Chapter 862 - 408: Zhi Li ultimate path! Turing Tuo betrayal!
After returning to the magnificent camp, Zhi Li’s strength seemed to disappear completely as he lay on the luxurious bed.
He stared blankly at the opulent tent ceiling!
When he had arrived, he was full of confidence, as mighty as a tiger swallowing thousands of miles. At that time, he was not a king, but he was like one.
Yet, on just the first day of battle, he suffered such a terrible defeat!
"The first day’s toll is 57,000 dead, 4,000 wounded," the chief historian of the Marquis’ Palace read out.
Zhi Li asked, "The first wave of troops attacking the city numbered only 50,000, so why are the total casualties over 60,000?"
The chief historian explained, "We were also puzzled, but later calculations showed that Suo Lun’s giant iron tubes caused over 10,000 casualties at long range."
The so-called giant iron tubes were actually cannons.
Zhi Li was shocked. He remembered that after the annihilation of the first wave of troops, both sides had commenced long-range bombardment.
Suo Lun’s several hundred cannons fired hundreds of iron balls each time. Looking at the details, it was indeed very bloody and fearful; those hit by them had their bones broken, and their bodies scattered.
But, viewed on the scale of the entire battlefield, where a few miles of ground were hit by a few hundred iron balls, it seemed insignificant. Just like a few stones thrown into a pond, how could it result in such massive casualties?