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 409- Face-off

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Editor: Nora

Battle map, Julu City.

Although Xiang Yu was strong, but the princes would not just follow his commands so easily.

In history, Xiang Yu could form up his prestige in the Anti-Qin Army after he ordered his troops to cut off their own retreat path through burning their boats and destroying their cooking woks. During this battle, he had not found the opportunity to do so.

Hence, the current Julu City did not follow his instructions.

The various princes might seem unopposing or useless, but they each had their own plans.

How should he tame the thre hundred thousand odd men prince army, including eighty thousand Zhao troops to become the only leader of the Anti-Qin Camp. This was biggest problem Xiang Yu had ahead of him.

Without the cooperation of these two groups, it would be impossible to succeed.

To Xiang Yu, the easiest method would be to kill someone to make everyone else fear him.

However, there were not any living targets like Song Yi for Xiang Yu to show off his might.

Just when Xiang Yu was deep in thought, Di Chen represented Yanhuang Alliance to step out.

Similar to Shanhai Alliance, famous generals filled the ranks of the current Yanhuang Alliance.

Amongst which was a person that had a deep relationship with Handan City, with the Zhao Country—the old general, Lianpo.

During the Battle of Huangjin, Lianpo had proved himself and earned the trust of Di Chen. The current him had become the most trusted general under Di Chen's charge, similar to Baiqi's position in Shanhai City.

Similar to Baiqi, Lianpo felt conflicted about the Battle of Julu.

The Zhao Country from before had already disappeared and become specks of ash in history. The revived Zhao Country was just a small ripple in a wave and did not amount to much.

Even so, Lianpo felt really emotional.

Zhang Han had totally destroyed Handan, the capital of Zhao Country. It became a total wasteland.

Toward the Zhao Country, Lianpo still felt guilty.

The Battle of Changping was where everything went south for the Zhao Country.

Similarly, in the hearts of the citizens of the Zhao Country, Lianpo was a general deserving of respect.

Hence, with the coordination of Lianpo and Zhao Zhuang, the eighty thousand strong Zhao army smoothly joined Xiang Yu's camp.

Apart from that, Wuqi, who was under Xiong Ba, had a certain influence on both the Wei and Chu countries. Chun Shenjun's general, Tiandan, also had an influence on the Qi Country.

With the cooperation and help of the Yanhuang Alliance generals, all the attitudes of the princes changed. In the end, they decided to let Xiang Yu lead them.

After this matter, the position of Yanhuang Alliance in Xiang Yu's heart rose.

What followed next was how to fight this war.

The generals discussed and discussed; the only solution they came up with was attacking Jiyuan City.

A head on war laid before them.

The geographical location of Jiyuan City was simply too good, and they could only take the initiative to attack.

Most crucially, Julu City did not have enough grain. If they did not attack before the grain ran out, the consequences would be dire.

On the 5th day of the battle, the war between the two cities finally broke out.

At this point, where was Ouyang Shuo?

Before the battle even started, Ouyang Shuo had already turned his attention to Liu Bang, who was far away in Peng City. The current Liu Bang did not have any strong soldiers under him. However, the bunch of famous generals alongside him were great targets.

Apart from that, Liu Bang also held onto an item that Ouyang Shuo badly needed.

After Baiqi took over command, Ouyang Shuo followed the plan he had set out and sneakily left Jiyuan City.

Alongside him were the three thousand palace Guards, as well as Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang, with the five hundred elite each that Ouyang Shuo had told them to bring along.

The elite troops that the two brought were of a similar standard to the palace guards and only a little weaker.

This group was actually not really eye-catching and attention seeking. Apart from trying to travel unnoticed, they were also trying to travel quickly.

From Jiyuan City to Peng City, there were many Anti-Qin camps.

If they waltzed in, they would definitely be asking for trouble. Although most of their forces were gathered in Julu, there were still scattered troops along the way.

Needless to say, there were many bandits and raiders that rose up because of the chaos.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not fear anything, he did not want to fight all the way till he reached Peng City.

Time was of the essence.

Julu City had limited grain, so the war between the two sides would not be a war of attrition. Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to end the fighting before the war at the main battlefield ended.

Jiyuan City was around four hundred kilometers away from Peng City.

In his hands, he only had a compass and a rough and simple map of the area Zhang Han had passed him.

The personal guards that Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang had brought along were riding on high grade horses comparable to the Qingfu horses. If everything went smoothly and they rushed day and night, they would reach Peng City in three to four days.

When Di Chen and the others were still discussing and coordinating matters in Julu City, Ouyang Shuo was already a hundred kilometers out.

This morning, Ouyang Shuo was travelling ahead.

Suddenly, the vanguard, Wang Feng, rushed over.

"Lord, we've noticed an enemy army."

Ouyang Shuo froze. Finally, they had bumped into an enemy force.

"Who are they?"

"The enemy is really weird. They aren't raiders, but they aren't the rebellion army. They are really similar to us and are moving really carefully."

"Oh?"

Ouyang Shuo smirked. He turned around to look at Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang, as he smiled, "Guess we aren't the only smart people. Seems there are others who are interested in Liu Bang."

"En, everyone is like you, greedy with bad intentions."

Feng Qiuhuang laughed, teasing Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo was speechless. Why did he take all of the blame?

"How many enemies are there?"

"Three thousand!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded, it seems like it was a lord of a grade 3 county.

Not only were they ambitious, they seemed to have their own methods.

The moment the player force appeared and registered themselves, they could not move out of the camp at will. If there were not any restrictions, such a huge number of players would just engage in slaughter in the battle map.

The reason why Ouyang Shuo could come out was because Baiqi was the commander. The enemy must be an Anti-Qin Camp lord, who escaped the rules with a special method.

For them to get ahead of Ouyang Shuo's group, it seems like they had set out a long time ago.

Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate and shouted, "Chase up to them and kill!"

"Yes, my lord!"

All of them whipped their horse and charged forward.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, looking toward the two ladies, "You two stay back. I'll go meet up with them!"

"Be careful!"

Ouyang Shuo nodded, spanking Qingdian.

After a few months of developing their relationship, Qingdian finally submitted to Ouyang Shuo. This was also the first time Ouyang Shuo had ridden it to battle.

Qingdian loved war and was really smart. He knew what was about to happen, so he could not help but neigh loudly.

Ouyang Shuo seemed to understand its meaning and laughed.

"Haha~"

Seeing Ouyang Shuo charge ahead, Feng Qiuhuang muttered," The man and the horse are the same. Both just like to fight."

When Bai Hua heard these words, she burst out laughing and nodded her head vigorously.

When Ouyang Shuo rendezvoused with the main force, they had already engaged the enemy under Wang Feng's lead.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo retrieved his Tianmo Spear and jumped right in.

The old Ouyang Shuo could not compare to the current him. His combat strength was terrifying, especially after the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique broke through to the 8th layer.

A group of palace Guards automatically gathered around Ouyang Shuo to protect his safety.

Where his spear pointed, a head would definitely plop to the ground.

The Tianmo Spear had not tasted blood for a long time. At this moment, it gave out a ghostly aura. The killing stimulated the devil blood in Ouyang Shuo's body to a boil.

The killing aura of the Asura had started to spread.

The palace Guards around him could not help but feel a shiver down their spine.

Currently, they looked at Ouyang Shuo with even greater respect and worship.

"Ha!"

Ouyang Shuo was feeling great, as he let out shout after shout.

Influenced by Ouyang Shuo, the three thousand palace Guards were like drugged up men, fighting harder and harder. The enemy troops were losing badly, and they were on the verge of collapse.

Just at this moment, the enemy lord recognized Ouyang Shuo.

There was no way around it, the current Ouyang Shuo was just too eye-catching. He was like an Asura charging all around, and no one was his opponent.

"Lianzhou Lord!"

The lord was shocked. Unfortunately, he had no choice but to go all out.

He decided to take a gamble.

"Focus your fire and kill the Lianzhou Lord!"

"Yes!"

To be able to walk till this step, this lord was not ordinary. The three thousand men under him naturally weren't total scrubs. If not, he would not have been so confident in bringing three thousand troops to kill Liu Bang.

At this very moment, a general walked out besides the lord.

This general was his greatest trump card.

Who was he?

He was the general under Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms Period, Xu Huang.

"Give me your life!"

Xu Huang hollered, as he waved the axe in his hand and charging forward.

"Protect the lord!"

Wang Feng immediately shouted, dashing forward to welcome the battle.

Ouyang Shuo's eyes focussed; he could feel the blood in him boiling. The reason why his martial arts had not broken through was because he had not meet a comparable opponent.

When Luo Shixin and the others sparred with him, no matter what he told them, they would act a little careful and would not use all their strength.

Wasn't Xu Huang the best whetting stone?

The Asura from the last life was not a person that feared battles.

Ouyang Shuo took in a deep breath, "Wang Feng, back down."

When Wang Feng heard those words, his mouth gaped open.

As the General of the palace Guards, his duty was to protect the safety of the lord.

If the lord was hurt, let's not mention how the lord would punish him. Du Ruhui, Baiqi, Fan Zhongyan, and more would skin him.

The problem was that in the current situation, he did not dare to go against the orders. The position of the lord in his heart was simply too, too high.

Wang Feng had an anguished face, as he brought a squad of the most elite soldiers to form a circle to protect the lord.

The palace Guards looked toward the lord with awe and worship.

Ouyang Shuo smacked Qingdian, grasping the Tianmo Spear, as he charged toward Xu Huang.

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Chapter 410- General Soul

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"Dang!"

When the Tianmo Spear and the large axe met, sparks flew.

As they crossed swords, Ouyang Shuo felt a numbness in his hand.

After the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique broke through to the 8th level, he had already reached the power of three oxen. He had not expected it to be lacking in this situation.

One really could not underestimate the combat strength of a king rank general.

The two of them turned their horses around and charged at the same time.

During such a standoff, if both sides had similar strengths, it would result in a very long battle of attrition.

Unknowingly, the two of them had battled for thirty odd rounds.

The current Xu Huang was also really solemn. He had not expected a player to actually have such combat strength. Ouyang Shuo was more and more excited; even his mount was brimming with killing intent.

The soldiers of both sides had stopped fighting at this point and split into two sides, closely watching this battle.

Amidst the shouts, Xu Huang waved his cold axe, overflowing with killing intent, as he hacked forward. If one was stuck by this axe, they would definitely be cut into pieces.

Ouyang Shuo was not fazed, as he tilted to a side to dodge. The axe brushed past his skin, leaving a cold air on his body.

Making use of the gap in which Xu Huang was regaining energy, Ouyang Shuo stabbed the Tianmo Spear forward.

This unexpected move stunned Xu Huang. At that moment, he had not even withdrawn the axe in his hand. It looked like he could not block this spear.

However, Xu Huang had vast amounts of experience. In that split second, he leaned back for ninety degrees and barely dogged the spear.

At the same time, the axe in his right hand blocked directly in front of his body, nullifying Ouyang Shuo's spear. Not only that, using the momentum of the block, Xu Huang got back up.

With that, Xu Huang had broken Ouyang Shuo's exquisitely done move.

As the two went at it again, they tried to probe the weakness of one another.

Ouyang Shuo was not rushing to end it, as he savored the feeling of battle.

Seeing that he could not take down Ouyang Shuo, anxiousness flashed in his eyes. He knew that he needed to kill Ouyang Shuo to break this dangerous situation for his lord.

Thinking about this, a red glow flashed across his eyes.

The red glow became brighter and brighter before his eyes grew totally blood red.

Xu Huang had actually opened his bloodthirst talent; he had entered a berserk state, which increased his combat strength by two folds. The giant axe in his hand also emitted a red glow.

Xu Huang, who was on his war horse, seemed like an Asura.

The lord who was watching on felt delighted, and anticipation filled his eyes. Wang Feng, who was opposite, him felt astonished. At this moment, his heart was right up his throat.

Everyone knew that the climax of the face off had arrived.

Dai!

Xu Huang waved the axe in his hand and charged forward for the umpteenth time. Xu Huang's aura had stimulated his mount, which also had eyes stained red.

Ouyang Shuo focused his vision and all his energy, his palms sweating.

This was the enemy's strongest move.

Dang!

As the axe slashed across, Ouyang Shuo's hand jolted; he had nearly lost his grip on the Tianmo Axe.

Ouyang Shuo was stunned.

Xu Huang did not give Ouyang Shuo any chance to breathe. He was brimming with energy, and the axe in his hand struck down blow after blow, forming afterimages in the air.

Ouyang Shuo tried his best to calm down and block attack after attack. In the face of such a ferocious assault, he totally could not find any chance to fight back.

Ouyang Shuo's body was forced lower and lower.

"Ha!"

Xu Huang grasped onto this advantage, as he wielded the giant axe in his hands to the pinnacle of axework. It seemed like a foundation of energy filled his body, incessantly filling him up.

As the battle went on, the blood in Xu Huang's veins boiled. The red glow in his eyes looked like it was about to jump right out.

Ouyang Shuo was screaming out in agony; he could feel the huge power spreading from the spear to him. The huge impact of the axe made his arms numb, and even his organs felt like they were going to shift.

The more terrifying aspect was that red glow. It spread from the giant axe onto the Tianmo Spear, before swiftly proceeding toward Ouyang Shuo's body.

This could not continue on!

Ouyang Shuo immediately rotated the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique. The gold primordial energy flowed around his body, helping him stabilize his organs and veins, relieving him of the numb sensation.

The gold primordial energy also swallowed the red glow that had just entered his arm.

The Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique really was not simple.

Anxiety flashed across Xu Huang's face. His bloodthirst skill was similar to burning all the potential in his body; it could not last for long. Moreover, it would bring about serious consequences.

If things went badly, it might even affect his lifespan.

At this moment, the killing aura slowly influenced his brain, causing him to lose control. His only goal was to take down the enemy in front of him.

Seeing that his attack had failed, Xu Huang hollered once more, his body mutating once again.

Only to see a red glow shine out from his body. The current Xu Huang was bathed in red. It looked as if he was splashed with blood, really shocking.

Xu Huang had actually activated the highest tier of Bloodthirst. Even if he won this battle, he would lose many years of his lifespan. If he did not nurse himself properly, he would even become a vegetable.

Xu Huang was going all out!

Ouyang Shuo felt amazed when he saw that.

During this battle, Xu Huang's killing intent had started to draw out Ouyang Shuo's killing intent, making it thicker and thicker. The devil bloodline in his body had also started to slowly awaken.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo could use the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique to restrict the blood.

However he did not do so!

Ouyang Shuo kept silent and allowed the devil bloodline to awaken.

"Ao!"

Ouyang Shuo could feel the veins in his body release feelings of happiness.

The moment the powerful blood activated, it sent a shiver down Xu Huang's spine. If one mentioned Bloodthirst, the devil was the old ancestor of it.

Its bloodline was incredibly arrogant, so how could it allow such a low-level bloodline to challenge it? An almost tangible killing aura charged toward Xu Huang, shaking his body.

Seeing the situation, Xu Huang gritted his teeth and charged forward once more.

Ouyang Shuo was fearless; he grabbed his Tianmo Spear. The red and black glows intersected as they engaged in combat.

The battle was more and more intense and each move was a deadly one.

On the battlefield, many soldiers watched on with baited breath, as they locked their eyes onto the battle.

As time dragged on, it grew worse and worse for Xu Huang.

The Bloodthirst that he activated was too intense. His blood was not simply boiling anymore; it was burning. It was like all the veins and meridians in his body were being roasted, and he felt an intense, surging pain.

Pain and agony flashed across his face.

When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he felt more relaxed. He focused on defence to drag on the battle. His devil bloodline could last for half an hour, which was more than enough.

Seeing the enemy behave so crafty, Xu Huang grew more anxious.

Unfortunately, he already had no more strength, and the bloodline in him could not improve anymore.

Not only that, the effects of Bloodthirst was wearing off. The huge difference made his body shake, and he looked like he would fall off the war horse.

Seeing that the time was right, Ouyang Shuo took the initiative to attack. When the people at the side saw this scene, they roughly knew the outcome of this battle.

Xu Huang was about to lose.

The lord on the opposite side locked his eyes on the scene, he was unwilling!

Thinking about this, he sneakily took out his bow and shot an arrow out.

"Pew!"

An arrow shot toward Ouyang Shuo from afar and directly pierced his back.

"Si!"

Ouyang Shuo took in a cold breath.

"Despicable!"

When Wang Feng saw this action, he was infuriated.

"Kill them!"

Wang Feng ordered the soldiers to slaughter the enemy, while he rushed over to protect the lord.

Ouyang Shuo was similarly furious, and the killing intent in his eyes could not be concealed. He felt a poison seeping into his body and a weakness spread out from within his body.

Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to rotate his cultivation technique to prevent the poison's invasion.

He was angered!

His killing intent spread out. His eyes were like Xu Huang's, instantly turning red. The Asura from the last life had returned.

"Ah!"

Ouyang Shuo was resilient, he blocked the poison and charged toward Xu Huang.

The Tianmo Spear seemed to sense the killing intent of its owner; it grew darker and more devilish. Even Qingdian neighed out.

One man, one spear, one horse, perfectly combined into one.

This was Ouyang Shuo's strongest attack; it contained his belief.

The Tianmo Spear was like the horns of a sheep, stabbing right into Xu Huang's heart before he could react.

Originally, Ouyang Shuo wanted to recruit Xu Huang.

Now, he just wanted to kill.

"Argh!"

Xu Huang looked down, only to see the spear embedded in his chest. He spat out a mouthful of blood.

At this moment, the Tianmo Spear was like a devil. It crazily consumed Xu Huang's blood essence, causing a crimson pattern to emerge on the spear.

Xu Huang visibly shrunk and whitened. In less than two minutes, the Tianmo Spear consumed him entirely.

Ouyang Shuo could feel a pure essence transfer from the spear into his body. This essence worked together with the golden primordial energy to stop the poison.

The poison was also not normal, as it still tried to eat into Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo pulled out his Tianmo Spear, causing Xu Huang to fall off the war horse and crash to the ground.

At this very moment, a system notification spread out from his ear.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi for killing king rank general Xu Huang. Your reputation will spread far and wide, awarded twenty thousand reputation points, two thousand merit points, congratulations!"

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, rewarded one General Soul."

A jade pendant appeared in his hand.

Upon close inspection, a soul floated inside the pendant, looking really mysterious.

Name: General Soul (Xu Huang- King Rank General)

Type: Special item

Function: Placing it into the Martial Temple can allow the revival of a king rank general.

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Chapter 411- Special Poison

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The appearance of a General Soul gave the generals in his territory a layer of insurance. At the later stages of the game, the lords would rather revive a general than accept one that surrendered.

An old General, be it in terms of loyalty or familiarity with the territory, was not someone a surrendered general could compare with.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, Tianmo Spear has absorbed enough blood essence, automatically transforming into a god weapon."

Surprises really came one after another.

Name: Tianmo Spear (God Weapon)

Hardness: 92

Sharpness: 80

Toughness: 85

Speciality: Blood Absorption (high chance to absorb blood essence of enemy to evolve)

Killing Technique: Devil Kill (Releases the killing aura of the devil, shocking and terrifying the enemy. It can even directly scare the enemy to death. The exact damage will depend on the courage of the opponent), Cooldown Time: one week.

Evaluation: Crafted from an extraterrestrial rock, nourished by the blood of the devil. It has mutated, becoming a god weapon. Recognizes its master by blood, cannot be traded, cannot be dropped, can be evolved.

The Tianmo Spear had finally grown into a god weapon, and all of its stats had experienced a huge upgrade. It even developed a killing technique. Seeing the introduction of the skill, it seemed like a mental attack skill.

A general would not normally have low courage.

Based on his interpretations of the skill, it seemed like normal generals would fall under the might of the skill.

What shocked Ouyang Shuo was that even after evolving to a god weapon, it could still evolve further. Above god weapon, there was the legendary grade known as saint weapon.

During the first five years in his last life, no saint weapon appeared in the world.

Who knows whether Ouyang Shuo will break this record.

Ouyang Shuo's current weapon, armor, and mount could be called very extravagant.

Thinking about his last life, his brother actually turned on him because of a platinum rank equipment, tossing aside years of friendship. Ouyang Shuo felt really emotional. Who knows if they would ever meet in this life?

In his last life, Ouyang Shuo and his three brothers had formed a mercenary group known as the Liangshan Mercenary Group.

Out of the four, Ouyang Shuo was the third oldest. The others were big brother Song Pu, second brother Yi Zhangqing, and fourth sister Zhang Ziyue.

Out of the four, Zhang Ziyue was pampered the most. She had developed a crush on Ouyang Shuo. However, it ended because he could not take hints.

The base of Liangshan Mercenary Group was Quanzhou. They could be said to have possessed a little fame in his last life.

Ouyang Shuo did not let the Quanzhou intel station specially investigate the Liangshan Mercenary Group.

He would leave everything up to fate.

If he really met them, Ouyang Shuo did not mind giving his big brother a little lesson.

If he did not, he would just count his big brother as lucky.

Although it could be said that without that betrayal, Ouyang Shuo would not experience this revival. However, Ouyang Shuo deeply remembered that feeling of being betrayed by the person you trusted the most.

After the battle ended, Ouyang Shuo's Bajiquan finally improved to the 5th stage, mastery through comprehension. Following which, he could genuinely start to try and combine the Bajiquan and Yang Family spear techniques.

The enemy sneak attacking the lord naturally angered off Wang Feng. He led the palace guards to decimate the enemy. Even so, he did not stop and chased all the way till he killed the enemy lord.

When Wang Feng returned, Ouyang Shuo was treating his wounds in the temporary tent.

The side effects of the devil bloodline, in addition to the corrosion of the poison, made Ouyang Shuo's face really pale. Wang Feng did not dare to disturb him and only waited anxiously outside the tent.

At this moment, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang both rushed over.

All the troops had already heard the news that Ouyang Shuo was injured.

Feng Qiuhuang asked with concern, "Wuyi what happened, is it serious?" Don't look at how she often teases and mocks Ouyang Shuo. In truth, she cared about him a lot.

Even Bai Hua gave Feng Qiuhuang a weird expression.

Wang Feng did not dare to be slow and repeated the situation all over.

"This dumbass. He only know how to act courageous." Feng Qiuhuang took out a small porcelain bottle and said, "There's an antidote in here. Give it to Wuyi."

When Wang Feng heard this, he was delighted and reached out for the bottle.

However, Feng Qiuhuang thought about it briefly and decided to keep the bottle, confusing Wang Feng.

"Never mind. I'll feed him personally!"

As Feng Qiuhuang said that, she directly walked into the tent.

Bai Hua followed suit.

Wang Feng was instantly stunned Obviously, he would not stop these two girls.

As she walked into the tent, Ouyang Shuo was rotating his cultivation technique. The more worrying part was the green strand that slowly crawled around his face.

Needless to say, Ouyang Shuo's cultivation was not going as planned.

When the two girls reached the tent, Ouyang Shuo already knew that they had arrived. He sighed and slowly opened his eyes.

He did not expect the poison on the arrowhead to be so potent. The golden primordial energy actually could not suppress it. One strand of the poison could even consume the primordial energy and become stronger.

Such a special poison gave Ouyang Shuo a huge headache.

Moreover, due to the side effects of the devil awakening, he needed to use a large portion of the primordial energy to calm down the devil bloodline.

Who would have known that this poison was so amazing? It would use this chance to rile up and make waves in his body.

On first glance, it seemed like Ouyang Shuo could not hold on anymore.

If his internal cultivation technique was not strong and his body was not of high quality, he would have definitely died.

"Wuyi how are you?"

When the two girls saw the green line on his face, they were terrified. Their voices even shivered. Everyone knew that this was a sign that the poison was spreading.

"I was too careless!"

Ouyang Shuo bitterly smiled. He did not expect the enemy to be so despicable. He did not just shoot him, he also shoot a poisonous arrow.

"Who let you be arrogant. As a lord, you didn't command them. Instead, you lead them to fight. You asked for it." Feng Qiuhuang muttered as she took out the antidote.

"This is an antidote pill. Eat it please!"

Antidote: Can cure hundreds of poisons, has a special effect on special poisons.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, taking the pill and swallowing it.

Feng Qiuhuang passed a water canteen to Ouyang to let him drink some water.

The clean, refreshing water slid down his threat, making Ouyang Shuo feel really comfortable.

"How is it?"

Feng Qiuhuang was really concerned. She might have given up the pill easily, but it was really hard for her to obtain.

Ouyang Shuo rotated his cultivation technique, in his meridians, there was something to be happy and sad about.

The happy part was that the antidote was special; it forced the poison to one small corner. The worrying part was that the poison did not disappear.

Obviously, the poison was special too.

If Bianque was here, that would be great, Ouyang Shuo helplessly shook his head.

"Thank you!" Ouyang Shuo looked at Feng Qiuhuang and smiled, "The poison has been controlled. It won't be a problem in the short term."

"What about after that?"

"Don't worry! After the war, I'll look for God Physician Bianque."

"That's great."

During this whole process, Bai Hua remained a bystander.

The atmosphere in the tent suddenly turned quiet.

"Wang Feng!"

"Present!"

Wang Feng walked in guiltily, kneeling right onto the floor, "General has failed to protect you, please punish me."

Ouyang Shuo waved him off, "Stand up. I don't blame you."

"Please punish me, my lord!"

Wang Feng continued kneeling, his personality was as stubborn as a mule.

Ouyang Shuo looked at this palace guard general. He only spoke up after a while, "Since that's the case, you will be beaten twenty times by the rod. After your punishment, we will continue moving."

"Yes, my lord!"

Wang Feng immediately walked out of the tent.

"Wuyi, why don't you rest? Can your body handle it?"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Don't worry, it's fine. We don't have much time. if not, things might change. I suspect there are other lords rushing there too."

Feng Qiuhuang look right at Ouyang Shuo, not arguing anymore.

After half an hour, the troops continued on.

Wang Feng rode on his horse, his back dripping with blood.

The military rod was not as simple as a normal one. One hit would split your flesh.

Twenty hits were more than enough.

The palace guards that dished out the punishment did not dare to do it lightly.

Seeing his expression, he felt that he deserved it. Even after twenty hits, this iron-hearted man did not even make a sound.

It was obvious that without these hits, this palace guard general would feel guilt for life.

After the army set off, they still met with a flurry of problems.

On the way, as Ouyang Shuo expected, they met four to five waves of enemies. Apart from armies led by their lords, there were raiders and anti Qin troops.

The three thousand palace Guards and the one thousand elite troops of Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang could be said to have killed their way through to Peng City. The successive battles were enough to let the three earn a sizeable amount of contribution points.

At the current main battlefield, a war was breaking out.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not know what exactly was happening, from the increasing battle contribution points and experience, he could deduce some things.

The strong guards division and the heavy armored mountain barbarian infantry regiment were slaughtering enemies like they were nothing. They terrified the other player force troops.

It was because of this matter that Ouyang Shuo felt afraid of spending too much time on the road.

The more intense the battle, the closer it was to the end.

After two days of rest, the poison in his body was totally controlled, and the green lines on his face had disappeared.

The side effects of the devil bloodline awakening had disappeared. Now, Ouyang Shuo could make use of the primordial energy to control the poison. As time went on, Ouyang Shuo could even join in for fights.

As Ouyang Shuo's condition improved, the morale of the troops increased.

On the 9th day of the battle, the army had finally reached fifteen kilometers outside Su County.

At the same time, a mysterious army also arrived.

An unexpected battle was on the cards.

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Chapter 412- The Mantis Stalks the Cicada

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On the surface, Ouyang Shuo's target was Peng City, but in truth, it was the nearby Su County.

When Song Yi led the troops to save Zhao, West Conquering Army Commander Liu Bang was camping in Dang Prefecture.

Liu Bang sent out troops from the Dang Prefecture, going up north and clearing up the scattered troops of Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang. Then, he went down to attack the Qi Army, destroying Wang Li's forces.

The Wang Li forces around this area were just 150 thousand fringe members.

Following which, he led his troops through the west, where he met Peng Yue and Chang Yi.

The two of them joined hands to attack Chang Yi, but they failed. Liu Bang returned with his troops to Su County were he met the Gangwu Lord and took over his troops. As a result, he increased his numbers to over four thousand.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to face a county with around six thousand troops. Although they did not have high numbers, Liu Bang had a flurry of famous generals by his side.

Xiao He, Cao Can, Zhoubo, Fan Kuai, Luwan, Xia Houying….

A series of names, enough to make one dazzled.

Apart from that was Liu Bang's luck. In history, trials and tribulations filled Liu Bang's road to becoming a ruler, and he was pushed to the brink many times. However, he miraculously survived it all.

One had to say that he had really high luck.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo did not dare act careless. When the troops reached outside of Su County, Ouyang Shuo ordered them to set up camp. Following which, he sent out scouts to investigate the enemy.

In the afternoon, although he did not receive any intel on the county, he received some very surprising news.

The scout reported that east of the county, a player army hid in the forests seven kilometers from them.

This group arrived a little earlier than Shanhai City, and seem to have nefarious intentions on Su County. Ouyang Shuo was impressed. It seems like there were many talented lords; he really could not underestimate them.

Ouyang Shuo ordered solemnly, "Immediately investigate their background!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Before understanding anything about this neighbor, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to make any moves.

Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo summoned Wang Feng and ordered the troops to hide themselves. Within five kilometers of the camp, they needed to camouflage and cover their tracks. They could not let the enemy scout realize their presence.

At nightfall, the scouts submitted a more detailed intel report.

Who knew that the enemy was actually an 'old friend'.

The enemy was actually Sha Pojun and his two allies, a total of eight thousand men. One had to say that Sha Pojun was really ambitious. He broke away from the Yanhuang Alliance at this time to hunt alone.

He probably received some advice from a genius.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo could become the mantis stalking its prey.

When night fell, the entire army seemed totally invisible. Since they used military grain pills, they did not need to start a fire to cook.

Only the scouts were out there paying close attention to the movements of Sha Pojun's troops.

Morning of the next day, Sha Pojun camp.

Sha Pojun was well dressed. He looked like he had slept really well; he seemed energized, as he walked out of the tent.

"Lord!"

A general guarded outside the tent and bowed upon seeing Sha Pojun.

This general was built like a cow, with a full beard on his face; his eyes looked like a copper bell. He was Hua Xiong, one of the famous generals during the Three Kingdoms Period, and the only famous general under Sha Pojun.

Hua Xiong was a general under Dong Zhuo during the ending years of East Han, becoming a governor for him.

191 BC, Guandong Army went up against Dong Zhuo, and the Changsha Prefecture Chief Sun Jian killed Hua Xiong.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms wrote this period of history differently, saying Guan Yu killed Guan Yu; this story was termed as 'warm wine behead Hua Xiong' and was spread down to later generations.

Sha Pojun nodded his head, "All troops proceed, we must take down Su County."

"Yes, my lord!"

The eight thousand strong elite army walked out of the forest they were hiding in and waltzed toward Su County.

Liu Bang's troops were housed in Su County, and they were monitoring the Battle of Julu. Before the Battle of Julu reached a certain outcome, Liu Zhang would not randomly take the risk to enter the west.

Who knew that not only would they not receive any battle reports, they would instead welcome a huge army.

Based on the settings of the battle, if players attacked the NPC in their same camp, not only would they not gain any battle contribution points, they would also receive punishment.

The most important line would be that they could not receive a single merit point. If their luck was bad, their own camp could even list them as a wanted person, and they would get hunted down.

Undoubtedly, this was a red line.

However, sometimes, some lords would step across this red line for huge gains.

Sha Pojun was one of them.

He gave up the sizeable battle contribution points in hopes of obtaining one or two famous generals. If they could capture and recruit all of the generals around Liu Bang, that would be for the best case scenario.

For this, Sha Pojun had been planning for such a long time.

He tried so hard and contacted many people before he managed to purchase an invaluable 'Punishment Exemption Gold Medallion'.

After use, one could freely move in the battle map and would not be wanted or punished.

It was only with this gold medallion that Sha Pojun felt no fear. To ensure that he could take down Liu Bang, Sha Pojun had also contacted his two closest allies.

To prevent the others from trying to make their own schemes and plans, Sha Pojun naturally needed to skip past the Yanhuang Alliance.

Truthfully, the position of Sha Pojun in the Yanhuang Alliance was really awkward. Di Chen was obviously split off from him, while Chun Shenjun's attitude was not clear, making him feel totally out of place.

This treatment naturally filled Sha Pojun with hatred.

Especially after Di Chen deserted him during the Battle of Lianzhou. His hatred for Di Chen was even greater than the hate he felt for Ouyang Shuo.

Sha Pojun was not a magnanimous person. If he was, he would not have hated Ouyang Shuo so much.

Attacking Su County was Sha Pojun's final roll of the dice, and it was also his crucial chess move.

If he succeeded, Sha Pojun could make a comeback. If he failed, not only would he lose the medallion, he would also lose a huge chance to earn merit points.

If he really failed, Shura County would be totally squeezed out of the top few territories in China.

Hence, Sha Pojun needed this battle to succeed.

Apart from using the medallion, Sha Pojun also fully equipped his eight thousand elite troops. Military grain pills, elite armor and weapons, more elite war horses, and the like.

Eight thousand elites represented Sha Pojun's ambition.

Hence, his forces were able to reach Su County even faster than Ouyang Shuo.

Two days allowed Sha Pojun to gain some intel about the inner city. However, he could not wait any longer.

He was more worried that other lords had the same plans, and they would snatch Su County from his hands.

At 10 AM, the forces reached outside Su County.

When Liu Bang heard the news, he was discussing matters in the town hall with Xiao He.

Facing the enemy attack, Liu Bang was shocked; Su County was not prepared to defend.

Based on Liu Bang's thinking, the troops around Su County were all uprising armies. It was fine if he did not bully others, who would have expected others to attack them?

"Is that Chang Yi's army?"

Liu Bang looked up at Fan Kuai, who came over to report.

"No it's a player army!"

"Player army?" Liu Bang frowned, "Why will they be here?"

"They have bad intentions!"

Xiao He also frowned. This morning, he had a bad feeling. As expected, something big happened.

"Hei, they really think that I, Liu Bang, am soft!"

The feeling of being underestimated was just too uncomfortable.

"How big are their forces?"

Fan Kuai took in a deep breath, "They have around seven to eight thousand men. Their numbers won't exceed nine thousand."

Liu Bang scoffed, he pulled out the Chixiao sword by his waist. The sword shone with a red light, as he shouted, "Fan Kuai, gather the troops and follow me out of the city to welcome them."

"Yes!"

Fan Kuai was a person that loved to fight, so he directly ran out of the town hall.

"You can't!"

Xiao He immediately stopped them.

"En?"

"The enemy is attacking us. We have the advantage, so we should just defend."

Liu Bang shook his head, "They only have eight thousand men. What do we have to fear?"

During this period of time, resentment was building up in Liu Bang's heart. Especially when he learned that Xiang Yu killed Song Yi. Not only was Xiang Yu not punished, he even took over control.

The current Xiang Yu was probably doing really well in Julu.

What about him? Housed near Peng City, he was stuck in a totally useless state. Even to attack Chang Yi, he could not do so. With only six thousand soldiers, how could he fight with Xiang Yu?

Comparing the two, how could Liu Bang not feel anxious?

Who would have thought that even in such a case, someone would attack him.

Such underestimation was simply what Liu Bang could not bear.

When Xiao He saw that, he gave out a long sigh and did not stop him. He understood what Liu Bang meant. If he did not vent this anger, it would build up.

Who cares, it would just be a simple battle.

Most importantly, Xiao He did not think that the eight thousand men army could do anything to them. Although the standard of their troops were not fantastic, they still had many strong generals.

As they said, a soldier could handle one man, while a general could handle a group of them.

A General would provide a very obvious buff to the combat strength of an army.

Not to mention that Fan Kuai was the strongest general under Liu Bang's charge. In the early years, he was a dog slayer, and he saved Liu Bang during the Hongmen Feast.

Xia Houying was in charge of the horse stables in the early years. After Liu Bang gained power, he followed Liu Bang to fight all around; he was also a great general.

Cao Can worked as the Pei County prison warden, and he was an old friend of Xiao He. His descendants remembered the term of 'Xiao setting the rules and Cao following'. He was great in martial arts and administrative matters, becoming the second minister of west Han.

Zhou Bo was born poor, but he loved martial arts and practiced on his own. After living in Pei County, he weaved reeds, worked on silkworms, and took the role of drummer during weddings or funerals to maintain his livelihood.

Similar to Cao Can, Zhao Bo was good at martial arts and administrative matters. He became a minister in the end.

In addition to Lu Wan, they formed an incredibly extravagant lineup.

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Chapter 413- The Oriole Lurks Behind

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Outside Su County.

Sha Pojun and his eight thousand elites were getting ready to attack the city gates. Who would have known that the city gates would suddenly swing open and let loose a huge army? They were the six thousand Liu Bang troops.

"Right on time!"

Sha Pojun was also a vicious character; he immediately ordered his troops to charge!

"Kill!"

The eight thousand elites were all elite cavalry. On the opposite side, half of Liu Bang's troops were cavalry, and the remaining were all infantry.

Hence, Sha Pojun felt very confident.

Liu Bang similarly unsheathed his Chixiao Sword and hollered, "Kill!"

"Kill!"

The two armies charged at one another outside the Su County walls.

This was destined to be a decisive battle.

The killing shouts spread out through the wilderness, shocking many birds and causing them to fly off.

