Chapter 567: The Decisive Battle! Duan Wuzong Strikes! (1/2)
On the fierce battlefield, an individual's martial strength had much less impact. More emphasis was placed on the strength and cooperation of the entire army. In this war, if the Annan Protectorate army were regarded as a sturdy dike, the Whitestone Corps would be the ferocious waves, endlessly beating against the walls.
Although the Whitestone Corps outnumbered the Annan Protectorate army and had similar training, the individual quality of each soldier of the Annan Protectorate army, the overall strength of the army, and the cooperation between soldiers completely surpassed the Whitestone Corps, creating an absolute advantage.
Along the slope, the tens of thousands of Tang soldiers were using the steel walls Wang Chong had set up and distributing their forces in such a way that they could display an unbelievable defensive power. On this battlefield, it often required three soldiers, sometimes even more, of the Whitestone Corps to put any significant pressure on a single Tang soldier.
And to break through required even more manpower!
Such a fighting style was simply unthinkable on the plains.
”The General has ordered that anyone who dares to retreat will be immediately executed!”
”The General has ordered that each kill will be rewarded with ten taels of gold. Those who kill ten enemies will receive a title of nobility that can be passed on to your heirs!”
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A Whitestone Corps commander with a scar on his face shouted himself hoarse. Seeing a soldier in the crowd who wanted to retreat, he lashed out with his whip, shattering that soldier's armor and sending his screaming body flying.
Duba Luochi was a rather famous battlefield supervisor of the Whitestone Corps.
In a battle, whenever he saw someone retreating, he would act without mercy. This time, the commander-in-chief of the Whitestone Corps, Duan Wuzong, had personally stepped onto the battlefield, and all his officers had followed. Duba Luochi was one of them. With the Tang army suddenly becoming like an impenetrable wall, everyone was under immense pressure. There were many generals like Duba Luochi frenziedly overseeing the battlefield.
”Groups one and two, go up together! Use shields to open the path, spearmen behind… The first to break the Tang defense will be richly rewarded!”
”Groups three and four, fill the ranks, and don't retreat! His Majesty is observing the battle from the rear. Anyone who dares to retreat will have their family and relatives executed!”
”The Tang soldiers are just sheep in wolves' clothing! They're simply no match for us. We know everything that they've been trained in!”
”If we can defeat them once, we can defeat them twice, thrice!”
”One hundred thousand soldiers, one hundred thousand! Our Whitestone Corps has one hundred thousand soldiers and the Tang army on that mountain can barely manage one hundred thousand at their most desperate. I don't believe that we can't break through their defenses with all the soldiers we have!”
”Charge, charge! Steady! Steady…”
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All the officers of the Whitestone Corps were supervising the battle all along the front line, their Halos of Thorns shining in the air. Unlike in the first wave, the Whitestone Corps was putting all its strength into this assault. Compared to the frequent orders from the officers of the Whitestone Corps, the orders given by the officers of the Annan Protectorate army were much simpler.
”Shield wall!”
”Spearmen, get ready!”