Chapter 242 - 240
The Greecian in the end did not come calling again that afternoon which allowed his own men to recover for future combat, a mistake the greecian commanders would regret for sure in the days to come.
if they had only just performed a faint retreat allowing those in the front line to fall back fully while the more fresh troop carried on they could have otherwise smashed the Romanus lines, save for wherever Julius was able to defend using his skills.
As the battle itself had fully come to a close Julius summoned the war council, composed of General Haddin along with the five Thousandmen Captains.
"Today was a good day, we dealt them a very bloody nose."
He led the meeting with this declaration, but then one of the thousandmen cut in to comment.
"And at such a low cost to our own men at that your majesty."
But this comment did not get met with approval instead Julius looked down and was saddened instead.
"You couldn’t be more wrong, the cost was still much to high... even the loss of one of our brothers is to much to bear."
The command tent dropped to silence as those assembled were humbled by their king, most had been beyond thankful they’d survived against such overwhelming odds only to realize their kings words were true, the loss of even a single trusted comrade was indeed far to great a cost to bear just to achieve something as small as a single victory.
"We don’t know how this enemy will act in the days to come and our own numbers are limited which will prevent the use of a lot of our own tactics, but even still we need to harass this enemy at our gates as much as we can to push the odds ever further into our favor."