The commoners in the city were already used to it. As people of a chaotic time, they were already numb to war.

Hua Xiong walked at the front, getting into a fight with Fan Kuai.

Both of them were strong generals. This battle that spanned passed time and space was a really interesting one.

Sha Pojun was also a born soldier; he chose Cao Can as his opponent. The generals under the other two lords chose Xia Houying and Lu Wan. The remaining Zhoubo guarded beside Liu Bang and helped him engage in slaughter in all four directions.

As for Xiao He, he naturally stayed put in the town hall.

The advantage of generals quickly displayed itself on the battlefield.

As the two sides went head to head, apart from Hua Xiang and Fan Kuai, who managed to hold their own, the rest of the men barely hung in there.

Although Sha Pojun's sub-occupation was general, he could not compare to Ouyang Shuo. When he engage Can Cao, although he was not instantly defeated, he still struggled.

Xia Houying's opponent was stuck in a particularly dangerous predicament.

Xia Houying was a strong general, and his opponent was only a basic general. How could he compare?

The more terrifying aspect was that the generals under Liu Bang had all activated their specialties. Under the buffs of all the specialties, their combat strength increased by a large grade. It was like they were injected with drugs.

Although Sha Pojun held the numerical advantage, they were unable to claim victory due to their generals being at a total disadvantage.

The battle entered a stalemate.

Just as both sides engaged, outside of the battlefield, a huge army slowly crept onward.

They were not anyone else, but Ouyang Shuo.

Before this had occurred, Ouyang Shuo was still worrying about how to use his four thousand men to take down the Su County. He did not expect the battlefield to experience such a huge change. He did not expect Liu Bang to actually act so rashly either.

If he knew that this would happen, why would he have waited?

In a blink of an eye, a new change occurred on the battlefield.

With a stab of his spear, Xia Houying directly sent his enemy off their horse.

Sha Pojun's forces had lost their first general.

When Lu Wan saw that, he did not back down, and in just five minutes, he similarly killed his opponent.

With that, the morale of Sha Pojun's army plummeted. Especially the five thousand men of the two ally armies. Since their main generals were slaughtered, they were instantly like headless chickens.

When Sha Pojun saw that, he ordered the two lords to personally go to battle, as he struggled to handle Cao Can. As the two lords respected Sha Pojun, they did not dare to reject his demand.

Thanks to this, the allied army barely hung on.

Even so, the morale of Liu Bang's forces soared.

Especially Xia Houying, Zhuo Bo, and the like. They could not find an opponent, so they slaughtered their way through the enemy forces.

If these troops were not Sha Pojun's elites, they probably would have just collapse right there.

Similarly, Hua Xiong was paying close attention to the situation. In his battle with Fan Kuai, he already held a slight advantage. He knew that at such a time, he had to do something.

At this moment, Fan Kuai's eyes were already red with bloodlust.

It was rare for him to meet an opponent who was around his standard, making him feel pumped.

When Hua Xiong saw that, he laughed coldly, turning his body slightly to the side to avoid Fan Kuai's killing move. At the same time, he cut down toward Fan Kuai's neck before the latter could react.

With such a huge blade, the outcome could be expected.

Fan Kuai's head flew up and dropped to the ground with a loud peng!

Fan Kuai had died in battle!

"Fan Kuai!"

Liu Bang, who was far away, exclaimed when he saw Fan Kuai fall.

The entire battlefield was stunned.

The morale of both sides immediately dropped by a grade.

One must know that Liu Bang had lost one of his core generals.

"Great!"

Sha Pojun was impressed. As expected from his general, he did not let him down.

"Kill!"

Sha Pojun avoided Cao Can and started to command the army to charge at the enemy. He knew that at this moment, facing off against the other generals held no meaning. They needed to kill the enemy army.

"Kill!"

Sha Pojun's forces used the momentum of the huge victory; their morale climbing up to the sky.

The rumbling noises of the horse hooves stunned the hearts of Liu Bang's army.

"General, let's back off!" suggested Cao Can when he saw the situation.

"No!" Liu Bang shook his head, he was not crazy, scolding, "I want to take revenge for Fan Kuai!"

Fan Kuai ah, he was Liu Bang's loyal and reliable brother. They had scrapped through so many huge battles. Who would have expected him to die here? The current Liu Bang was far from the cold and ruthless man in history.

"Revenge!"

Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, Lu Wan, and the rest were all on the verge of tears. They had lost a brother who had been through thick and thin with them just like that. How could they feel good?

Cao Can sighed; he could only charge along with the troops.

This battle finally entered its climax.

The killing intent permeated the battlefield, making one feel a chill run down their spines.

No matter how hard they tried, Liu Bang's forces were forced back.

Sha Pojun's elite army was unexpectedly amazing. If nothing went wrong, they would win this battle right here and now.

Thinking about that, a pleased smile appeared on Sha Pojun's face.

Di Chen, Chun Shenjun, wait and see!

Sha Pojun did not know that Ouyang Shuo closely monitored this entire situation.

"Lord?"

Wang Feng came to Ouyang Shuo's side, asking if it was time to strike.

Ouyang Shuo was focused on the battlefield, "Let's wait awhile longer."

The battle still had not resulted in heavy casualties.

Ouyang Shuo still did not have the confidence to handle both sides.

He did regret Fan Kuai's death. However, Ouyang Shuo did not get hot headed. His goal was Xiao He and the Chixiao Sword. As for the other generals, they would not make a huge difference to Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it before he said, "Order a unit to move near the city gate."

He was worried that Liu Bang's troops would retreat back into the city.

"Yes, my lord!"

The slaughter far from them was still in play, and it was getting more and more intense. Liu Bang's troops were falling into an increasingly worse situation.

"Let's retreat, general!"

Cao Can came to Liu Bang's side once again.

When Liu Bang heard Cao Can's words this time, he did not resolutely decline.

In the end, compared to the loyalty to his brothers, his end goal of ruling over everything was more important.

Liu Bang sighed before he said, "Retreat!"

"Not good, they want to escape, stop them!"

Why would Sha Pojun allow Liu Bang to leave? He did not want to face a siege battle.

Liu Bang's troops were mainly infantry. When fighting, both sides had intertwined with one another, so retreating was not easy. The more they tried, the greater the casualties.

All of a sudden, Liu Bang's army suffered a heavy loss.

At the same time, Sha Pojun ordered for a cavalry force to make a detour to block the city gate.

This time, Liu Bang had no way out.

"Your mother!"

Liu Bang was furious. He personally led his forces to crush the enemy in front of the gates.

Zhou Bo and Xia Houying, one left, one right, covering his sides, as they instantly killed a way out.

Just as he was about to heave a sigh of relief, a general blocked the gates.

It was Hua Xiong.

As people would say, when enemies meet, they would naturally be filled with killing intent.

Zhou Bo and Xia Houying did not say anything; they just charged forward.

Hua Xiong was amazing. In a one versus two scenario, he was temporarily not losing out.

Currently, Zhou Bo and Xia Houying were not as strong as they were at their peak of their history. On the other hand, Hua Xiong was summoned at his peak.

Comparing the two, there was naturally a gap.

In this battle, Hua Xiong was undoubtedly the key person.

The battle at the city gate grew more and more intense.

Although Liu Bang's forces had suffered heavy casualties, Sha Pojun's forces were not in a good shape themselves.

When the war just started, the eight thousand men army had already experienced huge losses. At this stage, Liu Bang's army fought like locked up animals, and their killing intent and combat power were shocking.

Only five thousand were left from the eight thousand strong army.

As for the six thousand strong Liu Bang army, they had already lost around half of their count.

The crucial matter was that the battle was still ongoing.

If it was someone else, there might be a chance of surrender.

However Liu Bang would not, he naturally would not surrender to a player.

Both sides went at one another, no one willing to rest.

What they now competed in was a battle of perseverance. Which army could hold on and not collapse in the face of heavy loses?

At the same time, Xiao He, who was in the town hall, could not sit still any longer when he heard the news. He gathered a five hundred strong men and rushed out to help Liu Bang.

Although five hundred was not a lot, it was still an injection of life.

At first glance, it seemed like Hua Xiang would fail to defend the city gate.

The pincer by Zhou Bo and Xia Houying was really deadly.

At the crucial moment, Sha Pojun led his troops over to assist.

This battle really had many ups and downs.

The small city gate became the main contention point of both sides.

Liu Bang had already lost all intentions of taking revenge. At this point, he just wanted to retreat into the city.

Naturally, Sha Pojun did not want all his efforts to be wasted, so he tried his best to prevent their escape. Even though his troops had suffered heavy loses, his goal did not waver once.

To him, even if he used up his entire army to exchange for Xiao He and a few others, it would still be more than worth it.

Hence, Sha Pojun was not afraid to make sacrifices.

If the situation continued to follow its current development, Sha Pojun's victory was imminent.

Now, Sha Pojun was afraid of soldiers accidentally injuring the generals of Liu Bang's army. Especially Xiao He, who was a huge treasure.

Fan Kuai's death had already pained Sha Pojun.

Unfortunately, Sha Pojun's ambitions were destined to go to waste.

In the midst of the killing, another general in Liu Bang's camp died. He was another one of his good brothers—Lu Wan.

After he learned that Lu Wan had died, Liu Bang's eyes turned fully red. Fan Kuai and Lu Wan were his two closest brothers. He had not expected that both of them would actually die today.

Being provoked like this, Liu Bang could not keep cool anymore. At the same time, the Chixiao Sword in his hand emitted a bloodthirsty glow.

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Chapter 414- End of Liu Bang

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Liu Bang. Descendant of the Fire Emperor.

In the game, Gaia increased the significance of his heritage as the 'Descendant of the Fire Emperor.' It allowed Liu Bang to possess a true dragon aura.

When Liu Bang hollered, an illusionary red dragon rose up from his body and bared its claws and teeth. Although it was merely an illusion, it still emitted a terrifying aura.

This was the spirit of a true dragon.

The moment the dragon spirit appeared, all the war horses on the battlefield trembled and knelt onto the ground.

When Sha Pojun saw that, he could not help but feel stunned.

He had never expected the ordinary looking Liu Bang to actually posses such a skill.

"True dragon!"

When Liu Bang's army saw the dragon spirit around their leader, passion and fervour flashed from their eyes.

"He really is the Descendant of Fire Emperor!"

The ancient people held an undeniable respect toward dragons. They linked the appearance of a true dragon aura to being the Son of God.

Even Sha Pojun's soldiers were stunned, and respect filled their expressions. Huge courage was necessary to make them go up against a true dragon.

All of a sudden, the morale on the battlefield changed once again.

Liu Bang waved his treasure sword and heads tumbled to the ground. At this time, he even had thoughts on not returning to Su County and just wiping out all the enemies in front of him.

He had transformed into an Asura. The Descendant of the Fire Emperor, slayer of Bai She, had appeared on the earth once again.

"Hen, it's all just fake."

Sha Pojun did not want to wait any longer, so he purposely downplayed the presence of the dragon spirit.

"All of you charge forward and kill Liu Bang. Whoever does so will be rewarded one thousand gold!"

Under the enticement of a heap of gold, some people would definitely grow courageous.

To normal soldiers, one thousand gold was riches that they could not earn in their entire lives.

Among the elite soldiers, which one of them was not a bloodthirsty and driven individual? They were not normal civilians, who would feel really terrified and be unwilling to fight upon seeing the true dragon.

The cavalry slapped their horses and charged at Liu Bang's army once more. Unfortunately, although the soldiers were not afraid, their horses were. Their steeds were not as fearless as before.

The charge of Sha Pojun's forces seemed less terrifying and menacing.

As the two troops intertwined in battle, they were actually of equal strength.

With the strength of Liu Bang alone, he had saved his army from the brink of destruction.

On the battlefield, he was like a god, killing everyone in his path.

Such ferocity and fearlessness made even Hua Xiong terrified.

The deafening shouts continued to last for over an hour.

Since the start till now, both sides were already red with killing intent. The aura of the true dragon had even provoked the ever calm Cao Can; his blood boiled.

On the battlefield, there was only one person who kept calm since the start.

He was Xiao He.

As Xiao He monitored the situation on the battlefield, his eyebrows were locked. Although Liu Bang's army were not being beaten, if this situation carried on, it would not be long till they suffered heavy losses.

Even if they could win, so what?

After this battle, will their army still have the ability to rule?

Without mentioning others, just Chang Yi's uprising army would be enough to destroy them.

Rash!

Xiao He sighed. Since the start, he had not supported the idea of fighting outside of the city.

As expected, it resulted in such an outcome.

He had to stop Liu Bang from continuing this fight. The smartest plan now was to back off into Su County and recuperate.

If not, everything would be lost.

"General!"

Xiao He smacked his horse and arrived by Liu Bang's side.

"En?"

When Liu Bang turned around to look at Xiao He, his blood red eyes did not contain a single tinge of emotion.

Cold!

When Xiao He saw that, he felt a shiver run down his spine, and he swallowed a deep breath.

"General, please retreat and leave a foundation for our army!"

When Liu Bang heard these words, a flash of fury appeared in his eyes.

When Xiao He saw that, he felt another shiver run down his spine. At this moment, Xiao He even thought that Liu Bang would draw his sword on him.

"Hen!"

Luckily, Liu Bang seemed to have maintained a shred of rationality. He did not even turn back; he simply waved his Chixiao Sword and cut down another head.

Liu Bang used his actions to reply Xiao He.

Xiao He gave a long sigh.

Is this it? Will their conquest end here?

No, he was not willing.

Thinking about it, since they formed their army, how much had they experienced to reach such a state.

The pain and suffering was not something others could understand.

Amongst the team, Xiao He was the most tired member.

Liu Bang was the commander and the spiritual leader. Zhou Bo and the other generals were only in charge of killing.

What about Xiao He?

He was the most important minister under Liu Bang, both a strategist and a diplomat, while also a logistical officer. All the administrative and logistical matters depended on him.

Even so, Xiao He did not complain.

He liked it and felt contented.

Not for other reasons, but only because he was resolute in his ambition of ruling, and he was confident in Liu Bang.

"Leader!"

Xiao He gave out a shout; his voice filled with sadness and despair.

However, he was helpless. Liu Bang did not care and continued on. The killing aura on his body grew stronger and stronger, and the illusionary red dragon seemed to gradually corporealize.

Sha Pojun's troops were so shocked that their morale dropped.

However big the reward, one needed to be alive to enjoy it.

All of a sudden, no one dared to approach Liu Bang. Even his own troops did not dare to get close to their commander.

Xiao He's actions, on the other hand, had woken up the other generals. Cao Can was stunned, and he raised his head to look at the battlefield.

"Xiao He!"

Cao Can and the other generals arrived at Xiao He's side.

Xiao He said solemnly, "We need to bring the leader back to Su County."

"Yes!"

When the three generals saw the current situation, they knew that they had reached a crucial moment.

However, as the killing intent built up, Liu Bang lost himself and only thought about killing. When Zhou Bo tried to approach, Liu Bang would lash out in attack.

"Leader!"

Zhou Bo gave out a sad roar, hoping to awaken Liu Bang.

Unfortunately, it was not to be.

At the current moment, Liu Bang was not famous yet, and the emperor aura within him was too weak to control the dragon spirit. After he activated the true dragon possession, the dragon spirit had taken control.

The emperor of a generation was destined to fall here.

Liu Bang had lost his senses.

The red dragon within him had started to turn evil, evident from its eyes.

When his army saw that, they were astonished.

Was this still the red dragon? Was this the Descendant of the Fire Emperor?

This was simply an evil dragon!

"Liu Bang has lost it. Soldiers, follow me to kill evil!"

Sha Pojun really grabbed the chance.

"Kill evil!"

When the fear a person had toward something reached its peak, one would not feel so fearful of it anymore. Sha Pojun and his troops had reached such a state.

"Protect the leader!"

Although Xiao He was dejected, he did not totally give up.

The huge battle had reached the final act.

The focal point of the battle was the red-eyed, cold, and expressionless Liu Bang. This battle had been fought since morning till now, and it was time that it ended.

Suddenly, the sound of horse hooves spread out from outside the battlefield.

So sudden!

Both sides were stunned. They thought that the enemy's reinforcements had arrived. Undeniably, the side that had reinforcements would be able to claim victory.

Xiao He raised his head to see a player force; his heart was already in despair. Whether these people were reinforcements or not, it would not be a good thing for them.

How was Xiao He so sure that they were players?

It was actually quite simple.

Be it Sha Pojun's forces or the reinforcements, they both wore armor that did not belong to this era.

When Sha Pojun raised his head, he also had a face full of despair.

Amongst the rumbling horses, the flags of three lord fluttered in the air.

The flag in the middle section was especially eye-catching. Pretty much everyone in the China region recognized it—the famous Shanhai City Lord Flag.

"Qiyue Wuyi!"

Sha Pojun gritted his teeth. Words could not describe the sense of anger and failure he felt in his heart.

He could see victory in his sight, but it was being stolen from him. What kind of feeling was that?

It was the case of the mantis stalking its pray and unaware of the oriole behind it.

Ouyang Shuo did not bother about the emotions of the two other sides.

The four thousand strong army charged in formation, as they entered the battlefield. Be it Sha Pojun or Liu Bang's troops, they were within their killing range.

That was right, it was a massacre.

After a day of fighting, both sides were already exhausted to the max. Of Sha Pojun's eight thousand elites, only four thousand men remained, while Liu Bang was only left with two thousand.

How could these two tired forces face the fully energized palace Guards?

Team up to go against them?

Do not kid me; the vengeance and animosity between the two ran too deep. Most importantly, Ouyang Shuo totally did not give them time to consider teaming up.

Four thousand troops charged out of the forest that they hid in; the whole process took less than twenty minutes.

Outside Su County, it was a total massacre.

The only weird part was Liu Bang. He had lost his sanity, so he still raised his blade and killed.

"Qiyue Wuyi!" Sha Pojun's eyes turned cold, and he said viciously, "if I can't get it, you won't either. To pick the rewards of my hard work, go dream on!"

His defeat was destined.

Since that was the case, then let us all lose together!

Sha Pojun smiled coldly and ordered his troops to surround Xiao He.

Why choose Xiao He?

This was because Xiao He was a civil servant. Basically, he did not have too much combat strength. As for Zhou Bo, Xia Houying, and the other generals, Sha Pojun did not have much confidence in taking them down.

Most importantly, Sha Pojun was not stupid, and he knew that the one that everyone drooled for in Liu Bang's army was Xiao He.

Liu Bang's army clearly did not expect that the enemy would act so crazy at such a time. They totally ignored the new enemy and just kept on attacking them.

The guards besides Xiao He were dying at a visible rate.

It looked like Xiao He was about to die on the spot.

"Protect him!"

Cao Can reacted and rushed across to assist.

Xiao He himself had a face of indifference.

Their road to being an overlord had ended, and his ambition had died. His lord had lost his senses, and he himself did not possess the ability to stop him. Since that was the case, why not just die together with his lord?

Xiao He gave a smile of despair. He did not even look Sha Pojun in the eye or even try to dodge.

"Hei!"

Sha Pojun gave a cold smile; he looked like he was going crazy.

"Go to hell!"

Sha Pojun waved his spear, as he stabbed toward Xiao He.

He would be the first to personally kill a god rank civil servant.

This trip, Sha Pojun's defeat was worth it.

Too worth!

Qiyue Wuyi?

Heh, go and cry!

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Chapter 415- Suppressing the Dragon Spirit

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Just when Sha Pojun was about to slay Xiao He, a sharp arrow pierced through the air.

Pew!

The sharp arrow accurately penetrate Sha Pojun's head. One shot and blood splattered.

"Uh!"

Sha Pojun stopped in his tracks, just as the spear was about to touch Xiao He, it dropped to the ground.

Dang, this sound signified the failure of Sha Pojun's mission.

In the last moments, Xiao He had escaped the depths of hell.

The one who saved him in the nick of time was Zhou Bo.

Amongst Liu Bang's generals, Zhou Bo was the most familiar with bows. Since he saw that it was too late to reach Xiao He, Zhou Bo decisively shot an arrow at Sha Pojun.

Sha Pojun transformed into a white light and disappeared. Along with him, Hua Xiong and his troops were all teleported out of the battle map.

Zhou Bo saving Xiao He also pushed Liu Bang's forces toward the end of their road. The moment Sha Pojun's forces disappeared, the remaining soldiers were not the opponents of the Shanhai Army and its allies.

In less than half an hour, the entire battlefield returned to normal.

The remaining soldiers either surrendered or were killed. Sha Pojun's two allies were similarly unable to escape their fates and were sent out of the battle map.

Although Sha Pojun had failed, he could not be called stupid in this case.

He was so close to succeeding.

At the last moment, if he killed Xiao He, he would have left Ouyang Shuo devastated. Similarly, Sha Pojun had gained something, Since his forces had killed Fan Kuai and Lu Wan, they had obtained two General Souls, which were similarly worth a lot.

After experiencing such a matter, Ouyang Shuo did not dare to be blindly confident.

He definitely could not underestimate anyone, especially people that were below him.

Seeing that things had ended like this, Cao Can, Zhou Bo, and Xia Houying could only surrender.

The only exception was Liu Bang.

The current Liu Bang had totally lost it and could not think straight. However, his current combat strength was terrifying, even Ouyang Shuo did not have the confidence of taking him down.

Luckily, Ouyang Shuo still had one killing move.

The killing aura on Liu Bang was like a real entity; the red dragon on his body became more and more evil.

There was no one within ten meters of him.

Ouyang Shuo held onto his Tianmo Spear and slowly entered the circle.

Outside of the encirclement of the army, a flash of anxiousness appeared on Feng Qiuhuang's face.

The special poison in Ouyang Shuo's body was just temporarily suppressed, and it was not removed. Feng Qiuhuang was worried whether the current Ouyang Shuo could still fight.

Especially when facing such an opponent.

It had never crossed Ouyang Shuo's mind to go head-to-head against Liu Bang. He slowly walked toward Liu Bang, raising his head and staring at the red dragon.

The red dragon seemingly felt his gaze and turned to look at Ouyang Shuo.

Chi!

When it saw Ouyang Shuo, it grew even crazier.

Seeing the red dragon provoke him, Ouyang Shuo coldly smirked. He took out the Golden Qilin Seal. Instantly, a strong emperor aura charged toward the red dragon.

Aang!

When the red dragon saw the Golden Qilin Seal, a flash of fear appeared in its eyes.

The emperor aura was the weakness of all evil.

The specialty of the Golden Qilin Seal suppressed all evil.

Ward off Devils and Spirits: Incorruptible and wards off evil.

A golden light shot out from the seal and entered the red dragon.

Ao!

The red dragon could not even avoid the ray; it let out a painful cry.

The golden light exploded within the red dragon's body, and the evil power dissolved at a visible rate. The red color slowly disappeared, and the red dragon gradually regained normality.

It raised its head and looked at Liu Bang. It actually did not care and broke out of his body. It charged straight toward Ouyang Shuo.

It was as if the red dragon wanted to change its master.

It could feel the vast and overflowing emperor aura in Ouyang Shuo's body.

Luck and prosperity were normally used to nurture dragons.

When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he gave out a cold smile.

Ouyang Shuo did not want the red dragon.

Just as the red dragon was about to enter his body, Ouyang Shuo suddenly aimed the seal toward it. A huge suction force came out of the seal and sucked in the dragon spirit.

Ao!

The red dragon was stunned. The golden seal pulled the red dragon's illusionary body part by part into itself. Then, the red dragon disappeared.

When the surrounding soldiers saw the situation, they were awed.

They had not expected Ouyang Shuo to suppress and tame such a special dragon spirit so easily. The more shocking part was that Ouyang Shuo was indifferent toward the true dragon possession that everyone wanted.

The palace guards had a face full of worship.

Ouyang Shuo did not bother about the uproar and looked at the golden seal, only to see a small red dragon swimming around inside.

Seeing that, Ouyang Shuo nodded his head in glee.

To unseal the Golden Qilin Seal, he needed the essence of a Qilin. Hence, the dragon spirit would only have minimal effects on the seal. Ouyang Shuo had other plans for this spirit. For now, he just temporarily stored it in the seal.

Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at Liu Bang.

The moment the red dragon left his body, Liu Bang instantly looked tens of years older. His energy dropped by a large grade.

Xiao He raised his head to take a look and found that Liu Bang's face seemed more obscure.

Totally different from his previous appearance.

Seeing that, Xiao He let out a long sigh.

After the red dragon left his body, Liu Bang gradually regained his consciousness, and the blood red color in his eyes disappeared. Although his mind was still a little blurry, he knew what had happened around him.

After he regained his senses, he was even more stunned.

"Liu Bang!"

Liu Bang turned his head and looked at Ouyang Shuo.

"You lost!"

When Liu Bang heard that, he laughed, looking at his army that was taken down he said, "I've failed, deal with me as you wish."

The current Liu Bang still possessed his arrogance.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, as his eyes turned to look at the Chixiao Sword in Liu Bang's hand. At this time, he really did not have the face to personally take the sword.

Luckily, Wang Feng was alert.

He walked up and retrieved the blade.

"You can leave!"

Ouyang Shuo waved his hand and asked Liu Bang to leave.

"Hen!"

Liu Bang snatched a war horse. He did not even turn his head, as he left. As for Xiao He and the others, Liu Bang knew that there was nothing he could do.

Out of all his generals, Fan Kuai and Lu Wan were the most loyal to him. The others were basically friends with him because of the way he acted.

After such a fiasco, their thoughts had changed and wavered.

Was the current Liu Bang worth them following?

Probably!

However, Ouyang Shuo did not give them any time to think, as he wanted to recruit all four of them. He called Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang over.

"Out of the four, you can each choose one!"

Since the start, their two elite troops had contributed a lot. Without the thousand of them, it would be really risk to solely rely on the three thousand palace Guards.

Hence, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang naturally had the rights to split the rewards.

"Anyone?"

"Anyone!"

Feng Qiuhuang teased, "Then I want Xiao He!"

"Er!" Ouyang Shuo's face froze.

"Ha, got you!"

Feng Qiuhuang shook her head in amusement. Bai Hua also rolled her eyes at Ouyang Shuo. The two of them were really smart. They knew that Ouyang Shuo came all the way because of Xiao He.

Naturally, they would not take it too far. They were already grateful that Ouyang Shuo brought them along, so they would not ask for too much.

Out of the four, Xiao He was obviously the top and worth ten of the others.

Apart from them, Cao Can and Zhou Bo were a little better than Xia Houying.

In the end, Bai Hua chose Cao Can and Feng Qiuhuang chose Zhou Bo.

Both of their strengths were comparable, and they were all rounded.

Comparatively, Cao Can was better as a civil servant, while Zhou Bo was better as a general.

Consonance City had Zhao Liao as its general, so they needed a good civil servant.

Consonance Studio used to run guilds, so they were lacking in terms of territory running skills. Cao Can was undoubtedly the most suitable for them.

Meanwhile, Fallen Phoenix City had Wang He. Although he was a great general, he lacked a little in quality. Hence, Zhou Bo was more suitable for Fallen Phoenix City.

In terms of running a territory, Feng Qiuhuang was better than Bai Hua.

Naturally, the remaining Xiao He and Xia Houying went to Ouyang Shuo.

As for what the four wanted?

They were all prisoners, so they did not have a say.

If they were not willing to work, they would still have to move over.

Once they returned to the main map, as long as they were not as stubborn as Jiangshang, it would be okay.

This was why Ouyang Shuo had allowed Liu Bang to leave.

He did not arrange for Wang Feng to kill Liu Bang to earn some additional battle points. With his current status, he should be more magnanimous when handling matters.

Looking back, killing King Zhou Wu during the Battle of Muye seemed a little petty.

If not, the matter with Jiangshang would not have ended in such a manner.

Packing up all the things, Ouyang Shuo ordered the troops to rush back to the Julu Battlefield. After leaving for so long, who knows how the battle had progressed.

With Xiang Yu's ability, he would not concede without a fight.

The current Julu was definitely in flames.

One to two million troops massacring one another. Solely thinking about it was enough to send a chill down one's spine.

Comparatively, the battle outside of Su County was a small matter.

Thinking about that, Ouyang Shuo did not even think about walking into Su County. He just hurriedly left.

Hopefully, they would be able to make it back in time.

On the way back, Ouyang Shuo took a look at their stats.

Name: Xiao He (God Rank)

Title: One of the Top 10 Ministers in History

Dynasty: West Han

Identity: Shanhai City Official

Occupation: Civil Servant

Loyalty: 60

Command: 75

Force: 40

Intelligence: 85

Politics: 98

Specialty: Famous figure (raises honesty of territory by 40%, raises efficiency by 25%, raises civil servant standards by 15%, raises quality of territory administration by 30%)

Book: Jiu Zhang Lu

Evaluation: As an official, Xiao He did no wrong. He helped Liu Bang in his uprising, staying behind to defend the pass, making it a stronghold to transport resources to Liu Bang's army. He helped implement many rules and laws that helped to shape the country with great effect. Even after the death of Liu Bang, he continued his hard work.

Shanhai City finally had a proper minister. However, it was not easy to make Xiao He willingly work.

The most badly affected individual in this battle, apart from Liu Bang, was Xiao He.

Xiao He's loyalty points were only at 60, just passing.

Name: Xiahou Ying (King Rank)

Dynasty: West Han

Identity: Shanhai City General

Occupation: Advanced General

Loyalty: 65

Command: 68

Force: 80

Intelligence: 50

Politics: 35

Specialty: Chariot (Raises movement speed of troops by 20%), Taipu (raises animal husbandry by 10%)

Cultivation method: Nil

Equipment: Heavy Sword

Evaluation: In charge of chariots and horses, started off working in a county office. A good help to Emperor Liu Bang. He assisted Liu Bang in coming up with plans to take over the city.

Not only was Xiahou Ying famous, his descendants were famous too.

Ouyang Shuo could not check whether Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang really did not know about this period of history. He had no way of knowing if they were purposely acting dumb.

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Chapter 416- Overlord Xiang Yu

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Ouyang Shuo received the Chixiao Sword from Wang Feng.

Upon closer inspection, seven colored pearls decorated the Chixiao Sword, Jiuhua Jades. The blade emitted a chilly, eye-piercing light. The blade almost seemed like snow, and engraved on the sword body were two words—Chi Xiao.

It really was a treasure sword!

Name: Chixiao Sword (God Rank)

Hardness: 95

Sharpness: 85

Toughness: 88

Specialty: Blade Breaker (when the hardness of the opposing weapon is lower than the Chixiao Sword's, chance to directly break it). Unique, cannot be dropped, cannot be traded.

Specialty: Way of the Emperor (raises prestige of lord by 30%, raises attraction of historical figures by 20%)

Evaluation: Chixiao Sword—a sword that reflects the Way of the Emperor, forged from iron, recorded in books as Chi Xiao, it is three feet in length. The weapon of ancestor Liu Bang, a crimson sword created during the uprising. The sword body copied the style of Qin Swords, with engraved patterns.

In contrast to Lin Jing and Song Jia's treasure swords, Chixiao Sword did not have a killing technique. Instead, it had a second specialty.

The Way of the Emperor was obviously great for lords.

In Ouyang Shuo's ear, a system notification sounded out.

"System notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, the Chixiao Sword is compatible with the specialty—Way of the Emperor, of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique. Naturally giving birth to a third specialty—Might of the Emperor.

During Ouyang Shuo's cultivation of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique, it gave birth to the specialty Way of the Emperor when he broke through to the 6th layer.

Way of the Emperor: created by the three emperors and the five kings, raises interaction between heaven and man, giving birth to the Might of the Emperor.

With this, the Chixiao Sword had an unprecedented three specialties.

Might of the Emperor: raised morale by 30%, raised lord's prestige by 20%, raises talent attraction rate by 10%.

That was too overpowered!

This god weapon actually had three specialties.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not know any sword techniques, just the possession of the sword buffed his entire being.

Apart from that, the red dragon spirit sealed inside the Golden Qilin Seal was something Ouyang Shuo prepared for the Chixiao Sword. If he infused the dragon spirit into the sword, who knows what change would occur.

With the Tianmo Spear as an example, a weapon spirit was slowly born. And after upgrading to a God Weapon, the weapon spirit would slowly awaken. However, it would still be very weak.

The dragon spirit was different. If one directly used it to replace a weapon spirit, the God Weapon would experience a huge rise. This also meant that it was not an impossible dream for the Chixiao Sword to become a saint weapon.

The only problem was that to infuse the dragon spirit into the sword, one needed a god craftsman.

Ouyang Shuo thought of one highly suitable fellow—Ou Zhizi. Who knows where this current master was

The journey back was comparatively peaceful.

After four days of rushing day and night, their army finally returned to the outskirts of the Julu Battlefield.

At the moment, it was already the 14th day of the battle.

Outside Jiyuan City, it was total chaos.

The enemy had totally broken through and destroyed the three defensive chains that Baiqi arranged.

Outside the city, corpses littered the ground and blood flowed like a river. Fresh blood dyed the entire land red.

Corpses filled up moat after moat.

Streams of black smoke rose up on the battlefield—the smoke from burning bodies.

Such a scene was like hell on earth.

Even Ouyang Shuo, who was already used to scenes of war, could not help but feel affected.

Ouyang Shuo could not imagine what exactly had happened here in just ten days.

He checked the battle contribution points leaderboard and was aghast.

His name was naturally high up on the leaderboard, as his Guards division possesed undeniable killing ability.

The part that shocked him was the battle contribution points of the others.

The 100th person on the leaderboard had already reached a terrifying 23 thousand points.

Are these people crazy?

Ouyang Shuo made a rough calculation. With everything tallied, close to four hundred thousand soldiers had died on the battlefield.

Four hundred thousand deaths, what kind of concept was that?

This meant that every day, there were forty thousand deaths.

This was too crazy!

For merit points, the lords went all in!

"Wuyi, how do we return to Jiyuan City?"

That's right, how do we return?

Outside the city had already become the anti-Qin forces' territory.

The closely packed tents formed up line after line outside the city, spreading all the way till the horizon.

At this point, Ouyang Shuo did not even dare to stick his head out.

Their current position was a small hill outside the city, which allowed them to see the battlefield from afar.

"Difficult!"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head; he did not expect the war to be so intense.

Furthermore, he did not expect the anti-Qin Army to be so ferocious under Xiang Yu. They broke the three defensive chains in just ten days.

Overlord, as expected from an overlord.

Now, the best method was just to stay outside of the city until the battle ended.

If they tried to take the risk to enter the city and were caught, it would be catastrophic for the Qin Forces. The forty to fifty thousand Shanhai Alliance forces being teleported away would cause enough problems for them.

"Why don't we sneak Attack Julu City?"

Feng Qiuhuang suggested.

"No use." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Julu is an empty city. Even if we take it down, it won't help anything. It would just reveal us."

"Why don't we look for Zhang Liang? Saint strategist ah!"

A light shone from Feng Qiuhuang's eyes; she looked really needy.

Ouyang Shuo was speechless, "We don't even know where he is. How could we find him?"

The vast battle map was not a place for an army to randomly roam around.

If they did not pay attention, they might cause problems for themselves and be wiped out.

"Then how? We can't just wait here, right?"

Feng Qiuhuang felt a little dejected.

"It's good to wait." Bai Hua cut it, "To be able to recruit a king rank general, I'm happy already."

"That's true." Feng Qiuhuang grumbled, "But it's going to be the decisive battle soon. Not being able to personally join seems really regretful."

When Ouyang Shuo heard her words, he speechlessly shook his head.

He also wanted to return to Jiyuan City. In fact, he needed to return.

In the city, Zhang Han was waiting for him to recruit. If he did not return, there were no guarantees that Zhang Han would follow Baiqi back.

But as a lord, Ouyang Shuo could not take the risk.

He could not risk the entire camp for his personal benefit.

"Let's just wait! Tonight at the latest, we will receive the battle report."

When Bai Hua heard his words, she looked at Ouyang Shuo and nodded. She knew that Shanhai City had a mysterious communication method.

Since the system hotfix, channel communications were prohibited. If not, Ouyang Shuo would not need to use the Feng Birds.

Jiyuan City, Lord's Manor.

"Commander-in-chief, the lord has sent a letter!"

Huwei General Lin Yi walked in, a document the Military Intelligence Division decrypted in his hands.

Lin Yin did not have the authority to read the lord's secret letter.

When Baiqi heard the news, he solemnly accepted the letter and opened it.

After a short pause, he let out a rarely-seen smile. He looked toward Lin Yi and said, "The Lord obtained it. He's camping outside the city right now."

"That's great!" Lin Yi was delighted, "General, why don't I head out to welcome the lord?"

"No!" Baiqi shook his head, "That's too risky. The lord doesn't want to enter temporarily; this battle will rely on us."

Lin Yi nodded his head seriously in response.

Since the start of the battle till now, the Qin Camp had not managed to gain an absolute advantage.

In the siege defence, the anti-Qin camp lost 250 thousand men, while the Qin Dynasty Camp lost 150 to 160 thousand men. Even the Guards regiment lost six to seven hundred men.

The explosiveness of Xiang Yu was too terrifying.

Xiang Yu broke through all three defensive chains, with his Jiangdong Warriors as the vanguard. Under the motivation of Xiang Yu, those warriors could each take on ten enemies.

The soldiers of normal players were like paper in front of them.

Even the Guards division and the heavy armoured mountain barbarian regiment were inferior. Probably only the palace Guards could go head-to-head against them.

