Chapter 320 - 182: Defeat was like a collapsing mountain, the last day of Zhi Ning Allied Forces!_3
Nurdan exclaimed excitedly, "After the annihilation of Yan Yan’s main force, those mere few thousand men under Suo Lun won’t achieve anything significant. Defeat has become inevitable."
The faces of the group of four were lit up with excited smiles, with victory right in front of their eyes.
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"General, let’s retreat," Tu An said. "I’ll cover our rear."
Yan Yan shook his head and said, "No, retreating now would mean all our efforts were in vain. Besides, once we lose momentum, the enemy will seize the opportunity to chase and slaughter us, and our defeat will be as swift as a landslide."
Tu An said, "But we can’t organize a new offensive. All the shield-bearing samurai are dead. With just a slight push, our army will collapse."
A violent twitch ran through the corner of Yan Yan’s eye again.
The mercenaries he led indeed lacked experience in siege warfare. A true siege was far more gruesome and terrifying than one could imagine.
No wonder it’s said that siege warfare requires at least double or triple the military strength simply because it relies on piling up corpses.
And Yan Yan’s forces numbered only fifteen thousand, even fewer than the nineteen thousand at Tianlang Pass.
Now with five thousand dead or wounded, it was clear this meat grinder had only reached its halfway point. To capture Tianlang Pass, at least another twenty thousand men would be necessary, with several thousand more dead.