Chapter 575: The Turning Point

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Ke'erqin exclaimed, his expression as miserable as Gurtu's.

Gule and Wuyan looked at each other, their eyes filled with despair.

They had already lost confidence while fighting the Yan Wang's troops, let alone these soldiers.

Countless charges had not yielded a single victory; all they left behind were corpses covering the ground.

From the attack on Yanguan until now, the soldiers around him had become fewer and fewer, and the encampment more and more empty.

How could it be possible to say they didn't have a shred of fear?

Moreover, this attack on the Yan Wang's reinforcements was no different in difficulty from attacking the city.

The Chariot Formation provided them with protection just like a city wall.

Yet they didn't even have Artillery anymore.

Furthermore, these Chariot Formations could move flexibly, which was simply despair-inducing.

"No retreating! No retreating!" Gurtu shouted repeatedly, immediately ordering the Supervision Team to step forward.

With a "Swish," the Supervision Team soldiers drew the Curved Blades at their waists one after another.

When the retreating soldiers reached them, their Curved Blades fell one after another.

A burst of screams, and the retreating soldiers in front fell into a pool of blood.

Seeing this, the other retreating soldiers stopped in their tracks.

But they neither advanced nor retreated, just standing there in a stalemate.

Gurtu barked at the Supervision Team: "Continue forward."

Upon receiving the order, the Supervision Team soldiers pressed forward.

They continuously swung their Curved Blades, hacking at the soldiers in front of them.

The retreating soldiers had no choice but to step back bit by bit.

Yet their eyes grew increasingly dim, as if they had lost their vitality.

Raising their Curved Blades,

they numbly charged toward the Wangfu Army.

After a burst of gunfire and artillery, the returning retreating soldiers fell into a pool of blood one after another.

The world seemed to go quiet for a moment; the Northern Di soldiers and Xiliang soldiers in the military formation watched the battlefield in silence.

The land between them and the Yanzhou soldiers was full of corpses.

Soon, they too would become cold corpses just like them.

"Next squad."

Just then, Gurtu's voice rang out.

Under the urging of the generals, another batch of soldiers charged toward the Chariot Formation.

The result was the same; the charging Northern Di soldiers quickly turned into corpses.

At the same time, gunfire also rang out from the north of the military formation.

Gurtu knew this was the Yan Wang's troops coming out of Ning City.

Seeing the attacks in front repeatedly thwarted and being attacked from the front and back in the north, he could not help but grow anxious.

Although his soldiers could still launch attacks against the Yan Wang's soldiers under duress,

he could feel the low morale of these soldiers.

When attacking Yanguan, their morale had been overflowing.

Even if charge after charge failed, these soldiers had given their all when charging.

But now, although these soldiers charged out,

it was more like waiting for a death sentence.

"Death either way, let's fight them to the end; I'm not fighting this battle anymore."

At this moment, the charging soldiers retreated in a rout once again.

Facing the Supervision Team, the Xiliang soldiers among them shouted loudly.

The Supervision Team soldiers had grim gazes; they raised their Curved Blades to kill these Xiliang soldiers.

But this time, the Xiliang soldiers did not stretch out their necks to be slaughtered; instead, they raised their Curved Blades and killed the Supervision Team soldiers in return.

The sound of metal clashing and screams rang out simultaneously; both the Xiliang soldiers and the Supervision Team suffered casualties.

"Gule, Wuyan, these are your Xiliang soldiers; why haven't you taken them down yet?" Gurtu was instantly enraged when he saw the Xiliang soldiers killing the Supervision Team soldiers.

Gule gave a look to the general beside him.

The general immediately led a squad of Xiliang soldiers over to join the fray.

Soon these Xiliang soldiers were taken down, but Gule did not kill them.

"Great Administrator, the soldiers are about to collapse. There have never been so many retreating soldiers before. If we continue to fight, I fear all four of our royal tents will collapse. This isn't a battle; it's a massacre," Gule said.

Gurtu fell silent. Having witnessed the situation on the battlefield with his own eyes, he knew Gule was right.

"But the Khan's order stands; we cannot disobey, or we will only face death," Gurtu said.

Wuyan said: "Even so, we should advise the Khan. As long as the green hills remain, there's no need to worry about firewood. At the very least, we should wait until we have firearms comparable to the Yan Wang's soldiers before fighting again!"

Hearing this, Gurtu hesitated.

Just then, a rumbling sound of horse hooves suddenly rang out.

He looked toward the north and discovered that where the dust was rising, a large force of Cavalry was coming in their direction.

The one leading them was none other than their Khan, Mule Hongzhen.

The Northern Di elites from the north had come to help them.

Gurtu was overjoyed, and he shouted to the soldiers, "Soldiers, summon your courage! The Khan has arrived; do not lose face before the Khan, and be brave in the charge later."

"Khan! Khan!"

The Northern Di soldiers let out cheers, and in this moment, their decadent will dissipated for the most part.

Gule and Wuyan exchanged a glance.

It had to be said that Mule Hongzhen had arrived at just the right time; otherwise, they truly would not have been able to hold on.

In the blink of an eye, Muleihongzhen arrived on horseback.

Looking at the corpses on the battlefield, he frowned.

"Is this the legendary Chariot Formation of Yan Wang?" Mule Hongzhen asked.

Scouts had been relaying the news of the battle in the south to him.

Upon learning that the Cavalry the Northern Di prided themselves on had been thwarted by the Chariot Formation, they had secretly felt that things were looking bad.

During this time, he had sensed that the morale of the troops under Gurtu was very poor.

If the Northern Di Cavalry could not turn the situation around for them.

It was inevitable that the morale of Gurtu and the others would sink even lower.

After all, it was excusable that they could not defeat the Yan Wang soldiers while they were defending the city.

But now, these Yan Wang reinforcements were fighting them in the open field.

To still suffer such heavy losses was enough to make one feel despair.

Thinking of this, he immediately led the Cavalry toward Nan Cheng to prevent Gurtu and the others from collapsing.

"Yes, Khan, it is truly formidable; the Cavalry simply cannot break through," Gurtu said.

Mule Hongzhen took a look, his expression grave.

If the muskets of Yan Wang only had a range of a hundred paces, cavalry archery could still harass them.

But now, even harassment would require paying a heavy price.

"The Cavalry is indeed difficult to break through with," Mule Hongzhen remarked.

With the Cavalry unable to achieve anything, only the Infantry could be sent up.

Yet, judging by the corpses covering the ground, the effectiveness of the Infantry's attack was clearly just as poor.

"Try your best to hold them back and just don't let them enter Ning City," Mule Hongzhen said at this moment.

He had led troops here not only to stabilize morale but also for another purpose.

That was to focus the attention of the Yan Wang troops on Nan Cheng and cause them to neglect the defenses of the North City.

In this way, when night fell, the fifty thousand troops who had rested their strength could enter Ning City through the Tunnel.

Once they took Ning City, they would be able to slaughter half of the Yan Wang soldiers and then hold the city to rest and consolidate their strength.

Before coming, he had also had Wulanba send troops to notify other royal tents to come to Ningjin Dusi for reinforcements.

He had also ordered the King of Gaoli to dispatch an army to enter Ningjin Dusi to assist in the fighting.

At that time, with the great army assembled, this Yan Wang reinforcement force would not be able to escape either.

Therefore, even if they had to continue suffering casualties, it absolutely could not affect this plan.