Text: The Great Power Battle_Chapter 188 Four Million Surrender Army
A landing battle was fought in the evening, and the soldiers of the bloody battle on both sides were exhausted after several hours of fighting.
Hao Zhao looked at the black tide that was slowly receding, and exhaled loudly. I didn't find out before the fierce battle, and it turns out that the Combine Army is not all stupid. The Coalition forces relied on their large numbers, and the teams played wheel warfare with themselves. From the morning to the evening, many soldiers of the Beichen Army were still hungry.
It's not that there is no one to cook, it's that there is no time. The surging attack of the Combine forces forced almost everyone in the Beichen Army to go up to the low wall and participate in the bloody battle. Food was no longer important at that time, it was the most important thing to block the enemy and defeat the enemy.
After a long battle, the casualties on both sides were very large. The Combine Army faced the 200,000 archers of the Beichen Kingdom, and nearly 200,000 were killed and wounded in this battle alone. If you add the 100,000 dead and wounded before, in just one day, the troops have already suffered 300,000 casualties, and anyone who sees it will feel distressed.
The Beichen Army was also uncomfortable, and after the Combine Army landed with siege weapons, the casualties of the Beichen Army quickly followed.
23,000 were killed and 19,000 wounded, making a total of 42,000 soldiers and horses. Compared with the 200,000 casualties of the Beichen Army, it is not small. As for the 100,000 people who were eliminated before, everyone tacitly did not count them in today's battle report.
Hao Zhao glanced at the battle report and threw it aside. The battle report does not tell everything, and there are some potential things that cannot be seen with the eyes.
For example, morale, don't look at how fierce the Combine is today. But don't forget: one blows, two declines, three exhaustions. Today's first attack by the combined forces was repulsed, and tomorrow there may not be more fierce fighting. Perhaps the day after tomorrow, the two sides should enter a period of confrontation.
It's just that the only thing that worries Hao Zhao is that the enemy reinforcements that just arrived this afternoon. There is not much to say about the role of such a new force, as long as the commander of the coalition army is not stupid, he will definitely put this new force behind to attack.
The remaining 450,000 tired troops in his hands don't know if they can hold on tomorrow.
After the Coalition Army withdrew, the Beichen Army ran down the city wall one after another, and the bucket that came to the side turned into a cow's drink. In the unique dry and cold climate of winter, there are few soldiers who have fought for most of the day, and there are few who do not have chapped lips.
The soldiers, who had drunk the water, ran back to the low wall again with their equipment. It was getting dark, and it was supposed to be dinner, but now the Beichen Army is all sticking to their posts. Because, as everyone knows, they do not have time to eat, and the enemy will not give them time to eat.
All the people had no time to rest, and hundreds of thousands of people on the low wall were fighting non-stop. The 200,000 archers behind the low wall, their fingers had been cut, but they were still firing arrows. The hundreds of thousands of people in the back were not idle, they were constantly transporting all kinds of supplies towards the low wall.
The intensity of the battle also caused various supplies to be consumed very quickly, especially arrows. In the daytime battle alone, the Beichen Army shot nearly 20 million arrow feathers. It is this reckless attrition that has caused such huge casualties among the Coalition forces.
It's not that the Beichen soldiers don't cherish resources, but they have to waste them like this. At noon during the day, the corpses piled up under the corners of the low wall were enough for the coalition soldiers to rush up on foot. What was originally a tough battle has also turned into a field battle.
Faced with the enemy's huge numerical superiority, the Beichen Army had no choice but to fire arrows with all its might, killing and wounding a large number of the enemy's follow-up support troops. Only in this way can the pressure on the robes on the low wall be relieved.
But until the end, no one expected that the arrows would be consumed so hugely. There are nearly 20 million arrows, which account for one-third of the inventory of the defensive line. Most of the rest of the rolling stones consumed about one-tenth.
Hao Zhao was almost distressed to death about this result. With so many supplies, I didn't even dare to think about it before. If you had fought against Zhuge Liang before, you would have so many materials, let alone a Zhuge one. Even if he pulled all the armies of Shu over, he didn't have to ask the court for help.
But what's wrong with me now? Do you start wasting more materials when you have more materials in your hands? More than 20 million arrow feathers, that is what Beichen Kingdom can make in half a year. But today it's all over in one day, what's the matter!
If it weren't for the fact that he had killed and injured a lot of enemies today, Hao Zhao would really want to cut down that group of archers by now.
Just when Hao Zhao was thinking wildly, the horn in his hand was blown in a little instant on the top of more than a dozen arrow towers. As the horn sounded, the cowhide drums all over the place also sounded.
The archers of the Beichen Army, who were originally scattered everywhere, also hurriedly ran to their posts. Pick up the longbow again and put on the worn cowhide finger covers. The infantry of the Beichen Army, who had already gone up to the low wall, also clenched their weapons and pressed against the coalition ships that were pressing again on the sea in front of them.
After the Coalition troops landed on the shore, 200,000 archers fired another wave of arrows. Countless arrows flew over the dusky sky and onto the heads of the landing force.