Baiqi glanced at Lin Yi with a weird expression.

Since the start of the battle, this general—Lin Yi—was full of confidence. He acted like he had the strongest army on the planet. He did not expect to be disadvantaged against the Jiangdong warriors.

Luckily, after experiencing the setback, he understood that there were always people better.

It was also time for the Guards division to wake up.

During the Battle of Leizhou, Lin Yi's confidence had ballooned too quickly.

Such matters were also a common problem amongst young generals.

Comparatively, Luo Shixin was more stable.

What about Lin Yi? As the flag bearer of the local grown generals, he had been in the army for one and a half years.

Such quick promotion definitely brought with it side effects.

The lord had noticed this.

On the eve of the battle, Ouyang Shuo had personally talked to Baiqi about it.

Not only was Baiqi good at war, he had also taught a bunch of great generals. During the Qin County period he nurtured Wang He, Wang Lin, Meng Ao, and more.

Baiqi had high hopes for Lin Yi.

Although he was young and ambitions, he was of high quality and could be molded.

Thinking about this, Baiqi really had to give it to Ouyang Shuo. Amongst all the local generals, in Baqi's eyes, only Lin Yi and Zhao Sihu could become great generals.

Even the palace Guards general Wang Feng was lacking in leadership.

Evidently, the lord could see that, so he took Wang Feng out from the Guards division and made him the General of the palace Guards. This positioned required less leadership and commanding skills.

If not, asking Wang Feng to command the Guards division would be too tough a task.

As for the other locally grown generals, only Zhaoyan and Hu Yibiao had a little potential. Li Mingliang was also a great seed. Sadly, he passed early.

The others like Zhang Daniu, Zhou Feng, they all could not make it.

With that, one could see how hard it was to train and develop a general. Even with such great conditions in Shanhai City, they could only develop two worthy generals.

As for how to fight this decisive battle, Baiqi had already arranged and planned a strategy from the start.

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Chapter 417- Han Xin's Plan

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"General, what's the next step?"

Although Baiqi heard these words, he did not respond. He just sat behind his desk and wrote his battle report for the lord. At the same time, Baiqi included his plans for the next part of the battle.

"Men!"

"Present!" An iron eagle swordsman walked into the room.

"Send this letter to the lord!"

"Yes, general!"

The iron eagle swordsman took the letter and swiftly backed away.

After replying to the letter, Baiqi turned around to look at Lin Yi, "We will defend the city and not go out. No matter how he provokes us, remember, don't go out."

"Understood!"

Lin Yi nodded his head in response.

All the Shanhai City generals respected and listened to commander-in-chief Baiqi.

Talking about a face off, one had to mention the overlord, Xiang Yu.

After successively breaking through the three defensive lines, Xiang Yu led his troops to the east gate of Jiyuan City.

Xiang Yu was not only good in battle but also a great strategist. He knew that even though over ten days of battle had passed, the Qin Dynasty Army had not suffered much losses. Their main force remained in the city.

Facing a fortified place defended by a million soldiers, Xiang Yu did not have the confidence to take it down.

No matter how arrogant he was, he would not act so stupid.

Luckily, Xiang Yu had his own ways of doing things.

He charged ahead with his horse, spreading the word under the east gate. He wanted to fight one against four. No matter which four generals the Qin Dynasty sent out, he would fight them all.

Such provocation instantly sent the Qin Dynasty Camp into an uproar.

Er'Lai was furious and wanted to head out.

Luckily, Baiqi managed to stop him in time.

Xiang Yu's courage was unmatchable.

However, for him to say that he would take on four generals alone was still really preposterous. He definitely did not know that amongst the players, there were so many strong generals. Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He….

Apart from that, the other lords also had many fierce generals.

If Baiqi had not made matters clear, a face off would have been imminent.

Baiqi definitely would not be baited.

To face off against Xiang Yu would be bad whether they won or lost.

If they lost, they would lose a general; if they won, the enemy would surrounded and kill them.

Needless to say, it was hard to win against Xiang Yu and even harder to kill him.

If they could not kill him, it would all be rendered useless.

Furthermore, Baiqi hated such one-on-one battles to the core.

As a military god, the battlefield to Baiqi was between big armies.

Childish!

Long before Xiang Yu attacked the defence chains, Baiqi had arranged for Wang Li's forces to go along the Taihang route and enter the Henei Prefecture.

From there, they would head north to enter Anyang City.

It was mentioned that Jiyuan City occupied a very special position, the bottom of the pocket. Anyang City was the opening of that very pocket.

Every line of defence the Anti-Qin Army broke through, they would venture further into the pocket. When they broke through all three, they had totally entered the valley.

Just as Ouyang Shuo had guessed, the current Julu was an empty city.

The moment Wang Li's army reached Anyang City, he could coordinate with Jiyuan City to collapse onto the Anti-Qin Army.

Baiqi's arrangements were really simple.

His three defensive lines were defence constructs, but they also acted as bait.

The reason he was so confident that the Anti-Qin Army would fall for it was because he understood Xiang Yu's personality, and the core problem he faced—grain.

In terms of battle prowess, Baiqi naturally could not beat Xiang Yu. But in terms of strategy, Xiang Yu could not catch up even if he tried.

It was not that no one sensed the trap that Baiqi set. Unfortunately, Xiang Yu would not listen.

The person that noticed something was the grain general, Han Xin.

Han Xin was really smart. When he observed the surrounding land area, he started to suspect that something was up. When the Qin Dynasty Army kept backing off, as they advanced, he grew more and more suspicious.

Han Xin went to look for Xiang Yu to discuss his suspicions, but he only received mocking and indifference.

In Xiang Yu's eyes, he had taken down the defence with his own strength. How could it be a trap? One could tell how much disdain he felt when Han Xin brought up such an idea.

When Han Xin walked out of the tent, he gave out a long sigh.

"Mister, why are you sighing?"

At this moment, a young man slowly walked over.

"Your are?"

They were currently outside Xiang Yu's tent; this was not a place that normal people could enter. Although Han Xin was not treated with importance, he knew all the generals under Xiang Yu. A person like this did not exist.

The young man smiled and bowed, "Player representative Di Chen greets mister!"

"Player representative?"

Han Xin eyes tightened.

"That's right."

Han Xin nodded. He did not saying anything and just wanted to leave. Han Xin had not come into contact with the players before, and he did not want to talk much.

However, Di Chen would not give up.

One must know that Di Chen had waited a week before he managed to meet Han Xin.

The lords in the Anti-Qin Camp had all done their homework. They knew that under Xiang Yu, there was a God General that could match up to Baiqi.

Unfortunately, his position in the army was low and no one recognized him.

Only Di Chen could use his position to look for Han Xin in the camp.

Even so, he did not obtain any rewards so far.

In the end, Di Chen decided to just camp there and wait.

The heavens would not forsake hard-working men.

Finally, Di Chen managed to meet Han xin.

"I've prepared some simple wine. Please, give me some face."

"I don't drink."

Han Xin shook his head and rejected Di Chen once more.

"Mister!" Di Chen bowed, "Please, sir. Give me some face!"

Since he was so sincere, Han Xin could not reject, so he could only nod his head.

Di Chen was delighted to see this response.

Sometimes, if your face was thick enough, it would be of great use.

"Mister, please!"

Di Chen was well-versed in olden culture and led the way.

Han Xin followed swiftly behind. In the camp, there were people that recognized him. When they saw Di Chen treat him so respectfully, their gazes turned weird.

Han Xin did not mind all of this.

When the two of them entered the tent, as expected, there were wine and dishes prepared.

Currently, Han Xin was frustrated, so when he saw the good wine, he gulped it down immediately.

Di Chen did not say anything; he just accompanied Han Xin to drink.

As they toasted to each other, they slowly grew familiar with one another.

Since he saw that the time was right, Di Chen asked, "Mister is a genius, so why just you be a grain general?"

"Haiz!"

Han Xin sighed; a look of loneliness appeared on his face.

"Unfortunately, I didn't meet an intelligent master!"

"If you don't mind, you can join me."

"You?"

Han Xin scanned Di Chen with his eyes, as he expressed his doubt.

Di Chen did not mind and introduced the situation in the main map, "if you want, I am willing to grant you the role of commander-in-chief."

These words tempted Han Xin.

"Although there are only tens of thousands of troops under me right now, as time passes, I will have hundreds of thousands and even millions of troops. It will just be a matter of time. All of them will be under you, general."

Di Chen promised Han Xin once again. He even changed the way he referred to Han Xin to general.

Han Xin judged Di Chen once more, still unable to make a decision.

Di Chen bitterly smiled. It was really not simple to convince a God Rank general.

"Toward tomorrow's battle, what thoughts does general have?"

Di Chen knew that such matters could not be rushed, so he changed the topic.

"We will definitely lose!"

Han Xin was very confident about this prediction.

"Oh?"

Di Chen was astonished; he did not expect his casual question to receive such a reply. In his eyes, his army would win. How could they lose?

But who was the guy in front of him? He was Han Xin.

Di Chen had to believe him.

"General, please teach me!"

Di Chen bowed once more.

Di Chen's response pleased Han Xin, who nodded his head. Then, he spoke out his views.

When Di Chen heard Han Xin's analysis, he felt a cold sweat run down his spine.

Thinking about Baiqi's use of strategy during the Battle of Leizhou, Di Chen could not doubt Ha Xin's conjetures.

"This can't do. I need to convince general Xiang."

As Di Chen spoke, he was about to stand up and proceed to Xiang Yu's tent.

Han Xin sat there, unmoving, "It's no use."

"Oh?"

"General Xiang is too arrogant. How would he listen to you?"

After he drank the wine, Han Xin's words started to grow more fearless and lacking in respect.

When Di Chen heard these words and thought about Xiang Yu's character, he bitterly smile.

That was right!

Although the Yanhuang Alliance helped Xiang Yu gain leadership and control, in this matter, Di Chen had no confidence in changing his mind.

"Do we really have to watch our troops lose like this?"

Di Chen was anxious.

Half of it was true, and the other half was done for Han Xin to see.

To this response, Han Xin judged Di Chen for the third time. Suddenly, a flash of light appeared in his eye, as he said slowly, "There's still a way."

"General, please teach me!"

Di Chen was unsure how many times he had bowed to Han Xin.

Whatever, it was all just for show.

Di Chen was determined to use his sincerity to persuade Han Xin.

Han Xin did not bother about whether Di Chen's words were real or fake. He just said, "If we use a huge army to attack Anyang City, we will break their plan."

These words caused Di Chen's expression to turn unstable and ruffled.

He naturally understood the meaning.

He needed to take the risk of Xiang Yu's punishment and disobey orders to attack Anyang City.

If matters did not go well, Di Chen would fail to gain anything from this Battle of Julu.

Di Chen took a glance at Han Xin and was shocked.

This was a test for him.

If he did not even have such determination, how could he deserve Han Xin's loyalty?

To hell with it!

As long as he could persuade Han Xin, everything was worth it.

Di Chen made the decision.

"Ok, I'll listen to general's arrangements."

When Han Xin heard that, he nodded.

As they were secretly moving their troops, naturally, they could not use too many. However, as they needed to defend Anyang, the numbers could not be too small either. At last, they decided to move thirty thousand troops to attack.

Apart from Di Chen's forces, he persuaded six to six other allies.

As for the other Yanhuang Alliance members, Di Chen did not hold any hope, as they would not take the risk along with him.

Di Chen would take all the benefits, but they would have to share the risk?

Even Zhan Lang would not agree.

Luckily, Di Chen's influence amongst the lords were huge. Amongst the Anti-Qin Camp lords, he had a huge bunch of followers.

Just like that, by night of the same day, Di Chen had arranged everything.

The next morning, he would lead his troops and leave for Anyang City.

The same night, Ouyang Shuo received Baiqi's letter. After Ouyang Shuo learned of Baiqi's plan, he decided to move to Anyang City to gather up with Wang Li's troops.

The current Anyang was an empty city. Apart from hundreds of civilians, there was nothing else.

After entering, the palace Guards smoothly took over the defence work.

Ouyang Shuo did not know that an unexpected battle awaited him. Moreover, the current Wang Li troops were a day away from Anyang City.

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Chapter 418- Wang Li Deserves to Be Executed

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Night, Anyang City.

After settling in Anyang City, Ouyang Shuo and his men entered the Lord's Manor.

The officials in Anyang City had escaped a lot earlier.

The current Lord's Manor was empty, with various items and furniture thrown all over the place.

Seeing that, Wang Feng arranged a small squadron to help arrange and organize the manor. Luckily, Ouyang Shuo was not a person that cared much about such stuff, so after a simple clean up, he started to deal with matters.

As for the rooms, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were in charge of them.

Their storage bags contained a full set of sleepwear and items, so there was no need to worry.

In this aspect, Gaia was still humane. Although it said that storage bags could not be used during war time, there were still some exceptions. If not, the players would definitely cause a racket.

Facing such an elite army, none of the aristocratic families, merchants, or civilians in Anyang City dared to do anything. They were all like a bunch of sheep waiting for slaughter.

However, Ouyang Shuo still went out to receive all the representatives of the merchants and aristocratic families. Considering Baiqi's strategy, Ouyang Shuo naturally needed to have Anyang City under his control.

The first thing was to make all the civilians feel at ease.

There were many people around that were anti Qin. Anyang was also located within Zhao Country, so there were numerous people unhappy with the Qin Dynasty.

Since Zhang Han had raised all the grain in the city, only a tenth of the people remained.

Those that stayed were either aristocratic families or merchants.

Zhang Han gave these people a chance. He also knew that to provide for this entire war, he could not push the aristocratic families and the merchants to the edge. If not, it might backfire on them.

Ouyang Shuo took a firm stance. He directly used his identity as the Qin Dynasty Camp player representative to state his views: whoever dared to help the uprising army spread information would have their entire family wiped out.

His terrifying threat left the various families and merchants in fear.

As this was a battle map, Ouyang Shuo did not need to do things like bribe them for their loyalty. He just directly announced that from tonight, Anyang City would enter a full lockdown under military control.

The various Guards of the aristocratic families needed to gather up. They were placed under the control of the palace Guards.

Ouyang Shuo definitely would not allow an armed force to run wild under his charge.

The various Chamber of Commerces needed to gather up all their resources for the army to use. However, Zhang Han had swept the area around Julu, and the uprising army had subsequently followed suit. As a result, there was not much grain left.

Ouyang Shuo only had a small amount of military grain pills left. Naturally, he needed grain to replace it.

Not only did Ouyang Shuo lack grain, so did the Anti-Qin Army.

To ensure the grain supply, Xiang Yu had arranged Fan Zeng to personally head to Peng City to obtain grain.

The transport team was different from the palace Guards, who could reach Julu in four to five days. A safe guess would be that they would need another four days before the first batch of supplies could arrive.

At night, Ouyang Shuo could finally get some much needed rest.

Although Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were not great at fighting wars, they were good at logistics, helping out Ouyang Shuo a lot. If not, things would not have been so smooth for him.

The next morning, Anyang City started bustling again.

The palace Guards mobilized the civilians to fix the walls and gather the city wall protection items. The palace guards protected the various city gates and did not allow anyone to leave.

As this was really important, Ouyang Shuo had to be careful.

He only hoped that nothing serious would happen before Wang Li's troops arrived. The originally unassuming Anyang City was destined to be the deciding factor of this war.

Last night, Ouyang Shuo had already sent a small unit to receive Wang Li's forces.

The Feng Birds also followed them.

The reason Ouyang Shuo initiated such a plan was to ensure that both forces kept in contact, just in case.

Who would have guessed that his plan would really come into use.

At the same time, Anti-Qin Camp.

The thirty thousand troops sneakily gathered. Then, they left the camp under Lianpo's lead.

The players camp and the Anti-Qin Army camp were situated separately. In this name, Di Chen was in charge, so he used this loophole to lead his troops out.

Even so, when Xiang Yu hears the news, Di Chen could not escape the punishment.

Di Chen was highly confident in their attack on Anyang City.

It was just an empty city.

The hard part would be to defend it and block off the Qin Dynasty troops.

Although Han Xin saw through Baiqi's plan, he was unable to answer the questions of how many troops would be there or when they would arrive.

Hence, Di Chen invited Han Xin to follow them.

Who would have expected Han Xin to shake his head and reject the offer?

They only had thirty thousand troops. Moreover, they already had Lianpo leading them, so Han Xin was not interested in butting in.

Furthermore, he was the grain general of Xiang Yu's army. If they found out he left his post, he would be severely punished on the basis of military law.

Seeing this, Di Chen shook his head regretfully.

His invitation hid complex meaning.

Firstly, with Han Xin along, their chances of winning would increase.

Secondly, there was Di Chen's personal goal. He wanted to make Han Xin go against the law and make him unable to stay in Xiang Yu's camp.

If one talked about tricks, this aristocratic heir was really adept.

Unfortunately, Han Xin did not fall for it.

Helplessly, Di Chen could only lead his troops and head for Anyang City. The Anti-Qin Army base was only half a day away from Anyang City.

Around noon, they reached the outskirts of the city.

Di Chen sat on his war horse and looked at Anyang City from afar. Their victory or defeat in the Battle of Julu would depend on this play.

Just at this moment, the vanguard came to report.

"Report!"

"Speak!"

"Lord, there are troops housed inside, and it isn't an empty city."

"What?"

Di Chen was shocked, did he come too late?

Lianpo, on the other hand, was more calm and asked, "How many men are there? Which force?"

"General, there are no flags on the walls, so we don't know which army. From afar, there are only civilians fixing the wall, and there aren't many soldiers."

Lianpo's eyes brightened when he heard this; he turned to Di Chen, "Lord, it's definitely the vanguard force of the Qin Army that has just arrived. As long as we take it down before their main force arrives, everything will go as planned."

Originally, Lianpo did not believe Han Xin's deduction. But the appearance of the Qin Army vanguard proved it right.

Lianpo started to respect Han Xin.

"That's right!"

Di Chen nodded his head vigorously, "There's no need to wait. Go all out and take them down!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The thirty thousand troops increased their speed toward Anyang City.

The huge army naturally could not escape the eyes of the palace Guards.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he was astonished.

"How many enemies are there?"

"No less than thirty thousand, with infantry as their core. It looks like a player army."

"Not good!"

After experiencing a few tough battles, of the three thousand palace guards and the one thousand elites from Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang, only 3,500 were left. Even after adding in the Guards that they had recruited, they only had five thousand men.

With this five thousand, how were they going to handle thirty thousand?

No matter how Ouyang Shuo thought about it, he could not guess why the enemy would suddenly lay their eyes on Anyang City. After all, just a week ago, Anyang City was empty, and they did not move in.

Remarkably, the second day that he moved in, a player army would attack.

Such a coincidence made Ouyang Shuo feel doubt.

Was there a mole?

No!

Only Ouyang Shuo, Bai Hua, and Feng Qiuhuang knew about it, so there was no such possibility.

Or was there someone within the city that had tipped them off?

Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo's eyes turned cold, sending a chill down the spines of everyone present.

Ouyang Shuo tossed aside his thoughts; this was not the time.

"Have we managed to contact Wang Li's troops?"

"We did. Based on his reply, as they needed to search for grain in Henei, they will be two days late. The vanguard force will most likely reach here by tomorrow afternoon."

"Tomorrow afternoon?"

A tinge of fury flashed across his face.

Preposterous, not sticking to orders.

Yesterday, in Baiqi's letter, it was already said that Wang Li would reach the city this afternoon at the latest. Who knew that he would be late by a full day.

One day was enough to change the entire landscape of the battlefield.

Baiqi's plan was incredibly precise, and he had also calculated that if Xiang Yu's army failed to take down Jiyuan City, they would notice Anyang City at the back.

Hence, he instructed Wang Li's forces to set out so early.

Who knew that Wang Li would be so bold.

Thinking about it, if Ouyang Shuo did not rush over from Su County and move into Anyang City, Baiqi's plan would be totally wasted.

Such an outcome was simply unthinkable.

For committing such a huge mistake, he simply deserved execution.

In Ouyang Shuo's eyes, killing intent flashed.

He tried to calm himself down and said, "Send the order to Wang Ling's army, his vanguard force must arrived by tomorrow morning. If not, I will behead them."

"Yes, lord!"

The personal guard trembled and quickly backed down; he rarely saw the lord so angry.

Although Ouyang Shuo was just the player representative, he could order Wang Li. This seemed illogical, but it was actually totally normal.

The day Wang Li rushed to Jiyuan City, Baiqi had summoned him. At that time, Ouyang Shuo was there, sitting on the Lord Seat.

Obviously, in the current Qin Dynasty Camp, Ouyang Shuo was the second lord.

As for the Qin King in Xianyang, who would care about him?

Hence, Ouyang Shuo could order Wang Li.

After arranging everything, Ouyang Shuo called Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang over, roughly briefing them on everything. Then, he said, "The logistics will depend on you two!"

"Don't worry, leave it to us!"

The two of them were heroines, and they were already used to this kind of situation.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, as he hurried out of the Lord's Manor.

At the door, the Guards had already brought Qingdian over.

Ouyang Shuo mounted his steed and said, "To the city west gate."

The enemy attack would come from the direction of the city west gate.

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Chapter 419- Forming an Army Spirit

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Anyang City, City West Gate.

As they headed deeper into autumn, the wild grass grew a withered yellow, and the freezing autumn breeze blew.

Ouyang Shuo stood on the top of the city wall, scrutinizing the enemy troops from afar. His red cape rustled, as a gust of great wind blew it around. Qing'er had personally tailored this cape for him, not only was it waterproof, but it could also act as a mattress.

As he raised his head, he saw a massive flag that danced in the wind. The word 'Lian' was written on the flag in a large font, looking really eye-catching.

Lianpo?

Ouyang Shuo grew solemn; he did not expect to actually meet an old friend. He and the Yanhuang Alliance were really enemies to the core. They could meet everywhere.

This time, he had no way out.

"Lord!"

Wang Feng walked over and bowed.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, but he did not turn his head, "Tell the boys that we have to defend for a day. Tomorrow afternoon at the latest, our reinforcements will arrive."

"Yes my, lord!"

Wang Feng acknowledge his command. However, he did not leave.

"En?"

Wang Feng gritted his teeth, "Lord, you are injured. Please return to the city manor to command. Leave the city wall to me. I won't let you down!"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head.

"Lord!"

Wang Feng was a little anxious.

Ouyang Shuo waved him off, "Say no more!"

"Yes, my lord!"

Helplessly, Wang Feng could only back down. His attempt had already used up all of his courage.

For such a dangerous and important battle, Ouyang Shuo needed to personally lead the troops to raise their morale.

This battle was bound to be a bloodbath.

On the bright side, at least he could use this fight to test the results of the palace Guards' training. Baiqi had said that Xiang Yu's Jiangdong Warriors could one versus ten. Ouyang Shuo believed that his palace Guards were no weaker.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Erect the Lord Flag on the city wall. This city is Shanhai's."

"Yes, my lord!"

The guard was jolted to his senses, and he quickly went to work.

Amongst the palace Guards, there were designated flag bearers in charge of the Lord Flag.

When the Lord Flag flew high on the Anyang City wall, the palace Guards had no way to back down. At this moment, the three thousand palace Guards were motivated. They were willing to die to protect this flag.

Far away, astonishment broke out.

"Look lord, Anyang City wall is flying a huge flag!"

When Di Chen heard these words, he raised his head. In an instant, he froze, before breaking out in delight, "Shanhai Flag. Hei, it actually is Shanhai Flag. Enemies always meet, ah. Qiyue Wuyi, this time, let's see where you run to."

"Men, attack Anyang City with everything you have. Whoever climbs the wall first, I'll reward him with five hundred gold!"

"Yes!"

Under the monetary motivation, the morale of the troops soared.

The huge army waltzed toward Anyang City; they quickly reached the city protection river.

Anyang City was located on the north shore of Hengshui River. The same river flowed through its other three sides, forming a natural city protection river.

To break into the city, they had to first break this city protection river first.

Long before the army had arrived, the drawbridge had already been pulled up.

After Gaia published the hotfix, the players could not use their storage bags during battles. Naturally, Di Chen could not bring huge amounts of siege weapons.

Furthermore, in Di Chen's eyes, Anyang City was just an empty city.

Hence, although the thirty thousand of them were mainly infantry, they still lacked sufficient siege weapons.

However, this did not pose too big a problem for Lianpo.

Thirty thousand troops, even if they used the lousiest of ladders, it would still be enough to take down Anyang City.

The Battle of Anyang started at an intense climax without any build up.

Tens of thousands of sword-shield soldiers raised their shields and dragged sandbags, which they threw into the city protection river. The palace Guards on the city wall immediately returned fire with arrows.

Palace Guards, elite equipment, familiar with both horses and bows, good at both infantry and cavalry.

The Shanhai City strongbow brought forth an air shattering sound, as it sentenced the enemy troops to death.

Lianpo, who stood far away, was unmoved.

If they had moving arrow towers, they could retaliate. Unfortunately, they did not.

Before they filled up the city protection river, they could only endure the hits.

Their current sacrifices were all temporary.

In less than half an hour, blood dyed the city protection river red.

Corpse after corpse floated on the river surface and flowed the current toward Hengshui.

At the start of the battle, Di Chen naturally handed control over to Lianpo.

He sat at the back of his army, deep in thought.

He was wondering whether or not to report this matter to Xiang Yu. If Di Chen informed him, Xiang Yu could lead his men over. Anyang would be taken over in an instant.

However, in that case, his glory would be taken away from him.

Let us wait a little longer!

Di Chen was confident that the thirty thousand men could take down Anyang City. At that point, he would be the greatest contributor to this battle.

Under the steel-like mental strength of Lianpo, the army was not afraid of sacrifices. They filled up the city protection river in an orderly manner. Even the corpses were used as materials to fill the river.

Two hours later, they had totally leveled a portion of the city protection river.

"Kill!"

Lianpo waved his sword forward, and the raring to go army carried the ladders and flooded toward the city wall.

The siege was about to begin.

Anyang City was only an empty city, so it lacked defence items. Even basic rocks and rolling wood were scarce. As for alchemical fire oil and other resources, do not even think about them.

The defence machines were also old; it truly made one feel helpless.

In less than half an hour, the enemy army was already on the wall and engaging with the palace guards.

At this point, they could only fight head on.

Ouyang Shuo shouted. His Tianmo Spear swept out, pushing down the three soldiers that had just climbed up the city wall.

They were still in mid-air, but they each spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

His sweep did not only cause them to fall off the wall; it also caused internal injuries.

"Great!"

Seeing their lord show off his strength, the palace Guards felt their blood boil.

The battle on the city wall had entered a white-hot stage.

Lianpo had the numerical advantage, so he did not think about giving them any chance to rest. Under his command, they rushed up the wall wave after wave unceasingly.

The palace Guards stood on the city wall. It was like they were standing in front of the waves, as wave after wave struck.

The huge waves looked like they were going to swallow them at any moment.

Facing the waves, one had to be stubborn, like the current Ouyang Shuo.

He stood at one position, unmoving. No matter how many enemies rushed up, his Tianmo Spear would either sweep, pierce or block. He took them all on.

The fresh blood of the enemies flew everywhere. Some onto his helmet, some onto his armor, and even some on his face.

Under the cover of the fresh blood, his red cape grew more and more evil looking.

The continuous battle was a huge test on a person's physical ability and mental strength.

Ouyang Shuo was already numb. He stood still; his mind without any thoughts. He only wanted to wipe out any enemy in front of him and welcome the next wave.

Below the city wall, the corpses of the fallen enemies had already reached the height of two people.

In the city protection river, corpses litter the river surface. It was to the point that one could not even see a single drop of water. It looked more like a mountain of bodies than a river.

Ouyang Shuo did not fall, nor did his palace Guards.

His body stood strong. His body was the soul of the palace Guards.

"Ah!"

In a momentary lapse of attention, a sword-shield soldier hacked at Ouyang Shuo's left arm. He resisted the pain and pierced the enemy with his spear.

"Lord!"

The Guards at his side surrounded him to help relieve the pressure.

"I'm fine!"

Ouyang Shuo's expression did not change, as he took out bandages from his storage bag as well as medical ointments. He applied them to his wound and bandaged it after that.

In his last life, such bandaging was a simple routine, like eating rice.

After which, Ouyang Shuo returned to the battlefield.

When Ouyang Shuo was injured, the frontline was stunned.

The enemy troops took the chance to rush up the city wall.

When Ouyang Shuo reappeared, the palace Guards could put down their worries and continue killing. Their killing aura grew stronger. Those scums had actually injured their lord.

Each palace Guard exuded a killing aura.

The gathering of hundreds and thousands of these auras were enough to scare the enemy.

"Kill!"

Ouyang Shuo swept left and right. He killed the enemies that climbed up the wall.

"Wang Feng!"

"Present!"

Blood covered Wang Feng's body, as he hurried over. He had always hung around Ouyang Shuo's side.

"Lead a squadron to clear out the trash on the city wall."

"Yes, my lord!"

The enemies that managed to charge up had already impacted their defence. If they did not clear them out, it might cause their entire defence to collapse.

Wang Feng also understood this fact, so he brought a squadron to sweep out along the way.

He could not lead an army to war, but in the aspect of killing enemies, Wang Feng was simply an Asura.

The eyes of this palace Guard general were crimson, while blood covered his body. He simply looked like a devil from hell. The palace Guards around him were all the same.

The strength of the palace Guards were revealed to the world for the first time.

With his operation, the situation calmed down once more.

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head in glee, as he killed the enemies.

Outside of the city, Lianpo's expression turned exceedingly cold.

He could feel that he had nearly crushed the enemy.

He did not expect the enemy to regain their footing at the last moment.

Such a strong army!

Even so, Lianpo did not waver. Instead, a smile broke out on his face.

Since there was a first time, there would definitely be a second time.

Their attack strategy was correct. The longer this battle dragged on, the harder it would be for the enemy to hold on. No matter which side started to fall, it was enough to make the enemy collapse entirely.

Lianpo was very confident.

While Lianpo could notice that, Ouyang Shuo, who was deep in battle, could notice it too.

Although Ouyang Shuo could not be considered a person born to lead troops, the influence of the generals around him had greatly improved his ability to analyse the situation.

If not, he would not feel confident enough to personally lead the palace Guards and the Guards Division.

Ouyang Shuo immediately told Wang Feng's squadron to not return to their original defence region. He wanted them to continue their current job. Whenever danger showed up, they would assist that area.

This was in truth a fire fighting squadron.

The flames of battle were still burning, and it only grew stronger.

In the following fight, Ouyang Shuo was injured several more times. Ever time, he would just treat it simply before he raged on.

As they watched on, the palace Guards started to worship their lord more and more.

Their lord was an unbeatable Asura; no one could take him down.

The enemy could not, neither could the pain.

Ouyang Shuo was leading the palace Guards and forming an army spirit.

An undefeatable army spirit.

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Chapter 420- Drunken Beauty

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The skies above Anyang City were blood red.

The flames from the battles burned from morning till night in an endless blaze.

The blood glow that rushed into the sky mixed with the sunset.

Like a dream, like an illusion.

Among the flames of war, the unassuming Anyang City stood tall and did not fall.

Lianpo rode on his war horse; his eyebrows locked tight.

The stubbornness of the enemy troops far exceeded his expectations. In the afternoon, there were three to four times when they nearly took down the city wall. Time after time, they were repelled.

A true iron army.

Thinking about the current Jiangdong Warriors, who were going all out on the main battlefield, probably only they could go head-to-head against these enemy troops.

Amazement was amazement, but his eyebrows tightened up more and more. Although the lord did not make matters clear and did not blame anyone, he could feel that the lord was not happy with the situation and him.

Thirty thousand troops, attacking one whole day, yet they still could not take down Anyang City.

If this dragged on, things would change.

In just one afternoon, they had lost seven thousand soldiers. Such huge casualties were too scary. Under the city wall of Anyang City was a dense graveyard and a blood river.

A group of eagles circled in the sky, waiting for a chance to make their move.

Under the cover of the dusk sky, the eagles' eyes flashed with red glows. Influenced by the killing, some grew crazy and did not care about anything. They simply rushed down to eat the 'delicacies'.

On the city wall, the Lord Flag of Shanhai City fluttered, looking more and more extravagant.

The generals of the palace Guards were similarly infallible.

In this battle, only a few remained of the 1,400 aristocratic family Guards.

The elites that Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang brought had similarly suffered heavy casualties. Compared to the palace Guards, they were weaker in terms of not just combat strength, but also in morale and killing intent.

The three thousand palace guards now had the same army spirit. That infallible body was their spirit. From that moment onward, all of them were willing to die for their lord.

They would not regret it, even in death.

This day, another five hundred palace Guards left this world forever.

As the sun set, the last inch of red disappeared.

The night was about to arrive.

Lianpo let out a long sigh, "Tell the troops to fall back!"

"Yes, general!"

Amongst the thunderous noises, the sieging soldiers backed off like a receding flood. When they passed the corpses of their allies, they only felt a sense of fortune in their hearts and endless amounts of tiredness.

They could not imagine why the enemies on the city walls seemed to have boundless amounts of energy.

Lianpo took one last look at the city wall and turned his horse around. He made his way back toward the camp.

Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, no matter what price he had to pay, he had to take down Anyang City.

In his eyes, a killing aura flashed out.

Anyang City, city Lord's Manor.

The Ouyang Shuo that the soldiers revered and worshipped collapsed when he returned to the manor. The aura that surrounded him disappeared.

Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang carefully took care of his wounds, feeling pained for him in their hearts.

"Aiyo!"

Suddenly, Feng Qiuhuang tapped onto his wounds, making him shout out in pain.

"You asked for it!"

In her eyes, tears had built up.

Drunken beauty, cares a lot about relationships.

Young man, when will he sigh.

Plays a sad song on the flute.

Tears of the beauty, heartbroken.

Even Bai Hua grumbled at Ouyang Shuo.

"Wuyi, you must know that to Shanhai City, to Shanhai Alliance, and even to the entire Qin Dynasty Camp, how important you are? A lord doesn't join in the war and put themselves in danger. Don't you know that theory?"

"I understand, but…."

"There are no buts. At most, we will just back out of Anyang City. From the time the war started till now, we still have the advantage. We don't need to take this gamble and put ourselves in danger."

"That's right!"

Feng Qiuhuang agreed; her expression filled with unhappiness.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "In theory, that's true. But you all know that if we miss this chance, Baiqi would have to plan for a new strategy. That would take really long. During this period of time, how many more people will die?"

Silence. Total dead silence.

It was not that they were heroes and feeling righteous for their men.

It was just that on the death list, the names of their soldiers would definitely appear, and they would definitely take up the bulk.

War was just so cruel.

After a long while, Ouyang Shuo broke the silence, "This attack, someone definitely orchestrated it from the back. That's why we shouldn't let Di Chen get away with it. If not, who knows who will win."

"Someone orchestrated it?"

"That's right. Baiqi's plan was so obscure, yet this guy still saw through it."

"Who is it?"

"Think about it. Who in the Anti-Qin Camp could go up against Baiqi?"

"Wuqi?"

"No." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "If it was Wuqi, Xiong Ba would have come instead of Di Chen."

"Is it him?"

Suddenly, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang exclaimed.

Both of them could be considered knowledgeable. Moreover, as lords, they had to increase their knowledge of history.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, "That's right. It should be Han Xin."

Feng Qiuhuang was not entirely convinced, "Why are you so sure?"

"Because Di Chen came. As a player representative, only he had the chance to meet Han Xin."

Ouyang Shuo had been the player representative four times already, so he was familiar with the related powers.

"Why not Lianpo?"

"Lianpo? If he thought about it, they wouldn't be here so late."

Although Lianpo and Baiqi were among the four generals of the Warring States Period, they still had a gap in skill level.

"That makes sense."

"Han Xin. Ah, that's a real talent." Ouyang Shuo even had a look of envy in his eyes, "If he went head-to-head against Baiqi, who knows how long this war would last."

"So tomorrow, we definitely need to hold on until Wang Li's army arrive."

Ouyang Shuo's voice was resolute.

Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang looked at each other; they could not say anything else.

"Wuyi, is there anything we can do to help?"

"Yes!"

Ouyang Shuo's words were astonishing.

"You two forgot that our squad has four more strong generals." Ouyang Shuo smiled, "If they are willing to go all out, our chances of winning will increase."

"That's right, how can we forget Zhou Bo and the others!"

"Ha! With the three of them, wouldn't it be like adding wings to a tiger?"

"Don't be happy too early." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "Their problems with us won't be solved so easily."

"Don't worry, leave it to us!"

Feng Qiuhuang was highly confident. Although she could not fight on the walls, she was good at handling such matters.

"Then, I'll wait and see."

"Hen!"

Feng Qiuhuang turned around stylishly. She pulled Bai Hua along, as they both left.

After the two of them left, a young official walked in.

"Lord!"

He was the intelligence division intel officer, who had followed along. Worship and respect filled his eyes, as he looked at the lord. The lord's actions this afternoon had spread across the army.

"Did Wang Li reply?"

"Yes!"

The intelligence officer passed the reply letter.

When Ouyang Shuo opened the letter, his tightened brows relaxed slightly.

Wang Li had hastened his troops; they would reach the city by tomorrow afternoon.

"You can leave!"

"Yes, my lord!"

As the intelligence officer backed down, a look of worry appeared on his face. Although they had won today, it was a tough victory. Even if they managed to hold on tomorrow, the palace Guards would suffer heavy casualties.

