408: The road to death is dead! Turingta betrayed!
After returning to the magnificent camp, all the strength in Li Li's body seemed to have completely disappeared, and he lay down on the gorgeous bed.
Staring at the gorgeous tent ceiling in a daze!
When he came, he was really full of ambition, and he was as angry as a tiger. At that time, he was not a king, but more like a king.
And on just the first day of the war, they suffered such a disastrous defeat!
"Fifty-seven thousand people were killed and 4,000 wounded on the first day of battle," Shaojun's chief Shi Nian said.
Ji Li said: "Only 50,000 people died in the first wave of siege troops. Why are there more than 60,000 casualties in total?"
Shi Dao, Shaojun's governor: "We were also very surprised, but later on when we made statistics, we found that Sauron's giant iron pipe caused more than 10,000 casualties when it attacked from a long distance."
The so-called giant iron pipe is an artillery piece.
Li Li was horrified. He remembered that after the first round of siege troops were completely destroyed, the two sides fought against each other from a distance.
Sauron's hundreds of artillery fired hundreds of iron balls at a time. If you look at the details, it is indeed bloody and terrifying. All those who were hit had their muscles and bones broken, and their bones flew everywhere.
But zooming in on the entire battlefield, hundreds of iron balls were smashed into the position for several miles, which was completely insignificant. It was like a few stones smashed into a pond. How could there be such a huge casualty?
"More than two hours of shelling caused more than 10,000 casualties." The envoy of Shaojun Palace said: "Our army is too dense."
An army of 450,000, suffered 60,000 casualties!
Almost one and a half percent!
There is a saying that when an army suffers more than 30% casualties, it loses its combat effectiveness.
This is both true and false!
For example, if an army of 1,000 soldiers enters the battlefield, and once the number of casualties exceeds 300 or 400, it is very likely to lose combat effectiveness and collapse.
For an army of 100,000 people, 30,000 were thrown into the battlefield and the whole army was destroyed, but the remaining 70,000 were fully formed and had a very comprehensive command system. Then its morale would be damaged, but its combat effectiveness would still exist.
Therefore, the remaining nearly 400,000 troops in Zhili still have combat effectiveness.
However, whether it is morale or people's hearts, it can only be described as low.
At this moment, the sound of a gryphon suddenly sounded in the air.
"Crunch..."
Li Li quickly sat up.
Not long ago, he sent gryphon knights to the battlefield in the north and the Tianlang Pass battlefield in the south.
Less than an hour has passed now, and the gryphon warriors who went to the battlefield in the north must have returned.
A master eunuch entered the camp and knelt down towards Ji Li.
"Tell me quickly, how is the battlefield on the Nu River in the north? How many troops of Count Chu Ye have crossed the river?" Li Li's voice was anxious and excited, full of hope.
His emotions are very complicated.
Originally, he wanted to personally lead the Chinese army to rush into Tianshui City and destroy Suo Clan.
Therefore, he hoped that Chu Ye in the northern battlefield and Jian Ze in the southern battlefield would look at each other and not steal the limelight from him, the crown prince.
But at this time, his Chinese army was frustrated, so he put his hope on the northern battlefield.
In Xie Li's view, the northern battlefield was the easiest to break through. Count Chu Ye had previously been so unstoppable that he regained the entire Linhai City in less than three days.
Linhai City and Tianshui City are separated by the Nu River. There are no walls or defense lines, making it easy to break through.
Not to mention, Sauron's main army is all at the Fenglei Castle defense line and Tianlang Pass at this time, and there won't be many people on the northern defense line.
As long as Chu Ye's army breaks through the Nu River and enters the hinterland of Tianshui City, Sauron will undoubtedly die!
"What do you want me to ask you?" said Li angrily.
The eunuch samurai said: "Earl Chu Ye did not have a single soldier to cross the Nu River!"
Suddenly, Li Li was stunned and said angrily: "Is he eating shit? He was stationed in Nanlinbao. He marched in the middle of the night yesterday. It was only a few dozen miles. He should have reached the north bank of the Nu River in the morning and started to cross the river. Why did it arrive at night?
Haven’t you passed a single soldier yet?”
