Chapter 573: Predicting the enemy’s opportunity, a tragic victory [4000 words]

Whether it is the evil soul master of the Holy Spirit Sect, the titled Douluo of the Noumenon Sect and the Heavenly Soul Empire, or the ninth-level soul master of the Sun and Moon Empire, they have all suffered casualties to varying degrees in this melee.

Among them, most of them were titled Douluo from the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Noumenon Sect.

Blood rain continued to fall from the sky, and the roar of the soul guide was like a never-ending music, taking away one life after another.

A huge gap has been blown out of the seemingly eternal west wall of Tiandou City.

The entire wall looked pitted and even crumbling.

This battle has entered a white-hot state.

The soul power of the soul masters and soul mentors on both sides has fallen below the midline, casualties have surged, and the death toll has risen linearly.

The attack frequency of the Zhuge Divine Ballista on top of the Tianhun Empire City dropped again and again.

From the initial salvo of thousands of cannons, now only a few hundred gates are still breathing fire.

On the Sun Moon Empire's soul guide position, the powerful soul guide had long since misfired.

They have also changed from attacking Tiandou City directly to using a large number of soul guide rays to shoot at the invading enemies.

It can be said that both sides have reached the end of their struggle until now.

Relying on the large number of sealed milk bottles and custom-installed soul-guided artillery shells that had been stored in advance, the Sun and Moon Empire had a slight advantage.

Without Qian Chaoguang's large-scale collective war recovery, every time the Sun Moon Empire consumes a milk bottle, the Tianhun Empire needs to fill it up with human lives.

The balance of victory and defeat has tilted towards the direction of the Sun and Moon Empire.

If we do not consider the human factor and simply calculate the consumption of the battle, it is only a matter of time before the Sun and Moon Empire wins.

But it cannot be ignored.

The people fighting here are all living people.

As a human being, there will be fear and ideological burden.

In the era of cold weapons, if a well-trained normal army's battle loss ratio exceeds 5%, there is a high probability that the entire army will collapse.

If an army can still fight to the death with more than 10% battle losses, it is already an absolute elite.

If it can continue to fight when the battle damage rate exceeds 30%, it will already be a god-like army and almost invincible.

There are thousands of elite troops from various countries on the Blue Star. Why is it that only the Chinese Army can be called invincible? Recognized as the pinnacle of light infantry?

It is precisely because no matter how much the battle damage exceeds, no matter how many companions fall, even if they are the only one left, they have the courage to launch the final charge with their guns.

Even if the entire army is killed in battle, as long as there is no order to retreat, it is impossible to take a step back!

He must die on the battlefield!

Die on the road to charge!

Now, the battle loss rate of the soul masters and soul mentors on the Tianhun side is more than 30%?

This has completely exceeded 50% and is climbing crazily towards 60%!

On the battlefield, a large number of broken limbs and broken arms can be seen everywhere, and the scarlet blood has gathered into rivers, dyeing the soil red.

But the soldiers of the Heavenly Soul Empire were still waving their weapons, with madness and hatred in their eyes, and they launched suicidal charges towards the Sun-Moon Empire's soul guide positions again and again.

Faced with this monster-like army that was not afraid of death, the soldiers of the Sun and Moon Empire generally became timid.

What kind of force is supporting them?

If the fight continues like this, Orange will not know when the Tianhun Empire's army will collapse.

But if the battle losses of our own army exceed 10% and climb toward 20%, it may cause the entire army to mutiny and flee.

When that time really comes, I'm afraid it will be a huge blow to the entire Eastern Expedition plan.

She didn't dare to gamble anymore.

Even if Orange is confident that there will be no problems with his ace troops.

But she didn't dare to bet that other troops wouldn't have problems.

I would rather let Tiandou City go than affect the overall plan.

She absolutely did not believe that the Tianhun Empire could repeat today's battle again.

A low trumpet sounded.

This was the signal for the Sun and Moon Empire to withdraw its troops.

Countless high-level soul guidance shells exploded at the front of the soul guidance device position, covering their own retreat but also taking away fresh lives one after another.

Everyone in the Sun-Moon Empire army breathed a sigh of relief and retreated like a tide, leaving behind a mess and potholes.

