World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 882 - 416: Zhi Li, damned couple, doomed!

Chapter 882: 416: Zhi Li, damned couple, doomed!

"Father, we haven’t found Turing Duo!" Turing Chen said hoarsely.

"What?" Duke Turing Tuo raised his voice, "She has been with me on the battlefield all the time, how can she be missing?"

Turing Chen said, "I have sent people to search everywhere and asked everyone, indeed no one has seen her."

Duke Turing Tuo closed his eyes, obviously aware that his daughter Turing Duo knew they would lose, and she must have run away in advance to avoid being surrendered to Suo Lun.

Without Turing Duo, how could he negotiate with Suo Lun?

If it were anyone else, it might not matter, but Suo Lun is so paranoid that he might just shut down negotiations over any minor issue.

Sighing deeply, Duke Turing Tuo said, "Still go to negotiate with Suo Lun, just say that I will definitely capture Turing Duo and send her to him later."

Turing Chen asked, "Father, what is our bottom line for the negotiations?"

Duke Turing Tuo replied, "I can give up the position at the Commander-in-chief’s Office, just leave me the position of commander of the Dragon Guard Legion and allow the Dragon Guard Legion to expand to 350,000 troops! We can give up everything else."

Turing Chen said, "I understand."

Duke Turing Tuo asked, "Do you know what we can offer?"

Turing Chen replied, "The leverage over Zhi Li that lets the Dragon Temple completely abandon him!"

Duke Turing Tuo nodded, "Go then!"

Wind Thunder Fortress battlefield entered into the difficult final cleanup work.

The surrendering forces from Zhi Li’s army amounted to just over thirty thousand people.

The battlefield was littered with tens of thousands of corpses, nearly a hundred thousand wounded, and many of these wounded would die in the coming days.

From Suo Lun’s side, the Rock Thieves Corps had over eight thousand casualties, Luan Yang Revenge Army had more than five thousand casualties, Rouran Cavalry had over two thousand casualties, and Suo City Guard Army had more than three thousand casualties.

All these casualties happened during the fierce battle on the city walls.

The final tally was that during the daytime battle, over sixty thousand from Zhi Li’s Forces had mounted the walls for melee combat.

Virtually all of these sixty thousand were annihilated.

That meant in the melee, Suo Lun’s forces had eighteen thousand casualties in exchange for sixty thousand from Zhi Li.

Undoubtedly, this was a glorious victory.

But it wasn’t that Suo Lun’s troops had the absolute capability to fight three to one. It was due to the battle’s four-layered filtration and delay tactics that the number of Zhi Li’s soldiers who had reached the walls never exceeded six or seven thousand at any time.

Suo Lun’s defensive troops always managed to maintain a more than twofold manpower advantage, which was the real reason behind the stark contrast in casualties.

As for Zhi Li’s Forces, the total casualties were around one hundred fifty thousand, with the remaining ninety thousand casualties all killed by cannonballs or blown up by gunpowder.

The entire fight lasted no more than four hours, during which Suo Lun’s hundreds of cannons fired seventy to eighty volleys, launching tens of thousands of cannonballs.

Suo Lun’s one hundred large catapults launched seventy to eighty throws. Several hundred Scorpion Catapults made over two hundred launches in total, dispatching several million pounds of gunpowder.

As for the incendiary bombs, they were used even less than in the previous major battle, but still amounted to several million pounds.

Considering the distribution of corpses on the battlefield, the ratio of those killed by cannon shots, blown up by gunpowder, or burned by fire oil was around 4:4:2.

Hundreds of cannons striking from a distance demonstrated formidable power.

Although they weren’t as miraculous as Suo Lun had imagined, given enough time for bombardment, cannons still became a powerful weapon of war.

Moreover, the impact of the bombardment on enemy morale was unparalleled. When Zhi Li’s Forces still had around two hundred thousand troops, the reason for their ultimate collapse was primarily the cannons. The shots were fired from too far away, and once hit, the deaths were too gruesome.

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Inside the wounded soldiers’ camp!

"Spare no cost to save our wounded soldiers, even if they end up disabled, we must save them," Suo Lun ordered the medical team.

This medical team comprised over a thousand personnel that Suo Lun had half paid for and half forcefully transported from Southeast Province, Pirate Bay, Yingzhou Island Province.

As for the medicine, in the two months before the battle, Suo Lun had purchased astronomical amounts of medicine from all coastal countries.

"What about the wounded soldiers from the enemy outside?" the head Medical Daoist Monk asked.

"Use your best effort, but still focus the majority of the resources on our own people," Suo Lun said, "Whether it’s the Rock Thieves Corps, Rouran City, or Luan Yang Revenge Army, we must try our utmost to save them."

The head Medical Daoist Monk nodded, "I understand."

"Wow! This doctor is quite a beauty. You’d better hide her well. Our pretty-boy lord is a lecher, if he finds her your chastity won’t be safe," suddenly, a voice from a Rock Thief Warrior rang out.

Suo Lun, speechless, directly stepped forward and scolded, "Damn it, did I mistreat your mother? Or your sister? Or did I mess with your wife?"

This Rock Thief Centurion, despite having three holes pierced through his body and a fractured left leg, was still full of vigor, teasing the charming and voluptuous female doctor.

"I’m sorry, I was wrong," the Rock Thief Centurion said carelessly.

Suo Lun said, "I will tell your Rock Queen that your battlefield stipend and kill rewards are all gone now!"

Then, Suo Lun was taken aback.

Because, from the side, this female doctor’s face looked incredibly familiar.

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