World Online

by Srtyi

Earth Online – a virtual MMORPG that takes place in the future year of 2190 – a game that everyone will bet their futures on. Set in a map that is ten times the size of real-world Earth, players battle for supremacy in the first game to feature personal adventure, territory construction, and grand warfare. For every death you experience in the game, your level would drop back to 0.

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Chapter 249 - Special Forces

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Editor: Jun

On October 14, Ouyang Shuo received the premium blueprint and reply letter from his little aunt Lin Jing.

Ouyang Shuo first threw the premium shipyard building blueprint to Bai Nanpu in the office next to his, instructed Bai Nanpu to deliver it to Beihai City, and demanded Beihai City to immediately upgrade the shipyard.

He then returned back to his office and opened the letter.

In the letter, his little aunt Lin Jing said that she had contacted the leader of Rattlesnake mercenary group, Black Mamba, and that he was very interested to see what Ouyang Shuo had to offer when he arrived at Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo nodded. Sure enough, Shanhai City was now a giant no one could look down on. He immediately wrote a letter to invite Black Mamba over to Shanhai City tomorrow to discuss their cooperation.

Since he still had some free time, he took a trip to the military factory located on the outskirt and retrieved a batch of military grain pills for the upcoming naval battle.

In order to increase their success rate, the shipyard followed Ouyang Shuo's request and was now upgrading the 25 Meng Chong warships of the Beihai navy fleet with naval rams and inner metal plates.

As for the trump card, it would naturally be the alchemical oil. Ouyang Shuo would very much like to see how the wooden ships of the pirates would perform when faced with the fire arrows of alchemical oil.

The following day, Black Mamba arrived on time and was welcomed by Ouyang Shuo in the hall.

Along with the mercenary leader were two other gentleman. After the introductions, they were Viper and Cobra. Ouyang Shuo knew very well that only the core members of Rattlesnakes could embrace the name of a venomous snake.

While Shanhai City only had Ouyang Shuo who was accompanied by the director of Military Affairs, Director Ge Hongliang.

"What is it that the Lian Zhou Marquis would like seek from the Rattlesnakes?" Black Mamba was straightforward.

Ouyang Shuo understood their doubts and worries. If he didn't clear them off and they remained wary, the cooperation would never continue on as he planned. Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "As the saying goes: A straightforward person does not resort to insinuations. I know very well that you are mercenaries in the real world. I am here today, inviting you over with the hope that you can return back to your destined role."

Black Mamba's sights congealed, his bad foreboding came true.

In truth, being mercenaries was not a big deal, especially after the occurrence of the interplanet migration, there was simply nothing more to hide. What Black Mamba was wondering was how Ouyang Shuo had found out their identity.

Ouyang Shuo made the conversation clear. He didn't want both parties to be tangled on their respective identities.

Black Mamba was also an extraordinary man. After Ouyang Shuo had spoken clearly, he stopped hiding and said, "You are indeed worthy of the name of Lian Zhou Marquis. I am now very curious, what kind of cooperation can people like you have with us?"

"Simple." Ouyang Shuo explained. "I hope the Rattlesnakes can send over a team of instructors and be stationed in Shanhai City. They will assist Shanhai City in training an elite special operation force. How is that?"

His idea was simple. It was to implement the tactics and strategies of modern warfare to the armies of an ancient era. It would be hard and difficult; the idea was whimsical, and it required the help of professionals.

Rattlesnake was one of the best international mercenaries. The elites of the elites. Their combat capability and combat tactics were comparable to the special forces.

Black Mamba was stunned. He was shocked but the whimsical idea of Ouyang Shuo. This was the advantage of a layman. Because he was clueless about the industry, he dared to propose such a mad idea.

Of course, the high understanding of the game played an important role too. From Ouyang Shuo's point of view, there weren't so many restraints and rules. While others saw Earth Online as a game, he simply looked at it as the real world.

Ouyang Shuo didn't find it weird at all implementing modern knowledge in this world of the ancient era. He was completely a pragmatist to the marrow of his bones.

Black Mamba and the others were stuck with the usual set of inertial thinking. In their heads, the game was in the end only a game and it should not be related to the brick and mortar real world. Since the theme of the game was the ancient era, they would play along and adapt themselves to the general affairs of the ancient era.

Ouyang Shuo noticed that a bright white light flashed in the eyes of Viper who was standing behind Black Mamba. It seemed like he was excited by the whimsical idea of Ouyang Shuo.

The members of Rattlesnake mercenary group were all true mercenaries, so there were no need for them to go through special training anymore. Their thoughts and actions would unconsciously drift towards the ways of special forces. Maybe they didn't realize it either, but the ways of special forces seeped deep through into their bones and had became a part of them.

The idea Ouyang Shuo proposed was a stimulus to the war activists; it was difficult and challenging. But it was in their bones that they feared no challenges, rather, they enjoyed the challenges. The more challenging it was, the more exciting it was as well.

Black Mamba, as the leader of Rattlesnakes, was the perfect lead example. But at the same time, he was also the most sober man. Although his blood-boiled heart pumped in great excitement wanting to comply to Ouyang Shuo's idea, his cool-headed mind was constantly reminding him to fight for the benefits of the mercenary group.

He suppressed his excitement and became the master of his own emotions. He calmly asked, "The idea Lian Zhou Marquis proposed, it is indeed interesting. But, what are the prices are you willing to pay?"

Ouyang Shuo had well understood the needs of Rattlesnakes. The offering price was something they could not resist.

"I am willing to pay with God-arm Crossbows, with this number." Ouyang Shuo lifted up 5 fingers.

"50?" Black Mamba was a little unsatisfied.

Just as Ouyang Shuo thought, as the mercenaries, the God-arm Crossbows were the best cold-weapon for them. 50 God-arm Crossbows were close to Black Mamba bottom line expectation.

"No." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "500 of them."

Hiss.. Even with his immense control over his emotions and remaining calm all the time, he still couldn't help but to take in a breath of cold-air to calm his heart.

500 God-arm Crossbows, that was sufficient to fully equip the entire Rattlesnake mercenary group. Basing on the current market price, the total value would not be less than 8000 gold, and the supply in the market was unstable too.

"Alright!" Black Mamba slammed on the table as he stood up in excitement. "The Lian Zhou Marquis is truly generous. The Rattlesnakes accepts your terms and the deal is sealed. Rest assured, the best instructors of the Rattlesnakes will be sent over to Shanhai City." Ouyang Shuo's generosity earned Black Mamba's recognition and his approbation towards the cooperation.

Ouyang Shuo nodded. This was exactly what he wanted.

Then next thing they needed to do was to expand further discussions on the details of the cooperation.

The agreements included that the Rattlesnakes would send over 10 core members including Viper and Cobra to station in Shanhai City and assist Shanhai City with training a special forces.

In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo invited Black Mamba, Cobra and Viper over to Restaurant Sangu for a banquet.

On the table, Black Mamba raised his cup of Three Flower Wine, smiled and said, "Shanhai City is truly worthy of its name as the World's First City. It really opened my eyes."

Ouyang Shuo nodded, smiled and said nothing.

After the banquet, Black Mamba returned back to Jian Ye while Viper and Cobra stayed back.

To train a special force, the first thing that needed to be done was to select the appropriate candidates. Only the best of the best could join the training. Needless to say, the first thing that came into Ouyang Shuo's mind was the Guards regiment. The whole of regiment would be joining the training.

But at the same time, in order to avoid the gossips and unpleasantness from the other units, Ouyang Shuo had decided that all of the 5 regiments from the 1st Legion could recommend a squadron of soldiers to participate in the screening. While the 3 city defense regiments of Shanhai City, Qiushui City and Friendship City could recommend 50 soldiers to the screening.

Other than that, Ouyang Shuo had instructed the spies of the Military Intelligence Division to join in as one of the abilities of the special forces was scouting, and that was exactly what the Military Intelligence Division needed.

After knowing the situation, all 3 heads of Military Intelligence Division had requested to join. The words Ouyang Shuo spurred on them were still ringing in their ears. Now that they had the opportunity to receive specialized training, of course they wouldn't miss it.

Seeing that the intelligence gathering workload was not as heavy as before, Ouyang Shuo approved their requests.

Therefore, the total number of candidates had reached 3,250 in number. Ouyang Shuo did not set any slots. He would be leaving it to the instructor's jurisdiction. They would decide who stayed and who left.

After the candidate selection, it would establish a proper specialized training base.

The training camp would be placed in the outskirts. Qiushui City was located beside the woods, so it was a good option. In the afternoon, Ouyang Shuo led Viper and Cobra to the southern suburbs of Qiushui City.

Under the professional advice of the two mercenaries, they had chosen a piece of woodland. It was special because it had a pond, making it an ideal source of water. It could also be utilized in certain training programs.

Other than that, there would be another naval training base in Beihai City.

Ouyang Shuo had specially invited Sun Xiaoyue over. Under the suggestions of Viper and Cobra, Sun Xiaoyue drafted the architectural building blueprint, and handed it to the Construction Division.

The training base required many professional equipment and facilities. There were some modern facilities such as high pressure water guns that couldn't be achieved under the existing condition, so they could only look for alternatives.

To establish a qualified training base and to realize the whimsical plan, Viper and Cobra would have to make use of their specialized knowledge finding alternatives and improvise the existing conditions to meet the required standard of facilities.

Not only that, but the establishment of the base would require the coordination between Construction Division, weapons workshop, woodworking workshops, and the others.

The complexity and importance were to the point that Ouyang Shuo personally asked the master of weaponry, Liu Mo, to slow down the research of Research Institute No.7 and come over to cooperate with the Rattlesnakes in perfecting the training facilities.

For the establishment of the training base, Ouyang Shuo had thrown in all of his resources and funds.

His full support encouraged the enthusiasm of Viper and Cobra. At 4 PM in the afternoon, the other 10 instructors from Rattlesnake arrived, and immediately submerged themselves into the preparation work.

The candidate selection and training base establishment would be synchronized. The candidates recommended by the units would also have to go through a series of internal screenings. Before the completion of training base, Viper and the others would commence a round of physical fitness tests in the western outskirt of Shanhai City. This would also be the first round of screening selections.

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Chapter 250 - Recruit Camp

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In order to form a special force, other than the need for candidate selection and a training base, there was still one more requirement they needed to meet—the innovation of weaponries.

They would equip the troops with accessories such as canteens1, backpacks, marching boots, first aid kits, and engineering shovels, in addition to the Shanhai City metal-laceration medicines, military grain pills, and military tents. While the main weaponry would consist of armors, Tang Swords, god arm crossbows, and Qingfu horses. There were also plans for the future development of a military knife.

Hence, the formation of a special forces was a comprehensive project. If they succeeded, it would result in an overall enhancement of the Shanhai City military. It would push the military on the fast path of becoming elites.

The idea of an elite route had long lurked in Ouyang Shuo's mind, but he didn't implement it before. Now, with the military forces taking up one-tenth of the population, it brought an immense financial burden to the territory.

At the same time, if they had too many manpower join the military, the industry and economy of the territory would stagnate. Ouyang Shuo's planned to regulate the number of military forces to 1/15 or even 1/20 of the total population.

Gaia, 1st year October, 12th, Western suburb of Shanhai City.

In four days time, the Construction Division had established a temporary military camp for the 3,250 candidates and the instructors.

With Viper as the leader and Cobra as vice leader, the instructor team would commence the first round of screening tests.

The foundation of the specials forces was physical fitness. In modern military screening, the basic physical fitness test included five-kilometers weight-bearing runs, single parallel bars, 400-meters barrier run, push-ups, and many other exercises.

Currently, all these tests were unfamiliar to the soldiers.

Therefore, the instructor team did not commence the screening immediately. Instead, they started a round of adaptive training. They took this opportunity to also get familiar with the physical fitness of the candidates and draft the training programs accordingly.

According to Ouyang Shuo's request, other than adaptive training, the instructor team would also provide basic foundation training such as military drill formation, emergency assembly, housekeeping, and the other recruit training.

In truth, the temporary military camp actually acted as a recruitment camp.

Ouyang Shuo did not only want to form a special forces. He also wanted to inject the ways of modern military into the marrows of the bones of the Shanhai military. He aimed to enhance and discipline them and also teach them to use more logical scientific knowledge to solve problems.

For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had laid down the military behavior code of conduct long ago. Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo was only a layman regarding this matter. He couldn't even practice it himself, so how could he implement it within the military?

The arrival of the instructors acted as an opportunity.

Even if they disqualified the candidates from the list of special forces, these disqualified candidates could still bring along what they had learned in the camp back to their respective units and popularize it.

Under Ouyang Shuo's command, every regiment needed to at least send a major and five captains to join the training. The training would mainly focus on them, and they would also become the backbone that spread the training across the Shanhai military.

Due to the candidates being the bests of the soldiers, a small discussion between Ouyang Shuo and the instructors took place. They decided that they would set the training period to one month. After one month, the candidates would go through the first round of screening selection.

The day they formed the recruitment camp, Ouyang Shuo personally went to the camp and gave a speech. He emphasized the importance of discipline and requested the soldiers to strictly follow the commands of the instructors. Otherwise, he would see to their punishment according to the military law.

After he settled all these matters, Ouyang Shuo would pour all of his focus into the upcoming Moon Island naval battle.

In between these events, a little interesting incident took place.

Song Jia suddenly returned to the manor to look for Ouyang Shuo. She said, "Wuyi, I want to recommend you a person."

"Who is it? What person can make our Dongli Sword Sect Leader, Song Jia, personally come down from the mountain?" Ouyang Shuo teased.

Song Jia hammered him and coquettishly said, "Brat Woodsy, I am trying to help you, and you dare to tease me!"

"Alright, alright, alright! Say, who is it?" Ouyang Shuo raised both of his hand in surrender.

"Didn't Tan Xiaoli and Meng Feifei come the past few days? I took them into the Dongli Sword Sect. After they settled down, they also brought their families into the territory. Guess what? The father of Meng Feifei, Meng Zhida, is not an ordinary man at all. He was part of the senior management team of the Bank of Jiao State. I think he can fill in your urgent need of finance professionals. That's why I purposely came down the mountain to tell you this," Song Jia explained.

As the Four Seas Bank expanded from day to day, Ouyang Shuo sought real-world talents to take charge of Four Seas Bank. He wanted to put an end to the rough and primitive operating mode and change toward a more systematic and fine form of management.

The professionals stationed in Shanhai City were all talents in theoretical research and science. None of them were financial experts, and they had no experience in any bank or financial institution.

The Song Family had these sorts of talents, but in order to avoid arousing suspicion, both Song Jia and Ouyang Shuo consciously avoided the topic. They did not think of asking the Song Family to help.

However, as time went by, this matter had become a troubling issue for Ouyang Shuo. Song Jia knew of it very well. Therefore, after she learned of the background of Meng Feifei's father, she rushed down the mountain without a second delay.

Ouyang Shuo was gratified, he nodded and smiled, "The one that knows me the best is my wife."

"You are saying random things again." Song Jia felt a little helpless, but affection filled her eyes. The fact that she could help out Ouyang Shuo made her very happy.

After Song Jia returned to the sword sect, Ouyang Shuo sent someone to invite Meng Zhida over to the Lord's Manor.

This invitation surprised Meng Zhida. Although he knew that Shanhai's lord was his daughter's old schoolmate, the thought of asking for a job had never once crossed his mind. Rather, he had prepared himself to pension off in Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo welcomed Meng Zhida in the hall.

Meng Zhida, 45 years of age, was at the prime time of his life. The long-term work experience at the elite level gave him an unique internal temperament and charismatic personality, a man of calm and passionate, persistent yet elegant.

This was the first time Ouyang Shuo had met Meng Zhida. Immediately, he had a very good impression of the man that stood before him—a financial elite that could command the wind and the clouds in the real world. He smiled and said, "Uncle Meng, have you grown accustomed to life in Shanhai City yet? Forgive me if there was any bad receptions."

To the players, Ouyang Shuo would not usually put on airs. Not to mention that Meng Zhida was Meng Feifei's father, an elder of Ouyang Shuo.

Meng Zhida looked at Ouyang Shuo with deep feelings.

The young man that stood before him was of the same age as his daughter, yet their achievements were as far apart as heaven and earth. At such a young age, he climbed up the ladder and made himself the world's greatest lord without any big background or support. His every action and every move brought about wind and clouds, stirring storms and rains—truly a young overlord. The more commendable factor was that his success did not blind him. He did not turn into an arrogant man. Instead, he remained modest and polite, which was really amazing.

"The reception was great. I still have to thank you for taking care of Feifei." Meng Zhida smiled.

The two started with casual talk. Other than daily life topics, Ouyang Shuo also asked Meng Zhida for advice regarding economic issues and also the management and operation of the bank.

As they chatted, Ouyang Shuo realized that Meng Zhida was indeed extraordinary. He had his own unique insights regarding economic and financial issues. His words and advice could easily clear away the bafflements in Ouyang Shuo's head.

Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate anymore. He was determined and said, "I would like to let uncle handle the headquarters of the Four Seas Bank. Are you willing to help me?"

His heart skipped a beat. Although he knew that Ouyang Shuo had the intention to offer him an official's job, he didn't expect for Ouyang Shuo to offer him such an important position.

He had not arrived in Shanhai City for long, but his occupational habits gave him some understandings of the Four Seas Bank of Shanhai City. In addition, through the conversation they had and Ouyang Shuo's seemingly unintentional disclosure, he could see the bigger picture clearer. The Four Seas Bank played an important role within the system of Shanhai City.

For Ouyang Shuo to offer him such an important role during their first meeting, Meng Zhida was at a lost for words. He didn't know how to evaluate this young overlord. Was he capricious and reckless, or was it simply great confidence? It was hard to tell.

However, in terms of his personal wishes, taking charge of Four Seas Bank was way better than pensioning off in Shanhai City. As an experienced senior banker, the chance to oversee an ancient bank and implement modern ideology into it was very attractive and meaningful.

Not to mention that if he handled the Four Seas Bank well, he could improve his family's living conditions in the game. It could also benefit the evaluation of his achievement values.

Meng Zhida gazed Ouyang Shuo in the eyes, calm and steadily he said, "I am honored to have your trust, and I shall not decline your sincerity." Then, he stood up, bowed, and greeted, "Greetings to the marquis!"

A simple greet and bow, yet it changed their status forever.

Ouyang Shuo was flustered. He quickly stood up and avoided the bow, as words came out of his mouth, "There isn't a need for uncle to act like this."

Meng Zhida shook his head with great determination and said, "Since I have accepted your offer, I am now your subordinate. I must not break the rules and customs." After he finished these words, he solemnly bowed and greeted Ouyang Shuo again.

Ouyang Shuo was helpless. He could only slant his body and accept Meng Zhida's bow.

Meng Zhida was the first player to hold such an important position within Shanhai City's administrative system; it was an history making event. The professional expert group members were only advisors, so they were fundamentally different from Meng Zhida.

Therefore, Meng Zhida clearly knew the impact his appointment as an official would bring to the other players. There was also another reason why he insisted on keeping the customs. He did so in order to protect and maintain the authority of Ouyang Shuo as the Lianzhou Marquis, the lord of Shanhai.

If he relied on his status as Ouyang Shuo's elder and wantonly sabotaged the rules and customs of officialdom, his colleague and the other officials would surely crowd him out. It would make it difficult for him to integrate into the officials. Hence, in time he would definitely be taken off of his position by Ouyang Shuo even if Ouyang Shuo wasn't too willing to.

Ouyang Shuo clearly knew the current situation deep down in his heart. Things would not turn and revolve around his personal will.

While he was the one building the bureaucracy system, yet it also bound him. He couldn't compromise the rules and customs of the officialdom. In short, he couldn't arbitrarily act on his own free will anymore.

Before, these matters were all hidden in the dark. However, Meng Zhida had now shone a bright light on it and revealed the truth.

However, Ouyang Shuo did not foresee that his appointment of the manager of the Four Seas Bank today would bring the bank to the world stage, where its name will spread across the oceans.

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Chapter 251 - Moon Island Naval Battle (Part 1)

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October 22th, Ouyang Shuo arrived at Beihai City again.

This time, none of his guards could be seen; only Director Ge followed him.

In Beihai Port, the Beihai navy fleet were ready. Every Meng Chong warship was fully refurbished. Ouyang Shuo took out a bag of military grain pills and distributed them to every warship.

The sailors transported bundles of arrows, barrels of water, and alchemical oil to the warships.

One by one, the warships sails rose, along with the Shanhai City lord's flag and also the flags of the Beihai navy fleet. The flag of the Beihai navy fleet, which also acted as the Shanhai City navy flag, was modified from the lord's flag. The volcano was changed into a five-level tower warship and a blue dragon soared above it instead of a golden one.

Before they departed, Ouyang Shuo led the fleet and prayed to Mazu. He hoped that the whole expedition would go smooth and sound.

After the prayers, the fleet stayed in the attack formation, and they officially departed from the port.

Due to the lack of tower warships, Beihai navy fleet could only select a Meng Chong warship as their flagship, and it sailed in the middle of the formation.

Under Pei Donglai's accompaniment, Ouyang Shuo boarded the flagship. Before this, Ouyang Shuo had stated that the authority to command the naval battle laid in Pei Donglai's hands. He had stated he would not intervene in it.

Paddles powered the Meng Chong warships, and a half-body high parapet wall protected both sides of the ship. There were slots for the paddles under each of the two bulwarks and twelve paddles on each side. The sailors rowed on the deck.

The deck had 3 levels of cabins, within each had 5 feet of canopy. On the first floor of the cabin was another parapet wall. Navy flags were on the four sides of the ships and the commanding war drums and flags were situated at the middle of the first floor.

Ouyang Shuo walked onto the deck. Then, he went to the first floor of the cabin and finally stopped at the command seat. Pei Donglai waved the command flag. When the drummer saw the signal, he played the drums. In the thrilling rhythmic beats, the fleet sailed on the mighty ocean.

Moon Island was over 500 nautical miles away from Beihai Port, about 925-kilometers. Meng Chong warship sailed at a speed of 14 knots—14-nautical miles per an hour. When the wind blew in its favor, it could even sail at a speed of 20 knots.

Sailing in the sea would not stop regardless of day and night, the only difference was that they sailed slower during the night.

Under normal circumstances, Meng Chong warships could sail 300-nautical miles a day. Therefore, it would only take less than two days for them to reach Moon Island.

Ouyang Shuo stood in the front of the ship bow and gazed at the endless ocean. As far as his eyes could reach, he saw nothing but seawaters—plain and dull. The sea breeze blew on his face and brought about a salty wet taste.

On the deck, the sailors sang in unison, as they paddled in hard work.

"Marquis, you should return to the cabin and rest!" Pei Donglai said.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and returned to his room. Then, he shut the door and practiced his techniques.

When the night fell, strong gusts of wind blew on the sea. At times like this, the prayers from Mazu temple, [Sea God's Blessings] came in handy. The Meng Chong warships sailed steadily on the turbulent sea waves and advanced toward Moon Island.

Morning, the next day, Ouyang Shuo exited his room.

The sea shimmered in the sunlight, as the reddish-orange bright sun slowly rose above the sea level.

Thanks to the strong gust of wind yesterday night, sailing had gone particularly smoothly. According to Pei Donglai's estimation, they would arrive at Moon Island by tomorrow afternoon at the latest.

The navy soldiers woke up one by one and a simple brush up, they consumed the freshwater and military grain pills to ensure they had the required energy consumption for the day.

The experienced soldiers took advantage of the extra time and began to wipe their weapons. The archer checked the adjustments of their bows, while the sentry stood on the summit of the cabins, as they kept a close watch on every change on the sea.

They took alchemical oil and arrows onto the deck. The soldiers stood in their positions, ready for war.

It was nearly afternoon when an island appeared in the sights of the sentry. Without any further delay, he waved the signal flag and passed the message to the drummer.

The drum had woken up the fighting spirit in Pei Donglai, and he immediately ordered the fleet to stay in the attack formation and charged forward.

The Beihai navy fleet's appearance stunned the Black Shark pirates. Fortunately, they did not leave for another round of looting today, so all of them were on the island.

As soon as the ringleader of the Black Shark pirates, Black Beard, received the news, he instantly gathered his men to prepared for war.

Suddenly, the little Moon Island turned chaotic.

During their free time, a pirate's life was immensely boring. They had no entertainment options other than the only tavern on the island.

The old and shabby tavern was open twenty-four seven, and the customers would enter like an endless stream. Those drunken pirates laid down and slept right on the wet tavern floor.

"Bang!" A man ruthlessly kicked open the tavern door.

The group leader saw the pirates asleep on the floor. Wordlessly, he ordered his men to pour cold water on these drunken fellas. Then, he shouted, "Damn you brats! Get up! We are under attack!"

"Ahhh?!" the pirates shouted. They hadn't fully regained their conscious yet, and one of them mumbled, "We are under attack! Under attack!"

The drunken pirate's shitty state enraged the group leader, so he started to kick the fellow. Then, he furiously shouted, "Get up and follow me, stop behaving like a sissy!"

The pain shook the drunken pirate conscious. He helped himself up from the floor and followed the back of his group leader, while walking he asked, "Leader, who is attacking us?"

"It doesn't matter who, just kill." In truth, the group leader didn't know the answer either.

"Right, who dares to play with the Black Shark pirates? Are they courting death?" A drunk man was truly full of courage.

Scenes like this had started to occur around the island, as the group leaders rushed out in search of their members before they gathered to the dock.

On the dock, Black Beard was aboard the flagship, as he listened to the latest reports from the scouts.

"Great leader, their raised flag is that of Shanhai City's."

A frown crawled across his face, "How many warships do they have?"

"A total of 25, all Meng Chong warships." Clearly, the pirates had a level of understanding in regards to the navy fleet of Beihai.

"They come with ill intentions." Of course, he knew the capabilities of these warships.

"Then, what do we do?"

"What? Just kill them!" Black Beard said in heavy killing intentions.

"Prepare for battle, as this is a war that we cannot afford to lose. Tell the brothers to fight with their lives if they don't want their island to be eradicated!" Black Beard proclaimed.

"Understood!"

Under the command of Pei Donglai, the Behai navy warships spread out and pushed forward in a fan-like formation. No matter how the pirates arranged their formations, they would still remain within the fire range of the Meng Chong warships.

On the sides of the boat stood countless little torches.

The archers dipped the arrowheads in alchemical fire. Then, they lighted the arrows to form fire arrows.

Pei Donglai watched closely, as the pirate ships approached. Once they entered the fire coverage area, he waved his command flag.

An order was given and the rhythmic drums beats sounded out in unison.

A volley of fire arrows shot into the sky, the scene like stars in bright daylight.

The fire arrows accurately struck the pirate ships and set them on fire.

Black Beard panicked. Quickly, he ordered the men to put out the fires.

But it was too late, volley after volley of fire arrows formed a dense net that rained down onto the pirates. Although the pirate ships were prepared against fire, but it was useless against the endless fire arrows.

The fire arrows struck the sails and set them ablaze; they hit the cabin and the cabin followed the footsteps of the sails; they impacted the deck, which started to produce smoke. If an arrow struck a pirate, they could only blame their bad luck.

When the pirates around them saw the unlucky fellows that ran around the deck, they would avoid them like the plague. In the end, the burning pirates could only jump into the sea to save their own lives.

Ship after ship, all ablazed. The smoke from the fire rose into the sky and formed a simply breathtaking scene.

The fire occupied the pirates, as they tried to put the blazes out. They couldn't even defend themselves, or for that matter counterattack. It only led to one end, the addition of their demise.

Amidst the flames, the pirates began to dive into the sea to escape.

Black Beard was on a skiff, as he tried his best to paddle to the beach. The naval battle was over the moment they clashed. His only hope was to form a defensive line and push back the intruders on the island.

However, Pei Donglai knew that although the pirate ships were now groaning in the fires, a large number of pirates remained safe in the sea, as they tried hard to swim toward the island.

Decisively, he commanded the archers to switch to ordinary arrows and direct their weapons from the ships to the pirates in the sea.

Without the need to dip the arrows in the alchemical oil, the shooting rate of the arrows doubled, and the arrows rained heavier onto the pirates.

Due to the fact that the pirates were in the sea, only half of their heads were visible. As such, the archers couldn't aim and target them precisely. Hence, the archers chose to rain down arrows on them, covering a large area. This lacked accuracy but helped in suppressing the pirates.

The arrows shot past the sky and flew down to the sea at lightning speed, stirring the sea into a mix of chaos and blood. Every pool of blood denoted the death of a pirate.

It was simply impossible for a pirate to survive if he got shot in the sea. If they were shot, even if it was not a major injury, the bleeding would still exhaust them. Eventually, they would drown in the sea.

Pool after pool of blood floated on the territorial waters. Slowly, they formed a bloody red sea in the area. Bodies of the pirates floated on the sea, which told the tale of endless desolation.

The pirate ships groaned in the burning flames. One by one, they sank to the bottom of the ocean.

As the direct result of the sinking ships, torrents and swirls formed around them. Some unlucky pirates too near these vortexes were drawn in. Along with the ships, they were taken on a trip down to the bottomless ocean.

The naval battle went extraordinary smoothly. The alchemical oil had done a great job again.

When the Beihai navy fleet approached the pirate ships, only a few were left. These ships occasionally emitted smoke.

As an experienced navy general, Pei Donglai was cautious. He instructed the warships to keep their distance from the pirate ships to avoid the swirls. Under his command, the warships steered away from the hell that they created and pressed forward to the island.

As the Meng Chong warships made their way, some pirates screamed for help.

"Help!!" the pirates cried.

As a general of Shanhai City, Pei Donglai knew his lord's captive policy very well. They would not kill those they could capture, and they would not decline those that surrendered.

Therefore, he ordered his men to give out ropes and salvaged the pirates on board. Of course, they would tie up the pirates with ropes.

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Chapter 252 - Moon Island Naval Battle (Part 2)

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After he salvaged the captived pirates, Pei Donglai had to face a huge issue.

Black Beard had regathered his troops that totaled at more than a thousand pirates on the dock, so how could Pei Donglai successfully dock on the island? The Beihai navy fleet wasn't like the marines in the real world, which could commence amphibious operations.

In the end, Pei Donglai came up with a stubborn idea. He ordered the 1st unit to dock on the island, and the other four units remained in the fan-like formation. These units provided cover fire to suppress the pirates.

Black Beard saw the warship, as it prepared to dock. In response, he quickly ordered the pirates to stop them.

Right at this moment, a wave of arrows rained on the path of the pirates and stopped them in their tracks. The pirates hesitated, unsure if they should move.

The Behai navy fleet's actions infuriated Black Beard. He continually scolded them. What incredibly shameless intruders!

"Charge, move! Or we all die!"

Under his command, the pirates rushed toward the rain of arrows. Every second, the archers would shoot down a pirate, which left some injured, while some directly died.

The pirates on the shore escaped death after the enemy set their ships ablaze. Finally, they jumped into the sea to save their lives, but now, they had to face death itself again. Naturally, they felt reluctant.

As the casualties increased, some of the pirates couldn't take it anymore. Instead of charging forward, they secretly fell back and escaped. They tried to run away from the rain of arrows.

When some people took the lead, others would follow the trend. Humans were afraid of death, and pirates were no exceptions. Therefore, the pirates hadn't even made it halfway toward the 1st unit before more than half of them retreated.

The Beihai navy 1st unit took advantage of the situation to board the island and establish a defense line.

At this moment, Black Beard knew that no course of action could stop the Beihai navy anymore. Even if they continued to charge forward, they would not stop the intruders.

"Retreat!" Black Beard said wryly.

This order made the pirates overjoyed. They dispersed and ran away faster than rabbits.

Ouyang Shuo stood on the flagship. He shook his head, as he saw the opponent's powerless state.

Just like this, the Beihai navy fleet successfully boarded the island and commenced a round of extermination of the pirates that remained.

At this time, the pirates all ran for the own lives and weren't even organized.

In order to prevent anyone from slipping through the net, Pei Donglai arranged the 4th and 5th units to stay in the Meng Chong warships and patrol the island waters. This action completely blocked off the pirates' escape routes.

Moon Island was only 50-square kilometers, so it wasn't really a good place to hide.

Pei Donglai tacitly implemented Ouyang Shuo's captive policy. The sailors shouted and called for the pirates to surrender themselves. If they did, they would be spared. Otherwise, if the pirates decided to ignore the message and run, the navy would exterminate them without mercy.

The threat was effective.

One by one, the pirates exited their hiding holes and held both of their hands in surrender. Only Black Beard and a few of his stubborn subordinates were still on the run.

To the diehard pirate members, Pei Donglai showed no mercy. He had the soldiers of the 1st unit spread out in search of them. Once found, they would exterminate these pirates on the spot.

The extermination lasted for the whole afternoon.

Then, Pei Donglai accompanied Ouyang Shuo to inspect the island.

The Black Sharks had good looting skills. In exchange, they had trash building skills.

The whole pirate camp didn't even have a fence; they had left it wide open. They could count the buildings on the island on one hand.

The pirates only actually paid attention to their dock.

A narrow, bumpy, and damp dirt road weaved down the marina. Ouyang Shuo carefully watched his feet as he walked. He did not want to step into the puddles.

Wooden houses were scattered across both sides of the dirt road. The houses were rudimentary and rough, as if the pirates had simply built them from a few pieces of wood.

Ouyang Shuo felt doubtful about whether such a wooden house could shelter the owner during rainy or sunny days.

They had no decent courtyards outside the log houses. There were not any domestic animals or vegetables either. A few dilapidated clothes hung under the eaves, floating and dangling in the wind.

