World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 875 - 413: Frenzied Slaughter! No Way Out!_2

Chapter 875: 413: Frenzied Slaughter! No Way Out!_2

This was the fourth layer of filtration!

After these four layers of filtration, only a few thousand soldiers from Zhi Li’s Forces could charge up the city wall every quarter-hour!

However, they had to face tens of thousands of Rock Pirates!

The Rock Pirates, having twice the number of enemies, still bullied others, let alone when they had only half the number!

Thus, however many soldiers Zhi Li’s Forces sent, that’s how many died!

The melee combat began just half an hour later, and the bodies above and below the city walls had piled up like mountains.

Countless had indeed died or were injured!

...

Zhi Li and Turing Tuo had no choice but to ride griffins into the midair to oversee the entire battlefield!

Zhi Li was already ice-cold, while Turing Tuo’s heart bled.

Most of those who died were his troops; of the 300,000-strong Dragon Guard Legion, coupled with earlier losses, at least 100,000 had died or were injured.

Moreover, this number was still rapidly increasing. The casualties in today’s battle, which had started less than four hours ago, were already over 100,000.

Originally, the plan was to attack the Fenglei Fort Defense Line in a desperate push, like at Tianlang Pass. After enduring two rounds of cannon and catapult shelling, a loss of tens of thousands would have been enough to breach the city walls, and then Suo Lun’s cannons and catapults would all fall silent.

In that case, the casualties on Zhi Li’s Forces would have been contained and they would have directly entered melee combat.

But unexpectedly, the mere 600-meter boulder obstacles split the battlefield into three parts.

After the four layers of filtration, every attempt to scale the walls was less than half the number originally planned.

Moreover, because of these boulder obstacles, the giant siege engines couldn’t pass through, and even the number of ladders on the city walls of Wind Thunder Fortress was half of what was planned.

The use of gunpowder and cannons, being new weapons, differed completely from previous cold weapon wars.

Therefore, though Turing Tuo was an experienced general, this battlefield was unfamiliar to him.

These boulder barriers, which he hadn’t really considered significant before, turned out to play such a major role. Even though they couldn’t block the passage of a large army, they could delay it, buying precious time for Suo Lun.

Once Suo Lun’s time exceeded a certain threshold, Suo Lun’s cannons, catapults, and the Rock Thieves Corps would enter a beneficial cycle, being able to run continuously without any element falling silent.

Turing Tuo keenly felt that if the soldiers climbing the walls surpassed double the number, the overall situation on the battlefield would undergo a drastic change. They could break through the defenses of the 10,000 Rock Pirates, reach the upper artillery, and silence all the cannons and catapults.

Once Suo Lun’s cannons and catapults fell silent, the casualties among Zhi Li’s Forces would decrease by more than 60-70%, and more soldiers could climb the walls; then Suo Lun would surely be doomed!

At this moment, Turing Tuo truly felt that the world had changed, and so had the war.

It had become like a complete machine, where every element was interconnected. Breaking just one element would paralyze Suo Lun’s entire war machine!

"Your Highness, how many Dragon Samurai did you bring?" Turing Tuo asked.

"Fifty," Zhi Li said, though he had brought far more, he could only admit to that many.

Turing Tuo’s gaze sharpened; this time, the entire core of elite samurai from the Turing Clan, along with core samurai from the Dragon Guard Army and thirty-thousand captains, made nearly a hundred Dragon Samurai.

"I have also brought fifty," Turing Tuo said.

At this crucial moment, both men had kept something in reserve.

Turing Tuo said, "Suo Lun’s war machine has four components: cannons, catapults, barrels of oil, and the Rock Thieves Corps on the city walls! The boulder obstacles on the battlefield have delayed and filtered our army, allowing all four components to cooperate perfectly so that the entire war machine can operate smoothly."

Zhi Li nodded, he had also clearly seen this point.

Turing Tuo said, "Among these four components, if we can break just one, Suo Lun’s war machine will collapse. And that component is the outer layer of the Rock Thieves Corps on the city walls. Together, we have a hundred Dragon Samurai, enough to break through the Rock Thieves Corps to destroy Suo Lun’s cannons and catapults. Once Suo Lun’s cannons and catapults fall silent, our casualties will be greatly reduced, and the soldiers climbing the walls will increase to three, four times the number, and then Suo Lun will undoubtedly lose."