The Tianhun Empire did not order a pursuit, but also retreated back to the city.

Both sides reached a tacit agreement to stop, collect the bodies of their comrades, and take away the injured comrades.

There was no cheering, no excitement.

There are only two words on everyone's mind - heavy.

This is a battle with no winners.

The Sun and Moon Empire didn’t win, and the Heavenly Soul Empire didn’t lose either.

The emperor of the Tianhun Empire sat slumped on the city wall without any image, with his back against the city wall, his eyes tightly closed, and his facial muscles kept spasming.

Tiandou City was probably saved.

But where should this huge Heavenly Soul Empire go?

Qian Chaoguang endured the dizziness and stinging pain in his head, and with Huo Yutong's support, he looked at the retreating Sun and Moon army and the tragic situation on the battlefield.

In the original work, the battle to defend Tiandou City is nothing more than two descriptions from the mouths of Wei Na and Dai Hao.

Those two paragraphs were cold and ruthless, just to set off the powerful background of the Sun and Moon Empire.

After witnessing all this with his own eyes, Qian Chaoguang truly realized the tragedy and cruelty of this battle.

Every soul master and every soldier who died in front of him was so vivid when they were alive.

Now, they can only sleep here.

Even with his advice and assistance from him and Huo Yutong, who suppressed the strengths of the Sun and Moon Army, the outcome of this battle could still be described as shocking.

Tiandou City was temporarily defended, but Tianhun's side also paid the price of having four soul mentor legions canceled.

Of the six soul engineer groups, there were only less than a thousand survivors.

Nearly a quarter of the disciples of the Noumenon Sect were killed in the battle, two titled Douluo were killed, and four were seriously injured, all of whom were injured.

Even Du Bushu was seriously injured.

The soul master legion sent by Xingluo to support only had six or seven hundred people left, not even enough for a full legion.

I don’t know how many sects and soul masters who spontaneously went out to fight against the enemy died on the battlefield, and how many people lost their loved ones.

There is no way to count these scattered thousands of people in detail. There is no detailed list of personnel at all.

There were stumps of limbs and broken arms everywhere. It was impossible to tell how many people survived and how many died.

As for the reinforcements from the Dou Ling Empire, it’s okay not to mention them.

There are ordinary soldiers on the left and right, so what can they do?

Even if he received some bombardment on the city wall and received some bombardment from the soul guide position behind the army, the damage was limited.

In a sense, the Heavenly Soul Empire won.

Because they once again defended Tiandou City and blocked the invincible army of the sun and moon.

But this hard-won victory was too tragic.

If Orange still attacks Tiandou City tomorrow at any cost, no matter how Qian Chaoguang predicts the enemy's opportunity, it will never be possible to replicate today's results - the number of people has been reduced.

What's more, as time goes by, the war heritage of the Sun and Moon Empire will fully explode, the combat effectiveness will increase dramatically, and the equipment installed will become more and more advanced.

In this battle, the Tianhun Empire had the right time, place, and people.

Without counting the casualties of ordinary soldiers and the sect soul masters who spontaneously left the city, the battle loss ratio was barely four to one.

This is already an extremely rare achievement.

In a situation like that in the original book, the battle loss ratio is even as high as ten to one, and the casualties of ordinary soldiers still need to be calculated.

For example, in those soul mentor groups, not to mention death, there are only a few injured after a battle.

They are completely exchanging the lives of soul masters and soul masters for some meaningless achievements and numbers.

After waiting for some more time, after the Sun and Moon army collectively installed large-scale linkage soul guides and high-energy compression array soul guides, it would become a dream to achieve the kind of battle loss ratio that we have today.

Later defensive linkage soul guides can even resist Super Douluo without being injured, let alone ordinary fixed soul guide shells and the like.

A large number of ordinary soldiers moved on the city wall again.

They carried the bodies of their comrades, repaired the damaged city walls, and were always ready for the next battle.

The entire Tiandou City is like a twilight lion surrounded by a pack of wolves, licking its wounds alone in the battle, looking forward to a miracle.

At the top of the city, Du Buushi came over dragging his body injured by Long Xiaoyao, limping.

His formerly neat clothes had become beggar-like, with a large amount of coagulated blood hanging on them.

