At the beginning, after the troops from the Black Charm County broke into the defense line of the Royal Capital's garrison, they immediately showed an overwhelming and overwhelming attitude.
But now, it seems to be stuck in a swamp, and the speed of advancement has been greatly reduced.
"Abandon the mountain-breaking armor-piercing crossbows, form a formation, cover each other and retreat!"
Liu Ziyu gritted his teeth. Six thousand new-style armor-piercing crossbows were of immeasurable value. If they were abandoned now, the chance of recycling them was almost zero.
If it were some profit-seeking bureaucrats, they might think that sacrificing 10,000 to 20,000 royal capital garrison troops would not matter, but 6,000 mountain-piercing armor-piercing crossbows must not be lost.
But in Liu Ziyu's heart, human life is much more important than the Mountain-breaking Armored Crossbow.
If you retreat with an ineffective armor-piercing crossbow, casualties will inevitably increase significantly!
The order was conveyed quickly through flags, and the soldiers of Hongshang Commandery quickly threw away their armor-piercing crossbows and took out their self-defense daggers and daggers to form small battle formations.
Wu Yucao, Fei Daqiang, Ling Hanxue and Li Yingjian all rushed to the front line and led the team to fight against the Black Charm Commandery's attack.
Unfortunately, except for a few of them, even the soldiers who formed a battle formation could hardly cause much harm to the soldiers of Heimei County.
All they could do was to slow down Black Charm Commandery's attack as much as possible to give their comrades in the rear more time to retreat.
It was originally a complete victory, but due to some unknown reasons, it began to show a comeback trend.
Lin Yi was floating in the air, looking down at the battle situation below, and had no intention of interfering yet.
Wu Yucao and others were strong enough, even if they couldn't turn things around, they could still save their own lives, so Lin Yi didn't need to worry about this.
As for the casualties of the army, these are considered losses within the normal range. Since it can be encountered once, it will naturally happen a second time and a third time.
Lin Yi will not be guarding them all the time, they must learn to face such a strange enemy on their own.
The situation on the battlefield was extremely tragic, and the soldiers of Hongshang Commandery, who had just won a great victory, fought bloody battles.
Although they were suppressed by the opponent, they did not collapse. Under the leadership of several generals, they desperately resisted the opponent's violent attacks.
After retreating for a certain distance, there was a loud noise from the city wall, and a large mountain-piercing armor-piercing crossbow roared through the air and shot into the national formation of Heimei County at a speed that was difficult to discern with the naked eye.
Even the soldiers of Heimei County, whose strength has been greatly improved, cannot withstand the attack of such crossbows.
No, this kind of weapon can no longer be called a crossbow. It would be more appropriate to call it a ballista.
The black light emitted from the city head directly drew a bloody straight line like a plow in the middle of the Black Charm Commandery array.
However, there were not many soldiers from Heimei County who died. Only two died on the spot, and five or six others suffered some injuries.
The violent offensive of Heimei Commandery suddenly came to a halt. After this period of fighting, their minds, which were slightly confused at the beginning of taking the medicine, have recovered a lot.
At this time, the large-scale armor-piercing crossbows that kept protruding from the top of the city made them feel more pressure, and they subconsciously stopped the pursuit!
"Retreat! Loosen formation!"
The commander-in-chief of Heimei County was also very straightforward, shouting loudly and retreating quickly.
In fact, at this time, it was the right choice to accelerate the entanglement of Hongshangjunguo's team and form a melee, so that the mountain-piercing armor-piercing crossbows on the top of the city threw rat-proof weapons and did not dare to continue firing.
If you're lucky, you might be able to rush into the city with him!
Once the street fighting begins in the city, these Heimei County soldiers whose strength has doubled after taking the medicine will obviously be able to exert greater advantages.
It's a pity that the general of Heimei Commandery didn't have a clear idea. Seeing that the resistance of Hongshang Commandery was extremely fierce and the threat on the city was real, he had the idea of temporarily retreating.
The two armies quickly separated, without the worry of accidentally injuring their own people. The large-scale armor-piercing crossbows on the top of the city fired continuously, chasing the retreating soldiers of Heimei County and fiercely attacking them.
It's just that the formation of Heimei Commandery has been spread out as much as possible. This powerful single-shot mountain-piercing armor-breaking crossbow cannot cause large-scale damage.
The soldiers of Hongshang Commandery took the opportunity to retreat into the city. After the city gate was closed, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
But after counting the casualties, the atmosphere suddenly became depressing again.
When the 20,000 troops from Heimei County were wiped out previously, there were zero casualties on the side of Hongshang County. It could be described as a perfect victory!
However, in the subsequent battle against the 10,000 Heimei Commandery reinforcements, Hongshang Commandery's cavalry killed 1,500, the infantry 2,700 died, and the injured...or less than 1,000 were not injured!
Even Fei Daqiang was slightly injured, and Wu Yucao, Ling Hanxue and others were all spared, with varying degrees of internal and external injuries.
As for the casualties of the 10,000 reinforcements from Heimei Commandery...if we don't count the final performance of the large-scale armor-piercing crossbow, they would probably be less than 200!
Big defeat!
Especially the great defeat after the great victory was particularly damaging to morale. The entire city fell into an inexplicable low pressure at this time.
Everyone is thinking, if there is no large-scale mountain-piercing armor-breaking crossbow, will the Black Charm Kingdom directly attack the city gate?
In that case, can everyone still stay here?
Maybe they all fought to the death?
When the morale in the city was low, Lin Yi suddenly appeared on the top of the city. With a slight jump, he landed in front of Liu Ziyu and others.
"General Zhenguo!"
"Commander!"
"Commander!"
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For this team, Lin Yi is the coach they agree with from the bottom of their hearts!
Liu Ziyu doesn’t have that prestige yet.
Only Liu Ziyu calls Lin Yi the General of the Kingdom, while others around him, including Wu Yucao, still call Lin Yi Marshal.
"Thank you for your hard work, everyone! Although we lost the battle just now, the defeat was not due to war! It was Heimei Commandery that used other means to unleash a combat power that exceeded normal levels!"
Lin Yi nodded slightly to everyone, as a greeting, and then said straight to the point: "It is not easy for everyone to successfully escape from such an unknown enemy. The battle loss ratio... don't worry too much! "
Whether these words were meant as comfort or explanation, when they came out of Lin Yi's mouth, the people around him couldn't help but relax a lot.
"Tzuyu, take these elixirs and send someone to dissolve them with water. Each of the injured brothers drinks a bowl, which will speed up the recovery of the injuries!"
Lin Yi took out a bag of healing elixirs and threw them to Liu Ziyu, and then gave one to each of Fei Daqiang, Wu Yucao and others: "You all take it and recover as soon as possible."
There were too many injured people, so Lin Yi could only ensure that his team had one pill for each person, and everyone else had to share it among them.
Fortunately, their injuries are purely physical injuries, and the elixir can also have very good effects after it is turned into water.
"General, should we heal the injury first and then go to settle the score with them?"
Fei Daqiang threw the elixir into his mouth and chewed it like a jelly bean: "I'm so angry when I think about it. My body is not strong enough, but I am bullied by these little guys! General, we can't stand this tone!"