"Sorry, sir."

It was after 3:30 in the afternoon when Fili led a team of cavalry back to the base camp. As soon as he came to Saskia, he lowered his head in shame.

Saski, sitting in the chair, crossed his arms. His expression was no longer as angry as before, but had become particularly gloomy.

The other officers around him also had gloomy faces. In the meeting an hour ago, Saski not only vented his anger, but also led them to formulate the next battle plan.

The new operational plan is still to continue the attack on Pariston, but the time of the next attack is set at night, just after midnight tonight, and the reserve troops that did not participate in the battle today will carry out the combat mission.

At this time, with Fili's arrival, Saski suddenly said, "Have you counted the casualties? How many people died?"

Fili, who was standing in front of Saski, shook his head and said with a heavy face: "More than 4,500 people, not including the wounded... and many war horses can no longer be used..."

Saski did not show any grief at the number of casualties. He still had a stern face and said in a cold voice:

"Do you know how many people died here?"

Hearing this, Fili's heart tightened. In fact, while rushing to the camp, he saw from afar that the battlefield was full of ruins. There were at least hundreds of chariots burned by flames, and the stench of burnt corpses and blood was so strong that it made people nauseous. After arriving at the camp, he could not remember how many wounded he had seen. In fact, until this moment, the suppressed groans were still reaching his ears.

"Huh? Didn't you hear me?" Seeing that Fili remained silent, Saski raised his voice, and the look in his one eye became increasingly cold.

"The enemy's defense force is more sufficient, sir..." As soon as Fili opened his mouth, Saski interrupted with a cold shout:

"In just a few hours, the number of casualties is close to 40,000!"

"And that doesn't even include Halson's troops! Do you know what that means?"

Upon hearing this number, Phili was shocked. He really didn't expect that this positional battle that lasted only half a day would result in so many casualties on his side. If all the casualties were added together, at least two divisions of troops had been wiped out.

Thinking of this, Fili took a deep breath and said in a deep voice:

"Sir, we underestimated the enemy's strength. Pariston is defended by them like a solid wall. We..."

As soon as he said this, Saski suddenly stood up and kicked Philly on the leg.

Fili was kicked to the ground unexpectedly. He looked at Saski in surprise. Saski's face was full of anger. He pointed at Fili and scolded:

"Asshole! Look what you did?!"

Fili's heart skipped a beat, and he realized what Saski was referring to, but he still said, "Sir, I...did I do anything wrong?"

Saski laughed in anger and shouted:

"What is it? You really don't know?!"

Fili's face changed and he looked at other people hurriedly, only to see that the other officers had lowered their heads and were avoiding his gaze.

"Why didn't you follow my orders and continue to attack the Yan people? You bastard! You knew that the Yan people were under attack from multiple sides and needed a large number of troops to defend, but you refused to help. You didn't take my orders seriously at all. You were passive and lazy. Did you think I didn't know?!"

"Because of your passive attitude, the Yan people were able to focus on defending the front, causing our attacks to be frustrated again and again, which further led to this casualty!"

At this point, Saski, furious, rushed to Fili, grabbed him by the collar, and cursed:

"Look what you did, you bastard?!"

Fili's face turned pale, but he didn't dare to say a word to defend himself. He knew that defending himself in front of the furious Saski would only lead to more severe punishment.

"Sorry, sir..." Finally, the pale-faced Fili lowered his head and said this weakly.

Saski stared at Fili closely, his eyes already filled with murderous intent, but in the end, he just pushed Fili hard, slowly straightened his waist, stared down at Fili and said:

"You'd better have figured out how to make up for your mistake!"

"Yes, sir," Fili replied in a muffled voice.

Leo, who was standing nearby, said at this time: "Sir, let's agree on tonight's battle. After this battle, the Yan people have been fully prepared and may have sent people to the rear to request assistance."

Upon hearing this, Saski's brows immediately furrowed:

"Damn it, do you think I don't know that?"

"If Harson could cut off the road, this wouldn't have happened..." Having said that, Saski couldn't help but look at Philly who had just stood up from the ground.

Next to Phil, an officer was whispering to him that Harson had completely lost contact with his cavalry unit, which made Phil's face look even uglier.

"Can't you speak louder?" Saski shouted.

The officer immediately kept silent, and Saski said coldly: "The road connecting Enzos to Pariston must be cut off. If we don't cut off that road, our frontal attack will encounter countless obstacles."

Having said this, Saski's gloomy eyes swept across the faces of the officers around him, and finally fell on Fili's face.

As soon as he saw the look from Saski, Fili knew that he was about to assign himself an extremely difficult task.

Sure enough, the next moment, Saski said with a sullen face:

"You must take over the unfinished mission of Halson and ensure that it is successfully completed."

"Cutting off that path is crucial for us. It is as important as our breakthrough on the front....Fili!"

When his name was called, Fili straightened up immediately and responded in a deep voice.

"I'll give you a chance to make up for your mistake!"

Hearing this, Fili felt a black screen before his eyes, as if a cannonball had shot out of nowhere and instantly shattered him into pieces.

But the next moment, Leo frowned and said, "Sir, do you want to send another troop to cut off the retreat of the Yan Army?"

Saski gave him an unhappy look: "What else?"

Leo shook his head solemnly and said, "I think... we can't do this. Now it seems that this is very risky. Not only may it fail to stop them, but it will also cause more people to be trapped there. Harson is an example."

"After today's battle, the Yan people have been fully alert. Dividing our forces to fight will only weaken the combat effectiveness of our army. We should learn from this lesson. Now we should take advantage of our strength and move forward steadily. It is safest to focus on a single breakthrough at the front."

"Since you have decided to continue the attack tonight, we must carry it out to the end and attack the front with all our strength until we open a gap, charge into Pariston, and fight them head-on!"

After this speech, everyone except Saski couldn't help but nodded.

Saski squinted his eyes and pondered for a while, then murmured: "Don't give the Yan people a chance to breathe..."

"Then launch the attack as soon as possible!"

As he spoke, he looked around and said in a loud voice: "I declare that the time will be moved forward to 10 o'clock tonight. We will continue to launch the attack!"