Occasionally, he found some dried fishes in some of the houses. These were the homes of the more diligent pirates.

In terms of fields, they had basically not reclaimed any land. They only had purely barren land that lacked plantations. Only the wild green bristlegrass told the visitors a certain decadence.

Clearly, the pirates simply did not produce any crops . They lack the ability to self-sustain and completely depended on stolen supplies.

After they continued inward, they suddenly came across a small pond in the middle of the island. Ouyang Shuo observed it and estimated that the pond had a size of less than 500-square meters. It should be the island's only source of freshwater.

For this reason, the pirates regarded this pond as their most important asset and protected it very closely.

The pirates had built a circle of buildings around the pond. These were all wooden structures and looked more solid than the wooden houses on the outer ring; this should be the core area of the pirates. The most popular pirate tavern was one of these buildings.

The only courtyard in the highest place looked very conspicuous within the group of wooden houses.

Needless to say, this must have been the abode of the great leader of the pirates.

Along the way, Ouyang Shuo had lost interest in the other buildings. He headed straight for the courtyard.

Even after they had walked to the core area of the island, the roads along the way had not improved, still bumpy and full of potholes. On both sides of the road, the lively wild green bristlegrass swung in the breezes of wind.

The soldiers had cleaned up these buildings of pirates first.

Therefore, when Ouyang Shuo arrived, there wasn't a single pirate in sight. He only saw the soldiers of the Beihai navy fleet. On the ground, he could occasionally see some traces of blood and fighting.

The guard on duty saw Ouyang Shuo and immediately saluted.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and walked through the door.

The soldier had not expected any response from the great marquis, so this small gesture warmed his heart.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and observed the island's most advanced building.

A simple, small courtyard laid before him. It touches on Ouyang Shuo's memories. He thought back to when Shanhai Village was originally built. At that time, the Lord's Manor and the courtyard were very similar.

Ouyang Shuo arrived at the Council Chamber and began to patiently wait for the latest information the scouts had gathered.

5 PM in the afternoon, Pei Dong gathered all the information and reported to Ouyang Shuo.

After Ouyang Shuo gestured, Pei Dong entered and sat down on the lower portion of the chamber. He said, "Reporting to the marquis, the campaign has gone much smoother than imagined. Our fleet had almost no casualties. We only lost 150 men."

Ouyang Shuo nodded. The progress of this war had indeed gone beyond his expectations.

"This campaign has captured a total of more than 1,650 pirates. We exterminated all the remaining pirates. We basically either burned all the pirate ships into ashes or sank the into the sea. Only five or six ships survived, we have towed them back to the dock. "Pei Donglai continued, "Through the seizure of the storage houses and the pirate homes, we have plundered 12,500 gold and a box of jewelry. The seized weapons, equipment, and foodstuffs are relatively scarce. They did not store these in large quantities."

Ouyang Shuo nodded. He had also expected this situation. The pirates relied on loot for a living. At times of food shortage, they would just go hunt, so they would definitely not store much food.

On the contrary, the pirates had backlogged all the gold and jewels they had plundered and scavenged because of a lack of selling channels. For this reason, the pirate group of more than 3,000 people held a fortune of over 10,000 gold.

"Take 500 gold from the seized funds and reward it to the soldiers," said Ouyang Shuo.

No one knew when it began, but Ouyang Shuo started to reward the soldiers according to their performances. He did this to encourage the soldiers to fight bravely.

"Thank you, lord!" Pei Donglai represented the fleet and thanked Ouyang Shuo.

"Did we plunder anything special?" Ouyang Shuo asked. By 'special,' Ouyang Shuo referred to special-level items. In general, there was a great probability of obtaining some weird items from the loots of the pirates.

"Yes, there is." Pei Donglai did not disappoint.

The soldiers outside dragged in a box of jewelry and gold, and everything else they had plundered from the pirates. They left it on the ground so that Ouyang Shuo could inspect the items.

Ouyang Shuo stood up. Other than setting aside 500 gold, he kept the other goods in his storage bag. The packed chamber once again became empty. He had only left two goods on the ground, a stone and a picture.

Ouyang Shuo picked up the black stone and inspected it. The rock was medium-sized, about the size of two fists in total. It felt heavy when one picked it up in their palm.

[Meteorite fine iron] (Platinum) : Godly stone fallen from the skies, rare forging material.

The stone had simple properties, but it stirred a great storm of excitement in Ouyang Shuo's heart. Platinum-level forging materials, Ouyang Shuo could see his personal exclusive weapon waving at him.

This meteorite fine iron alone made Ouyang Shuo feel that this trip was worthwhile.

Ouyang Shuo guessed that the only reason Black Beard did not forge this meteorite fine iron was because he couldn't find himself a decent blacksmith. Only a master blacksmith could make use of this rare ore and turn it into great use.

Carefully, he placed the meteorite fine iron into his storage bag before he picked up the picture.

(1/3) : According to the legends, Beihai Bay once gave birth to a very famous pirate, Blood Slaughterer. After the death of Blood Slaughterer, his tremendous fortune gained from looting also disappeared.

Rumors said that before his death, Blood Slaughterer had hidden his fortunes on a deserted island. He jotted down the position of the island onto a map and split it into three. He gave one piece each to his three trusted subordinates.

After his death, his three subordinates tried to snatch the other two parts of the map from their former brother-in-arms. Day after day, year after year, the infighting eventually led to the fall of the famous group of Blood Slaughterer pirates. In the end, none of them could defeat each other, and they all died in depression. They left behind the treasure map pieces to their heirs.

Hundreds of years later, the treasure map pieces shifted from one hand to another, which caused countless tremendous tragedies over the years.

Regrettably, not a single person could gather all three treasure map pieces and find the treasures of Blood Slaughterer. As time went by, another rumor sparked, which said that the treasure maps were only Blood Slaughterer's wicked ploy to provoke a war between the pirates. Such a conjecture was reasonable given Blood Slaughterer's personality as a maniac killer.

Slowly and gradually, the truth behind the treasure map sank deep into the river of history. No one even believed the rumors of Blood Slaughterer anymore, and the treasure map pieces became items of collections. No one ever fought for it.

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Chapter 253 - Navy Base

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Ouyang Shuo placed the into a random location in his storage bag. It would take countless days and nights to gather all the parts of a map like this. He might not even gather all the parts before the game ends.

After he looked through the plundered goods, Ouyang Shuo sat back in his seat. Then, he turned to look at Pei Donglai and asked, "General Pei, what is your opinion on the next course of action regarding Moon Island?"

This question wasn't meant to make things difficult for Pei Donglai. As the commander of the Beihai navy fleet, he needed to be a proficient leader in battle and had to handle the affairs and logistics behind in the base.

Pei Donglai pondered for a moment before he answered, "The facilities here are primitive and simple, but we can salvage the dock and use it as a supply replenishment station in the future."

Pei Donglai understood why the lord established the navy fleet. It wasn't only to exterminate the pirates. His lord had a greater vision and place in mind for the Beihai navy fleet. Regardless, if the fleet wanted to sail deep into the middle of the ocean and dominate the seas, supply replenishments was an issue that they couldn't avoid. Ships sail day and night, so a lack of supply replenishment stations would greatly challenge the sailors and the logistics members.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, but he shook his head moments later.

"What does the lord mean?" Pei Donglai felt anxious.

"The supply replenishment stations are a must." First, Ouyang Shuo confirmed Pei Donglai's point of view. Then, he said, "But, that is far not enough. Moon Island is small but robust. The conditions here are consummate and there are sufficient sources of fresh water. Therefore, we can change Moon Island into a small navy base."

As a supply replenishment station, Moon Island had to contain a large storage of resources. In turn, they needed to station a team of guards on the island to protect the resources.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo would rather settle everything once and for all. He would make a round of major changes to the island.

"I have a few specific requirements. You will talk to Xiuwen regarding the details on how to make it happen. The Construction Division of Beihai County will complete it," Ouyang Shuo said, "First, upgrade the dock into a port. Not only will it act as the docking place for the warships, but the navy can also repair and maintain warships there.

"Second, demolish every building on the island and rebuild them systematically. The core of this island will take the role of a military fortress. It will act as the base of the island guards, and the storage place for the resources. The reason for a military fortress is to shrink the defensive force. Moreover, it will not take up a lot of the island's land. Woodworking workshop, blacksmithy, weapons workshop, and the other building structures will be built inside of the fortress, forming a relatively enclosed fort.

"Third, land reclamation. You need to make use of the land outside of the military fortress. Plant some vegetables and crops so that the island can be self-sustainable. I have estimated that we can reclaim at least 500,000 mu of land on Moon Island.

"Once we reach such a scale, the island can achieve self-sustainability but also supply externally. There will be no more need to transport food and resources to Moon Island from Beihai County.

"Lastly, the retransformation of the pond. In order to grow crops on a large scale, we need sufficient irrigation water. Therefore, there is a need to expand the pond to at least five to ten times the scale of the existing one. Eventually, we will turn the pond into an island lake or a small reservoir."

Ouyang Shuo told Pei Donglai his plan based on his observation of the island this afternoon. In the future, Moon Island would become a mixture of military fort, port, reservoir, and farmland. When combined together, it would form a strong and powerful navy base.

After they completed the Moon Island navy base, it would become the 'Midway Island' where the fleet enters the deep sea.

The layout of Ouyang Shuo's great plans excited Pei Donglai. He said respectfully, "May the lord be at ease. I will coordinate with Beihai County and complete the transformation of Moon Island as soon as possible."

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "Then, I will pass it to the general. When the navy base is established, I will visit Moon Island again. Together, we will celebrate your accomplishment."

"Yes, my lord!" Pei Donglai was indeed in great excitement.

After the discussion, Ouyang Shuo stayed on the island for one night.

Morning of the next day, the Beihai navy fleet departed for home. They left behind the navy 1st unit to guard Moon Island. As for the captived pirates, they brought them all back to Beihai County.

Moon Island held a significant spot in Ouyang Shuo's strategy, so he did not trust the placement of these pirates on the island.

October 25th, afternoon, Beihai navy fleet returned to Beihai Port.

After Ouyang Shuo left the port, he intentionally went into the county and had a small talk with magistrate Gu Xiuwen. He explained the navy base construction work required on Moon Island.

On the night of the same day, Ouyang Shuo returned to the Lord's Manor.

After he returned, Ouyang Shuo took out the box of jewelry and passed it to Zi Su, who would store it in the internal storehouse. This was Ouyang Shuo's third box of jewelry.

Ouyang Shuo wasn't a stingy man. He rewarded Song Jia, Sun Xiaoyue, Yingyu, Qing'er, the two sisters, even Zi Su and Si Qin the servant maids. He gave all of them jewelry.

Next day morning, Ouyang Shuo accompanied Bing'er for breakfast. After that, he immediately rushed to the Armory Division in the east district and looked for master blacksmith Wang Gao.

"Greetings to the lord!" Wang Gao bowed and greeted.

Ouyang Shuo nodded. Then, he took out the [Meteorite Fine Iron] and placed it on the table. He smiled, "Can you recognize this item?"

The moment Wang Gao laid his sights on the black dull stone, his eyes couldn't even shift away from it anymore. It was like a spell had been cast upon him. He could not move an inch of his body. Moments later, he stood up and helped himself to the side of the table. Slowly his hands lifted up the stone. Then, he touched and caressed the [Meteorite Fine Iron]. He treated it like a peerless treasure; he mumbled, "Thi...this…this is...is this the legendary godly stone from the skies?!"

Ouyang Shuo hadn't expected any of this. He did not think that the unruly Wang Gao would have such a deeply emotional moment. He nodded and said with a smile, "Indeed, this is the godly stone fallen from the skies."

Honestly, Ouyang Shuo had hesitated yesterday night, unsure if he should hand the [Meteorite Fine Iron] over to Wang Gao. It would be better to hand such a rare forging material to a higher level blacksmith for simply more assurance.

In the game, the royals had either taken in the God-level blacksmiths as imperial craftsmen, or they would wander around like ghosts in the shadows. A normal person could not reach them. These experts drifted around the land with no fixed abode, it would require great luck to encounter one.

Furthermore, although he considered the platinum-level [Meteorite Fine Iron] as a rare forging material, it was merely nothing but an item in the eyes of God-level blacksmiths. Hence, Ouyang Shuo ended his whimsical thoughts of asking for the help of a God-level blacksmith.

If he took a step back, at least he could find himself a grandmaster blacksmith to forge the legendary stone.

If he could not reach the God-level blacksmiths, he could still find the grandmaster blacksmiths in the system capital cities. If he handed the stone to them, Ouyang Shuo can rest assured that they would forge a platinum-level weapon.

But Ouyang Shuo gave up this alluring prospect. The most important consideration was that he hoped for Wang Gao to take this opportunity to breakthrough to the grandmaster level. At the very least, Ouyang Shuo wanted him to improve his blacksmith experience. This way, he could lay down the foundation for a future promotion to the grandmaster level.

After all, he wasn't only an officer, but also the lord of Shanhai. He must make decisions based on the territory's interests. If the territory gave birth to a grandmaster blacksmith, it could bring limitless benefits.

After he received the confirmation, Wang Gao's eyes brightened up. He couldn't wait to work on the [Meteorite Fine Iron]. Suddenly, he thought of why the lord would come here. A flash of thought crossed his mind, and his heart skipped a beat.

Sure enough, Ouyang Shuo said placidly, "I plan to forge a spear from this [Meteorite Fine Iron]. Do you have any confidence?"

Although he had mentally prepared himself, reality still shook Wang Gao's calm heart again. Excitement filled him, and he stammered, "Lor .. Lord, do you have a… any specific requests about th… the spear?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "About this spear, I will use it as my main weapon. Forge the spearhead from the [Meteorite Fine Iron, and use normal iron for the body of the spear. How is that?"

Wang Gao sized up the [Meteorite Fine Iron] with his eyes and nodded, "More than enough."

"Good. Then, I'll wait for your good news." Without further ado, Ouyang Shuo stood up and left.

"Yes, my lord."

After Ouyang Shuo left, Wang Gao pulled himself before the [Meteorite Fine Iron]. He scrutinized it carefully. He measured its size and quality, as he performed calculations and made blueprints in his mind. He was on his way to forge the spear.

Wang Gao knew very well himself the difficulty of forging this spear and the significance it carried. Hence, he did not dare to act reckless. He was determined to only act at his peak form so that he could forge the best spear. He would not disappoint the great lord.

Late in the 10th month, the farmers started to harvest crops all over the territory.

Naturally, the main production area was Qiushui County. Forty thousand mu of paddy fields, the preliminary estimations suggested that it would yield 120 million units of grain.

With such an enormous quantity of grain production, the agricultural tax alone would contribute a total of four million units of paddies. Then, these units would be supplied to the military, enough to sustain the twenty thousand soldiers for three months.

Other than Qiushui County, Friendship County, Tianfeng County, Yishui County, Gushan County, Yongye Town, and Guangshui Town, and the main base—Shanhai County would all yield their own crops too.

According to the estimations from the Agricultural Division, the total crops yield of all the territories would add up to 200 million units during the second season harvesting.

There were still a full eight months until the first season of paddy harvesting in the next year, 7th month.

However, based on the expansion rate and the population growth of Shanhai County, in addition to the consumptions of the Three Flower Winery and the military factory, Ouyang Shuo estimated that Shanhai County would still need to purchase 20 million units of paddy from the market to adequately supply the entire territory.

Food was always the most strategic resource.

The price of grain had dropped in the market, as they harvested the paddy fields. After the previous food crisis, all of the lords had learned the importance of food the hard way.

The moment they harvested the paddies, all of the lords followed the same actions as Ouyang Shuo. They counted the food stocks they had in barns and calculated their territory's consumption in the next eight months. In the end, they found an insufficiency in their food stocks.

Without a doubt, the food stocks of most of the territories did not allow them to become self-sufficient. They had to purchase some from the market to fill in their lack of food stocks.

Hence, even if the price of grain had fallen, the days where a unit of grain cost 10 copper was gone forever.

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Chapter 254: Betrayal

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During the 10th month, the Langshan mining field and the Northern Salt Fields both contributed 17,000 gold. Out of this, Ouyang Shuo took away 5,000 gold and gave the rest to the Finance Department.

They had completed the Three Flower Winery in the west district. It would start its operation in the next month. According to Du Dun's estimations, in the 11th month, the winery could yield at least half of its full operational target and contribute a total of 3000 to 4000 gold.

They had also completed the expansion of the mulberry fields. However, the nurturing of the mulberry tree required a long growth cycle, so the mulberry garden would only begin operation next year.

Thanks to the advancement in rank of the Fallen Moon Guild and the establishment of the Shanhai City office in the capital city, new players and NPC talents streamed into Shanhai City every day.

For the talents that came in, Ouyang Shuo distributed them to the other subordinate territories so that the territories could advance together at the same approximate pace.

Along with the large quantities of work occupation players and the NPC talents the Cui Chamber of Commerce recruited that joined Shanhai City, the production of weapons in the three big military factories had started to exponentially increase.

However, as a direct result of the increased weapon production, resources such as leathers and tendons became lacking. Leathers were still fine, as they could still obtain them from the nomadic tribes through the Friendship City market.

However, tendons were restricted items, so even the Cui Chamber of Commerce could not lay their hands on them.

In the end, his little aunt solved his problem.

In truth, the adventurers would spend their daily lives hunting in different places, earning experience to level up. And out there in the world, countless creatures like wild wolves and bisons existed. However, these creatures wouldn't drop any items after they died. Hence, the players could only gather and harvest their body parts.

Hence, adventurers would possess miscellaneous items like tendons and leathers. The quantity they held ranged from a few to tens in number.

After his little aunt prompted him about it, Ouyang Shuo acted immediately and mailed her 10,000 gold. He made a request to make a large scale purchase from the Snow-War Rose Mercenary for all the miscellaneous items from the players.

Naturally, Lin Jing would not decline. In fact, they had heaps of tendons and leathers that laid in the storage warehouse of the Snow-War Rose Mercenary. They had left these items aside to collect dust. To them, all of these materials were not only useless, but they also took up their storage space. However, they were unwilling to sell them off in the capital city shops as the price was too low.

And now, this big shot was willing to suck them all away without limits. This deal was a win-win situation for both parties. After a round of discussion, they decided that the price would be two times higher than the shops in the capital city.

Despite this, such an expense was nothing in comparison to the profits he would gain from the weapons production.

Ouyang Shuo knew the truth very well in his heart. The only reason that the lords did not touch the materials in the hands of the adventurers was that the lords had yet to come across the related technical manuals. Hence, they could not march into the military industry.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo himself had only realized this fact after his little aunt prompted him.

However, the situation would eventually change in the future. One way or another, the lords would find a way to lay their hands on the weapon crafting technical manuals. At that point in time, the prices of the materials would skyrocket through the roof.

After he bought all these materials and stocked them now, Ouyang Shuo had no intentions of selling them in the future. Since he intended to make Shanhai City the largest arms dealer in the China server, he knew that the future demands and consumption rate of materials would be incredibly high. As such, he had to repair the house before it rained.

And so, when everyone busied themselves with their own stuff, the merchants that the Snow-War Rose Mercenary group sent out covertly obtained all kinds of materials from the adventure players. Then, these items would enter the storage warehouse of Shanhai City.

First was Jian Ye. Then, they slowly expanded to all of the system capital cities.

The players felt gladdened and had a heated response. Some of the players had the materials stored in the guild warehouse to save their spatial storage space. When they received this news, they all started to take out the materials from the guild warehouse. Then, they sold them off to the merchants.

Hence, the materials stored in the guilds rapidly vanished.

Such an abnormal situation naturally caught the attention of the guild higher-ups. After they learned about the situation, they immediately took out all of the materials in the guild and sold it off to the merchants. Everyone felt delighted and satisfied.

When the players placed their materials into the guild warehouse, they would be giving their approval to the guild to handle it for them. Of course, after the guilds sold off the materials, the guild would grant them guild contribution points accordingly.

All of a sudden, a vigorous wave of material acquisition rippled through the whole China region.

As time went by, the acquisition attracted more and more attention. Soon, the group behind the purchases was exposed to the public. All the top ten guilds and the renowned lords heard about it. The Snow-War Rose Mercenary had started to crazily suck in all kinds of materials.

Gossips and talks were part of human nature. Hence, they had developed a series of incredible skills to dig out concealed information.

Slowly, players managed to unveil the relationship between Shanhai City and Snow-War Mercenary Group. The curtains were raised, and the cooperation between the two was exposed, which attracted countless pairs of eyes toward them.

Then, someone revealed the kinship between Ouyang Shuo and Lin Jing to the world. A core member of the Snow-War Mercenary Group had leaked this fact. This individual had visited Shanhai City together with Lin Jing.

The betrayal enraged Xie Siyun and Lin Jing, and they directly expelled the betrayer. Then, they ordered a life-long pursuit on her, which stripped her of the slightest glimpse of hope of continuing to live in Jian Ye.

Without a doubt, someone had perpetrated the betrayal. Even if the betrayer had to restart everything in the game, the perpetrators would still compensate her with a large amount of money.

As for the person behind it all, Ouyang Shuo didn't even need to crack his head. Certainly, the likes of Di Chen did this.

The exposure itself did not infuriate Lin Jing and Xie Siyun—the betrayal did. A core member had betrayed them, an old friend that had fought alongside them for so many years. And yet, who knew that temptations of the outside world had corrupted her, which caused her to throw away their years of friendship for money.

Clearly, as the real world and the virtual world connected together, the interpersonal relationships and organizational ties in the gaming world would grow even more intricate and cloudy.

Ouyang Shuo felt nonchalant about this matter. As the cooperation between the Snow-War Mercenary Group and Shanhai City increased, it was only a matter of time before their kinship was unveiled. He had mentally prepared himself long before this.

After the exposure, Shanhai City would surely be placed into an even more precarious position. The world would realize that unknowingly, Shanhai City had obtained such clout and influence. They even reached out its hands to the adventurers. And this was only the tip of the iceberg. What about the ones underneath the ocean? The true prowess of Shanhai City remained unknown.

Shanhai City, just when you thought that the curtains that masked its prowess were raised, what it revealed was just more mystery. How would a city like this not shock the world?

Since the world learned about their relationship, Ouyang Shuo didn't plan to hide it anymore. He proceeded to send another 20,000 gold to his little aunt. He asked her to sweep away each and every piece of material in the hands of the adventurers.

For this, Ouyang Shuo ordered the Construction Division to choose a cave and modify it. They made it a special storage area to keep the overly excessive materials, especially the leathers that took up too much space. If he relied on the players to smuggle it through the teleportation portal, the teleportation fees would be 10% higher than the trading tax.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo just traded through the auction platform. He clenched his teeth and paid the 3,000 trading tax gold. As Gaia oversaw the trading platform, the players could not decrease the selling price to avoid the trading taxes.

As the acquisition went on, piles after piles of leathers, rolls after rolls of tendons, and all the other materials were sent over through the platform to Shanhai City. Then, they transported the materials to the cave to store them away.

Soon, they had nearly filled up half of the huge cave.

With such a large quantity of materials, the Bow and Crossbow Division Secretary Wu Peng and the Armory Division Secretary Wang Gao estimated that they had sufficient materials to make millions of bowstrings and over forty thousand sets of Mingguang Armor and leather armor.

The two of them felt the happiest about the lord's material acquisition. They had never thought that their problem regarding the supply of materials would be cleared off overnight. Moreover, it went way beyond their expectations.

As for the other lords, most of them sat on the fence. They watched him, as he continually swept up the materials in the market. Firstly, they had just gone through the food crisis, so they were financially incapable of acquiring the materials. Secondly, even if they acquired the materials, they would not use the materials in the near future. The materials would simply take up space and consume gold. It was simply not worth the effort.

Most importantly, in the eyes of the other lords, there were wild creatures everywhere. They could just acquire the materials later from the adventurers when they needed it. As such, why go through all the troubles and fight with Shanhai City now?

Ouyang Shuo knew the thoughts of the other lords very well. He could only sneer coldly. No one could beat him in terms of understandings regarding Earth Online.

In theory, the wild creatures were indeed endless.

However, the creatures were distributed evenly across the world. Even if Gaia had spawned more creatures around the capital city in favor of the adventurers, their numbers would not be too high either.

Most of the creatures lived deep in the woods and high on the mountains, precarious places where the adventurers would normally drift away from.

And as the players got past the newbie stages, they wouldn't need to kill these creatures to earn experience anymore. To be more precise, the experience they gained from killing these creatures was too little. At this time, the players would travel into the savanna or deserts to fight raiders and bandits.

Hence, players killed the most creatures during the first year of the game. This time was also the best time to acquire materials. After this, the supplies of materials would grow less and less. Additionally, when the players advanced to the higher levels, their personal wealth would also steadily increase. At that time, the gold that they could earn from selling materials would be nothing in their eyes. Sure enough, they would not have the motivation to kill these creatures and harvest these materials anymore.

Also, in comparison to the bow arms, the bowstrings were more easily worn. They required frequent changes. In the army of the Tang dynasty, a bow would require three bowstrings. Hence, they clearly had an immense consumption of tendons.

This round, Ouyang Shuo had swept away all the materials at just the right time. He had acquired all of the materials that the players had stored for nearly the whole year; he had taken the biggest and most delicious bite of the cake.

The acquisition had cost him a total of 33,000 gold. Other than the immovable 100,000 gold, he only had 3,000 golds left.

However, his marvelous action had consolidated the strongest foundation toward the military industry of Shanhai City. For an extended period of time, he wouldn't have to worry about the supplies of materials anymore.

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Chapter 255 -Battle Discussion

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Handan County, meeting room.

"Outside of our expectations, we really managed to catch a big fish," said Di Chen as he looked out the hall with an inexplicable expression. When he learned that Shanhai County was cooperating with Snow-War Rose, Di Chen immediately sent his envoy to get in touch with Snow-War Rose's core members. Under the immense bombardment of gold, they finally received some news from one of the core members.

The news they received caught Di Chen off guard.

Juedai Fenghua icily sat in the room and slowly said, "Seems like we need to hasten our negotiations with Jianqi Zongheng. We cannot let Qiyue Wuyi get ahead of us again."

Di Chen did not turn around. Instead, he placed his hands behind his back and said, "Yijian Xilai demands too much. It seems like it is not easy to manipulate this big fish."

"According to the reports of my people, he had some emotional disputes with the master of Tingyu Floor, Jianqi Leiyin. Perhaps, we could use this as a breakthrough point to pry open Yijian Xilai's mouth."

"Right. Then, I'll hand over this task to you," Di Chen finally turned around and said in a deeply affectionate tone.

Juedai Fenghua's beautiful eyebrows frowned, and she nodded without making any promises.

"By the way, Sha Pojun is not behaving nicely lately. He's walking too close to Chun Shenjun," Di Chen said as he took a sip of tea and sat down. Then, he bitterly said, "I never thought that we would do something that would jeopardize ourselves."

Juedai Fenghua shook her and said, "Don't worry too much. At least, through the probings of Asura, we managed to obtain first-hand information about Shanhai County's army. As for Asura siding with Chun Shenjun, I do not think you have to worry too much."

"Oh? Why so?"

"Chun Shenjun is a man of unfathomable depth and skepticism. Sha Pojun has followed us for a long time already. Suddenly, he decides to side with Chun Shenjun. You can't possibly think that Chun Shenjun would trust Asura so easily, right? To him, Sha Pojun is just a chess piece on his chessboard."

Di Chen nodded. He seemed agreed with Juedai Fenghua's judgment.

However, Juedai Fenghua frowned again and said with worry, "Compared to Sha pojun, I am still more worried about Qiyue Wuyi. From the reports we obtained from all our sources, Shanhai County has spent the sum on those purchases."

"Yeah," lamented Di Chen. Then, he said bitterly, "Previously, grandfather thought that trying to sow discord between the Feng Family and Qiyue Wuyi would cut off the funds of Shanhai County. He thought it would make it impossible for them to survive the famine. Who would have thought that they would not only manage it without any losses but still have a considerable quantity of funds? God knows how he managed to gather up so much."

When he recalled his grandfather's angry face, Di Chen had no idea what expression or opinion to show. Ever since a young age, his grandfather had always been a humongous mountain that constrained him greatly. Unfortunately, things that could work well in reality would sometimes become incompatible in the game, which caused his grandfather to embarrass himself.

"Therefore, it seems like this coming anniversary auction will be another reign of terror. We must not let our guards down." They already witnessed what had happened first hand during the last auction. They could never take the power of these enormous families lightly.

"Nothing we can do about it. We should probably control our spendings for the moment. No matter what, we must use all our efforts to obtain that item." Di Chen was left with limited choices, so he could only feel helpless. He didn't know if he should feel lucky or unlucky to have an opponent like Qiyue Wuyi.

Ouyang Shuo's crazy purchases also gave rise to some discussion in the Shanhai Alliance channel.

"Whoa, Boss! You have definitely kept your cards hidden well! Who would have known that Snow-War Rose is also our ally," said Gong Chengshi in a carefree tone.

"If you guys need to cooperate with the player guilds, you can go to them." Since he had decided to reveal this matter, Ouyang Shuo directly brought the Snow-War Rose into the Shanhai Alliance channel.

"Yeah, sure. With the help of the guild, some things will be so much easier to accomplish," said Xunlong Dianxue.

"Heh heh, it's all for our mutual benefits."

"Umm…. To be honest, our Consonance County is associated with Tingyu Floor in Dali." Bai Hua took this opportunity to reveal her hidden cards.

Since the relationship between Shanhai County and Snow-War Rose was revealed, the master of Tingyu Floor, Mingyue Zhaodajiang, immediately contacted Bai Hua. After some discussion, they decided to reveal their relationship as well.

With this, in the guild wars, Tingyu Floor and Snow-War Rose could rely on each other and prevent friendly fire. They could also efficiently compete with the other top 10 guilds.

Her news did not cause much surprise among the members of the Shanhai Alliance.

Among all the members, other than Feng Qiuhuang, all of them knew the famous name of Consonance Studio. They were known for their management of their guilds in all the games they were involved in. As a matter of course, they surely would not say goodbye to their strengths even after they switched to territory building mode. Arranging a portion of their people to form a guild was just a natural phenomenal.

"No wonder!" said Xunlong Dianxue with some hidden and unexpressed thoughts.

Bai Hua smiled. Naturally, she understood the thoughts of Xunlong Dianxue. During the famine, the Four Seas Bank had taken root in the territories of every member in Shanhai Alliance—except Consonance County.

Everyone had felt curious about how Consonance County managed to deal with the famine so easily. The revelation of their relationship with Qingfeng Pavillion finally gave them an answer. With the fundings of Tingyu Floor, Consonance County will definitely pull off with ease.

"Wowowowow. How come I have a feeling that we, the Shanhai Alliance, could not only dominate the lord-type players, but also the adventurer-type players?" said the smiling Gong Chengshi.

Ouyang Shuo frowned as soon as he heard Gong Chengshi's words. He quickly said, "Don't let your guards down and don't grow overconfident. Also, keep it a secret, the matter of Qingfeng Pavillion. Keep it hidden as deeply as possible. The longer we keep it a secret, the better." As a man who likes to hide all the cards in his sleeves, Ouyang Shuo did not like to expose his full strength to everyone.

"Yes sir, understood!"

Feng Qiuhuang did not say anything at all until everyone fully digested the news. Then, she said, "Wuyi, according to the time calculation, I'm guessing that the third battle map will open soon?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and replied, "Indeed, based on the previous patterns, my guess is that the battle map will appear after the 100th town upgrades to a county."

"Which means it will be open soon? Should we start our preparations earlier?"

"How are you going to prepare for it? You don't even know the campaign scenario that will open," asked Gong Chengshi.

Feng Qiuhuang had obviously come prepared. She said, "According to the previous patterns, after Western Zhou, it should be one of the iconic battles in the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period."

"Not bad. There are a huge number of famous historical figures in that era." Clearly, Xunlong Dianxue focused more on this aspect.

"Yeah, an uncountable number of them. Just thinking of this already fires me up!"

"Try and guess what battle Gaia will choose then."

"There are too many iconic battles during the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, especially the Warring State period, where there was an incredible amount of wars. It's so hard to guess," said Xunlong Dianxue.

"Although there are a lot of iconic battles during that era, if I have to pick the one that is most symbolic and significant, I think it should be the Battle of Changping," confidently said Feng Qiuhuang.

Everyone was surprised. They calmed down after they thought about it thoroughly again. There was a great chance that things would progress in the way that Feng Qiuhuang had guessed.

"Wuyi, what do you think about it?" seeing Ouyang Shuo did not say anything, Feng Qiuhuang immediately asked him with great curiosity.

Ouyang Shuo felt startled in his heart. Of course, he knew that the third campaign scenario was the Battle of Changping—just like Feng Qiuhuang had hypothesized. It seems like the players had started to decipher the patterns Gaia always used.

With his realization, Ouyang Shuo suddenly no longer looked forward to the battle map as much as before.

"Same here. I think there is a 90% chance it will be the Battle of Changping," said Ouyang Shuo calmly.

"The Battle of Changping. One of the fiercest and cruelest battles in the history of China. Qin and Zhao threw in more than a million elite soldiers into the battlefield. All of these elites were equally as strong as our armies, maybe even more powerful. This campaign will definitely be very difficult. Are we strong enough for it?" said Xunlong Dianxue, who was very familiar with the history.