Most importantly, he was exposed, exposed in front of the Anti-Qin Camp. Ouyang Shuo could not imagine what kind of scene would form if hundreds of thousands of troops attacked Anyang City.

If that was the case, he could only give up the city and escape.

If not, the moment he was caught, they would definitely lose.

Difficult!

In such a situation, what should he do?

He could not retreat; he could not defend.

Who cares; he would just leave this to Baiqi. Right now, his job was only to defend.

Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo started to write a letter for Baiqi. In the letter, Ouyang Shuo introduced the situation, as well as Wang Li's movements.

In his letter, he made it clear that he would defend Anyang City till reinforcements arrived. As for the job of dealing with Xiang Yu's army, Baiqi would be in charge of that.

Baiqi would definitely think of a way.

After all, Ouyang Shuo only needed Baiqi to buy him half a day.

Under the cover of the night sky, the boisterous Anyang City regained its silence.

All the ugly things were hidden in this cover.

Outside the city, Di Chen's camp.

Di Chen sat dazed alone in his tent, drinking.

A huge sense of defeat, along with the tipsy feeling, rushed up his heart.

Di Chen did not expect that the trump card of Shanhai City would be so strong. Compared to them, the elites he was so proud of were not even dog farts.

The most dejected matter in the world was not losing to an enemy. It was crossing a mountain and thinking you had caught up, only to find that the enemy had already ascended a step higher.

No!

Viciousness flashed across his eyes.

Under his observations, in the current situation, even after tomorrow, their army might not be able to take the Anyang City down.

Di Chen did not dare to gamble anymore.

Qiyue Wuyi, since you are so confident, let's have you face a huge army tomorrow!

Thinking about that, Di Chen placed his heart into writing the letter and quickly finished it.

After he thought a little more, he wrote a second one.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Pass this letter and rush it to General Xiang. Say that it's important military intel."

"Yes, my lord!"

Di Chen took out a second letter out and said, "Pass this to General Han."

"Understood!"

This guard was the right-hand man of Di Chen, so he knew of the existence of Han Xin.

"Go!"

Di Chen waved him off; he had a weird expression on his face.

Tomorrow, it would be another diamond-cut-diamond battle.

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Chapter 421- Overlord, Will You Battle?

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This night was exceptionally long.

Jiyuan City, Lord's Manor.

Ouyang Shuo's letter had reached Baiqi's table in less than two hours.

Baiqi opened it. After he read the letter, he muttered, "Han Xin? That's interesting."

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Raise the tent for the meeting!"

"Yes, general!"

The guard took this matter really seriously and immediately informed the other generals. Although it was late at night, no one would grumble about raising the tents for a meeting.

Military matters were really urgent, so being woken up in the middle of the night was normal.

In less than fifteen minutes, Zhang Han, Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He,Lin Yi, and the rest all gathered in the meeting hall.

These generals all knew the way that Baiqi handled things, so they did not dare to tarry. As for the generals of the other lords, they all came late, which displeased Baiqi.

"Tomorrow, which of you dare to accept the battle against Xiang Yu?"

The moment his words sounded out, the generals were shocked and could not react. Didn't the commander not agree to go one-versus-one against Xiang Yu? Why did his attitude change?

Baiqi sat expressionlessly behind his table.

"Commander, I'm willing!"

Er'Lai was the first to step out. He was not one to care about the reasoning behind matters. In these few days, Xiang Yu's provocations had infuriated Er'Lai.

"Great!"

Baiqi nodded, as expected from a general under him.

"Who else?"

"I'm willing!"

Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He, and a few others were all raring to go.

These few generals had all been holding in their anger.

"Great!" Baiqi raised his head and looked around, "Tomorrow morning, General Er'Lai, General Zhang Liao, General Qinqiong, and General Wang He will face off against Xiang Yu."

"Yes, commander!"

The generals that were named were unanimously delighted. Those that were not, like Lin Yi, felt dejected and disappointed.

When all the generals left, Baiqi called Lin Yi to discuss some matters.

After a while, Lin Yi finally left the tent.

Making use of the night, the Guards Division sneakily exited the city and disappeared into the darkness. Thanks to their unique special forces training, they were confident about traveling at night.

Night, Anyang City.

Apart from sending Baiqi a letter, Ouyang Shuo did not sit just still and do nothing.

Before the war ended, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang moved the civilians to clean up the battlefield. They removed the corpses on the city wall to create space for the soldiers.

Most importantly, they retrieved the stone pieces and rolling wood they had thrown out. They moved these items back onto the city wall.

They had no choice; their resources were scarce, so this was the only way.

As for reopening the city protection river, firstly, the commoners did not have the ability. Secondly, it might alert the enemies on the other side.

Apart from that, one had to mention the two ladies.

During the day, apart from settling food matters, they also handled something important.

There were so little civilians left in the city, so there were many empty houses.

The two of them ordered people to dismantle all the houses to obtain stone and wood. In just one day, hundreds of houses were dismantled.

Making use of the night, they moved these resources to the city wall.

With that, they had more defensive resources for the next day.

Ouyang Shuo admired the intelligence of these two.

After being busy all the way till the late of night, Anyang City finally regained its peace and quiet.

Even so, the civilians inside could not sleep. As long as one was not blind, they would know that a tough battle awaited them tomorrow.

No matter which camp took over Anyang City, the commoners and civilians would experience a hard life.

If they won, the civilians would have a tough life.

If they lost, the civilians would still have a tough life.

These statements were not false.

Anti-Qin Camp, Chu Army Camp.

When Di Chen's messenger rushed to the camp, it was the middle of the night, and the camp was totally silent.

"Who is there?"

Before the messenger even got close to the camp, the guard on patrol stopped him.

"I'm the messenger of player representative Di Chen. I have emergency intel for General Xiang Yu."

The guard asked in a testing tone, "Di Chen's messenger?"

"That's right!"

The messenger calmly replied. As the player representative, Di Chen's position in the army was still quite high.

However, the messenger did not foresee that an unexpected situation would occur.

"Hen, so bold." The guard's face changed, and he scolded, "Take him down!"

"Yes!"

Four guards appeared and took him down in just a few moments.

"What are you doing?" The messenger fumed, as he struggled, "You're delaying military intel. Do you want to die?"

"Hen!" The guard gritted his teeth, "The General has orders. Di Chen left his post and deserves death. How bold, sending himself to die."

When the messenger heard these words, he felt bitter.

They had considered everything, but they had made incorrect assumptions about Xiang Yu's personality.

Who was Xiang Yu? How arrogant was he?

How would he allow people to challenge his honor in the military?

Di Chen dared to go against his orders. Naturally, Xiang Yu wanted to capture him.

The messenger was helpless, so he said respectfully, "Brother guard, I have serious matters that need to be reported to General Xiang Yu."

"No, general has already slept. He can't be disturbed."

The guard did not want to budge.

"Brother guard, how about this. Pass this letter to him."

The messenger could only beg and beg.

Only then did the guard nod. He received the letter and waved his hand, "Take him away!"

"Yes!"

"Brother guard, you have to pass it to General Xiang Yu. It's urgent!"

As the messenger got dragged away, he did not forget to look behind to remind the guard. As for the letter, it was up to the heavens.

How would the guard listen to him? He just kept the letter and continued his patrol.

At this time, how would he dare to disturb the general?

The next morning, after washing up, Xiang Yu finally received the letter.

After he saw the letter, Xiang Yu remained silent.

"Han Xin, Hen!"

Xiang Yu was not a fool. He guessed right away the person who had started this scheme.

This was a slap to his face. He had mocked Han Xin's conjecture, and the results proved that he was wrong.

"I'll punish you after all this ends!"

Being angry was being angry, but as the overall commander, he still cared about the entire situation. He also knew that if the enemy launched a pincer attack, they would immediately lose.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Let Ying Bu come over."

"Yes, general!"

In a moment, Ying Bu arrived in the tent.

Ying Bu was punished under tattoo punishment, and he was also called Qing Bu. Originally, he was under Xiang Liang. Afterward, he became a general of Xiang Yu. After the Han Dynasty was built up, he was titled the South King, and he was one of the three famous generals along with Han Xin and Peng Yue.

"General!"

Xiang Yu simply introduced the situation at Anyang City, "You lead fifty thousand troops and take them down before the Qin Army troops arrive."

"Don't worry, general!"

Ying Bu was a great general. Naturally, he was highly confident.

If they could not take down one small Anyang City with fifty thousand troops, he should just knock his head and die.

At this very moment, someone came in from outside to make a report.

"Come in!"

"Reporting to the general. The Qin Army wants to face off against the general."

"Good!" Xiang Yu was delighted, "These bunch of cowards finally show themselves."

"Men, give me my armor!"

Xiang Yu was so excited that he wanted to immediately don his armor and head to battle.

When Ying Bu heard this report, his eyebrows frowned, and he said, "General!"

"En?"

"I need to go and assist Anyang City. Coincidentally, the Qin Army accepts the battle request. Are there any schemes behind this?"

Ying Bu carefully spoke. He was afraid that Xiang Yu would misunderstand.

"Hei!" Xiang Yu laughed, "The Qin Army wants to occupy you so that we can't assist Anyang City. How will such a simple plan succeed?"

"No matter which general they send, I'll definitely kill him." Xiang Yu was highly arrogant, "Go ahead. With me here, nothing will go wrong."

After Xian Yu spoke these words, there was not much Ying Bu could say.

Shortly after, fifty thousand troops charged straight for Anyang City under Ying Bu's lead. As they wanted to launch a siege, Ying Bu brought large amounts of siege weapons.

Hence, Ying Bu's troops could not move as quickly as Di Chen's troops.

The sun rose up into the sky and shone down.

Under the morning sun, a layer of gold covered Anyang City. The blood stains of yesterday's battle hung on the city wall.

In the future, Anyang City was destined to be remembered because of this battle.

Going against the rising sun, Lianpo led his army to launch another attack against Anyang City.

Although Di Chen had asked for Xiang Yu's assistance, he held a little hope that he would be able to take down Anyang City before reinforcements arrived.

This time, Lianpo changed his attacking strategy.

Without siege weapons, it was simply too hard to take down the city wall.

Lianpo aimed his eyes at the city gates. If they could take that down, they could take down the city. The only problem was how to fix the gates in a short time.

After all, if they took over the city, they would face the attack of the Qin Army's main force.

However, to take down the city, Lianpo could not care about much anymore.

The city gate was small and narrow, and it was certain that only small amounts of soldiers could be stationed there. Lianpo sent out the most elite-force to battle at this area.

The main aim of the attack was the city west gate.

As for the other gates, Lianpo did not bother about them.

Water surrounded Anyang City, so attacking two to three gates would necessitate the filling up of more parts of the city protection river. With their current numbers, it was not possible.

Hence, Lianpo chose to focus on the city west gate.

Ouyang Shuo wore his symbolic red cape. He reached the city wall really early.

After a night of treatment and the use of Bianque's metal inflicted wound medicine, Ouyang Shuo's wounds were all okay. Only the poison in his body was slightly moving and affecting him.

Behind him there were three more generals, Can Can, Zhou Bo, and Xia Houying.

Ouyang Shuo could not understand what the two ladies had done to make the four of them come out.

The current Xiao He was taking care of the logistics in the city.

The flames of war would start once again.

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Chapter 422- Di Chen's Magnanimity

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Dong! Dong! Dong!

Along with the beat of the drums, the siege began.

The huge army formation slowly pushed forward. They looked like a huge mountain that directly headed forward. When they reached the city protection river, the formation suddenly constricted, as they used the sandbags on the river to swarm under the city wall.

After crossing the only 'bridge', the army suddenly spread out once again. In an instant, the army covered the entire west city gate; they did not leave a single gap.

The entire process happened like flowing water.

One had to say that Lianpo's commanding ability was really something.

To be able to command a hurriedly assembled army at such a level and order, one had reached the standards of a huge army general. Those generals that could only lead their own men to battles were all just rash men.

The Handan City elites were sandwiched in the huge army. They carried large blocks of wood, as they charged straight toward the city gate.

Ouyang Shuo, who stood on the city wall, let loose a cold laugh when he saw this scene.

He had expected this.

On top of the wall, they had piled large amounts of stone into small mountains. Apart from that, a palace Guard squadron patiently waited. They were assigned to defend the gate.

The moment the enemy got close, they would rain down a flurry of arrows and large amounts of rocks.

The arrow rain was still okay, the shields blocked the majority, so it did not cause any casualties. After all, a squadron of soldiers were too little, and they could not form a collective effect.

The most dangerous part was still the rock pieces that pelted down.

Huge rocks dropped down from above and slammed down. As the rocks struck the shields, it squashed both the men and their shields.

Dang!

The struck soldier immediately spat out blood and could not get up.

The numerous rocks crashed down like rain and created low-pitched hitting noises.

Like playing whack-a-mole, each rock could take a live. The palace Guard soldiers were not normal commoners, and they had strength in excess. Their control of their power was also really precise.

The stone pieces that they tossed out were vicious and accurate.

The elites of Handan City could be said to have some backbone. None of them let out a scream or a shout.

They braved the giant rocks and tried to initiate their attack on the city gate.

Unfortunately, by the time they reached the city gate, the group had already suffered heavy casualties and they could barely lift up the entire giant wood block. They were unable to form any combined strength and momentum to strike the gate, so the impact was akin to scratching an itch.

The narrow city gate became a meat grinder.

Peng!

Peng!

Peng!

The seemingly endless supply of giant rocks simply made one feel desperate.

Before they could even launch their assault on the city gate, the Handan City elites had already suffered heavy casualties.

Di Chen, who looked on from afar, felt his face cramp. These were the elites that he had spent so much effort to train.

Lianpo was still expressionless. He sent group after group of elites to their 'execution' to replace the already paralyzed and badly hurt group in front of them.

He did not believe that the enemy could prepare that many stone pieces.

During the siege yesterday, Lianpo had noticed that in the latter half of the battle, the city wall did not thrown down any stones, which showed that all their resources were used up.

Unfortunately, he was destined to regret his decision.

No matter how many soldiers he sent up, it was all useless.

Half an hour later, huge rocks completely blocked the front of the city gate. Together, the rocks formed a small mountain. Pincered in between the rocks were the blood and the meat of the Handan City elites.

To attack the city gate, they had to remove the stone pierces.

This was simply an impossible task.

No matter how many elites troops they had, no matter how fearless they were, they could not be sent to die like this.

Lianpo's siege plan had officially failed.

The design of the old city was highly emphasized and a lot of work was put into it. Especially the gate, which was the weakest point.

If they could break the gate so easily, the siege armies would not need to bring ladders.

In siege battles, the sieging side would often just choose to use a trebuchet to blow a hole in the wall instead of directly attacking the gate.

The reason was this.

The defensive force had an exceptional level of defense at the gates. Not only that, even if they broke through, there were defense machineries that could instantly block up the gate.

Lianpo obviously did not know anything about this. According to his calculations, the enemy had limited amounts of defensive resources. Who knew that they would dismantle all the houses?

Facing such a tough opponent, Lianpo felt a headache. Even so, he was not fazed. As a commander, he was as resolute as steel.

Since they could not take down the city gate, Lianpo could only attack the city wall. As long as they did not care about the consequences, they could definitely take it down.

Lianpo had no doubts about this.

Di Chen also had high tolerance. At this moment, he still did not interfere. He knew that at such a moment, if their opinions clashed, it would result in total chaos.

In war time, he could only choose to believe Lianpo.

The Shanhai City army had lost large amounts of troops, so it had grown a lot tougher for them to maintain their defense.

While Di Chen had lost many troops, in a unit sense, the attacking numbers had not decreased. Only the number of rotations of units they could do decreased.

Lianpo was also vicious. He constantly pushed the army, reducing their rest time.

As long as the commander was resolute, the army would not collapse.

Under Lianpo's command, the army was like one body that relentlessly assaulted the city.

Under their relentless assault, it seemed that Anyang City would have to face a tough defensive situation.

However, he did not know that three more fierce generals stood on the city wall.

This intel error was simply fatal.

Yesterday, Ouyang Shuo was the only core of the army.

Now, it was different. Ouyang Shuo, along with Zhou Bo and the others, took a defensive region each. Together, they formed a defensive line.

Four points in a line; it was largely solid.

In a city wall defense, the use of a fierce general could not be underestimated. When Zhou Bo rushed to the front, within five meters, no one could climb onto the wall.

The general's great strength was a huge motivation to the soldiers.

The palace Guards grew stronger as they fought.

Each one of them was a cold slaughterer; they did not even care about the enemy.

The Anyang City wall was like a black hole, swallowing the lives of the soldiers.

Not only that, under the arrangements of Xiao He, they continued to transport huge amounts of stone and wooden resources up the wall.

Xiao He announced some words to the city: With the way the enemy was acting, if they break through, they would kill everyone within. These words scared all the commoners, and they were willing to even give up the coffins they had prepared for themselves.

Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were stunned.

What is called professional? This was professional!

This small change had made the defense work a lot easier than the previous day.

As time moved on, Lianpo could not keep his calm any longer.

Damn it, what kind of army was he facing? How could they be so stubborn?

Di Chen's face was also terrifyingly black.

At this moment, his allies could not look on anymore. Losing two to three thousand soldiers for nothing. In return, they only obtained a pitiful amount of battle contribution points.

This business was such a huge loss!

"Alliance Leader Di. I think we need an explanation."

One lord could not hold it in anymore. He doubted Di Chen. Of the three thousand troops he brought, only a thousand remained.

"That's right. We trusted you and came out with you. Now, what happened? There's no chance of winning."

Facing such doubts, Di Chen was speechless.

Talking about this matter, the alliance members had really held it in. They only brought it up now.

"Guys!" Di Chen said solemnly, "The failure today and its losses, I'll make it up to you after the battle ends."

"This…." the other lords looked at one another.

One had to say that Di Chen was really magnanimous in dealing with such things.

In theory, them coming out with Di Chen was all their own decision. It was war, so there was victory and there was defeat; they could not blame anyone. Even so, Di Chen did not push away the responsibility. It really showed the honor of a son of an aristocratic family.

This hand was really played beautifully.

After calming down his allies, Di Chen arrived by Lianpo's side.

"Lord!"

When he saw Di Chen, Lianpo felt ashamed.

Di Chen waved him off, "You're not to blame. The enemy is too strong."

The expression on his face relaxed slightly. He felt grateful in his heart. He thought that he would definitely be punished for this matter. After all, last night, he had sent out a military order in front of the lord.

He did not expect such a situation to occur.

"Lets back off!"

After saying these words, Di Chen felt a huge stone lifted off from his chest.

Let us just admit defeat and stop struggling.

"Lord?"

Lianpo was shocked.

"Fall back!"

Di Chen said once more; his tone really resolute.

When Lianpo heard this command, he had a complicated expression on his face. He also knew that no matter how they fought, they could not take down Anyang City. Hence, why not just back off earlier and cut down the casualties?

Not everyone had the ability and courage to cut their wrists and fight.

Their defeat in this battle was due to intel.

They did not expect Anyang City to actually have Qin troops stationed, so they did not bring any siege weapons. If not, given their strength, Shanhai would fail to defend Anyang City.

Amongst the rumbling, the Hadan alliance army once again backed down.

Cheers erupted from Anyang City.

At this very moment, the boom of horse hooves resounded from the horizon. When one looked over, they could see a huge, black wave swarm toward Anyang City.

The cheers on the city wall stopped.

Oh my god!

Is that the Anti-Qin Army?

The appearance of another army at such a moment could spell a huge catastrophe for Anyang City.

Even Ouyang Shuo could not help but tremble.

He raised his head and looked toward the sky. It was probably one to two hours till noon. This meant that Wang Li's vanguard force would need at least an hour before they arrived.

With just the current few thousand men, could they block off these new enemies for an hour?

Ouyang Shuo's expression was unprecedentedly solemn.

At the same time, in his heart, he looked forward to the battle.

On the other side, Di Chen and his men were also excited.

Especially Di Chen.

Based on his predictions, if the reinforcements rushed here, they should have already appeared.

"The heavens didn't forsake me!"

Di Chen let out a long sigh. He felt fortunate inside. He felt lucky that he did not act too arrogant and asked for Xiang Yu's help. If not, he would become a huge laughing stock.

The huge army charged forward from afar, heading straight for them.

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Chapter 423- Xiao He's Heart

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The rumbling horse hooves spread from afar, and the mysterious army finally showed their true colors. The army that rushed over was not actually the reinforcements from the uprising army, but the guards division that Lin Yi led.

Last night, the Guards Division had sneaked out of the city. They had specially used the mountain routes to head around the Anti-Qin Camp defense region to reach Anyang City ahead of Ying Bu's forces.

When he saw the Shanhai Lord Flag atop of the Anyang City wall, Lin Yi gave out a long sigh of relief.

He had made it in time.

If the lord was captured, Lin Yi could only use death to make up for his sins.

"Troops, charge!"

Lin Yi raised his spear and ordered the troops.

"Kill!"

In an orderly manner, the soldiers raised up pole after pole of horse lance, which glinted in the light.

The army charged forward, causing dust to rise from the ground and into the air.

Currently, Di Chen's army had just backed off from the city wall and were relaxing. How could they expect a sneak attack from outside of the city? How could they know that the recently arrived army were not reinforcements but the enemy?

Everything was too late.

The Guards Division covered the one to two kilometer distance in an instant.

Even with Lianpo's ability, he could not reorganize the formation in such a short time. The moment he saw the Guards Division, Lianpo knew that it was over; he knew that they had no way out.

Lianpo arrived besides Di Chen and anxiously said, "Lord, let's go before it's too late!" The entire army was already in chaos. If they stayed, they would definitely die.

The moment he saw the Guards Division, Di Chen's smile froze. He could not imagine why Shanhai City's army would arrive here, weren't they cooped up in Jiyuan City?

How was that possible? How did they rush here ahead of Xiang Yu's army?

"How did this happen?"

Di Chen could not believe his own eyes. Things had changed too quickly, and it had caught him off guard.

"Go? Go where?"

Di Chen was crestfallen, like his entire being had lost its soul.

Under this huge psychological blow, Di Chen was about to collapse.

F*ck tolerance….

Di Chen wanted to scold out; he wanted to vent the frustration in his heart.

When Lianpo saw these changes, he tried to persuade Di Chen, "If we survive, we can find a way back!"

"Hah!" Di Chen laughed coldly; he did not bother about Lianpo.

"Quick, cover the lord and leave."

When Lianpo heard this response, he could only forcefully bring Di Chen away.

"Yes, general!"

When the guards heard this order, they grabbed Di Chen and hurried away.

The other lords had already run away for their lives under the protection of their personal guards.

This scene was really majestic.

Anyang City Wall.

"Lord, look, it's the Guards Division."

Wang Feng arrived at Ouyang Shuo's side. He pointed at the army outside, delighted.

In a short amount of time, the palace guards dropped from heaven to hell. Then, they quickly rose back up. It was too exhilarating.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, Baiqi was really too dependable.

"Lord, should we go out of the city to kill them?"

"No!"

Ouyang Shuo shook his head and firmly said, "Defend, don't be stupid. Leave the enemy to the Guards Division."

"Yes, my lord!"

From the reactions of the uprising army, Ouyang Shuo roughly guessed that Di Chen had also asked for reinforcements.

Unfortunately, the Guards Division had arrived earlier.

At the current moment, Ouyang Shuo naturally needed to keep his calm.

How was it a battle outside the city? It was simply a massacre.

The charging Guards Division were simply too terrifying. They were like a pack of hungry wolves charging into a flock of sheep. The sheep panicked and ran around to escape.

Di Chen's army could be considered an elite army. Unfortunately, blow after blow had caused them to collapse. Their lord's departure was also another element that added to their collapse.

Lianpo led the cavalry forces and hurriedly left the battlefield.

The remaining infantry naturally became sheep for slaughter.

The killing of the Guards Division were undoubtedly highly efficient.

Ouyang Shuo stood on the city wall. He looked at his stat page; his battle contribution points and experience constantly rose and totally did not stop.

After the second system update, the battle maps were fixed and changed. The first change cancelled the rule that players could not obtain experience from the battle maps.

After this huge war, Ouyang Shuo's level, which had not risen in awhile, rose several times.

Once a player's level broke past level 60, adventure gamemode players needed half a month before they could level up once. If Ouyang Shuo did not participate in wars, leveling would be the same as a snail crawling.

Ouyang Shuo checked it, till date, his battle contribution points had reached a staggering 458,530. It had exceeded his total points during the Battle of Changping, and no one on the leaderboard could touch his position.

Considering everything, it was the same as each member of their army killing two people.

The accumulated battle contribution points had the gains of the Guard Division and the mountain barbarians, as well as the palace Guards from the start.

The battles that the three thousand palace guards went through were far more than the Guards Division. As a result, they earned a lot of points. Purely at Anyang City, they had earned seventy to eighty thousand points.

The massacre outside of Anyang City was even scarier.

Seeing such a vast amount of points, Ouyang Shuo's eyes turned to the battle Commerce City.

Till now, he still had not exchanged for a single item.

Guangyao Armor making technical manual, forty thousand battle contribution points.

Buy!

Guangyao Armor was same as the Mingguang Armor, in the sense that both were types of Tang Dynasty Armor.

Ouyang Shuo brought the Guangyao Armor to increase the variety of armors in the territory. Tang Dynasty Armor had thirteen different types. Comparatively, the current armor types in the Armory Division were pitifully little.

With the crafting experience from the Mingguang Armor, it would be much easier for the Armory Division to make the Guangyao Armor.

Olden Agriculture Tool Technical Manual, one hundred thousand battle contribution points.

Buy!

Although olden agriculture tools looked unassuming, there were simply too many of them, and there were thirty to forty types. It affected every area of agriculture production.

A few simple examples.

Xuanyuan Plough: The earliest ploughing tool, which appeared in the late stages of the Tang Dynasty in the Dongjiang Region.

Kongming Waterwheel: A watering tool the East Han created and perfected during the Three Kingdoms Period.

Animal Drawn Seed Plough: Appeared during the West Han.

China was an agricultural nation since olden times. Its agricultural tools had improved and changed over the years. This was the collection of all the olden agricultural knowledge.

For this item, one hundred thousand battle contribution points was not expensive at all.

With this manual, Shanhai territory's agricultural level would experience a huge rise.

The people survived on food.

Agriculture would always remain important.

As for the other items, Ouyang Shuo were not interested in them.

What he needed the most now was a sword technique. Unfortunately, those in the Commerce City were only gold rank. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo did not bother about them.

Without mentioning gold rank techniques, Ouyang Shuo would have to consider the merits of learning even king rank techniques.

After buying all the items he needed, Ouyang Shuo closed the shop interface.

Outside Anyang City, it was a total slaughter.

In less than one and a half hours, twenty thousand troops were decimated. Apart from the five thousand cavalry that escaped, the Guards Division killed off the remaining enemy troops.

Ouyang Shuo stood on the city wall and nodded his head, "Open the city gates!"

"Yes, my lord!"

After a short while, Wang Feng turned around.

"Oh?"

"Lord, the rocks have blocked the west gate, so we can't open it."Ouyang Shuo froze.

"Spread the message to the Guards Division. Ask them to go to the south gate."

"Yes, my lord!"

After Wang Feng left, Ouyang Shuo also stood up. He needed to go to the south gate to welcome Lin Yi and his men. Before he left, he called Zhou Bo, Cao Can, and Xia Houying along.

These three generals had really performed well in this battle.

They had witnessed the strength and bravery of the Guards Division, making them feel fortunate and happy.

Such an elite army was really amazing.

The performance of the palace Guards these two days was already stunning enough. However, their numbers were simply too little. Zhou Bo and the others did not expect that Shanhai City's army division grade troops would also be so strong.

Zhou Bo looked toward Xia Houying with envy.

Xia Houying held his chests up high. When he looked at the lord in front of him, he felt no more doubts in his heart.

Ouyang Shuo's performance yesterday had totally won over Xiao He and Xia Houying. A lord being able to set the example and lead his men, having both brains and brawn, what more can one ask for?

Even Liu Bang might not have done as well as Ouyang Shuo.

Especially Xiao He, who observed things the most closely and gained the most thoughts. For him to come out and help, aside from the two girls persuading him, Ouyang Shuo's performance also played a huge factor.

South City Gate.

Lin Yi led the Guards Division to form up at the city gate.

When he saw Ouyang Shuo, he immediately demounted from his horse and bowed.

"Greetings, lord!"

At the same time, tens of thousands of soldiers got down and bowed at the same time, which created an incredibly alluring scene. The eyes of Xia Houying and the others, who had followed behind him, froze.

Ouyang Shuo nodded.

After a simple welcome, Ouyang Shuo brought Lin Yi into the Lord's Manor.

Under the arrangement of Wang Feng, the Guards Division started to set up their defenses in the city. The Anti-Qin Army could arrive at any moment, so they could not relax.

The only difference was with the Guards Division there, Ouyang Shuo would not need to personally fight.

The consecutive battles had made Ouyang Shuo feel that the poison was nearly going out of control. Upon closer inspection, a faint green vein had appeared on his face.

As the poison acted up, Ouyang Shuo felt tremors of pain in his stomach. To not worry the generals, he could only forcefully hold it in. However, beads of sweat formed on his forehead.

How sharp was Lin Yi? He instantly noticed something weird about Ouyang Shuo.

"Lord, you?"

"I'm okay!" Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, sitting down in the meeting hall, "Speak, what did the commander tell you before you came."

"Yes!"

Lin Yi immediately took out a letter and passed it to the lord.

As Ouyang Shuo read it, he did not say anything.

The war had already proceeded to such a stage. It was time for them to haul in their nets.

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Chapter 424- Qing Bu, Die!

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After a short while, Xiao He, Bai Hua, and Feng Qiuhuang walked into the meeting room.

"Lord!"

Xiao He bowed to Ouyang Shuo.

When Ouyang Shuo raised his head and saw Xiao He, he nodded his head, pleased, "Sit!"

All of them were in the meeting room to discuss post-war matters.

At this very moment, someone arrived at the door to make a report.

"Report!"

"Come in!"

"Lord, Wang Li's army has arrived outside of the city."

"Great!"

Ouyang Shuo felt elated. At least, Wang Li was not totally out of hand and arrived on time.

With that, the danger that Anyang City faced was eliminated.

Wang Li's fifty thousand vanguard force arrived at around 11 AM. The army set up camp outside the city. Wang Li only brought two guards with him to the Lord's Manor to meet Ouyang Shuo.

After all, since he was not a general under his direct charge, Ouyang Shuo just said a few words and did not scold him.

Based on Wang Li's words, the one hundred thousand main force had already transported the grain they gathered from Henei and were rushing here. Tomorrow afternoon at the latest, the army would be able to reach Anyang.

With the grain problem solved, Ouyang Shuo heaved a sigh of relief.

If not, the numerous troops in the city would have to starve.

After the greetings, Ouyang Shuo quickly described the next step in the plan.

Purely defending and not attacking was not Ouyang Shuo's style.

Ouyang Shuo immediately ordered that Wang Li's troops did not need to enter the city. Instead, they would hide in the forest outside the west gate. He wanted to prepare a big gift for the Anti-Qin reinforcements.

After they arranged everything, in less than half an hour, Ying Bu's troops arrived outside Anyang City.

How close.

When Ying Bu reached the area and saw the terrible situation, his eyebrows tightly locked.

The situation was not right.

Did the player army get totally destroyed? Based on the intel, the Qin Troops in Anyang City should not be enough to destroy them.

Don't tell me that the Qin Army sent reinforcements?

Ying Bu looked at the Lord Flag that hung on the city wall; his expression cold and unstable.

"General, what should we do now?"

"Continue to siege!"

"Siege? The situation isn't clear. To siege doesn't seem right."

"Because we aren't sure, we have to siege."

"I'm stupid, please explain!"

Ying Bu relaxed a little, "Launch a test assault. Use it scout whether their strength is real or fake."

"General is smart!"

Yiung Bu did not bother about his flattery, "I have already sent a military order in front of General Xiang Yu, so there's no way back. No matter what, we must take the city down. Understood?"

"Understood!"

The army pushed a huge number of siege weapons to the front of their formation.

On the city walls, the Guard Division had already taken over the defense work from the palace Guards.

The first to show their might were the arrow towers, the siege ladders, and the small number of trebuchets. Under the employment of these machines, Ying Bu launched his scouting assault.

The attack went unusually smooth.

Huge amounts of soldiers rushed up the city wall and engaged with the Guards Division soldiers.

When Ying Bu saw this scene, he let out a smile.

As expected, the enemy had suffered heavy losses and had pretty much used up all their city defense resources.

"Go all out!"

Since he already had an answer in his heart, naturally, he would not give the enemy a chance.

"Yes, general!"

The huge army swarmed toward the city in wave after wave.

It was true that they had used up the defense resources on the city wall. The Guards Division soldiers had rushed day and night. Now, they had to fight such a huge battle, so their fitness could not keep up.

Most importantly, Lin Yi had received orders to attract Ying Bu's troops up to the city wall.

Thanks to their coordination, Ying Bu's forces naturally held an advantage.

Both sides went head-to-head with one another on the city wall.

Ying Bu was also a famous general. The moment he noticed a weakness in the enemy, he would not give them any chance to breathe and launch a relentless assault.

However, the Guards Division were not useless, and they immediately retaliated.

Just when both sides engaged, Wang Li's hidden army attacked.

Wang Li's army had rushed day and night to arrive here, which had already tired them. However, after resting in the forest, they had recharged themselves. The army consisted entirely of light armored cavalry. They suddenly appeared and stabbed the enemy from behind like a sharp knife.

More than half of Ying Bu's army was currently at the foot of the city wall.

With Wang Li's charge, they instantly fell into chaos.

Ying Bu never would have thought that enemy troops would attack them from behind. As such, he did not set up any defenses and instead arranged troops on both wings.

"Oh no, we fell into a trap!"

Ying Bu panicked; his face turned ashen white. He wanted to reorganize the troops, but unfortunately, it was too late.

"Qing Bu, die!"

Wang Li aimed Ying Bu and led his men to charged forward.

When Ying Bu heard these words, he was furious. He hated people calling him Qing Bu.

"Ignorant Wang Li!"

The two generals crossed swords.

Both sides were fierce generals, and they went head-to-head.

To honestly decide the winner and the loser, they would need at least a hundred rounds.

Unfortunately, time waited for no one.

Currently, the Ying Bu forces who were attacking were at a total lost. They could only back down and assist the main army.

Those that backed down gathered with the main forces but with no one to command them, the situation grew even more chaotic. Wang Li's army slaughtered them as they wished, their goal was to make sure that Ying Bu's could not gather and get into a formation.

At this very moment, the palace Guards who had rested up came over from the south gate and stabbed into Ying Bu's army.

Stuck in a pincer attack, Ying Bu's forces immediately collapsed.

In the midst of a battle, if one side fell into chaos, there was no chance for them to gather up and fix their formation.

All that remained were their deaths.

The soldiers ran in all directions, and the battlefield was in a total mess.

At the later stages, even the Guards Division soldiers came out to fight.

Ying Bu's army was in chaos, but the Qin Army was not.

The three cavalry forces orderly moved on the battlefield, coordinating with one another to reap life after life. The commander, Cao Can, stood on top of the city wall.

Using order flags, Cao Can moved the three cavalry forces to attack Ying Bu's army.

When Ying Bu saw that, he knew that they were in trouble, and he did not want to remain tangled with Wang Li.

He shouted, as he blocked Wang Li's attacks. He led his men to escape toward the uprising army camp.

Wang Li followed after hism, chasing closely after.

Only after chasing ten kilometers did they return back to Anyang City.

In this battle, out of the fifty thousand, only ten thousand of Ying Bu's army escaped. The remaining all died under the walls of Anyang City. This battle did not take a single prisoner.

If they did not live, they would have to die.

At this point, Baiqi's strategy was truly on track.

He needed to wait for Wang Li's troops to transport the grain to Anyang City.

At that point, Anyang City would be safety theirs.

At that point, he could start the second part of his plan.

The noisy Anyang City had finally regained its peace and quiet after two days.

Under the organization of Xiao He, the civilian in the city went out to clean up the corpses, collect armor and weapons, war horses, siege weapons, grain and the like.

Looking out at the corpse mountains and blood seas, all the aristocratic families looked at the Qin army in fear. All their childish and foolish thoughts immediately disappeared, and they did not even dare to think about it.

After the war ended, Ouyang Shuo returned to his room to rest and did not meet anyone.

He handed all the matters in the city to Xiao He and the two ladies.

Outside Jiyuan City.

After Ying Bu left, Xiang Yu donned his cape and grabbed his spear, ready for battle.

Xiang Yi was a martial arts genius: knife, sword, halberd, spear, he was good at them all. His spear was the Overlord Moon-snatching Spear, his sword was the Leiting Sword, and his halberd was the Dragon City-breaking Halberd.

As this was a one-versus-one battle, and they would fight on horses, Xiang Yu chose the spear.

The news of the battle had already spread across all the troops.

Outside the city, there was a huge empty space.

Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, and Wang He were similarly well-equipped, as they led their forces out of the city.

The five of them were all born from different dynasties, spanning a total of 1,600 years.

Er'Lai came from the Shang Dynasty, Wang He from the Warring States, Xiang Yu from the Qin Dynasty, Zhang Liao from the East Han Three Kingdoms, Qinqiong from Sui Tang Dynasty.