Suddenly, a large blank space appeared between the originally dense crowd. Many of the Combine soldiers were shot dead in the sea before they could land on land.
After three consecutive waves of arrow rain, the Combine finally came to the low wall built by the Beichen Army. In this landing, the Combine casualties were much smaller than the last one.
From the daytime landing battle, the Combine also discovered that the strongest of the Beichen Army was the archery unit. So this time, Edward collected all the shields of the whole army. As a result, the 500,000 troops who landed this time were all equipped with shields, and the security was greatly increased.
Hao Zhao also discovered this problem, so he hurriedly ordered. Let the original 100,000 foot soldiers give up their bows and arrows, and immediately feel under the low wall, ready to support. The remaining 100,000 archers also went up to the arrow tower and the rest of the high ground. Shoot with precision and don't have to use a rain of arrows to cover the kill.
After the military order was issued, Hao Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. Still not out of his own expectations, the Coalition Army is going to attack day and night. I can get through it tonight, but tomorrow.
Needless to say, the million-strong army of the enemy, which had just arrived in the afternoon, must have been recuperating and waiting for the dawn to deliver the final blow to him. I have to think of a way, otherwise it will be impossible for the army to stop the enemy's large new forces after a day and a night's fatigue.
The battle was not affected by the night, and the lives of the living were dying one by one in this cruel war. The sword light and sword shadow added a touch of blood to the entire night sky.
After another continuous battle for six or seven hours, the corpses in front of the low wall were once again piled up. At this time, the Combine Army did not need a ladder at all, and stepping on countless corpses was enough to rush to the low wall.
On top of the low wall, the Beichen Army had already lost several sections of defense. Many warriors, in these small areas, fought fiercely.
Eventually, the thousands of enemy troops who climbed the low wall were driven down. All this was thanks to the 100,000 reserve troops arranged by Hao Zhao, and it was these soldiers who rested for a few hours that drove the enemy off the low wall.
Although they rushed down again, the Combine still rushed towards the low wall. Losing once is nothing in a tough battle.
When the Coalition Army and the Beichen Army were once again in a stalemate between the low walls, Hao Zhao finally resorted to the plan he had come up with.
Cylinders of boiling oil poured down, scorching the Combine beneath the low wall. This boiling oil was found by Hao Zhao from a logistics officer, and Hao Zhao originally thought that he didn't have any oil here.
Who knows, the king of his own family thinks more than himself. After all the oil was transported to the sailor, the king realized that there was no boiling oil on his side. Therefore, a batch of cooking oil was urgently requisitioned from hundreds of thousands of households in Donglin City and transported to the front line.
Moreover, it just arrived yesterday, and it was only today that the logistics troops cleared all the supplies. As a result, it was learned that there was actually a batch of oil transported here.
With oil, everything is no longer a problem.
Hao Zhao immediately ordered to boil more than 200 tripods of boiling oil, which is now the oil that the Beichen Army has just poured on the head of the United Army.
After the boiling oil was splashed, the Beichen Army randomly threw down countless torches. Piles of boiling oil were ignited in an instant, and a boiling fire was even more blazing in front of the low wall. The flames shot into the night sky, setting the entire battlefield on fire.
Tens of thousands of Combine troops who were originally staying under the low walls and marched forward. In an instant, it was ignited by a fire, along with the piled up corpses. The rest of the Combine troops also looked stupidly at the sudden fire, and took a few steps back in panic.
There was no sound of weapons colliding on the entire battlefield, and there was no sound of warriors fighting. All that was left was the Combine soldiers, still in the midst of the fire, screaming and wailing.
The Beichen army on the low wall also urgently took two steps back, a little further away from the fire. Although it is now winter, the nights are cold. But such a fire, it doesn't take a few seconds, it is enough to warm the body.
About twenty minutes later, the fire was still blazing. However, the two armies, separated by the fire, soon couldn't stand it, especially the combined sergeants.
Streams of hot fire spread out from the fire, which was mixed with bursts of meat fragrance. Everyone knew where the smell of meat came from, so they all started to get tired of it.
Especially the combined sergeants, who had just eaten a full meal in the evening, and it was only a few hours before they encountered a fucking barbecue, so it was strange that they suffered it.
In the end, the Combine retreated. The smell of barbecue is really unbearable. Hundreds of thousands of people ran back as soon as they were in the honeycomb, no longer caring about what happened next.
Alzik looked at this wall of fire, and there was nothing he could do. Let the soldiers charge the stuffing array, there are definitely few cowards. But if you want them to go through the wall of fire, you don't want to kill him.
And the Beichen Army also got the only chance to rest today because of this wall of fire. The fire is burning and it looks like it won't stop for a few hours.
All the Beichen troops jumped off the low wall and came behind the low wall. While feeling the warmth behind you, you can rest with your eyes closed.
The only pity is that there is no food at this time, and few people still have the strength to cook. The bloody battle used to rely on a lot of willpower to persevere, but now that I have relaxed, I suddenly feel powerless!
Hao Zhao also left the watchtower where he had stood for a day and walked into all corners of the defensive line.
The best way to appease the army is to see the wounded soldiers.
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