After returning to the magnificent main camp, Feng Li's strength seemed to have disappeared completely. He lay on the luxurious big bed.
He lay on the luxurious bed and stared at the top of the tent in a daze!
When he came, he was full of ambition and was like a tiger that could swallow thousands of miles. At that time, he was not a king, but more like one.
But on the first day of the battle, he suffered such a crushing defeat!
"Fifty-seven thousand died on the first day, four thousand injured." The Junior Lord Residence's envoy read.
Zhi Li said, "The first wave of troops that died were only fifty thousand, why did the total number of casualties reach sixty thousand?"
The envoy said, "We also found it very strange, but after calculating, we found that Søren's giant metal tubes caused more than ten thousand casualties when they attacked from afar."
The so-called giant metal tubes were cannons.
Zhi Li was shocked, he remembered that after the first wave of troops was wiped out, both sides fired at each other from afar.
Søren's hundreds of cannons fired a few hundred metal balls each time. If one looked at it in detail, it was indeed bloody and terrifying. Those who were hit all had their bones broken, their corpses flying.
But on the entire battlefield, a few hundred metal balls smashed into a few miles of land was completely insignificant. It was like a few stones smashing into a pond, how could there be so many casualties?
"After more than four hours of bombardment, we have caused more than ten thousand casualties." The Young Lord Residence's envoy said, "Our army is really too densely packed."
Out of the four hundred and fifty thousand troops, sixty thousand casualties!
About fifteen percent!
There was a saying that when an army's casualties exceeded thirty percent, it would lose its combat strength.
This saying was both right and wrong!
For example, if an army of a thousand people entered the battlefield, once the casualties exceeded three to four hundred, it would likely lose its combat strength and collapse.
And for an army of one hundred thousand, if thirty thousand of them entered the battlefield and were wiped out, the remaining seventy thousand were complete and had a well-organized command system. Then their morale would be damaged, but their combat strength would still be there.
So, the remaining four hundred thousand troops of Zhi Li still had combat strength.
But be it morale or the hearts of the people, it could only be described as low.
At this moment, the sound of a Griffin suddenly rang out in the sky.
"Creak …"
Zhi Li quickly sat up.
Not long ago, he had dispatched the Gryphon Knights to the northern battlefield and the southern battlefield of Sirius Pass.
Now that less than two hours had passed, the griffin warriors who had gone to the northern battlefield must have returned.
A eunuch expert entered the tent and knelt before Zhi Li.
"Tell me quickly, how is the Nujiang battlefield in the north? How many of Count Chu Ye's troops have crossed the river? "Zhi Li's voice was anxious and excited, filled with hope.
His emotions were complicated.
Originally, he wanted to personally lead the middle army into Tianshui City and annihilate the Suo Clan.
Therefore, he hoped that Chu Ye, who was on the northern battlefield, and Jian Ze, who was on the southern battlefield, would be tactful and not steal his limelight.
But now that his central army had suffered a setback, he could only place his hopes on the northern battlefield.
In Zhi Li's opinion, the northern battlefield was the easiest to break through. Earlier, Earl Chu Ye was like a hot knife cutting through butter. In less than three days, he had recovered the entire Linhai City.
Linhai City and Tianshui City were separated by the Nujiang River. Without any city walls or defensive lines, it would be easy to break through.
Not to mention that Søren's main forces were all at the Wind Thunder Fortress and Sirius Pass. There wouldn't be many people at the northern defensive line.
As long as Chu Ye's army broke through the Nujiang River and entered the hinterland of Tianshui City, Søren would definitely die!
"I'm asking you a question!" Zhi Li said angrily.
The eunuch warrior said, "Not a single soldier of Count Chu Ye crossed the Nujiang River!"
Immediately, Zhi Li was stunned and said furiously, "Is he eating sh * t? His troops were stationed at Nanlin Fort and marched in the latter half of the night. It's just a few dozen li. They should have reached the northern bank of the Nujiang River in the morning and started crossing. Why hasn't a single soldier crossed until nightfall? "
The eunuch warrior said, "Count Chu Ye's army has already reached the northern bank of the Nujiang River last night and has prepared enough bamboo rafts and wooden rafts. They started crossing the Nujiang River this morning! However, under the surprise attack of Søren's new weapons, the troops crossing the river were almost completely wiped out. The northern position also suffered heavy losses. After a day of fierce fighting, the casualties were more than 26,000 people. They have already returned to Nanlin Fort to rest and reorganize! "
Zhi Li's ears started to roar again.