This was a true battle of the ages.

On both sides, the two troops of soldiers stood in their formations and cheered on their respective generals.

Apart from the shouts, both sides also brought out their war drums to help raise the morale.

One-versus-one was the most intense matter in the military.

Which man did not want to be the focus of hundreds of thousands of people and kill the enemy?

Before the battle even began, the atmosphere had already burned up.

The shouts spread out and echoed across the valley.

Baiqi stood on the city wall; he looked really calm.

On both sides sat Zhang Han and the other lords.

After a short while, Xiang Yu rode on Wuzhui and entered the cleared area.

The moment he appeared, he received loud cheers and claps.

After over ten days of fighting, his prestige and position in the army had climbed higher and higher.

At the start, merely circumstances had forced the alliance to follow his lead. Now, they were all willing. There was no other way, Xiang Yu and the Jiangdong Warriors he led were simply too strong.

Under Xiang Yu's leadership, this was an invincible iron army.

At the current moment, the three thousand Jiangdong Warriors had lined up at the front of the uprising army as the main force. In their eyes, Xiang Yu was their undefeatable war god.

On the opposite side, Er'Lai felt unhappy when he saw Xiang Yu receive so many cheers the moment he appeared.

Behind the four fierce generals were their elite forces. Formed up behind Er'Lai was the heavy armored mountain barbarians. This steel wall was unbelievably eye-catching on every battle.

There were even some people who termed this force as the Wall of Shanhai.

With them in the formation, it would be as solid and impregnable as stone.

Even the Jiangdong Warriors had suffered losses against the mountain barbarians at the area that they defended.

The mountain barbarian regiment, the earliest formed infantry regiment of Shanhai City. Based solely on combat strength, they could even hold their own against the palace Guards.

This was a true trump card force.

Behind Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, and Wang He stood the trump card forces of Consonance City, Xunlong County, and Fallen Phoenix City.

In contrast to Shanhai City, these three generals were the top generals of their territories, so they were treated differently. Bai Hua and the others had invested all their resources on them.

A history-shocking war was about to occur.

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Chapter 425- The Overlord's Last Song

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Along with the deafening beats of the war drums, the one-versus-one battle started.

At the front of the formation.

Xiang Yu mounted his Wuzhui Horse. He held the god weapon, Overlord Spear, in his hands. The weapon looked menacing and created an untouchable aura around him. Under the cheers of tens of thousands of people, the current Xiang Yu seemed like the pet of the heavens.

The glory of a war god was on full display.

Although it was four-versus-one, and they could go at him all at once, it would not look good. On the Qin Dynasty's side, the strongest Er'Lai went up first.

Er'Lai had donned the Buren Armor, and he wielded a halberd in his hands. His mount was Luosha, who was not in the slightest bit weaker than Xiang Yu's Wuzhui horse.

The moment he appeared, loud cheers and shouts welcomed him. The ones that cheered the loudest were the mountain barbarians.

Luosha, this special mount, also instantly became the focal point of everyone.

"What beast is that?"

"Don't know. It doesn't look like something you would want to provoke."

"Hei, both the man and the mount are ugly.""Who are you? Report your name."

When Xiang Yu saw that his opponent was not ordinary, he grew more and more excited.

Er'Lai smacked Luosha and arrived at the front of the formation,"I am Er'Lai, and I am here to teach you a lesson."

"Er'Lai!"

Excitement flashed across Xiang Yu's eyes. Although he was a fierce general, he was not a dumb person. Not only was he well-read in military books, he also knew about history, so he had heard of Er'Lai.

In history, Er'Lai was a strong warrior that could go up against rhinoceros, bears, and tigers.

Facing such a strong opponent, Xiang Yu naturally relished the chance.

Er'Lai was also born with god given strength. In terms of strength alone, he was similar to Xiang Yu. However, Xiang Yu's strength did not purely come from his god given strength. He also possessed exceptional martial arts.

In terms of martial arts, Er'Lai was much weaker than Xiang Yu.

"Ha!"

Er'Lai was fearless and took the initiative to attack.

Luosha was a smart beast and instantly charged forward.

Everything happened in an instant.

Xiang Yu gave out a confident smile and smacked his horse.

As the two of them approached each other, Xiang Yu made use of his weapon's length to causally stab across.

Er'Lai did not dare take to take this blow lightly, so he raised his double iron halberd to block the attack.

Dang!

As expected, although Xiang Yu's strike looked casual, it was still really powerful.

If Er'Lai did not possess god given strength, and if Luosha was not a spirit beast, that hit would be hard to take. If it was a normal general, this move would easily fling him off his horse.

"Great!"

When Xiang Yu saw Er'Lai easily receive his stab, excitement built up within him. The Overlord Spear in his hand swung down. But whether it swept out or blocked, his expression was casual and not serious.

Er'Lai, on the other hand, was growing more and more solemn.

Xiang Yu's spear technique had already reached a level where he made the difficult look easy, and the seemingly easy strokes hid many exquisite martial concepts. If Er'Lai did not pay attention, he would be badly hurt.

If he failed to block or was too late to block, he would be badly hurt at any moment.

Even with Er'Lai's terrifying body qualities, under the successive hits, he still felt a terrible sensation in his chest.

If the Overlord Spear swept someone, even if they did not die, they would still lose a chunk of skin.

What an overlord, expectedly different.

Just like this, the two of them fought for thirty odd rounds, and Er'Lai slowly felt the difficulty rise.

In the battle, Er'Lai was basically forced to defend and remained on the back foot. Even so, he still felt his energy draining. On the other hand, Xiang Yu did not even break a sweat.

Xiang Yu was relaxed from start to finish.

Anyone could see that Xiang Yu held the advantage. Even without putting in his full effort, he made it difficult for his opponent to breathe.

Seeing their general's strength, the anti-Qin uprising army let out deafening roars.

On the other hand, the Qin Army was totally silent.

Only the heavy armored mountain barbarians were trying their best to raise the morale with their shouts.

At this point, Er'Lai finally realize the extent of Xiang Yu's strength.

Zhang Liao, who was watching on from the side, came over when he saw the situation, "General Er'Lai, let me help you."

Zhang Liao's eyes were really sharp. He knew that if this situation dragged on, an accident might occur. Zhang Liao used the Moon-tooth Halberd, a long weapon similar to the Overlord Spear.

When Xiang Yu saw his actions, he did not panic at all and laughed, "Great timing!"

Such a figure, in a one-versus-two scenario, he was still so relaxed.

He struck out with his spear and chased after Er'Lai. Then, he used his spear to push aside Zhang Liao's halberd. Each spear was like the horn of a sheep, hard to see but totally deadly.

To Xiang Yu, his spear techniques acted as an attack and a defense.

Zhang Liao's halberd technique was also exquisite. However, his strength was far weaker than Xiang Yu. As such, he fell into a disadvantaged state.

It was clear that he had landed a blow on Xiang Yu, but his attacks were easily pushed aside.

Like a skilled kid facing a giant. No matter how good the swordsmanship, without strength to back it up, one hit from the giant would be enough.

The current Xiang Yu's martial arts had already reached a certain realm—the peak of martial arts.

Facing such a war god, everyone would feel weak and useless.

"Good!"

The uprising army camp cheered out when they saw their general show off his strength.

One-versus-two and not falling behind.

One must know that the people battling him were not scrubs. Be it Er'Lai or Zhang Liao, they were the pinnacle of their generation.

The three of them fought for thirty odd rounds more, yet they still could not do anything about Xiang Yu. At this time, Er'Lai was already exhausted. On the other hand, Xiang Yu only let out small beads of sweat. He possessed such terrifying stamina.

The strength of an overlord did not just come in power and skill; his body was also overpowered.

One could say that he had no weakness.

Such a general, only the war god Lu Bu during the Three Kingdoms Period could compete with him.

Who knows if one could witness the day when these war gods went head-to-head.

Just thinking about it made one's blood boil.

The charm of the game was on full display in these series of battles. Even the lords on both sides could not help but feel their blood heat up.

The generals that did not come out to fight fidgeted in their positions, and they wished that they could join in.

The atmosphere outside of Jiyuan City grew more and more intense. It had reached a point that was even more intense than a huge war.

"Since Xiang Yu is so savage, I'll join in!"

The one that spoke up was Wang He.

At this point, Xiang Yu was going one-versus-three.

"Who cares, do I look like I have any fear?"

Xiang Yu was still so arrogant; he did not see anyone as his level.

Only overlords had the ability to look down on everyone his age.

Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, and Wang He, these three generals formed up a three pronged formation and surrounded Xiang Yu within.

Xiang Yu showed no fear; his horse was also highly intelligent. It could move about freely in the tight space, changing his positions to coordinate with Xiang Yu's attacks.

One man and one horse combined into a whole.

The heavy Overlord Spear was not a weapon a normal person could wield. However, in his hands, it seemed so light, and he wielded it perfection as if it was a wooden stick.

The three of them attacking at once had piled a little pressure onto Xiang Yu.

Wang He was not a total no name, and he was a fearless General under Baiqi. When he was looking on from the side, he could already feel his blood boiling.

Once he joined the fight, he did not care about anything and just attacked.

If Zhang Liao did not help out, Xiang Yu would have struck Wang Li several times.

The three generals helped one another attack and defend.

Xiang Yu grew more and more solemn.

These three generals could not be found in the entire Qin Dynasty. Such a battle left Xiang Yu contented.

This huge battle was dazzling for all the soldiers watching on.

One might ask, had anyone seen a bigger battle than this in their lifetime?

No!

Another forty rounds passed, yet the winner and the loser remained undecided.

At this point, even Baiqi had to admit that Xiang Yu's words were not merely born of arrogance; he had the ability to back it up.

Seeing the three of them attack together and still fail to win against Xiang Yu, the uprising army grew even happier, and their cheers got even louder.

The last general of the Qin Army could not sit still any longer, so he joined in.

Four-versus-one, this was unprecedented in history and was taking place outside of Jiyuan City.

The addition of Qinqiong also increased the pressure on Xiang Yu.

Qinqiong used a horse lance, which was the long weapon out of long weapons. His lance technique was similarly perfected. If not, Ouyang Shuo would not have allowed him to be a lance technique teacher.

In additon, he was young and filled with motivation and energy.

The four generals surrounded Xiang Yu and attacked.

Xiang Yu's eyes grew more and more intense.

Since the start of the battle till now, Xiang Yu's full strength was finally forced out. Only the residue image of the Overlord Spear remained visible, as Xiang Yu kept up with all their attacks.

Such a scene was really alluring.

One must know that the Overlord Spear weight hundreds of kilograms; it was not a small wooden stick.

As Xiang Yu showed off his skills, their battle entered its climax.

The soldiers on both sides led out ear piercing shouts to cheer on their generals.

Being influenced by these voices, the five generals could feel their blood boil.

One must not underestimate the influence of the environment on a general. It even influenced the overlord, Xiang Yu. This environment relaxed his body and mind.

To him, this battle was much more fun than commanding hundreds of thousands of men.

It was not often that he met such a suitable opponent.

This feeling, if one was not at the same level, one could not understand it.

"Haha!"

Xiang Yu laughed out boisterously, as he wielded the Overlord Spear in his hand with more and more strength.

Being provoked and influenced by Xiang Yu, Er'Lai and the other three generals pushed their skills to their maximum.

Through this battle, Qinqiong could even feel his skills, which had stagnated for years, actually experience signs of breaking through.

Meeting an expert was like that.

This battle was destined to be recorded in history.

Even Baiqi, who sat on top of the city wall, could not help but focus.

Although, he had arranged this battle, he could not control the procesl. Baiqi just wanted to waste Xiang Yu's time. It was obvious that he had achieved this goal, but the price was a bit too steep.

After this battle, Xiang Yu was pretty much immortalised in the uprising army.

In the previous battles, the soldiers had witnessed Er'Lai's strength. They had not expected Xiang Yu to be able to one-versus-four and not fall to a disadvantage.

The entire Jiyuan City was bustling and raucous.

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Chapter 426- Capturing Fan Zeng Alive

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Editor: Nora

Outside Jiyuan City, the cheers were as loud as thunder.

The overlord Xiang Yu had fought one against four for over thirty rounds without any signs of falling off. The current Er'Lai seemed like he would fail to hold on and was just about to lose.

Baiqi looked up at the color of the sky. The red sun hung right in the middle. Unknowingly, it was noon.

"Retreat!"

"General?"

Zhang Han was shocked, backing off at such a moment seemed like a bad move.

Baiqi remained silent.

When Zhang Han saw this response, he could only order the troops to retreat.

The moment the military orders were passed down, the outside of the city was sent into a total uproar.

Both sides were unhappy.

Such a seismic battle, without even deciding the victor or the loser, why back off?

But it could not be helped; military orders were as large as the mountains.

No matter how unwilling they were, Zhang Liao and the others could only back off.

Only Er'Lai heaved a sigh of relief. He was the first to enter the fight, and he had battled for over a hundred rounds with Xiang Yu. He had already reached his own limit. He could even feel that his organs had shifted.

Xiang Yu, on the other hand, did not give chase. In truth, he was also a little tired. If this carried on, victory or defeat was really hard to say.

Seeing the Qin Army back off, the Anti-Qin Army grew more and more arrogant. They even started hurling abuse at the Qin Army.

After over ten minutes, seeing that the Qin Army was not willing to fight, Xiang Yu ordered his troops to back off. This historical battle ended just like that, leaving many regrets.

Afternoon.

After this huge battle, Xiang Yu was also totally exhausted, so he took a beautiful nap.

Who would have known that his good dreams would not last for long.

At 3 PM, a messenger rushed outside his tent anxiously.

"Who are you!"

The guard stopped the messenger.

"Emergency intel. I need to report to the General!"

"No, the General is sleeping. You can't disturb him."

The huge battle in the morning had raised Xiang Yu's prestige. Hence, his guards naturally felt some honor.

"It's an emergency. Time cannot be wasted."

The messenger was in total disarray.

These words also put the guard on the spot.

Just as he hesitated, Xiang Yu's voice sounded from within the tent, "Who's making noise outside the tent?"

When the guard heard these words, his face turned ashen white, and he stuttered, "General, it's the messenger."

"General it's bad!"

When the messenger heard Xiang Yu's voice, he directly shouted in response.

"Absurd!"

Xiang Yu hollered, obviously unhappy.

"I'm wrong, General! I'm wrong!"

When they heard that, both the guard and the messenger kneeled on the ground.

Xiang Yu had a terrible temper. If one spoke incorrectly, they would definitely receive punishment.

The tent was totally silent.

After a while, Xiang Yu's voice sounded out again, "Enter!"

When the messenger heard this response, he entered and kneeled once again.

Xiang Yu frowned and scolded, "What matter is so urgent?"

"General, Ying Bu's army lost!"

"What?"

Xiang Yu was astonished; he smacked the table and stood up.

"The frontline reported that Ying Bu's army was ambushed, and they were nearly fully destroyed."

When Xiang Yu heard this report, he uttered no words.

The entire tent fell into dead silence.

The messenger did not even dare to breathe. He was afraid that he would disturb the thoughts of Xiang Yu.

"You can go!"

Xiang Yu said tiredly. The battle in the morning had not made him feel so exhausted. Even an overlord would have times when he felt that he did not have enough strength.

The messenger took this as his chance and dashed off.

Xiang Yu knew exactly what would happen once Ying Bu's troops lost.

He had no doubts about Ying Bu's ability to lead troops.

The only explanation was that from start to finish, Anyang City was just a bait that Baiqi set up.

Genius!

With Jiyuan City as the main camp, hiding inside and not coming out, attracting all the attention. In the dark, making use of the unassuming Anyang City to give the uprising army a huge surprise.

The defeat of Ying Bu naturally meant that the thirty thousand player force from before had lost too.

All of a sudden, Anyang City had swallowed eighty thousand troops.

A huge sense of failure rose in his heart.

If that was the case, the battle in the afternoon was just a show?

What a great plan, what great calculation.

Hei, to think that he was even pleased. He had unknowingly fallen into a trap.

Xiang Yu was feeling indescribably bitter.

No, he could not admit defeat.

His eyes glinted with a flash of light, and his fighting spirit was reignited.

The news of Ying Bu's defeat had spread across the army.

Apart from that, the failure of Di Chen's army also became known.

The consecutive blows caused the entire uprising army camp to totally fall silent.

Originally, they were already outnumbered, and now, they had lost eighty thousand men.

All of them felt that their future was bleak.

Some of the smart ones even smelled danger from Anyang City being taken over.

Grain!

Finally, this curse tightly hung over the heads of the uprising army.

Unstable emotions covered the entire uprising army camp. The happiness in the morning instantly became a total joke.

At night, the defeated Ying Bu army returned.

Personally witnessing their terrible state, the uprising army felt even more uneasy, and the entire camp could not sit still.

As for Di Chen's army, they did not even have the face to return after their lost, so they just hid in some deserted cave.

Han Xin?

Do not even think about it.

When Ying Bu returned, he immediately rushed to Xiang Yu's tent to ask for forgiveness.

Unfortunately, he could not even enter the tent.

The furious Xiang Yu nearly just killed him with a single sword.

Helplessly, he could only kneel outside the tent and ask for forgiveness.

At night, Xiang Yu gathered all the generals for a meeting.

When they saw Ying Bu kneeling outside, they all looked at him with varying expressions.

Some mocked, while others empathized.

Everyone was clear how bad the situation was for their army.

Fan Zeng's grain transporting group would reach Julu soon. The moment the Qin forces took over Anyang City, they broke the grain transport line of the anti-Qin forces.

Such a situation was enough to make one feel despaired.

In the tent, Xiang Yu was solemn. He looked around and gritted his teeth, "Even if we lose everything, we must take down Anyang City."

"Yes, general!"

All of them were clear that they had their backs against the war, so they could only take a gamble.

Unfortunately, Baiqi would not give them such a chance.

The next day, before they even started to act, the Qin Army forces from within Jiyuan City attacked out. They formed up their formations and stared right at the uprising army.

Their goal was simple, to delay the uprising army.

If they dared to attack Anyang City, hundreds of thousands of men would chase them down.

One must know that Anyang City had more than a hundred thousand men stationed. In order to take it down, they would need two to three times more men.

The uprising army were originally at a numerical disadvantage. If they sent two hundred thousand men over, how could they handle the assault of the main Qin Army force?

Just thinking about it made one feel hopeless.

All of a sudden, the uprising army was stuck in a difficult situation.

All the lords and princes called for an emergency meeting to discuss plans.

At this time, Xiang Yu did not have the authority to decide everything alone.

Sending Ying Bu to attack Anyang City was his idea. On this matter, he had committed a mistake, and his underestimations of the Qin Army had caused them to lose.

Ying Bu kneeled down outside for a night, but he still did not manage to meet Xiang Yu.

Everyone was clear that Xiang Yu was the main person to blame, just that no one spoke up. Poor Ying Bu became the scapegoat.

Time did not wait for anyone.

Just as the uprising army hesitated, the one hundred thousand men strong Wang Li main force reached Anyang City.

At the same time, the Guards Division left the city under Baiqi's instructions. They were heading east, and their target was the grain transport group that Fan Zeng led.

In the news he received, the Qin Army was locked up in Jiyuan City, so he had not expected them to intercept his group. Facing the Guards Division, they could only surrender.

The grain that the Chu Army spent so much effort to gather was now in the hands of the Qin Army and transported to Anyang City. Even Xiang Yu's strategist and advisor Fan Zeng became a prisoner.

Compared to Saint Advisor Zhang Liang, Fan Zeng seemed a lot duller.

Not just in terms of political foresight, but in terms of convincing his lord, Fan Zeng was weaker than Zhang Liang. Some people said that it was because Xiang Yu was arrogant, which resulted in Fan Zeng's plans not being used.

In truth?

As a high-level advisor, if one could not find a suitable method based on the personality of the lord to convince them to accept your plan, you were a failure.

Fan Zeng loved to take pride in himself for being experienced, and he did not consider the personality of Xiang Yu. When the two butt heads, he naturally annoyed Xiang Yu.

Hence, Fan Zeng was a person with knowledge, but he was not a passable strategist.

A truly passable strategist would not have suggested to set up a Chu King to restrict Xiang Yu. He also let him bear the title of starting a coup.

A truly passable strategist would not allow Xiang Yu to overlook Han Xin.

A true strategist would not beat around the bush during the Hongmen Feast; they would directly kill Liu Bang.

A truly passable strategist would not be despised by Xiang Yu, even after being called his second father.

Looking down at this old man, emotions filled Ouyang Shuo.

Bai Hua spoke, "Wuyi, do you want to recruit that person?"

The Guards Division had captured Fan Zeng. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would handle him.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head.

"Why? You don't want him? Why not give him to me?"

When Bai Hua heard his response, she bugged him.

"Wishful thinking."

Fan Zeng was not some useless cabbage. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo would not let him go.

"What do you want?"

Bai Hua was speechless.

Fan Zeng was in the hall, totally furious. He did not expect to receive such a treatment.

"This person is really useful. Don't forget, Xiang Yu still has a god general. Think about it, to use him to exchange for the god general, will Xiang Yu agree?"

When Bai Hua heard these words, she rolled her eyes at Ouyang Shuo, "Wuyi, you're too evil!"

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Chapter 427- Han Xin Appears in Front of Us

Translator: ryangohsf

Editor: Nora

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Send a letter to Xiang Yu. Say that his second father is in our hands, and ask him to use Han Xin to trade for him. If not, Fan Zeng will immediately die in Anyang City."

"Yes, my lord!"

Using Fan Zeng to exchange for Han Xin, this business was totally worth it.

After his men dragged Fan Zeng away, Ouyang Shuo continued the discussion before ending the meeting.

The current Anyang City had vast amounts of soldiers and resources. Ouyang Shuo was confident that even if Xiang Yu personally led his forces over to attack, Anyang City could at least defend for numerous days.

The army defending Anyang City included 140 thousand Wang Li troops, ten thousand Guards division, 2,400 palace guards. In total, they had close to 160 thousand troops.

The five hundred elites that Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang had brought were basically spent. Ouyang Shuo decided to just remove them from the equation. He asked them to protect the safety of the two women.

Cao Can and Zhou Bo, these two generals temporarily acted as guard generals.

Similarly, Xia Houying also followed Ouyang Shuo around as his personal guard.

This was a good point about the game. The moment a general recognized you as his lord, he would not betray you. As a result, Ouyang Shuo naturally did not need to worry that Xia Houying would kill him in his sleep to take revenge for his old master, Liu Bang.

The most important one was still Xiao He.

Making use of his free time, Ouyang Shuo looked for Xiao He numerous times to discuss territorial matters.

The Battle of Julu was not important to Ouyang Shuo anymore. His plans and energy had already been placed on after war affairs, including the arrangements and changes to the main map.

The current Xiao He was far from his peak in history.

However, Ouyang Shuo did not worry at all.

As long as they returned to the main map, Gaia would modify the historical person to allow them to have their peak skill level.

Uprising Army Camp.

When Xiang Yu received the letter, he felt both astonished and furious.

As expected, everything was written in the letter.

Just as all the uprising members were still getting at each other's throats and debating, Baiqi's knife had already cut down.

Everything was already too late.

Using Han Xin to trade for Fan Zeng was not something Xiang Yu cared much about. After all, Fan Zeng was his second father, so he had to save him. The key was that their grain was seized, and the uprising army was now at the brink of collapse.

His attempt at creating an empire was going to fail.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Drag Han Xin up here."

"Yes!"

The Guards did recognize Han Xin. After all, he had entered Xiang Yu's tent several times. Unfortunately, he did not manage to be integrated and accepted by them.

After a short while, Han Xin was ripped up and forced into the tent.

If one looked carefully, Han Xin was actually very calm. He naturally knew the events that had happened in the army these past two days, and he had seemingly predicted such an outcome.

Xiang Yu raised his head and looked at Han Xin, his expression complex.

For a long while, Xiang Yu did not say anything.

When Han Xin saw that, he smiled slightly.

"If general wants to turn defeat into victory, the only way would be making use of the time of the hostage exchange to create a fake peace, but in truth, go all out to attack Anyang City."

How smart was Han Xin? He had realized Xiang Yu's dilemma.

Han Xin's deductions had been proven right numerous times. Naturally, Xiang Yu was now interested in listening to his suggestions. Unfortunately, he had rejected Han Xin's proposal many times before, and he had even mocked Han Xin.

With his personality, how could he open his mouth to admit defeat?

When Xiang Yu heard these words, his expression grew more and more complicated.

After a long while, he shook his head, "That's my father. I can't risk his life."

"Haiz."

Han Xin gave out a long sigh and did not say anything else.

The next day, Han Xin was all tied up and sent to Anyang City.

Ouyang Shuo kept his promise and immediately released Fan Zeng.

"Untie General Han Xin."

"Yes!"

Although Han Xin was a prisoner, he was unusually calm.

"General, please sit!"

When Han Xin heard these words, he just directly sat down on the spot.

"I've admired and heard of General's name for a long time. If there's anything I did wrong, please forgive me."

Ouyang Shuo was really respectful of Han Xin.

Han Xin did not care much about that.

When Ouyang Shuo noticed this, he asked, "Did Di Chen try to recruit you?"

"That's right!"

"General, why didn't you accept?"

Ouyang Shuo was nervous, and he was really afraid that Han Xin might speak some remarkable reasoning.

"The time wasn't right."

"Oh?"

"If he managed to take down Anyang City, I would have agreed. Unfortunately, he didn't."Ouyang Shuo was speechless; that was so close, Di Chen nearly succeeded. It was hard to imagine what waves Di Chen would cause in the north if he had both Lianpo and Han Xin.

Luckily, Baiqi was a level higher.

"What thoughts does the General have about Baiqi's plans?"

Ouyang Shuo changed the topic.

Han Xin said two words expressionlessly, "Not bad."

"Just that simple?"

"Just that simple."

Ouyang Shuo's mouth twitched; Han Xin was salty. That was right, if he was the commander of the uprising army, the ending would probably be different.

"General are you willing to move to Shanhai City?"

Ouyang Shuo trod this topic very carefully, he was really worried that Han Xin would directly reject him.

Ouyang Shuo had a higher attraction rate to historical people compared to Di Chen. The territory specialties of Shanhai City was not something that Handan City could compare to.

However, Ouyang Shuo still was not totally confident.

"I'm willing!"

Cough. Ouyang Shuo choked.

"Please, you're a god general. Aren't you supposed to think about it?"

"You don't understand?"

"A little."

Ouyang Shuo honestly admitted. He really did not expect Han Xin to agree so quickly.

"I roughly know how to judge people, and I find that on your body, there's the aura of an emperor. It is hard to find a good lord. I've been searching for a good lord all my life, so what reason do I have to reject?"

When Ouyang Shuo heard this explanation, all his questions were solved.

The aura of an emperor had already taken root in his body?

If it was not Han Xin that said that, Ouyang Shuo would not have believed it.

He only knew that after he removed the dragon spirit from Liu Bang, the Gold Qilin Seal became more mysterious. Moreover, when he cultivated, he could feel that he formed a mysterious connection with the seal.

Apart from that, the other generals became more respectful of him.

Seems like everything had a connection with the aura of an emperor.

Ouyang Shuo's fortune and essence had totally changed. This change functioned on a spiritual and mental level. Hence, it would manifest itself in reality.

Who knows what it would become in the end.

The gap between Ouyang Shuo and Di Chen was so obvious.

One tried so hard and could not get it, while the other easily got it with a few words.

Was it the aura of an overlord written in the legends?

Naturally, Ouyang Shuo was delighted that he managed to convince Han Xin.

During this battle, he gained Xiao He and Han Xin, one martial and one civil servant.

Out of the three famous people during the initial Han period, Ouyang Shuo had obtained two. How could he not be pleased?

"General!"

Ouyang Shuo bowed to Han Xin, recognizing the latter as his general.

Han Xin solemnly bowed back, "Greetings, lord!"

At this point, their positions as master and servant were set, and Ouyang Shuo obtained another God General.

Ouyang Shuo checked out Han Xin's stats.

Name: Han Xin (God Rank)

Title: War Immortal

Dynasty: Qin Han

Identity: Shanhai City General

Occupation: Special General

Loyalty: 70

Command: 99

Force: 70

Intelligence: 85

Politics: 45

Specialty: Strategy (Raises troops morale by 40%, raises movement speed by 30%, raises defence by 20%, raises damage by 25%)

Book: Han Xin Art of War Three Passages

Equipment: Ancestral Sword

Han Xin's command stat was even higher than Baiqi's, close to War Saint Sun Wu. Baiqi was both a commander and a fierce general, while Han Xin was a pure command-time general.

With Han Xin commanding the troops, there would be many benefits.

How difficult was it for one to get the name of War Immortal?

Apart from that, Han Xin was also a military theorist and a representative figure of the military strategists. He had studied scriptures and books together with Zhang Liang and wrote three books of his own.

Compared to Baiqi, Han Xin had some slight character flaws. Ouyang Shuo could naturally could accept that. All the generals in his army did not have to be righteous and flawless men.

After learning that Ouyang Shuo had recruited Han Xin, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang were both envious and jealous.

"Why do you get all the good things?"

Feng Qiuhuang was unhappy.

"No choice. Looks decided one's luck."

Ouyang Shuo was in a really good mood, so he joked around.

"Tsk, you obviously aren't handsome."

"That's right, not tall either."

Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang did not allow him to have his fun, so they teased him.

"Jealousy, you two are obviously just jealous."

Facing his thick skin, the two girls were left speechless.

The Battle of Julu had almost reached its closing stages.

The stolen grain announced the end of the uprising army.

A million Qin Army had cornered six hundred thousand uprising army troops into the valley, so they could not proceed or retreat.

They lacked grain, and it looked like they were going to run out at any moment.

The first people who could not sit still anymore were not the various princes, but the player lords in the Anti-Qin Camp. The lords had already obtained great rewards from their killings in the early parts of the war.

They did not want to be buried along with the uprising army. To prevent losses, each lord thought of a great idea, which was to kill themselves.

The moment they did, their troops could safely return to their territory.

In a short few days, many lords who had no more grain left killed themselves.

All of a sudden, the uprising army had a huge shrink in numbers, which caused a chain reaction. Apart from the ambition filled lords, the other lords had already left the battle map.

The moment the player armies left, the defeat of the uprising army was fixed.

The glow of the setting sun covered the valley, looking unusually cold.

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Chapter 428- Four Side Chu Swansong

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On the huge battlefield, only three hundred thousand troops remained.

In Xiang Yu's tent, the various princes and lords had gathered once again.

"General Xiang, what should we do now?"

Xiang Yu sat in the commander seat. He kept silent and did not speak a word. Fan Zeng sat at the side; his eyebrows tightly locked.

The experience of being captured made Fan Zeng really sensitive. He felt that the eyes of the lords and princes looked at him with contempt and mocking.

In truth, why would they think that?

After a long while, one of the princes carefully said, "Why don't we surrender?"

The air in the entire tent instantly froze like they had touched upon some kind of forbidden curse.

"Bastard!"

Xiang Yu raged. He slammed his palm onto the table, which caused the wine on it to fly everywhere.

"Even if I die fighting, I won't surrender to those Qin thieves."

Xiang Yu hollered; filled with arrogance.

All of the lords and princes froze. When they thought about his skills on the battlefield, their timid faces had already turneed ashen white.

"Whoever dares to surrender, I'll kill them."

Xiang Yu looked around; his eyes filled with killing intent.

Total silence.

The moment a king grew furious, blood would flow.

Even so, that would not stop the lords and princes from making their own plans.

They were not fools and would not act as hot blooded as Xiang Yu.

At the start of the uprising, their main goal was naturally to overturn the tyranny of the Qin Dynasty. When they gained power, their goal had changed to gaining more interests for themselves.

Seeing that there were no hopes of victory, their desires died out.

Their blood was warm but their hearts cold.

Although they displayed submission to Xiang Yu, in their hearts, they had already made their decisions.

Rather than wait and die, why not try to live?

In the end, this meeting ended unhappily as all of them could not reach a common consensus.

The moment they left, Xiang Yu was so furious he smashed the wine cups.

"A bunch of bastards!"

Fan Zeng sat at the side and coldly said, "General, did you see that?"

Xiang Yu did not reply, as his face slowly blackened.

"Their eyes already show the intention to back off. Without the Qin Army forcing them, they would have already surrendered."

Fan Zeng's voice contained an indescribable sadness and disappointment.

Xiang Yu still did not say anything. His gaze toward Fan Zeng was ice cold.

The entire tent had an awkward atmosphere.

When Fan Zeng saw such a response, his embarrassment turned into anger, so he walked off.

After numerous days, the various troops could not hold on any longer and surrendered.

The grain in the camp could not last for even one more day. If they did not surrender, they were going to starve to death.

Even if they did not starve, how would a bunch of hungry soldiers survive against the Qin Army's attack? Rather than wait for that, why not just surrender?

Relying solely on tens of thousands of troops, they could suppress two hundred thousand odd soldiers from the princes and lords. Xiang Yu's threats were just empty words. In front of a huge army, an individual's strength was nothing.

No matter how vicious he was, he could not lead the Chu Army to attack the princes and the lords.

Their surrender instead made the Qin Dynasty players unhappy. They wanted to use the last battle to obtain another bunch of battle contribution points.

Because of the battle map settings, the moment the NPCs surrendered, players could not kill them.

The army that surrendered were all handed over to Zhang Han to keep watch.

The lords could only scold out at the princes for being soft and weak.

How smart was Gaia? The moment the outcome was decided, it would not give the players chances to obtain easy rewards. The Battle of Changping had followed a similar ruleset.

The surrender of the Zhao Army signalled the end of the war. It did not give the players a chance to kill the prisoners.

After the various princes surrendered, even the Chu Army could not hold on anymore.

This army was mostly made up of troops taken from Song Yi; they were not his own army. Hence, at such a moment, they really did not want to listen to him.

As for his personal army, he only had the three thousand Jiangdong Warriors. However, after the numerous clashes, only two thousand remained.

What Xiang Yu found unacceptable was that along with the players leaving, the generals in his tent all left one by one to follow their new lords.

Ying Bu, Long Qie, Ji Bu, and Zhong Limei, all four of them left. Along with them, the last player army also left.

Of the entire uprising army, only Xiang Yu and his two thousand Jiangdong Warriors remained.

Betrayal.

In the end, even Fan Zeng left Xiang Yu.

To save Fan Zeng, Xiang Yu even gave up their last chance at victory.

Ironically, even Fan Zeng left him in the end.

People were complicated and hard to predict.

He was besieged on all sides.

Quite ironically, the famous four side Chu Song would not actually happen right here.

The overlord Xiang Yu was on his last leg.

This was the final battle.

Xiang Yu definitely would not surrender.

There would only be a dead overlord and not one that surrendered.

After hearing the news, Ouyang Shuo led his forces to the main battlefield to witness the battle.

The huge Qin Army rushed out of the city and formed up outside.

To express their respect, they sent their strongest force.

In terms of generals, Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, and Wang He led the charge. For soldiers, they sent the palace Guards and the heavy armored mountain barbarians.

Only the palace Guards, who had formed an army spirit, dared to fight head on with the Jiangdong Warriors. As for the other player armies, they did not dare to face such a wild pack of monsters.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo still sent the mountain barbarians. The combination of sword and shield would create a buffing effect.

This was the climax.

No warm up, no morale booster.

Both sides straight up slaughtered one another. They did not spare the enemy any mercy.

Silence, silence enveloped the entire valley.

Only the sound of metal striking metal reverberated through the air.

The surrounding millions of soldiers were totally silent. They quietly watched on as this historical battle unfolded.

No cheering.

Focus was their best respect.

This battle was fought all the way till the mountains and rivers changed colors, till the light faded from the skies.

As the sun set, Xiang Yu rode on his horse and looked around.

Horses torn apart, blood flowing like rivers.

Two thousand Jiandong Warriors, none of them would ever stand up again.

The invincible Jiangdong Warriors finally fell to the palace Guards.

The coordination between the mountain barbarians and the palace Guards that wielded their Tang Blades displayed the glory and honor of Shanhai City.

In this battle, one thousand palace Guards had died. They had similarly suffered heavy casualties.

Even so, the Qin Dynasty Camp lords looked at them with respect.

What kind of army was that?

The strength of the Jiangdong Warriors was something that all the lords knew about. Such a bunch of freaks actually fell to the palace Guards.

In Ouyang Shuo's ear, a system notification sounded out.

"System Notification: Congratulations player Qiyue Wuyi, after countless battles, the palace Guards have formed an army spirit. After killing the Jiangdong Warriors, their killing intent has moulded them, and they have officially upgraded to divine martial Guards."

The lucky 1,400 surviving palace Guards emitted a terrifying aura, and their killing aura spread across the battlefield.

Each and everyone of them had a red glow behind them, as a red cape appeared. Upon close inspection, the cape was one designed like Ouyang Shuo's cape.

The cape had dragon patterns on both sides, making it look really threatening.

Name: Divine Martial Cape (Dark Gold Rank)

Stats: Raises morale by 40%, raises combat strength by 45%, increases movement speed by 25%

Specialty: Divine Martial (can revive once without any punishments)

Evaluation: The cape of the divine martial Guards. Limited to three thousand in number; it is the symbol of the Guards. Unique equipment, cannot be dropped, cannot be traded, cannot be removed, till death will they part.

Strength!

Gaia had officially renamed the palace Guards, while placing a limit of three thousand. Each member would automatically receive a cape.

