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The sunset was all over the sky, and there were birds flying in the air, leaving a faint shadow.

The battlefield under the sky was a mess, the smoke of gunpowder curled, the blood was steaming, and it condensed into a group of blood-colored red clouds in mid-air, which did not disperse for a long time, and the orange-red sunset contrasted with each other, which was dazzling.

The trenches in the middle of the camp have all been covered by a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, and there is no trace of a familiar shadow in sight. The narrow battlefield, as far as the eye can see, is only the corpse and the broken blade of the remnants.

The horses were smashed to pieces, and the excellent three-bowed, eight-ox bed crossbows and trebuchets were also destroyed, and they were no longer able to function, and they were left alone on the battlefield and left uncared for.

The towers were either cut down or still emitting wisps of smoke. Dense with arrows were stuck all over the ground, and there was hardly a trace of open space in sight.

Occasionally, one or two survivors, soaked in blood and moaning weakly, waited in despair for death to come.

The fighting in the afternoon exhausted both sides.

Another 40,000 or 50,000 soldiers completely fell here, died heroically, and bid farewell to youth and blood.

The whole battlefield is like a huge slaughterhouse, and the butchers are none other than the soldiers of both sides, who strive to kill the enemy while also becoming prey on the other side's chopping block.

"Fortunately, I finally won it!"

The Allied commander looked at the messy battlefield and quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. After great sacrifices, the Allies finally routed the enemy's defenders and completely took the second line of defense.

The tenacity of the Third Army was beyond the imagination of the commander.

"What kind of enemies are these?! Fearless of death, and effective in combat, it is really an iron army! ”

In this battle, the 2nd Division and the 3rd Division of the 3rd Army Corps were killed, and nearly 8,000 soldiers fell. If it were not for the cover of the trenches, the number of casualties would have increased by at least 20%.

At the last moment, Fan Lihua ordered the two masters to abandon their positions and retreat to the second wooden wall.

For the Third Army, there was no way back.

Only to hold on to the second wooden wall and survive the last of the most difficult periods.

As long as it is held, it is the greatest victory.

In order to achieve this strategic goal, it is worth the sacrifice.

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"Pass the order down, go on the attack!"

The Allied commander looked up at the sky, and although the sky was already dark, it was still dark.

The task given to him by the lords was not to capture the second line of defense of the enemy camp, but to take the entire camp. Therefore, the Allies had to take advantage of the last bit of time to break through the second wooden wall in one go.

"Victory is at hand!"

The commander muttered to himself, as if to strengthen his confidence.

The horn of war sounded again.

The exhausted Allied soldiers rose from the ground one by one, like corpses.

At the end of the war, the exhausted Allied soldiers no longer had any scruples, and directly lay down in the pile of corpses and fell to the ground to rest.

For experienced veterans, seizing the time to recover a little more physical strength will give them an extra guarantee of survival. Compared with survival, the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood are nothing.

They don't have time to pay attention to this right now.

Even the most vulnerable warriors have become accustomed to the smell of blood on the battlefield.

One by one, the soldiers got up from the "graveyard" like zombies, re-grasped the weapons in their hands, the horn sounded, and the blood-devouring light burst out in their eyes again.

"Kill!"

The allied forces of Haohao fought to the front again.

In order to take down the second wooden wall, the Allied commanders took great pains.

Outside the battlefield there was a reserve force of 30,000 men, which was not put into the battlefield from beginning to end, and recuperated all day.

At the critical moment, the commander did not hesitate to throw this reserve force into the battlefield in order to launch the most lethal blow to the enemy camp.

As soon as the war began, the 30,000-strong new army charged at the front, trying to break the third line of defense of the camp with abundant energy.

It's a pity that the allies are facing the famous general Fan Lihua, a general who is several times more clever than the Allied commander.

"In every big battle, there must be a reserve force, even if it is a thousand-man army. Mastering and using reserves in a timely manner is of great significance to seizing the operational initiative and winning operational victories. ”

This is a simple truth that even the allied commanders understand, how could Fan Lihua not understand it.

The first person in China to put forward the reserve was Sun Bin, the commander of the Tiger Army.

Sun Tzu said: "With the formation of three points, the formation has a front, and the front has a back, all of them are ordered to move." Fight one, keep two. Invade the enemy with one, and harvest with two. If the enemy is weak and chaotic, he will choose his pawn first to multiply it. The enemy is strong to rule, and the first to pawn to lure him. ”

It is said that the army should be distributed rationally, and the whole army should not be thrown into a swarm.

In the afternoon battle, even at the most tragic time, Fan Lihua did not arrange for the Fourth Division stationed in the second wooden wall to come forward to help, the purpose was to guard against the surprise attack of the Allied forces.

As it turned out, Fan Lihua's choice was very wise.