Qian Chaoguang raised his hand and wanted to release a few rays of divine healing on him.

As a result, the treatment was not given, but the pain in my head intensified, and my whole brain felt as if it was being torn apart.

"You can rest by yourself. Your teacher, my body is still strong. Overdrafting your mental energy is not a trivial matter. Don't suffer any sequelae." Du Bushu waved his hand.

But just this simple subconscious action caused the Douluo to be so painful that he couldn't help but grin.

"Teacher, how are you?"

Qian Chaoguang couldn't speak, so Huo Yutong took the initiative to ask.

"It's okay. This old guy Long Xiaoyao was really cruel. He almost broke my old bones into pieces." Du Busui took a few breaths of cold air.

His dark green eyes looked around, revealing a deep melancholy.

"After this battle, at least the centuries-old accumulation of my Noumenon Sect was destroyed, and all the good seedlings died. This war is really not good."

Huo Yutong said softly: "Teacher, what are you going to do next?"

"What's next?"

Du Bushui suddenly fell silent, and countless moans and wailings continued to reach his ears.

The tall old man shook his head feebly, looking a little downcast.

He laughed at himself: "Who knows, I don't know what to do. If this battle continues like this, if it happens a few more times, I'm afraid the thousands-year-old foundation of our Noumenon Sect will be ruined by an incompetent old man like me. The thing is in hand."

Qian Chaoguang endured the severe pain in his head and said reluctantly: "Teacher, there is no need to be so pessimistic. This war will continue, but the intensity will not be so great again, and the casualties will not be so great again."

As if returning to life, Du BuShu suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly: "Chao Guang, are you sure?"

The Emperor Tianhun in the distance also heard the conversation between the three masters and his disciples. No longer caring about the imperial dignity, he rushed over with a single stride.

He didn't speak, he just held on to the broken city wall and stared at Qian Chaoguang, his eyes full of expectation.

"At least 80% possible."

His mental strength has been replenished, and Qian Chaoguang's headache has eased.

"We'll know if my guess is correct by looking at the Sun Moon Empire's troop formations tomorrow morning. They don't know our details right now and won't waste time hastily fighting against the Heaven Dou City."

"Tomorrow the battle to defend the city will begin again. If one or two hands are missing to protect the country, it proves that the Sun and Moon Empire has given up on conquering Tiandou in a short period of time and will instead turn to a tug-of-war."

"If they continue to attack like today with all their troops on the border,"

Speaking of this, Qian Chaoguang couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.

"Then I suggest your Majesty to escape. We don't have the ability to replicate today's miracle again. Even if I can recover, there won't be that many warriors left."

Emperor Tianhun held Qian Chaoguang's hand tightly and bent down deeply, his face full of sadness: "Is there really no way out? Chaoguang, I beg you, please save Tiandou City, save Tianhun, save the people of Li!"

"Your Majesty, I want to help you, but I really don't have the ability."

What can Qian Chaoguang say to this Emperor of Heavenly Soul who has given everything he has?

He could only maintain a forced smile.

"Even if I can predict the enemy's opportunities, I really have no choice in the face of absolute strength. The prerequisite for defeating the opponent's plan is that the opponent must use a plan, Your Majesty!"

"I can responsibly tell you that based on the information I have collected, if the Sun and Moon Empire lets go of Tiandou City, their goal must be to go north and occupy as much of Tianhun's territory as possible."

"Even if we now know their war intentions, what use will it be? Can you still mobilize more troops to go north to ambush?"

"Even in today's all-out, desperate battle to defend the city, we all won with great difficulty. To be precise, it cannot be said that we won, but that the Sun and Moon Empire chose the strategy with the least casualties and took the initiative. Return."

Emperor Tianhun is gone.

The back figure looked lost and lonely.

Huo Yutong touched Qian Chaoguang with her elbow: "Brother, is there really nothing we can do?"

Of course Qian Chaoguang knew what Huo Yutong meant.

What she was referring to was: Is there a way to break the situation without using the force of the Immortal Empire?

Du BuShui was also listening with his ears pricked up.

He hoped that his disciple's previous words were just a rejection of Emperor Tianhun's invitation to ask Shrek Academy to send a rescue, and were not really hopeless.

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