Zhi Li’s face twitched as Dragon Samurai relied on dragon power, which could be exhausted. Sending a hundred Dragon Samurai to destroy Suo Lun’s catapults and cannons was a sure suicide mission.

In war, Dragon Samurai were rarely sent to the battlefield to kill enemies, because once they entered battle, their dragon power would quickly be exhausted, and they would certainly be torn to pieces.

But now, they had no other option left.

Although the dragon samurai were highly valuable, Zhi Li would have no future if they lost this battle.

"Fine!" Zhi Li gritted his teeth, "We’ll use a hundred dragon samurai to sabotage Suo Lun’s cannons and catapult positions!"

Originally, Zhi Li could have used his own catapults to hurl fish oil bombs at the Fenglei Fort Defense Line. Although the hit rate was low, it could have stopped some of Suo Lun’s cannons and most of the catapults from firing, thus his own casualties would not have been so enormous.

However, the detestable Suo Lun had set up huge stone barriers some eight hundred meters from the battlefield, rendering his catapults useless.

Because the catapults could only shoot less than five hundred meters.

...

Soon, Turing Tuo, Zhi Li, and FuE, along with others, assembled a hundred and twenty dragon samurai, using this group of elite warriors as cannon fodder, to destroy Suo Lun’s cannons and catapult positions!

"Warriors, the Rage Wave Kingdom will forever remember you. Your families, your parents, wives, and daughters will enjoy a lifetime of glory and riches!" Zhi Li said with tears in his eyes, sharing strong liquor with the hundred and twenty dragon samurai before sending them off to die!

The hundred and twenty samurai, also with tears streaming down their faces, finished their drinks and violently smashed their bowls.

"Your Highness, Duke, we are off!"

Then, the hundred and twenty dragon samurai, turned into shadows swift as lightning, charging towards the Fenglei Fort Defense Line.

Zhi Li prayed in his heart, "It must succeed, it must succeed, otherwise I’m truly out of options!"

The situation was clear at this point, as long as Suo Lun’s cannons and catapult positions were destroyed, silencing these two major war machines, Zhi Li would win this great battle.

Otherwise, he was undoubtedly doomed, since the battlefield had entirely shifted to Suo Lun’s rhythm.

...

At the highest point of the castle, Princess Zhi Yan suddenly opened her eyes.

She sharply sensed a dense mass of energy moving rapidly towards the Fenglei Fort Defense Line.

"Husband, Zhi Li’s trump card is coming," Princess Zhi Yan said.

Zhi Li utilizing a large number of dragon samurai to destroy Suo Lun’s cannons and catapult positions was his biggest worry, and now it was happening.

"How many are coming?" Suo Lun also felt it, but his mental acuity was far too inferior to Zhi Yan’s, so he could not detect the exact number.

"About a hundred and twenty," Princess Zhi Yan said, she could perceive everything clearly within a few hundred meters radius of her mind.

"A hundred and twenty!" Suo Lun said, "Zhi Li and Turing Tuo, together with the nineteen dukes, should be able to muster at least two hundred fifty dragon samurai, yet they’ve only sent out a hundred and twenty?"

"Yes!" Zhi Yan laughed, "Probably the other half of the dragon samurai are meant to cover their escape."

Suo Lun breathed a sigh of relief, if Zhi Li and Turing Tuo had gambled by sending all two hundred fifty dragon samurai, Suo Lun would probably have no choice but to watch helplessly as his artillery and catapult positions were destroyed.

But now, it was a hundred and twenty.

That was a fight he could take on!

"Gentlemen, are you ready?" Suo Lun asked.

"Ready!" came a chorus from dozens behind him.

Suo Lun also gathered all the dragon samurai he could, even many army leaders left their posts.

Even with everything on the line, along with the warriors from the Shadow Cabinet and the Hai Family’s dragon samurai, they had only managed to gather fifty-five in total!

Fifty-five dragon samurai, facing off against Zhi Li and Turing Tuo’s hundred and twenty dragon samurai.

Not only must they win, but they must also ensure that the artillery and catapult positions were not destroyed.

"Wife, it’s up to you now," Suo Lun said to Zhi Yan.

Princess Zhi Yan playfully replied, "Don’t worry, I’ll take on twenty each!"

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