Seeing this scene, Yun Zheng's pupils suddenly shrank.
The enemy is going to suppress them with wave after wave of attacks, not giving them any chance to breathe!
The enemy wanted to break through their defense line in one fell swoop, completely disregarding casualties!
So cruel!
If the battle continues like this, the vassal army will become more and more exhausted, and the casualties will increase.
As the enemy's reinforcements came from behind, the first wave of attacking troops, which had suffered heavy losses, began to retreat.
With their retreat, the vassal army, which had been fighting hard for a long time, finally got a brief respite.
Many people took this opportunity to take off their water bags and quickly drink some water. Some people also took the opportunity to carry their seriously injured soldiers to the back and simply clean up the bodies on the ground.
Yun Zheng originally wanted to let the vassal armies on the left and right wings continue to resist the enemy's second wave of attack, but after hesitating for a moment, he finally gave up the idea.
He was very satisfied with the performance of these vassal troops.
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Now, the vassal armies on both the left and right wings are already very tired.
If they are allowed to continue to withstand the next wave of enemy attacks, their casualties will increase rapidly.
The vassal army is also the power under your command!
We cannot allow the vassal army to be annihilated just because they are foreigners.
Otherwise, which vassal army will be willing to die for you in the future?
Yun Zheng thought silently for a moment, and immediately ordered the messenger: "Order Tong Gang to lead his troops to press forward immediately and withdraw the troops on the left wing! Order the front defenders to leave 3,000 people to continue defending the front and lead 2,000 people to replace the troops on the right wing! Order Zulu to lead all his troops to support the right wing..."
The enemy changed their troops, so they also changed their troops!
He wanted to see how many lives the enemy had to pay!
As Yun Zheng's order was conveyed to various departments, they immediately took action.
Before they could complete their replacement, the enemy's second wave of attack arrived.
The vassal armies on both wings could only continue to fight to the death.
Half an hour later, with the gradual joining of personnel from various units, the defenders on the left and right wings finally completed the replacement.
They did not have many medical staff, and most of the lightly injured soldiers relied on their companions to help disinfect and bandage their wounds.
The seriously injured were carried aside and received emergency treatment.
But this kind of treatment is mostly just doing one's best and leaving the rest to fate.
The doctors have done what they should do. Whether the injured can survive depends on themselves.
The brutal offensive and defensive battle continued.
In the afternoon, the enemy's second wave of attack was suppressed.
The original gaps were all taken back by the Northern Army.
Looking at the soldiers who kept falling, Lou Yi and Yu Tai, who were watching the battle from a distance, shook their heads almost at the same time.
"Retreat!"
Yu Tai's face was solemn and he sighed helplessly.
From dawn till now, they have pushed 30,000 men toward both wings of the enemy.
The losses of the cavalry that withdrew first were not great, at least within their acceptable range.
But the infantrymen who pressed forward from behind suffered heavy losses.
Almost half of the 10,000 infantrymen who pressed forward from behind were killed.
Even with so many people filling in, not only did they fail to break through the enemy's defense line, but even the gap that had been opened was reoccupied by the enemy.
This result made Yu Tai very dissatisfied.
They need to restructure their forces.
If they continue to attack like this, they will not be able to bear the losses.
“We can’t retreat!”
Lou Yi shook his head and gritted his teeth, saying, "If we retreat now, the enemy will have time to clean up the battlefield! By then, our soldiers' weapons and armor will fall into the hands of the enemy! Don't forget, there are also people from Beimoduo building the city here. Once they get those weapons and armor, they will all be thrown into the battlefield..."
"this……"
Yu Tai frowned.
Originally, he insisted on continuous attack and not giving the enemy any chance to breathe.
But now, he wanted to retreat, but Lou Yi insisted on continuing the attack.
If Dayue Kingdom had not also suffered heavy casualties, he would have suspected that Lou Yi was deliberately disgusting him.
But what Lou Yi said makes sense.
In this kind of defensive battle that relies on segmented city walls, even untrained people can take up weapons and assist in the defense as long as they have weapons and armor.
In this way, the enemy will have more fresh troops joining in.
But they are constantly consuming.
As one gains, the other loses, and their situation will become more difficult.
Lou Yi did not give Yu Tai a chance to hesitate, and gritted his teeth and said: "Let's each send another 10,000 people! We must not give the enemy a chance to breathe! Otherwise, our people will have died in vain!"
The fight has gotten to this point, we can’t just retreat.
Withdrawal is easy.
But once they retreat, the enemy will have enough time to catch their breath and re-establish their defenses.
Now, they are holding on with gritted teeth, and the enemy must be holding on with gritted teeth as well.
Whoever can hold on to the end is the winner!
Seeing Lou Yi's resolute expression, Yu Tai made up his mind and said through gritted teeth, "If that's the case, let's send another 10,000 people up there! Let's see who can hold out to the end!"
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As night fell, the fierce battle continued.
Yun Zheng underestimated the determination of Lou Yi and the others.
He didn't expect that after a series of failed attacks, the enemy not only did not withdraw their troops, but actually sent out more people, willing to fight them to the death even with torches.
Yun Zheng knew that his soldiers were now exhausted.
Even if they took turns to rest, they could not withstand such a fierce attack from the enemy!
Even Qin Qihu, the war maniac, lay on the ground to rest!
Now, the soldiers on both wings are suffering.
Only the soldiers defending the front were relatively well off.
However, the soldiers defending the front have also been rotated twice.
But Yun Zheng could not withdraw the soldiers defending the front line, as there was a large enemy army waiting in front of him. Once they withdrew, the enemy would definitely quickly occupy the front line of defense.
"Your Highness, the troops on both wings are out of arrows!"
Just at this moment, Tong Gang came to report breathlessly.
Tong Gang did not expect that the enemy's determination to attack would be so great.
He had thought that if the enemy stopped attacking, they could still collect arrows.
But now, the enemy continued to attack regardless of casualties and did not give them this opportunity at all.
All their arrows now depend on collecting arrows shot by the enemy.
But the speed at which they collect cannot keep up with the speed at which they consume.
Under such circumstances, the archers on their city walls were unable to exert strong suppression on the enemy.
Otherwise, you can only pick up stones to throw at the enemy.
Yun Zheng rubbed his dry eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "Order Deng Bao and Hu Yucheng to send all their arrows over! I want to see how ruthless the enemy is!"
Tong Gang looked at Yun Zheng in surprise, hesitated for a moment, and asked tentatively: "Your Highness, do you want to reconsider? If the enemy continues to attack like this until dawn, the cavalry's arrows will surely be used up. At that time, our cavalry will have no choice but to engage in close combat with the enemy..."
"Let's fight hand to hand!"
Yun Zheng gritted his teeth and said, "If they really dare to keep attacking like this until dawn, I will admire them!"
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