It was as if he couldn't hear anything. The sounds around him seemed to come from beyond the nine heavens.
The central army was defeated. The left wing was defeated!
In just a day, they had lost 80,000 to 90,000 people!
Even the northern battlefield had lost so badly. There was no need to look forward to the southern battlefield of Sirius Pass!
Jian Ze was Marquis Jian Yong's younger brother. Although he had become the commander of the Southwest Legion with Zhi Li's support, many of the officers in the Southwest Legion were Turingtuo's disciples. Until now, Jian Ze hadn't been able to control the Southwest Legion.
Therefore, in Zhi Li's opinion, the southern battlefield was definitely very pessimistic.
Three hours later!
The gryphon warrior that Zhi Li had sent to the battlefield of Sirius Pass reported!
"Count Jian Ze led the right wing to attack Sirius Pass. They lost on the first day and suffered more than 59,000 casualties!"
Hearing this report, Zhi Li's head was about to explode!
Please, the central army only suffered more than 60,000 casualties when attacking the Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line. Your Sirius Pass actually suffered 59,000 casualties?
The Wind Thunder Fortress' defense line was more than four miles long! Your Sirius Pass' walls were at most one mile long!
Are you, Jian Ze, a pig?
Attacking a one-mile long city pass, you could suffer 59,000 casualties in a short day?
Even if a pig came to fight, it wouldn't lose so badly, right?
However, after listening to the eunuch warrior's report, Zhi Li was completely stunned!
Not only was Jian Ze not a pig, but he was a ferocious tiger!
"Count Jian Ze's right wing had once attacked Sirius Pass three times. They even completely broke through Sirius Pass at one point, occupied the outer city walls, and attacked the interior of Sirius Pass. But in the end, they were defeated by the Rock Bandits led by Yan Chao 'er and Yan Yan. Sirius Pass was also taken back! "
After listening, Zhi Li stood up abruptly!
This, this Jian Ze looked very ordinary? Why was he so brave?
In the central army's Wind Thunder Fortress battlefield, the battle at the Nu River battlefield in the north was so terrible, and in the end, the battle at Sirius Pass in the south was actually so fierce?
…
In the Wind Thunder Fortress, Søren received the latest battle report. His back was drenched in cold sweat, and he felt waves of lingering fear.
He didn't expect that the northern defense line, which he thought was the weakest, would turn out to be the most beautiful. Chu Ye almost didn't have any power to fight back, and the casualties were minimal.
And the Sirius Pass battlefield, which he thought was very sturdy and dangerous, was actually full of danger!
The commanders of the Sirius Pass battlefield were the combination of Yan Chao 'er and Yan Yan.
On the battlefield, the two didn't make any mistakes, but Jian Ze still rushed up to the walls of Sirius Pass three times.
The last time, they even lost the outer perimeter of Sirius Pass, and had to retreat to the castle at the back. Then, they mobilized 20,000 Rock Bandits to defeat Jian Ze's army that had rushed into Sirius Pass, and recaptured Sirius Pass!
In the battlefield report, Yan Yan and Yan Chao 'er both pointed out that Sirius Pass was too narrow, and there were no shooting holes in the city walls. So, the number of cannons and catapults that could be installed was too limited, and they couldn't maximize the firepower.
Moreover, the power of cannons at medium distances was inferior to that of large catapults. And in order to install more cannons, Søren reduced the number of catapults.
Most importantly, when the army approached the bottom of the city walls, because the position of the cannons was too high, the area dozens of meters below the city walls became a blind spot, and they couldn't use canister shells to kill the troops on the city walls on a large scale.
The most crucial mistake was that the city walls were too narrow, and the soldiers who operated the cannons and transported the cannons occupied the majority. There was a severe lack of soldiers in close combat, and in the end, the city walls were breached.