After equipping the Divine Martial Cape, their combat strength pretty much rose by half.

If they fought with the Jiangdong Warriors again, even without the mountain barbarians, they would also win.

The change of the divine martial Guards astonished all the lords present.

Even an idiot could tell that the palace Guards had obtained something good.

From this day on, the divine martial Guards would become the symbol of Ouyang Shuo.

In the whole world, there would only be one such army.

The divine martial Guards were not the only focal point.

Everyone turned to look at Xiang Yu.

Some lords were tempted and wanted to get the honor of killing him. However, they did not act because they feared the palace guards and the Shanhai Alliance.

Everyone knew that the Shanhai Alliance, or better put it, Shanhai City, was the greatest contributor.

After four battles, Ouyang Shuo's prestige amongst the players had grown. At least now, no one would dare to challenge them.

Ouyang Shuo smacked his horse and arrived before Xiang Yu.

"Who are you, state your name, I won't kill a nameless fellow."

Even though Xiang Yu had fallen to such a state, his arrogance did not reduce. He noticed that Even Baiqi and Er'Lai respected and worshipped this young man.

Ouyang Shuo smiled, "I'm player Qiyue Wuyi. Greetings, General Xiang."

Unexpectedly, his words did not contain any killing intent.

"Hen." Xiang Yu did not believe that, 'You want me to surrender? Impossible."

Ouyang Shuo looked at Xiang Yu and shook his head and emotionlessly said, "Kill yourself then!"

The moment his words sounded out, the player lords were thrown into an uproar.

They did not understand why Ouyang Shuo would give up the reward for killing him.

They did not know that heroes pitied heroes.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to see an overlord of a generation die to someone useless.

When Xiang Yu heard these words, he kept silent and did not say anything.

After a long while he said, "Qiyue Wuyi? I will remember you, I owe you one."

As he said that, he stabbed himself. Just like that, Xiang Yu died under his own sword.

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Chapter 429- End of the Battle

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Along with Xiang Yu killing himself, the battle officially ended.

"Battle Report: The Battle of Julu is officially over, congratulations to the Qin Dynasty Camp for successfully changing history. Each lord is awarded one thousand merit points; their battle contributions points increased by 50%. Friendly reminder, the bonus contribution points aren't calculated into the rankings."

When Baiqi obtained the Qin Dynasty Camp commanding rights, the system gave Ouyang Shuo a bonus 20% contribution points. Summing up the two, Ouyang Shuo had a 70% bonus, close to double.

"Battle Report: The Battle of Julu is officially over, now calculating contribution points based on your contribution to your camp."

In Ouyang Shuo's ear, a notification sounded out.

"System Notification: Player Qiyue Wuyi, Qin Dynasty camp representative figure, taking over Anyang City, wiping out Ying Bu's army, and facing off against the Jiangdong Warriors. Contribution is immeasurable, rewarded fifty thousand bonus battle contribution points.

Ouyang Shuo had once again obtained the 'immeasurable' evaluation. This time, it was just luck. Ouyang Shuo had only wanted to go hunting; he did not expect himself to become an important piece in the puzzle when he returned.

Thinking about it, without the three thousand palace Guards defending Anyang City, it would fall into the hands of the Anti-Qin Camp.

The entire war would have probably changed.

Compared to Ouyang Shuo, Di Chen only lacked a little luck. Just a little more, and Di Chen could have been the most important figure in this battle.

Even so, the bonus rewards that Ouyang Shuo obtained were just average. He had obtained much higher bonuses in the Battle of Muye.

When Baiqi obtained the commanding rights, he was already awarded fifty thousand points. Hence, in his evaluation, these points were not included into his bonus points calculation.

With just these two rewards, Ouyang Shuo had already gotten a hundred thousand battle contribution points.

After calculating all the bonus battle contribution points, the final standings were in place.

Rank- Name- Battle Contribution Points

1st: Qiyue Wuyi- 684,000

2nd: Zhan Lang - 235,000

3rd- Feng Qiuhuang- 228,000

4th: Bai Hua- 225,000

5th: Di Chen- 154,000

6th: Xiong Ba- 85,000

7th: Chun Shenjun- 84,500

8th: Xunlong Dianxue- 75,200

9th: Caiyun Zinan- 72,500

10th: Gong Chengshi- 72,000

Taking a look at the rankings, it was not hard to see the importance of troop numbers in battle. Zhan Lang, Bai Hua, Feng Qiuhuang, and Di Chen were all rank 3 Marquis. As a result, they could roughly bring ten thousand troops, three times that of a rank 1 earl.

The contribution points of the four were also far higher than the other lords.

As for Ouyang Shuo, it was needless to say. Not only was his rank the highest, his army was the strongest. His bonus rewards were also the most, and he had accumulated a total of 680,000 battle contribution points.

The second tier group, Xiong Ba, Chun Shenjun, Xunlong Dianxue, and Gong Chengshi were all close to one another. In terms of points, Xiong Ba and Chun Shenjun edged ahead. With that, one could see that the large powers still possessed an added advantage.

Xiong Ba had Wuqi, while Chun Shenjun had Tian Dan, both top-grade generals. The armies that they brought were also much more elite compared to Xunlong County and Black Lion County.

The further behind they fell, the harder Xunlong Dianxue and the others would find it to keep up with Ouyang Shuo's pace.

Internally, Feng Qiuhuang also surpassed Bai Hua for the first time and took the third spot.

Although Shanhai Alliance took up half of the spots on the rankings, in truth, they had done so with much difficulty.

In the previous battles, Xunlong Dianxue and the others could do as they wished solely because the battle was small-scale. In those cases, Ouyang Shuo alone could control everything.

Only because of Ouyang Shuo could they act like fish to water.

Only by using the advantages they accumulated in the first three battles, could they compete with Xiong Ba and the others.

If not, they would have dropped out a lot earlier.

In Ouyang Shuo's last life, Xunlong City was not as glorious and famous as now.

As the scale of the battles and wars increased, Ouyang Shuo's influence would diminish greatly.

The Battle of Changping had already showed some signs.

The Battle of Julu was even more so. Facing millions of troops, how could Ouyang Shuo alone control the battle?

In the subsequent battles, they could only depend on themselves.

Apart from that, the element of generals could not be taken lightly.

During the first three battles, Xunlong Dianxue and the others were lucky to obtain suitable generals early on. The game had limited Xiong Ba, as he did not have suitable generals.

Now, it was different. The general supply of the various powers had surpassed them.

This was strength.

Following which, if Xunlong Dianxue and the others did not make any large moves, they would be suppressed all the way with no way to move.

During the Huangjin uprising battle, Wufu being left out was already a dangerous signal.

After the battle, the top ten territories would definitely all upgrade to the prefecture grade.

The upgrade mission was another huge step.

In this matter, Xiong Ba would once again surpass Xunlong Dianxue.

The strength of the Yanhuang Alliance was slowly exploding out. Commoner alliances like Shanhai Alliance would find it really difficult to beat them.

To Di Chen and the others, Ouyang Shuo was the only one that stood over their heads.

Of course, it was not that Ouyang Shuo lacked a plan to handle them. Raising Bai Hua and pulling Feng Qiuhuang along, they would form the strongest iron triangle; this was their best bet at going against the Yanhuang Alliance.

The battle between the two alliances was far from over.

On the rankings, the biggest change would be the dark horse—Caiyun Zinan.

A lord from neither of the top two groups had suddenly reached the top 10 rankings. It caused an uproar bigger than the fact that Ouyang Shuo had taken the top spot once more.

The scene of the Yanhuang Alliance and the Shanhai Alliance solely occupying the top rankings was broken.

The part that embarrassed Gong Chengshi was that he had fallen 500 points behind her.

Ouyang Shuo knew a little about this dark horse.

The Black Snake Guards were created to take charge of monitoring all the big territories.

The territory of Caiyun Zinan was known as Caiyun County. Located in Xiangnan Province, it was connected to Chuannan Province and Lingnan Province that Shanhai Territory was located in.

The Xiangnan Prefecture temporarily did not have any members of the two large alliance in it.

Caiyun Zinan was the strongest power there and the alliance leader of the Caiyun Alliance.

Before this, the appearance of local powers only showed small signs. The total appearance of Caiyun Zinan had undoubtedly announced the emergence of local powers.

The China region had many lords that were not content to stay in the shadows of the two major alliances.

Ouyang Shuo remembered that in his last life, Caiyun Alliance had a firm grip on Xiangnan Province. It was a heavy weight that could sit on the same level as Bai Hua.

The wheels of history really could not be stopped.

Even the rebirth of Ouyang Shuo could not prevent the development of such powers.

The future Nanjiang was destined to not to be calm.

With this, the Nanjiang Governor-General did not only need to face the challenge of the Yanhuang Alliance.

The moment the rankings were released, the uproar continued to fester.

The matter the current lords were most concerned about was not the rankings. What they cared about was whether they had enough merit points to upgrade to rank 3 Marquis.

The other lords turned their eyes to the battle Commerce City.

This was a once in a lifetime chance.

Ouyang Shuo also looked at his merit points. As for the shop, he was not interested in it.

His basic battle contribution points was 684,000, after the 70% bonus, it was 1,162,800 points. Deducting the 140,000 he spent, he was left with 1,022,800 points.

It had to be mentioned that the contribution points spent would also be calculated in the rankings, and it would similarly give bonus points.

If not, none of the lords would be willing to exchange for goods during the battle.

One million battle contribution points were enough to make other lords go crazy. Ouyang Shuo did not hesitate and exchanged them for merit points in a 10:1 ratio, so he obtained 102,280 merit points.

Apart from that, he also obtain two hundred merit points from killing Xu Huang.

Lastly, he obtained the extra four thousand merit points for his first placed ranking, as well as for rewriting history, which gave him an extra one thousand merit points.

Just from this battle alone, Ouyang Shuo had amassed 109,280 merit points, a terrifying amount.

Ouyang Shuo took a look at his total merit points. They had reached 262,180, and he had ranked up to a rank 1 Marquis. The next rank would be Duke.

The merit points required for a Duke was one million, so terrifying.

Ouyang Shuo was happy for a while before stowing away his emotions. His merit points were just a quarter of the amount needed for the Duke rank.

Apart from Ouyang Shuo, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang both upgraded to grade 2 Marquis.

Di Chen and Zhan Lang, as they had just upgraded to rank 3 Marquis and were part of the Anti-Qin camp, did not get the bonus multiplier. As such, they were close to rank 2 Marquis.

Chun Shenjun, Xiong Ba, Xunlong Dianxue, Caiyun Zinan, and Gong Chengshi had ranked up to rank 3 Marquis. All of which was expected; no accidents had occurred.

Apart from that, which other lords became rank 3 Marquis were unknown.

In Shanhai Alliance, Wufu and Song Wen made use of the camp multiplier to arrive at just a step away from rank 3 Marquis. When they returned to the battle map, as long as they worked hard, it would not pose no problem.

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Chapter 430- Qin Shihuang Appears

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After tabulating the total battle contribution points, the Commerce City was also emptied.

At this point, the battle had truly ended, and the lords quickly teleported back to the main map.

Only Ouyang Shuo stayed behind as usual.

The Shanhai Alliance members were already used to this, so they said their simple goodbyes and left.

When Ouyang Shuo waited for the final rewards, he specially went to meet Zhang Han.

As for the other Qin Army General, Wang Li, probably because he noticed that Ouyang Shuo was unhappy with him, he did not follow along. Instead, followed the black horse, Caiyun Zinan.

Who knows what terms Caiyun Zinan set down to pry Wang Li away.

Just leave, Ouyang Shuo did not mind.

After spending a period of time together, Zhang Han had totally recognized Ouyang Shuo. He did not even wait for Ouyang Shuo to open his mouth. He simply greeted," Zhang Han greets the lord!"

"Good, General Zhang, please rise."

Shanhai City had obtained another general. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo felt happy.

Which lord would complain about having too many martial generals? Much less someone of Zhang Han's caliber.

In the Battle of Julu, not only did Ouyang Shuo obtain large amounts of merit points, he also obtained the Guangyao Armor Making Technical Manual and the Olden Agriculture Tool Crafting Technical Manual.

Of course, most importantly, he recruited Xiao He, Han Xin, Zhang Han, and Xia Houying.

One had to say that Ouyang Shuo was the biggest winner once more. This was even before considering the reward from taking the top spot on the leaderboard.

Making use of the time, Ouyang Shuo took a look at Zhang Han's stats.

Name: Zhang Han (Emperor Rank)

Title: Yong King

Dynasty: Qin Dynasty

Identity: Shanhai City General

Occupation: Special General

Loyalty: 75

Command: 90

Force: 72

Intelligence: 65

Politics: 45

Specialty: Valiant General (raises morale of troops by 30%, raises movement speed by 20%, raises combat strength by 15%)

Cultivation Technique: Nil

Equipment: Qin Sword

Evaluation: Zhang Han was a valiant general of Qin. If he did not lose, Qin would not die out. He went out and killed Zhou Zhang, broke Chen She, and forced Wei Jiu to surrender. His troops were strong and made war seem like hunting rabbits.

Zhang Han was Shanhai City's fourth emperor rank general after Shi Wanshui, Er'Lai, and Fan Lihua.

In the afternoon, the final reward was delivered to his hands.

Ouyang Shuo took a look; it was a secret manual. Upon closer inspection, it was actually an emperor rank sword technique, which delighted him.

This battle had left him no regrets.

Name: Killing Sword Sword Manual (Emperor Rank Cultivation Method)

Strokes: Killing Sword Seven Kills: first killing life, second killing soldiers, third killing sergeants, fourth killing generals, fifth killing oneself, sixth killing all life, seventh killing spirits

Special Move: 100 Miles Slaughter (the moment this killing sword is used, it will leave no one within 100 miles alive)

Evaluation: User of the killing blade, the Qin Army wielded the Qin Blade on the battlefield. It is an ultimate technique refined through battle.

As expected from the Qin Army Sword Technique. Before he even cultivated it, a simple look at the introduction resulted in a killing intent striking him face first.

Ouyang Shuo stored the manual away and did not immediately try to cultivate it. This sword technique needed a quiet spot to analyze. The battle map was obviously not suitable.

"Let's go!"

Ouyang Shuo had obtained so many rewards in this battle. Naturally, it was not without sacrifices.

In this battle, the Shanhai City Army had suffered heavy casualties.

Of the three thousand palace Guards, half had died. Luckily, they remaining upgraded to become Divine Martial Guards. Of the 2,500 mountain barbarians, eight hundred had died, similarly suffering heavy casualties. The Guards Division had suffered the most, losing 2,400 men.

Those that had died were the most elite soldiers of Shanhai City.

When Ouyang Shuo returned to the main map, it was already the 7th month, 27th day. The moment he walked out of the teleportation formation, a system notification sounded out in his ear.

"System Notification: The Battle of Julu has officially ended. Important historical figures during the Qin Dynasty have automatically joined the game. Players please search for them yourselves."The Qin Dynasty had a short history. Apart from the famous ministers and generals during Qin Shihuang's time, a large portion had either continued on into the West Han Period or were recruited by players in the battle map.

The only one remaining that people wanted was probably the Strategy Saint, Zhang Liang.

Hence, compared to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period, lords did not look forward to the Qin Dynasty as much. The other dynasties that could compare with the Spring and Autumn Period were very, very little in number.

Following closely behind was another system notification that blew the lid off everything.

"System Notification: The emperor of olden times, Qin Shihuang, has officially moved into Xiangyang City. Xianyang Imperial Court has changed to Qin Imperial Court. Li Si, Wei Liao, Wang Jian, Wang Ben, Meng Tian, Meng Yi, and other famous officials and generals have officially enter the Qin Imperial Court."The moment the notification went out, everyone was in an uproar.

Qin Shihuang moving into Xianyang was a whole new setting. Players could not predict whether the other future imperial cities would have a change in dynasties.

Apart from Qin Shihuang, the other generals in history who fought alongside him would also come to his side. That way, Qin Shihuang would not be lonely with no one to depend on.

Such a change, how would it affect the wilderness? Everything was totally unknown.

Only Ouyang Shuo remained the most calm.

In his last life, Qin Shihuang had similarly moved into Xiangyang, so there was nothing unexpected about it.

Last time, when Du Ruhui met the Dali Emperor, he could not see his real face because the emperor was not decided.

As the game proceeds and the battles end, all nine imperial cities would have a true emperor taking control.

Of course, an emperor taking over an imperial city did not mean they would immediately attack the wilderness. With Xianyang as an example, if Qin Shihuang wanted to develop and expand, which lord in the Xianyang Region could stop him?

None!

For historical emperors to move into imperial cities was only to increase the possibilities of the game. No only for lords but also for adventure gamemode players.

Apart from that, it also increased the difficulty for the lords to attack the imperial cities.

In the future, if Ouyang Shuo wanted to take over the Dali Region, he could not avoid Dali City.

Taking down an imperial city was not an easy matter.

In his last life, none of the imperial cities fell even in five years.

The appearance of Qin Shihuang had already surprised all the players. Who knew that Gaia was not done and would continue to drop another huge bomb.

"System Notification: West Chu Overlord Xiang Yu officially moves into the wilderness and builds the Chu Country in Peng City. Xiang Yan, Xiang Liang, Xiang Bo, Xiang Zhuang, and more relatives have automatically moved into the Chu Country."Xiang Yan was the grandfather of Xiang Yu and had three children.

The eldest Xiang Qu, who was Xiang Yu's father, died early.

Zhang Han had nursed the second-born Xiang Liang in the Battle of Dingtao.

The third, Xiang Bo surrendered to Liu Bang. He was granted the surname Liu and the title Seyang Lord.

Xiang Zhuang was Xiang Yu's cousin.

Yu Ji was Xiang Yu's wife; she did not appear in the Battle of Julu.

The entire Xiang family had basically been revived. They had Xiang Yu as their core and Peng City as their capital, cleanly setting up the Chu Country.

Although it was a country, in truth, it was just a city.

Along with the system report, in the northeast point of Jianye Region, at the area closest to Pannan Province, a suddenly white light flashed across and a city appeared.

Peng City was the earliest imperial city of the Yellow Emperor, and it was located in a quality geographical position.

North of it was Lu Dong Province.

East was Jianye Region.

South was Pannan Province.

West was the Zhongyuan Province.

Along with the establishment of the Chu Country, the southeast region of the China region grew more and more interesting.

The one who had the biggest headache was most probably Zhan Lang's Blood Red City.

Between the two cities, there was just a short distance.

Different from Qin Shihuang, Xiang Yu and his Chu Country would compete for the wilderness.

The appearance of the Xiang Family had already completed the second information piece.

The future wilderness would grow more and more busy.

With the two system notifications, there would be a huge change to the world.

Under such changes, who could lead the charge and adapt, who would become to strongest?

To Ouyang Shuo, it was also similarly a huge test.

Returning to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo gathered all the officials and generals and did a simple introduction. He mainly just introduced the four new people to everyone.

Ouyang Shuo announced a series of personnel adjustments.

Firstly, establishing the third legion—Leopard Legion. Wei Zhang would lead the 1st division known as the Leopard Legion First Division.

Han Xin was also given the title of Great-General. He would become the General of the Leopard Legion.

Ouyang Shuo granting him the title of Great-General and not commander-in-chief meant that Baiqi was still the highest authority.

After receiving his duty, Han Xin followed Baiqi and proceeded to Leizhou Prefecture to command the Battle of Zhaoqing.

Baiqi would be the main commander and Han Xin his deputy, what a stellar combination.

Zhang Han was temporarily the deputy general of the Leopard Legion. In the future, after they took down Zhaoqing, he would be in charge of building the 2nd division.

Xiao He and Xia Houying temporarily remained in the Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.

Xiao He was a huge talent. Unfortunately, there temporarily was not a suitable position for him. Ouyang Shuo could only neglect him for the time being and let Xiao He assist him in administrative matters.

As for Xia Houying, Ouyang Shuo did not want to place him into the military.

At the moment, he did not lack generals, so he had a more suitable stage in mind for Xia Houying to shine.

It was mentioned that Xia Houying was the Taipu. He had vast experiences in managing chariots and transport horses. It would be a waste to place such a talent in the military.

Ouyang Shuo thought about it. Why not set up a unit similar to the Taipu Temple? It would be in charge of the horses and transportations in the territory.

Temporarily, the horse breeding grounds only had the Jifeng Horse stables and the Shenjuan Lake Army Horse breeding ground. As the territory grew, there would definitely be more and more of these places.

War horses were a strategic resource in the military.

Not only horses, in the later stages of the game, there would be other mounts that the cavalry would use. Ouyang Shuo understood in his last life that there were rhinos, wolves, elephants, and the like.

Hence, setting up a specific organization was much needed.

Before this, the Lianzhou Lord Manor had a Transport Division, but along with the Material Reserves Department disbanding, the Transport Division was also removed. If he used the name of Transport Division once more, it did not seem appropriate.

As for the specifics, he still needed to put more thought into it.

After the simple meeting, Baiqi, Han Xin, and Zhang Han immediately left for Leizhou. Er'Lai also led the mountain barbarian regiment and returned to the Mulan Stronghold.

Although the battle had ended, the flames of war would continue to rise in the main map.

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Chapter 431- Debate of Confucianism and Legalism

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Night, Nanjiang Governor-General Lord's Manor.

God Physician Bianque arrived at the manor, personally taking Ouyang Shuo's pulse and diagnosing him.

"How is it?"

The one that spoke was Song Jia.

When she heard that Ouyang Shuo got hurt in the battle map, Song Jia immediately exited the mountains and returned to the manor.

Bianque's brows were locked tight, "The poison that afflicts the lord is called the poison of Hanya. It's very rare."

"The poison of Hanya, are there any antidotes?"

"Difficult."

"How can this happen? Even you have no way?"

Song Jia was anxious.

"The poison of Hanya is a weird poison that's very tough. It can be suppressed, but it's difficult to remove completely." Bianque was very familiar with this poison.

"Is the poison of Hanya a type of ice poison?"

"That's right."

"Then will the rhino horn antidote pill we made last time have any use?"

"Compared to the ice poison that afflicted Master Lin, the poison of Hanya is far worse." Bianque shook his head and suddenly said, "If I deduced correctly, my lord has used the inner pellet of the desolate beast?"

"That's right."

Ouyang Shuo's emotions and expression were very calm.

"If it wasn't for the inner pellet, the poison would have acted already."

"Since that's the case, is the iron armored beast's inner pellet effective in treating this poison?"

In response to these words, Bianque took in a deep breath, "If it's a normal desolate beast, it wouldn't work. It has to be the inner pellet of a king beast. Mixing it with the special grade rhino horn antidote pill is the only way we can totally remove the poison of Hanya."

"As long as there's a way." Song Jia was delighted.

Bianque shook his head, "Based on what I know, the iron armored beast is already very rare. The king beast is even rarer. To find one and even kill one isn't an easy matter."

"I don't believe that on the entire Qiongzhou Island, I can't find a single king beast."

Song Jia was adamant; her eyes filled with determination. She decided that she would personally head for Yazhou to search for a king beast.

With just a glance, Ouyang Shuo saw through her plans and laughed, "You don't need to personally make the trip. I'll just write a letter to Tian Wenjing and Sun Bin. I'll ask them to handle it."

"No." Song Jia shook her head, "Searching for a king beast isn't something the military specializes in. It's better if I bring some of the disciples along and give them some training."

When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he stopped trying to persuade her.

Thinking about it, Tianqi and the others were still training in Yazhou. Who knows whether or not they were safe?

The matter was settled just like that.

After Bianque left, Song Jia gave Ouyang Shuo a displeased expression and grumbled, "You're so big already, yet you don't know how to take care of yourself."

Ouyang Shuo laughed and did not say anything.

"Jerk!"

Song Jia was both angry and amused.

"Oh yeah, my brother sent me a letter."

"Oh?"

Song Jia frowned, "Our family is split up on the matter of Shanhai City attacking Zhaoqing Prefecture. The one that opposes the idea the most is my second uncle."

"Does your uncle treat Zhaoqing Prefecture as something that he owns?"

Song Jia gave out a long sigh.

Amongst her family, there were overly arrogant people.

They did not stop to think that the entire Zhaoqing Prefecture was not something that the Tianshuang County could control alone.

Needless to say, Ouyang Shuo with his title of Nanjiang Governor-General, not to mention a Zhaoqing Prefecture, the future Lingnan Province was within his target.

At that point, how could anyone harbor hidden ambitions?

They did not stop to think that without Shanhai City supporting them from behind, Tianshuang County would have found it difficult to even gain a foothold in Lingnan Province, much less have the results and glamor of today.

However, as a member of the younger generation, it was not nice if she bad mouthed her elders behind their backs.

"It's okay." Ouyang Shuo patted her shoulder and laughed, "I'll handle it."

When he decided to attack the Zhaoqing Prefecture, Ouyang Shuo had already predicted such an outcome

The Song family was also an aristocratic family, so how would it lack ambitious players?

Ambition was just ambition, in the face of absolute power, it was useless.

After considering Song Jia's feelings, Ouyang Shuo naturally would handle the matter well.

"En."

Song Jia nodded and snuggled tightly into Ouyang Shuo's embrace.

She knew that this man had experienced a lot, and he was not the no-name from before. His methods, actions, knowledge, and magnanimity were unbelievable.

Song Jia felt really thankful, thankful that she had confessed that day.

"Oh yeah. Take some time and bring your parents over to Shanhai City."

"Oh?"

"Why, I want to see my future-in-laws, can't I?"

"Hen, who knows what you're thinking." Song Jia did not believe that Ouyang Shuo simply wanted to meet them. If not, he would not have waited for such a moment.

"You're smart."

Ouyang Shuo did not try to deny it.

Since the Song Family had split, he naturally needed to support his future father-in-law to totally take over control of family matters.

They needed to go into the specifics if this matter.

If Ouyang Shuo rushed to Tianshuang County, the Song Family people would surround him, and he might not have the chance to talk to his future father-in-law.

How smart was Song Jia? She roughly understood his intentions.

"Wait for my return from Yazhou!"

"Great!"

As long as the poison in his body remained uncured, Ouyang Shuo could not cultivate. Even the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique was used to suppress the poison, so he could not form any new primordial energy.

He would have to push the Killing Sword Sword Manual he had just obtained back to a future stage.

The next day, Ouyang Shuo sent off Song Jia.

Before leaving, he reminded her that she definitely needed to bring back Tianqi and his group when she arrived there, as he had plans for them. Song Jia gave him a weird look, not saying anything and just nodding.

Mentioning this matter, Ouyang Shuo had supported the Dongli Sword Sect from the start. It was time for them to show their use.

After sending her away, Ouyang Shuo asked to meet Black Mamba.

"Lord!"

Black Mamba was dressed entirely in; he even had a hooded black cape.

He only removed the hood when he saw Ouyang Shuo.

After creating the Black Snake Guards, the original Black Mamba had totally disappeared, replaced with the mysterious Black Snake. Even the people of Shanhai City rarely noticed the presence of Black Snake.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo was an exception.

Ouyang Shuo nodded, "Two missions. First, send someone to search for god craftsman Ou Zhizi. Second, increase the infiltration of Caiyun Alliance, especially that Caiyun County."

"Understood!"

Black Snake was very brief and simple with his words.

Neither of these missions were easy, but he was confident. After a few months of expansion, their influence in the China region was not something that could be overlooked.

With the nine intel stations as the core and with the huge financial support of Ouyang Shuo, the Black Snake Guards had already set up a huge intel network.

Of course, compared to Handan City's Difeng, the Black Snake Guards were still lacking.

The establishment of Difeng did not just use the resources of Di Chen's family; they also used the mysterious resources Fenghua Jueda owned.

This mysterious beauty was not just Di Chen's advisor.

Even Di Chen's family did not dare to command and disturb her.

These hidden resources were things that the Black Snake Guards could not compare to.

The strength of Difeng was due to their deep relations with the player groups. The attack direction of the Black Snake Guards was naturally toward the NPCs. In this aspect, Shanhai City held a huge advantage.

The specialty and buffs of the territory were not for nothing.

At the same time, the strength of the Black Snake Guards also made Ouyang Shuo wary.

Although he still had the confidence to control them for now, he could not be sure that they would not go around him and make other deals.

In the building process of the Black Snake Guards, Ouyang Shuo obviously would not totally let go and let Black Snake handle everything. Ouyang Shuo personally took care of some of the personnel arrangements.

Black Snake accepted the way Ouyang Shuo handled this.

Black Snake knew that if Ouyang Shuo did not make such arrangements, it would be weird instead.

That would mean the lord did not trust the Black Snake Guards.

The most effective way was to complete his original idea.

Three intelligence organizations keeping one another in check.

The problem was the most crucial Safety Division; he still had not managed to set it up.

It seemed like he needed to establish the division more quickly.

After Black Snake left, Wei Yang walked in.

"Lord!"

"Sir!"

"Does the Internal Affairs Department have anything to report?"

"No."

"Oh?"

Wei Yang's expression was a little weird, "A few days ago, Meng Zi of Confucianism came over."

"Meng Zi?"

Ouyang Shuo froze. After he calculated the time, he realized that the philosophers' debate was almost upon them.

That was interesting.

"That's right."

"It seems like he's ready to have a debate with you. Are you confident?"

"I'm totally confident."

"Great." Ouyang Shuo laughed, "Since that's the case, let's make it big. I'll hand out invitations to invite all the philosophers for a feast."

Ouyang Shuo could feel that the time to organize a philosopher debate had matured.

In philosophical studies, Confucianism, Legalism, Mohist, and Taoism were the four greatest.

Amongst them, Confucianism had many battles.

The debate of Confucianism and Legalism centered on whether one should rule with laws or with the heart. The debate of Confucianism and Mohist focused on charity or universal love. The debate of Confucianism and Taoism was on whether to act or not to act.

The Qin Dynasty had Legalism as its tradition.

The initial Han dynasty used Taoism, so it focused on ruling without taking action.

During Han Wudi's time, Confucianism took over.

Of course, each school of though contained elements from each other.

On the surface, Confucianism was the main one, but Legalism was still used. When one needed to be killed, they had to die.

Hence, the most crucial debate laid between Legalism and Confucianism.

Meng Zi, as the representative figure of Confucianism, naturally did not come here just to sight see. Everyone knew that the representative figure of Legalism, Wei Yang, was here.

Confucianism and Legalism were destined for battle.

As the lord, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not join in. After all, he promoted was coexistence and variety.

Hence, he would use this momentum to start up the philosophers debate.

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Chapter 432- Philosopher Debate

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The next day, Ouyang Shuo headed for Xinan University to visit Jiangshang.

Compared to the previous days, the current Xinan University was totally different. In the campus, students passed to and fro. The moment they saw Ouyang Shuo, they would all bow slightly.

The economics college, the natural sciences college, the architecture college, the business college, the chess college, and the art college. Each college had no less than two hundred people. Especially the economics college and the natural sciences college, which each had thousands of people.

The natural sciences college, the architecture college and the business college were not as run down as the time they were first established.

Old Sun and the others did not slack around, as they used their contacts and even the forums to bring in various professional professors over to teach.

The teaching circle was a huge net. With Old Sun and a hundred odd professionals acting as the core, they could recruit endless amounts of talents.

It was not an exaggeration to say that 10% and above of the pinnacle professors lived in Shanhai City. This helped to add to the prosperity and foundation of Shanhai City.

To be able to obtain such stellar results, apart from the relationships of Old Sun, the most important factor was the learning environment here.

The first point would be the position of Shanhai City in the China region. The current Shanhai City was the first mega city after the nine imperial cities.

Even Di Chen's Handan City could not reach the level of fame of Shanhai City.

Inclusivity; this was the main goal of Ouyang Shuo for Shanhai City.

The Shanhai Magistrate, Zang Wenzhong, was a smart official. He understood Ouyang Shuo's intentions and did a good job of running Shanhai City.

The Xinan University was the window to the teaching circle.

Along with the Leizhou Prefecture settling down, a large batch of students were recruited over to study.

Even other territories in the Shanhai Alliance started to send people over.

The first was Bai Hua's Consonance City.

Bai Hua knew that no matter how she ran her college, she could not make it as good as Xinan University. Why not just send them over for an exchange?

Consonance City sent over a hundred person squad to make use of Xinan University to develop their talents.

Of course, Ouyang Shuo approved all of this.

Ouyang Shuo knew that Xinan University had been developed to the pinnacle in his territory. It needed to raise its influence and could not stay stagnant.

Making use of his allies and accepting their exchange squads was a great step.

With Bai Hua taking the lead, the other allies naturally would not fall too far behind.

Hence, this resulted in another student influx for Xinan University.

The learning environment in Shanhai City grew denser and denser. After all, Shanhai could only continue to improve with exchanges.

Apart from Xinan University, he even opened up the Army Military Academy to his allies.

When they heard the news, Bai Hua and the others grew even more delighted.

Even Shanhai City had problems with basic level officials, needless to say about the others.

And what kind of place was the Army Military Academy?

The principal was War Saint Sun Wu, while the infantry, cavalry, engineer, and logistic deans were all knowledgeable military strategists. The Lecturers were all top class too.

To be able to develop and learn in the Army Military Academy was the fortune of a lifetime.

Ouyang Shuo's magnanimity really impressed the rest of them.

This alliance leader was looking more and more like the real deal.

With this, Ouyang Shuo only laughed and did not say anything.

If setting up branches of the Four Seas Bank was to increase the economic relations between allies, then opening up the two universities was to increase their political and cultural relations.

Ouyang Shuo was silently building the alliance into one whole body.

Only that he worked very silently and did not make a sound.

While he was thinking about something in his heart, Ouyang Shuo had already arrived at the book collection house.

During the daytime, Jiangshang would remain cooped up here. This special fellow had already become a famous sight in the university.

"Taigong!"

Jiangshang nodded. His attitude was warm, and he invited Ouyang Shuo to sit opposite him.

"Every time you come, I will feel terrified."

That old fox. Before Ouyang Shuo could open his mouth, he clammed it shut.

Ouyang Shuo pretended that he did not understand. At such a time, being thick skinned was good, "Meng Zi has come over and wants to debate with Wei Yang. I was thinking to make use of this chance to organize a philosophers' debate. I want to reignite the philosophers' debate of old."

When Jiangshang heard these words, his eyebrows arced up. He seemed interested, but he did not express his views.

Ouyang Shuo was helpless and continued, "The others are okay already. We only lack a famous and respected person to chair the debate. Are you willing?"

If one let the ancestor of the philosophers, Jiangshang, chair the event, it would naturally look several times better. The philosophers who originally did not want to come would also come over to join in.

Jiangshang was a smart person, so he naturally understood Ouyang Shuo's intentions.

After a short silence, Jiangshang stroked his white moustache, "I have a requirement."

"Taigong, please speak."

Ouyang Shuo was delighted. Conditions were okay; he was just afraid that Jiangshang would directly reject his request.

"Before the official philosophers' debate, add in two more proceedings; this is mandatory."

"Please, speak."

Ouyang Shuo was calm. He knew that Taigong was really interested. Otherwise, he would not say such words.

"The first proceeding: reading. Before the philosophers debate, they need to understand the other schools of thought. Hence, they need to spend ten days reading in the book collection hall before they can join in."

"Sure."

Ouyang Shuo did not even think and just agreed. Didn't this just help to raise the attraction of Shanhai City?

"The second would be: introductions. Each school of thought will describe and introduce their schools. They can only speak but cannot debate."

When Ouyang Shuo heard this requirement, he looked respectfully at Taigong. As expected from this old fox; he possessed such deep ability. Seemingly simple, but these proceedings held such a profound meaning.

These two proceedings helped to solve the unneeded debates from popping up.

Listening first would help one understand better; it was such a theory.

Thinking about this, Ouyang Shuo rose and respectfully bowed, "Thank you, Taigong!"

Jiangshang smiled, rubbing his moustache, pleased," At least you can be taught."

Ouyang Shuo felt slightly shocked, but he left quietly.

After receiving Jiangshang's approval, the philosophers' debate preparations officially started.

Xiao He would take the lead.

He knew that this debate held a profound meaning.

The lord handing this matter to him was the greatest recognition.

The next day, he sent out invitations to the nine imperial cities in the name of Shanhai City.

In the invitation, they used the famed name of Jiangshang. Even the three proceedings that Jiangshang designed were written out clearly.

Obviously, Xiao He understood the irreplaceable position of Jiangshang in this debate.

The invitation made use of the name of Shanhai City and not Nanjiang Governor-General, and there was a reason for that choice.

Nanjiang Governor-General had a meaning of taking over one region, so it might spark the annoyance of some people. Shanhai City, on the other hand, was a city. The term did not bring with it any allegiance, so it was the most welcoming and suitable choice.

Just from this small detail, one could see Xiao He's intelligence.

Apart from handing out invitations, Xiao He also designed an inn in the university for philosophers or scholars to rest.

The name of the inn was Juxian House.

Only a person who could understand Ouyang Shuo's intentions could think of such a name.

Holding this philosophers' debate, Ouyang Shuo's main goal was to receive talents and recruit people for the city.

If he could use this chance to pull in two or three school of thoughts, that would be great.

In the entire China region, apart from Shanhai City, no other territory had such great ability.

The moment the invitations were sent out, it caused a lot of discussion.

The players all agreed that the Lianzhou Lord was trying something big once more.

Shortly after getting the spotlight in the Battle of Julu, he did not even rest. Instead, he directly started another wave on the main map. The former was martial arts related, the second culture related.