"I don't think we will just be cannon fodder. In this campaign, there will be more than 10,000 players. Worst comes to worst, we can still put up a fight," Feng Qiuhuang said with great hopes.

"The fact is, as history proceeds to the Warring States, dominating the battlefield with the advantage of advanced equipment like the two previous campaigns will no longer be possible."

"Heh heh, maybe we can't, but Boss, you can still do it. Tang dynasty's Mingguang Armor and Song Dynasty's Buren Armor. Advanced armors like these still did not exist in the era of Warring States," said Gong Chengshi.

"Yeah, Boss. When will Shanhai County start selling us armor and weaponry? Qin Qiong is bugging me every day for that equipment!" said Xunlong Dianxue.

"We are still trying our best to build up a military industrial system. The earliest would be next year," said Ouyang Shuo with a bitter smile. He knew that these guys had not given up hope on laying their hands on the armor.

"Hey hey hey, get back to the main topic!" interjected Feng Qiuhuang eagerly when the three men started to change the topic. She added, "If our prediction is correct, the campaign will be very difficult. As such, we should get ready earlier."

"But there is a problem. We don't know what period Gaia will set the campaign. The Battle of Changping continued for three years. There are too many unstable elements," said the frowning Xunlong Dianxue.

Xunlong Dianxue's words were the truth. Even Ouyang Shuo was unclear about how Gaia simulated the system.

If it's the period of time before the Battle of Changping, before the King of Zhao swapped out Lian Bo with Zhao Kuo, then both Qin and Zhao will be equally matched. As such, choosing Zhao will be easier to make a comeback. However, if Gaia chose the period of time when the Qin army had the upper hand and surrounded the Zhao army, then choosing Qin will grant them an overwhelming advantage. Making a comeback would almost be impossible in such a scenario.

"It's no use thinking too much. Might as well just wait for the announcement of the campaign scenario and discuss the situation it again," said the temporarily clueless Ouyang Shuo.

"Fine," said the unsatisfied Feng Qiuhuang.

"Wuyi, don't forget about Yanhuang Alliance," reminded Bai Hua, "They lost so badly in the previous campaign because they were not familiar with it. Additionally, your surprising moves caught them off guard. The third campaign scenario is very predictable. Di Chen and his allies are not fools, so they can definitely make the same prediction as ours. Therefore, with that, they begin at the same starting line as us. They definitely want to one up us, so we must be prepared."

"What's the big deal. If they want war, we will give them war!" said Gong Chengshi with great confidence.

Ouyang Shuo did not say anything, but he nodded.

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Chapter 256 - Tianmo Spear

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After closing the alliance channel, Ouyang Shuo was still thinking about the 3rd campaign scenario. Thoughts like which factions to join, what strategy to use, and what to do kept on stimulating his mind.

When he is still thinking about the campaign scenario, his secretary, Lang Bainan walked in and said, "My lord, the head of Armory Division, Wang Gao, asked you to head over there to discuss the weapon crafted for you."

Ouyang Shuo was surprised by his words. It had been five days since he handed over Wang Gao the meteorite, and it should've been completed by now. Why did Wang Gao ask him to head over instead of sending it straight to him?

Without thinking much, Ouyang Shuo quickly walked out of the office.

When he rushed to the Armory Division, a young blacksmith stood in front of the door. When he saw Ouyang Shuo, he walked towards him and greeted him.

Under the lead of the young blacksmith, they walked to the personal workplace of Wang Gao.

Once they entered the workplace, they were welcomed with a non-stop heat wave.

In the workplace, there were another three assistants beside Wang Gao. They were helping Wang Gao in the final quenching of the spear. When they got there, it was clearly the crucial moment, and Wang Gao was full of sweat as sweat was all over his body, evaporating as soon as it dripped onto the workbench.

The young blacksmith walked towards to Wang Gao and whispered in his ears.

Wang Gao nodded and continued his final stage of the crafting. Without anything to worry about, Ouyang Shuo decided to stay there and to observe.

Ten minutes later, Wang Gao started to wrap things up by tidying up, putting away his tools, taking a towel to wipe off his sweat, before walking over to Ouyang Shuo and greeting, "My lord!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "So… what's the purpose of you calling me here?"

"Weapons are deadly and they have their own spirit. Every time a godly weapon is crafted, it will need to be showered with the blood of the owner. My lord, later you will have to drip some of your blood onto your spear as a catalyst to hasten the birth of its spirit." Wang Gao explained.

Ouyang Shuo finally understood what he meant. It was just something like using his blood as a password to ensure the weapon could only be used by him.

Without any hesitation, he pulled out his sword dangling on his waist and opened up a cut carefully. After that, he dripped his blood into a small bowl and filled it up with his blood. An assistant then quickly handed over a bandage and help him patch up the cut even though minor injuries like this would be recovered on the spot for the likes of Ouyang Shuo.

Wang Gao took over the bowl of blood, returned to his workbench, and asked his assistant to put the spear into the furnace. Once the entire spear turned red because of the fire, Wang Gao poured Ouyang Shuo's blood onto the spear with lightning speed.

As soon as the blood touched the spear, the blood immediately seeped into the spear. In the blink of an eye, the spear was covered with a layer of bright-red radiance. The radiance kept blinking and blinking as if it were alive.

Then, in the midst of the raging fire and bright red glowing radiance, a demonic god appeared, emitting a fierce and murderous aura.

Then lightning so bright as if it could blind eyes flashed across skies, a thunderous roar followed after the eye blinding lightning; all of these sights and sounds were caused by the birth of this incredible spear.

"Right now!" All of these unnatural fantasy phenomenons did not manage to distract Wang Gao's focus. He remained calm and shouted at his assistant to stay with him. Together, they took the spear out and started with the final quenching, annealing, and other various processes.

When Wang Gao struck down the final hammering, he immediately collapsed. The crafting of the spear had take a toll on him and he could barely even stand even with the help of the assistant. Albeit exhausted almost to the point of fainting, Wang Gao did not show any expression of tiredness but instead, joy and a sense of accomplishment was shown all over his face.

And at the same time, the system notification rang beside Ouyang Shuo's ears.

"System notice : Congratulations to player Qiyue Wuyi for his blacksmith, Wang Gao, advancing into a Grandmaster Blacksmith. Rewarding him 2000 reputation points."

Right after that, an announcement followed.

"System announcement : Congratulations to Shanhai County raising the first Grandmaster Blacksmith in the game, specially rewarding Shanhai County the title of 【The Origin of Forging】."

Ouyang Shuo checked the stats of the title of 【The Origin of Forging】. 【The Origin of Forging】increased the smithing masteries of blacksmiths that were in the territory by 10%, and blacksmith refugees were more likely to be attracted to the territory by 15%.

The two stats were very useful. According to the prediction of Ouyang Shuo, there should be probably other titles such as 【The Origin of Tailoring】 and so on.

The level advancement of Wang Gao and the stats brought by the title of 【The Origin of Forging】 would definitely speed up the level advancement of all blacksmiths in the county and would indirectly increase the development of the military industrial complex.

After taking a moment for a short break, Wang Gao picked up the spear, walked up to Ouyang Shuo, and said, "My lord, the spear is ready, please grant the spear a name."

According to his request, the spear weighed about 35 kg, and its length was about 380 cm with its spearhead length about 37 cm. The color of the spear was entirely black.

The most unique part of the spear was that when the spear is crafted, carvings of the demonic god automatically formed on the spear. The carvings looked so real and the spear seems like an incarnation of the demonic god. According to Wang Gao, he did not carve them onto the spear but they were formed when the blood seeped into the spear.

Ouyang Shuo then immediately associated this with his demonic god's bloodline and said, "Since the spear is made with the meteorites' fall from the skies and it has been nourished with the blood of the demonic god, I decide to name it the Tianmo Spear.

【Name】: Tianmo Spear (Platinum Class)

【Durability】: 75

【Sharpness】: 65

【Tenacity】: 55

【Specialty】: Demonic vampirism (Has a chance to evolve every time the spear absorbs blood)

【Description】: Made with meteorites fallen from the sky and bathed with the blood of the demonic god. After a series of mutations, it has become a godly weapon and can only used by the person who dripped his blood on it. Untradeable, unthrowable and evolvable.

If there wasn't the blood of Ouyang Shuo who had the bloodline of the demonic god, maybe the spear would've been ruined, being able to reach the level of dark gold at most.

The Tianmo Spear was undoubtedly strong, equally as strong as the Qing Feng Sword of Song Jia.

However, what was most important was that the Tianmo Spear was evolvable. Its specialty, demonic vampirism, had decided that when the spear was bathed with sufficient blood of decent enemies, then it might be able to evolve into a one and only spear that was top of the world.

While he gently brushed over the spear, Ouyang Shuo said, "Tianmo Spear, follow me into the battlefields, pierce through enemy chests and bathe in their blood. Let us forge our very own undefeatable legacy!"

The spear, as if it has become alive, vibrated suddenly and it's red radiation started glowing.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo could not help but to feel extremely happy. He did not know that the spear has its own spirit at all; the bloodline of the demonic god was indeed powerful. He then started to think that next time, they should do the same when they were forging higher tiers of Mingguang Armor.

Finally, after obtaining a godly weapon, Ouyang Shuo also checked its stats.

【Name】: Qiyue Wuyi

【Title 1】: Lian Zhou Marquis

【Title 2】: Patriot

【Territory】: Shanhai County

【Occupation】: General (secondary job)

【Level】: 55

【Merit】: 90500/102400 【Title】: 3rd class marquis

【Reputation】: Well known (77000/100000)

【Internal Energy】: 5800/10000

【Body structure】: 188 【Talent】: 214 【Luck】:5 【Charm】: 8

【Leadership】: 7510 【Strength】: 385 【Intelligence】: 20 【Politic】:56

【Talent】: Omit

【Specialty】: Omit

【Scrolls】: 《 Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique》(4/12 layer)

【Technique】: 《Baji Fist Art》(Perform with ease) 《Yang Family Spear Technique》(Become Proficient)

【Art of War】: Omit

【Skills】: Advanced scouting, advanced weapon mastery, wild beast taming technique (basic)

【Mount】: Omit

【Equipment】: Omit

【Armor】: Omit

【Weapon】: Tianmo Spear (Platinum class)

【Unique item】: Beads of cooling, 《Treasure map of Bei Hai Harbour》

The difficulty of leveling increased even further after players managed to reach level 50. Until now it had been 5 months ever since the Battle of Zhuluo, but Ouyang Shuo only managed to level up to 55 from level 48.

Among the acquired stats, whenever the stats after deducting additional stats added by equipments reached 80 points, it would need 5 free stats to raise 1 acquired stat; after 90, the need would need 10 free stats to increase by 1.

Ouyang Shuo has decided that when 【Leadership】reached 80 points, he would try his best to pump 【Strength】to 80 points and then pump 【Leadership】again.

There was still a gap between his stats and the stats of Luo Shi Xin. The gap was even bigger when it came to Ouyang Shuo and Shi Wanshui. His stats now were just equivalent to an intermediate class officer only.

Last month, Ouyang Shuo managed to reach level 4 of the 《 Huang Di Inner Scroll ・Chapter of Ki Cultivation 》, doubling up his ki capacity, reaching the point of 10 thousand points. He could now practice it everyday, increasing his ki capacity by 10 points each by circling qi. In one day, his ki would be able to increase by 120 points, and if he wanted to level it up to level 5, it would take him a month.

The most important thing was that Ouyang Shuo felt that he has reached his limits in terms of the number of his cycling of ki, or the inner qi that he gained each time since he reached level 4.

Without any miracle or special encounter, it would be hard for him to improve again.

Among Ouyang Shuo's equipment, his mount, armor and weapon was platinum grade. The only problem was his equipments that consist of only a black iron grade 【ring of courage】and silver grade 【strength of barbarian】.

After closing his stats window, Ouyang Shuo left the Armory Division.

When he got back to the lord's hall, Lei Xun was already there waiting for his return. Although Lei Xun was now engaged with the training of new army recruits, the operation of the Military Intelligence Division did not stop. Hence, any important information would still be reported to Ouyang Shuo.

"My lord, the recent news of the grassland has come."

Ouyang Shuo has already prepared himself psychologically when he saw Lei Xun. It has been 3 months since Operation Wildfire, so the balance amongst all the tribes in the grassland should've been disrupted by now.

In the past 3 months, Ouyang Shuo did not stop his surveillance on the grassland at all.

After Operation Wildfire, Tian Qi tribe's western army had collapsed, and it would take some time for them to reform the army. Due to this, they also lost their deterrence ability on the smaller tribes in the west.

The intermediate-sized tribes were the first to show their fangs. They ignored the warnings given out by the Tian Qi tribe and began to invade their smaller counterparts, plundering their cattle, stealing their resources, and occupying their ranches.

The result? Tian Qi Tribe only gave out warnings, but no other actions were taken. Their attitude had been interpreted that they had lost their power, and this caused even larger-scaled uproars.

Therefore, the flame of wars began to spread across the entire grassland from west to east, then from north to south.

In a blink of an eye, war had devoured the entire grassland. The market outside of Friendship County, however, managed to benefit from the war, gaining abundant Qing Fu Warhorses to arm the entire 2nd brigade by trading food and iron with the tribes.

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Chapter 257 - Bait

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"According to the reports of the spies, the grassland is gradually returning to its peaceful state."

The reports of the spies said that after 3 months of chaos, the small tribes in the grassland had been wiped out. They either joined the other medium-sized tribes or entirely moved into the Tian Qi Tribe.

"Currently, there's only the Tian Qi Tribe in the center, and 8 other medium-sized tribes in the grassland. There's one tribe each to the north and south, and 3 tribes each to the west and east. About Tian Feng Tribe to the north of Friendship Town, after taking over the Tian Lian Tribe, they also took over the smaller tribes in the east and became the only tribe in the entire southern side."

Ouyang Shuo nodded. He is more concerned about what the grassland tribes would do next right now.

"Are there any signs that the medium-sized tribes are forming an alliance?" Ouyang Shuo asked.

According to the usual strategies, forming up together and eliminating the Tian Qi tribe was the best way out. The only problem now was even though Tian Qi Tribe suffered some losses, they still remained the biggest power in the entire grassland. It would be difficult for the medium-sized tribes to invade Tian Qi Tribe as they had been living under the shadow of Tian Qi Tribe for too long.

"Eight medium-sized tribes did form an alliance, but they lack people who are strong enough to guide them. The alliance is way too fragile with their weak management. In contrast, the tribes to the east and west had some arguments when they invaded the smaller tribes. It would be difficult for them to form an alliance."

Ouyang Shuo smirked coldly and said, "Heh, this is the human nature. They might even want to destroy each other and loot their possessions."

"My wise lord, it is indeed like what you said."

"But the problem is, how are we supposed to interfere to stir up chaos again?"

As one of the three heads of the Military Intelligence Division, Lei Xun had his very own unique insights and was sensitive about things like this. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him and he quickly said, "My lord, there's another report. According to the spies, after taking over the lands of the eastern small tribes, Tian Feng Tribe has now placed their eyes on Friendship City."

Ouyang Shuo said coldly, "You're saying that Tian Feng Tribe is planning to invade Friendship City?"

"Probably. My lord, the market outside Friendship City has a significant amount of trading every day. The tribes were busy raiding the smaller tribes, so they could only obediently trade for resources in the market. But now, since the war is over, their nature has decided that they might want to raid Friendship City." interpreted Lei Xun calmly.

Ouyang Shuo suddenly had an idea as soon as he heard Lei Xun's report and he said, "If so, let us wipe out the entire Tian Feng Tribe and interfere with the matters on the grassland directly. If I'm not wrong, it's not only Tian Feng Tribe that is eyeing Friendship City; the other tribes are also the same."

"But," said the hesitate Lei Xun, "If so, wouldn't we cause the other tribes to team up and resist us together?"

Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "There's a possibility that this will happen. So we have to do one thing, which is to crumble their alliance and divert their attention. Didn't you say that the eastern and southern tribes are in bad condition? Arrange some spies to incite the hatred between the two and stir up a war between them."

"Understood." Suddenly, Lei Xun felt like his responsibility increased greatly.

From the 2nd of November to the 5th of November, the peaceful state of the grassland did not last long and it became noisy again.

In just a few days, on the eastern and southern borders, there had been more than 5 raids within the borders of 6 medium-sized tribes' territories. The raiders seemed to be very experienced; they had a clear target and they left no survivors.

Blood spilled everywhere in the ruins of the tribes, showing the cruelty that happened to them.

All the evidence shows that the murderers crossed the borders and raided these tribes. Because of this, the hatred amongst the tribe people has been pushed to an even higher level. Now, they were always asking their chiefs to declare war on their enemies.

However, the higher ups in the tribe would not act rashly. They were worried that those with ill intentions were seeking to destroy the alliance, and tried to solve the problem peacefully.

However, before they could finish their investigation, the nobles among the tribes were being assassinated; they either died silently in their tents or in the wilderness.

Suddenly, the situation made all of them jittery.

And it was at this moment, that the 2nd brigade garrisoned in the city north camp left the camp using the name of training. Without hiding their tracks, they crossed Friendship river and mysteriously disappeared.

As soon as the brigade left, a huge amount of iron and food had been transported to Friendship City and stored in the warehouse of the market. They were kept just like that, lying in the bare eyes of these tribal people who were trading in the market.

Tian Feng Tribe, Chief's Tent

"Chief, this is a great chance, we must not hesitate anymore!"

As the neighbor of Friendship City, the movements of the market and city north camp would surely be noticed by the Tian Feng Tribe. They already had their eyes on Friendship City before this, and once they got the news, they were even more agitated.

"That's right, chief, we only need 1000 men, and we can surely take down the market."

Dariachi sat at the head; his brows were locked and his voice was solemn. "Use your brains; their actions are too dubious. This is clearly a trap."

"Chief, whether or not it is a trap, in the end, it'd all come to the sizes of our fists. As long as we've taken down the market, what can the Friendship City military to do us? Even if it was a trap, we would still beat them down to the ground, and make them soak in their blood." The one who spoke was Dariachi's side arm, a general of the tribe, Huqitu.

"Yes, yes, that's right!" Huqitu's words were resonant to the others.

Even Daraichi was moved. He would be lying if he said that he was not tempted by the resources in the market. However, as the chief of the tribe, he needed to look further and deeper for the sake of his tribe, taking in every possibility into consideration. "Huqitu, your words are right. But what concerns me is the assaults that kept happening in the savanna lately; this place is now like an active volcano that would erupt at any time. This is really not a good time to stir up any more trouble."

"Chief, in my opinion, this is exactly why we should act more decisively. Seize the opportunity and earn ourselves a substantial amount of ore and food. They will be the assurance of our survival." Huqitu was staunch and firm, and he said this with determination.

Huqitu's opinion had echoed with those of the tribe heads.

Dariachi sighed in his heart. Huqitu's words were too vigorous, making him to think that he was really too conservative. In order to strive for a high place in the world, caution was needed, but excessive caution would eventually turn into timidity, and would allow countless golden opportunities to slip past his grasp.

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Chapter 258- The Army at the Border

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The Chinese had a saying. 'If the time was right, one would reap all the benefits; however, if the timing was wrong, one would suffer the consequences.'

"Good!" Dariachi decided. "Huqitu, I order you to lead 1000 men and take down the trading market." Dariachi lost his usual calm demeanor. Under the temptation of victory and profits, under the pushing of the noble families, his blood boiled.

"Okay!" Huqitu was highly confident.

11th month 6th day

Huqitu led his army, suddenly crossing the city protection river and attacking the trading market which was totally defenseless.

The army chased away all the merchants that were there, plundering the entire trading market. They didn't forget to set fire to and destroy the entire place.

As the fire spread and rose into the sky, the army brought their large amounts of trophies and items and left.

The trading market outside of Friendship City was an important trading spot between Shanhai City and the nomad tribes. Every tribe, including the Tian Qi tribe, had merchants housed there.

The action of the Tian Feng Tribe was like a whirlwind, and it spread across the entire grassland.

When all the tribes learned of the news, there were some who envied and others who were jealous. Many even regretted, regretted that they weren't the ones who thought about that.

The victors were naturally delighted, and when huge amounts of ores and grain were transported back to their tribe, the entire tribe was bustling, and they held a huge feast the same day.

Even Dariachi couldn't believe what had happened and felt fortunate that he didn't miss the opportunity.

Based on the calculations, the amount of grain could last the tribe for half a year. The ores was enough to make numerous arrows, knives and armor.

The Tian Feng Tribe were now a step closer to becoming the overlords of the grasslands.

The second day, before the celebratory spirit of the tribe had even passed, the messenger from Friendship City had arrived.

The messenger warned Tian Feng Tribe of their actions and demanded that the tribe return all their goods and 500 Qingfu horses back as compensation.

"Haha~Haha~" the words of the messenger attracted the mocking laughs of the tribesmen.

The messenger kept calm and his facial expression didn't change.

Dariachi sat in his tent, shaking his head in amusement. "And what if I don't?"

"If you decline, then we can only go to war."

"Such big words, do you know who you're talking to?" Huqitu chided, the success of the robbery had made his prestige rise and he was now seen as the tribe hero.

The messenger's eyes froze and he turned towards Hu Qitu, saying calmly, "This must be the general that robbed the trading market? My lord has said that such evil must be ended!"

"You!" Huqitu was furious. "Such courage, I'm going to kill you." As he said that, he pulled out the crescent knife by his side and leapt towards the messenger.

"Slow down!" Suddenly, Dariachi stopped Huqitu. He was puzzled and asked, "What did you say just now, lord? A small Friendship City and he dares call himself lord?"

Facing such a forceful opposition, the messenger didn't fear and continued to keep a straight face. Hearing Dariachi's words he turned around and said, "You insulted my lord and now there's no road to reconciliation, goodbye!"

"Stop!" Huqitu shouted and laughed coldly, "You still want to leave?"

"Why? You want to kill me, a messenger?"

"Stupid messenger, go to hell!" Huqitu raised his crescent knife and chopped down.

"Hold your blade!" Dariachi shouted and said solemnly, "We Chinese have a saying, two countries have a war, but we don't kill the messengers. We can't let them say that we are uncultured; let him leave."

"Chief!" Huqitu was a bit reluctant.

"I said, let him go!" Dariachi was furious that Huqitu was getting a bit out of control.

"Okay!" Huqitu was a smart person and when he felt the unhappiness in the voice of the tribal leader, he backed down.

Dariachi looked at the messenger and said, "Go back and tell your so called lord and ask him to not look for humiliation."

The messenger shook his head in amusement and walked away.

Long before the Military Intelligence Division sent out their spies, the Military Affairs Department had started to move their army.

The Tian Feng tribe's population had broken 8000. Based on the tradition that all members of the tribe were warriors, the original 1000 man army was expanded to 3000.

For this battle, Ouyang Shuo didn't shift over the city's western and eastern camp forces. They were clearing out raiders, and to call them over would not only cause panic to the commoners, but even alert the raider leaders.

The forces that were sent included the 2nd regiment of the 1st division, the Guards regiment, the Shanhai City city protection regiment, Qiushui City's city protection regiment, and Friendship City's city protection regiment, a total of five regiments and 12,500 people.

Apart from the Shanhai City's city protection regiment, the other 2 city protection regiments were just built. After forming, they didn't have chance to join in any practical battles so their combat strength was a little weaker.

What Ouyang Shuo mainly relied on were the Guards regiment and the 2nd regiment. Both of them were well equipped with Qingfu horses, Mingguang armor, and horse lances.

The 2nd regiment's Qingfu horses already had defensive armor, and could be called a real heavy armored cavalry. As for the Guards regiment, to maintain mobility, they gave up on the horse's defensive armor.

The sudden military action had caused all military training in the western suburbs to stop.

To avoid raising any suspicion, the 10 man teaching group from the Rattlesnake mercenary group was sent back to Jianye and would return after the war.

Gaia first year 11th month 8th day, Friendship City

On the city walls, the lord flag of Shanhai City slowly rose and under the shine of the sunlight, looked majestic. It announced the power of Shanhai City, and that it was finally baring its fangs.

Facing the sun, the five regiments formed up neatly and waited for the lord's appraisal.

Ouyang Shuo was accompanied by Wang Feng and Lin Yi, climbing up the high platform, scrutinizing the forces, and also to chiding the Tianfeng Tribe forces for going against their partnership to destroy the trading market. Not only that, they also refused to cooperate and looked down on Shanhai City. For the sake of their honor, they could only fight.

"Fight! Fight! Fight!" Over 10 thousand warriors bellowed. The aura of the army swept around like they wanted to drown the grasslands and dye it red.

Ouyang Shuo stood up on the high platform and helped command and lead the troops. Seeing such morale, it made Ouyang Shuo's blood boil.

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Chapter 259- Surrendering Without Fighting

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With such great men, such a strong army would definitely be able to sweep the Earth.

Ouyang Shuo started to give instructions to the generals, "Wang Feng!"

"Present!" Wang Feng stepped out and knelt with one knee of the ground.

"You will lead the Guards regiment and be in charge of the left."

"Yes, my lord!"

"Lin Yi!!"

"Present!" Lin Yi stepped out.

"You will lead the 2nd regiment and be in charge of the right."

"Yes, my lord!"

For the left and right wings, Ouyang Shuo arranged the elite cavalry forces. The three city protection regiments were arranged in the center with Ouyang Shuo personally leading them. Shanhai City and Friendship City's city protection regiments would lead the charge while Qiushui City's city protection squad would act as the reserve. In the regiment itself, the archers would be in front, the sword shield soldiers at the back, and the cavalry at the wings.

Such a formation was invincible.

After which, Ouyang Shuo pulled out his Tang Blade and shouted, "Let's go!"

The giant army formation started to move. Apart from footsteps and the hooves of the war horses, nothing else was heard. The army went across the city protection river and marched straight for the Tian Feng Tribe.

Dariachi obviously didn't just lie there and wait. Although he appeared arrogant when he met the messenger, in truth after the messenger left he had been preparing for defense against Friendship City and didn't put down his guard.

Such a large scale military movement naturally couldn't escape his eyes.

Facing the huge army, no one wouldn't cower in fear. The cavalry troops that were training in the city north camp had returned at the right time too.

When the lord flag rose up on the walls of Friendship City, this was when Dariachi knew that Friendship City was just a subsidiary territory.

At this point, this was when Dariachi understood the true meaning of why the messenger had said 'Lord.'

A person who didn't sweep the four corners and hold a lot of land wouldn't be called a lord.

In the tribe tent, Dariachi frowned.

He raged. "Scheme, this is a scheme. A huge scheme targeting our Tian Feng tribe."

The joy of victory had faded and what remained was endless regret.

Truthfully, Ouyang Shuo's actions were throwing bait. Sending the messenger was done so as to earn the moral high ground. In such a way, Tian Feng tribe was despicable, and naturally they wouldn't be able to make the other tribes join them.

"Chief, what should we do now?" The tribe nobles were like panicking birds and were terrified.

"What can we do? We can only fight," Huqitu said.

"Shut up!" Dariachi fumed. If it weren't for Huqitu persuading him and pushing him, he wouldn't have caused such a problem.

"General Hu must be joking; the enemy is 10,000 men strong, how can we fight?" The noble families were unhappy.

When attacking the trading market, the noble families admired and supported Huqitu. Now that the situation has changed, so did their attitudes as they all blamed him for his reckless act.

Everyone knew that when attacking the trading market, the ones that were the most eager were also this bunch of people.

Being dissed by both the tribe leader and the noble families, Huqitu was totally red and said ruthlessly, "How can their combat strength compare to that of our grassland men?"

Dariachi shook his head and didn't bother about Huqitu, turning around and looking at everyone. "The only plan now is to ask for help. What are your opinions?"

"Ask for help? From whom? It was our fault and the other tribes are laughing at us! If they don't strike us when we are down we should be happy. Why will they help us?"

"That's right!"

Dariachi supported his forehead with his hand as he had an intense headache. He said with annoyance, "This can't work, that can't work... so what should we do?"

All of the noble families looked at one another, all of them not knowing what to do.

"Why don't we return the stuff to them?" One of the members said meekly.

"It's too late, if we had agreed with the messenger, it all would be ok. We rejected it and since the enemy has gathered their army, they won't let it rest."

In the tent, the atmosphere became very suppressive.

At this point, a noble family member stood up and suggested, "Why dont... why don't we surrender?"

The moment his words came out, everyone panicked as if he had opened a Pandora's box.

"Surrender?" Everyone stuttered.

"We can't. We are the children of the grassland; how can we surrender without fighting?" Huqitu shouted with discontentment.

Dariachi felt a shiver in his heart. He knew that the worst outcome was about to arrive. He had no power to prevent the fear and cowardice amongst the noble families.

One shouldn't treat the noble families as mice. In truth, they were the real core of the tribe and held all the power.

Since they wanted to surrender, even if as the leader he didn't agree, he wouldn't be able to control the army. The logistics of the army was controlled by all these noble families.

Dariachi closed his eyes; his ambition to be an overlord had ended.

After a long while, he opened his eyes and said, "Hai Rigu, about the surrender, you go and handle it!"

Hai Rigu was the guy who suggested the surrender. He stood up and said, "Ok!"

"Tribe leader, we can't. Our boys still can fight!" Huqitu tried to stop it.

"Men!" Dariachi didn't even look at Huqitu and instead called his Guards.

"Present!" Four Guards entered the tent.

"Capture Huqitu and throw him in jail!" Dariachi knew that one of the messenger's conditions was to hand him over.

To prevent accidents from happening, Dariahci had to lock up Huqitu.

"Tribe leader!" Huqitu had a face full of shock and was speechless.

Truthfully, he was the right-hand man of Dariahci and about locking him up, Dariahci couldn't bear to do it. Unfortunately, the situation forced his hand, and he had no choice.

"Capture him!" Dariahci couldn't bear to look on as he ruthlessly ordered.

"Yes!" The guards were all extremely loyal to the tribe leader. Although they were surprised, they did their jobs without hesitation.

Huqitu's heart turned cold and he stopped resisting.

"Disperse!"

He had failed his mission of becoming an overlord. His usual energy and spirit faded along with it. The noble families, upon seeing that, who knew what they felt in their hearts as they left silently one by one.

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Chapter 260- Without Bloodshed

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To be able to take down Tian Feng Tribe without any bloodshed was totally unexpected.

As the army reached the outer regions of the Tian Feng Tribe territory, they were faced with Hai Rigu, who hurried over and surrendered.

After understanding his intentions, Ouyang Shuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect his actions to have such a good effect, able to help him persuade them without using a single troop.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo didn't put down his guard and ordered his troops to advance forward.

The huge army was like a whirlwind as they blew toward the Tian Feng tribe. Further away, one could see some light armored cavalry, which were scouts sent by the other tribes.

Ouyang Shuo didn't stop them and instead just showed off the military might of Shanhai City. The nomad tribes were like that; they feared the strong and bullied the weak.

Under the sky and white clouds, the tens of thousands of men army moved forward in an orderly manner. If one personally saw it, one would be awed. The biggest tribe in the grasslands, the Tian Qi tribe, only had 10 thousand men.

After arriving in the Tian Feng tribe camp, the nomads all walked out curiously. Seeing such a huge army formation, they all felt fortunate that they didn't choose war. If not, all of them would have probably perished on the battlefield.

Ouyang Shuo ordered the Friendship City's city protection regiment to enter the camp and take over the defensive work. Following which, they would be to take over all the equipment and disarm the 3000 man army.

To surrender without fighting, be it the army or the commoners, they all were still a little wary and unsubmissive. Ouyang Shuo naturally would be careful in case they turned around to bite him.

Only after finishing with all the stuff did he not worry and start to meet the important people of the tribe.

Tian Feng Tribe tent

Ouyang Shuo was respectfully invited to sit; Dariachi brought all the noble families and bowed down to their new lord.

"Greetings to the lord!"

Ouyang Shuo noticed that his eyes were a little sour, and when he kneeled, he was unwilling.

As things were rushed, Ouyang Shuo didn't know what to do with them. "The many of you are sincere in surrendering, I feel very happy, so would all of you move to Shanhai City and enjoy our riches?"

The noble families all look at one another. This was another way of saying he wanted to keep a lookout on all of them.

As they had no choice, they could only agree with it.

Since the enemy took the initiative to surrender, Ouyang Shuo naturally wouldn't kill everyone and do anything stupid. To leave all these noble families in the tribe, however, Ouyang Shuo was worried. To bring them over to Shanhai City and spend the rest of their lives there was the best choice.

With that, they could act as a sign to the other tribes. If any of them couldn't survive and had no way out, surrendering was still a good choice.

Following which would be dealing strictly with the tribe.

In the long run, taking down the Tian Feng tribe had huge meaning. It announced the entry of Shanhai City into the grasslands, and acted as a springboard for the future.

As for the short term gain, what was most important was to obtain the Qingfu horses and the 3000 elite soldiers.

Based on his calculation, apart from the 6000 Qingfu horses prepared for 3000 of them, the Tian Feng tribe still had 3500 more.

The 3000 elite were separated by Ouyang Shuo and sent to the 2nd, 4th and 5th regiments. The 3000 cavalry that were replaced would become a part of the independent division and housed in the city north camp.

Out of the generals, the leaders of 10 men were appointed sergeants, and those with 100 under them were appointed lieutenants. As for the 3 with 1000 under them, they faced a different fate.

This wasn't mentioning Huqitu, who was locked up. He would be sent to Shanhai City prison and spend his days there.

Of the remaining two, one was called Mori Genhe. He was 45 and was an old and experienced person. Ouyang Shuo arranged for him to retire and spend his old days in Shanhai City.