The eunuch Bushido said: "Earl Chu Ye's army rushed to the north bank of the Nu River last night to establish a position, and prepared enough bamboo rafts. This morning, they began to cross the Nu River! However, Sauron's new weapons unexpectedly struck
Under the attack, almost all the troops crossing the river were wiped out, and the positions on the north bank also suffered heavy losses. After a day of fierce fighting, there were more than 26,000 casualties, and they have retreated to Nanlin Fort to rest!"
Zhili's ears began to roar again.
It was as if nothing could be heard, and the surrounding sounds seemed to come from beyond the sky.
The central army was defeated and the left wing was defeated!
In just one day, ten thousand people were killed or injured!
Even the battlefield in the north was defeated so miserably, so there is no need to look forward to the Tianlangguan battlefield in the south!
Jian Ze is the younger brother of Marquis Jian Yong. Although he served as the commander-in-chief of the Southwest Army with the support of Li Li, many of the officers in the Southwest Army are disciples of Turing Tuo. Jian Ze has not been able to control the Southwest Army so far.
Therefore, from Li Li's point of view, the battlefield in the south must be very pessimistic.
An hour and a half later!
The gryphon warriors sent by Zhili to the Tianlang Pass battlefield report back!
"Count Jianze led the right-wing army to attack Tianlang Pass. He failed on the first day and suffered more than 59,000 casualties!"
After hearing this report, Li Li's head almost exploded!
Come on, the Chinese army suffered more than 60,000 casualties when they attacked Fengleibao's defense line, but you actually suffered 59,000 casualties at Tianlang Pass?
How long is Fenglei Castle's defense line at four miles? Your Tianlang Pass city wall is only one mile long at best!
Are you, Jianze, a pig?
If you attack a mile-long city gate, you can kill 59,000 people in just one day?
Even if it were a pig, it wouldn't be defeated so miserably?
However, after listening to the eunuch warrior's report, Li Li was completely shocked!
Jian Ze is not only not a pig, but a tiger!
"Earl Jianze's right-wing army has ascended to Tianlang Pass three times, and even once completely broke through Tianlang Pass, occupied the outer city wall, and attacked the hinterland of Tianlang Pass. However, it was eventually defeated by the Rock Bandits led by Yan Chuo'er and Yan Yan. Tianlang
Guan has also been recaptured!"
After listening, Li Li stood up suddenly!
This, this Jian Ze looks ordinary? Why is he so brave?
The Chinese army fought so hard on the Fengleibao battlefield in the Nujiang battlefield in the north, but the Tianlangguan battlefield in the south actually fought so fiercely?
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In the Wind and Thunder Castle, Sauron received the latest battle report, cold sweat broke out on his back, and he was terrified.
Unexpectedly, the northern border defense line, which he thought was the weakest, turned out to be the most beautiful. It was almost impossible for Chu Ye to fight back, and the casualties were minimal.
And the Tianlang Pass battlefield that he thought was very strong and dangerous turned out to be full of dangers!
The commanders of Tianlangguan battlefield are Yan Chuoer and Yan Yan.
On the battlefield, the two of them made no mistakes, but Jian Ze still charged up the Tianlang Pass city wall three times.
The last time, even the outer perimeter of Tianlang Pass was lost, and they had to retreat to the rear castle, and then used 20,000 rock bandits to defeat Jian Ze's army that rushed into Tianlang Pass and recapture Tianlang Pass!
In the battlefield report, both Yan Yan and Yan Chuoer pointed out that Tianlang Pass was too narrow and there were no shooting holes in the city wall, so the number of artillery and trebuchets that could be placed was too limited and the firepower could not be maximized.
Moreover, artillery is not as powerful as giant trebuchets at medium distances. In order to place more artillery, Sauron reduced a large number of trebuchets.
The most critical thing is that when the army approaches the city wall, because the artillery position is too high, the dozens of meters under the city wall become a shooting blind spot, making it impossible to use shotguns to kill the troops on the wall on a large scale.
The most critical mistake was that the city wall was too narrow, and most of the soldiers were operating artillery and transporting shells. There was a serious shortage of soldiers for hand-to-hand combat, which led to the city wall being breached in the end.
