To be honest, the princess of Dongdao Kingdom and the king of Goryeo Kingdom were really too happy too soon.
Sure enough, before he could even get a chance to show off, reality pulled him back and slapped him hard in the face.
That's true.
Although their shields temporarily stopped the bullets, they forgot that the Ming army had an even more powerful weapon: cannons.
Even with your thickest shield, it can't withstand the power of a cannon. Isn't that how it gets broken?
Now, all those shields have been destroyed by cannon fire, and many more people have been lost.
It could no longer be used to stop bullets, so the situation became awkward again, making the current situation passive and tense once more.
Princess Dongdao and the King of Goryeo simply couldn't manage a smile anymore.
After all, the slap in the face came too quickly.
Before they could even react, the combined forces of the two countries suffered heavy casualties once again.
Under the double attack of artillery shells and bullets, countless soldiers were wiped out.
After some soldiers realized what was happening, they tried to create some distance. Although they couldn't dodge the bullets, they could at least avoid some damage from the artillery.
But the more chaotic the situation, the more disorderly the scene becomes. Under such uncontrolled spread, large-scale chaos can easily erupt.
If one person falls, it will cause a group of people to fall.
The situation suddenly became out of control.
Many of those soldiers even caused stampedes.
Seeing the allied forces of the two countries suddenly in such disarray, the King of Goryeo and Princess Dongdo were extremely worried.
At that moment, he continued to issue orders, instructing the soldiers to quickly take cover from artillery shells and bullets, hoping to enable them to respond swiftly to the current situation.
But doesn't this put these soldiers in a difficult position? Don't they want to dodge artillery shells? Don't they want to dodge bullets? Do they really want to die? Isn't it impossible to avoid them?
This left the soldiers feeling utterly helpless.
So after all that, they just didn't want to hide, right?
But no matter how they tried to avoid that thing, it had almost no effect.
As a result, the situation did not improve, and soldiers continued to die, paying a very heavy price for it.
And so, the scene grew increasingly chaotic. The number of allied soldiers from both countries who died continued to rise.
On the other hand, the Ming army of 200,000 suffered zero casualties.
Even Zhu Yunwen was extremely anxious; he couldn't bear to watch any longer.
After all, the combined forces of the two countries have suffered enormous losses, with nearly 100,000 casualties.
If this continues, it definitely won't last long, and a clear winner will emerge.
He also knew that he absolutely could not allow the situation to continue like this, otherwise, there would truly be no chance left.
This time, they took a huge risk to do this, and they could only succeed and not fail.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen quickly began to think of a solution. His eyes darted around, and after a moment he said to Princess Dudao and the King of Goryeo beside him:
"The situation is not good right now. How about this, let's withdraw our troops for now, go back and discuss how to deal with it, and then come back to fight."
Although the King of Goryeo felt helpless, he knew that this was the only way now.
Princess Dongdao also knew that if things continued this way, it would be difficult to reverse the situation, except for paying a heavy price.
Therefore, he could only relay the order to his generals to immediately order a retreat.
After the order was given, the armies of both countries began to gather their soldiers and prepare to retreat.
At the same time, the King of Goryeo shamelessly said loudly to Fu Youde:
"Today, the soldiers of my Goryeo Kingdom were unprepared and have been so oppressed by the Ming Dynasty. You have really taken advantage of us."
Princess Dongdao also said:
"Indeed, do you dare to pause the battle and wait for my army to rest before fighting the Ming army to the bitter end?"
Fu Youde was stunned for a moment, then began to curse and say:
"It's ridiculous! Do you really think you can make me stop fighting with such sweet talk on the battlefield? Do you really think I'm a fool?"
After he finished speaking, Fu Youde continued to shout, addressing the musketeers behind him:
"Beat them! Beat them hard! Kill all their soldiers!"
Upon hearing Fu Youde's words, the soldiers continued firing, with others changing their magazines. When they ran out of bullets, they were given new magazines to keep firing.
After all, there were only 10,000 musketeers. Although they faced hundreds of thousands of enemy soldiers, if each of them could kill a few dozen, wouldn't they be able to annihilate them all?
Even if the accuracy and lethality of bullets can reach 60% or 70%, you only need to waste 30% or 40% of those bullets to eliminate the enemy.
The Ming Dynasty now possesses formidable military strength, producing large quantities of cannonballs and musket bullets. Therefore, its stockpile of cannonballs and bullets is incredibly vast, enough to supply the musketeers present with as many bullets as they need.
Therefore, given enough time, eliminating the hundreds of thousands of troops from the two allied nations present would be no problem at all.
Seeing that Fu Youde was not buying into the truce, the princess of Dongdao and the king of Goryeo panicked.
Given this situation, since Fu Youde was unwilling to cease hostilities, the fighting had no choice but to continue.
Otherwise, if a forced withdrawal is made, leaving the enemy behind, the consequences will be even more severe.
However, if they forced an attack, they would be no match for Fu Youde's army and would not be able to cause any damage.
Their combined forces are still suffering losses.
Thus, they had no other choice, and as time went on, the losses became increasingly severe. Eventually, the scene was littered with corpses, a truly horrific sight.
Finally, the King of Goryeo gritted his teeth and made a decision, loudly issuing an order to his soldiers:
"Charge! Once you get close to the Ming soldiers, their muskets and cannons will be useless."
Indeed, this is currently the only way to counter muskets and cannons, because once they get close, the advantage of using muskets at close range or even face-to-face will be greatly reduced.
After all, the distance was too close, and the enemy's long swords would also pose a certain threat to the soldiers carrying muskets.
However, getting his soldiers to charge into front of the Ming army was no easy task.
After all, these soldiers weren't fools. They knew that getting close would indeed cause some damage to the Ming soldiers, but those who charged forward first would definitely become the victims.
Many people had to die one after another to allow those behind to successfully approach the Ming army, so no one wanted to be the first to charge into the Ming army as a sacrifice.
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