The one that Ouyang Shuo admired was the young man.

He was 26 and was given his name in the grasslands. He wasn't part of the tribe and was from a small tribe that was destroyed by Tian Feng tribe. Dariachi admired his qualities and broke the rule to allow him to lead 1000 men.

Name: Shaobu

Identity: Shanhai City Resident

Occupation: Intermediate General

Loyalty: 75

Command: 55

Force: 70

Intelligence: 42

Politics: 24

Specialty: Charging Assault (Raise movement speed by 10%), Shooting (Raise bow attacks by 10%)

Cultivation Method:

Equipment: Sediao Bow

Evaluation: Trained in archery since he was young, highly accurate. He has a carefree personality and cares for his subordinates.

After taking a look at his stats, Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate and immediately named him the colonel of the independent regiment. With someone who was familiar with the grassland tribes, Ouyang Shuo believed that the city north camp was as strong as rock.

With the reorganization complete, the 2nd, 4th, 5th and independent regiments as well as Guards regiment all had Qingfu horses. The remaining 2000 were sent to the Jifeng Valley horse stables.

About the Tian Feng tribe's main camp, Ouyang Shuo decided to change it into the city north camp. The general in charge would be Lin Yi, and Shaobu would be the deputy.

Apart from the noble families who were moved to Shanhai City, the normal farmers and herders were now under Friendship City. As they were nomads, Ouyang Shuo allowed them to make settlements outside of the city.

As for the destroyed trading market, as the times changed, it lost its use and there was no tribe willing to come over to trade. Hence, Ouyang Shuo didn't rebuild it.

The change with Tian Feng tribe had stunned and shocked all the other grassland tribes. Only then did they know that farther south was a territory known as Shanhai City which was staring at and observing them.

All of the sudden, a feeling of danger swept over them. Tian Feng tribe surrendering without fighting was the best show of strength. Needless to say, after the surrender, Shanhai City's strength would increase once again.

Facing such a change, those cowardly tribes decided to group up. The ambitious ones turned their attention to their neighbours as the best way to gain a foothold, and was naturally to expand one's own strength.

These medium-sized tribes didn't dare target Shanhai City. Tian Feng tribe was the example, and they didn't want to take the risk as who knew how many more troops Shanhai City still had.

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Chapter 261- Flagrantly Declaring War

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After he had finished dealing with the Tianfeng tribe matters, two days had already passed.

Just as he was on the way back to Shanhai City, a system notification sounded out.

"System notification: 100 cities have been successfully upgraded in the Chinese region, initiating the 3rd battle map, the Battle of Changping, which will start in 3 days. Please look forward to it. Friendly reminder: Only territories city grade and above can participate."

It was unexpected but logical.

The requirements to join the Battle of Changping had shot up a notch, only city grade and above, which meant that there would be less than 100 lords that joined.

Such a setting was undoubtedly to widen the gap between the lord gamemode players. Those who hadn't upgraded their territories to city level would lose their chance to join, which also meant they lost the chance to get merit points.

This meant that their road to upgrading their city would become harder and more tumultuous.

One could predict that missing out on such an opportunity would mean losing out on the chance to sweep the world. Apart from a few lucky ones who managed to chase up, the rest were pretty much destined to be swallowed up.

As many territories upgraded to city grade, more and more territorial wars had started to occur. Shanhai City wasn't the only one. The only thing special about Shanhai City was that it took things a step further.

As threats were removed one by one, Ouyang Shuo had set his sights on taking over the entire Lianzhou Basin. Of course, the prerequisite would be the first upgrade to a prefecture.

Shanhai City's population was nearing the 100 thousand max, and was ready to upgrade.

After the Battle of Changping, Ouyang Shuo would apply to upgrade. However, he himself didn't know what test he would face to upgrade to a prefecture.

Just as he was thinking about the future, an eye-boggling message appeared on the country channel.

"Di Chen: Qiyue Wuyi, during the Battle of Changping, the Yanhuang Alliance will choose the camp of Zhao Country, will Shanhai Alliance accept our battle and go against us?"

The players were in an uproar. This was the 2nd time Di Chen had challenged Ouyang Shuo.

The only difference was that this time he did it using the name of the Yanhuang Alliance. Obviously they had came to an agreement in this matter, and this wasn't the act of Di Chen alone.

Most importantly, everyone knew that the Qin Country had won the Battle of Changping.

For the Yanhuang Alliance to choose the losing camp, this meant that they were confident in rewriting history.

Such an attitude was something Ouyang Shuo had to deeply consider.

Ouyang Shuo kept quiet. Anyone with a brain would be able to guess that they had some insider news about the Battle of Changping, and had been preparing for that. That was the only reason why they had the confidence to challenge Shanhai Alliance.

This time, the situation was totally against them.

Before Ouyang Shuo could say anything, the alliance channel was already in an uproar. Especially Gong Chengshi, who was the fiercest and wanted a one vs one against Di Chen.

Even the normally quiet Xunlong Dianxue and the others were furious and wanted to accept the battle. Only Feng Qiuhuang said out loud the conjecture similar to Ouyang Shuo's. Even so she couldn't calm everyone down.

"Wuyi, what are your thoughts?"

Everyone went silent, as everyone left the decision in the hands of Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo laughed. "If he wants a war, let's have one."

"Great!" Everyone came to the agreement that the honor and position of Shanhai Alliance shouldn't and wouldn't be challenged.

Even though he made such a comment, he didn't underestimate his opponent, as this was a war that he couldn't afford to lose.

The next day, the members of the Shanhai Alliance gathered in Shanhai City to discuss strategy.

Out of all of them, only Wufu was visiting Shanhai City for the first time. For the village building quest, he was like Bai Hua and Xunlong Dianxue, obtaining a silver village creation token, and also a king rank summoning token. Unfortunately, he summoned a civil servant, who was of no use in battle.

Similar to Wufu was Xiong Ba. During the Battle of Muye, Ouyang Shuo didn't see any historical general by his side.

Only beside Wandering Magic was a historical general.

The last time Bai Hua and the others came to Shanhai City, it was when Shanhai Town was trying to upgrade. Half a year had passed, and the city had changed a lot. Apart from the lord's manor, everything looked different.

Even the lord's manor had a huge change, with a huge "Lianzhou Lord's Manor" plaque hanging outside. Wufu said with envy, "When can my lord's manor also have such a sign?"

"You ah, give up!" Xunlong Dianxue dissed him.

"Wuyi, you really shock us time after time!" Bai Hua was amazed; the development of Shanhai City was unable to help motivate members, only making them worship and envy him.

"I came this time to take a look and learn from brother Wuyi." Wufu, who was keeping quiet, couldn't help but laugh.

Shanhai City's organization was a life-sized encyclopedia.

Ouyang Shuo laughed. "Let's talk in the manor." He led them into the hall in the front courtyard.

Out of the members, Wufu and Song Wen were new members, so they made use of this chance to get to know the other members.

"For this battle, what thoughts do all of you have?" Ouyang Shuo asked. All those seated were elites amongst lords. Even though they didn't have much understanding of the Battle of Changping, they had enough time to search up details about it.

Feng Qiuhuang was one of the most excited and said, "This battle is of utmost importance. For the Yanhuang Alliance to take the initiative, there are pros and cons."

"How so?"

"The pros don't need to be said. In the last two battles, Wuyi is the example. He made early preparations specifically for the battle. Be it the south-pointing chariot or the crossbow machine, it decided the battle. This time, Yanhuang Alliance has went all out and if they fail, they are ruined."

Bai Hua frowned. "We can't be so optimistic. Di Chen and the others have been bullied by Wuyi so many times and have already learned their lesson. Without some confidence, they wouldn't have provoked us in the country channel."

Ouyang Shuo shook his head in amusement. How did he become a bully in her eyes?

Feng Qiuhuang didn't deny it and said, "I'm not blindly optimistic. Compared to the Yanhuang Alliance, we have an advantage; our ranks are much higher than them."

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Chapter 262- Pride

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"Out of all their ranks, the highest is only 2nd rank earl, and can only bring 1000 troops. Our big brother can bring 10 thousand troops, the same as 20 new lords. Adding all of us, we will have over 20 thousand and would be above 25% of the troops in the battle." Gong Chengshi agreed.

"Don't forget that the Battle of Changping is a battle of million troops. What can our 20 thousand do? The one that decides the victory is the troops of the two nations." Xunlong Dianxue wasn't as optimistic.

Ouyang Shuo didn't join in the discussion, and when they talked about troops, he then opened his mouth. "What use 20 thousand men can be of depends on what kind of troops we bring."

"Wuyi is right. Although we can't be the core, we can be the joker or the trump card." Feng Qiuhuang agreed.

"Seems like I need to bring out my elite troops again."

"Aiya, stop being so secretive. What troops should we bring?" Mulan Yue grumbled.

Ouyang Shuo looked at Qushou and asked, "About this question, it's better for him to answer."

As the military advisor of the alliance, Qushou was very capable. With the help of Gaia, all these historical people had great knowledge of war, and one didn't need to specifically brief them on anything.

He stood up and bowed to everyone. "Out of the three types, infantry, cavalry and archers, archers aren't useful as the Qin country's infantry and cavalry like close combat. In such a chaotic battle it will be hard to use archers. Out of all the troops of the alliance, apart from the heavy armored mountain barbarian infantry from Shanhai City, the rest can't measure up to the infantry of the Qin Country. Hence, we can only send out cavalry."

"But after the Zhao Country revolution when they started to use cavalry with lighter armor who could bows, their cavalry are the best. Can this work?" Xunlong Dianxue questioned.

"I agree with Qushou." Ouyang Shuo said, "In this battle, Shanhai City will send 10 thousand elite cavalry. Before and after the war, the situations are different. Before the Spring and Autumn Period, war was just people lining up at a set location and fighting head on. They were like noble family battles where customs and manners were important. The Battle of Zhuolu and the Battle of Muye were such battles."

"During the Warring States Era, war became about killing and taking important land, and there weren't such rules anymore. The Battle of Changping was a typical battle of attrition, and it's important for one to be quick and flexible. No matter how strong their cavalry is, we have no choice and can only choose to send out cavalry."

The hall was totally silent, and everyone was digesting the new information.

"Big brother, you aren't going to bring such a strong force like the heavy armored infantry?" Gong Chengshi asked with doubt.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head. "To tell the truth, we only have 2000 heavy armored infantry. Their armor is only good as defense, and in such a big battle, they won't be able to be of any use. They also won't be able to work together and assist the Qin Country soldiers, so there's no point bringing them."

"Since big brother has made such a decision, I've nothing to say. I'll bring all cavalry." Gong Chengshi laughed and firmly believed in Ouyang Shuo.

The others all nodded in agreement to Qushou and Ouyang Shuo's views.

Seeing that the various lords had reached an agreement, he said, "There's also another thing I have to remind everyone."

"Please speak!"

"In the Battle of Changping, the preparations for a long term war done by the Zhao Country was much better than Qin Country. Although the Qin Country accumulated a lot of grain, for them to become edible was difficult. Hence, it's best if you all bring a bunch of military grain pills to reduce to burden on Qin Country."

Ouyang Shuo didn't hide the manuals that he bought to build military grain pills and military tents from his allies and told them all about the manuals. Hence, apart from Stone City and Tianshuang City, the rest all were able to produce the two resources.

Ouyang Shuo estimated that Di Chen and his alliance most probably bought the manuals too. They had experts survey the market, and after the Battle of Zhuolu, they definitely wouldn't give up on such good weapons.

After the military discussion, Feng Qiuhuang asked another question. " Wuyi, do you want to contact some other lords to invite them to join the Qin Country camp?"

Ouyang Shuo frowned. "Do you think that Di Chen would take the chance to invite other lords to create an imbalance of players?" Ouyang Shuo immediately understood her meaning.

"Based on my understanding of them, they will definitely do that. They know that they can't beat us head on, so they have to scheme, and they are really good at that."

"That's right, during the territory acquisition wave, the medium and large powers bought many territories, and many of them have relationships with the Yanhuang Alliance." Song Wen suddenly said. He was the earliest beneficiary, and thus he understood.

Tianshuang City made use of the power of the Song family to get into the top 100 territories. Similarly, the people who acquired those territories had naturally became frontrunners in the game.

"How could commoners compete against the rich families?" Wufu had mocked. He was looked down upon and not trusted by Di Chen, thus he was forced to join Shanhai Alliance for protection. As such, he had many thoughts about this topic.

Ouyang Shuo kept silent. Whether he liked it or not, Shanhai Alliance and Yanhuang Alliance represented these two powers. Although the line wasn't so clear, with Shanhai Alliance having Feng Qiuhuang and Song Wen, and Yanhuang Alliance also having commoners like Wandering Magic.

"What do you all feel?" Ouyang Shuo didn't make a decision by himself.

"I think that this situation is all self volunteering. Both sides have made it clear which camp we chose, which team they support, and each lord would have his or her consideration. If they trust us, they will definitely join the Qin Country camp." Xunlong Dianxue saw it very clearly.

"That's right." Gong Chengshi agreed.

Bai Hua didn't object. After all, everyone had some pride and wouldn't want to beg others.

Ouyang Shuo had an idea himself and exclaimed, "Great, that's settled. We will be ready to face all situations. I would like to see how much influence Shanhai Alliance has on all the players."

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Chapter 263- Battle of Changping

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After sending off the members of Shanhai Alliance, Ouyang Shuo started to make some final preparations for his army.

The army that he sent included the Guards regiment led by Wang Feng, the 2nd regiment led by Lin Yi, the light armored cavalry's 4th regiment led by Luo Shixin, as well as the independent regiment's light armored cavalry led by Shao Bu.

The 1st regiment guarded the city west camp, the 3rd regiment guarded the city east camp. Sun Chuan Lin led the 5th regiment to guard the city north camp, and the remaining 500 cavalry from the independent regiment guarded the city north camp.

Of course the two generals Shi Wanshui and Er'Lai would follow them to battle.

As they were all cavalry, they were able to all gather in the main camp within a day. As for logistics, Ouyang Shuo took 200 thousand military grain pills, which would last them 20 days. If one counted the war horses, then it would last 10 days.

Ouyang Shuo wanted to bring more, but firstly, the storage bag had a limited space, and secondly, the production speed of the military factory was limited. These 200 thousand pills were 1.5 months of hard work.

Hence, unless Qin didn't have enough food, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't make use of these.

Based on the calculation of one military grain pill being 1 copper, 200 thousand would equal 2000 gold. Adding the 10 thousand gold in teleportation costs, before the battle began, he had already spent 12 thousand. If he didn't gain anything from this battle, he would've lost a lot.

Gaia first year 11th month 14th day, 9 AM

The system notification sounded punctually.

"System notification: 262 B.C. the Qin army attacked the Han and took over Yewang. Their king was willing to give up Shangdou to stop the Qin troops. However, the shogun of the prefecture wasn't willing to surrender to the Qin, and instead sent someone to surrender to the Zhao instead. Zhao King naturally happily accepted them. The Qin King was furious and ordered his troops to attack Shangdou while the Zhao King sent troops to defend it, resulting in a standstill at Changping."

"In the third year, the Qin sent a large army to attack the Zhao. In the 7th month, the Zhao sent Zhao Kuo to lead the troops. The Qin secretly appointed Baiqi as the general and he attacked Zhao Kuo's weakness of being too arrogant. He acted like he was losing and backed off, drawing the Zhao troops out of their base and into a trap. They were surrounded and easily slaughtered, gaining victory for the Qin. The 3rd historical battle- Battle of Changping, officially begins!"

Shanhai City's 10 thousand elite cavalry were gathered in the square with all their equipment.

As usual, he had to verify requirements to join the battle, the number of people joining, and choose a camp.

"System Notification: Congratulations Player Qiyue Wuyi for activating battle teleportation. Teleporting 10 thousand men, deducting 10 thousand gold in fees."

"System Notification: Commencing Teleportation!"

After a short distortion in space, Ouyang Shuo and his troops appeared in the Changping battlefield.

"System Notification: Welcome player Qiyue Wuyi to the base of the Qin- Guanglang City."

On 262 B.C. the Qin gained the important city of the Han- Yewang.

It was a crucial point where the people in the Shangdou prefecture of the Han could contact those south of the Yellow River, who were also of the Han.

Losing Yewang meant that communications north of Taihang were cut off from the the capital, Xingzhen. As Shangdou was a region with few people, and to them it was just dead land, they decided to exchange it for peace and give it up to the Qin. However the shogun Feng Ting gave it to the Zhao instead, causing a war between Zhao and Qin over Shangdou, starting the Battle of Changping.

At that point, the Zhao court had an intense debate on whether or not to accept Shangdou, the king of the plains Zhaosheng felt that not using a single soldier and getting Shangdou was a great deal and he supported accepting it; the King of Pingyang Zhaobao felt that fighting against Qin would cause them to lose, so he resolutely disagreed against the deal.

Zhao Kuo on the other hand analyzed that the Zhao had to accept Shangdou.

If the Qin gained Shangdou and took control of Juhu Pass, and took over the 4th pass in the east, the Fukou Pass at Taixing, they could easily attack the capital of Zhao, Handan.

Hence because of that, Shangdou was useless to Han, but it was a matter of life or death for the Zhao. The Qin were on the surface fighting the Han for Shangdou, but in truth they were making preparations to attack the Zhao. Hence, no matter whether they accepted or not, they had to fight them. If they accepted, they could make preparations and defences. As such, it was the smarter choice.

In 262 B.C. General Lianpo from the Zhao accepted Shangdou and set up defences at Changping to stop the Qin army. The reason he chose Changping was because of the environment's conditions.

Firstly, Changping had the best geological and strategic places in all of Shangdou. The region was mainly hills. It had many mountains but also many plains. The main river was the Dan River, and there were 5 smaller rivers, the Dongcang River, Xiaodong River, Dongda River, Liuxu River, and Yonglu River, which covered the whole area.

This kind of geography was good for battle. Mountainous ground made attacking risky. Especially from the west and north where there were the Gaoyu Pass, Changping Pass, Gu Pass, etc. where they could fortify and defend; the hills could allow troops to move secretly without much difficulty. The river and the plains aided the transportation of resources and troops, also solving the problem of food. Everything adding together was beneficial to the defenders and not the attackers.

Secondly, no matter if the Qin attacked Shangdou or Handan, they only had two mountain routes they could take. They could take the Wu Ridge and Laoma Ridge to the west or the Yangchang Hill, Tianjin Pass to the south. Either route they chose had to go past Changping. This meant that as long as Lianpo had a strong army to defend Changping, the Qin army not only couldn't take over Shangdou, but couldn't get close to Handan.

The Zhao army went west of Handan City, crossing the 4th Pass of the "8 passes of Taixing", going further west through the Hukou Pass and into Shangdou. They then went in the southwest direction, going past Bayi Village, past the Changping War Zone, going around the Xiaodong river and past Jingmen Town and Xuanshi before splitting up and setting up their defences.

Xuanshi was around the middle of the Dan River, where both the Dan River and the Xiaodong River flowed. Hence, this place was relatively damp, but it was open and spacious. Between the two rivers, there was 10 thousand square meters of open land, with many hills which didn't impede movement. One could follow the Dan River towards the southeast or go against the tide towards the northwest, towards the villages there.

When Lianpo entered the Changping region, he set up 3 defensive lines.

The first was at Laoma Ridge. In the middle of the ridge was a large pass known as the Gaoping Pass. Left of the pass was a cliff wall, and on the right a steep stream. One could only go through the middle. The pass was 350 meters long from east to west and 1000 meters long from north to south. To the east and west of the pass were rivers that led down the mountain. West of it was Duanmin River which flowed towards the Yuxi River. Although there were mountains blocking east of the pass, to the north and south of the pass was the Dan River that flowed towards two rivers, the Macun River and the Yuancun River which flowed towards the east. This made a good passageway to travel through, and was a place the military needed to block up.

After Lianpo set up defences at Laoma Ridge, he built a city at the mouth of the Macun River and the Yuancun River. He thought that with the two rivers and the Laoma Ridge behind him, it would be a situation where it would be well protected. The Er'Zhang City had its back facing the mountain and was facing the river, being a place where troops could group up, and they could reinforce the soldiers at the pass at any time.

East of the Macun and the Yuancun rivers where both met was the Kangyin Village. South of it was the Xu River, and south of the river was the Beiling Mountain. West of the village was Horse Village, and west of where the two rivers met was called Langshan. This village was protected by mountains and rivers, forming a self enclosed environment. The 3 valleys were crooked with many turns, making it an easy to defend but hard to attack strategic point.

The village was originally the important reinforcement and provisions base for the Laoma Ridge; after it was conquered by the Qin, it became the eastern base of the Qin army.

The place where Ouyang Shuo was teleported to was exactly this place.

Leaving this for later, let's introduce the other two defensive lines that Lianpo set up.

Secondly, it was the defensive line at the Dan River. The river originated from Gaoping, flowing east and south. It flowed from the middle of Gaoping south to Pu City, and into the Yellow River. The valleys were deep with a strongly flowing rivers, the coasts were very wide and was good for troops to move.

Lianpo made use of this natural shield, building a 2nd line of defense at the eastern shoreline of the Dan River, which would act as the main defense. This defensive line stretched from Xuanshi southeast towards Zhao Zhuang, Daliang Mountain, and Gaoping. It also went northwest to Dianyi, Qijiayuan, Weicheng, Shimen, Jiantou, Sanjun, Hanwang Mountain, Yonglu, Changping, and the Jueshui and Danzhu Ridges.

Daliang Mountain was where Lianpo stored all his grain. Going northeast from here, there was Guanjia Ridge, Qifo Mountain, the 3 forming a mountainous body. This mountain was the highest amongst the central region mountains. Looking towards the northeast, one could see the Gu Pass. Towards the southwest one could see Laoma Ridge, together with the Hanwang Mountain 10 thousand odd meters away, they formed the two eyes of the Zhao army, letting them know about everything on the battlefield.

Such a situation was especially advantageous from a military standpoint, especially in the cold weapons era without communication methods. To the left of the mountain was the valley of Xiaodong River, and on the right was the valley of the Dongcang River which stretched towards the northeast, pointing towards Handan, maintaining close communication and also near provisions of supplies.

Lianpo's manor was set at Daliang Mountain.

The Hanwang Mountain was 7500 meters high, and was the ridge that split the Dan River, Xiaodong River and Yonglu River. It touched the clouds and had a clear view of the surroundings. Like how during the 3 year period when Daliang Mountain was the manor of Lianpo, Hanwang Mountain was where Zhao Kuo stayed at during the final stages of the battle. It and the Dan River were where the main battlefield was and where the Zhao army was trapped in.

Changping Pass was located at the northern border of Gaoping and Changzi. North of it was the source of the Zhuozhang River, south of it was the Dan River that flowed southeast. East and west of it were mountains. The western mountain reached the Danzhu Ridge which was the highest peak. The north side was flatter, and it was sloping down, so one had the high ground advantage against the enemy who was climbing the slope.

Changping Pass as the second line of defence prevented Qin troops from coming down from the east or coming up from the north.

Thirdly would be the 50 kilometer defensive stone wall. This defensive line went from the northwest all the way to the southeast, with the main priority at the northwest. It started at Changping Pass towards the mountain south of Dongjin to Yangtou Mountain. It continued towards Jinquan Mountain to the Maanhe, at the boundary of the Hu Pass. As the structure of the mountains and ridges had reached 50 kilometres, thus it was named.

If one said that the Laoma Ridge was the front of Zhao's defence, the Dan River would be the main base and the 50 kilometer stone wall would be their escape plan. This was the deepest point northeast to the Zhao forces, and would be Shangdou and Handan's last line of defense.

On 262 B.C. Lianpo was at Laoma Ridge as Wang He and his troops prepared to attack from the shore. The defenders from the Zhao had met the scouts from the Qin and couldn't hold, being forced back by the Qin army.

Wang He broke through the dangerous Laoma Ridge and its defences, taking over its supplies base, forming Guanglang City which was protected in all directions by mountains and rivers. He got rid of all the obstructions in the Dan River and rushed his troops to the western shore of the river, forming the situation where they were one river away from the Zhao troops.

Lianpo found that they couldn't fight head on with the Qin army, and wanted to maintain their strength for future battles, so he didn't try to organise a force to cross the river to fight them. He retreated to the eastern shore of the Dan River and relied on the river, strengthening the defensive line.

At this point, Lianpo was adamant in waiting for the Qin forces to attack. The Qin challenged and provoked them but they wouldn't send their troops. Just like that, he made use of the geological advantage to defend, causing the stronger Wang He who yearned for battle to be unwilling to cross the Dan River.

The battle remained in a stalemate where neither side was able to pull out ahead.

The Qin army came from far away, so it was difficult for them to get new supplies. They were also known as killers so no one in Shangdou wanted to help them. The Shangdou commoners supported the Zhao Army and worked together with them, as such they had a lot of resources. This decided that the Qin Army was better at a fast and decisive battle, but Zhao Army was better at a long, drawn out war.

The situation couldn't stay as such for long. It was either it went as Lianpo planned, for them to retaliate to destroy the Qin Army, or for Zhao court or Qin court to make a decision themselves.

The outcome was that Lianpo's strategy was deemed as being cowardly and being afraid to fight.

The Zhao King felt that it was so and let Zhao Kuo take over Lianpo to attack the Qin; at the same time, the Qin made Baiqi as the general and Wang He as the deputy. With that, the three year stalemate between them was finally broken and the battle seemed to favor the Qin.

Ouyang Shuo teleported into Guanglang City. What he didn't know was which stage Gaia had place them in, during the 3 year face off, or during the final stages of the war between Zhao Kuo and Baiqi.

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Chapter 264- Shocking Mystery

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There was also a registration point set up in Guanglang City, with a Qin Army lieutenant who was in charge of the registration.

After Ouyang Shuo registered, he didn't immediately leave but asked, "General, how was today's battle?"

When the lieutenant was helping them register, he knew that Ouyang Shuo brought 10 thousand troops, hence he answered his question simply, "The King of Wu An used his troops well and sent General Ying Bao who led a group of iron cavalry to the back of the enemy, taking down Changping Pass and cut off the passageway between the Zhao troops and Handan. General Wang Ling led another group into the valley at Dongcang River and cut off the Zhao army from Gu Pass. Now, the 40 thousand odd Zhao army is stuck in the mountain plateau of Changping, becoming trapped animals."

"What?" Ouyang Shuo was astonished; he didn't expect that Gaia would actually place them at such a point. Based on normal logic, when it reached such a step, the Zhao Army was destined to lose.

Something was wrong, something was definitely wrong. First, Gaia definitely wouldn't make such a battle quest. Second, why would Di Chen and the others choose the Zhao camp even when they received insider news?

If one said that there wasn't something fishy going on, Ouyang Shuo wouldn't believe it.

In contrast to Ouyang Shuo's reaction, the lords that were queuing up were elated upon hearing the lieutenant. They felt that they had chosen the right camp and had picked up an easy win.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head in amusement, leaving the registration point and looking for his allies.

Out of the allies, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were both 1st class Earls and could bring 3000 troops. The remainder of them, other than Song Wen, were 3rd class earls and could bring 1000.

Hence, the total strength of Shanhai Alliance was 20,500 men and they were all cavalry troops.

Out of them, the cavalry from Consonance City and Xunlong City were the most elite, their commanders being Zhang Liao and Qinqiong.

Of course, no matter what, they couldn't compare to the strength of Shanhai City.

Out of all the generals from Shanhai City, Shi Wanshui and E'Lai had both shown themselves. Only Luo Shixin was revealing himself for the first time, naturally attracting the envy of Bai Hua and the others.

Especially Feng Qiuhuang, whose territory didn't have a good general. Seeing Shanhai City having 3 great generals, she drooled, having none of the image of a mature woman.

Talking about that, Luo Shixin and Qin Qiong had known each person there, and upon meeting each other, many emotions were invoked.

Out of all the generals, Shi Wanshui was the most experienced at riding horses and also the oldest. As such, he was appointed the commander. Zhang Liao was the deputy, and Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin were one grade lower.

If one counted Mu Guiying, the leading forces of the Shanhai Alliance were really luxurious.

To make it easier to command, after discussing with Bai Hua and the others, Ouyang Shuo split the troops into squads of 10 thousand men. Shanhai City's 10 thousand cavalry formed a team with Er'Lai as the general, with Luo Shixin and Lin Yi as the deputies. The remaining 10,500 were in the other squad with Zhang Liao as the general, Mu Guiying and Qinqiong as the deputies. Shi Wanshui would be the commander to help lead and command both squads.

As for Bai Hua and the other lords, they didn't need to go on the battlefield. As for Ouyang Shuo, after gaining the Tianmo spear, he was raring to try it out. With his current strength, it was definitely sufficient to protect himself in battle.

Just as the Shanhai Alliance was busy organizing, the battle report sounded out.

"Battle Report: Battle of Changping, 100 lords participating, total strength 73 thousand men. Qin has 28 lords, and 31 thousand men; Zhao has 72 lords, and 42 thousand men."

In this battle, all 100 lords who reached the requirement had joined, and no one missed out. Out of all these lords, 80% and above were all rank 3 earls and could only bring 500 troops. Those remaining were mostly rank 2 earls and could bring 1000 troops. As for the higher ranked, there were only Ouyang Shuo, Bai Hua, and Feng Qiuhuang.

Di Chen and the others made use of their connections to successfully pull over 2/3 of the lords over to their side.

Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang's rank had totally made up for the difference in numbers, and the strength of both sides wasn't too far apart.

"Battle Report: Qin camp is at a numerical disadvantage. Based on battle rules, Qin troops have received a 20% movement speed buff."

It was actually an increase in movement speed! To the Shanhai Alliance who were all cavalry, this was definitely a good thing.

"Battle Report: Based on the results from rank and merit points, the Qin player representative will be Qiyue Wuyi, rank 3 marquis. Zhao representative is Di Chen, rank 2 Earl."

Ouyang Shuo's position as the player representative was one that no one could touch. On the other hand, Di Chen, after the Battle of Muye had surpassed Chun Shenjun and became the representative of the Zhao.

The 30 thousand troops of the Qin were all sent to the Guanglang City barracks. After dealing with the military matters, Ouyang Shuo and his allies rushed to his tent for a meeting.

Ouyang Shuo told them all about what he had heard and learned of.

The Wu An lord had 5 generals under him, Wang He, Meng Ao, Wang Ling, Huan He and Ying Bao, after successfully surrounding the Zhao forces, they had around 500 thousand men.

Wang He didn't need any introduction. He faced off against Lianpo for 3 years, and at that time he and his 200 thousand men were camped at Laoma Ridge, building a fortress to block the passageway.

Guanglang City protector, Meng Ao, led 150 thousand men to build the southern line camp to block the Zhao army from going south down the Dan River.

Wang Ling and Ying Bao, the two secret units, had already been sent into play.

Wang Ling led 25 thousand cavalry and 30 thousand infantry to set up camp at the Gu Pass and Dongcang River intersection, blocking off the Zhao army from their supplies.

Ying Bao led 25 thousand cavalry and 10 thousand infantry to set up camp to the northeast of the rock wall, blocking any way out east from the Taihang Mountains.

Lastly was the 50 thousand cavalry led by Huan He, who hid in Guanglang City and acted as the reserve squad.

As for the manor of General Baiqi, it was set up outside the city and on top of Lang Mountain.

Similar to the Qin Army, the Zhao Army also had 500 thousand men, 400 thousand of which were trapped in the Changping Region. The remaining 100 thousand were at Gu Pass, which was the main granary of the Zhao army. Even without the support of Handan, this grain would be enough to last them for 2 months.

Such a one sided situation was something that Bai Hua and the others couldn't understand.

"This... Is Gaia fooling around? With such a situation, the Qin is bound to win. What kind of war is this? It's just free contribution points waiting for us to obtain them," Gong Chengshi said first.

"Stop fooling around. Gaia definitely has its reasons for arranging things like this," Xunlong Dianxue retorted.

"You!"

"Ok, stop fighting." Feng Qiuhuang interrupted both of them. "Even if Gaia is fooling around, Di Chen wouldn't be such a fool to jump into a loss and even challenge us outright."

"Qushou, if the Zhao army wants to break this situation, what can they do?" Bai Hua didn't join in the debate and wanted to see what Qushou had in mind. She was similar to Ouyang Shuo and trusted the professional advisor.

"Based on the current situation and what happened in history, the next step would be to fight to the death and attack Wang Ling's camp to meet up with his troops at Gu Pass and obtain their supplies." Qushou didn't immediately express his opinion and just analyzed the current situation first, "In history, this attempt to break through the trap ended in failure. In the end the 400 thousand strong Zhao Army had to surrender due to the lack of grain."

"Hence, I feel that their greatest chance would still be to try and break out. At the moment, they have numerous days worth of grain and also have their backs against the wall, their morale is their highest and its similar to fighting at their peak. In history, this attempt nearly succeeded but failed at the last moment. Now with the additional 40 thousand player troops, they might have a chance to overturn the situation."

Ouyang Shuo frowned and asked curiously, "Based on what you said, although they have 40 thousand more men, we have 30 thousand more too. Based on strength, I don't think we will lose out to their 40 thousand player troops."

"That's right, not to mention the elite cavalry that big brother brought, with our cooperation and strength, the 10 thousand man disparity wouldn't be enough to change the direction of the war." Xunlong Dianxue was doubtful.