As for how Jian Ze attacked Sirius Pass?
It was very simple. He piled up human lives like they were worthless!
Like moths flying into a flame, they kept pouncing on the city walls. They didn't come in waves, and they kept charging up.
These soldiers could only charge forward, because if they dared to take a step back, the 20,000 supervising troops behind them wouldn't hesitate to shoot arrows.
Those who dared to retreat would die!
Zhi Li couldn't bear to use the fire-resistant cloaks on the first day, but Jian Ze sent 20,000 soldiers wearing the fire-resistant cloaks to the battlefield on the first day.
In short, under Jian Ze's crazy and desperate attacks.
The supposedly stable Sirius Pass defense line was almost breached. Or rather, it had been breached before.
Many of the generals in the Southwest Legion were Turingtuo's disciples, and Jian Ze couldn't completely control the Southwest Legion even after a few years.
Perhaps it was because of this that Jian Ze sent out troops to attack the city without any regard for money. He wasn't like Count Chu Ye, who treated the Northern Legion as his territory, and his heart ached for the death of a soldier.
And the Southwest Legion and Turingtuo had the same goal, which was to completely destroy Søren. Therefore, they wouldn't slack on the battlefield.
Therefore, on the first day of the battle at Sirius Pass, this was the result.
Søren could only mobilize 170,000 soldiers!
The Wind Thunder Fortress defense line had 90,000 soldiers, and the Nu River defense line in the north had less than 50,000. There were only 30,000 soldiers left for the Sirius Pass defense line!
Yan Chao 'er's battle report didn't mention much, but Yan Yan's battle report used the strongest tone to express his respect and admiration for the Rock Bandits.
He also emphasized that if not for the existence of the Rock Bandits, Sirius Pass would have been completely breached!
At that time, Jian Ze's army of tens of thousands surged into Sirius Pass, and after thirty percent of the ten thousand soldiers outside Sirius Pass died, they started to collapse.
At the crucial moment, it was Queen Yan Chao 'er who led the 20,000 Rock Bandits and fought fiercely against an enemy that was twice their size!
These Rock Bandits were like wild beasts on the battlefield. They would go wherever there was danger and where there were many enemies. After being stabbed by an enemy, they would grin hideously as they chopped off the enemy's head. They would even slice their own chests.
Against such a beast-like army, Jian Ze's imposing army was forced to retreat again and again, and was killed out of Sirius Pass.
Finally, on the first day of battle, both sides fought intensely for more than ten hours. Sirius Pass's defenders suffered over 10,000 casualties, and Jian Ze's army suffered close to 60,000 casualties!
After reading the two battle reports over and over again, Søren's hands were trembling.
He realized that he had really only focused on weapons and underestimated the enemy.
Especially in the naval battle with the Rock Demons. After obtaining a complete victory with cannons, he felt that cannons were omnipotent.
Therefore, after placing over a hundred cannons in Sirius Pass, he felt that there was nothing to worry about. In the entire battlefield of Sirius Pass, he only sent over 30,000 people, and faced an enemy of 200,000.
In the end, because of Sirius Pass's special geographical environment and the primitive construction of Sirius Pass' city walls, the power of the cannons was far from what he had imagined.
In the end, the battlefield of Sirius Pass was surrounded by perils, and it was almost breached.
If not for the Rock Bandits being so fierce and valiant, Sirius Pass would have been breached long ago, and Jian Ze's army of more than 100,000 would have charged into the heart of Tianshui City.
Of course, it was also fortunate that Sirius Pass was narrow, preventing Jian Ze's army from entering the city. Otherwise, no matter how valiant the 20,000 Rock Bandits were, they would not be able to resist an enemy four or five times their size.
The current Tianshui City's outer shell was extremely hard and powerful.
But after breaking through this outer shell, the interior of Tianshui City would be defenseless.
If Jian Ze's army of more than 100,000 charged into the heart of Tianshui City? The consequences would be unimaginable.
Tianshui City had no defenses at all, and could be breached easily.
Søren had placed cannons on all three battlefields, except for Tianshui City. He only placed seven or eight cannons symbolically, and they were all substandard products.