As for how Jian Ze conquered Tianlang Pass?
It's very simple, human lives are piled up for free!
Like moths rushing to a flame, they kept flying towards the city wall crazily, not coming in waves, but rushing upwards continuously.
These soldiers could only rush forward, because if they dared to take a step back, the 20,000 supervisors behind them would shoot arrows without hesitation.
Anyone who dares to retreat will die!
On the first day, Li Li was reluctant to use the fire-resistant cloak, but on the first day, Jianze sent 20,000 soldiers wearing fire-resistant cloaks to the battlefield.
In short, Jian Ze was almost crazy and attacked with all his might.
The Tianlang Pass defense line, which was originally thought to be solid, was almost breached. In other words, it was breached.
Many of the generals of the Southwest Army were Turing Tuo's disciples, and Jian Ze could not fully master the Southwest Army for several years.
Perhaps it was precisely because of this that Jian Ze sent his troops out to attack the city for free. Unlike Count Chu Ye, who regarded the Northern Army as his own territory and felt distressed even if a soldier died.
The Southwest Legion and Turing Tuo maintain the same will, which is to completely eliminate Sauron, so they will not be passive and idle on the battlefield.
Therefore, on the first day at the Tianlang Pass battlefield, such a result was achieved.
Sauron only has an army of 170,000 at his disposal!
There are 90,000 troops in the Fengleibao defense line, less than 50,000 troops in the Nujiang defense line in the north, and only more than 30,000 troops are left in the Tianlangguan defense line!
Yan Chuoer didn't mention it much in his battle report, but in Yan Yan's battle report, he expressed his respect and admiration for the Rock Bandits Legion in the strongest possible tone.
And he repeatedly emphasized that if it were not for the existence of the Rock Bandits, Tianlang Pass would have been completely broken!
At that time, Jian Ze's tens of thousands of troops poured into Tianlang Pass. The more than 10,000 defenders outside Tianlang Pass began to collapse after 30% casualties.
At the critical moment, Queen Yanchuoer led an army of 20,000 rock bandits to fight twice as many enemies in Tianlang Pass!
These rock bandits are really like wild beasts on the battlefield. They go where there is danger and where there are many enemies. After being stabbed by the enemy, they will chop off the opponent's head with a grin, and also slash their own chests at the same time.
One way.
Facing this beast-like army, Jian Ze's army, which was as powerful as a rainbow, retreated steadily and was killed out of Tianlang Pass.
In the end, on the first day of battle, the Tianlang Pass defenders suffered over 10,000 casualties, and the Jianze defenders suffered nearly 60,000 casualties!
After reading the two battle reports over and over again, Sauron's hands were shaking a little.
He found that he was really focused on weapons and underestimated the enemy too much.
Especially in the naval battle with the Rock Demon, after the victory was achieved due to artillery, I felt that artillery was omnipotent.
Therefore, after placing more than a hundred artillery pieces in Tianlang Pass, he felt that he had nothing to worry about. In the entire Tianlang Pass battlefield, he only sent more than 30,000 people, and faced a full 200,000 enemies.
As a result, due to the special geographical environment of Tianlang Pass and the primitive and backward structure of the Tianlang Pass city wall, the power of the artillery was far less powerful than imagined.
In the end, the Tianlang Pass battlefield was full of dangers, and it was almost defeated.
If the Rock Bandits weren't so fierce and powerful, the Tianlang Pass would have been broken long ago, and Jian Ze's army of hundreds of thousands would have rushed into the hinterland of Tianshui City.
Of course, thanks to the narrowness of Tianlang Pass, Jian Ze's army could not swarm into the city gate. Otherwise, no matter how brave the 20,000 rock bandits were, they would not be able to withstand four or five times the number of enemies.
Today's Tianshui City has an extremely hard shell and is extremely powerful.
But after breaking through this shell, there was no defense inside Tianshui City.
Once Jian Ze's army of hundreds of thousands is allowed to rush into the hinterland of Tianshui City? The consequences will be unimaginable.
The main city of Tianshui has no defense and can be breached easily.
Sauron placed artillery on all three battlefields, but in the main city of Tianshui, only seven or eight cannons were placed symbolically, and they were still inferior products.