"Also, with Di Chen and their carefulness, they wouldn't take such a huge risk with only such a small advantage. There are definitely other factors," Feng Qiuhuang said.

"If, I'm just saying if, they brought large amounts of military grain pills for the Zhao army?" Wufu raised a bold guess.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it and shook his head, "That's not possible. The Zhao army has a total of 400 thousand people, together with the war horses and player army's own use, they would use 600 thousand pills a day. That would be 6,000 gold a day, in not even 10 days, I think that they would definitely go bankrupt."

"Furthermore, even with the production power of Shanhai City, we can only produce 5000 a day. Millions of pills needed to be prepared so far in advance and make use of so many units of grain. With their strength and also the grain crisis from before, it's impossible."

All of the sudden, the meeting was at a standstill.

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Chapter 265- Solving the Mystery

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Just as the meeting between the Shanhai Alliance was at a standstill, Mulan Yue suddenly stood out.

Usually, when the brothers and sisters were discussing, she would sit at the side and act as a quiet listener. This time she stood up, attracting everyone's attention.

She wasn't scared or anything and said, "Cough, actually I feel that what Qushou said was right. The key lies in the player troops."

"En?"

"Didn't we discuss this? They aren't enough to breakthrough," Gong Chengshi said.

Ouyang Shuo waved him off and stopped the discussion. Then, he smiled as he looked at Mulan Yue, "What new idea do you have? Tell us."

"En." Receiving Ouyang Shuo's encouragement, Mulan Yue was even more confident and said, "I think that we have all been thinking that the player troops will be sent to the main camp with the main forces. What if they were sent to the camp at Gu Pass, how would the situation change?"

Ouyang Shuo was astonished. All the mysteries and doubts he had disappeared. He raised his head, looking straight at Qushou.

In a moment, everyone was shocked by Mulan Yue's view.

"This, this doesn't fit the battle settings, right?" Gong Chengshi said unconfidently.

Xunlong Dianxue shook his head and said solemnly, "Gu Pass is also a key base, if Gaia arranged it like that, it doesn't go against the battle settings."

Ouyang Shuo was pretty much certain that Mulan Yue's answer was right. He happily looked at her, giving her a silent commendation. He turned toward Qushou, "So, what would happen if Yue Yue is right?"

Although the others knew that it would be bad if the enemy player troops were sent to Gu Pass, they didn't know how much of an effect it would have on the battle.

Only Qushou could solve this difficult problem.

Qushou focused, after contemplating and playing the situation in his mind, he spoke. "If the enemy player troops were sent to Gu Pass, it would be totally beneficial to the Zhao. They have two choices. First, they can attack the Ying Bao troops at the north and regain the passageway to Handan. Second, they can work with the main force to attack Wang Ling, destroying him and regaining contact between them and the main force. After that, they could destroy Ying Bao's forces. No matter what, they would be able to destroy the cage set up by Baiqi.

Hearing Qushou's analysis, the tent was totally silent.

"Qushou, there's something I don't understand. It makes sense to attack Ying Bao's forces, but to pincer Wang Ling's forces, wouldn't it be the same as them just landing in the main camp?"

"Of course not," Qushou said confidently, "The building of the camp mainly defends the southwest against the main force, and they didn't care much about Gu Pass as Ying Bao's forces were dealing with them. In history, the Gu Pass was attacked by 30 thousand troops and was nearly broken through. If the 40 thousand player troops were added, before reinforcements arrive, Wang Ling's forces would be totally destroyed."

Qushou's analysis was so detailed that no one could retort.

Ouyang Shuo looked around and said, "Since things are like this, we must get ready for the worst case scenario. Ever if they force themselves through the trap, they will pay a heavy price and the battle will still favor us. Hence, we don't need to worry, preparing as we need to. "He looked at Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang, "You two will be in charge of liasoning with other lords."

Both of them nodded.

"Ok, let's disperse; I need to make a trip to see the Wu An Lord."

"This is only our conjecture. We have no proof, so do you think he will believe us?"

"No matter what, we need to give it a shot." Ouyang Shuo wasn't confident but he needed to act like he was filled with confidence.

Qushou walked over. "Lord, before you see him, I suggest you go look for the general, Meng Ao. He's our direct superior."

Ouyang Shuo froze and said in embarrassment, "You're right, I forgot about it."

General Meng Ao's manor was in Guanglang City. With Ouyang Shuo's representative status, he didn't face any problems and was able to meet the general.

Meng Ao's battle style was based on being safe. Hence, he was given the important responsibility of taking charge of the southern line to go against the deputy general of the Zhao army's Zhao Zhuang.

In history, Meng Ao served a total of four dynasties, leading troops and getting victory after victory.

Not only that, about his son Meng Wu along with his grandsons Meng Kuo and Meng Yi, they were all the backbone of the Qin. They helped the Qin family, attacking territories and risking their lives, helping the Qin emperor unite the six states.

"Qiyue Wuyi greets the general!" Ouyang Shuo said respectfully.

To speak the truth, Meng Ao didn't pay much attention or place much importance on the 30 thousand player troops. Meeting Ouyang Shuo was just a normal meeting and he didn't plan to get close to him.

Meng Ao said calmly, "Why do you want to see me?"

Ouyang Shuo felt that Meng Ao was distancing himself, but for the sake of victory, he had to speak, "General, I am here to report some military intelligence."

When he mentioned military intelligence, Meng Ao froze. "What military intelligence? Quickly speak!"

"General should know that the player troops were split into two camps. Based on my information, the Zhao Army has 42 thousand player troops, and as for where they are at, I don't know."

Meng Ao started coldly. "This is your so called military intelligence? The Zhao Army has been boxed in by us and lack grain. Even 40 thousand player troops change nothing. Such a small matter, why did you come to see me?"

Meng Ao was furious as a killing aura emanated from him. As a general, to have such an aura was normal, much less so the great general of the Qin army.

Ouyang Shuo felt everything turn cold and a bloody smell emanated. Luckily, he wasn't a rookie and with a cycle of the , he dispersed the aura and it didn't cause any discomfort.

In truth, in a blink of an eye, Ouyang Shuo had returned to normal.

Meng Ao's eyes froze. To him, he had already kept his aura. His actions were to warn Ouyang Shuo to let him know his place and not act wildly.

He didn't expect that the young man in front of him would be unmoved and easily displace the aura. This was when he knew that the guy in front of him wasn't simple.

Ouyang Shuo knew that he had finally earned Meng Ao's respect, making the general not underestimate him. No matter what, what mattered in the military was strength.

Winning his respect didn't mean that he could persuade Meng Ao.

Ouyang Shuo continued to act respectful, "What general doesn't know is that we aren't teleported to a fixed spot. If their forces were sent to Gu Pass, it would be a huge change to the battle."

Meng Ao was a capable character. Afte he heard Ouyang Shuo say that, he instantly understood. If Gu Pass had a sudden increase of 40 thousand troops, what kind of difference would it make to the battle?

He didn't dare to be careless and asked, "What proof do you have?"

In military tactics, intelligence was of utmost importance and without proof one couldn't make tactics.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head. "It's just a conjecture, so there isn't any proof."

"How am I supposed to act based on your conjecture?" His expression started to turn sour once again. Luckily, he knew that this matter was of utmost importance and Ouyang Shuo wasn't a person to talk nonsense, so he didn't blow up again.

This was where Ouyang Shuo was smart at. He knew that the generals wouldn't pass over such important military intel, with or without evidence. Hence, he didn't need to falsify anything and just admit that it was his conjecture.

"Although it's just a conjecture, one out of two, there's a 50% chance. General, this affects the entire battle. Should we report this to the Wu An Lord?"

What Ouyang Shuo did was prohibited in military, going over his superior to report to an even higher level. If he was really Meng Ao's man, he would definitely die.

But Ouyang Shuo was helpless. The battlefield changed quickly and he was worried that they might miss the opportunity. If the Wu An Lord didn't get the news and the Zhao Army acted, it would be terrible.

As expected, Meng Ao's eyes stared coldly at Ouyang Shuo and his gaze was not as friendly. If he didn't know that the players wouldn't stay for long, he would have blown up.

Facing his cold gaze, Ouyang Shuo wasn't fazed and instead became more resolute.

"You follow me to see the Wu An Lord!" Not knowing why, Meng Ao finally agreed.

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Chapter 266- Asura Baiqi

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To the east of Guanglang City was a mountain ridge where people sometimes saw wolves going in and out, thus they called it Lang Mountain. This ridge ran from the northwest to the southeast; it was very high up, the highest point of the Dan River. Apart from forest cover and caves, it was just flat highlands with very open plains.

Position wise, Lang Mountain and Guanglang City were a bit outside of the central portion of Laoma Ridge, directly opposite the Zhao Army manor in Changping.

Ouyang Shuo followed behind Meng Ao and climbed up Lang Mountain. As the armies had been at it for 3 years, there were no longer any wolves here; the only signs of their past were white, dried up, feces.

The manor of Wu An's Lord, Baiqi, was inside one of the largest caves in Lang Mountain.

Under the rocks of the cave, the floor made out of green rock made the place look magnificent. On the walls hung two huge maps, and the title of the maps were four huge words- Shangdou Shanchuan.

Below the map sat Baiqi. He had exquisite armor, and a black golden cape. By his side was a large sword that only Tieying Swordsmen had. His hair was as white as snow; his whole body was tanned and his face was ragged.

Seeing Baiqi, Ouyang Shuo found it hard to contain the excitement in his heart. The man in front of him was one of the four famous generals in the Warring States period, and was called asura Baiqi, undefeated in battle.

Whichever country he attacked, no one would be able to defend against him.

In the end, he was killed by the king of Qin, adding a sad ending to his illustrious story. Ouyang Shuo really wanted to thank Gaia for giving him the chance to meet such a legend face to face.

"Player representative Qiyue Wuyi greets Wu An Lord!" Ouyang Shuo bowed behind Meng Ao.

Baiqi raised his head, his eyes were the typical Qin's three-cornered eyes. He looked at Meng Ao. "Aren't you supposed to be at Guanglang Town; why did you come here?"

Meng Ao didn't dare to be slow and repeated the military intelligence that Ouyang Shuo had reported.

Only then did Baiqi turn to Ouyang Shuo. He frowned and asked, "Do you have confidence?"

The look from Baiqi made Ouyang Shuo feel very uncomfortable. As a lord, it has been a long time since he had been looked down on.

Habits were certainly a deadly poison.

Ouyang Shuo gathered himself and said respectfully, "There's more than a 50% chance."

Baiqi nodded, but he didn't say anything. Truthfully, Baiqi wasn't a rude person, him looking down on Ouyang Shuo was just setting the tone and to form up prestige in the military.

As the commander, Baiqi didn't want to have a force in his army that he couldn't control. The player force that appeared was certainly one. So, he acted as he did.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo quickly adjust himself, Baiqi was impressed. To be able to maintain a straight head and understand one's position was really important.

As compared to Meng Ao, Baiqi was far more decisive. "Since that's so, I'll immediately send Wang Ling to investigate. If it's true, we will make arrangements immediately." Baiqi's actions were naturally appropriate as without actual intelligence, he couldn't act.

However, Ouyang Shuo still felt a little worried. As the Wu An Lord had already made a decision, he couldn't say anything more and could only helplessly follow Meng Ao back to Guanglang City.

When they returned, it was already the afternoon.

After Ouyang Shuo returned, Bai Hua and the others came into the camp. After sharing with his allies about what happened he said, "Everything has already happened, so the only thing we can do is prepare well."

Upon hearing the news Ouyang Shuo brought back, they all felt very downhearted.

Only Gong Chengshi was more optimistic and laughed. "Cheer up guys, even if their plan succeeds, we will just have a war against them."

"Little lion, you finally said something that made sense." Xunlong Dianxue, who was closest to Gong Chengshi, teased.

The both of them always melted the cold atmosphere of the alliance.

Bai Hua stood up and said, "Wuyi, out of the 20 lords in the Qin camp, a total of 10,500 troops, they are only half of ours. Feng Wu and I calculated that they only have 3500 cavalry and the rest are infantry. How should we organize them?"

Ouyang Shuo had expected this and said, "In this battle, the Yanhuang Alliance is more famous than us. In the first two battles, we obtained such good results, but in the end, so few lords trust us."

"Wuyi, don't worry. Most of the commoner lords haven't upgraded to a city, resulting in such a situation," Bai Hua consoled.

"That's right." Feng Qiuhuang continued, "Wuyi, do you remember Hua Huo?"

"Hua Huo?" Ouyang Shuo thought hard. "Is it the lord of Qingyun Town, which had a historical general, Chen Tang?"

"That's right. However, now we should call it Qingyun City. This time, he chose to be in the same camp as us, so he's a lord that's worth recruiting."

Ouyang Shuo nodded. "We should organize it this way. The 3500 cavalry will be added to Zhang Liao's forces, the remaining infantry will be under Chen Tang. In this battle, we must focus on the cavalry and not waste energy on infantry."

"Okay, Feng Wu and I thought the same way." Bai Hua nodded in agreement.

"Since that's so, why didn't you all say it and beat around the bush? Bai Hua, are you all testing me?" Ouyang Shuo teased.

Bai Hua laughed in embarrassment but didn't say a thing.

Feng Qiuhuang at the side laughed in delight and acted cute. "That's right, we're testing you."

"The tent became much more lively and Ouyang Shuo became a lot more relaxed.

"Okay, guys return to your tents and we will see what happens tomorrow!"

"What can happen? There will definitely be many days of peace before something big happens."

"Hope so!" Ouyang Shuo still felt very worried.

Zhao camp, Gu Pass

Just as Mulan Yue had guessed, Gaia had placed the player forces in Gu Pass.

In Di Chen's tent, the Yanhuang Alliance members all gathered.

"How is it; is everything going smoothly?" Zhan Lang asked Di Chen, who had just returned from the manor.

In the Yanhuang Alliance, ever since Sha Pojun's fought with Di Chen because of Shanhai City, Di Chen slowly became a loner. His only ally was Feng Qiuhuang's cousin, Feng Tianlie.

It was Chun Shenjun who used the influence of the Chunqiu Alliance to pull in Feng Qingyang, Xiong Ba, and Wandering Magic to form a faction. Adding Sha Pojun who recently became close to him, they took up more than half of the Yanhuang Alliance.

In the Alliance, only Zhan Lang maintained a neutral stance and became the person to mediate things between Di Chen and a Chun Shenjun.

Hence, although the Yanhuang Alliance didn't have a leader, in truth, it was Di Chen, Chun Shenjun, and Zhan Lang.

Di Chen himself was certain that with Chun Shenjun around, his position within the alliance wasn't looking too good. Luckily, he was careful during the Battle of Muye and earned himself a lot of merit points, becoming the player representative and gaining a temporary advantage.

Apart from that, the insider news regarding the Battle of Changping was obtained by his family. Hence in this battle, Di Chen held absolute command.

To his question, Di Chen didn't hesitate and answered, "Everything is going well; the Gu Pass general has agreed with our plan."

To prepare for the Battle of Changping, Di Chen had thought hard. Using Zhan Lang's knowledge, before the battle even began, he had thought and thought to create a perfect plan. If this plan smoothly ran, they could help the Zhao win.

Hearing his reply, the tent instantly livened up.

"That's great!"

"Hehe, this time we will let Qiyue Wuyi see who's boss!"

"That's right, he has no chance this time."

Zhan Lang frowned; the optimism of his allies didn't spread to him and he couldn't help but speak, "This is only the first step; isn't it too early to celebrate? Think about how many times we have lost to him! Haven't you all remembered? Looking down on him will get us nowhere!"

"Zhan Lang, isn't that too harsh? You are destroying your own prestige." Hearing his words, Feng Qingyang wasn't pleased, "How is this time the same? We have the initiative and the advantage. Amongst a million men, what can he do?" In the Yanhuang Alliance, Feng Qingyang was famous for not being afraid of anything so only he dared to talk like this to Zhan Lang.

"You!" Zhan Lang wasn't good with words, and being mocked like that, he was furious.

"Ok guys, we are all brothers, so why must we fight? Qingyang was only emotional, so Zhan Lang, don't take it to heart." Chun Shenjun looked like he was calming the situation down but in truth, he was helping Feng Qingyang get out of the situation.

Zhan Lang turned his head and kept silent.

Di Chen looked coldly on from the side, he knew that the biggest weakness was that the members weren't unified and had formed their own sides. This was bound to happen with big powers, as one wouldn't be happy with another and they all had their own plans and motives.

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Chapter 267- Life and Death Assault

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"Guys just go back first, we have a tough battle tomorrow waiting for us." Di Chen said.

The atmosphere in the camp was weird, and upon hearing Di Chen say that, they were all glad and left, returning to their own camps.

The next morning, the Zhao army that was boxed in suddenly started to act, making Ouyang Shuo uneasy.

It was the middle of the 8th month, and the sky around Shangdou Mountain was clear for miles.

At 8 AM, horns sounded out in Changping Valley; the large number of red flags moved toward the north and south, the galloping of horses resounded like endless thunder. The Zhao forces had started moving.

The 150 thousand troops in the north were led personally by Zhao Kuo and headed straight for Wang Ling's camp. The 250 thousand on the south were led by Zhao Zhuang, and were in charge of intercepting Wang He and as well as Meng Ao to prevent them from aiding Wang Ling.

The movement of the Zhao Army naturally couldn't hide from Baiqi.

The only thing that surprised him was how quickly the Zhao Army wanted to break through, much different from what they had predicted. Thinking about the report from Qiyue Wuyi yesterday, Baiqi felt uneasy. Yesterday, he had sent someone to order Wang Ling to investigate. Unfortunately, in a short half a day, they didn't get a reply.

Baiqi was a special person. He calmed himself down and climbed on the viewing platform on the Langshan Mountain and started to organize the troops.

Based on his arrangement, Meng Ao's troops were in charge of attacking the Zhao Army, Wang He's forces in the northwest only needed to hold their own; he needed to split off 60 thousand men to go and aid Wang Ling.

Baiqi made it very clear to Wang He; the Qin army's main goal wasn't to defeat the Zhao Army main force at Changping Valley, but break through the barricade to ensure that Wang Ling's camp wasn't lost. The reason why he wanted Wang He to split off troops was because Wang He's army was strong and ferocious.

The huge change naturally couldn't be hidden from Ouyang Shuo and the others. The 30 thousand player force was placed into the Meng Ao army, leaving the camp and getting ready to fight against Zhao Zhuang's army.

Ouyang Shuo knew that Shanhai Alliance's elite cavalry wasn't suited for this kind of defense-oriented head to head battle. He requested to be sent by general Meng Ao to be in charge of breaching, and to go north to help out Wang Ling.

Meng Ao was always careful with using troops, and although he knew that Ouyang Shuo made sense, he didn't dare to make the decision and reported his suggestion to Baiqi, asking him to make the final decision.

Open hearing the report, his eyes froze. He knew that with Meng Ao's personality, based on the 150 thousand army at the southern camp, it was enough to delay Zhao Zhuang's forces. On the other hand the 60 thousand Wang He troops made to breach through was lacking. He didn't expect Ouyang Shuo's vision and analysis to be so sharp.

"Order the player cavalry troops to meet up with Heng He and prepare to attack." Baiqi gave the order.

"Yes!"

When Ouyang Shuo received the order, he froze. Heng He's 50 thousand troops were all elite cavalry, gathering with them meant that they were going to fight to the death.

This battle, out of the lords, only Ouyang Shuo personally got out to battle while the rest stayed in Guanglang City.

"Wuyi, with all the generals commanding, wouldn't it be good for you to command in Guanglang City? Why must you personally act? What if something happens?" Bai Hua didn't agree with Ouyang Shuo.

Be it Ouyang Shuo himself or the 10 thousand elite cavalry from Shanhai City, they were the core troops of the player force. The moment he died, the Qin were bound to lose.

"Yes, I agree with Bai Hua. Brother Wuyi, didn't you not like to personally fight?" Mu Lanyue tried to persuade him.

Ouyang Shuo felt warm but he resolutely shook his head. "Don't worry, my strength can't be compared to last time. Anyways, I also have the Guards regiment protecting me, so nothing will happen. I won't do anything stupid, but I have a reason for going out."

"Tell it to us." Bai Hua didn't believe him.

"Firstly, the Battle of Changping is different. Meng Ao and the others are experienced generals, and there's no room for us to command, we can only act according to what they say. Hence, I won't have a say in all of that."

He continued. "Secondly, the biggest factor in this battle would be Gu Pass. Whatever happens with that will decide the war. I have to personally see what happens at Wang Ling camp to take a look. If not, I will feel uneasy."

Hearing his explanation, Bai Hua and the others understood.

"Since that's the case, then be safe!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded, climbed up the Qingfu horse, and raised the Tianmo spear, getting ready to leave.

The 30 thousand player force split off at the gate of Guanglang City, then Chen Tang led 7000 infantry and followed the Meng Ao troops north to stop the Zhao Zhuang forces. Ouyang Shuo led the 24 thousand elite cavalry east and meeting with Huan He's troops who were hidden there.

Zhao Zhuang's army moved out in two directions towards the Qing army camps, who knew that a short kilometer away, they'd meet Qin Army's main force? On the west of Laoma Ridge were flags with "Wang" and on the north side of the Dan River were flags with the "Meng" word. The Qin Army coming out to fight was obviously so that they didn't want to be trapped fighting inside the camp.

Zhao Zhuang was also a war elite general, and upon seeing their forces, he knew that a deadly fight would occur. He immediately ordered, "The troops attacked the Qin troops from both directions, not allowing their troops to go passed the Changping Pass." As the war drums sounded out, a bloody war started out on four fronts.

The black Qin army and the red Zhao army were like two floods, charging at one another. The collision of the forces reverberated through the valley.

The sounds of spears and swords, the shooting of arrows, and the cries and shouts made the mountains and rivers tremble.

The loud killing shouts passed through the valley and echoed, making one's blood boil.

These were the two strongest armies in the Warring States Era, and both were unbeaten in battle. The troops clashed courageously and without fear, with their bloodied weapons and low grunts, the entire mountain region was covered by the aura of this primitive brutal slaughter.

Chen Tang led 7000 infantry and was like a wooden raft in the ocean, quickly swallowed and he could only bitterly struggle.

Bai Hua and the others stood on the city wall of Guanglang City, and watching the merciless slaughter outside, they were shocked. Such a huge army made the less than 10 thousand man army look too minuscule.

Among Huo Hua and the other lords in the Qin camp, some were happy while others were worried. They were happy about their contribution points that rose and worried about how many soldiers would be able to survive from all of this.

For the troops at the southern side, the key was whether or not Wang He could break through.

However as two hours passed, Wang He's cavalry was still unable to break through, and Baiqi frowned. The valley in which Wang Ling's camp was in was narrow, and although good for defense, they couldn't make use of their huge amounts of troops. The only way to defend it was to maintain reinforcements.

It seemed like it has reached the most important time, and as Zhao Kuo and his 150 thousand men army attacked, Wang Ling struggled to defend.

"Emergency report: Wang Ling camp is in danger!"

Baiqi's face sank. "I order Huan He's troops to immediately move out!"

"Yes my lord!" The man immediately turned to a red flag on the building, this was the signal which the Qin Army prepared for emergency circumstances.

Huan He who was looking up, upon seeing the red flag swing, immediately got up on his horse and shouted, "All units, move out!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" What relieved him was an earth shattering shout.

As for Ouyang Shuo's player force, Huan He didn't trust him and arranged them to be at the back.

Ouyang Shuo didn't mind that and allowed Huan He and his 50 thousand cavalry to be at the front. The other players' troops were in the middle, Shanhai City's 10 thousand in front and the 14 thousand cavalry led by Zhang Liao at the back.

With such an arrangement, Zhang Liao was nicely in the center of the army, and it was easy for him to command and make adjustments to the forces.

Although Ouyang Shuo participated, he didn't take over command of the army, leaving it to the various generals. He was at the front of his forces, with the Guards regiments at his side. Standing right next to him was Shi Wanshui and Wang Feng.

The 70 thousand cavalry rumbled outwards and rushed northward.

Zhao Zhuang's forces were busy fighting against the main force of the Qin army, upon seeing the dust and smoke rise up from the side, they feared something was wrong but they couldn't move their forces. The looked over as the black cavalry forces charged northward.

At the moment the Zhao army was distracted, Wang He hollered and the cavalry around him instantly charged, breaking out of the Zhao army and charging towards the wilderness.

Zhang Zhuang panicked and shouted, immediately leading his men to cut in and block the remaining forces of the Qin army. With such charging and blocking, around 30-40 thousand of Wang He's cavalry got past the Zhao army.

Zhao Zhuang wanted to split some forces at the tail to chase but was intercepted by a few 10 thousand troops led by Meng Ao, who made a detour and attacked from the back. Both sides didn't want to let either side get away, so the hundreds of thousands strong army forces was caught up in a heated battle with one another.

Huan He's troops rushed like lighting to the northern battlefield, and what he saw tore his heart. From afar, Wang Ling's troops were nearly destroyed and they were on the brink of being eaten up.

Knowing that things were bad, Huan He hollered, "Sound the cowhorn horn!" 30 odd cowhorn horns sounded out, and this army that hadn't participated in a fight and was full of energy charged towards the camp.

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Chapter 268- Soldiers that Descended from Heaven

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The northern battlefield, before both sides started fighting.

Zhao Kuo split the 150 thousand troops into three: the main infantry force of 100 thousand into two waves, changing every hour, not giving the Wang Ling camp any time to rest; 50 thousand cavalry as the wings and focused on killing the cavalry that Wang Ling had hidden in the valley to sneak-attack them.

Everyone in the Zhao army was clear that this battle would result in loss or victory, thus they were all very motivated and had high morale. Zhao Kuo's flag waved on top of the hill as 50 thousand infantry soldiers charged forwards to the sound of the horn. With two archer squads providing cover fire, the troops charging in front immediately used wood planks to block up the moat. When they faced fire moats, they immediately threw mud and dirt into it; charging past it, scaling ladders and various wooden ladders were placed onto the walls and the soldiers charged up.

In an hour when the first wave was slightly tired, the second wave took over and continued the attack.

With such a tsunami like, slaughter-filled blood bath, after four rounds, the Wang Ling camp was badly hurt. What was worse was that the 25 thousand cavalry he hid in the valley, under the interception by Zhao Kuo's 50 thousand cavalry, had lost their ability to sneak-attack.

The relentless attacks by the Zhao army were blocked with crossbows, alchemical fire oil cabinets, heavy rocks, etc., but such large-scale machinery broke down and weren't repairable. Luckily, Wang Ling was fast and gave up on defending the northern side, and reorganizing 10 thousand cavalry back into the camp, all their troops turned southwards to defend.

The Zhao army attacked wave after wave; their relentless assault seemed too much for the 30 thousand Qin troops, and they looked like they couldn't hold off any longer. Just at this moment, the shouts of 70 thousand men sounded out from the stone wall side, as the Qin army was surrounded on both sides by the red flood.

Wang Ling took out his sword and jumped out of the moat, shouting, "Brothers! Fight to the death! Kill them!" In an instant, all the Qin soldiers gave up on their machines and jumped out of the moat, waving their swords and spears while starting to fight head on.

Unfortunately, however, much courage couldn't overcome the huge difference in numbers.

For this battle, Di Chen and the others had risked much, bringing their most elite soldiers. 40 thousand player troops along with the 30 thousand Zhao army at the Gu Pass were like soldiers that descended from heaven as they attacked the northern side of the camp.

The northern side at this moment was defenseless, as Wang Ling was forced to give it up due to the pressure from Zhang Kuo's army. Seeing the enemy charge in from the north, they were too late to defend and were now boxed in.

The emergency call from the northern side was something that Wang Ling could only helplessly ignore as there was nothing he could do. He could only watch on as the northern side of the camp was breached.

Di Chen and the others stood on top of the Gu Pass and looked on at the battle, all of them filled with confidence. In truth, the battle was happening as they had expected.

Be it the Qin Army or the Zhao Army, they were equally strong with elite equipment, and both were fearless and vicious.

The last straw that destroyed the Wang Ling camp was the 40 thousand player forces. Their addition was like a fierce lion, under Zhan Lang's leadership, they wielded the swords and spears in their hands and charged straight into the forces of Wang Ling, slaughtering them and taking life after life.

Seeing his men fall one after another, Wang Ling hollered.

When Baiqi was the leader of thousands, Wang Ling led hundreds of cavalry; since then he had been the cavalry general of the Qin Army. When Baiqi sent out a trump card, he would definitely choose Wang Ling as he was flexible and fearless.

The situation at hand was a close combat battle, the Qin army's only choice was to fight to the death until reinforcements arrive. Wang Ling's intelligence and flexibility wasn't of any use now.

When Huan He's forces arrived to assist, Wang Ling's forces neared total destruction with very little remaining.

Zhao Kuo commanded the troops atop of a hill nearby, and upon seeing the reinforcements, he laughed coldly. He ordered the troops who came from Gu Pass to continue to destroy the forces of Wang Ling to open up a path between the main force and Gu Pass.

At the same time, he ordered the troops that he brought to turn around to face Huan He's forces. After a morning of battle, the 150 thousand force was left with 120 thousand men. Even so, he was confident in stopping Huan He.

Zhao Kuo ordered his troops to get into formation to get ready for Huan He's forces. The cavalry temporarily backed off to the back of the formation and were getting ready to go together with the infantry to pincer Huan He's cavalry.

After the failure last time, Zhao Kuo had grown more mature. His plan and formation was strict and detailed, not leaving any chance for the enemy.

Seeing their formation, Huan He frowned. He knew that even if he broke through, Wang Ling's forces had a high chance of being destroyed. The best choice would be to retreat.

However once he thought about how Wang Ling was still defending hard and also about the thousands of brothers waiting for him to save them, Huan He could only leave all his worries and his only action was a fight to the death.

If Huan He was relying purely on his 50 thousand troops, he had totally no confidence in succeeding. But luckily for him, he had 20 thousand elite player cavalry behind him.

With the 74 thousand elite cavalry against the 120 thousand Zhao troops that had just fought a large battle, Huan He was confident in being able to save Wang Ling.

The horn that signaled the battle to the death sounded out as the cavalry charged forwards fearlessly.

The horn spread through the Dongcang Valley, and when the Wang Ling troops heard the familiar horn, they were on the verge of crying. They knew that reinforcements had finally arrived.

Only Wang Feng frowned as he thought about it sadly. "The reinforcements are too late; they won't make a difference."

When Ouyang Shuo rushed to the battlefield and saw the situation, he felt the same as what Huan He felt. The only difference was he noticed that amongst the sea of red attacking Wang Ling's forces, there was a thick black stream. Needless to say, they were definitely the player forces from the Zhao camp.

The scene in front of him definitely shocked him. Luckily he had already made the mental preparations, and seeing it happen, he sighed.

Seeing the army blow the horn, Ouyang Shuo didn't have much time to think and just followed the army and charged towards Zhao Kuo's forces.

Ouyang Shuo was thinking that even if they didn't manage to save Wang Ling, they had to destroy Zhao Kuo's forces.

Just at that moment, Huan He's orders were passed. He ordered the player cavalry force to intercept Zhao army's 40 thousand cavalry while he led 50 thousand cavalry to attack Zhao Kuo's troops.

The commander Shi Wanshui didn't hesitate and immediately ordered them to cut in from the right to intercept the 40 thousand cavalry.

This was the first time that the Shanhai city cavalry fought against an elite cavalry force. This was the best time to test the troops, and Ouyang Shuo wasn't sure what the outcome would be.

This time, the ones leading the charge was the 2nd regiment of the 1st division. General E'Lai rode on Luosha, and was at the front of the force.

The 2nd regiment was a heavy armored cavalry force, and could be said to be the strongest armored cavalry in the cold weapons era. Under the leadership of Er'Lai and Lin Yi, they were like an iron flood which collided with the enemy.

Ever since the Zhao started using the lighter armored cavalry, cavalry had been their stronger soldier type. They wore lighter and tighter leather armor, and were equipped with crescent knives.

With the light armored cavalry facing the heavy armored cavalry, especially when both sides have enough charging distance, the outcome was obvious.

The 2nd regiment was like a hammer which smashed a bloody path in the Zhao's cavalry force.

Following this path, the Guards unit followed closely behind and destroyed the cavalry who tried to stop the second regiment, making the blood path wider and wider.

Ouyang Shuo followed beside the Guards regiment, using the Tianmo spear and showing off the strengths of the Yang Family spear technique. The bloodthirst specialty of the spear was activated and a demonic red glow emanated from it.

Seeing their Marquis being so magnificent, Shanhai city cavalry's morale was raised.

Following the hole that was created, the young General Luo Shixin led the 4th regiment and the independent regiment, and charged in.

Seeing Shanhai City's soldiers show their might, Zhang Liao, who was commanding in the center wasn't any worse, and he ordered the 14 thousand alliance soldiers to follow up and expand their advantage.

Just like that, the elite Zhao cavalry was, because of their arrogance, taught a huge lesson.

Be it Zhao Kuo who was commanding from the hill or Huan He who was leading his troops to attack, they were shocked to see such a scene. Obviously they weren't expecting the player force to have such strong combat ability.

Seeing the situation was getting out of hand, as they might actually break through and assist Wang Ling, this wasn't what he wanted. He hollered, "Cavalry, follow me!"

Zhao Kuo's 1000 man cavalry were all first rate warriors who were all highly skilled. The war horses that they used were also very rare and near extinct.

They were like a whirlwind which charged down the hill, and they rushed to block the 2nd regiment.