And the most terrifying thing was that once Jian Ze led his army of more than 100,000 to attack the Gale Thunder Fortress' defense line from the back, they would launch a pincer attack with Zhi Li's army.
At that time, even a deity would not be able to save Søren!
Søren closed his eyes and began to reflect deeply.
That's right, cannons were very great, especially in naval battles. They were completely revolutionary, and could make other navies unable to fight back.
Even on land, whether it was long-range cannons or close-range canister shells, they all had shocking destructive power.
But cannons were not omnipotent, especially in some special geographical environments, their performance would be barely satisfactory.
Before the invention of high explosives, cannons were still a little far from the title of God of War.
Princess Jung Yeon went forward and gently rubbed Søren's temples. She kissed him on the lips and said softly, "Husband, there are only about 20,000 troops left on the battlefield of Sky Wolf Pass, and the Silver Wolf Army has suffered too many casualties, and their morale is low."
In the battle during the day, the Silver Wolf Army on the battlefield of Sky Wolf Pass had suffered more than 40% casualties, and the morale of this army made up of mercenaries should be greatly affected.
"Should we allocate 10,000 troops to support Sky Wolf Pass?" Princess Jung Yeon asked.
Because of the addition of Luan Yang's Vengeance Army, the defense line of Gale Thunder Fortress increased by 10,000 troops. So Jung Yeon asked if they should send 10,000 troops to support Sky Wolf Pass.
This was a very difficult decision. Søren's troops were indeed stretched.
On the surface, the defense line of Gale Thunder Fortress had fought beautifully today, and they had eliminated more than 60,000 troops of Zhi Li with very few casualties. Moreover, the defense line of Gale Thunder Fortress didn't seem to be of much use, and they didn't engage in close combat at all!
Most of the enemy's casualties were caused by cannons, catapults, and kerosene. So, there was no problem at all in sending 10,000 troops to support Sky Wolf Pass.
However, Søren was thinking about the battle tomorrow and the day after!
Jian Ze's achievement of almost conquering Sky Wolf Pass would strongly agitate Zhi Li, and he would use the same tactic.
That was to stake everything on one throw, and desperately use human lives to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the defense line of Gale Thunder Fortress.
At this moment, Zhi Li was like a trapped beast, and there was only one path in front of him, and that was to put everything on the line of fire!
Stake everything on one throw, and fight to the end! This was Zhi Li's only choice.
"No, there's no need to support Sky Wolf Pass." Sauron shook his head and said, "The most dangerous moment for Sky Wolf Pass has passed. We have to go all out in one go. Today's battle will make Jian Ze's troops feel that it's useless even if they conquer Sky Wolf Pass. They will still have to face the beast-like rock bandits. And I'm sure that Jian Ze won't be able to organize such a crazy attack tomorrow. Today's casualties have completely damaged the Southwest Legion. "
Princess Jung Yeon nodded. She noticed that in Yan Yan and Yan Chao 'er's battle report, they only reflected on the mistakes of today's battle, and didn't mention reinforcements.
Søren said, "Instead, our defense line of Gale Thunder Fortress might be facing an extremely bloody and bitter battle."
At this moment, Zhuang Zhixuan's voice suddenly came from outside. "Master, Turin Tuo's envoy requests an audience."
Søren was startled. Turin Tuo actually sent someone over?
…
Turin Tuo's envoy soon appeared in front of Søren. He took off his black cloak and mask, revealing his handsome face.
It was actually … Tu Ningchen!
"Greetings, Your Highness. Greetings, Your Excellency Søren." Tu Ningchen bowed meticulously!
Søren was startled. "Tu Ningchen, what are you doing here?"
Tu Ningchen said, "I'm here to negotiate!"
Søren said, "What do you want to discuss?"
Tu Ningchen said, "There are many things we can discuss. For example, the Turin Family's loyalty to Her Highness Jung Yeon."
Hearing this, Søren was completely stunned!
Søren was naturally aware of Turin Tuo's double-dealing, but when it really happened, he still felt that reality was too cold.
Søren said, "In other words, betray Zhi Li?"
"Yes!" Tu Ningchen said, "Betray Zhi Li and help Princess Jung Yeon ascend to the throne!"
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