Normal players could only look on in awe.

As for their opponents, no matter how unhappy they were, they could only be salty and could not stop the proceedings. It was their own fault that they did not have Jiangshang, did not have the book collection house, and did not even have one school of thought that moved in.

A hidden circle was even more bustling.Xiangyang City, an unassuming little courtyard.

A young man held the invitation and entered.

In the courtyard was a merciful looking old man, who was holding an old scroll and reading happily.

"Teacher!"

The young man respectfully passed over the invitation.

When the old man read it, he smiled, "Great, I had wanted to go visit Taigong."

"What?"

"Pack up, we are going on a journey!"

"Yes!"Quanzhou City, a small farm on the outskirts.

A simply dressed middle-aged man picked up the invitation; his expression very complicated.Jianye City, one of the mansions.

A handsome middle-aged man muttered, "Hei, Confucianism? It's time to put an end to it."

On the table not far away from him was an invitation.Xianyang City.

An old man placed down the scroll in his hand and laughed.

"The debate between Confucianism and Legalism. Philosophers' debate? Interesting, interesting."Chengdu, a small pond on the outskirts.

Another old man was fishing. On the grass not far away was an invitation.In a short few days, the invitations were handed out to all the philosophers with a mysterious method.

The people in all the imperial cities were amidst deep conversation.

Such an event, how could they miss it?

Those who had partners went together, while those alone travelled alone.

Some wanted to learn, while others held the attitude of winning.

The small invitation letters had perked the interests of numerous hearts.

Shanhai City was destined to become a place where fishes and dragons coexisted, never to be peaceful.

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Chapter 433- Qin Shihuang Chases out Confucianism

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Just as Shanhai City was preparing for the philosophers' debate, Xianyang City released the Quru Order.

Qin Shihuang announced that Xianyang City would solely run on Legalism. Moreover, any Confucian followers would have to leave within three days or face arrest.

The moment the news got out, everyone clamored.

The Quru Order had pretty much pushed the battle between Legalism and Confucianism to the forefront.

All the Confucianism followers were furious.

This Quru Order led one to think back to the famous historical event where Qin Shihuang ordered the burning of all books and the burying of all Confucian scholars. Firstly, one had to mention that both these events happened at different times.

One had to start with the story where Qin Shihuang united the six counties.

After which, his changes in administrative and economic matters did not proceed smoothly. Just when he was about the unite the countries, they had a huge debate on whether or not he was going to grant the various lords the title of kings.

The prime minister Wang Wan suggested that he send the lords to the Yan, Qi, and Chu lands to become kings, as such an action was useful in solidifying his rule.

However, Li Si firmly disagreed. He felt that the only reason the Warring States happened was because they gave up power. Only through removing this act could they prevent chaos.

Qin Shihuang agreed with Li Si. He perceived that setting up countries was to make enemies.

Hence, they decided to go with the prefecture ruling system.

Eight years later, in a feast that Qin Shihuang held in the palace, another debate between the old and the new happened.

This event sparked the burning of books.

During the feast, Zhou Qing, who was in charge of the books, started to flatter Qin Shihuang. Professor Chun Yu Yue used Zhou Qing's words against him and raised up the motion of restoring the old rule of splitting up power.

Qin Shihuang did not react. He gave the suggestion to the various officials to discuss.

Li Si made it clear that he did not agree with this view and retorted, "The battles of before were due to the old rule. Confucianism is behind the times. If we don't stop it, our rule of the land will be broken."

Qin Shihuang agreed with Li Si and ordered to burn all the historical books, apart from the recordings of Qin. He even ordered the burning of medical books and poems from scholars.

Anyone who dared to talk about poems and books were sentenced to death. Learning by oneself was prohibited and those who wanted to learn Legalism had to find an official to be his teacher.

The second year of the book burning, the burying of the Confucianism scholars happened.

The burning of the books did not directly cause this event. Instead, it happened because scholars and Confucian believers insulted Qin Shihuang. After Qin Shihuang obtained all the powers and riches, he greatly feared death. The day he unified the land, he tried hard to search for an immortality pill.

Everyone tried to search for this pill for Qin Shihuang. Based on Qin Laws, anyone who told a lie or people who gave fake medicines would be sentenced to death.

Hou Sheng and Lu Sheng knew that they could not find the medicine. Not only did they escape, they also slandered Qin Shihuang for being arrogant and power hungry.

They also said that immortality was not something Qin Shihuang could reach, and it was not something a small pill could grant you. They got close to the emperor not to create the pill but to spread Confucianism to the world.

When Qin Shihuang heard these words, his embarrassment turned into anger; he felt that they were playing him.

He burned the texts before burying the Confucian scholars alive.

Qin Shihuang ordered the Guards to investigate based on the crime of spreading false rumors about the emperor. He personally found 460 people guilty and buried them alive in Xianyang.

The burying of Confucianism was not actually the burying of the ideology. Instead, it was just the burying of the Confucian scholars.

The act of burning books and burying Confucianism was an act of unifying all thoughts.

After Qin Shihuang united the six countries, he administratively did away with the system of enfeoffment. Culturally, he united the language and made the lesser seal the official language. In economics, he standardized the currency and its weightage.

All these changes were a basic requirement to unify a country, and it was also an element that violence could keep in control.

However, some things were hard for a country to fully enforce, especially at the start of the Qin Dynasty. At that time, the philosophers were still debating, and it was philosophical chaos. If a country wanted unity, they needed to form a common value.

Hence, having a common way in terms of administrative, economic, and cultural methods was not enough. The crucial matter was a common value and way of thinking, only with these could all the plans and actions work out.

The two biggest school of thoughts at that time were Confucianism and Legalism.

Mohism placed more importance on agricultural advancement. Taoism more on researching the heart and values. The Logicians focused on logical thinking.

Confucianism was ancient, while Qin Shihuang unification of China was something new. All the changes he chose to adapt were different and did not align with Confucianism theories. The noble families of the six countries tried to use the Confucian theory of denying oneself and returning to propriety to try to restore the enfeoffment system and regain their lost power.

Hence, for the newly unified Qin Dynasty, unifying the way of thinking was an important step. As such, after looking for a few Confucian scholars, his cultural revolution started. His actions were too intense, but the effects were obvious.

Although the Qin Dynasty only lasted for tens of years, all the rulers after them placed unifying the schools of thoughts as their key action.

When Han Wudi chose Confucianism, the unification of ideas finally came into fruition. All the rulers after him basically used Confucian teachings as the core.

The burying of Confucianism during the Qin Dynasty and the respect of Confucianism during the Han Dynasty were similar; they all wanted to unify the thoughts of the people.

In truth, since the Han Dynasty, all the rulers basically used Confucianism in the light and Legalism in the dark. Alternatively, they used Legalism but called it Confucianism. On the surface, they said that they used Confucianism, but in truth they used Legalism values.

The emperors used Legalism methods to rule but Confucian teaching methods to educate the people.

Legalism placed importance on law, strength, and method, so the olden people used this as the emperor's tool to rule over the people. Confucianism focused on respect and mercy; their greatest benefits were forming up a sense of awareness of morals. It promoted that not using violence was good, protecting peace and prosperity.

Qin Shihuang having such a foul name because of the book burning and Confucianism burying were actually the result of exaggeration. In truth, these numbers were actually really small.

In the long history annuals, killing numerous people occurred countless times.

However, this matter had insulted the Confucian believers. Since the Warring States, the Confucian people were a very arrogant bunch, and they felt that if you wanted to rule you had to use Confucianism. As such, when Han Wudi got rid of all the philosophers, it gave the Confucians important power.

After they gained fame, they pushed the blame to Qin Shihuang. Hence, he was said to be a tyrant and was left in notoriety.

Qin Shihuang actually did not relish in killing; his kills were all backed with reason. Stealing money from the country was an act of treason, and one needed to pay with their head.

Although they lost many valuable books, one aspect made people sigh—the killings were a logical course of action.

Hence, after Qin Shihuang moved into Xianyang City and learned of China's five thousand years of history, he learned of how the Confucians insulted him after his death. How could he not be furious?

Hence, the Quru Order was born.

Not killing off all these people, one could say that Qin Shihuang was already merciful.

The Confucian Scholars in Xianyang also knew that. Their predecessors had acted immorally; this was karma.

All of a sudden, many officials and civil servants in each organization of the imperial court tendered their resignations.

However, the wave of resignations did not affect the running of Xianyang City. Only because Qin Shihuang was not alone. He had a bunch of important ministers like Li S along with himi.

One had to say that that was a divine step. Qin Shihuang did not just chase away the Confucianism he hated. He also smoothly gained control of Xianyang, killing two birds with one stone.

After the Confucian Scholars quit, everyone focused on where they would head.

Go to other imperial cities?

Difficult.

Talents already brimmed in each other city, so how could they accept newcomers?

The Confucian believers were only left with two choices.

Firstly, totally go into hiding.

Secondly, join a player territory.

None of the lords in the China region were stupid.

The moment the order was placed, the lords were like sharks that smelled blood; they gathered at Xianyang City.

This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to the players.

Although the Confucian scholars in Xianyang City were not historical people, they had around the same level of use to a territory, especially the officials in the imperial court.

Their experience was vast, and they were highly qualified; they were hard to obtain talents.

To word it more clearly, officials like Zhou Haichen and Xu Zhen in Shanhai City were common in Xianyang City. With one grab, you could obtain a handful of them.

As for those better than them, they were not in small numbers either.

Such talents, how would the lords not be tempted? Even Ouyang Shuo really yearned for them.

Unfortunately, in terms of fighting for the Confucian people from Xianyang City, Ouyang Shuo was destined to face problems. Theoretically, Shanhai City had great terms and should easily win. However, in truth, that was not the case.

Firstly, the enemy of Confucianism, Legalism's main field, was in Shanhai City. Its representative figure Wei Yang had taken up a role in the Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.

Thinking about this, just that point alone would keep a large portion of them out and make them wary.

Secondly, Baiqi, Wei Ran, as well as Zhang Han, were all from the Qin Country.

Although these few basically did not have any contact with Qin Shihuang, in the eyes of Confucian Scholars, Shanhai City was the same as Xianyang City.

Because of that, Ouyang Shuo took a hit for no reason.

Although Shanhai City's strength was acceptance, that was just Ouyang Shuo's words. They did not personally see any proof, and they would not believe it easily.

This fight to snatch talents was something Shanhai City was destined to lose.

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Chapter 434- Territory Situation

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All the happenings in Xianyang City, Shanhai City was only an onlooker.

Ouyang Shuo was calm about it. A setback was only a setback; there was nothing he could do about it.

Shanhai City, Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.

Within the main hall, the 7th month administrative meeting was currently taking place.

The 7th month was an unusual month for the territory. In this month, they officially had control of three prefectures of land, and they had formed the Nanjiang Governor-General House.

7th month, under the leadership of wheelchair general Sun Bin, the Tiger Legion swept across Qiongzhou Island. Be it aboriginals or players, they were all mercilessly destroyed.

Clearing out Qiongzhou Island was of little test to Sun Bin's ability.

This young commander would definitely perform more eye-catching acts in future big battles.

The most terrifying aspect was that Sun Bin was still improving.

Ouyang Shuo had casually talked to Sun Wu. He knew that Sun Bin would write letters back to his grandfather to discuss military strategies and theories.

From Sun Wu's tone, it was not hard to see that the War Saint had high hopes and commendations for this young man.

This was the good fortune of the War Saint and also the good fortune of the territory.

The 2nd division major general of the Tiger Legion Daiqin was awarded the title of Dangkou General for his fearless performance. This 'grassland black tiger' had finally climbed out of the shadow of the Battle of Lianzhou and regained his glory.

Apart from Daiqin, the deputy major general of the 3d division, Shanzhu, also had stellar performances. Based on the simple description from Sun Bin, this Li Race young leader was a god of improvement.

Under the teachings of Caogui, Shanzhu's commanding abilities grew stronger by the day.

A star was slowly rising on Qiongzhou Island.

After the battle, the Tiger Legion had captured a total of seventy thousand warrior prisoners. Amongst which, there were soldiers from territories, Li Race people, as well as aboriginal soldiers.

As for the normal commoners, they had captured over four hundred thousand. There were more than forty Li Race tribes. The entire Qiongzhou Island groaned under the sharp blade of the Tiger Legion.

After their deflection, the combat prisoners formed the Qiongzhou Prefecture Garrison Division. Su Wang, previously the 2nd division third regiment colonel, was appointed as the major general.

After establishing the Garrison Division, the Tiger Legion could assist other battlefields at any time.

Under the flames of war, the Tiger Legion 3rd division, and the 1st mountain division of the territory had slowly taken form. They now possessed terrifying strength.

Especially in mountain battles, where they were exceptionally eye-catching.

To be able to take down the north mountain region in one swoop, it all depended on them.

After receiving the news, Ouyang Shuo immediately ordered the Military Affairs Department to move the 3rd division to gather at Shanhai City. They would move along with the Dragon Legion 1st division toward the hundred thousand mountains to attack Chiyou City.

Shi Wanshu's Dragon Legion 1st division had been housed in Broken Blade House, on the border of the hundred thousand mountains. During this period of time, Shi Wanshui had not slacked off.

He had trained his units hard in mountain battle. He even purposely found mountain barbarian tribes to learn the experiences needed to survive in the forest, as well as tips and tricks.

Apart from that, they needed to send out scouts to find a suitable route. Along the route, he set up resource points to ensure that the army had enough resources and logistics.

Not only was Shi Wanshui a strong fighter, his commanding experience was very vast. With the two divisions gathering up, Ouyang Shuo had more confidence in them passing the hundred thousand mountains.

The moment this force succeeded, it would result in a whole different battle. Not only did it provide a route for the soldiers to attack Chiyou City, it also opened up a contact route from Lianzhou Prefecture to the outside.

As the territory expanded, the geographical weakness of Lianzhou Basin would slowly be exposed.

Being boxed in had its pros and cons.

When the territory was weak and small, locking one in was naturally the best choice. After all, this would prevent the interference of other powers.

The uprising army failing to disturb them was the greatest proof.

However.

After the lord grew stronger, this had more cons than pros.

As the heart of the entire territory, the location of Shanhai City was too secluded, which made it hard for the Nanjiang Governor-General House to run the other parts of the territory.

In olden times, good official channels and water routes were the lifeline of a rule. Without one of them, it was easy to lose control of the territory.

In the case of Shanhai City, this posed an even more serious problem.

Apart from the Mulan Stronghold, Shanhai City did not have a second pathway out to the outside world. The current Qiongzhou and Leizhou Prefectures were both run from water routes.

But what about the future?

Zhaoqing Prefecture, Wuzhou Prefecture, Xunzhou Prefecture.

All these places could not be managed from water passages.

Hence, opening up a pathway from Lianzhou Prefecture to the outside seemed to grow in importance.

After the war, the entire Qiongzhou Island had totally been inculcated into their rule.

Qiongzhou Prefecture had officially established the Yashan House, the Danzhou House, as well as the Qiongshan House.

Yashan City was confirmed as the governing area of Qiongzhou Prefecture.

The three Houses would be governed by the three tier 1 subsidiary territories of Yashan City.

Yashan City used a gold-rank village creation token, so its tier 1 subsidiary territories were all silver rank. They had a huge potential as a governing area.

Qiongzhou Island was large but lacked men. The most important factor was the need to unify the aboriginals on the island.

Governor Tian Wenjing had previously taken up of the role negotiator with the mountain barbarians, so he had vast experience with dealing with other races. Under his charge, the aboriginals of Qiongzhou Island were integrating into the territory.

The completion of the first season of rice crop harvesting in the first half of the year helped in particular. It solved the grain problems of Qiongzhou Prefecture, and they did not need to import any more grain. This helped make administrative matters much easier to handle.

Qiongzhou Prefecture was located in a divine location; they had fertile soil, which was highly suitable for agricultural development.

To support the agriculture development of Qiongzhou, Ouyang Shuo even instructed the Xinan University to form an agriculture consultant group to visit Qiongzhou. They would help to set out agriculture projects.

Agriculture was also the base. If Qiongzhou wanted to develop further, they needed to make use of the adventure gamemode players.

The entire island, apart from the Five Finger Mountains, and the South Mountain mysterious region, there was a place that attracted the players—the boundless oceans.

The vast oceans had many islands and numerous pirates.

Treasures? Rare materials? Adventures?

These matters filled all of their imaginations.

The vast ocean was far more tempting to adventure gamemode players than the Five Finger Mountains.

Sun Xiaoyue, who took charge of Yashan City, had written messages to Ouyang Shuo based on the news she got. She suggested they construct a shipyard to build merchant ships and small-sized war ships.

The ships would either be sold or rented to adventure gamemode players to sail the seas.

When Ouyang Shuo received the letter, he immediately replied—agreed.

Sun Xiaoyue's eyes were expectedly sharp.

The unassuming suggestion would bring Yashan City endless amounts of fortune in the future.

The members of the Shanhai Alliance Guild Alliance had heard the news, and they immediately agreed to form a squadron to explore the neighboring islands.

Lin Jing was the worst. She directly asked Ouyang Shuo to gift her a turreted ship to act as her flag ship. She wanted to personally explore the oceans.

After they explored the South Mountain Cave, Lin Jing had hung around the Five Finger Mountains.

At that time, similar to Song Jia, she had also obtained a golden-spotted phoenix butterfly.

After which, the attraction of Yashan to Lin Jing decreased a lot. Just when she was ready to return to Jianye, such huge news appeared; how could she not feel excited?

When Ouyang Shuo heard her request, he could only agree. After all, she was his little aunt.

The built turreted ship was named War-Snow. It was docked in the harbor and looked really stunning.

The only unhappy one was probably Xie Siyun. This strong woman grumbled that Lin Jing went crazy and did not help out at Jianye.

Toward their relationship, naturally Ouyang Shuo just kept silent.

In the sale of ships or exploring vessels to outsiders, Yashan City had signed extra agreements.

Those who wanted to buy had to promise to share any geographical intel they found through exploration with the Yashan Squadron.

At the same time, Yashan City had the first rights to occupying the various surrounding islands.

After calming down the entire Qiongzhou Prefecture, it was time for Ouyang Shuo to open it up. The entire Yashan City would now open to adventure gamemode players.

When they received the news, the China region players were delighted.

Following which, the news of the sale of warships made their passion and eagerness explode.

All of a sudden, Yashan City became a gathering ground; all the major guilds and organizations swarmed in. Solely the teleportation fees made Yashan rich.

One could foresee that the future Yashan City would be a cash cow and bring in unprecedented profits.

The development of Qiongzhou Prefecture was only one small part of the territory.

Apart from that, Leizhou Prefecture was also stellar.

Under the support of the Four Seas Bank, Leizhou Prefecture's rebuilding and expansion projects had reached their end. Only huge projects were left, such as the few harbors.

If Leizhou Island became stable, it would definitely help the territory greatly in the future.

Governor Bao Shuya's performance was also eye-catching. Under his charge, the entire prefecture regained its prosperity, and the dark figures ceased to exist.

Especially after the establishment of the Nanjiang Governor-General House, the internal resistance in Leizhou Prefecture got weaker and weaker.

Before this, Ouyang Shuo also treated those territories that helped Shanhai City nicely.

Based on the promises, the territory allowed them to be merchants in Leizhou.

With such new business powers, they used their gold advantage and local connections to go up against the various Chamber of Commerces.

This was the outcome that Ouyang Shuo wanted to see.

Toward Hequanji and even Cui Chamber of Commerce, Ouyang Shuo maintained a necessary level of wariness.

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Chapter 435- Animal Husbandry Department

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Merchants chased for profits, which made them one of the hardest bunch to control. While they made contributions to the development of the territory, they too earned a lot.

An unavoidable matter was that due to profits, merchants would join in the battles and fights in an area.

Towards this, Ouyang Shuo would naturally be wary and defensive.

Apart from the Financial Department Business Division managing everything, they needed to develop more Chamber of Commerces to prevent a monopoly.

Local Chamber of Commerces would knock heads with the big ones.

Of course, this only solved the problem in the short term; the root cause remained.

Ouyang Shuo was planning to build a Business Association to increase the monitoring levels on the various Chamber of Commerces.

This matter still needed much planning.

After all, the current territory was still in the basic development stages, and they needed to borrow the strength of the various Chamber of Commerce. Hence, they could not land a blow to their eagerness.

Out of the three prefectures, Lianzhou Prefecture naturally developed the quickest.

Although Shanhai City was cut out from the Lianzhou Prefecture, the Lianzhou Prefecture that had four Houses and one city remained the biggest of the bunch.

The newly established Shenjuan House had already survived the toughest time period, and the city building had reached its later stages. Its unique industries like animal husbandry and leather processing was growing everyday.

Tianfeng House and Broken Blade House focused on water products and pearl cultivation to bring in money. Apart from that, one could not underestimate the tea gardens and the mulberry gardens located around them.

Especially the mulberry gardens, which along with the colored silkworm production, was enough to make one's eyes red with envy.

The colored silk that Shanhai City produced had long started selling in the nine imperial cities. The merchants and the rich men loved this silk, forming sort of a trend.

Out of the four Houses, Mulan House was formed from a territory merging over. Regretfully, as it had a special geographical position, their profits were a little awkward.

The most important aspect was Mulan House's lack of advantageous industries.

Probably only after they occupied the Guangxi Province would Mulan House rise from the ashes.

Of course, however eye-catching the three prefectures were, they could not cover the glow of Shanhai City.

The outer city construction of Shanhai City was still spreading like wildfire. Everyday, no less than a thousand people would move over. These people were newly spawned refugees but commoners from the various imperial cities.

Shanhai City's population had already broken through four hundred thousand. Ouyang Shuo predicted that by the 10th month at the latest, Shanhai City could upgrade to a grade 2 prefecture and break through the five hundred thousand population upper limit.

The current Shanhai City was a place where roads and paths intersected. If Ouyang Shuo did not bring a guide with him, even he would lose his way. His area of activity was basically limited to the imperial city.

On the other hand, Bing'er, who was on holiday, started to crazily run around the city like a released wild horse. Occasionally, she would even teleport to Yashan City to take a look at her 'territory'.

In Yashan City, she was basically a princess.

Governor Tian Wenjing not only sent men to build the Lord's Manor extravagantly, he even built a wild animal park for Bing'er to play around in outside of the city.

The construction of the zoo was all because Bing'er said, "There are so many animals here."

When Ouyang Shuo learned of this matter, he shook his head speechless.

He did not expect the cold faced Governor Tian Wenjing to actually love Bing'er so much and pamper her.

As the main camp of the territory, Shanhai City was the most prosperous. Based on the calculations of the Business Division, till date, a total of 37 Chamber of Commerces had moved in.

The nine imperial cities all had Chamber of Commerces that moved in.

Apart from the Business Division, the military industry naturally supported the development of Shanhai City.

After more than a year of development, the military industry finally started to explode. Along with the building of the east region, the overall production capacity of the military industry increased by three folds.

Till date, the production of equipment in the city not only met the requirements of the army, it even met the orders of the Shanhai Alliance members.

The military industry that was firing on all cylinders could be called a real money maker.

The administrative meeting began.

Financial Director Cui Yingyu reported the financial situation of the 7th month.

"Shanhai City has earned 85,700 gold, Lianzhou Prefecture handed over 52,700 gold, Leizhou Prefecture currently has no money, while Qiongzhou Prefecture handed over 41,500 gold. Including the profits of 55,000 gold from the Business Division, the total profits of the 7th month is 234,900 gold."

When he heard that the monthly Income had crossed two hundred thousand, Ouyang Shuo was delighted.

It was not easy.

However, what she reported next made Ouyang Shuo's face turn black.

"7th month, 80,000 gold was spent, which mainly consisted of the 20,000 gold used on Shanhai City's city building and 60,000 on Leizhou Prefecture. Apart from that, Nanjiang Governor-General House spent eight thousand gold and military expenditure was 135,000 gold."

One legion would normally require around 35,000 gold.

In the army, the Dragon Legion and Tiger Legion were full. Including the 1st division of the Leopard Legion, the Guards division, and the palace Guards, its expenditure had reached 95,000 gold.

The Nanyang Navy included the 1st division of both the Yashan Squadron and the Beihai Bay Squadron, its expenditure was around twenty thousand gold.

All things considered, daily expenses alone would cost 115,000 gold.

The 7th month military expenses also needed to consider the payments to families during the Battle of Leizhou and the Battle of Julu.

Hence, military expenditure used up more than half of the overall income.

This was just the game. If he really ran a country like this in real life, his people would definitely revolt.

As Cui Yingyu reported the military expenses, she had unconsciously eyed Du Ruhui.

Du Ruhui knew the reason and did not say anything.

At this point, before the armies fully formed up, they could earn extra income through raiders.

At the moment, the military expenses were not a huge burden to the territory finances.

Building a legion, especially after building the divisions, resulted in the Shanhai City Army becoming more commercial and orthodox. The raider jobs would be left for other units.

Hence, on the surface, the army would have a negative effect on finances.

The army itself would never be able to create any extra riches.

Attacking strategic land as they were occupying it, they could not pillage and burn it.

Of course, one could not just look at the surface.

With the Battle of Leizhou as an example, it seemed stupid in the short run. But in the long run, it would provide financial income that far exceed the current input.

Expanding the territory was always the way to becoming stronger.

These matters were something both Du Ruhui and Cui Yingyu understood.

Cui Yingyu was silently asking the Military Affairs Department to not expand the military stupidly. If not, the territory finances could not keep up.

In truth, Du Ruhui also had it cut out for him.

The organization of the military all followed the instructions of the lord.

The Military Affairs Department was in truth just the scapegoat.

Ouyang Shuo, who sat at the lord position, naturally noticed this. He knew that Cui Yingyu was silently making matters clear to him.

This little sister really was not someone easy to handle.

Along with the rise of Ouyang Shuo's position, Cui Yingyu would not directly scold him. Instead, she would use such silent methods to remind him.

In truth, Ouyang Shuo had also paid attention and controlled the scale of the military.

Not mentioning other matters, just take the Battle of Qiongzhou as an example.

Sun Bin's Tiger Legion had captured a total of seventy thousand warriors, yet Ouyang Shuo had only asked them to form a Garrison Division.

In addition to the various protection squads of the Houses, only one third of the soldiers were enlisted.

However, no matter how he tried, the military would need to expand daily. Without such an elite army, how would Ouyang Shuo have the confidence to challenge the world?

At this stage, Ouyang Shuo needed to choose between military and administration.

A strong military was the core goal.

After establishing the Nanjiang Governor-General House, Ouyang Shuo did not keep any of the territory's gold from himself. In his storage bag, he only had ten to twenty thousand gold as pocket money.

The income of the territory was basically invested back in.

A strong territory would result in his own strength.

Based on Cui Yingyu's report, the territory had only earned 11,900 gold in the 7th month.

The next month, the profits would probably increase.

At the very least, Leizhou Prefecture did not need any more funds channeled in; they could even provide some income.

Toward this matter, Cui Yingyu was not as optimistic as Ouyang Shuo.

Not for other reasons, but only because the Battle of Zhaoqing was about to occur.

One could foresee that the future Zhaoqing Prefecture would result in another mess that was waiting to be cleared up.

After Cui Yingyu made her report, she sat down.

Following which, the discussion of the Animal Husbandry Department came up.

After setting up the Nanjiang Governor-General House, in terms of organization, they became more and more ordered.

Ouyang Shuo made the rule that the officials could suggest the establishment of organizations. After the Administration Department analyzed the suggestion, it could be brought up in the administrative meetings for discussion. Ouyang Shuo would make the final decision.

Such an arrangement was to prevent Ouyang Shuo from losing foresight.

A person holding a high position for a long time and got used to making all the decisions could easily have their foresight blinded. If this developed further, they might not listen to his fellow officials.

Ouyang Shuo did not want to become such a person.

However, without a logical system, in the current situation, he would definitely become such a person. Hence, Ouyang Shuo would take the opportunity while he was still clear headed to restrict himself.

All the officials were delighted about this.

With such a smart lord, they would definitely succeed.

With the suggestion of Xiao He, after gaining the approval of the Administration Department, they all agreed to set up the Animal Husbandry Department under the Military Affairs Department.

Establishing the animal husbandry department had two roles.

Firstly, to take charge of the carriages of the Nanjiang Governor-General House.

When Ouyang Shuo went out, he usually rode horses and would not sit in carriages. As Shanhai City's construction was slowly perfected, under the suggestion of Fan Zhongyan, he would have no choice but to usually sit in a carriage when he went out.

Based on their thinking, this had to do with the law, and they could not act casually about it. Only then could they show the prestige and power of the Nanjiang Governor-General. Toward these suggestions, Ouyang Shuo could only comply.

Luckily, he only had few chances of going out.

With his character, he really could not grow used to carriages.

Secondly, to take charge of the horse policies in the territory.

The various army horse breeding grounds would all be under their charge.

The director of the Animal Husbandry Department would obviously be Xia Houying.

With that, the four talents from the Battle of Julu all had positions.

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Chapter 436- Scholars Unite

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As the invitations were sent out, scholars all around started to swarm to Shanhai City. The Juxian House in Xinan University was already completed, and they welcomed the philosophers to move in.

Amongst the philosophers, the earliest to arrive were Shen Buhai and Sheng Dao from the Legalism school of thought.

Legalism had three factions: law, tactics and power. Their representative figures were respectively Wei Yang, Shen Buhai, and Sheng Dao. When the school of though reached Han Feizi's time, he combined the three together.

Wei Yang appeared to welcome Shen Buhai and Sheng Dao.

Shen Buhai was a slightly thin man who looked really clean. He was not good at speaking and smiling, and he appeared cold and handsome. Those who understood him knew that he was the typical guy—cold on the outside and warm on the inside.

Sheng Dao was totally different; he was an old man who could make you feel comfortable right from the start. Apart from being one of the famous Legalism experts, he was also one of the representative figures of The Old Huang Faction of Taoism.

The three of them had met during the Warring States Period. Meeting up once again was naturally a joyous occasion.

"Brother Wei Yang, quick. We need to discuss how to find problems for Confucianism." Shen Buhai was an eager chap. Right after meeting up, he wanted to drag Wei Yang to discuss about the debate.

When Wei Yang saw Shen Buahai's behavior, he laughed in his heart.

Wei Yang could not say that he totally understood the intentions of the lord. However, he had grasped a large portion of it. He knew that the lord's goal was not really to have both schools of thoughts fight it out to find the real winner.

In truth, it was really difficult to do so.

Today was different from other years. The philosophers came from different points of time to gather here. What kind of joyous occasion would that create?

Confucianism had Laozi, Meng Zi, and Xun Zi.

Legalism also had the fellow that combined all the Legalism teachings—Han Feizi.

The debate between Wei Yang and Meng Zi was not something that could be replicated. China's five thousand years of history had already proven that both school of thoughts had their pros and cons.

Confucianism was morals—the spiritual home.

Legalism was the law—the cornerstone of society.

Neither could be lacked.

After becoming the Internal Affairs Department, Wei Yang did not stop there. In Shanhai City, there were many legal experts from the real world. Wei Yang partook in many discussions with them about the problem of ruling through law and having laws.

Legalism and modern day laws were different. Although both ruled through laws, in truth, they were as different as night and day. Legalism could be said to be wielding the law to enact punishment.

The laws in Legalism were the rules of the king, meant to serve the king.

The way of Confucianism was also the way of the king, meant to help and serve the king and his family.

Hence, this debate would be totally different from the one that occurred in history.

Jiangshang's knowledge was really vast and deep. He had secluded himself in Xinan University. After reading and analyzing tens of thousands of scrolls and books, his knowledge was far greater than the Jiangshang in history.

It was because he saw the nature of the philosophers' debate that he set up the two proceedings.

Wei Yang's knowledge was also seemingly immeasurable.

Seeing Shen Buhai so eager, he laughed slightly, "Brother Shen, why so eager? For this battle, we need to wait for Han Feizi to appear."

"That's right." Shen Buhai nodded, "Since that's the case, why not lead us to meet Taigong?"

"I have that intention."

Sheng Dao stood at the side and quietly listened to the two of them. Finally, he laughed and said, "Let's go, let's go."

"Haha."

The three of them looked at each other and laughed.

Shanhai City West outskirts, Qingyang Temple.

Just as Wei Yang was welcoming his guests, Qingyang Temple similarly welcomed four special guests.

Temple Priest Ge Yan personally led the four into his room, looking really respectful.

This was expected, as those who came were the ancestors of Taoism.

The four guests were all old men with white hair, and they included Laozi, Zhuang Zi, and Yang Zhu. The last fellow was a friend of Zhuang Zi, the representative figure of the Logician school of thought—Hui Shi.

When mentioning Hui Shi and Zhuang Zi, one had to talk about the famous Debate of Haoliang.

At that time, Zhuang Zi and Hui Shi were traveling around Haoliang.

Zhuang Zi said, "The fish are out swimming, so they are joyous."

Hui Shi said, "You aren't a fish. What would you know about the happiness of a fish?"

Zhuang Zi said, 'You are not me. What would you know about whether I know about the happiness of a fish?"

Hui Shi said, "I'm not you, so I can't know. The same follows that you aren't a fish, so you wouldn't know."

Zhuang Zi replied, "The thing is when you asked the question, I already knew what you were going to say. I knew it long ago."

In this simple debate, it was not hard to see that Hui Shi's logic was stronger than Zhuang Zi's. After all, the school of logicians studied logic.

Of course, Zhuang Zi was only using the swimming fish to describe his own happiness.

Similar to Legalism, Taoism was also split into three factions: Old Zhuang Faction, Old Huang faction, and Yangzhu Faction. The most famous faction was the Old Zhuang Faction that Laozi and Zhuang Zi represented.

The least famous was the Yangzhu Faction.

Yangzhu Faction's main way of thinking was the avoidance of harming others, and it emphasized life. It opposed harming others and also self-harm.

After the Spring and Autumn Warring States, it disappeared since it was not well received.

All of them sat quietly with Ge Yan accompanying them.

"Taoist Ancestor, are you all joining the philosophers' debate?"

Although Laozi was not the creator of Taoism, he was often termed as its ancestor.

When Laozi heard this question, he laughed but did not say anything.

Zhuang Zi did not bother either and focused on the teacup in front of him.

Only Yangzhu raised his head and looked at Ge Yan, "We came to visit Taigong and to read at the book collection house. We aren't joining in the debate."

When Ge Yan heard these words, he understood.

As expected, with the character of Old Zhuang, he definitely would not join the debate. Mentioning this topic, Kong Zi of Confucianism was half a student of Laozi.

The next day, Xun Zi of Confucianism brought a bunch of his followers and rushed to Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo arranged Administration Director Fan Zhongyan to welcome them. He wanted to use Fan Zhongyan to send them a message.

Shanhai City accepted everyone and was not restricted to any school of thought or faction.

Apart from Confucianism and Legalism, the other school of thoughts all came. Their goals were similar to Laozi and Zhuang Zi.

Apart from joining the philosophers debate, their main goal was still to meet Taigong and read at the book collection house.

Theoretically, the book collection house had appeared for so long, so why did they choose to come now?

One had to mention the hearts of the various school of thoughts and factions.

If it was not for the debate and they came at other times, Ouyang Shuo would definitely bug them.

Out of all the philosophers, not everyone was willing to move into Shanhai City.

Hence, to prevent problems, they could only suppress their desires. Only when Shanhai City opened up for the debate did they dare to rush here.

At this time, Ouyang Shuo did not have the face to meet and bug every single one of them.

One had to say that they were all schemers.

Out of those who came, there were those that came out in the open like Shen Buhai and Sheng Dao. There were also others like Lao Zhuang, who came secretly.

For example Mo Zi.

When Mo Zi came to Shanhai City, he did not alert anyone. The place he chose to stay was not the Juxian House that they prepared or an inn in the city.

Instead, he chose an unassuming wood workshop.

The owner of the workshop was a believer in the Mohist school of thought.

Compared to the other school of thoughts, Mohism had already infiltrated all the territories. They only held such a convenience because the members of the school of thought belonged to the lower ranks of society.

The disciples of mohism were termed as Mobians. Additionally, those who practiced martial arts were called Moxia.

Their leader was called Juzi.

Out of all the philosophers, only the Mohists had fully infiltrate the territories.

Thinking about it, it was quite terrifying.

Of the philosophers that reported their names, Nanjiang Governor-General House would always send people to receive them. This included Xu Xing from the agricultural school of thought. He was a middle-aged men, with a long beard, dressed really simply like a farmer.

The school of thought gained fame through their emphasis on agriculture. Ouyang Shuo specially arranged the Agricultural Division Secretary Sun Yannong to receive and accompany him to read agricultural books in the book collection house.

One of the famous works was the one return by Jia Sixie—Essential Skill to Benefit the People.

Seeing such a famous work, Xu Xing was delighted.

Apart from reading books, Sun Yannong also followed him to look around the outskirts.

During the Battle of Julu, Ouyang Shuo had obtained the Olden Agricultural Tool Crafting Technical Manual. After which, he handed the manual over to the Agricultural Division.

Sun Yannong was naturally delighted to receive the manual. He immediately arranged people to build an agricultural tools workshop to craft the tools. Their goal was to quickly spread all these tools to the whole territory.

Sun Yongyan brought Xu Xin around and the main area he visited was the Agriculture Tool Workshop.

Looking around, Xu Xing was surprised beyond belief. To him, there was nothing more attractive than this place.

