
