A traditional heavy armored cavalry like the 2nd regiment had really obvious strengths and weaknesses. Once they went ahead, they were unstoppable. The weakness would be that they could turn and their flexibility was bad. They had already slowed down, and facing the thousand man cavalry force led by Zhao Kuo, they were at a disadvantage.

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Chapter 269- Wang Ling's Death

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At the crucial moment, Zhao Kuo personally led the 1000 man cavalry to block off Shanhai City's 2nd regiment.

From the 2nd regiment's perspective, the cavalry of the Zhao army were like clouds, they seemed like they were beside you but you just couldn't hit them. When you drew back your blade, your enemy just charged towards you like a well oiled machine. It was really difficult to defend against this quick and vicious cavalry force.

Luckily with Er'Lai, the 2nd regiment was able to get into a defensive formation and it was enough to protect themselves.

After all, as the player troops had a limited amount of men, even though they could create a hole in the 40 thousand Zhao troops, they were unable to break through to assist the 2nd regiment.

The Zhao army cavalry immediately retaliated after they regained their senses, using their numbers advantage to box up the enemy troops.

About the 20 thousand player force, apart from a portion of them being elite cavalry, a larger portion of them couldn't compete against the Zhao army, especially the cavalry from the other lords.

At this point, the 2nd regiment were blocked off, and only the Guards regiment were weaving left and right through the Zhao army formation with the intention to try to break out.

Shi Wanshui took the initiative to replace Er'Lai and act as the arrowhead. Such a fierce general wasn't something Zhao Zhuang could compete against; even more so his other generals, as they were all no match for him.

The battle went into a stalemate once again.

With such a delay, the remaining Wang Ling forces under the relentless attacks of the army from Gu Pass had finally met their end.

Wang Ling looked around and tragically said, "Brothers, let's give it our all!"

The remaining Wang Ling forces charged forwards towards the Gu Pass forces.

Viewing death as a liberation and not being afraid of it.

Zhan Lang who was on the opposite side was infected by the sadness and courage of the Qin army troops, staying silent.

However, this was war. Zhan Lang tossed aside his emotions and shouted, "Kill!"

If one compared Wang Ling's remaining forces as a rock, representing the stubbornness of the Qin army, then the red and blacks army of the Gu Pass were like a wave, striking the rock with tremendous power.

The rock which was already cracked immediately broke apart and exploded.

At that moment, one of Wu An Lord's six generals, Wang Ling, died in battle.

"Wang Ling!" Huan He cried out.

When he heard their last shouts, he knew that something wasn't right. In the end, he wasn't able to save Wang Ling's life and could only watch on as he died on the battlefield.

All of the sudden, the Qin soldiers emanated a tragic and depressed aura.

Just at this point, General Wang He had led 30-40 thousand cavalry and rushed here. Hearing Huan He's cries, he shivered, filling him with a bad feeling.

Wang He's forces gathered with Huan He's, upon seeing the sadness spreading around, he was even more uneasy, stuttering as he asked," Huan He, what happened to Wang Ling's forces?"

Wang He's words pulled Huan He back to reality, and his voice was cold as ice as he gritted his teeth."Wang Ling died. We must take revenge for him!"

"What?" Wang He was shocked; in the end he had came a step too late, making him feel guilty.

Compared to Huan He with his emotional outbreak, Zhao Kuo was much calmer as he ordered the 1000 man cavalry general to take over in leading them while he went back to the hill to command the forces.

He knew that Huan He's attacks had hurt Zhao's forces, so if Wang He's forces attacked too, it would be detrimental for them.

Luckily at the crucial moment, the Gu Pass soldiers were able to destroy the remaining Wang Ling forces. Zhao Kuo ordered for the Gu Pass army to cross the camp and meet up with the main force to defend against Huan He and Wang He's forces.

"General, shouldn't we head back to Gu Pass first?" The advisor suggested to Zhao Kuo.

His meaning was since the connection between the main force and Gu Pass had been restored, they should go back before making further plans.

"No!" Zhao Kuo refused. It wasn't that he was arrogant, just that as the overall commander, he was thinking much further. Although they destroyed Wang Ling's forces today, the main force of Qin army was still here.

If they backed off, then Zhao Zhuang's forces at the south line would be pincered and would end up in the same state as Wang Ling had.

And the moment his troops were destroyed, Zhao would lose their ability to rule. One must know that within the Zhao, they were unable to call upon any more soldiers.

Hence, in the larger picture, Zhao would still lose, and this wasn't what he wanted to see.

"I order all troops to push on; we go south to assist General Zhao Zhuang." Zhao Kuo ordered without hesitation. "Also, order Zhao Zhuang to compact his forces and wait for reinforcements."

"Yes!" The advisor immediately waved the military flag to spread the orders.

With his arrangement, in the entire valley, the armies of the Qin and Zhao would meet, both sides having forces boxed in by the enemy. It was very majestic.

To the north, it was Zhao Kuo's army which had joined up with the Gu Pass forces, after so much fighting, they had 120 thousand infantry and 35 thousand cavalry.

Opposite them were Wang He and Huan He's forces. With the player forces, they had 100 thousand cavalry.

Behind them were the Zhao Zhuang forces who were fighting against the Qin army. After a slaughter, they had around 200 thousand men with a mix of infantry and cavalry.

As for Meng Ao and Wang He's remaining forces, they had around 250 thousand troops left.

North of the 50 kilometer stone wall were still 35 thousand men from Ying Bao's forces. Similarly, the Zhao army still had 70 thousand men in Gu Pass to monitor Ying Bao's army.

Hence, in terms of strength, both sides were still very equal.

The 6 forces interlacing and fighting one another was an amazing spectacle.

At this moment, it was a huge test of the commander's ability. In this aspect, Baiqi had the upper hand.

Baiqi had been watching the battle atop of Lang Mountain, and every change in the battlefield couldn't escape his eyes. The only thing he didn't expect was for the Gu Pass to suddenly have the 40 thousand elite player force, which was something he couldn't react to in time, and caused the destruction of Wang Ling's forces.

With such a situation, both forces looked equally matched and both sides had a chance to win.

With Zhao Kuo, if Zhao Zhuang worked together to pincer Wang He and Huan He, they could eat up their cavalry forces. Similarly, Baiqi could pincer Zhao Zhuang from the north and south. What mattered now was who was more skilled.

In truth, the Qin army still held the advantage.

Firstly, Wang He and Huan He's forces hadn't participated in the war, so they were still fresh. They were the only people who hadn't used up any energy in fighting.

Secondly, their forces were purely cavalry, and in terms of flexibility and speed, they were much stronger than the Zhao army. On the other hand, Zhao Kuo only had 30 thousand cavalry left and the rest were all infantry, how could they contend against Wang He and Huan He's cavalry?

Thirdly was that the Zhao army was scared. After being boxed up, the Zhao army didn't dare to advance and go all out southwards to fight against the Qin army. If they were boxed in again, it would be disastrous.

Zhao Kuo wasn't stupid, and he also saw this. Hence, he only wanted to save Zhao Zhaung's forces and return to Gu Pass.

Both commanders were exceptional people. What Zhao Kuo lacked was mainly practical experience. The recent few wars had taught him lessons and had improved him a lot.

Baiqi, on the other hand, was able to see the situation clearly and make decisive decisions, ordering Wang He and Huan He to immediately group up and charge south to attack Zhao Zhuang's troops.

When Huan He received the orders, he looked at the enemy opposite them with disgust as he shouted, "Let's move!"

Receiving the order to retreat, the 2nd regiment stopped fighting with the 1000 man cavalry of the Zhao army, turning around and going down south. At this moment, the Guards regiment appeared to assist them. Along with the help of Wang He's forces, they smoothly got out from the grip of the Zhao army cavalry.

The two armies were interlaced and fighting, and to be suddenly separated was a huge test of the leader's ability. Especially when Huan He and the player force's cavalries retreated, they were leaving their backs open to the enemy.

Hence, they all retreated together. If not, it would've made them an easy target for the enemy.

Luckily, be it Wang He, Huan He, Shi Wanshui or Zhang Liao, they all had vast experience and knew how to retreat, cover, and arrange their troops.

This was adding with the fact that Zhao Kuo's army, who had attacked Wang Ling's camp, were already exhausted. They also had to forcefully hold off Huan He's army, and thus their strength was entirely used up.

Under the strict and detailed arrangements of the generals, they couldn't find a way to attack, and naturally just allowed them to leave.

Seeing the 100 thousand Qin forces charge towards Zhao Zhuang's army, Zhao Kuo could only focus. He ordered the Gu Pass force to be at the frontline and start to go south to assist them.

As the Gu Pass soldiers had only rushed out at the crucial moment to destroy the tired Wang Ling's forces, in terms of stamina, they hence still had a lot left.

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Chapter 270- Fire-Beacon Lights up Again

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Baiqi was good at analyzing the battle as well as his and the enemy's forces, and also to think of a correct strategy and tactic to destroy them. Sieging and gaining land wasn't his only goal, but rather to destroy the enemy's strength. He was good in wildlands battles and when he fought, he wanted to crush the enemy.

Ordering Wang He and Huan He's troops to give up on attacking Zhao Kuo, but instead pincer Zhao Zhuang, showed how Baiqi used his men.

The plan to box in the Zhao army had failed, but it didn't make him depressed. His next goal was to destroy as much of the Zhao army as possible to achieve victory in future battles.

After seeing the strength of the player force, Huan He stopped looking down on the players. When they charged down south, he didn't ask the player force to stay at the back. Instead, it was Wang He's 30-40 thousand cavalry.

A hundred thousand cavalry charged towards Zhao Zhuang's forces with a lightning quick pace. Zhao Kuo's 150 thousand men could only chase them as the dirt and dust sprayed into their eyes.

At this moment, Zhao Zhuang's 200 thousand men were fighting together with Meng Ao and the remainder of Wang He's troops. To destroy their army, Baiqi gave the order to hold them there and not let them escape.

Meng Ao gave the order for his troops to go around the Zhao Zhuang army and block their way north. The infantry troops were like a metal chain wound around the Zhao Zhuang army.

Zhao Zhuang was also experienced, and after receiving Zhao Kuo's orders, he immediately reorganized his troops. He placed his infantry to the south and also set up a defensive line to block Meng Ao and Wang He. He shifted the cavalry to the northern side to break down the defensive chain that Meng Ao had set up.

Four hundred to five hundred thousand troops started to engage in battle in the Dan River Valley.

Baiqi sat atop Lang Mountain and looked down. With the golden view, he accurately commanded his troops to attack together and retreat together, locking up Zhao Zhuang's forces.

Zhao Zhuang was locked up, unable to see the whole situation, and could only fight on the back foot.

After several rounds of trying, Zhao Zhuang had given up on trying to escape with his ability. He reorganized the troops once again to defend against the Qin army who were charging down south.

Zhao Zhuang was clear that his goal was to delay until Zhao Kuo sent reinforcements. That was the time he could retaliate, and whoever won or lost would then be decided.

After he organized his troops, 100 thousand were in the middle and 50 thousand were at each of the wings, a total of 200 thousand troops.

About the cavalry troops at the sides, each one had a knife and a bow, and their troops were neatly organized.

Based on the situation on the battlefield, the organization of the central troops were a little weirder, changing based on what happened to the north and south.

The 20 lines from the front and back were all soldiers with leather shields and crescent knives, the next 15 were spear tossers, and the next line were archers. Each line had 1000 men. At the two sides of the formation were towers, each of which hung a giant red flag with the word "Zhao".

One could imagine, to adapt to the pincer by the Qin army, how much effort Zhao Zhuang placed into it. The cleverness was shown in how he could make arrangements and reorganize in the chaos of battle.

Seeing Zhao Zhuang adapt so well, Baiqi felt emotional.

No wonder that they were regarded as they only army in the period that could rival the Qin army. Be in infantry strength or their leaders ability, they were equal with the Qin army. The only thing they lacked was national strength.

They had successfully boxed in Zhao Zhuang's army, so Baiqi gave the order for Meng Ao's infantry troops to back down and gather with the main force, leaving some space for the 100 thousand cavalry that were arriving.

At the same time, Baiqi ordered the remaining Wang He forces to go towards the western side of Zhao Zhuang's forces. Meng Ao's forces were organized to the eastern side and formed another pincer formation.

Baiqi's goal was to use the troops from the east and west to hold down the cavalry at the wings, and cause them to fight with the cavalry that were coming down south.

His arrangement made Zhao Zhuang feel really uncomfortable, like a locked up beast. The only weakness was the southern side, which looked like the way out, but in truth it was the most dangerous one.

What made him helpless was that he was prepared for the north and south pincer, but he didn't arrange any preparations on the east and west. This made all his plans useless, and it was too late to change his arrangements.

The gap between Baiqi and Zhao Zhuang showed in this battle.

The thundering sound of horses galloping resounded in the ears. The sound travelled from afar, what seemed like miles away was now really close by.

Zhao Zhuang knew that the enemy's cavalry had finally arrived.

As the smoke for the fire beacon rose up once again, a battle was about to be unveiled on the Changping Valley.

"Raise your shields!" The commander ordered.

Compared to the heavy armored Qin army, the Zhao army were light armored, their leather shields were round and big, and their crescent knives were sharp and light.

The war horses of the Qin army all had armor, and the cavalry all had long swords and carried long bows.

This was a battle of spear and shield. Huan He knew that his goal was to lead the cavalry straight to Zhao Zhuang. If they couldn't get totally through, they would run the risk of being surrounded.

The two wings of the Zhao Zhuang army tried to cut in and face the Qin Army Cavalry. However, the Qin troops at the eastern and western sides were like a metal chain, and dragged them back into a battle.

The black flood braced the arrows and spears, and relentlessly attacked. After heavy casualties, the vanguard forces led by Huan He finally broke in to the front of the Zhao army forces.

Their cavalry were like unstoppable beings, making use of the momentum, not bothering about the crescent knife soldiers and charging in. They quickly broke through the first line, then the second, then the third.

The crescent knife soldiers of the Zhao Army didn't back down. The crescent knives in their hands were like water and accurately cut the legs of the horses. In an instant, the cavalry were flung off the horses, and what awaited him were knives to the body.

The player cavalry troops led by Shi Wanshui were located in the center of the 100 thousand men.

Luckily for that, they were able to avoid most of the arrows and spears. If not, they definitely would have suffered heavy casualties before they would be able to enter the Zhao army region.

Under the circumstances that Huan He's Army had paid a heavy price, they finally broke through the crescent knives soldiers and spear tossers. What was next were the totally defenseless archers.

Once they broke through to such a position, the pressure on the player force in the middle as well as Wang He's forces at the back lessened a lot. They were like a flood as they crashed into Zhao Zhuang's forces.

When Huan He's troops fought into the center, they had already used up all their energy. He made the decision to lead his troops to attack the left and right, and destroyed the 30 thousand archers.

Shi Wanshui led the player force and followed through the bloody road opened up by Huan He's troops. They effortlessly broke through the crescent knife soldiers and spear tossers and came to the archer formation.

Under the instructions of Huan He, the player force didn't stop and continued to charge forwards.

After the archers, it was the spear tossers and crescent knife soldiers once again.

About Huan He's orders, Ouyang Shuo was furious. He thought Huan He had started to learn his lesson and become a nicer person. Instead he was letting his troops kill the defenceless archers while the player force went forwards to fight the hard part.

Since it was an order, Ouyang Shuo was helpless and told Shi Wanshui to continue on.

Thinking about it carefully, Huan He's plan wasn't that bad. Out of the three forces, Wang He's forces lost a lot, and Huan He's forces, which acted as the vanguard, also lost many.

The only ones who were perfectly fine were the player forces in the center.

Hence, the charging mission would definitely be given to the player force.

Luckily the Shanhai City army was strong, and they had fought many battles.

The archers in the center were chased around by Huan He's forces, and they ran into the formation in the back, making it messy and not as neat as before.

Shi Wanshui grabbed the chance to order his troops to charge forward. They had to break through in one swoop.

Compared to the Qin army cavalry, the 2nd regiment and Guards regiment were much stronger. Their Qingfu horses were much stronger than the war horses from the Qin army, giving Shi Wanshui the confidence.

The player force effortlessly charged through the spear tosser formation, they charged towards the crescent knife formation like a tsunami, sweeping past the Zhao army.

Seeing the middle of the formation being destroyed, Baiqi made the order for the forces on the west and east to charge forward and swarm Zhao Zhuang's troops.

In a moment, the sky changed. The once blue and sunny sky suddenly became gloomy and cloudy.

Zhao Zhuang was in the middle of everything; the guards by his sides were split apart, and he had lost all ability to command.

Such a huge army had instantly lost their direction and became chaotic. The soldiers started to fight for themselves and couldn't differentiate between north, south, east, and west, resulting in heavy casualties in a short time.

On the other hand, the Qin army under Baiqi's commands were a whole machine. They surrounded and attacked, taking bite after bite out of the Zhao Zhuang army.

Baiqi's commanding skills were at the pinnacle of the art.

His brain was like a machine, accurately calculating each step. Each small detail on the battlefield couldn't escape his eagle eyes, and was used to his advantage.

Zhao Zhuang's army was instantly in danger, and was on the verge of collapsing.

At the crucial moment, Zhao Kuo finally led his troops and rushed forward to reinforce them.

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Chapter 271- You Win Some You Lose Some

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The last minute arrival of Zhao Kuo's forces saved Zhao Zhuang, who was on the verge of collapsing.

The high capabilities and body qualities of the Zhao army were displayed to the fullest. Even though they were always in danger and suffered heavy casualties, no one escaped and all of them fought courageously.

One had to say that this was a huge miracle during the Warring States Period.

After Zhao Kuo arrived, he took over command and made the scattered Zhao Zhuang forces gather up again. With the addition of 150 thousand men from Zhao Kuo's forces, it created a lot of pressure for the Qin army.

Seeing that things weren't going smoothly, Baiqi immediately ordered his troops to split off.

Zhao Kuo didn't chase them, and after gathering together with Zhao Zhuang's forces, they waltzed back to Gu Pass.

This huge battle occurred in 3 waves, and lasted an entire day with both sides losing over 100 thousand men. The Changping Valley became a deathland; fresh blood stained the ground, and it would never be used to plant crops.

After the battle, the Qin army arranged to gather the corpses and bury them. They collected all the weapons and armor that could be used and found the horses that were scattered around.

The sky of Changping was terrifyingly gloomy, signifying that the war was far from over.

When nighttime came, rain started to fall. Slowly, the rainfall got bigger and bigger and became a storm, enveloping the entire Changping region.

The rainwater washed off the blood on the battlefield, and the red water now flowed into the Dan River, staining it red too. The red rainwater was the best description of this battle.

After the storm, there was a huge change to the land, and it seemed like nothing had even happened.

In this battle, the Zhao army had successfully broke through from the cage that the Qin army had set up. Although their lost much, they had succeeded.

The Qin army was feeling depressed. Not only did the enemy escape, but their general Wang Ling had also died. His whole army going under was definitely a sad thing.

Based on the battle settings, when non camp leaders like Wang Ling died, after the battle ended, they would have no chance of appearing in the wilderness and were completely gone.

In the Lang Mountain manor, Baiqi's face was dark and gloomy.

All the generals and advisors sat on 2 rows of 6 stone stools, looking extremely serious. Ouyang Shuo, as the player representative, was invited to this meeting. He sat quietly at the corner, not saying anything.

Based on the military advisor's calculations, apart from the total annihilation of Wang Ling's forces, Huan He had lost over 10 thousand, Wang He lost 40 thousand, Meng Ao lost 30 thousand, and in total, the Qin army lost close to 150 thousand.

On the side of the player force, Ouyang Shuo made his own calculations. Of the 7000 infantry led by Chen Tang, there were around 4000 who successfully left the battlefield.

Out of the 24 thousand cavalry, around 20 thousand were left. Shanhai City's 10 thousand cavalry were in charge of attacking and suffered heavy casualties, losing 2000 men, paining Ouyang Shuo's heart.

In the Battle of Changping, the 10 thousand cavalry that Ouyang Shuo brought was half of what Shanhai City had, and to lose 20% in a day was definitely heartbreaking.

"We lost this battle because of the 40 thousand player force that rushed out of Gu Pass. Yesterday Qiyue Wuyi told me about it, but I didn't place much importance on it and hence we lost."

What was surprising was that Baiqi didn't blame his generals or advisors and took up all the blame.

Wang He and the others shifted their gazes towards Ouyang Shuo, who was sitting in the corner. Out of all of them, Huan He's gaze was the most friendly as he had witnessed the strength of the player force.

Being the focus of all these generals and leaders, Ouyang Shuo trembled. He stood up and said, "Baiqi, the players landing in Gu Pass wasn't expected and couldn't have been predicted. In a short day for them to take action was impossible to defend against."

"That's right!" Everyone agreed.

Ouyang Shuo wasn't trying to find excuses for Baiqi, even though his planning was poor, but his commanding and leadership was what turned everything around.

Zhao Zhuang's forces had 50 thousand men left, a shocking number similar to the number of men that Wang Ling's forces had lost.

"Wu An Lord, the Zhao Army has gotten out, so what should we do next?" Wang He asked.

Baiqi looked at the map, and a long silence followed.

The meeting just ended like this. With Baiqi's ability, he also couldn't craft a shocking plan in such a short time, so he could only look on at the map.

After Ouyang Shuo got off the mountain, he reported the situation to the allies, and everyone were similarly speechless.

Since it was like this, Ouyang Shuo asked Qianshou to do a prediction for what was going to happen. Only until the dead of night did Qianshou leave from Ouyang Shuo's tent.

The contents of their secret conversation was something that outsiders would not find out about.

After rushing to Gu Pass, apart from the 70 thousand that were left there, the Zhao army had around 300 thousand men left.

Compared to the Qin Army, they had lost far more, close to 170 thousand. Purely Zhao Zhuang had lost over 100 thousand. Including those who attacked Wang Ling's camp, they had paid a heavy price.

Gu Pass wasn't able to keep such a huge army.

Helplessly, Zhao Kuo arranged a general to lead 50 thousand men to take over Wang Ling's camp and also Zhao Zhuang to take 150 thousand men and camp at the foot of Gu Pass. The remaining 100 thousand would remain there.

Zhao Kuo moved his base to Gu Pass, and after resting, the first thing he did was to clear the path to Handan. This was to obtain a continuous grain supply.

Gu Pass' grain supply could only last them for a month.

Compared to Zhao Kuo, Baiqi's reaction was faster and more decisive.

Just as Zhao Kuo had arranged 100 thousand men out of the pass to destroy Ying Bai's forces, he had received Baiqi's orders and had taken his men out of Changping Pass.

Baiqi knew that the main force of the Zhao army was the one attacking, and with only 40 thousand men, Ying Bak would definitely not be able to defend the Hukou Pass. Since that was the case, why not just retreat and reduce unwanted casualties?

With that, the two armies seemed to have went back to the situation of the 3 year faceoff between Wang He and Lianpo.

In truth, be it Zhao Kuo or Baiqi, they wouldn't make such a decision. A 3 year standoff, regardless of whichever country it was, the burden that war had on the nation was far more than what it could handle.

With large amounts of grains sent to the war front, numerous civilians enlisting to serve, numerous people helping to transport resources, and many young men sent to war, the country's economy was on the verge of collapse.

This was especially the Qin, who were fighting a war far away from home, making a long transport route. With every unit of grain sent, 4-5 units would be wasted.

If they continued to standoff, even a strong country like Qin wouldn't be able to hold on, and their country's power would be lost in the war.

Gu Pass, Di Chen's tent

"The first step is successfully completed, isn't it time for the second step?" Xiong Ba asked.

Di Chen nodded. "I'll suggest it during the meeting tonight."

"Great!"

"Do you think Zhao Kuo will agree with our plan?"

"He definitely would. Today's victory is definitely enough to show the problem."

"Zhan Lang, what do you think?"

In the battle, Zhan Lang led the player forces to destroy Wang Ling, even taking Wang Ling down. In the battle contribution points ranking, he was second, only behind Ouyang Shuo.

The reason Ouyang Shuo was higher was because of the kills by Shanhai City's 10 thousand cavalry.

Hence, Zhan Lang's prestige in the Yanhuang Alliance grew.

Zhan Lang laughed. "Based on what I see, even if we don't raise it, Zhao Kuo would have already thought of it."

"How so?"

"Don't underestimate him. In history, under the pressure of the Qin army, Zhao Kuo could defend 46 days without grain and the army didn't riot. He would definitely learn his lesson from this battle and find another way to break the Qin. With his character, he definitely won't defend like Lianpo." Zhan Lang analayzed.

"Smart!" The allies commended him for his great analysis.

"It seems like we have a 60% chance of winning this battle." Di Chen said happily.

The news about the Zhao army killing Wang Ling had spread all over and gained the awe and uproar of every country.

Before that, the 400 thousand troops of the Zhao were trapped by 500 thousand Qin men. Zhao had sent men to request help, but as they couldn't see the situation, they wouldn't put their stakes on either side.

Now that the Zhao army had escaped and even killed a general, it had undoubtedly changed the heart of the 5 countries in Shandong.

The dream of the Qin to take over Shangdou was becoming more and more distant.

The various countries of Shandong were afraid of the Qin. At this point, the Zhao sent out people to persuade them to send troops to fight the Qin together.

This time, their attitudes changed and they started to prepare their troops.

Seeing the situation starting to become bad for the Qin, the prime minister Fanju started to use heavy rewards to bribe the Shandong countries for them not to send troops to attack the Qin.

With such a situation, a storm started once again amongst the states.

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Chapter 272- Losing Yewang

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Just as the various ambassadors for each country went around to try and persuade them, Zhao Kuo acted again.

The next day after the war, Zhao Kuo ordered Zhao Zhuang to lead 50 thousand elite light armored infantry east out of Fukou Pass, and then towards the southwest to attack Yewang.

Ever since the Zhao army started using such cavalry, each one of them would bring milk and jerky to be able to last a day in battle. To make sure, Di Chen and the other lords provided 40 thousand military grain pills. With that, Zhao Zhuang led 50 thousand men east without any signs of grain being used.

The Yewang stronghold was the resource base of the Qin, the only stronghold that the Han Country had in the entirety of Shangdou.

Three years ago, Baiqi ordered Wang Ling to attack it. When they took over, they immediately constructed a large granary and opened up a channel so that grain could be transported. A year later, ships kept on sailing and carts kept on traveling, so grain was continuously sent to Yewang.

During the 3 year face off, the grain supply had never stopped. Yewang had now accumulated several granaries full of grain.

Ever since Baiqi took over Wang He as the commander, the Qin army's strategy had changed north towards Duanshi Town west of Laoma Ridge.

Wang Ling, who was defending the Yewang Stronghold under Baiqi's orders, started to enter the Changping battlefield.

As the battle proceeded, to ensure their victory, Baiqi had taken troops from the back and pushed them forwards into Changping to box in the Zhao army, hence Yewang Stronghold had less men.

Zhao Zhuang led the 50 thousand cavalry and rushed. They took a day to reach the Yewang Fortress.

The defenseless fortress couldn't contend against the enemy upon facing such a sudden attack, although they fought hard and tried to defend.

Adding the fact that Zhan Lang and the others had followed and used the siege weapons they brought with their storage bag, after an intense battle, the Qin forces lost, and everyone died.

After attacking the stronghold, Zhao Zhuang gave the order to set alight all the grain.

The large fire blazed and covered half the sky. As there was simply too much grain, the fire lasted for three days and three nights, and still hadn't extinguished, a burning smell spread through the area.

When the Qin army heard the news and rushed to assist, Zhao Zhuang's forces had already left. Seeing the burnt and ruined stronghold, the Qin soldiers' faces were all ashen white.

If the Zhao army escaping and Wang Ling dying wasn't enough to let the various countries decide, this burning of grain let them see the hope of beating the Qin army.

Out of all the countries, the Wei and Chu were the most eager.

They eagerly tried to convince the other countries to send troops and destroy the Qin together. Even the Han activated their Shangdou protector Feng Ting; the meaning in it was very obvious.

The Battle of Changping gathered over 90% of both country's troops. If one side lost, they would be in a detrimental and irrecoverable position.

Handan, Zhao Country Palace.

King Xiaocheng said happily, "Zhao Kuo really hasn't let me down. He's the general of his time!"

The ministers and officials agreed, and only Lin Xiangru who sat to the side had mixed feelings.

Everyone in the Zhao had felt that they had definitely won this time.

The Qin army had lost their grain supply, and could only retreat so Shangdou definitely belonged to the Zhao.

Pingyuan Lord, Zhao Sheng, was still a little worried. "My king, Zhao Kuo is young, and I'm afraid this victory would make him arrogant. Since Yewang Stronghold is destroyed, we only need to defend the Gu Pass, and the Qin army would be forced to back off. I'm afraid he would use his troops again to have a fight to a death with the Qin army for no reason."

His words were like a cold breeze, making the entire court feel cold.

Thinking about the situation where the Zhao army was boxed in, the ministers and officials felt the chills. Baiqi's prestige was too high, and even in such a situation, no one would say that the Zhao army would definitely win.

The moment Baiqi grabbed a chance, he would turn the whole situation around in an instant.

Zhao Xiaocheng was similar to the Pingyuan Lord, and was still scared of Zhao Kuo using his troops to attack. When he found out that the Zhao army was boxed in, he was so afraid that he had many sleepless nights.

Hearing his words, Xiaocheng said, "Uncle Wang is right. I'll write a decree for Uncle Wang to personally bring the army to take over control from Zhao Kuo so he can't step out of the pass and fight them."

"Yes, my king!" The Pingyuan Lord finally felt at ease.

Handan, Lianpo Manor.Ever since he was removed from duty, Lianpo didn't listen to his good friend Lin Xiangru's arrangement to go to the Chu, and instead returned to the Handan Manor.

Hearing that the Zhao army attacked Yewang Stronghold, Lianpo was conflicted. He muttered, "Was I really wrong? Am I not as good as him? I hope that the Zhao army wins so I have no regrets in this life."

Qin Country, Xianyang Palace.

The King of Qin frowned as he looked at Fanju. "How is the situation with the other countries?"

The destruction of the Yewang Stronghold left this minister with no idea what to do. Several more white hair grew on his head as he said, "My king, the situation has changed and whatever we do won't make a difference. The key lies in Baiqi, and if he can turn the situation around."

Qin Zhaoxiang was monitoring the resources in Changping. Before he returned to Xianyang, he had talked to Baiqi. Outsiders naturally wouldn't know a thing about the conversation between the two. The only change was that after the secret conversation, the king was much more relaxed and wasn't as tensed up as when he heard that Yewang Stronghold was destroyed.

The words from Baiqi before he left replayed in his ear: the loss of one land or city isn't enough to decide victory. What decides the outcome is on the battlefield.

"Minister, continue to remain here to manage policies and try to send grain towards Duanshi Fian. I'll venture forwards towards the army and form up reinforcements with all young men 15 and above to assist the troops in Changping."

"Yes, my king!" Fanju solemnly replied. When the country was in dire straits both internally and externally, it was when the king and the prime minister had to worked together. Such a scene made him cry out, "Protect our Qin, solve the national crisis!"

"That's right, this is the most trying times in our country, I believe that we can survive this and make it through."

Compared to the Zhao civilians, the Qin civilians were much more stubborn in the face of adversity.

As many things happened around them, the Changping battlefield was still very quiet.

After successfully taking down the Yewang Stronghold, Zhao Kuo assigned 50 thousand men stationed outside the Gu Pass to defend the Hukou Pass. As the only pass between the Handan and Gu Passes, they needed to defend it to ensure that grain could be transported.

At this point, the Zhao army formed a defensive line from the Hukou Pass to Gu Pass to Wang Ling Camp, destroying any chance of the Qin army surrounding them.

Hukou Pass and Gu Pass were near to one another, so if the Qin army wanted to go north of the stone wall, they would be attacked from the front and back. Unless they used all their forces, it would not work.

Lang Mountain, manor.

The military advisor was introducing the organization of the Zhao Army troops, followed by reporting new military intelligence. "The Wei led 150 thousand troops out of Dalian into Henei Prefecture, coming straight for Changping. Apart from them, other countries are all preparing for war."

"Their moms!" Wang He, who had a bad temper, flared up.

They didn't have any grain and now they had a strong enemy. This was a danger that the Qin army had never faced before. Even so, the generals and officials didn't give up, the reason being Baiqi, the war god in their hearts.

"How's the grain situation?" Baiqi asked solemnly.

"Apart from the Yewang Stronghold, Duanshi Town, Laoma Ridge and Guanglang City, all have a portion of the grain, but it's not in large amounts. Altogether, it could last us for 20 days. Additionally, the king has started to transport grain to Duanshi Town. As the distance is long, we can't depend on it for the short term."

Baiqi nodded, looking around at the various generals and said calmly, "The Zhao army has 4 advantages. They have enough grain, they have reinforcements, the area is small and easy to defend, and their morale is high."

He continued. "However, they also have four weaknesses. Firstly, although the defensive line looks like it can't be broken, the line is too long, and they can't protect the end of the line. If we try, we can definitely cut the line in half. Secondly, after they destroyed Yewang Stronghold, they didn't try to chase the victory and cut off our supply line. Their tactics aren't decisive enough and that gives us a chance to fight back. Thirdly, their consecutive victories and having reinforcements mean that they might get overconfident. Fourthly, them hiding in the pass means that they can only defend passively."

Everyone in the cave waited with baited breath. They were clear that before every battle, Baiqi would weigh the pros and cons of the enemy. Only after that would he think of a plan. What they were waiting for was this exact moment.