The most terrifying thing is that once Jian Ze leads an army of hundreds of thousands to attack Fenglei Fort's defense line from behind, he will attack from both sides with the Lili army.
By then, it will be difficult for even the real gods to save Sauron!
Sauron closed his eyes and began to reflect deeply.
Yes, artillery is great, especially in naval battles. It is completely revolutionary and can make other navies unable to fight back.
Even on land battlefields, whether it is long-range artillery fire or close-range shotgun shells, they have amazing lethality.
However, artillery is not omnipotent, especially in some special geographical environments, its performance will be unsatisfactory.
Before the invention of high explosives, artillery was still a little far from being called the God of War.
Princess Yanyan stepped forward, gently rubbed Sauron's temples, kissed him on the mouth, and said softly: "Husband, there are only more than 20,000 troops on the Tianlang Pass battlefield now, and the Silver Wolf Legion has suffered too many casualties.
,Low morale."
In the daytime battle, the Silver Wolf Legion on the Tianlang Pass battlefield suffered more than 40% casualties. The morale of this army composed of mercenaries should have been greatly damaged.
"Should we allocate 10,000 troops to support Tianlang Pass?" Princess Yanyan asked.
Because of the addition of Luan Yang's Revenge Army, there are 10,000 more defenders on Fengleibao's defense line. So Yan Yan will ask whether to send 10,000 troops to support Tianlang Pass.
This is a very difficult decision. Sauron's troops are indeed stretched thin.
On the surface, the defense line of Fenglei Castle was so well fought today that it wiped out more than 60,000 soldiers from the army with very few casualties. Moreover, the defenders of Fenglei Castle did not seem to play a big role, and there was no engagement at all!
Most of the enemy's casualties were caused by artillery, trebuchets, and kerosene. Therefore, there is no problem in sending 10,000 troops to support Tianlang Pass.
However, Sauron is thinking about the battle tomorrow and the day after tomorrow!
Jian Ze's record of almost capturing Tianlang Pass will strongly stimulate Xie Li, and he will adopt the same tactics.
That is to make a desperate move, desperately risking human lives, launching hundreds of thousands of troops at a time, and frantically attacking Fenglei Fort's defense line.
At this time, Li Li was already like a trapped animal. There was only one way in front of him: to survive after death!
Make a desperate move and fight to the end! This is the only choice for Li Li.
"No, there is no need to support Tianlang Pass." Sauron shook his head and said: "The most dangerous moment of Tianlang Pass has passed. It will be exhausted again and again. Today's battle situation will make Jian Ze's army feel that even if they break through
It's useless to go to Tianlang Pass. We still have to face the army of rock bandits like wild beasts. And I'm sure that Jian Ze will never be able to organize such a crazy attack tomorrow. Today's casualties have completely weakened the Southwest Army.
bone."
Princess Yan Yan nodded. She noticed that in the battle reports of Yan Yan and Yan Chuo'er, they only reviewed the mistakes made in today's battle and did not mention reinforcements.
Sauron said: "On the contrary, our Wind Thunder Castle defense line may face a bloody and bitter battle next."
At this moment, Zhuang Zhixuan's voice suddenly sounded outside: "Master, Turing Tuo's envoy wants to see you."
Sauron couldn't help but be shocked, Turing Tuo actually sent someone here?
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Soon, Turing Tuo's envoy appeared in front of Sauron, lifted up his black cloak and took off his mask, revealing his handsome face.
It turned out to be...Turingchen!
"Greetings to Your Highness the Princess, and meeting Your Excellency Sauron." Turingchen saluted meticulously!
Sauron was astonished and said: "Tu Lingchen, what are you doing here?"
Turingchen said: "Come to negotiate!"
Sauron said: "What are you talking about?"
Turing Chen said: "There are many things we can talk about, such as the Turing family's allegiance to His Highness Yao Yan."
As soon as these words came out, Sauron was completely shocked!
Of course Sauron knew about Turing Tuo's duplicity, but when it actually happened, he still felt that the reality was too cold.
Sauron said: "In other words, betraying Li?"
"Yes!" Tu Lingchen said: "Betrayed Si Li and supported Princess Si Yan to ascend the throne!"
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