Apart from tools, Shanhai City's method of nurturing of crops was also filled with surprises. One must not forget that Xinan University had many modern day agricultural experts.

The same day, Xu Xing decided to move into Shanhai City.

When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he decided without hesitation to set up an agricultural college in Xinan University. It would be the place where he could spread the agricultural school of thought. He would hire Xu Xing as the dean.

The few agriculture experts in the territory were moved to the agriculture college.

In a short few days, the agriculture college was completed.

The first batch of students were the basic level officials the various Houses and counties recommended.

On the day school started, Ouyang Shuo received a system report.

"System Notification: Agricultural school of thought representative figure Xu Xing has taken charge of the agriculture college in Shanhai Territory, attracting disciples, and meeting the three requirements. The agricultural school of thought has officially moved into Shanhai City.""System Notification: The agricultural school of thought has moved into Shanhai City. Shanhai City awarded the title of Land of Agriculture. Congratulations, player Qiyue Wuyi!"The moment the notification sounded out, the other lords could only feel jealous.

Everyone knew that Shanhai City was about to hold the philosophers' debate.

No one expected Shanhai City to already take down the agricultural school of thought before the debate even began.

It was really the case of there would always be someone better than you.

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Chapter 437- Lu Buwei

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Ouyang Shuo took a look at the stats received from the title 'Land of Agriculture'.

Land of Agriculture: Production of territory agricultural products increased by 25%, crops ability to withstand calamities increase by 20%, territory agricultural tools research standards increased by 15%, and territory agriculture technique research level increased by 20%.

As expected from the agriculture school of thought; it increased the agriculture related stats of the territory. After the added buff of the title, Shanhai Territory's agriculture industry would possess a huge lead over other territories.

The addition of the agricultural school of thought meant that he was only one step away from completing the quest—Reappear Philosophers Debate.

Quest Requirements: Restore the prosperous environment of last time, must hold a philosopher debate with deep influence. Out of the 10 school of thoughts, at least three must move into the territory.

The philosophers debate was the first requirement of the quest. As for the second requirement, the Legalism and Agricultural school of thoughts had already moved in. He just needed to recruit one more, and he could complete the quest.

Ouyang Shuo did a simple count, the remaining schools were: Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Logician, Yin Yang, miscellaneous, diplomacy, and minor-talks.

Let us talk about the last school first.

Although it was considered a school of thought, it was not viewed as one of the nine orthodox ones.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and even during the Qin and Zhan Dynasties, the school of minor-talks did not have a huge impact. Only when the Ming Dynasty arrived did it gain fame.

Hence, they could be excluded, and temporarily he did not need to consider them.

In all likelihood, no one from the school of minor-talks would attend this philosophers' debate.

When mentioning Confucianism, Taoism, and Mohism, these three were the huge school of thoughts. It was really difficult to gain their recognition. Ambition to influence the entire territory permeated Confucianism, so it was hard for them to move in, even when another school of thought had already done so.

Those who did move in could only be Confucianism scholars but not their representative figures.

Taoism focused on ruling by not taking action, so it was hard to gain their recognition in an environment like the wilderness.

Hence, Lao Zhuang and the others would choose to seclude themselves.

Moving on to Mohism, they were similar to Confucianism; they also had ambition. The only difference being that Confucianism had the base and ability to complete their ambition, while Mohism could only develop in the dark.

If they wanted to appear and choose a territory to move into, it seemed like a good choice. The only matter was whether or not the current Shanhai City interested Mozi.

Following which would be the school of logicians, Yin Yang school of thought, and the school of diplomacy. These three school of thoughts had their own focuses. Moreover, if used well, they could be of great help.

One had to mention the difference between the school of logicians and the school of diplomacy.

Similarly, the school of diplomacy developed debating talent. The difference is that the school of logicians focused on logic, while the school of diplomacy focused on politics.

Hence, disciples of the school of diplomacy could become diplomats, while people from the school of logicians could not.

The Yin Yang school of thought promoted the five elements beginning story.

The five elements referred to earth, wood, gold, water and fire. Based on their theory, everything in the universe went along with these five elements. Anything that happened was the result of the five elements acting on one another.

Before the Battle of Julu, Ouyang Shuo would not have believed any of that.

However, during the Battle of Julu, Ouyang Shuo had personally witnessed Liu Bang's red dragon spirit. Hence, he had no choice but to believe in the five elements. Obviously, when Gaia designed the luck and prosperity stats, it used the concept of the five elements.

If Ouyang Shuo did not remember wrongly, among the basic buildings of a grade 3 prefecture, there was one observatory that was really suitable for Ying Yang school of though disciples.

The famous Qin Tianjian was in charge of predicting the weather and forming the calendar.

The last school of thought was the miscellaneous school, and its representative figure was Lu Buwei.

Strictly speaking, the miscellaneous school was not a school of thought, as it did not have a way of thinking or tradition.

Ever since the placed Lu Buwei into the miscellaneous school, this school of thought was officially formed.

After Qin Shihuang moved into Xianyang, Lu Buwei definitely would not remain there. Who knows whether this legendary figure would appear in Shanhai City.

All things considered, Ouyang Shuo was most confident about the Ying Yang School of thought, followed by the Mohists.

As for how it all went down, he had to wait for the philosophers' debate.

A few days after, more and more scholars swarmed into Shanhai City.

In the campus of Xinan University, people went to and fro. Especially the book collection house, which was filled to the brim.

Out of all the philosophers, no matter who it was, they would first go to visit Jiangshang and not Ouyang Shuo.

Luckily, the philosophers knew their place and those who went to see Jiangshang were the representative figures.

The normal disciples could only look on from afar and not greet him. If not, Jiangshang, who enjoyed peace and quiet, would probably be annoyed to death.

Since the various disciples all moved into the Juxian House, squabbles would obviously occur.

As they said, in terms of studies, there was no first.

When philosophers met, they would naturally debate and disagree with one another. Needless to say, during the Warring States Period, every school of thought had some animosity with others.

As the representative of Ouyang Shuo and the organizer, Xiao He decided to just move in. He brought men to help settle disputes and fights.

In the end, Jiangshang had no choice but to make a stand.

He officially announced the start of the first proceeding—reading. The philosophers did not need to debate with one another. They would just move into the book collection house first for a week.

No one dared to go against Jiangshang's announcement.

Hence, this small storm was calmed.

Apart from squabbles and disagreements, the scholars who moved in were also gourmets.

Not everyone was like Lao Zhuang, who did not care about anything.

Let us not mention how much they knew about their own school of thought. Solely their material needs made one frown.

When the forest was big, there were many kinds of birds.

Based on Xiao He's words, there were numerous frauds among the scholars.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this report, he was not furious. As a lord, he should possess some magnanimity. He ordered Sangu Restaurant to provide food and drinks for Juxian House.

Only then did the scholars' cries for food calm down.

There were even some shameless people who directly went to the restaurant to eat. They would not pay and directly say: I'm from X school of thought before leaving straightaway.

Such an action really brought shame to the various school of thoughts.

These scholars basically did not belong to the main branch or schools. The names they spoke out were ones that Ouyang Shuo had never heard about.

Speaking of which, the Warring States Period was said to have hundreds of school of thoughts. As for how many there actually were, the people at the time did not verify. If one was exaggerating, one person alone could be considered a school of thought.

They also did not care about the goal or proposition that the school of thought would hold, just raising its flag first without thinking.

On this topic, even famous school of thoughts like Mohism started to fade. As for other obsolete ones, it was even harder to survive.

Who knows how Gaia created them.

Some people only wanted to make use of the philosophers' debate to obtain a sense of existence.

Even so, Ouyang Shuo did not take them lightly.

Who knows? Maybe amongst them, one or two would be real talents. As long as he got one of them, he would be earning. Who cares about the food money?

Even if he did not get any, he would be earning a good reputation.

These scholars were getting good food and wine here, so when they went back, they should at least put in a few good words, right?

Each one saying one good sentence was enough to make Shanhai City sound like heaven.

Reputation seemed obscure, but it was really useful at crucial moments.

Take the Quru Order as an example. The other territories gained benefits, and only Shanhai City obtained nothing. Wasn't this caused by reputation?

Based on the information he received, Di Chen had recruited a few talents from Xianyang City, making Ouyang Shuo's eyes red with envy. Even the other members of the Shanhai Alliance had obtained rewards.

Thinking about how Gong Chengshi bragged on the alliance channel, Ouyang Shuo really wanted to beat him up.

So disappointing!

The only thing that Ouyang Shuo felt happy about was that the Confucian Scholars from Xianyang City did not chose to join any territory. They followed Meng Zi and the rest to Shanhai City for the philosophers' debate.

Whether or not he could take the chance all depended on this event.

On this topic, along with the older generation of each school of thought arriving, only Laozi and Han Feizi had not appeared.

Ouyang Shuo found this really surprising.

Ouyang Shuo had specially let Lianzhou Governor Wei Ran rush back to Shanhai City to accompany Lu Buwei. He did not have high hopes that he could make Lu Buwei work for him.

To say the truth, even if Lu Buwei was willing, Ouyang Shuo still had his worries.

This person was too smart, so Ouyang Shuo did not dare to use him.

On the other hand, Ouyang Shuo was interested in Suqin and Zhang Yi, these brothers from the same school.

It was mentioned before that Shanhai City did not have any diplomats.

With Ouyang Shuo's experience from his last life, diplomats grew more useful the later the game proceeded.

The battles between lords could be categorized into three stages.

First, everyone developed themselves and did not disturb one another.

Second, territories would swallow up one another.

The current wilderness was in the second stage, and this stage would last the longest.

The last would be the stage where everyone tried to hold on.

After the swallowing of one another finished, one region would have many overlords standing off against one another, making it hard to unify the area. Such a situation was like the Warring States Period in history.

At that time, diplomats would take the center stage.

Apart from that, the further the game went on, the greater the threat the lords would have to face from the aboriginals.

With the China region as the example, its surroundings would have people joining in like Mongol, Nuzhen, and Xixia.

One could even say that they were stronger than other lords.

Conquer outside or ensure your territory was safe and peaceful.

This decision solely lied in the hands of the lords.

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Chapter 438- King Beast Scale Armor

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On the subject matter of Zhang Yi, he did in fact have some link with Shanhai City. The first division major general of the Leopard Legion, Wei Zhang was an official from the same place, and they had formed a close relationship.

Because of that, Ouyang Shuo had confidence in persuading Zhang Yi.

However, Wei Zhang was still outside in battle and could not return. Ouyang Shuo could only silently hint at Wei Ran, who was in charge of welcoming them, to reveal the information to Zhang Yi to keep him here.

As for moving in and taking up a role, these matters would be discussed in the future.

8th month 2nd day, Shanhai City.

Just as Shanhai City was preparing for the big occasion, Song Jia had already sneakily returned.

In total, she took less than five days.

Returning along with Song Jia were Cui Tianqi, Banxia, and the rest of the ten disciples. They had spent a hundred odd days out training, similar to Song Jia.

Practical experience definitely helped to mould and shape a person.

The ten young disciples looked tan and had lost their childish feel. They looked more calm and solem. Especially Cui Tianqi, who led the group. As the elder brother disciple, he had taken care of his younger brothers and sisters, and he had grown quickly.

This young swordsman had started to emit the aura of a proper expert.

Ouyang Shuo noticed that the sword by his waist had already changed to the Qingfeng Sword.

The Qingfeng Sword was the sword that Ouyang Shuo originally gave to Song Jia. After she gained the god weapon, she naturally replaced the Qingfeng Sword. For Tianqi to obtain the sword was a form of Song Jia's recognition.

It seems like Song Jia paid a lot of attention to this disciple.

Although Ouyang Shuo was injured, his senses were still as sharp as before. He could smell the blood scent on Tianqi's body. Evidently, the experience on the Five Finger Mountains was not easy.

The ten disciples all had scars of battle.

Amongst which, one had his little leg ripped off by a desolate beast, making him disabled for life.

Practicing martial arts was never as glamorous as it looked; injuries were common place. Not to mention them, even Song Jia had a body covered in injuries when she returned.

This training had an even larger impact on Banxia and the other girls.

In her eyes, there was less arrogance and a few added points of fear.

Ouyang Shuo frowned when he saw this.

This was not a good thing. How did she become more timid after practical training?

Ouyang Shuo did not say anything. Song Jia probably knew this matter too.

"Greetings, lord!"

In the side hall, all the disciples bowed, as they greeted Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo nodded and signaled to the guard that stood at the side.

Almost instantly, they carried a heavy wooden box into the main hall.

After they carried the box into the middle of the hall, they opened it, which revealed ten swords and ten cultivation uniforms.

The Weapons Workshop had crafted the swords; they were all hard to acquire elite products. Qing'er had tailored the cultivation uniforms. Not only did they look exquisite, they also brought with them some stats.

After wearing the uniform, one's internal cultivation speed would increase by 5%.

Although it was not a seismic increase, after daily and monthly accumulation, it would still result in a sizeable sum.

Qing'er had used rare materials to craft the cultivation uniforms. If not, Ouyang Shuo would have just sold it to the outside world. Qing'er had rushed out these ten sets.

Ouyang Shuo naturally bore the material costs.

After Ouyang Shuo chided her, Qing'er had started to refocus on her skills. Cui Yingyu felt heart pained for this little sister, so she told the Cui Chamber of Commerce to acquire large amounts of tailoring blueprints for Qing'er to study.

The cultivation uniforms were one of her proud works.

The first set was naturally given to Ouyang Shuo, as she treated it like a treasure.

Toward Qing'er, Ouyang Shuo had a love-hate relationship.

Through the birth of the cultivation uniform, it was not difficult to see that her talent was heaven-defying. If she put in effort, her future would be limitless.

Just that this girl had headed on the wrong path, falling into the money trap.

If it was not for Ouyang Shuo's scolding, who knows how long it would take for her to learn.

At least it was not too late to turn back.

Probably, in a short amount of time, Qing'er would reach the grandmaster rank tailor.

As an elder, Ouyang Shuo felt heart broken for her.

After spending so much time together, he would naturally develop a lot of feelings for Qing'er and Cui Yingyu. At this point, it was hard for him to look at them as just a bunch of numbers.

In his eyes, they were proper, living human beings.

In the future, Ouyang Shuo would definitely bring both of them out into the real world.

They were the true loved ones of Ouyang Shuo.

Not only him, Bing'er probably felt the same way. Apart from her real brother, that little brat was closest to the two of them.

Especially Qing'er, their ages were relatively similar, and their relationship was closer than even real siblings.

Seeing the disciples drooling as they looked at the swords, Ouyang Shuo smiled, "These are prepared for you. One set per a person, take it!"

"Thank you, my lord!"

Cui Tianqi took the lead to express his thanks, while the other disciples all looked elated.

After splitting the equipment, Ouyang Shuo said, "Guys, since the training has ended, I'll give you all a choice. Either return to the sect to cultivate or join the Nanjiang Governor-General House. The choice is yours; I or your sect leader won't interfere."

Regarding this matter, Ouyang Shuo had already discussed it; this act could not be considered power abuse.

Having some of them join the Nanjiang Governor General House was preparation work for building the Safety Division. The future Safety Division would take responsibility of intel collection and the capture of prisoners.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed a group of martial arts experts to join.

In front of him, was there not such a suitable bunch?

Of course, everyone had their own ambitions; Ouyang Shuo would not force them. After all, when a person entered the Safety Division, unless they died, they could not leave.

The disciples looked at one another, not knowing what to say.

Only Cui Tianqi stepped out without hesitation. With one knee on the ground, he said, "Lord, Tianqi chooses to join the Nanjiang Governor-General House." In his eyes, there were signs of emotion.

Seeing their senior brother take the lead, four other disciples decided to join too.

The remaining disciples, including Banxia, decided to return to the sect.

Lastly, he needed to handle the disciple who was handicapped. After gaining his opinion, Ouyang Shuo instructed Zisu to find a management position for him.

This disciple was called Qu Yepin; he was naturally grateful. The moment he was handicapped, he felt utterly depressed. To a martial artist, losing a leg was more difficult to handle than death.

Qu Yepin had already mentally prepared himself for abandonment. Who knew that he would receive such an ending? The position of manager at the Lord's Manor was an honourable position that everyone vied for.

"Thank you, my lord!"

He knelt on the ground and cried out.

"Get up!"

Following which, Banxia led her three junior sisters back to the sect. Cui Tianqi's and the four other disciples stayed. Out of the five, there was one female disciple.

Firstly, Ouyang Shuo arranged for them to train at the special forces base. They naturally would not undergo fighting training there. Instead, they would learn investigation, camouflage, and interrogation skills.

Those that passed were not enough. One had to have elite grades to enter the Safety Division.

Ouyang Shuo allowed a guard to lead them to the special forces base. In the side hall, only Song Jia and Ouyang Shuo remained.

As for Song Jia's quick return, in truth, Ouyang Shuo was surprised.

Of course, he was also very touched.

Song Jia was probably worried about the poison in his body. As such, she had rushed. Who knows what she went through to find the iron armored king beast.

Just as Ouyang Shuo wanted to thank her, the guard outside suddenly reported.

"Lord, God Physician Bianque is waiting."

Who knew that Bianque was also so efficient.

"Invite him in."

"Yes, my lord!"

When Bianque entered, he bowed to Ouyang Shuo.

Song Jia did not say anything. She simply took out a rhino horn and a small box. Inside the box was naturally the inner pellet of the King Beast.

When Bianque received it, he looked really emotional.

To a god physician, seeing medical resources that he had not seen before was a blessing.

"How is it?"

Song Jia was even more nervous than Ouyang Shuo.

"Elite product, elite."

Bianque was amazed.

When Song Jia heard these words, she heaved a sigh of relief.

Bianque carefully covered the box and raised his head," Lord and madam, please don't worry. I'll finish the pill in three days."

"Thank you!"

Bianque stood up and left.

After Bianque left, Song Jia took out a scale armor from her storage bag and smiled, "Blockhead, look; this is top-grade scale armor."

Ouyang Shuo took a piece, only to see a scale armor which was tough and closely packed. He used his strength to pull at it but could not budge it. How shocking.

One must know that Ouyang Shuo had the strength of three oxen. Although he had not used all of his strength, he had still applied a lot of force.

Such a scale armor was really a top-grade item.

"Infuse your primordial energy and try it again."

Obviously, the secrets of the scale armor was not limited to its toughness.

When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, he directed a thread of golden primordial energy into the armor. Only to see it swim away and unable to harm the armor's structure.

"This?"

Ouyang Shuo was astonished.

Seeing Ouyang Shuo's expression, Song Jia nodded her head in glee and smiled, "This scale armor is not only tough. The rarer aspect is that internal strength can't damage it. It is a top grade armor ingredient."

Ouyang Shuo nodded his head.

Apart from that, the scale armor had other magical uses. He predicted that after using primordial energy on it, the toughness would increase.

"How did you kill this king beast?"

Thinking about that, Ouyang Shuo looked at Song Jia with doubt.

The strength of the king beast was not hard to imagine since it had such an armor protecting it. At the start, when Ouyang Shuo killed a basic iron armor beast, he had expended a lot of energy to do so.

Moreover, that iron armor beast was nothing compared to the king beast.

"Secret!"

Song Jia smiled, but she did not reveal her methods.

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Chapter 439- Iron Armored Beast Division

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Ouyang Shuo looked at Song Jia with love and pity.

This silly girl just wanted to seem strong.

"Give me the scale armor. I'll pass it to Qing'er. So many pieces, probably enough to make three to four sets of inner armor."

The inner armor was secondary, the primary matter was that with so many valuable materials, Qing'er had a chance to reach the grandmaster level. Last time, that little girl was still grumbling to him about not having enough rare materials to break the bottleneck.

Ouyang Shuo had passed her the scale armor from the iron armored beast, but it was not good enough for her.

"Great!"

Song Jia passed them all to Ouyang Shuo, 'Oh yeah, there's also this." As she spoke, Song Jia took out a book from her storage bag.

"What's that?"

Ouyang Shuo received it and took a look. Then, his mouth gaped open.

Iron Armored Beast Domestication Technique Manual: After use, naturally learns the technique to domesticate the iron armored beasts.

"This king beast also dropped this?"

"Yeah."

"That's not bad!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled. In his heart, there was not too much shock.

One must know that even on Qiongzhou Island, the iron armored beasts were a rare species. Hence, even with this manual, one could not start a large scale domestication process, as they would lack the numbers required.

"You ya."

Song Jia looked at Ouyang Shuo. She was somewhat speechless, so she unhappily said, "Don't look down on people. What if I said that I found a valley with thousands of them living in it?"

"What?"

Ouyang Shuo did not notice that his voice was quaking; her words had shaken his entire train of thought.

A valley with thousands of them? What kind of concept was that? Combining the manual and these beasts, it would birth a whole new type of cavalry.

Iron Armored Beast Division? The thought alone made one emotional.

One must know that the iron armored beasts were actual desolate beasts; they could compare to spirit beasts. Such beasts could be much better mounts than Qingfu Horses.

After all, no matter how you compared them, the Qingfu Horse was just a normal warhorse.

Think about the massive size of the iron armored beast. In tandem with their strength and explosiveness, such a cavalry would create a nightmare.

Probably, the only lacking aspect would be stamina.

However, that would not pose a problem. An iron armored cavalry force must form the strongest heavy armored cavalry. They would be a terrifying presence that could decide the outcome of a battle.

Heavy armored cavalry did not need to embark on long distance battles.

Their goal was to directly slaughter the enemy in front of them.

Of course, to control such a strong mount, it would ask a lot from the rider. The first people to come to Ouyang Shuo's mind were the mountain barbarians.

Probably only the similarly strong mountain barbarians could ride such a desolate beast.

Quickly, a basic plan formed in Ouyang Shuo's mind. As he thought about this matter, Ouyang Shuo turned around and looked deep into Song Jia's eyes, "Jiajia, you really are my lucky star."

As he spoke, he suddenly hugged her.

"Stupid blockhead."

Song Jia could not block his sneak attack. Her face reddened with embarrassment.

"Haha."

Ouyang Shuo was on cloud nine.

When the guards outside of the hall heard the noises from within, they acted obliviously. These Guards were the soldiers of the Divine martial Guards, his most loyal soldiers.

At this moment, Ouyang Shuo thought about actual matters.

"Men!"

"Present!"

"Invite Du Ruhui, Zhu Hongliang, and Xia Houying over to the main hall."

"Yes, my Lord!"

When she saw that Ouyang Shuo needed to hold a meeting, Song Jia was ready to leave.

Song Jia knew her place. Although she was the female owner of the manor, she would not interfere in his work matters. She knew that along with Ouyang Shuo's rise in power, some matters would become untouchable.

Especially with her family behind her, who did not know their place.

Political interference would always worry a Lord.

Relatives interfering was an even more worrying matter.

Song Jia was a smart girl, as she had grown up in such an environment. She knew how she should behave.

Ouyang Shuo was very pleased about this point.

"Wait up."

Ouyang Shuo called her and laughed, "Invite your mom and dad over tomorrow."

Since Song Jia had returned, the matter of dealing with the Song Family had shifted up his agenda.

Ouyang Shuo knew the Battle of Zhaoqing like the back of his fingertips.

Compared to the Battle of Leizhou, he had only sent three divisions to the Battle of Zhaoqing. They were the 2nd and 4th division of the Dragon Legion and the 1st division of the Leopard Division.

Amongst which, the Leopard Division had newly formed, so they lacked combat strength in comparison.

In theory, they should increase the number of troops in this attack.

However, Du Ruhui considered everything and could only shake his head and say no.

The 1st division of the Dragon Legion and the 3rd division of the Tiger Legion had already gathered in Broken Blade House. They were ready to go past the hundred thousand mountains to attack Wuzhou.

The 3rd division of the Dragon Legion was housed in Mulan Stronghold.

Along with the establishment of Taiping Country, as well as the swallowing of Zhen An and Guilin Prefecture, Taiping Country's troops had increased to nearly 200 thousand in number.

The troops housed north of the fortress had increased to 40 thousand. With only the 3rd division, the defence was really nervous.

Thanks to the stronghold, they could use one division to go against 40 thousand troops with little issue.

The key question was what if they suddenly increased their troops?

In that case, Mulan Stronghold would fail to remain rock stable.

With the ambitions of the Taiping Country, there was a chance that it might happen.

After all, as long as they took Mulan Stronghold down, their troops could directly attack Lianzhou Prefecture.

However, Hong Xiuquan did not know how many elite troops were housed in Lianzhou. If not, he would definitely launch an attack.

Since Shanhai City had the Military Intelligence Division and the Black Snake Guards, in terms of intel, the Taiping Country were totally on the back foot. They were not even on the same level.

Their every move was known to Shanhai City.

On the contrary, they knew nothing about Shanhai City. No one could pass through Mulan Stronghold. Even a fly could not enter.

Hence, Ouyang Shuo was confident in their ability to crush and suppress Taiping Country.

The other three divisions of the Tiger Legion had just finished the Battle of Qiongzhou, so they needed to rest up.

Apart from that, there was another reason—some of the aboriginal tribes had not submitted. The resistance and sneak attacks happened constantly, which affected the construction in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

These aboriginals were very crafty. They would not attack the large cities. Instead, they chose small settlements and villages.

Under such circumstances, Ouyang Shuo naturally could not move the Tiger Legion.

He sent a letter to General Sun Bin and Governor Tian Wenjing. He asked them to with one another. The officials would take a soft stance, while the military would take a hard stance to suppress the violence and situation.

Although Ouyang Shuo did not scold anyone in the letter, both of them could sense his fury.

The moment he blew up, Qiongzhou Prefecture would experience another bloodbath.

Before he moved into Yashan, Ouyang Shuo could tell that the aboriginals there were hard to handle. However, he did not expect them to face so many problems even with a full legion defending.

Their toughness had far exceeded his expectations.

He could only send a letter and hope for them to clear up the matter. If not, he did not mind fighting fire with fire and killing them all.

During the entire Battle of Qiongzhou, he had not ordered the extermination of any tribe. If the situation really went out of hand, he could only take such an action to send a message.

Apart from the two legions, only the Guards division and palace Guards remained.

Unfortunately, the Battle of Julu caused heavy casualties to both these groups. The losses in men could not be replenished in a day or two.

The palace Guards were still okay, as they could directly chose men from the Guards division. At the same time, the unit was renamed to the Divine Martial Guards.

The Guards division faced more of a problem. They were already lacking men. Now, 1400 were taken away; it was tough.

The major general Lin Yi ran over to complain once every few days.

Unfortunately, as it was still war time, they could not reduce the combat strength on the frontline forces. As such, the Military Affairs Department could only choose from the 3rd division of the Dragon Legion, 1st division of the Dragon Legion, and 3rd division of the Tiger Legion at Broken Blade House.

They could only slowly fill up the missing members of the three divisions,

Shi Wanshui and the other generals all had small grumbles about this matter. One must know that although they were not on the frontlines yet, they would soon be.

At this time, suddenly taking hundreds and thousands of elites, although it was not enough to affect the essence, it was enough to give them a headache.

Ouyang Shuo did not let this matter fester.

In order to alleviate their complaints, he could only promise to quickly replenish their members. At the same time, he promised to give them more equipment and grain.

Only then did this matter come to rest.

When the territory enlarged, problems would arise.

As the Lord, he could not just protect the Guards division and the Divine Martial Guards. If not, the other units would start to have problems and unrest.

The new members sent from the three divisions were not directly used. They had to be sent to the special forces base for two weeks of training.

Trump card forces like the Guards division and the Divine Martial Guards were strong. However, the moment they suffered loses, it was difficult to regain strength. Otherwise, Ouyang Shuo would not have just built group of them.

Hence, everything considered, they could not increase the number of troops to attack Zhaoqing.

Baiqi and Han Xin could only lead three divisions.

Apart from that, there was the help from the Tianshuang County city protection division.

Although they had a logistic supply advantage compared to the Battle of Leizhou, it was much harder in other aspects.

For the Battle of Leizhou, they had caught the enemy off guard. When Leizhou fell, not only the Lords in Zhaoqing, but the Lords in the entire Lingnan Province were shouting that the wolves were here.

At this point in time, it was impossible to launch another sneak attack.

They could only attack head on.

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Chapter 440- The Way Out for the Song Family

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Not long after Song Jia left, Du Ruhui and the others hurried over to the main hall.

"Lord!"

"Sit!"

Ouyang Shuo provided a simple description of the iron armored beast valley situation to them.

All three of them were smart people, and they immediately understood why Ouyang Shuo called them over for a meeting. Especially the newly appointed animal husbandry director, Xia Houying. Excitement flashed in his eyes.

Xia Houying did not expect to meet such great news so soon after his appointment.

Ouyang Shuo passed Xia Houying the Iron Armored Beast Domestication Technical Manual and said solemnly, "The iron armored beast valley shall be under the jurisdiction of your department, so you must take good care of it."

"Don't worry, my Lord!"

To Xia Houying, this was a great chance to win the Lord's trust. Even if Ouyang Shuo did not mention it, he still would have taken care of the matter beautifully.

Domesticating iron armored beasts was not going to be an easy matter—everyone knew this.

Although the iron armored beasts were mutated from rhinoceroses, they were not as calm or as gentle. Solely approaching them and making them accept humans would pose a huge problem.

Apart from that, what were their habits and preferences?

What do they eat? What do they not eat? What happens if they get sick? When does it give birth? The answer to such questions were recorded in the technical manual, but knowing it was one thing and handling it was another.

Take purely food as an example.

The iron armored beast was a herbivore. When it was in the wilderness, it would naturally eat everything. If humans were to feed it, they would have to specifically choose herbs and grasses. Purely in a knowledge sense, it was a really hard to obtain.

The breeding farm was one matter. What about when the beasts enter the army? What would happen to their food supply? This problem was another huge headache.

Domesticating the iron armored beast was not as straightforward as war horses. Even so, Xia Houying was very confident, solely because of his vast experience in horse breeding.

The two still had its similarities.

Apart from domesticating the iron armored beast, the Combat Logistics Department's role was to make armor for the beasts.

The iron armored beast was much rarer that the Qingfu Horses. Naturally, they had to be protected. Each death would result in a massive loss. Knives and swords had no eyes on the battlefield, which was why it was hard for mounts to survive.

Apart from protecting its stomach, joints, head and other important areas, the horn also had to be protected. If it was used well, their horns would form a killer weapon.

In this aspect, Ouyang Shuo had experience.

On the battlefield, if the horn struck someone, even if they did not die, they would still suffer heavy injuries.

Lastly, the selection of members, which was the hardest part.

As there were a limited number of iron armored beasts, the could only temporarily form a guard—three thousand men.

After all, the number of mountain barbarians were also limited.

From the mountain barbarian tribes living in the territory, they basically chose all of the elites. They were mainly gathered in the two heavy armored infantry regiments in the 3rd division of the Dragon Legion.

Ouyang Shuo naturally would not take them apart, so he could only search for new members. Unfortunately, with the establishment of Chiyou City, the mountain barbarians on top of hundred thousand mountains were basically swept clean.

The only way was to take down Chiyou City.

Luckily, the construction of the iron armored beast ranch, the breeding of the iron armored beasts, and the research and crafting of the armor all needed some time.

Especially the breeding of the iron armored beast, which would not take a short time.

Establishing the iron armored guards would not result in short term gain. They could not totally use up all the iron armored beasts in the valley, and they needed to wait until the number of beasts reached a certain scale.

This matter still needed planning and discussion.

8th month 3rd day, Song Jia headed to Tianshuang County.

That afternoon, she brought her parents over to Shanhai City.

Ouyang Shuo had been waiting beside the teleportation formation. Only Zisu accompanied him. Ouyang Shuo personally welcomed them, but he did not order a large scale event.

Song Jia's father would probably understand the deep meaning behind this.

Song Jia's father was around fifty years old, and he looked highly energized and healthy. Occasionally, a spark of energy would appear in his eyes, indicating that this person was smart and had a business mind.

In reality, he ran the Song Family Financial group.

Song Jia's mother was a gentle and demure woman. Her dressing seemed simple, but it was tasteful, and each aspect of her clothes was exquisite.

Song Jia mostly inherited her genes from her mother.

"Uncle, Auntie!"

Ouyang Shuo walked up and greeted them.

"Are you little Shuo? Hearing your name is not the same as meeting you ah."

Song Jia's father walked up and shook hands with Ouyang Shuo; his attitude warm.

"Uncle is too kind!"

Song Jia's mother stood next to Song Jia, behind them, as she judged Ouyang Shuo.

This morning, Ouyang Shuo had specially chosen scholar clothes. Along with his handsome face, he looked elegant and mature.

As the saying goes, 'When one's father-in-law and mother-in-law looked at their-son-in-law, they would like him more and more.'

Song Jia's mother first impression of him was not bad.

"Jiajia you have good taste."

"Of course, it's me you're talking about."

In front of her mother, Song Jia was just a little girl; she would not act humble.

"That's right. Whose daughter are you?"

"Mother!"

Song Jia was helpless against her mother's teachings.

The personality of the two were really similar. It seems like when her mother was young, she was as playful as her.

"Please!"

Ouyang Shuo led the way.

When Shanhai City expanded, they also rebuilt the imperial city.

On the square in front of the Governor-General House was a pond. In the middle of the pond stood a statue, the symbol of Shanhai Territory. In the mouth of the dragon, water spurted out.

Under the shine of the sunlight, a rainbow appeared.

Ouyang Shuo led Song Jia and her parents to the back hall. After a short rest, they went to the back garden.

They would constantly reconstruct the entire back garden, so it had grown more and more exquisite and scenic, having the feel of an emperor's garden. In the current season, the garden bloomed with flowers, as the birds chirped and the fishes swam.

On the grass, there were even little deers playing around.

Occasionally, one could see rabbits, mountain goats, peacocks, and other animals. Needless to say, all of these animals were domesticated because of Bing'er.

The entire back garden was her playground.

Ouyang Shuo had even built a modern playground at a corner. Inside it was swings, slides, and the like, and it even had a small-sized castle.

Ouyang Shuo's love for her was simply like no other.

Hence, only especially close people were invited to the back garden.

On the loft, Zisu had already asked for servants to prepare afternoon tea.

The four of them walked on the stone path and went to the loft. Looking from afar, one could see the lakes and the mountains. Drinking and eating in this environment created an exceptional feeling.

At the side of the loft, a girl was playing on a zither.

The soothing zither sounds merged perfectly with the sounds of the birds.

All of these aspects were perfectly planned; Ouyang Shuo had done this to especially welcome the two.

"Little Shuo has planned everything well!"

Song Jia's father nodded his head pleased and said, "We really made you busy." With Ouyang Shuo's position, to spend so much effort really showed his sincerity.

Of course, Song Jia's father was silently reminding him not to be materialistic. Although the sights and scenery were beautiful, a Lord should not focus on such aspects.

Ouyang Shuo understood these words, which he remembered in his heart.

However, in truth, he rarely came over to the back garden, as he totally lacked the time.

As they talked, two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

"Jiajia, bring me around the garden!"

Song Jia's mother was really smart. She knew that they should leave the two men some time to talk alone.

"Okay!"

Song Jia smiled as she got up

After the two of them left, Ouyang Shuo finally started talking about the detailed matters.

"What Jiajia's second uncle is thinking, I believe Jiajia has already told you?"

"Yes, she has."

"What are your views on it?"

Song Jia's father looked up at Ouyang Shuo; his expression complicated.

Ouyang Shuo slightly smiled, "The key isn't how I see it, but it is how you see it."Silence, a long silence.

"Haiz!"

Song Jia's father let out a long sigh; he picked up his teacup and drank.

"His ambitions are too great."

If only his second brother opposed, Song Jia's father would not feel afraid. The problem laid in the fact that even his father was not making a stand about it.

The entire Song Family had an impetuous air around them.

It was because Ouyang Shuo noticed such a point that he did not express his views. The internal affairs of the Song family were not something he should interfere in.

"Uncle, you should step out!"

Seeing him unable to decide, Ouyang Shuo had to speak up.

"Oh?"

Song Jia's father raised his head; his sharp eyes seemingly about to pierce Ouyang Shuo.

Ouyang Shuo remained calm.

His words were said after careful consideration; they definitely were not random.

With the current state of the Song Family, the only way to solve this matter was for Song Jia's grandfather to totally step down and for her father to take over.

Only then could Ouyang Shuo work with them without worries.

If not, both sides would have a level of distrust regarding one another.

Another period of silence.

Ouyang Shuo was helpless. Merchants were like that, considering so many things.

He was not a merchant but a lord, a future king. He liked spontaneous action when he deemed it necessary.

"You are right."

Maybe he felt Ouyang Shuo's ambition and determination, as Song Jia's father finally made up his mind.

"It's time to lay out the cards with my father."

The moment he said these words, Song Jia's father grew a lot more relaxed.

His father was the huge mountain pressing on all their heads. If one wanted to challenge him, they needed plenty of courage and ability.

When Ouyang Shuo heard this reply, he nodded happily.

Toward the future plans of the Song Family, Ouyang Shuo had made a rough outline. After taking over Zhaoqing, the Song Family would have to leave Tianshuang County. As compensation, Ouyang Shuo would allow them to continue their old profession.

Shanhai Territory would not restrict the Song Chamber of Commerce.

This was the promise Ouyang Shuo made to Song Jia's father.

Apart from that, Song Wen and his brother would also hold high positions in the structure of the territory.

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