"To destroy our enemy, it's simple." Baiqi said and paused before continuing, "Surround them and destroy their reinforcements; fortify a place, but shift all the resources away. Attack their weaknesses; launch isolated sieges!"

Wang He asked, "Wu An lord, please elaborate."

"This strategy is focused on surrounding them, baiting the reinforcements before hitting their reinforcements instead. The Zhao army shrinking the defensive line gave us a chance. As long as we attack Gu Pass and attract their attention, and then send our main force to kill the Wei army, the Zhao army would be cornered by us once again."

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Chapter 273- Surrounding a Point and Destroying the Reinforcements

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The generals all exclaimed, respect and awe in their eyes. However, Baiqi was a very serious guy and rarely laughed, so the generals didn't dare to sing his praises in the tent. They all looked at him, their war god, with eagerness at how he was going to arrange the troops.

Ouyang Shuo sat in a corner, emotions filling him. Only such a person like Baiqi could become a commander-in-chief. Generals like Shi Wanshui and E'Lai could never be, the difference between them were very obvious.

Unfortunately, to try to to convince Baiqi, it was as difficult as scaling the heavens. Although the player force had made a commendable performance, it wasn't enough to earn Baiqi's respect.

"Generals, receive my orders!" Baiqi's words broke Ouyang Shuo's thoughts, making him focus once again.

"Yes general!" Huan He and Ying Bao replied.

Huan He being too late to assist resulted in Wang Ling's death. As such he felt a pent up anger. If the Wei wanted to disturb them, naturally, he was furious and wanted to teach them a lesson.

Ying Bao and the other generals didn't look up to anyone in the military, only respecting Baiqi.

"Tomorrow morning, Meng Ao will go close to the southern side of Gu Pass and make an aggressive stance to bait them. Wang He will react from the side and at the same time ensure the safety of the grain route."

Wang He and Meng Ao, one was courageous and fierce, while the other was stable. It was nice that they were polar opposites. As it was a fake attack, Baiqi purposely sent Meng Ao to attack. He was worried that Wang He would be rash and really attack, affecting the whole plan.

"Yes!"

After all the generals left, Baiqi looked for Wang He and secretly told him some words before letting him leave.

The next day, Meng Ao and his troops left and waltzed toward Wang Ling Camp, acting as if they were going to go all out.

Wang He's forces on the west also moved out, dust and dirt rising from their movements.

Atop of the Gu Pass, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Sheng stood together.

To the decree from the Pingyuan Lord, Zhao Kuo, although he didn't agree with it, he had no choice to accept it. Following the king's orders to build a defensive line, and not go out and fight.

Seeing Meng Ao's forces charging forward, Zhao Kuo didn't think much. He had sent 50 thousand men there and within a day, they had fixed the camp, and it was usable again.

Adding up Zhao Zhuang's 100 thousand forces which were at the foot of Gu Pass, he didn't think the Meng Ao's forces could succeed. Thinking back, even the 150 thousand forces he had couldn't take down Wang Ling's camp in such a short time.

"What is the Qin army rushing for?" The Pingyuan lord asked.

Zhao Kuo laughed. "Their grain supplies were cut off, so I think they want to go all out before our reinforcements arrive."

"Baiqi is a god when using troops, so why would he be so rash? Is there a scheme in all of this?" The Pingyuan lord couldn't understand and said uneasily.

"What a joke! Although Baiqi is smart, even the heavens favor us, what can he do?" Although Zhao Kuo had lost to Baiqi, he didn't believe that he was lousier than him and wanted to prove himself.

Seeing the arrogant and overconfident Zhao Kuo, the Pingyuan Lord kept quiet. He didn't have any proof and anything would just be a conjecture, so he could only believe in what Zhao Kuo said.

Using the cover of Meng Ao's forces and also the dust made by Wang He's troops, Huan He and Ying Bao led 100 thousand cavalry and sneakily left the camp, going toward Baijing to the east.

The iron cavalry of the Qin army weren't like the light armored cavalry of the Zhao army, and could bring milk and dried meat. What these soldiers brought were meat which needed a fire to cook. Compared to the Zhao army, it was much more troublesome.

Luckily, Ouyang Shuo and the lords of the Shanhai Alliance took out their military grain pills and lessened their logistical stress. If not, without such help, these troops would not make it so far.

In a short time, the troops managed to enter the Henei prefecture.

Henei prefecture, although it was a new prefecture that the Qin had taken over for a short while, as the Qin king commanded his men from there and provided rewards to the people. They were very happy and supportive.

Hence, these 100 thousand cavalrymen were like fish in water in the Henei prefecture.

The Wei country's Xinling lord had led the 150 thousand troops, and entered Henei prefecture. However they were like sparks in a dark night. In Huan He's eyes, there was nothing mysterious or secretive about their movements.

Huan He was very clear that this operation; it had to be fast and swift. Firstly, they had little resources left and couldn't last for long. Secondly, if they come out for too long, they would raise the doubts of the Zhao army.

After Huan He and Ying Bao finished their discussion, they chose a route that the Wei army had to pass by and prepared an ambush. They wanted to attack them before they could react and destroy them in one fell swoop.

The ambush point they chose wasn't a canyon or a special ground but a very normal plain. It was hundreds of miles around and apart from a official road, it was just a few scattered villages.

A hundred thousand cavalrymen hid in the villages. Not far from the village was a dense forest; the dense vegetation was also a good cover for the troops.

Seeing such a huge army, the villagers were freaked out.

Apart from acquiring some grain from the villages, the soldiers didn't do anything too out of hand. Baiqi was very strict and didn't allow his troops to rob civilians. Even a general like Ying Bao, who wasn't afraid of anything, definitely wouldn't go against Baiqi's orders.

After the troops settled down, Huan He sent scouts to investigate and monitor the movements of the Wei army.

Two days later, the Wei army appeared as expected.

Looking from afar, the 150 thousand men army stretched out over 5 kilometers. Their army, which was once the best, had deteriorated and wasn't as good as they once were.

An army that was moving wasn't suitable for sneak-attacks as they stretched too long. Even if they killed the front enemies, the ones at the back could form up and they definitely wouldn't be able to effectively kill them.

Hence, the place that Huan He chose was where the Wei army set up camp. As they traveled for a long time, and adding with the fact that there were few Qin troops in Henei prefecture, they naturally didn't pay much attention when they set up camp.

What they didn't know was that not far away, a pack of hungry wolves were staring at them.

As the Wei army set up camp, a hundred thousand iron cavalry was like a black flood and rushed out of the forest straight toward them.

The thunderous galloping made the whole ground shake; it was like a tsunami. The black wave swallowed up the land; the green plains was now covered in black.

"Oh no, it's the Qin army!" the Wei army panicked. The soldiers in the Wei army had suffered a lot at the hands of the Qin army, and fear had built up in their hearts.

At that point, the Wei army had started to gather in the camp. Travelling non stop for a day was really tiring. They put down the heavy grain that they carried and were prepared to settle down. They didn't expect that enemy forces would attack, causing panic in the camp.

Screams, shouts, horse galloping, bowls and pots crashing, scolds and various noises resounded; it was like they were in a huge market.

Luckily, the Xinling lord was a capable man, and he calmed the troops while reorganizing them at the same time. He ordered the cavalry to gather and intercept the Qin army while the infantry formed up behind them.

A 150 thousand man army naturally wouldn't set up camp at one spot. They were split into three groups. When the front group set up camp, the central group would rush there while the back group would still be moving.

Huan He led 50 thousand men to attack the front group. Ying Bao led the player force to destroy the center group. Xinling lord Wei Wujin personally led the center group.

In the current day and age, the only ones who could match the Qin army was the Zhao army. The Wei army in front of them were far from their past glory and were easy pickings.

The front camp, after a charge by Huan He's forces, couldn't form up. Huan He led his men and led a slaughter in the camp.

History would remember this once nameless plains because of this battle.

The center group's camp was where the commander Wei Wujin was located. Shi Wanshui requested to lead the player force to attack them. This was the only remaining group of the Wei's elite soldiers.

Shanhai City's cavalry was a level higher than that of Qin army's. The Wei elite soldiers naturally couldn't withstand it, and facing the metal flood led by the 2nd regiment, they had no choice but to engage.

It was a battle of the spear and the shield, and it ended in a complete victory of the Shanhai City cavalry.

The Xinling lord, who was highly confident, could only lead his guards and escape.

Even for the prideful Ying Bao, upon seeing the strength of the player force, his eyes froze. Before this trip, he was unhappy that Huan He had treated the player force too well, but now he understood why.

Although the Wei elite soldiers weren't as strong as before, they were still an elite unit. In front of the player force cavalry, however, they couldn't even withstand a hit, stunning Ying Bao.

In the huge plains, the Wei troops who stretched for miles were destroyed by the Qin army. Not only could they not connect up with the rear group, but they were broken up into many parts.

The Wei army was mainly made up of infantry. The small number of infantry wasn't enough to stop the Qin army cavalry. Instead they were pincered by Huan He and Ying Bao, and directly destroyed.

As the army lost its cavalry, the remaining infantrymen were unable to resolutely defend; they were like a bunch of sheep under the chase of the Qin army wolves, running for their lives.

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Chapter 274- Chariot Circle Formation

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The vast plains were filled with escaping Wei army soldiers. They threw down their gear and weapons. Some even took off their armor, so as to run faster than their comrades.

Ying Bao was a bloodthirsty person, so how could he miss such a good chance? He ordered the troops to be ruthless and not accept any surrender. Wherever the iron cavalry passed, they only left behind lifeless bodies.

Huan He also wasn't any saint, and was also simmering with some anger, so he was just as ruthless.

Such a good chance was also what Ouyang Shuo wouldn't miss. The player force was claiming their enemy's lives, making Ouyang Shuo feel like his battle contribution points were rising quickly.

A 100 thousand cavalrymen were like precise war harvesting machines, efficiently killing the front and central groups of the Wei army. As they passed by them on their horses, their knives shone and heads fell to the ground.

Compared to Huan He and Ying Bao's forces, the 20 thousand player force under Shi Wanshui, Er'Lai and Zhang Liao's lead were more efficient and had higher killing power.

Especially the Shanhai City cavalry, with their gear and great horses, they causally charged into the enemy, leaving a bloody trail in their wake.

After destroying the front and central groups, Huan He left 20 thousand troops to chase down the deserters. Then, he met up with Ying Bao and rushed toward the rear group of the Wei army.

When the Xinling lord returned to the back group, he noticed that things were bad. He ordered the troops to leave their heavy loads and rush for their lives back to their country.

Just as the Qin army was chasing the Wei army, the Xinling lord had already escaped. Unfortunately, as long as the Wei Army was within the Henei prefecture, they wouldn't be able to escape from the Qin army.

The Qin army cavalry followed their path and were like experienced hunters, killing them one by one. The infantry heavy Wei army definitely couldn't shake off the cavalry.

The chase lasted for a total of 3 days and 2 nights. The Qin army was like a pack of hungry wolves, and they bit down on the Wei army, refusing to let go. When the sky turned bright, the Wei army who spent the night in fear could see their demons who were charging toward them.

The grain that the Wei army threw down instead became a huge help for the Qin army. It totally solved the problem of resources. One had to say it was pretty ironic.

The Qin army chased them to the border of the Henei prefecture, and the 150 thousand Wei army was now in tatters. The Wei that was already having problems would probably not be able to stand up after that battle, and their destruction was just a matter of time.

Wei Wujin, under the protection of his guards, brought his remaining troops back into their country. He was immediately removed from his position and locked up. Whatever happened next, let's not talk about it now.

After completely destroying the Wei army, Huan He didn't dare to act slow and gathered the troops, rushing back toward Changping. Destroying the Wei army was only an appetizer, and the real battle would take place in Changping.

On the way back, Ouyang Shuo took a look at his battle contribution points and found that they had reached a terrifying 250 thousand. On average, in the two battles, the Shanhai City cavalry had killed each killed two and a half men.

Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang had both fought up to and overtaken Zhan Lang, taking the 2nd and 3rd spots on the rankings.

Of course, the battle contribution points leaderboard didn't factor in the final bonus points, so with Di Chen and Zhan Lang's performance, their bonus wouldn't be small too.

Hence, the fight for the top of the leaderboard wasn't set in stone.

The news of the Wei's 150 thousand troops being destroyed was like a blizzard as it swept across all the countries, calming down their impulsive and rash hearts.

The Zhao were rejected out of many of the other countries, and the Han once again removed Feng Ting from his duties. The 5 countries of Shandong immediately brought gifts and sent their ambassadors to Xianyang to try and repair the relationship.

Just as Baiqi had said, the destruction of the Wei army would break up the alliance that was forming.

At this point, the army that the Qin king had gathered in Henei slowly left Taihang Mountain.

With the arrival of rain, the Changping battlefield once again became cloudy and mysterious.

Gu Pass, Di Chen tent.

When Ouyang Shuo and the others' battle contribution points started climbing, Di Chen had already felt that something was up. After a few days of observation, he didn't see any signs of Shanhai City's cavalry amongst the Meng Ao forces.

Since they didn't join the battle, how would their battle contribution points still increase, unless there was a war somewhere else? Di Chen told his conjecture to Zhao Kuo, but he didn't place much attention or care to it.

As expected, in the beginning, even Baiqi didn't care when Ouyang Shuo told him military intelligence. Furthermore, Di Chen's conjecture was so preposterous that the young Zhao Kuo definitely wouldn't bother about it.

When the news of the Wei army losing spread, Zhao Kuo was naturally shocked while Di Chen and the others were bitter.

"Are we really going going to lose to Shanhai Alliance again?" Sha Pojun was really salty, seeing the good situation slowly overturned, how could he be happy, even more so when the enemy was Ouyang Shuo whom he hated to the bone.

Zhan Lang shook his head. "This time, we didn't lose to Qiyue Wuyi, but Baiqi."

"That's right! No matter what we predicted, we wouldn't foresee such an old move coming. Even in such a disadvantage, he dared to move his troops to kill the Wei army."

"Thinking back on it, isn't this his style? It looked dangerous, but in truth he calculated everything clearly and predicted that Zhao Kuo wouldn't dare to attack," Zhan Lang said emotionally.

"What should we do now? Our plan has been broken, so we need to think of a new one."

"That's right. Even without the reinforcements, the Qin are equally matched with us, so we need a detailed plan. If not, they might really beat us."

Zhao Army Tent

After hearing that the Wei army was intercepted and killed, Zhao Kuo locked himself in his tent and didn't see anyone. Even the Pingyuan lord Zhao Sheng was rejected at the door.

Based on Zhao Kuo's character, after gaining the advantage, he wanted to chase it and not give the Qin army any chance to rest. In the end, the prudence of the Zhao king spoiled his plan.

Now, the Wei army was destroyed and there wouldn't be any more reinforcements coming to Changping.

With the current situation, the Zhao army had no choice but to defend. They could only use Lianpo's plan to standoff against the Qin army and see who couldn't last.

Comparatively, the Zhao army definitely held the advantage.

The problem was, the current situation was much different from the time when Lianpo and Wang He had their standoff.

During Lianpo's time, both armies held half of Changping, and they each formed three defensive lines. As for Zhao Kuo's Defence, it was just a single line, comparing the strength, it was obvious.

And with Meng Ao's forces in front of Wang Ling Camp, them wanting to change formations was impossible. The only plan was to fortify the defense.

Zhao Kuo was well-read in military books, and his knowledge was very vast. If one talked about defending and not attacking, he immediately thought of an idea. He suddenly stood up. "Immediately send for general Zhao Zhuang!"

Zhao Zhuang hurried over and seeing Zhao Kuo sitting solemnly behind the general's table, he immediately bowed.

Zhao Kuo invited Zhao Zhuang to sit down on the floor opposite him and smiled. "How's the Meng Ao force's attack?"

"After intercepting and killing the Wei army and returning to Changping, their attacks hadn't decreased but increased instead If one said that they were faking their attack before, now it looks like they really want to take down the Wang Ling Camp and crush our defensive line." Zhao Zhuang said solemnly.

Hearing Zhao Zhuang mention the Wei army, Zhao Kuo's face cramped. It slowly returned back to normal as he said, "Since that's so, can you all handle it? The moment the Wang Ling camp is taken over, the army under Gu Pass would immediately face their threat." Zhao Kuo didn't reveal what he was thinking. Instead, he tested Zhao Zhuang.

"General don't worry, we definitely won't let the Qin army get away. However, what I'm worried about is that if they increase their forces once again, the troops defending would face immense pressure. General, shouldn't you organize more soldiers from Gu Pass to reinforce them just in case?"

Zhao Kuo shook his head. "If we increase troops, we will fall into their trap. They will take the chance to start a war and deplete our main force and prevent a long drawn out war."

"So, what should we do?"

"I have a formation that we can set up under Gu Pass which ensures that the Qin army wouldn't be able to attack an inch." Zhao Kuo was very confident.

"What formation is general referring to that will have such great effect?"

"Chariot circle formation!"

"Chariot circle formation?"

"Yes!"

"I heard that it was a long lost formation from Sun Bin. How did general learn of it?"

Zhao Kuo laughed but didn't say anything.

Zhao Zhuang knew that the general had a lot of confidence in it working and said happily, "As long as General remembers how to lay the formation and how it works, then it will definitely work!"

Zhao Kuo nodded. "Sun Bin mentioned that this formation was so amazing that one didn't need to make changes and adaptations to it. As for how to arrange the men, it's also very simple. Look!" He took a piece of sheepskin and started drawing. With his intelligence and quick thinking, in less than an hour, he had described the formation.

"Sun Bin is a war genius! This formation is so useful!" Zhao Zhuang exclaimed.

"It's okay if the Qin army increases their troops to attack. If they really do, we can only add a little more troops to defend Wang Ling camp. To fight head on isn't a smart strategy. The main force will set up the formation under Gu Pass to welcome them. I want to see how Baiqi breaks it."

"Yes, general!" Zhao Zhuang went away to prepare the formation so that they could set it up at the foot of Gu Pass. Apart from that, he also gave the responsibility of the formation to the advisor in the army for him to drill the soldiers such that they were well versed in it.

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Chapter 275- A Star Will Rise

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Lang Mountain, Qin Army Tent

Baiqi gathered all his generals to plan for the next stage of their mission.

Based on their original plan, the next stage would be to attack Wang Ling camp.

"Once we manage to conquer the camp, Zhao army will be trapped in Gu Pass, and it will once again be us surrounding them. Hence, we have to win the battle tomorrow." Baiqi rallied.

"We await your orders!" The generals replied.

"In the siege tomorrow, Meng Ao's forces will be the main while Huan He and Ying Bao will back him up by blocking the Zhao Zhuang troops at the bottom of Gu Pass. Wang He's troops will stay in the camp and wait for my orders!"

"Yes, general!"

Ouyang Shuo sat at one side, a sense of worry and doubt flashed across his face. Since they were trying to take over the camp, why wouldn't Wang He's troops be sent out? He looked at Wang He's expression and didn't see any unhappiness. Maybe Baiqi still has other plans.

Destroying the Wei Army not only destroyed the alliance that was forming. The Qin troops also gained a lot of grain and resources.

The Qin had sent almost all their grain toward the Yewang Stronghold. The fire set by Zhao Zhuang had destroyed the years worth of grain accumulated by the Qin. Hence, although they had regained the transport routes, the amount of grain that Fanju could gather within the country was limited.

As they kept trying to acquire grain, the commoners were grumbling. To support the troops on the frontline, even grain from their houses were asked to be contributed. Of course, they wouldn't be happy.

Hence, Zhao Kuo felt that if the two armies continued, that the Zhao army was stronger.

Fortunately, the destruction of the Wei who brought massive amounts of grain had really benefited the Qin.

The Qin king had already contacted commoners to help transport this batch of grain to Guanglang City.

The plains where the Wei and Qin armies fought was in Henei prefecture and really close to Changping. In a few days, they had managed to reach Guanglang City. Hence, the lack of grain was solved and the Qin problem wasn't as bad as Zhao Kuo expected.

The morning the next day, the sun rose; it was good weather.

Early in the morning, the Zhao Army started to get busy, moving all the chariots and usable things out to prepare the chariot circle formation.

Just as they began to get busy, the Qin army set out.

The black flood under the coordination of the drums, formed up into neat rows and walked out of the camp.

Baiqi stood on the tower and looked on as usual, looking down and commanding the troops.

The first one to leave was the 120 thousand infantry and cavalry led by Meng Ao. This army had been attacking Wang Ling camp for several days and had gotten familiar with the route. The only difference was the order to fight to the death given yesterday.

In the Qin army, the moment they decided to fight to the death, if anyone tried to escape, they would be killed mercilessly. If one was scared, he might be a burden to the others. Hence, for these battles to the death, the soldiers would all fight like their backs were against the wall.

In the rolling dirt and dust, Huan He and Ying Bao made use of the cover to follow closely behind. During the battle with the Wei, Huan He lost few troops and had 90 thousand men left who could fight.

Seeing Meng Ao's troops attack Wang Ling camp once again, the guards didn't panic. After several days, they were sure that the enemy was just faking.

The news of the Wei army losing was only known to generals of the Zhao army to not affect morale. Zhao Kuo ordered this to prevent its spread. If not, whoever disobeys it would be killed.

Hence, out of those defending, apart from the few generals, most of them didn't know a thing.

What they didn't know was that the Qin army today was very different from the last few days. The generals knew that and ordered for the soldiers to be on guard. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

During the few days of attacks, although Meng Ao didn't achieve much, at least they had filled up all the moats.

The huge army stepped over the moats and held the scaling ladders, starting a relentless assault against the camp that was originally theirs. The soldiers weren't afraid of dying and gave their all.

Such a fierce army was something the Zhao army didn't expect. Only then did they realize that the Qin army was attacking for real this time. However when they realized this, it was too late as they had already suffered heavy casualties.

Luckily, the Zhao army wasn't so average like the Wei army. Although they had a bad start, they reacted quickly and using the advantage of the wall, started to slaughter the Qin troops.

The alchemical fire oil cabinet and various defensive weapons were used to their fullest, causing huge damages to the Qin army.

Meng Ao, who was commanding the troops, didn't have any reaction and didn't care much about the loss of life. He coldly waved the flag in his hand, sending group after group up, not stopping until they achieved their goal.

The relentless attack gave a lot of pressure to the ones trying to defend. They didn't even have enough time to take a breath. Under the intense attacks, breaches and cracks appeared in some areas, although they were covered. If it continued, breaking through was just a matter of time.

Meng Ao was smart and fast, seeing that holes were appearing in the defense, he immediately sent the reserve force. In a moment, the Wang Ling camp was in danger. The soldiers had no choice but to send an emergency SOS signal to the main forces.

Although Zhao Zhuang was busy with the chariot circle formation, in truth, he was paying attention to this siege. Seeing the Qin army act as he expected and make a genuine attack, he immediately formed up a force to assist.

Just as they rushed to help, the Huan He and Ying Bao troops who were hiding behind Zhao Zhaung's army charged out and blocked their escape route.

Both generals did what they were tasked to, block as their first priority and kill as their second. The forces weaved around the Zhao Zhuang forces, not letting them move an inch.

Zhao Kuo stood at the city wall of Gu Pass. Seeing Zhao Zhuang's forces stopped, he knew that the Qin army was determined to take down Wang Ling camp.

Although he had prepared the chariot circle formation, Zhao Kuo didn't wish to lose the Wang Ling camp so early. Even more so, he wanted to save the 50 thousand troops inside.

Just as Zhao Kuo wanted to move the troops inside Gu Pass to save Zhao Zhuang's forces, someone reported, "General, there appears to be many Qin forces to the north of Gu Pass; they are carrying a lot of siege weapons; they look like they want to attack Gu Pass."

"What?" Zhao Kuo didn't believe it. When did the Qin Army go around the stone wall, when he was totally in the dark? The scouts were really useless. "How many of them?"

"More than 100 thousand."

Zhao Kuo shivered. A 100 thousand men, if he had sent out some soldiers out of Gu Pass to assist Zhao Zhuang, then Gu Pass would be in danger.

"That's not right!" Zhao Kuo frowned and muttered. "Why is it so coincidental?"

Thinking back, Zhao Kuo shivered. The Qin army on the north must have set out a few days back to be able to reach here at such a moment. Hence, they could prevent the soldiers in Gu Pass from assisting those in Wang Ling Camp. If Zhao Kuo didn't care and tried to save them, then it would become a real siege. Hence, either Gu Pass or Wang Ling Camp, one must be lost.

The importance of both, Zhao Kuo was naturally clear.

This was a scheme, and Zhao Kuo could only choose one or the other. He could only choose to defend Gu Pass and give up Wang Ling camp. As for coordinating with the troops in Hukou Pass to pincer the Qin army from the northern side, it was impossible.

The Hukou Pass was too far away from Gu Pass, and by the time they arrived the enemy would have been long gone.

This was the weakness of the Zhao army defensive line. It was too long and they couldn't smoothly coordinate with one another, giving a chance to the enemy.

At this point, Zhao Kuo had a deeper understanding on how Baiqi used his troops. It was apparent that in this battle, Baiqi had saw through the enemy weakness and made plans to counter it.

Comparatively, Zhao Kuo appeared very weak and inexperienced.

The hard part was that he not only had to sacrifice the Wang Ling camp and the 50 thousand inside, but if he really left them there, the morale of the army would drop.

They had no ability to save them, but if he didn't save them the army would lose their heart to fight.

Zhao Kuo shook his head bitterly. "Order the troops to turn towards the north to defend; tell those in the camp to defend and once we deal with those sieging Gu Pass, we will send reinforcements."

Everyone knew that Zhao Kuo's reinforcements were just a blank piece of paper. When the main force had made the Qin troops on the north retreat, Wang Ling Camp would have been lost, what reinforcements would even be needed?

Although everyone knew it, after all it was quite logical, Zhao Kuo didn't want to give up Wang Ling camp. But because of the Qin Army, he had no choice but to give it up.

Only then would it not cause too much of an effect on their morale.

One had to say, although this move wasn't so outright and in the open, it was effective. A leader had to be ruthless and when one needed to sacrifice something, they had to be able to do it.

Baiqi had once again given Zhao Kuo a lesson.

After this Battle of Changping, Zhao Kuo grew and matured quickly. If he could survive and walk out of this battle zone, he would definitely become a star general.

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Chapter 276- Regaining What Was Lost

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Zhao Kuo's orders were basically declaring the death of Wang Ling camp.

When the generals received the order, their faces were ashen white. They foresaw the ending that awaited them. However, they didn't hate Zhao Kuo, but the guile of the Qin army.

"Brothers, fight to the death!" The guts of the Zhao army were never worse off than that of the Qin army.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The scene from where Wang Ling's remaining forces jumped out of the moat and fought to their deaths were played once again. The same place, the same situation, the only difference was that this time it was the Zhao army.

Fate. Sometimes it was just so coincidental and so cruel.

The courage of the Zhao army was turned against them by Meng Ao. His calm eyes suddenly wavered and facing such an opponent, what he could do was to try his best and send them on their way.

Deafening roars sounded out inside and outside of the camp. The charge of the Zhao army provoked the thirst for blood in the Qin soldiers, and both sides fought to the death.

The intense battle lasted all the way into the afternoon. When they were tired, the Zhao army had their meals in the moat, not even having the time to return to camp. If they backed off, the enemy Qin army would charge forward.

As the sun shined onto the Wang Ling camp, it seemed exceptionally cold. The repaired camp was now once again in tatters, walls broken and smoke billowing from within.

As Meng Ao led the troops, he had a calm demeanour. The Zhao army's resilience was far more than he had expected. The moat looked like a dead zone which they could take over at anytime. But when the Qin forces rushed forward, there would be bodies that 'revived', taking the crescent knives in their hand and fighting against the Qin army.

Because of the battles time after time, the moat didn't exist anymore, covered by bodies and blood. Be it siege weapons or defense tools, they were all broken and no one bothered to go and fix them.

At the end of the battle, there were only soldiers taking knives and spears, and engaging in close combat. There was no skill and no tactics. This was the cold weapons era, the most bloody but the most eye catching moment.

Soldiers weren't wheat that would grow back quickly after being cut.

The Zhao army, be it in combat strength or mental strength, were equal to the Qin army; however, there were twice the number of enemies in front. In the end, they lost. Like the Wang Ling forces, none of them surrendered and everyone fought to the death.

In this battle, after a whole day of intense fighting, Meng Ao's troops seemed to have lost as many men before being able to take down the Wang Ling camp before nightfall.

They had regained what they lost, only that the price seemed too much to pay.

The after battle report showed that the player infantry forces led by Chen Tang had nearly all been killed, with around 1000 remaining. The terrible state of the player force was the best description of the battle.

Taking down Wang Ling camp, Wang Ao followed Baiqi's instructions and led 70 thousand troops to guard it. To pay remembrance to Wang Ling, the name of the place wasn't changed.

Seeing Wang Ling camp taken over once again, Zhao Zhuang was furious and wanted to have a fight to the death with the Qin army. Luckily, Zhao Kuo's warning made him keep a clear head and order his troops to retreat to the foot of the Gu Pass.

The combined forces of Huan He and Young Bao dealt with Zhao Zhuang for an entire day and were exhausted. They retreated back towards Guanglang City to rest up. Both generals knew that the more crucial battle was about to happen.

As for the 100 thousand troops sent to disturb the Gu Pass, they were taken out from Wang He's camp. Wang He was given the secret mission before Huan He and Ying Zhao went to attack the Wei Army to go toward Gu Pass.

A few days ago when the Meng Ao Army was bluffing their attack on the Wang Ling Camp, the entire main camp of the Qin army only had 50 thousand men, like an empty city. The Zhao Army had 200-300 thousand free troops but they didn't use them. If Zhao Kuo took the risk and attacked, the battle would be totally different right now.

Unfortunately, there were no ifs in war.

In the morning, Zhao Zhang started to shift out all the old chariots and useful things out and spent five days forming the chariot circle formation at the foot of Gu Pass.

The formation had five layers: the outermost one was a walled trench, the second was composed of chariots and sword shield soldiers. The chariots were connected together, and behind the chariots were the sword shield soldiers; thirdly were infantry soldiers spaced out in a defensive formation; the 4th was the military tent used to switch out the defending soldiers and treat the wounded; the 5h was the golden drum tower with a giant 'Zhao' flag and this was where the commander would command all the troops.

When the formation was set up, it astonished the Qin army. The Qin army pointed from afar and looked in awe. When Baiqi got the report, he looked down from the highest point of Lang Mountain. From afar, it was a 5 kilometer burning circle, flags placed around, drums sounding out, and it looked really dangerous.

Baiqi looked at his generals and asked, "You have all been through hundreds of battles, can anyone tell me the history of this formation? What are its strengths and weaknesses, and how should we break it?"

At this point, Meng Ao was north of the stone wall to command the 100 thousand troops there. Meng Ao was in the Wang Ling Camp and was in charge of monitoring the movements of the Zhao Army in the Gu Pass.

Besides Baiqi were only Wang He and Huam He. Wang He had 50 thousand odd men were in Laoma Ridge. Huan He had taken over Ying Bao's forces and had a total of 80 thousand cavalry situated in Guanglang City, taking over Meng Ao's role.

Apart from the two generals, there was the player representative Qiyue Wuyi and Qianshou.

Wang He laughed. "Who cares what formation it is? We have 50 thousand cavalry. We can charge through it and destroy it!"

"Fifty thousand cavalry destroy that? They will all die and you still wouldn't know what happened. As a general, you are an important member of the country. Doing things rashly, how will you win the war?" Although Baiqi wasn't intense, he had a indescribable prestige and honor which made the generals respect and fear him.

Most importantly was that the whole army had utmost faith in Baiqi. Baiqi, who worked his way up from a soldier, was a terrifying swordsman when he was a soldier and was familiar with all sorts of warfare and weapons. If he walked around in the training school, he could point out the mistakes of everyone.

As the general was so good, the soldiers would naturally trust him. That wasn't all. His tactics were precise and his use of troops was sublime, his courage and ruthlessness, all this played a part. In the past 30 years, as long as Baiqi led them, in whatever battle, the Qin Army would win.

All in all, Baiqi was like a war god sent from the heavens.

Even given such respect, Baiqi didn't become arrogant and rash. He was always that calm and clear, and he was forever the guy whose goal was to destroy the enemy.

Apart for calling him a god, there was no other way to describe him.

Being scolded by Baiqi, Wang He was embarrassed, his face turning red instantly.

Baiqi knew Wang He's personality and didn't think about it much, taking the chance to ask the generals about the formation. Suddenly, a slow but firm voice spread out from behind. "If I'm not wrong, this is the chariot circle formation."

Baiqi was shocked. He turned his head only to see an old man, dressed up like a scholar, standing behind Qiyue Wuyi. The scholar looked at Baiqi and bowed.

Ouyang Shuo introduced. "Baiqi, this is the advisor of the player force, Qianshou."

Baiqi nodded. He wasn't angry because he got interrupted and instead praised, "I didn't expect there would be such a smart person amongst the players. Please explain." It wasn't that Baiqi was trying to make things difficult for Qianshou, it's just that once the formation was recognized, one could naturally say it's pros and cons.

Qianshou didn't hesitate and said, "The formation was thought of by Sun Bin, but wasn't used in battle before. He only left the blueprints of the 10 formations. As for how to use them he didn't explain. This formation is the one that made use of moats, chariots and infantry: the chariot circle formation."

