"Your Majesty, it will be dark in just over an hour." Albonfeld, one of the cardinals, looked at the sky.

Charles V's face was a little ugly, according to the pre-war plan, no matter how strong the army of the Eastern heretics was, in the face of 1.5 million European coalition troops, a strong attack at any cost, at most half a day could crush the enemy's defense line, and then it would be the final strangulation.

However, this unprecedented war, the battle has been going on for most of the day now, although the Crusaders have inflicted heavy casualties on the enemy, but the Crusaders' casualties have become so great that they are almost unacceptable!

The endless methods of the pagans in the East and the will to fight to the end made them not show the slightest timidity in the face of an enemy army twenty times their size, but instead inspired the infidels to fight to the end!

Obviously, with the current combat situation, there is almost no possibility of ending this war before the night comes, and once the night falls, if the fierce battle continues, then the coalition forces with superior numbers will inevitably fall into a disadvantage!

For you have no idea how many intrigues await the infidels in the night.

Therefore, when formulating tactics before the battle, a strategy was already set, and everything possible was done to defeat the enemy army during the day at all costs, or at least to ask the enemy army to abandon all baggage and flee in panic.

For the high-ranking generals of the coalition forces, the infidels without the advantage of firearms are a group of toothless tigers, even if they cannot be destroyed in a day or two, but after a long time, there will never be a place for heretics to live on the land of Europe.

In addition, the pagan firearms are so sharp, the Holy See has issued an oracle that it is necessary to obtain the pagan firearms manufacturing technology, and if you want to obtain such technology, you must either capture the craftsman or dismantle it.

In the previous fierce battle, the valiant crusaders had already captured hundreds of muskets, and if only some more large and small cannons were captured, the blood of the crusaders would not be shed in vain.

But now that the tide of battle has fallen out of its intended rhythm, it is unlikely that the battle will end before dark.

"Dear Bishop of Arbon, as you can see, it is impossible to exterminate the infidels before sunset, and in today's battle, the Crusaders suffered heavy losses, but Charles has seen the dawn of victory!"

Bishop Arbon drew a cross on his chest and said, "Arbon never doubted that the Lord's army would lose to the infidels, but the Crusaders were twenty times as strong as the infidels, and yet the casualties were at least twenty times that of the infidels, and such a result was very different from what was planned before the war."

Charles V nodded and said, "The difference is indeed a bit big, but the honorable bishops must have also seen that the infidel artillery has significantly weakened its power in the next few hours, what does this mean?" This indicates that there is a problem with the infidel artillery, either due to continuous firing or running out of ammunition, either of which is not a bad thing for the Crusaders.

However, Charlie admitted that he underestimated the tenacity of the infidels, but Charlie believed that the infidels were about to be unable to support them, and as long as he gave Charlie another day, or even half a day, Charlie would be able to wipe out the infidels' army.

Charles felt that for the sake of ultimate victory, as long as this group of infidels who tried to occupy Europe could be exterminated, as long as the majesty of the Lord was not desecrated, then even hundreds of thousands of heroic crusaders would be worth the casualties. ”

The four cardinals nodded, in today's big war, Charles V, as the commander-in-chief, did not let the soldiers and horses of his empire hide behind, and the army of the Roman Empire also suffered heavy casualties, which shows that he has not wavered in the slightest belief in the Lord, and it also shows that he really has no selfishness.

"Then Your Majesty, at this time, you should order the withdrawal of your troops, and then arrange the defenses, lest the night will give the infidels more opportunities for the infidels to attack."

"Venerable Bishop John, you say so." Charles V then conveyed his will, and the sound of a sobbing bugle of retreat echoed throughout the battlefield.

Millions of crusaders heard the sound of trumpets and began to retreat in an orderly manner, leaving behind a devastated battlefield and corpses strewn everywhere.

"Your Majesty, the thief army has retreated!" Wei Bin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Zhu Houzhao snorted and looked at the sky again, he was right, the enemy army did not have the courage to fight at night!

But this is also normal, Zhu Houzhao feels that if he is the commander of the enemy army, most of them will feel that the Wu Dynasty army is already at the end of the crossbow, and the high-intensity fierce battle of the day has made the Wu Dynasty army consume a lot of ammunition, since this is the case, then why force the Wu Dynasty into a desperate situation!

At this time, as long as the Wu Dynasty retreated, then they had already won more than half of the victory, and at that time, the tail of the Wu Dynasty chasing the demoralized Wu Dynasty army would inevitably be able to complete the battle, which was much better than provoking the Wu Dynasty army to fight in a sleepy beast.

This is also the reason why the Crusaders besieged three sides, leaving one side for the purpose of the Wu Dynasty army to break and flee, as long as they escaped, it would be a massacre!

The tactics of encircling three queyi are all used in the land of China......

"Spread my will, collect the remains of the fallen soldiers, and bring them back, I will not take them home, but I will never let them become lonely ghosts on the battlefield, wandering in this foreign land!"

"Yes!"

As night fell, the Wu Dynasty army retreated five miles and set up a large camp.

In the big tent of the Chinese army, Zhu Houzhao turned his back to the generals and asked indifferently: "How about the battle damage?" The result? ”

Zhen Ao, chief of staff of the expeditionary force, said in a deep voice: "Sixty-three hundred and sixty-four people were killed, almost all of them died when our soldiers launched a counter-charge before the first line of defense was broken through, of which 1,132 heavy armored soldiers, eighty percent of them collapsed and died!" In this battle, our army annihilated more than 200,000 enemy troops, and inflicted such heavy casualties on the enemy in one day, which is a unique miracle in the history of wars in the past dynasties! ”

"The enemy army has one and a half million!" Zhu Houzhao turned around and said: "The destruction of 200,000 enemies in World War I can indeed be called a miracle, but 60,000 or 70,000 died in the minefield, and the remaining 100,000 died on the frontal battlefield!"

Moreover, based on the previous situation of our army, if the enemy army had not retreated because of nightfall, at most three hours, our army's defense line would have collapsed on all fronts, and it is estimated that no more than 1,000 of the 15,000 heavy armored soldiers would survive! ”

The generals in the tent were silent, because everyone knew that what Zhu Houzhao said was the truth!

"Now our army still has 70,000 soldiers who can fight, and the enemy army still has 1.3 million, the enemy army uses the tactics of crowds, and the pile can also level our army, and I didn't think that the battle on the first day would be so fierce, so fierce that I thought I had encountered a mad dog!"

The generals wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh, after all, today's expeditionary force also suffered heavy casualties, and laughing at this time seems to be the greatest blasphemy against the undead!

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