Chapter 116: Revolution Defense War - Collapse (3)
Two weeks after the Battle of Valois, Metz, Germania Empire Army Garrison.
“It’s the Revolutionary Army, Your Highness! An estimated 60,000 troops are approaching Metz!”
“So, they’ve finally come.”
Grand Duke Leopold, having received the report from his Chief of Staff, Duke Heinrich, sighed softly and rose from his seat.
The Imperial Army had 50,000 troops.
It was a force scraped together from the stragglers of the last battle and the garrisons in the Lorraine Region, but the soldiers' morale was at rock bottom, and now the enemy's forces even outnumbered their own.
Grand Duke Leopold gazed at the order lying on his desk.
An order simply stating that the Imperial Diet was in session and under discussion, instructing them to defend the occupied territory and wait.
He hadn't expected the Empire to immediately negotiate for peace.