"The strength of his formation was that the army could rotate in a circle like water to adapt to the situation; if we attack from one point, the troops will rotate and attack us from behind; if we surround them and attack, we would need to stretch out our troops and thus our strength would be weak and would not be able to siege."

"Pa pa pa!" Baiqi clapped and laughed. "Mister is a genius!"

"Thank you for your praise."

Baiqi waved him off, his expression turning serious once again.

Based on Baiqi's plan, the next step would be to coordinate with Ying Bao's troops to pincer Gu Pass. However this formation made the south impenetrable.

The Wang Ling Camp that Meng Ao used so much to gain was now also useless.

Not only that, Zhao Kuo could also coordinate with the Hukou Pass soldiers to surround Ying Bao. The situation instantly changed because of one formation.

Baiqi was impressed. Zhao Kuo had started to show signs of becoming a star general.

"To destroy the Zhao army, we need to first destroy the chariot circle formation!" Baiqi said resolutely.

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Chapter 277- Using a Weird Method to Break the Formation

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Hence, one chariot circle formation became the key to deciding the outcome of the Battle of Changping.

Within 10 days, the grain from Henei prefecture had safely been transported to Guanglang City, and the Qin army's grain crisis had been temporarily relieved. Fanju did all he could in Xianyang to make the commoners provide some grain for the military.

One could say that the Qin had placed everything they had on this battle.

As the Zhao army had enough grain, they were determined to outlast the Qin army.

After setting up the chariot circle formation and calming down the situation down south, Zhao Kuo, who was very ambitious, had already set his sights on Ying Bao's troops to the north. Within Gu Pass were 170 thousand troops, and adding with the 50 thousand in Hukou Pass, they absolutely could eat up the 100 thousand men of Ying Bao.

The long face off was also a huge burden for the Zhao. After listening to Zhao Kuo's plan, Zhao Sheng, who was in charge of monitoring the army, didn't disagree.

Although they had successfully taken out the reinforcements and taken down Wang Ling's camp, the situation was still bad for the Qin army. Just as Baiqi said, if they wanted to destroy the Zhao army, they needed to break the formation.

However, with such a legendary formation, and also with the Gu Pass reinforcements to the rear, it wasn't easy to break.

Baiqi stood on top of the Lang Mountain every day and stared at the formation. As he looked at it, it would usually take an entire day. Only until the sun set did he quietly return to his cave.

As many days passed, this wasn't a good plan.

Seeing that Zhao Kuo was already preparing to attack, if he didn't think of any plan, he would have to ask Ying Bao to retreat; the moment he did, it would be the same as announcing that Zhao Kuo's defensive plan worked.

If they wasted more time, the Qin had no ability to provide for such a large army. The best outcome would be for the Qin Army to back off and let the Zhao Country have Shangdou. However, the political outcomes which would arise frightened Baiqi.

Giving up Shangdou prefecture not only broke the eastern path of the Qin. Most importantly, the positions of strength and power would have to be rewritten.

Hence, the Qin Country couldn't lose; they couldn't afford to lose; Baiqi also didn't want to lose!

Since the Battle of Changping happen, there had been several huge battles. The two player forces of the Zhao and Qin armies seemed to be side characters. If one looked closely, however, they were influencing the movement of the battle.

Comparing the two, it was Yanhuang Alliance from the Zhao Country camp that was more eye catching. Shanhai Alliance just followed instructions and didn't suggest any ideas or influence the battlefield.

Compared to the glorious performances in the Battle of Zhuolu and the Battle of Muye, their performance this time looked very dull.

Noticing that point, Ouyang Shuo gathered up all his allies to discuss how to break the formation. Unfortunately, even a first grade general like Baiqi couldn't solve it, how could they?

Ouyang Shuo knew that to break the formation, one couldn't use a normal logic cycle. As in such an aspect, be it the players or historical people like Qianshou, they couldn't compare with Baiqi.

This day, Ouyang Shuo brought two guards and went up to Guanglang City tower. In his mind, he only thought about the chariot circle formation and nothing else.

In the morning sun, a flock of geese flew across the sky.

Ouyang Shuo froze, and an idea flashed across his mind. He tried his best to calm himself down, closing his eyes, he connected what he gained from the geese to the chariot circle formation, to try and catch that glimmer of light.

The chariot circle formation was closely linked with one another, one part depending on the other to not give the enemy a chance. Normally speaking, to break this formation, one could either not bother about it, making the formation useless, or gather up all the troops to attack it from all sides to make the troops in the middle pressured. Then, they naturally wouldn't be able to adapt.

These two methods would absolutely not work.

The first needed absolute patience, and the Zhao troops in the formation had an endless supply of grain from Gu Pass, so even before they ran out, the Qin Army was finished.

The second plan needed a huge army, and after a few hard battles, the Qin Army had lost half their men and couldn't use pure numbers to swarm the formation.

The flying geese gave Ouyang Shuo a brand new idea.

Since traditional methods didn't work, one needed to innovate. Ouyang Shuo was thinking, what if they could be like the modern military and parachute people into the core of the formation? As long as the core was chaotic and as the troops attacked from the outside, the formation was bound to break.

One had to say, the cooperation with the rattlesnake mercenary group had stimulated Ouyang Shuo's thinking and made it more of a mix of modern and ancient thoughts.

The hard part would be how could they parachute? The ancient times didn't have planes where they could drop people off.

Ouyang Shuo opened his eyes, and as he turned to the Daliang Mountain, his eyes brightened.

The Daliang Mountain was in the center of the rivers and stretched to the foot of the Gu Pass, right next to the formation.

If one could jump off from the peak, one definitely could, without relying on planes, land in the middle of the chariot circle formation.

Now for it to become a probable solution, there was just a final piece of the puzzle. How to find a replacement for a parachute?

Ouyang Shuo immediately thought of the military tents that the Shanhai City army brought. This far exceeded olden technology and was just the best replacement for the parachute.

After thinking carefully, Ouyang Shuo didn't hesitate and excitedly said, "Lets go to the Lang Mountain and meet Baiqi!" As he said, he walked down the city tower.

His Guards, upon seeing their marquis so happy, were delighted too and followed quickly behind.

When Ouyang Shuo rushed to the peak, Baiqi was still standing there and looking at the formation, not making a sound.

To Ouyang Shuo's arrival, Baiqi didn't have any reaction.

Helplessly, Ouyang Shuo could only say, "I've thought of a way to break the formation, please take a look if it's practical."

"What?" The motionless Baiqi immediately turned around, shocking Ouyang Shuo. He used his three-cornered eye that only Qin people had and stared at Ouyang Shuo, emotionally saying, "What method, quick, quick, tell me!"

Ouyang Shuo calmed himself down before saying out all his ideas and plans.

After hearing Ouyang Shuo's plan, Baiqi didn't make a sound. After a long while, he muttered, "There's actually such a method in this world, I'm really old and stupid."

"This was an idea that I randomly thought of, do you think it will work?"

Baiqi was, after all, Baiqi, and after Ouyang Shuo explained a little more, he understood the point and confidently said, "Although some points are lacking, overall it's still okay. We just need to be more detailed. Not talking about others, to accurately land in the middle without much training is impossible."

"Apart from that, how many to send is also a problem. We can't sent too many or we will expose our goal. We can't send too little or they won't be able to create chaos; when to land is also very important. If they were found before they landed, they would become living targets and even before landing, they would be shot."

Ouyang Shuo knew that talking about details he definitely wouldn't be Baiqi's level. He carefully said, "Based on your orders, all the player forces are under your command."

Baiqi nodded and said, "Qiyue Wuyi, you are amazing. It has been a few months since I've known you and you have given me so many surprises. Today you have solved the difficult problem. If we win, you will get all the credit."

Ouyang Shuo tried his best to hold in his emotions. "Thank you general for your praises, I'm only doing what I'm supposed to do."

Baiqi waved him off and said, "You also need to do a few other things."

"General, please tell!"

"Firstly, draw the blueprints and give it to the military to teach them how to sew it. Secondly, collect all the military tents."

"Yes general!" Ouyang Shuo nodded, but he still had something to say.

Baiqi's eyes were sharp. "What else do you have? Just say it."

"I have a small request. Out of the cavalry I brought, I have one Guards regiment who are all experienced soldiers and have received more advanced training. Can general allow me to choose a portion of them to join in this operation?"

Baiqi nodded. "Your guards regiment, I've also heard about them for myself. Huan He, Ying Bai and Wang He have all told me that they were well equipped, really strong, could charge down formations, and have a strong defense. However, they are cavalry, can they do infantry warfare too?"

Ouyang Shuo was elated. The Shanhai City army didn't let him down, leaving a strong impression amongst the generals, even making Baiqi take note of them.

"The guards regiment was chosen from all parts of the military, so they are all good at both."

"Great, I agree!" Baiqi agreed without any hesitation.

In Baiqi's plan, his 300 Tieying swordsmen were naturally the best choice. However 300 men was a little small, and since Ouyang Shuo suggested this, he naturally wouldn't refuse.

"Thank you general, for your trust!" Ouyang Shuo pushing for the guards regiment to be sent, he wasn't being selfish and purely wanted to increase the chances of victory. And furthermore, they had received training in the new camp and had seen a lot more things. With their combat power, they were more than suitable.

If not, for such a dangerous mission, he wouldn't have dared to send the Guards regiment.

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Chapter 278- Victory Is in Our Sights

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The Battle of Changping had once again entered the rhythm of the Qin army.

Baiqi ordered Ying Bao and his troops to build a camp, digging moats and defend it. No matter what, they wouldn't come out and fight. If not, they would face military punishment.

If the 100 thousand men army set their hearts to defending, Zhao Kuo taking them down wouldn't be easy.

After settling down on the northern side, Baiqi ordered the Meng Ao forces to coordinate with Wang He's forces to attack and try to find the weakness of the formation.

Huan He's forces that were camped in Guanglang City split off 10 thousand cavalry to protect the grain and ensure that the enemy wouldn't have a chance to attack the route.

All this was just a facade.

Most importantly, the Qin army was making plans for the airborne soldiers operation.

They set the number of airborne soldiers at 1000. Apart from the guards of Baiqi, the 300 Tieying Swordsmen, the remaining 700 were all chosen from Shanhai City's Guards regiment.

Shi Wanshui was the leader of this operation, and the vice leader was the commander of Baiqi's guards.

The reason for the plan was that Shi Wanshui was a fierce general and could take up the task; and also because he was inside the martial temple, and even if he died, he could be revived.

The crafting of the parachutes also went smoothly.

After the first parachute was made, Ouyang Shuo tested it out.

For the test site, he chose it to be a cliff on top of the Lang Mountain. He ordered men to find a doll and placed a 50 kg stone in it, before tying it to the parachute.

The parachute with the doll flew down the cliff and slowly landed at the foot of the mountain.

The test results made Baiqi and the others watching from the side very pleased.

After resting on heavy objects, next was to test on real people. The guards regiment colonel Wang Feng was brave and was the first to test it out. Ouyang Shuo taught some parachuting skills to him.

Compared to the heavy object, Wang Feng's test was much more clumsy. As there weren't other secondary materials, the parachute was very simple and couldn't be opened in mid air.

Hence to be able to smoothly fly, one had to run before jumping off.

The landing portion was also hard for one to keep a good balance. It was shaking left and right, scaring Ouyang Shuo.

Luckily in the end, Wang Feng landed safely.

Although Ouyang Shuo wasn't too pleased, but to Baiqi and the others, this was unbelievable.

Baiqi was very confident and wanted the strikeforce to practice on Lang Mountain until everyone was familiar with the skill.

He also sent out spies to go atop Daliang Mountain to find a suitable spot. He also made modifications to the spots like simple running paths.

All of this were done in secret.

During this period, another small thing occurred, Feng Qiuhuang had luckily activated the recruitment quest for Wang He and surprisingly completed it. Once the battle ended, she could have him under her squad.

Towards her good luck, all members of the Shanhai Alliance sent her their congratulations.

Ouyang Shuo was happy that Fallen Phoenix City finally had a general, and to the Shanhai Alliance, it definitely was a positive.

No wonder from the start Feng Qiuhuang was so eager for the Battle of Changping. Ouyang Shuo guessed that she must have had some insider news and this luck was something that was bound to happen.

Towards her little selfishness, Ouyang Shuo could understand it. He couldn't ask all members of the alliance to be selfless. For each member to have a secret weapon was to be expected.

With such an occurrence, Di Chen and the others were recruiting the generals of Zhao.

In the army, the general Zhao Kuo and deputy Zhao Zhuang were all good choices.

Especially Zhao Kuo, the experience from the Battle of Changping had perfected him. Even if he couldn't be a general on the battlefield, for him to be an advisor was also very good.

Apart from that, in Handan there was still Lianpo waiting for the players to recruit him. Lianpo was forsaken by the king, so the chances of getting him was much higher.

As for Limu, as he was too far away and had nothing to do with the Battle of Changping, it would be near impossible to recruit him. Furthermore, Limu at that time was probably still young and hadn't reached the peak of his greatness.

Like Feng Qiuhuang, Di Chen and the others craved for historical generals.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that in the last life, Lianpo was recruited by Di Chen. Who knew if there would be any chances in this life.

The Battle of Changping had entered its final phases.

After being taught a painful lesson of having their grain supply cut off, Zhao Kuo didn't move the soldiers at Hukou Pass and instead prepared the 170 thousand troops in Gu Pass to take down Ying Bao's camp.

Gu Pass couldn't be left without any soldiers. Hence, the number that Zhao Kuo could use would be around 150 thousand.

Ying Bao followed Baiqi's orders and defended. Under the circumstances that the difference in strength wasn't insane, Zhao Kuo was helpless. He attacked several times without success.

Zhao Kuo was determined to take it down, ordering the Hukou Pass troops to attack together.

Similarly, the Qin army secretly moved their forces. The strike force had moved to Daliang Mountain and was ready to parachute in, what they waited for was the right time.

This day, during first light, in the Changping Valley, there was fog.

The white mist made the whole place cloudy and foggy like that of a paradise.

Baiqi woke up early as usual and started training. Seeing the white fog, he was on cloud nine. "Even the heavens are helping me!"

"Send my orders!" Following his orders, the Qin army started to act.

Wang He and Huan He's forces secretly left their base and got close to Gu Pass. After rushing to Wang Ling camp, they met up with Meng Ao's forces and the 200 thousand Qin army set out to Gu Pass.

The one in charge of the formation was the deputy general Zhao Zhuang.

The large scale movement of the Qin army definitely couldn't be hidden from Zhao Zhuang. He was immediately on alert. Although he was confident in the formation, the entire Qin army setting out still scared him.

Baiqi's reputation wasn't only in the Qin army. He probably found a way to break the formation. Zhao Zhuang didn't dare to be careless, ordering the 100 thousand men to be alert.

Just as both armies were nervously facing off, the strikeforce on top of Daliang Mountain was ready.

The white fog only lingered at the foot and at the peak, it was clear as day.

The strike force had practiced it hundreds of times, and under the lead of Shi Wanshui, they used the running path and jumped off. They were like a group of soldiers falling from the heavens, quietly descending.

The white fog was of great help to the strike force. The Zhao Army only looked at the Qin army and didn't expect troops to come from above. They didn't even lift their heads up, and with the cover of the fog, not until the strikeforce landed in the center of the formation did the Zhao Army react.

Shi Wanshui didn't care about their surprise and led the strike force to split out into a circle and charge towards the enemy, clearing out a space to provide cover for the landing members.

Zhao Zhuang was sitting in the drum tower and was the first to notice traces of the strike force. Although he was astonished, he quickly reacted and ordered the soldiers to surround them before they were firmly on the ground.

Just as the middle of the formation was in chaos, the Qin troops on the outside of the formation started attacking. The one leading the attack was Wang He and his 50 thousand men. This fierce general led his soldiers and dashed in fearlessly.

The pincer move made it very uncomfortable for the Zhao Army, and they couldn't look out for one another.

The 1000 man strike force, after landing, lost less than 100 men. Some were shot by archers, some landed outside of the formation and lost contact with the group. Some died in combat while trying to cover for others.

After the strikeforce sat foot firmly on the ground, Shi Wanshui set the drum tower as his target.

For this sneak attack, the strike force made sufficient preparations. With a shout, the members took out their axes and chopped down the command tower. Just in case, they also used alchemical fire oil to burn it cleanly to the ground.

The Zhao army were also prideful people, how could they allow enemies to do whatever they wanted in their territory? Tens of thousands of soldiers rushed from all directions to try to destroy this unit.

As the drum tower burned, smoke bellowed, and it looked like it was about to collapse. Zhao Zhuang, helplessly, along with the protection of his guards, escaped the tower.

At this point, the formation lost its commanding pillar and was unable to function effectively.

Baiqi, who was outside the formation, upon seeing such a great opportunity definitely wouldn't let it go, commanding his troops to all attack and destroy the formation.

The mission of the strikeforce was completed, and what they needed to do now was to survive.

Facing the charging Zhao army, Shi Wanshui snickered. "Time to let you witness the strength of Grandpa Shi!" He waved his spear as he said that, taking the initiative to attack.

The members of the strike force roared out and formed up, charging towards the Zhao army.

Out of all of them, be it Tieying Swordsmen or Guards regiment, they were all elites. Under the leadership of Shi Wanshui, they were like lions, charging around in a pack of wolves.

In a moment, the 10 thousand man Zhao army couldn't keep up with the 900 of them, so it was a shocking sight.

Shi Wanshui's spear was like a dragon. When he pointed to someone, they died. When he came into contact with someone, he injured them. He displayed the strength of one of the top 10 generals in history; he was a real asura.

In a short amount of time, the center of the formation was littered with bodies, and it was very explosive.

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Chapter 279- Encircling and Entrapping

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Not mentioning Shi Wanshui who was in the middle of the chariot circle formation and slaughtering in all four directions, outside of the formation, Baiqi had left the Lang Mountain and personally started to command the troops.

Two hundred thousand troops under Baiqi's command had broken layer after layer of the chariot circle formation.

After the formation lost its middle command, although it was barely working, it had already lost its spine. It wasn't as smooth and coordinated and was now just a dead formation.

Comparatively, the Qin army under Baiqi's lead, be it attacking from the front or the back, coordination between infantry and cavalry, baiting the enemy or attacking upfront, was completely superior.

All these many forms, Baiqi commanded them like they were a whole body, precisely eating away at the Zhao army. The Zhao army was split into a few layers, and their advantage had instantly became their burden.

Zhao Zhuang escaped the burning tower and he tried to reorganize and lead the troops, but unfortunately it was too late.

At the foot of Gu Pass, the shocking battle had entered its crucial stages. Amongst the formation, killing shouts bellowed, and dust and smoke rose.

The paradise in the morning had now became hell on earth.

Within 5 kilometers, the 200 thousand Qin army and the 100 thousand Zhao army were interlaced, red and black mixing together, engaging in slaughter like a drawing of nature.

The land was the sketchpad, the soldiers were the colors, and Baiqi was the artist.

As the battle proceeded, the black color started to gain the upper hand, a black flood split up the red, surrounding them group by group, engaging in cruel encirclement.

Slowly, the red color became thinner and thinner, and the black became the main core. The chaotic red was surrounded in the sea of black as it got pushed around.

Nearing the end of the battle, the chariot circle formation had totally failed and the Zhao army had lost.

Zhao Zhuang was also very decisive. Upon seeing that things weren't going right, he wanted to save as many as possible. He ordered the troops to retreat and get back to Gu Pass.

Seeing them desert the formation and escaping, Baiqi immediately ordered them to stop chasing.

This large battle could be said to have finally ended.

In the battle report, the Qin army, with a cost of 10 thousand men, broke the formation and killed 30 thousand men, causing the remaining forces to run back to Gu Pass.

After breaking the formation, the grain that the Zhao Army left in the formation was taken by the Qin army.

Baiqi didn't slack off and ordered them to use the resources in the formation to build a camp right at the base of the Gu Pass, naming it the South Camp and locking off all ways the Zhao Army could go down south.

After the battle, Baiqi moved the base from Lang Mountain to Wang Ling Camp. Meng Ao's forces who was camped in Wang Ling camp met up with Wang He's forces and entered the South camp.

As for Huan He's iron cavalry, they entered the Wang Ling camp, acted as the reserve force, and also protected the grain transport route.

Of the ones who did the most in this fight, the 1000 man strikeforce, in the end only 400 odd men survived. Out of the 700 from the Guards regiment, around 300 survived.

When Shi Wanshui walked out from the formation, he was totally covered with the fresh blood of the enemy, like an Asura that walked out of hell.

The Qin soldiers looked at Shi Wanshui, their eyes filled with respect.

Ouyang Shuo was delighted. Be it the Battle of Zhuolu or the Battle of Muye, and even now in the Battle of Changping, Shi Wanshui could step out at the crucial moment and solve his problems.

Facing off against Chiyou, building the steel defensive line during the Battle of Muye, and now leading the strike force, he was really a war god and a fierce soldier.

Er'Lai upon seeing Shi Wanshui so amazing and so glorious, wanted to find a chance to prove himself. Luo Sha sensed his master's desire for fighting and growled, "Nian~~"

Ouyang Shuo laughed in amusement and shook his head. Once the chariot circle formation was broken, the whole situation was settled. It was already not far away from the end of the Battle of Changping.

Two things started to happen, so let's describe one of them first.

As the intense battle occured in Changping Valley, war also started on the northern side.

Zhao Kuo led 150 thousand soldiers from Gu Pass to meet up with the 50 thousand from Hukou Pass. They were like a fiery sea as they charged towards Ying Bao's camp.

The pressure on the Ying Bao camp grew greatly and they were in a dangerous situation. After a few modifications to the camp, it was an iron fortress, various machines and resources were lined up closely with one another. Ying Bao was also a strong general, leading the troops and chasing them away time after time.

In a moment, although the Zhao Army had an advantage, they couldn't breach the camp.

The battle to attack the Ying Bao camp became a long battle. Just at this moment, the chariot circle formation was broken and the news of the Zhao Zhuang army losing had spread to Zhao Kuo. It was like thunder on a clear day, blowing all his thoughts and plans apart. Zhao Kuo had never expected that such a formation would be broken so quickly by the Qin army.

The moment the chariot circle formation was broken, this meant that the south side faced the threat of a Qin army attack. With such a situation, how could Zhao Kuo siege Ying Bao's camp in peace?

He got more bad news. "A bunch of the Qin soldiers went around the Taixing Mountain and entered Hukou Pass. They wanted to take it down while we were attacking. The 10 thousand soldiers defending it have all died."

Upon hearing that news, his legs crumbled and he couldn't stay still. His face was ashen white, devoid of any blood, and in his eyes had a look of desperation and loss of hope.

Seeing their general like that, the scout was also nervous. The Zhao army had spent so much effort to overturn the situation, and in this instance, there was a 180 degree change.

If it were others, they wouldn't be able to accept it immediately. Even more so for Zhao Kuo, who was prideful.

After the Yewang Stronghold was destroyed, the Qing king set up a new army in Henei. This army wasn't deployed by Baiqi and just asked them to go up north and wait for a chance.

His original plan was to use them to stop all the reinforcements. He didn't expect the Wei Army to be so weak and be destroyed by the 100 thousand iron cavalry, scaring the other 5 countries so no one sent any reinforcements.

Even so, considering that the Qin army in the Changping war zone was doing okay, Baiqi asked the army to hide.

Based on the way he commanded troops, he still didn't give up on surrounding the Zhao army. This was the final part of the plan he had set. The Hukou Pass became the best point in Baiqi's eyes.

As expected, chances were given to people who sought them.

Under Baiqi's deliberate bait, the young Zhao Kuo couldn't resist and wanted to destroy Ying Bak's army and obtain a glorious victory. However he didn't know that he walked right into a trap.

The war happened as Baiqi had planned. The only exception would be the chariot circle formation which had given him quite a big headache.

Luckily with Ouyang Shuo's thinking, it was solved and the situation returned to what he had expected. Apart from Baiqi, no one would be able to come up with such a huge plan.

It was because of this that Baiqi had high praise for Ouyang Shuo. If it wasn't for his plan, Baiqi's entire plan would've gone to waste.

Taking the chance to conquer Hukou Pass, they cut off the grain supply lines of the Zhao army, as well as their only path back to Handan.

"Retreat, go back to Gu Pass!" After keeping quiet for long, Zhao Kuo said softly.

At this crucial moment, Zhao Kuo was still a little rational and didn't force the attack on Ying Bao camp. The destruction of the formation meant that before the Ying Bao camp would collapse, Gu Pass would first.

At that point, the 200 thousand Zhao army would have no camp to defend and no grain to support them. Thinking about such a situation, Zhao Kuo shivered.

Hence, he needed to rush back to Gu Pass and defend before the Qin army got ready, defending it and hoping that they could hold off until reinforcements arrived. Inside the Gu Pass was also enough grain to use for one month.

As long as the Zhao army defended, the Qin army wouldn't be able to take down Gu Pass.

After they retreated, Zhao Kuo fell sick and had a high fever, making him unable to think clearly. The Zhao army lost their soul and were now in a desperate situation. They were at the lowest point in their history.

Just at this moment, Zhao Sheng stood out and calmed everyone down.

Learning that Hukou Pass was taken over by the Qin Army, Di Chen and the others were furious. After so many intense battles, there were less than 10 thousand men left in their player camp and couldn't affect the battle as much. All their plans went up in smoke.

The only thing that they could feel happy was that they successfully recruited two generals. Di Chen rushed to Handan and persuaded Lianpo. Zhan Lang made use of his performance to recruit Zhao Zhuang.

Only Zhao Kuo, although Chun Shenjun triggered his quest, with the current situation, whether he would be able to recruit him was a huge question mark.

The battle was about to end!

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Chapter 280- The Final Battle

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The news of the Zhao army being trapped by the Qin army had spread to all the countries. All their kings felt numb and could only look on with respect toward the Qin to the west.

Handan was in a deathly silence as the various ministers engaged in a debate.

Some suggested Handan to copy the Qin, enlist all 15 and above young men to form an army, and let Lianpo lead them to attack Hukou Pass. Some suggested to negotiate with the Qin, and with the price of letting off the trapped forces, they would give them Shangdou Prefecture.

Whichever one it was, it was really difficult.

Firstly, acquiring a huge army wasn't something that could be done in a day. Even before they got the army prepared, the Zhao army trapped in Gu Pass would have starved to death.

Even if they could form up an army, they had totally no experience and could never break down Hukou Pass defended by 60 thousand Qin soldiers. Although they were also rookies, they had the experience of one battle; secondly, they had the geological advantage, defensive weapons, and tools.

Hence, that plan would definitely not work; the various countries were scared of the Qin, so they wouldn't send anyone to help the Zhao.

Hence, they could only helplessly send their ambassador to Xianyang.

Be in the Qing king Fanju or Baiqi, their goal was to destroy the Zhao, so how would they let them off when they had the absolute advantage? Based on Fanju's word, Shangdou was already theirs so why should the Zhao give it to them?

Taking out the nail that was the Zhao, they would have a smooth route east and could work toward ruling the land.

Although they had decided to refuse to settle matters with the Zhao, when the ambassador came, Fanju acted like he was very warm and faked sincerity toward him.

Baiqi sent a letter and hoped that they could delay the ambassador and leave some hope for those in Gu Pass to prevent them from fighting with them all.

Fanju loved such as scheme and happily played along.

Hence, the Qing king was hiding away from the Zhao ambassador. While Fanju acted as a prime minister who was trying his best to calm the whole situation, delaying the ambassador and making him stuck in Xianyang.

Just as the ambassador was doing all he could to run around Xianyang, the Changping war zone experienced a moment of peace as both sides stopped fighting.

Everyone knew that this was just temporary, and once the negotiations broke down, the fighting would start once again.

Making use of the chance, Baiqi did a huge reorganization of the army, sending the 100 thousand new troops into the main force and also strengthened the Hukou Pass defense.

At this point, the soldiers defending the Hukou Pass included both old and new soldiers. Even if Handan sent a new army, it was near impossible for them to take down the pass.

After reorganizing the military, Baiqi heaved a sigh of relief. He knew that he had an 80% chance of winning this battle.

His master plan had dazzled Ouyang Shuo and taught him a lot. During the free time, Ouyang Shuo took the chance to talk to Baiqi and talk about territorial matters, and also to bring both of them closer.

Ever since he broke the chariot circle formation, Baiqi's attitude toward Ouyang Shuo had became very positive, and both of them grew much closer. Sometimes, he would discuss with Ouyang Shuo about how to take down Gu Pass.

Baiqi knew that this time, them surrounding the enemy was very different to the first time. The Zhao army now had a camp that they could defend, and they had a reason to go all out and attack before their grain ran out.

To be able to take down the Zhao army without spilling any blood was a near impossible matter.

Hence, no matter how Baiqi theorized and planned, it was still going to be an intense battle.

No matter how the Zhao army tried to breach and escape, they had to face the Qin army. As for how to take down Gu Pass, Baiqi had already starting to make plans. He wanted to smoothly take down the pass with the least casualties.

Up until now, although the Qin army held the absolute advantage, in truth, both sides lost close to half of their men.

In Changping Valley, the 500 thousand men of the Qin and Zhao forces laid in wait.

In a blink of an eye, half a month passed.

The Zhao ambassador achieved nothing in Xianyang, and understood that the Qin would not negotiate and had seen through their scheme, furiously leaving Xianyang.

Even though they saw through their schemes, there was nothing the Zhao could do.

During the time they sent their ambassador to the Qin, Handan didn't lay in wait. They sent out ambassadors with large amounts of goods and gifts to the various countries to try and get them to send troops, but unfortunately it didn't work.

In the Wei country, needless to say, Xinling Lord was locked up. The Qi king, under the advice of Pu Xianru, declined; the Chu king was on the fence in this battle; the worst was Yan country who even wanted to attack the Zhao.

Human nature was cruel, the world was harsh, and what everyone paid attention to were profits and self-gain.

The king of Zhao also activated Lianpo and started to recruit a new army in Handan.

Half a month had passed, and the 100 thousand newbie army had started to form. Even with Lianpo's ability, he didn't have any confidence in his army.

However, because of the tough times, the Zhao couldn't handle it if their entire force collapsed. The Zhao king could only order Lianpo to lead the troops to charge toward Hukou Pass.

However, one could imagine how a 100 thousand man rookie army would do. After the Qin army took over the camp, they reorganized their troops and sorted out their equipment. The soldiers were sent to the city wall and trained in the art of defense, getting familiar with the defensive facilities.

Not only that, Baiqi had also sent Meng Ao over to Hukou Pass. With him there, there would be definitely no chance for Lianpo to take them down.

What Lianpo was up against was such a pass.

Based on his original intention, he didn't want to attack the pass. Unfortunately, he couldn't go against the king's orders, and also because there were many of the men that followed him for years in the Gu Pass army, he couldn't leave them there.

With the continuous attacks, apart from the number of casualties increasing, they had no progress.

As Lianpo attacked the pass, Zhao Kuo, who was at Gu Pass, finally recovered. He naturally wouldn't sit and wait. He needed to break the entrapment before they ran out of grain.

North or south? Zhao Kuo needed to make a choice.

If they went north, not only did he need to go past Ying Bao's camp, but also Hukou Pass. Going south, he naturally needed to go against the South camp and Wang Ling camp.

Whichever side he chose, it wasn't going to be easy.

What was worse was he couldn't move all his troops. Gu Pass was trapped in the middle, and no matter where he chose, Gu Pass would be attacked by the other side.

After considering everything, Zhao Kuo ordered Zhao Zhuang to bring 70 thousand men and defend the southern part of Gu Pass. He led 200 thousand of their main force to attack Ying Bao's camp.

At this point, there were 140 thousand men there. Zhao Kuo, to take down such a camp with only 200 thousand men, was harder than ascending the heavens.

Before leaving, he did a final rally, "Brothers, this is our last chance. Either we succeed or we die trying. There's no third way out."

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" A sad and tragic feeling spread out of Gu Pass, giving them courage and the motivation to attack.

"Move out!" Zhao Kuo ordered.

Di Chen and the other player lords brought their remaining forces, looking on as they walked toward their deaths. At this point, if they refused, they would only be killed.

Both sides were in a life or death battle from the start.

There wasn't any testing out or any luck; it was either you die or I die!

Each battle, one could see the eagerness of each soldier. Each city wall needed one to continuously defend and attack. If the Zhao army took it down, then the Qin army would try to take it back.

The number of dead soldiers could be seen to increase with the naked eye.

Zhao Kuo split his army into two parts, taking turns to attack the wall, not stopping before they succeeded.

The Qin army also wasn't easy meat, Ying Bao leading an army of elites to be a 'firefighting squad.' Every time they appeared, they would take back the lost land.

The red sea and black wave struck at each other again; they stepped on the enemy's corpses and advanced. The cruel battlefield made every soldier into an Asura, and made the battlefield into a living hell.

In their eyes, there was only killing and nothing else.

A morning of attacking had resulted in the Ying Bao camp being in tatters. All the defensive tools were destroyed, and the Qin army could only use their bodies to block the attack. As the attacking force, the Zhao army was also feeling the pressure and their bodies piled up outside the camp.

Not being able to succeed made the Zhao army's morale dip. The huge deaths, continuous winning and losing was a crushing grinding and testing of their mental strength.

From now, it was a metal battle to see which side couldn't last.

The one that broke the balance of the battlefield wasn't either of the two sides that fought, but it came from the behind the Zhao forces.

Gu Pass, was broken by the Qin Army.

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