The officers and men of the Fourth Division watched the brothers of the First Division die one by one in the morning, and in the afternoon they witnessed the bloody battles of the Second Division and the Third Division.

The soldiers had been holding back their strength for a long time, and now it was finally their turn to go to the battlefield. They said to the soldiers of the Three Masters who had retreated: "Brother, the next position is handed over to us!" ”

"Please!"

The brief dialogue reflects the invincible military soul of the army of Shanhai City.

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The final battle before nightfall slowly kicked off.

This battle will not only determine the fate of both sides of the war, but also the fate of the entire [Lingnan City-State], and even the pattern of the entire southern Xinjiang, will be changed because of this battle.

Rows of torches lit up at the head of the white stone castle, illuminating the front of the castle transparently.

Lord Nguyen Binh did not leave the castle tower all day, observing the progress of the war with trepidation.

"Can we still win?" There are lords who begin to waver.

The Fan Lihua Legion in front of him is simply a monster, with an immortal body.

Before the war, no one could have imagined that the enemy army would be able to keep a full 250,000 troops out of the plain with just a makeshift camp.

When he speaks, no one will believe him.

But the bloody facts are just in front of them, and they can't help but not believe it.

Therefore, the lords did not show confidence that the Allies would be able to capture the last line of defense, at least not today. As night approached, the Allies had less than two hours left.

"It's hard!"

The lords' eyes began to flicker.

Some of the originally staunch lords were already secretly planning a retreat in their hearts.

Ruan Ping noticed that the lords standing at the head of the city had unknowingly left five or six. Some lords saw that their troops were disabled on the battlefield, and they didn't want to stay any longer, so they left through the back mountain trail in advance.

Some lords were purely cowardly, and did not report any expectations for this battle at all, and left with their guards in advance. After all, the trail is just a trail after all, and the road is difficult, and if everyone leaves in a swarm, I really don't know what kind of chaos will appear. Rather than that, it's better to leave early, at least without queuing.

And the sooner they leave, the more calmly they can clean up when they return to the territory.

The lords who remained at the head of the city, except for those who had backbone and courage, were the "down-and-out people" whose territory had long since fallen under the iron hooves of the army of Shanhai City.

This kind of lord is the saddest, they can't even clean up the soft and go to the royal city to become a rich man's wish. The only bargaining chip in his hand is this army outside the city.

As for the poor worm among them, who did not even have a large army, he would have committed suicide a long time ago.

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Just when the lords were thinking uncertainly, there was a sudden rumbling sound on the distant horizon.

Looking up, I saw a vast army, boundless, under the afterglow of the setting sun, with a strict military appearance, invincible momentum, quickly and firmly towards the White Rock City.

The huge golden dragon flag is dazzling.

"It's the army of Shanhai City!" The lord recognized it at a glance.

It was the vanguard troops of the Shi Wansui Legion who came, and finally arrived at White Rock City at the appointed time.

"It's over!"

Some lords closed their eyes, unable to bear to witness the next tragedy.

More lords left the castle tower without saying a word, disappearing without a trace.

A Fan Lihua legion made the allies suffer, and with a Shi Wansui legion, the allies did not have the slightest chance of breaking through.

It is conceivable that there will be more legions to converge on White Rock City in the future.

There was no point in staying any longer, and the lords didn't want to leave it at their own reproach.

Leaving is the best option.

If you don't leave, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave if you want to.

All of a sudden, before the Shi Wansui army arrived at the front line, the city tower of Nuoda suddenly became empty. It was not only the lords who left, but also their guards.

In the end, only Ruan Ping was left in the entire city tower, standing there alone, his face pale.

Ruan Ping didn't want to leave, he had already been a deserter once in the Battle of Zhaoqing, and he no longer wanted to be a second deserter in front of Shanhai City, that was his last bit of dignity.

And maybe a miracle?

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The arrival of the Shi Wansui Legion shocked not only the lords of the city.

It was also a huge blow to the Allied soldiers. It was not smooth to attack the second wooden wall, but I didn't expect that at this juncture, the enemy army actually came with a reinforcement force.

The Allied commander looked pained, he looked up, looked at the empty city tower, sighed in his heart, and finally couldn't bear to send his soldiers to death in vain.

For the first time, the Allied commanders ordered the withdrawal of troops without receiving an order.

The Allied soldiers, whose morale had been greatly reduced, did not hesitate at all when they heard the sound of the war drums of the retreating troops, and scrambled to withdraw from the battlefield, for fear that they would not run fast enough.

As for the officers and men of the 4th Division stationed on the wooden wall, they also tacitly stopped firing.

Fan Lihua knew very well that the Allies had lost their ability to resist. In this case, it is better not to kill in vain, and it can be regarded as leaving a little more seeds for the reorganization of the army in the future.

But all famous generals are not real murderers.

Killing is a means, not an end.