War has always been a huge meat grinder, whether it is falling from the thunder stone rolling wood belonging to the Xingzhao Kingdom on the head of the city, or the arrows that are shooting rapidly upwards in the camp of the Qingcang Kingdom, they are constantly carrying the lives of the soldiers of the two countries.

As time passed, the blood in the corridors on the Black Dragon City had already accumulated, and every time the next round of soldiers of the Zhao Kingdom went up to the city tower, the soles of their feet were completely infected in the blood pool.

The bones of the soldiers of the Qingcang Kingdom under the city have also accumulated, and the blood of both sides is about to merge into a river, which has already stained the snow in the moat.

From this, you can see how fierce the battle between the generals was.

Suddenly, an arrow shot out from the bottom up, and a soldier who was originally standing next to Xing Tianze let out a muffled snort and fell to the ground and couldn't stand up again.

But Xing Tianze looked at Nangong Yuan coldly as if he hadn't seen it.

There were already more than a dozen corpses lying next to Nangong Yuan, but every time a soldier fell, another soldier came to take over the vacant position.

There was no order from the marshal to stop, none of the soldiers on either side were afraid, and none of them retreated, and at this moment everyone had already put life and death behind them, and they only knew that the blood in their bodies was burning.

The battle lasted for an hour, and the casualties on both sides had reached a very terrifying level.

No one could have imagined that the night attack of the Qingcang Kingdom was so fierce that it was as if it would not give up if it did not capture the Black Dragon City, and the soldiers of the Xingzhao Kingdom also resisted stubbornly.

At this moment, the army of Qingcang Kingdom turned into an extremely sharp spear, and the army of Xingzhao Kingdom was transformed into an impregnable shield.

After an hour-and-a-half-long attack, under Nangong Yuan's order, the soldiers of Qingcang Kingdom withdrew out of the range of Xingzhao Kingdom's thunder stone rolling wood and arrows.

There was no trace on the west gate of Black Dragon City and Murong Yu under the city stood staring at each other, and they both saw a touch of perseverance on the other party's face.

None of them are ruthless people, on the contrary, they still value the lives of every soldier under their command on weekdays, but now is not the time for indecision.

They all know very well that only by completely defeating each other can this war have the possibility of a real end, otherwise there will never be a time to stop.

"Lord Murong, the casualties of the remaining three gates have come out just now, and our army has lost more than 58,700 soldiers." A soldier whose armor was stained with blood knelt beside Murong Yu on one knee and panted as he reported that he was wearing a wound on his left arm that was tied with a white cloth.

"I see, you go and tell the marshal and let him decide whether to continue the siege." Murong Yu stared closely at the Black Dragon City in front of him.

To be honest, such a situation had already exceeded his expectations, and Murong Yu had a feeling in his heart, as if Wuji had already known that he was coming to attack the city, and he had already prepared a perfect coping strategy.

Tonight, he and Nangong Yuan only brought 200,000 troops, and even Huang Xuan City only had 30,000 soldiers left, and the rest were also distributed in other towns, and the other 40,000 soldiers were guarded with food and grass.

"Marshal, the Traceless Son has sent news that our army has lost more than 53,000 people, and he wants to ask if you are concentrating your forces at this moment to break through from the South Gate to Huangxuan City." A soldier with a face bruised by an arrow respectfully knelt down in front of Xing Tianze to report the details of the battle.

"Pass on the order of the commander, all the soldiers will continue to stay in the Black Dragon City, kill the fiefdoms of the enemy generals, reward those who kill the enemy soldiers, and all those who dare to retreat without permission will be killed." Xing Tianze's tone was extremely firm.

Black Dragon City was the first city they had conquered since they came to the north, and there was no possibility of losing it, even if Wen Qian had already defeated Huang Xuancheng at this moment.

After they retreated to Huang Xuancheng, they were about to face a situation where they were attacked on their backs.

"Spread my order, everyone must not retreat, and after half an hour another attack, after which all the men and horses will gather at the east gate and finally retreat from the mountain behind me." A thoughtful look flashed in Nangong Yuan's eyes.

The casualties of more than 50,000 really made Nangong Yuan feel a little distressed, this attack on Xing Zhaoguo himself in the DPRK itself set a lot of public opinion pressure, if the squad returned to the DPRK with too heavy losses, it would become particularly difficult to send troops again in the future.

At the same time, in the imperial palace of the capital of Xingzhao Kingdom, the emperor and the ministers who had already slept were gathered in the imperial study at this time.

Because they received an urgent military report from the front line an hour ago, Xing Tianze had just arrived in the north and captured it in a row, and had previously captured the two cities of Huangsha and Heilong.

"The emperor's victory on the front line is really a blessing for my country!" An old minister said with a smile.

"From this, it can be seen that the fifth prince is indeed a general who can fight well in my country, and his demeanor is no less than that of the expedition to the land of Baiyue, and when he returns, the emperor should reward him heavily." Another minister was with him.

"In the eyes of the emperor, this great victory is due to the emperor's discernment, if you were not able to use the fifth prince as the marshal of the three armies, where did he come from to make such a meritorious achievement." A courtier standing on the left side respectfully said what was in his heart.

A group of ministers was quickly divided into two parts, one side supported Xing Tianze, and the other side was lamented by the emperor's insight.

But the emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair, came out with a struggling expression on his face, and his brows were slightly wrinkled.

He really didn't expect Xing Tianze to be so powerful, and he captured two cities in a row, which made his prestige rise many notches in an instant.

If Xing Tianze can really return victoriously this time, if he attacks the five princes again in the future, he will become a faint monarch who kills meritorious ministers indiscriminately.

"Lao Wu's victory this time is indeed worth celebrating, and all I can do now is to help him deal with domestic affairs, so that he doesn't have any worries about the battle." The emperor took a deep breath: "The secretary of the ministry, the secretary of the military department and the secretary of the household department, even if the three of you are replenished by the fifth brother and the food and grass needed, you must not let the front-line army have any difficulties in life." ”

Although the emperor really wanted to overthrow Xing Tianze, he also knew very well that now he could lead the army of Xingzhao Kingdom, and the only one who could compete with the tiger and wolf division of Qingcang Kingdom was the fifth prince.

If you attack him at this time, it will not only attract criticism from the ministers, but also cause the loss of the land of Xing Zhaoguo, and even cause Xing Tianze's lesions, which will outweigh the losses.

If he can't even keep the country, what is the point of this dragon chair under him? However, how high Xing Tianze's prestige will be after that, at least the emperor must support him before he returns to the dynasty after his victory.

"The emperor can rest assured, the ministers will do their best." The three ministers who were named hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied.