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Chapter 697-Chaos
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Across the vast Zhan River, the current flowed ferociously like a dragon covering the south land. The fast currents splashed at ever sharp turn.
On the two sides of the river, the trees and grass were a withered yellow; the rare few farmers seemed to be struggling.
On the Yunmeng Lake toward the east, a vast and fertile wilderness spread out for thousands of miles. During this winter season, it was also dead silent. Among the tall yellow bushes, wolves lurked while eagles circled the skies.
During the winter season, even the strongest and healthiest leopards and wolves would have times where they were hungry.
Hunger was the best description of the final years of the East Han period.
Even humans were getting hungry, much less leopards and wolves.
The voyage squadron spread out over hundreds of meters travelled along with the cold winter wind. The white sails were struck by the cold wind and sounded out, pushing the enormous warships forward.
On Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo frowned.
Four days!
The voyage squadron had rushed day and night for four days, but the water surface revealed nothing but the occasional one or two fishing boats.
It was like the Lu Su Army had disappeared into thin air.
"That's not possible!" Ouyang Shuo muttered.
Thanks to the traveling speed of the voyage squadron, they had traveled a thousand miles from the Han River into the opening of Changjiang. Even like this, they still had not caught up to Lu Su's Army.
"Let's just wait more patiently, there's no way they are that fast." Jia Xu consoled.
After a few days of interacting with one another, Jia Xu's opinion of Ouyang Shuo had changed. This young man was truly different, be it terms of knowledge, magnanimity, or skills, he was exceptional.
Jia Xu could not help but compare him to Cao Cao many times.
Such thinking was truly dangerous, and Jia Xu knew it.
"Mister is right, this is a battle of determination, we cannot give up."
Ouyang Shuo looked forward, his eyes resolute.On the 5th day of the battle map, the scouts at the front finally sent news back.
"Monarch, there are traces of the enemy 100 miles ahead," the scout reported.
"100 miles, which means they are about to enter Changjiang?"
"Yes."
Ouyang Shuo immediately made a decision and ordered, "Order the squadron to increase the speed forward, do not let them get away." The moment they entered Changjiang, there was a chance that the voyage squadron would lose them.
Who knows whether the Lu Su Army would travel up Changjiang or go downward. If they split up and moved in formations, that would be far worse.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to settle them all.
"Yes, my Monarch!"
Zheng He also noticed the severity of the situation and started to command the squadron.
At the same time, the battle orders were given.
The soldiers entered a level 1 state of alert, and the cannoneers started to adjust their cannons and prepare for the battle. As they swiftly proceeded forward, the entire formation of the squadron changed.
Such technique, such execution, only the voyage squadron could do this. Through the entire voyage, their biggest gain was the development of experienced sailors and navy.
The voyage squadron was like an arrow that surged forward through the river.
At 3 PM, they finally saw the enemy squadron on the river.
"Strike the drums!" Zheng He ordered.
Hong! Hong! Honghong!
The war drum sounded, booming out with a unique tempo.
Along with the war drums, the morale of the soldiers started to gather up.
The current voyage squadron had completed their change in formation. The 20 giant turreted ships at the front were lined up in twos; their mission was to use their sharp and sturdy horns to break through the enemy formation.
The three Man O' Wars followed in single file. They were the river killers, the moment they started firing, no one could block them.
After them were 20 more turreted warships; they would cover the battleships and two provided cover fire. Finally, there were the numerous Mengchong Warships and Cima Boats.
Their mission was to clean up the battlefield and remove the remaining forces.
The river surface was narrow. They only thought of such a formation after a few days of discussions.On the river surface not far away, Lu Su stood on deck, his expression solemn.
As the second most important person in the Jiangdong Army, the true Lu Su in history was ambitious, and he possessed both incredible foresight and intelligence. He was not the dumb and honest fellow as described in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
200 A.D., Lu Su analyzed the world situation and came up with suggestions that pointed the direction for the Jiangdong Regime.
During the Battle of Red Cliff, he was a crucial person who did even more than Zhuge Liang.
At that moment, he was the first to stand out to suggest that Sun Quran work with Liu Bei to go against Cao Cao. He was also the first to suggest that they called Zhou Yu back to discuss matters.
The situation was that Jiangdong was strong and Liu Bei was weak. Jiangdong was the main and Liu Bei followed them. Not to mention that Zhuge Liang was a young man without fame or position.
Hence, Zhuge Liang only helped to rush the forming of the alliance and similar diplomatic matters during the Battle of Red Cliff.
As for battling, it was the contributions of Zhou Yu and Huang Gai, nothing to do with Zhuge Liang.
210 A.D., Zhou Yu recommended Lu Su before he died, "Lu Su is loyal and does things carefully, he can replace me. If general can gain his trust, you can rest easy."
With that, Sun Quan ordered Lu Su to replace Zhou Yu to lead.
One could see that Lu Su was truly a talent and was not like the man described in Romance of the Three Kingdoms."They still chased up in the end!"
The moment he received Zhou Yu's emergency report, Lu Su ordered the squadron to turn and rush back to Red Cliff to work with the player forces at Red Cliff to defend against the enemy.
They did not expect that even after rushing so much, they would still be a step slower in the end.
"Admiral, what should we do?" Lu Meng asked.
Lu Meng was also one of the core members in this Jiangdong organization. After the Battle of Red Cliff ended, Zhou Yu recommended Lu Meng to chase the Cao Cao Navy.
However, Lu Meng rejected the proposal and said that he did not dare snatch credit from Lu Su.
With that, a situation where the two led together appeared.
On the topic of Lu Meng, the most familiar story to everyone should be the story about Lu Meng studying – 'Wuxia Ahmeng.'
This classic story truly happened to Lu Meng. From his legend, future generations could see his growth from a rash warrior to a famous general.
After Lu Su died, Lu Meng replaced him.
One of the most classical achievements of Lu Meng was going past the river and taking over Jingzhou, killing Guan Yu in the process.
Apart from that, Lu Meng also had an eye for talent.
Gan Ning, Lu Xun, Zhu Ran, and more were recommended by him.
Especially Lu Xun, who became the backbone of East Wu, his position comparable to Zhou Yu.
One could say that East Wu had many talents.
If one really made a comparison, only the Shu Han Regime during the Three Kingdoms Period had as many talents. Amongst which, there was Zhuge Liang's influence."What else can we do?" Lu Su frowned, "The enemy caught up to us from such a long distance away, so we cannot escape even if we want to. The river is so narrow, so we have nowhere to go. We can only fight."
"Understood!" Lu Meng nodded solemnly.
After a short while, the Lu Su Army similarly banged their war drums.
To make matters worse for them, as they were being chased, they had their backs toward the enemy. The river was so narrow, so turning back was impossible.
If they hurried to try and turn, only chaos would ensue.
Hence, under the leadership of Lu Meng, Lin Tong, and the others, the navy just stayed still and waited for the attack.
From their point of view, naval battle was simply shooting at one another. If shooting failed to solve the problem, they could just go over and stab the enemy.
Hence, the direction the boats were facing did not matter.
As the strongest navy during the Three Kingdoms Period, they had never feared anyone. Along with the might they established during the Battle of Red Cliff, even though Zhou Yu mentioned that the enemy was extremely strong, they still did not believe it.
"No matter how strong they are, do you think that they can flip the heavens?" Gan Ning's words were basically what they all thought.
They were just frogs in a well.
Out of all the generals, only Lu Su and Lu Meng were solemn. First, they trusted Admiral Zhou Yu and knew that he would not randomly spout words.
If he said that they were strong, they were definitely strong.
However, the extent of their strength was something that even Zhou Yu did not know.
Only by facing off would they truly feel the enemy's strength.
Without mentioning other factors, at the very least, the enemy's traveling speed was much faster. It was not by just a bit but double theirs.
Hence, how could the two of them be relaxed?
Furthermore, they did not have a numerical advantage, so if they truly fought, they did not have a high chance of winning.
However, they were forced into such a situation, and they had no other choice.20 minutes later, the vanguard forces of the voyage squadron finally entered the eyes of the Lu Su Army.
The five-story high turreted ships spread out across the river, shocking the Lu Su Army soldiers.
Without even the enemy approaching, a massive suppressive feeling engulfed them.
"Heavens, there's actually such a giant warship in this world!" The soldiers watched on with their mouths agape.
Their morale was unavoidably affected.
"Shoot the arrows!"
Gan Ning and the others were not afraid and led the attack.
The rumbling cannons replied to their actions.
Hong!
Cannons exploded on the river surface, splitting the Lu Su warships apart.
"What is the situation?"
Gan Ning's eyes widened, not knowing what weapon the enemy was using. The only replied he received was the rushed sounds of the cannons.
"We are finished!"
Lu Su painfully closed his eyes, unable to bear watching the situation in front of him.
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Chapter 698-Capturing Lu Su Alive
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The result of the naval battle on the Han River surface was not too surprising.
Against the strong voyage squadron, the Lu Su Army had no way to fight back and could only take a beating.
The 20 giant turreted ships used their size, sharp horns, and cannon fire to blast open a gaping hole in their formation.
The infallible Lu Su Army looked like a gentle girl. The arrows that they shot out were like tickles to the turreted ships.
Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and the other generals had strong martial arts but nowhere to use them.
A round of cannon fire shot accurately at their flagship, causing it to shake left and right. Gan Ning had no choice but to jump off the warship and enter the river to try to survive.
Staying on the warship was just asking to die.
"Your grandmother!" The ice cold Han River made Gan Ning and the others feel uncomfortable.
The three Man O' Wars that trailed closely behind were like three fire-breathing deep ocean beasts, shooting out cannonballs and destroying the enemy warships, blowing them into pieces.
The three levels of cannon openings, with hundreds of cannons firing out at full force.
None of the enemy warships along the way could take a round of fire. Under the hundreds and thousands of cannon balls, the warships were blown into bits, fires raging.
There were some fearless warships that tried to guide the warships that were already in flames toward the Man O' War for a double suicide.
Unfortunately, due to the cannon fire, none of them could smoothly approach. Before they even got close, they became targets and were sunk to the bottom of the river.
Along with them were thousands of soldiers and sailors.
The morale and mental strength of the Lu Su Army started to crack and fall apart. The giant turreted ships, the Mengchong warships, and the Cima boats smoothly claimed the rest.
On the chilly river, warships in flames were everywhere. Thanks to the wind, the fires burned even brighter, and the soldiers could not extinguish the flames even if they tried.
They could only jump into the water to have a shot at surviving.
Layers of wooden planks from the warships formed up layer after layer on the river, a majestic sight. Many human heads floated up and down the river, they laid on the wooden boards, fighting for their lives.
In the bone chilling waters, it was basically hell for any soldier that fell into it. The cold was like an ice needle sticking into their skin, muscles, and even bones.
If they spent too long in the water, even if they were saved, they would probably end up with some illness.Jia Xu stood aboard Dragon Head, and gaped at the destruction before his eyes.
As they say, what goes around comes around.
More than 10 days ago, the Cao Navy was totally buried by the Jiangdong Navy, destroying Cao Cao's ambition. This time, it was their turn to be crushed.
The entire squadron was pretty much destroyed.
On the vast river surface, there was not a single enemy warship that was traveling normally. In front of the blistering speed of the voyage squadron, they could not escape.
The smart ones wanted to dive into the water and sneak onto shore.
However, how could Zheng He allow them do as they wished? There were already frogmen lying in wait, engaging in endless slaughter beneath the ocean. After this battle, only a few lucky ones could survive.
On the surface, numerous corpses floated, the fresh blood dyed the water red, a truly gruesome color.
If he did not personally witness it, Jia Xu would not have believed there was such a strong navy in the world. Ouyang Shuo's previous promise to Cao Cao was definitely true.
This added a lot more confidence to Jia Xu for the following Battle of Red Cliff.
Although Ouyang Shuo was not as stunned as Jia Xu, the battle results had still exceeded his expectations. However, what he cared the most about now was the lives of Lu Su, Lu Meng, and the others.
The cannon fire had no eyes during battle.
Ouyang Shuo had no way to request the squadron to choose their enemy. He only wished that these Jiangdong Generals had a strong will to live and that the frogmen could capture them.
As the battlefield was swept, good news and bad news flowed endlessly.
Of the generals he wanted, Lu Su and Lu Meng were captured by the frogmen and locked up in the jail onboard Dragon Head.
With that, half his of goals were achieved.
The bodies of the lesser generals like Lin Tong and the others were found one by one. War was merciless and not everyone could survive. If one did not dodge in time, they would be smashed by the cannonballs.
Lastly, there were the two fierce generals Gan Ning and Zhou Tai; they were not found, and their traces were unknown.
"Search everywhere, they must be in the water." Ouyang Shuo was resolute.
If both of them escaped, this would be a total failure to Ouyang Shuo.
These two generals were both familiar with the water and had great bodily qualities. Ouyang Shuo had reason to believe that they were hiding in some corner of the battlefield, ready to make their escape.
He would even say that they had probably disguised themselves.
On the river surface, corpses laid everywhere; there were warship debris, and broken wooden planks. If someone was good in the water, hiding was just too simple.
"Yes Monarch!"
When Zheng He received the orders, he immediately ordered the frogmen and Cima Boats to form a massive search net, one on the surface and one in the water.
"If they're alive, I want to see the; if they're dead, I want to see their bodies."
Following the orders of the Admiral, the frogmen and the elite navy all opened their eyes wide, not letting anything or any corner go.
Many corpses were pushed aside and planks were removed, and even the debris was checked out.
According to the words of the officer, "Open up your eyes; do not let even a shrimp past."
This was truly an inescapable net.On the northwest side of the battlefield, in an unassuming corner, a body floated up and down. A pair of cold eyes focused on the searching squad; he held the knife in his hand tight.
The cold river water did not corrupt his mental strength. His body, which was hardening, still had shocking strength; he was getting ready to strike at any moment to kill the enemy.
He knew he would definitely be unable to escape.
Just as the searching squad approached the body, the knife flashed and four lives fell.
Such knife technique was simply exceptional.
In the water, despite being stopped by the current, he actually still possessed such killing strength.
Ahh!
The struck soldiers let out cries before falling.
This caused an uproar.
"There's a situation!"
"He's there, surround him!"
"Capture him alive!"
Orders were sent to the frontline in an orderly manner.
The battle there was still continuing.
Every moment, every second, there were soldiers falling.
The river surface that had calmed down once again welcomed the waves of death.
Every time the knife shone, a life was taken.
In less than 10 minutes, hundreds of soldiers had already totally surrounded this 'assassin'.
Hence, the situation was finally under control.
Taking down this person was just a matter of time. No matter how strong a tiger was, if it was surrounded by wolves, it could only struggle but not escape.
If it was not for the instructions of the Lord, this fellow would have been killed already.
Just at this moment, another cry sounded from the other side of the battlefield.
"It's the other one!"
"Quick, do not let him run!"
These two men, one east and one west, started their assault.
This was their final glory. They were like lions protecting their last shred of dignity. The moment they appeared, they were ready to die.
Unfortunately for them, even dying was not so easy.
After an hour of battle, the two of them were exhausted and were finally captured.
"We've got them!"
"Quick, send them to the flagship!"
Although a hundred men had perished, the soldiers were still delighted and proud like they had won a war.
Massive rewards awaited them all. Needless to say, this was someone the Monarch wanted and to make the Monarch happy was the greatest honor.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he brought Jia Xu up to the deck.
"Is it them?" Ouyang Shuo asked Jia Xu.
"That's right, that's Gan Ning and Zhou Tai."
Although they were both covered in blood, Jia Xu recognized them instantly.
"Great. Bandage them and ask the physician to treat them. Do not let any accidents happen."
"Yes my Monarch!"
The soldiers brought them down and left.
At this point, the battle had ended in a complete victory for the voyage squadron.
Lu Su, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai were captured. In the future days, recruiting them was not an impossible matter.
After the end of the battle, the squadron set off once more, their next stop was Red Cliff.
There, some people waited patiently for them to arrive.
The road ahead was still filled with thorns.
After this battle was over, Ouyang Shuo's battle contribution points had increased by over hundred thousand, allowing him to take the top spot on the rankings.
The change in the rankings instantly attracted the attention of the players.
Bai Hua and the rest finally relaxed. The rankings did not change during these two days, so they were worried that something had happened to the voyage squadron.
After a short while, Cao Cao received the news and was elated.
Qin Feng, Caiyun Zinan, and the others looked at the 1st placed person on the rankings, and their eyes froze.
An unavoidable pressure surged toward them.
The Sun Liu Camp players were the most shocked.
Xiong Ba, Zhan Lang, and the others looked at the leaderboard and sighed, "They were caught up to in the end."
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Chapter 699-Liu Bei's Selfishness
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Yunmeng River, Zhou Yu Army Camp.
In contrast to the Cao Cao Camp, the players from the Sun Liu Camp could choose three places to spawn - Yunmeng River, Red Cliff, and Dongting Lake.
Choosing Yunmeng River was the same as entering the Jiangdong Camp and going under Zhou Yu. Apart from Zhou Yu, generals like Cheng Pu could be recruited.
This route of players had Di Chen as their leader, and their total strength was around 220 thousand. Apart from that, Sha Pojun, Wandering Magic, and associated Lords were in this camp.
The Lords who chose Red Cliff were basically Lords that were near the ocean, with navy as their main force. This group had Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang as their leader, and they had around 50 thousand troops.
As for those who chose Dongting Lake, there were two split choices. One was to follow Huang Gai and move into Yuanjiang, or they could follow Liu Bei to go through Xiangjiang to attack Linxiang.
In the Liu Bei Camp, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang were present.
Those who chose Dongting Lake were basically there for the Liu Bei Camp. Their goal was to recruit Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, these two famous fellows.
This group of players had Chun Shenjun as their leader, including those who chose Huang Gai, there were 80 thousand.
Ouyang Shuo lacked information regarding the player allocation of the Sun Liu Camp. If not, he would not fear the Zhou Yu troops in Yunmeng River.
220 thousand players were not enough to cause too much of a threat to Jiangling City.
In the middle camp tent, Di Chen acted as the player representative to meet Zhou Yu and report the changes in the contribution point ranking. At the same time, he described his conjecture: Lu Su's Army had already faced defeat.
When Zhou Yu heard this news, he remained silent, his face filled with pain.
"On the side of Red Cliff, do we have confidence?" Zhou Yu suddenly asked. Lu Su's Army was cleanly destroyed, which caused his confidence in Xiong Ba's plan to waver.
Di Chen replied, "Of course not." Di Chen also had a feeling that they were a little too confident about the plan. However, the arrow was already on the bowstring, so they had no choice but to fire.
When Zhou Yu heard these words, he did not know whether to believe them or not.
"On the side of Jiangling City?" Zhou Yu asked.
Di Chen understood what Zhou Yu was getting at, so he confidently replied, "Of course, no problem!"
"Great!" Zhou Yu hollered, "The army will charge forward and take down Jiangling to take revenge for them."
"Yes!" Di Chen cupped his fists.
"You can leave!" Zhou Yu waved his hands; it was hard to hide his exhaustion.
It seemed like the fall of Lu Su's Army was a huge blow to Zhou Yu. In that army there was Lu Su, and his favored generals such as Lu Meng and Gan Ning.
Thinking about how these generals would face misfortune, Zhou Yu was heartbroken.
"I'm useless!"
In the empty camp, a low sigh was heard. The cold wind outside the tent seemed colder and colder.
Outside Linxiang City, Liu Bei Camp.
Liu Bei naturally received the same news that Zhou Yu did. The one that reported it to him was Chun Shenjun.
Liu Bei's first reaction was to summon Zhuge Liang.
After Zhuge Liang heard Chun Shenjun's report, he did not even hesitate and said, "Lord, the fall of Lu Su's Army means that Red Cliff is in danger. The only plan is to retreat and gather with Huang Gai's troops to crush their player army."
The strategic location of Red Cliff was something that Zhuge Liang was clear about.
"Retreat?" When Liu Bei heard this suggestion, he hesitated.
Just last night, the Changsha Governor Han Xuan had sent someone over to express their intentions to surrender.
Only the specifics remained.
This also meant that Changsha was there for the taking. Retreating now was not something he could bear to do. Liu Bei often roamed around, so he desired to have a territory of his own.
"That's right, immediately retreat!" Zhuge Liang was insistent.
"How can we do that? Changsha is right there. If we retreat, we will be wasting all our efforts! Retreat? Definitely not." The one who spoke was Zhang Fei; his eyes were as wide as that of a bull's.
Guan Yu agreed, "That's right, Red Cliff has Zhou Yu taking care of it. The most important thing is to take down Changsha."
These two brothers were the sworn brothers of Liu Bei, and they saw through Liu Bei's thoughts.
Only Zhao Yun kept silent and did not speak.
The current Zhuge Liang had just come out and had not shown too much of his ability. Naturally, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei did not trust him.
Hence, the two spoke without any worries.
When Liu Bei heard the replies, he was unhappy and chided, "Second brother, third brother, do not be rude, apologize to the advisor!"
"Big brother!"
Zhang Fei did not want to.
"If you do not, do not call me big brother." Liu Bei went all out.
As expected, Zhang Fei bowed toward Zhuge Liang and said, "Advisor please forgive me!"
When Zhuge Liang heard these words, he smiled, "What did you do wrong? Haha!"
These words slowly solved the awkward atmosphere in the camp.
"Zhuge Liang, can we consider the retreating? Why not wait a few days till we take it down before moving out?" In the end, Liu Bei returned to the original suggestion.
During the Three Kingdoms, if one talked about thick skin, Liu Bei had the thickest.
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he sighed, and he knew that he could not change Liu Bei's mind, "I'll immediately arrange to talk to Han Xuan to try and settle the deal."
"Good, thank you advisor!" Liu Bei was delighted.
Chun Shenjun did not speak from the start till the end. Liu Bei wanting to drag the matter on naturally delighted him. He wanted to use this chance to teach Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang a lesson.
With that, the matter was settled.
Outside Linxiang City, Huang Gai Camp.
In contrast to Liu Bei's hesitation, the moment Huang Gai received the news, he ordered a retreat, giving up on attacking Wuling Prefecture.
The Lord that reported tried to stop him, "General, we have around 30 thousand troops. If we go to Red Cliff, we might face the enemy squadron. At that time, we would not be able to assist and would instead be in deep trouble ourselves. General, please reconsider."
When Huang Gai heard these words, he frowned.
During the Battle of Red Cliff, Huang Gai was the main contributor. The plan to fake surrender and use fire to attack was one that Huang Gai proposed to Zhou Yu. As an experienced general, Huang Gai was one of the elders in the Jiangdong Organization. He had vast experience and was extremely intelligent, making many important decisions.
Long ago, when Sun Jian became a Lord and started his crusade against Dong Zhuo, Huang Gai had been following beside him.
Hence, his loyalty toward the Jiangdong Organization was undoubtable. However, he was not a rash person. Although he worried about Red Cliff, he could still accept other people's opinion.
"So what should we do?" Huang Gai asked.
"I think we should meet up with Liu Bei's troops and move in together. With that, we would not need to worry about the enemy and can also help the Red Cliff troops to pincer the enemy," the Lord suggested.
All the Lords that joined the battle map were among the top in the China region.
"You're right." Huang Gai agreed, "Only, can we get there in time?"
Huang Gai was experienced. From the information the players revealed, it was not hard to deduce that the enemy squadron was already at the opening of the Han River and were not far from Red Cliff.
On the contrary, they were still at Dongting Lake and even further away from Red Cliff than the enemy. As for Liu Bei's Army, they were even further. Adding in the time to meet up, it did not look optimistic.
The Lord was confident, "General does not need to worry. The players there are elites and are prepared. Hence, I feel that even if the enemy reaches there before us, they would not be able to take down Red Cliff before we reach there. They might even fall there."
Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang being the ones guarding Red Cliff was not a secret since long ago.
"Hence, we cannot rush and need to prepare. We should use our absolute advantage to crush the enemy." The Lord made such a conclusion.
His words finally convinced Huang Gai.
"Good, let's follow what you said and send a letter to Liu Bei." Huang Gai did not hesitate when he did things.
"Then I'll take my leave!"
As he spoke, the player Lord left the tent.
"Brother, I can only do this much for you." Looking at the sky, the Lord muttered, his voice solemn and sad, like he was facing a really tough situation.
If other players were here, they would recognize that this person was Gong Chengshi.
Xunlong Dianxue's unhappiness with Shanhai City had already spread internally through the Shanhai Alliance. Without any exceptions, everyone stood on Shanhai Alliance's side, not understanding the unreasonable acts of Xunlong Dianxue.
After all, before Ouyang Shuo headed out to sea, he had especially gathered all of them. He also said that during that period of time he would not join the activities of the other allies.
Hence, Song Jia's refusal was within Ouyang Shuo's plan.
Who knew that the attitude of the members would deepen the anger in Xunlong Dianxue's heart.
As a good friend of Xunlong Dianxue, Gong Chengshi knew everything that happened from start to finish. Although he sympathized with Xunlong Dianxue's defeat regarding Yizhou Island, he did not blame Shanhai City.
Xunlong Dianxue complained to him and chose the Sun Liu Camp to show his displeasure.
Helplessly, Gong Chengshi could only follow along. First, he wanted to take the chance to console and calm Xunlong Dianxue down. Secondly, he wanted to prevent Xunlong Dianxue from making any irrational decisions.
They did not expect that branch quests would occur in Sun Liu camp, and the two of them were unable to go to the same place.
With Gong Chengshi's understanding of Xunlong Dianxue, he knew that Xunlong Dianxue was a quest maniac and loved to take the unusual route. Hence, he thought that Xunlong Dianxue would choose the Huang Gai questline.
He did not expect to not find Xunlong Dianxue in the Huang Gai Camp; this had increased his worries.
"Xunlong ah, please do not do anything stupid. If not, we will not be able to salvage this." Gong Chengshi sighed; his heart felt truly conflicted.
On one side was the big brother he respected. Without Ouyang Shuo, there would not be Black Lion City. However, on the other was his good friend and brother.
With that, Gong Chengshi was faced with a tough decision either way.
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Chapter 700-War on Red Cliff
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The clear Han River flowed like a fierce tiger into the Changjiang. The river water and the freshwater did not mix together, forming a very obvious divide.
The voyage squadron that had obtained a huge victory went down the river and entered the Changjiang.
The splashing river continued to flow.
Ouyang Shuo stood at the front of the ship, looking out and thinking of a thousand year poem. East flows the mighty Yangtze River,
Its rolling waves have washed away all the heroes.
In the blink of an eye,
Our rights, wrongs, gains, and losses are all in vain.
However, green hills still remain here as ever.
How often have we enjoyed the rosy setting sun?
A gray-haired man stands on this fishing bank alone,
He is so used to the spring wind and autumn moon.
It's a real joy of reunion over a pot of nice wine,
All the things past and present,
Are retold with nothing but peals of laughter!All of a sudden, he was filled with emotion.
His current state was like that of the Changjiang, splashing like the waves, but sometimes really calm. The Changjiang had given birth to many Chinese civilizations.
Jia Xu stood behind Ouyang Shuo with a deep and unreadable expression. Jia Xu's eyes showed that he was deep in thought.
The shock that the voyage squadron had given him slowly faded. However, Jia Xu did not understand the actions of Ouyang Shuo in these few days.
After capturing Lu Su, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai, Ouyang Shuo did not even meet them even once, which was weird to Jia Xu. Instead, Ouyang Shuo asked the soldiers to take good care of them.
Such a course of action was just too weird.
Jia Xu saw through how much Ouyang Shuo wanted talents and how much he needed these generals. If not, he would not have ordered the troops to sweep the battlefield.
Since that was the case, why not meet them and make them surrender?
Jia Xu did not get it.
Ouyang Shuo noticed Jia Xu's doubts, but he was not going to explain. It was easy to capture them but hard to recruit them. Earning their loyalty was difficult.
At this juncture, the battle had just started, so how could Ouyang Shuo hope that Lu Su and the rest would surrender. If that was the case, Ouyang Shuo would not dare to accept it.
Rather than wasting his breath, why not just wait for the right time?
Ouyang Shuo was considering how to attack Red Cliff.
Crushing the Lu Su Army was not to really kill them all, and they had captured two thousand prisoners. In these past few days, the intel officer had obtained some intel through the interrogation.
Notably, Lu Su had received an emergency order to immediately return to Red Cliff.
Ouyang Shuo could not predict if Huang Gai and Liu Bei had received similar orders. However, they could be sure that Red Cliff was prepared for them.
Especially after the Lu Su Army fell, the enemy would have been alerted.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to be even more careful.
When he first entered the Changjiang, he thought about going up and destroying the Huang Gai army first.
However, Jia Xu disagreed.
"There's a high chance that Huang Gai has gathered with Liu Bei to strike. If we fail to crush them and instead get ourselves into trouble, that would affect the Red Cliff plan. On the contrary, if we take down Red Cliff and cut off all their communications, Huang Gai will have no choice but to come. At that time, we can just lay in wait at Red Cliff."
When Ouyang Shuo heard this analysis, he could not help but exclaim.Battle map 7th day, Dragon Head.
Two days away from Red Cliff, Ouyang Shuo ordered them to slow down. At the same time, hundreds of Cima Boats broke away and brought hundreds of frogmen to scout.
The squadron slowly proceeded forward as they awaited intel.
On the night of the 8th day, the first batch of frogmen brought the newest intel.
Based on what they described, the enemy had built a large fortress at Red Cliff and Wulin that contained hundreds of warships lying in wait. The exterior of the fortress was purposely camouflaged and hidden.
Especially the fortress on the Wulin side; it was surrounded by charge wood. One could not see clearly into it, so they naturally would not be able to see the warships.
Some of the bigger warships were purposely disguised.
If the navy went in without preparation, it was not hard to imagine what trap laid in wait for them.
The motive of the enemy was obvious.
Apart from that, the frogmen also brought back another piece of important intel.
Based on what the special force frogmen that dived into the fortress at night had seen, the enemy similarly had turreted ships and Mengchong Warships. Their turreted ships were also equipped with cannons.
Upon initial estimation, they had no less than 300 cannons.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this news, a light shone in his eyes. Without a doubt, Xiong Ba and the others had grasped cannon making technology; otherwise, there was no way they could obtain so many cannons.
"They truly did a good job of keeping it a secret!"Battle room.
"Wen He, do you have any good plan?" Ouyang Shuo asked Jia Xu.
Even Zheng He turned around and looked toward Jia Xu, his eyes filled with eagerness. After a few days of dealing with one another, Zheng He had started to respect and worship Jia Xu more and more.
Jia Xu did not decline out of humbleness. After all, the role of a strategist was exactly that, so he asked, "Admiral, if we force the attack, no matter what ambush the enemy has to attack both shores, what are our chances of winning?"
When Zheng He heard this question, his expression froze. He stood up and moved to the middle of the sand board.
Five meters long and three meters wide; based on the intel from the frogmen, the enemy formations and arrangements in Red Cliff were all perfectly replicated on the sand board through many warship models.
Zheng He placed the models that represented the voyage squadron onto the river surface between the two strongholds. After he placed the models there, he slowly contemplated.
Obviously, Zheng He was modeling and visualizing the battle in his mind to deduce the formation and firepower arrangement he should use.
Half an hour had passed and the models were all placed down. Hundreds of warships were placed into the narrow river, filling it to the brim.
Even Ouyang Shuo could not see what was special about this formation.
After placing everything down, Zheng He did not stop and started to move the warships on both sides. One by one, he shifted them to pincer the voyage squadron from left and right.
Seeing his serious expression, Ouyang Shuo's intuition told him that the battle on the sand board was underway, cannons blazing and a massacre was happening.
Ouyang Shuo and Jia Xu held their breaths; they did not dare to disturb Zheng He.
As time went on, the warships were lit up in flames by Zheng He, representing the fall of the warship. Small fires encapsulated an indescribable killing.
More and more warships were set on fire as time went on.
At the same time, Zheng He continued to change the formation of both his troops and the enemy.
Trying to deduce the fighting methods of both sides at once was a huge test of brain power and strategic ability.
Ouyang Shuo could clearly see beads of sweat appearing on Zheng He's forehead.
Zheng He himself did not notice that as he was still simulating the battlefield. More warships caught on fire. Even the voyage squadron could not avoid it as one after another caught fire.
A full half an hour later, the simulation was finally completed.
The huge sand board became exceedingly empty. The lit model ships had turned to ash. Only tens of warships floated on the river, and some of them were still smoking.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Jia Xu, his eyes extremely serious.
The results could not be more obvious. Even if they went all in, they could only achieve a tough victory.
Such an outcome was not something Ouyang Shuo wanted.
The goal of the voyage squadron was not only to crush the troops defending Red Cliff; they needed to defend this strategic choke point. If they squeezed out a victory, the remaining troops would not be able to block the attacks of Huang Gai and Liu Bei. If that was the case, it would undoubtedly be a failure.
Hence, the voyage squadron needed to win beautifully.
At this juncture, Zhang He had already regained his senses and bowed, "Monarch, mister, as you can see, we only have a 60% chance of winning. I still have not considered what would happen if Huang Gai and Liu Bei rushed back."
"In a battle, if just one arrives, it would be catastrophic." Zheng He's expression was solemn.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this analysis, he was totally silent.
Red Cliff was a strategic chokepoint; now, it was in the hands of the enemy.
In a case where numbers and equipment were not too different, without having an advantage in geography, cleanly destroying the enemy was truly difficult.
Only a genius could come up with a plan for this.
Ouyang Shuo raised his head and looked at Jia Xu with eyes filled with expectancy
Jia Xu stared at the sand board with his brows locked tight; obviously, he had not thought of a way.
"Monarch, should we use the frogmen method?" Zheng He interrupted.
"You mean to send them to chisel the boats?"
"That's right." Zheng He nodded, "Sneakily destroy their warships. Without their ships, what else can they do?"
The first time this strategy was used, the whole Spanish Invincible Squadron was wiped out, bringing Ouyang Shuo massive riches. That shocking scene truly had a massive impact on Zheng He, and he remembered that moment clearly till date.
Ouyang Shuo thought about it and rejected the proposal, "That's not feasible. We are on a river, not the ocean. It's narrow and our warships cannot get close to Red Cliff. Currently, their warships are docked in the stronghold. Even if they are chiseled, they will just return to shore."
"With that, we would have only destroyed their ships, but they would be fine. Even if we take over Red Cliff, we will be attacked by a huge army."
There was one more point that Ouyang Shuo did not voice.
Not totally destroying the troops defending Red Cliff was detrimental to his following plan.
"So, this can only be the worst-case scenario. If possible, I want an even better plan."
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Chapter 701-Killing the Leader Operation
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"A fire attack? What about using fire?" Zheng He suggested.
When he was simulating the battle, Zheng He kept on thinking about potential strategies. Although the Monarch had rejected the frogmen plan, Zheng He did not give up and suggested another plan.
"How so?" Ouyang Shuo did not pour cold water onto Zheng He's eagerness.
"Take alchemical oil and straws onto the Cima Boats and arrange for frogmen to pull the boats underwater. When they get close to the enemy, light up the boats; the enemy would not be able to survive, " Zheng He explained.
Ouyang Shuo thought about this suggestion and shook his head, "First, the enemy has cannons. The Cima Boats are such obvious targets. Even before they get close, they would be shot. At that point, even the frogmen would get hit."
"Secondly, the river is narrow and the enemy troops are pincering us from left and right. Even if the Cima Boats gets close and ignites a fire, if the fire spreads, we might burn ourselves."
"How about we use the night sky to splash the alchemical fire oil onto the enemy warships?"
"The frogmen are amazing, but they are not superheroes. How can they bring large amounts of alchemical fire oil into the enemy fortress and not be noticed in the process?" Ouyang Shuo laughed as he shook his head.
When Zheng He heard this response, his expression turned to one of shame, "Monarch has thought about it thoroughly."
Ouyang Shuo looked at Jia Xu once more. He saw that Jia Xu had already looked away from the sand board and was smiling, "Mister, do you have a method?"
"I do actually have one." Jia Xu nodded.
"Mister, please speak!" Ouyang Shuo was delighted.
"The two strategies raised by the admiral are good but have some limitations. Both strategies use the frogmen as the core. During this period of time, I've also come to understand how unique the frogmen are."
Jia Xu paused before continuing, "Your frogmen are really mysterious, coming and going without a trace, like dragons crossing a river, you can see the front but not the tail. With that, only sending them to scout, chisel boats, or support matters is underusing their ability."
"What?" Zheng He obviously did not agree.
The nattle in the Mediterranean had already proved the value of the frogmen.
"Since they are dragons, they cannot act like snakes and must show their true powers. Dragons can hide in the dust and also change the weather as they please. To cleanly end this battle the best way is to slay their leader, " Jia Xu responded to Zheng He's doubts.
"Slay their leader?" A light appeared in Ouyang Shuo's eyes.
In reality, the responsibility and role of the frogmen, apart from scouting the enemy, was to target the enemy leader. Ouyang Shuo did not think about this move because he felt that the frogmen had not truly formed up.
Ouyang Shuo truly did not have the confidence to send them on such a high difficulty mission.
"Based on intel, the enemy has a commanding officer and Wulin and Red Cliff each have a symbolic flagship. As long as the frogmen go in and kill them, even just one is enough, it would be of large help to our plan." Jia Xu elaborated.
"Mister, let me interrupt. The enemy flagship is comparable to our Dragon Head, and there are no less than two thousand soldiers. If we count in the sailors, there are even more. The difficulty is really high; if we are not careful, we might alert the entire fortress."
"At that time, the plan would have failed, and the enemy would be alerted to our presence." Ouyang Shuo expressed his worries.
If they could really kill the leader, Ouyang Shuo would naturally be willing.
Jia Xu probably did not know about the settings of the battle map toward players. If Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang were assassinated, their forces would disappear.
Then, they truly could take down Red Cliff without breaking a sweat.
Now, the crux of the problem laid in how to ensure that they succeeded in killing the leader.
Ouyang Shuo's knew that Xiong B was really cunning and scheming. His protection of his warship was at an exaggerated level.
If they really failed, they would have problems at hand.
Jia Xu was really relaxed, smiling, "As long as we plan it out, our success rate is above 70; it's worth a shot."
"Please speak!" Ouyang Shuo bowed.
"First, the Monarch said that the enemy warship, especially the flagship, is the same as ours. Hence, we have an advantage as the frogmen know the entire layout. We can also create detailed action plans and emergency actions, such things also can be practiced."
"That can be done." Ouyang Shuo nodded.
"Secondly, we can use alchemical fire oil. Based on my understandings, small amounts of it can be placed in barrels. When they enter, they can place them at crucial locations before igniting it. This can stop the officers onboard from helping and also stop other ships from assisting." Jia Xu said.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this plan, he frowned, "Then wouldn't the frogmen onboard have a high chance of dying?"
"For the plan to succeed, some sacrifices are needed."
This response sent a shiver down his spine, as expected from the venomous strategist. To enact this plan, no less than three thousand frogmen were needed. As for the number that could escape, it would be a minority.
Zheng He was silently standing at the side.
"Mister is right, this plan, I approve it." Ouyang Shuo did not bother about Zheng He, "To ensure our success, I'll arrange 500 Divine Martial Guards to go in. Their mission will be to kill the enemy commanding officer."
"Monarch is wise!" A flash of light appeared in Jia Xu's eyes.
Jia Xu knew the kind of presence the Divine Martial Guards were; they were even stronger than their guards. With their participation, the success rate would greatly increase.
One-sixth of the three thousand Divine Martial Guards were sacrificed just like that.
Jia Xu gained a new understanding about Ouyang Shuo's ability to put down and sacrifice.
As a leader, one has to be stone cold and could not be merciful. On this point, be it Cao Cao or Liu Bei, they were all the same.
Jia Xu's impression of Ouyang Shuo was getting better and better, and even the way he called him had slowly changed to Monarch. Although that was just being polite at the current moment.
If they spent more time together, Jia Xu was truly worried he would be awed by this young man in front of him and pledge his allegiance.
He truly is special! Jia Xu thought.
Only Zheng He had a sad expression. Till now, this general still had not fully adapted to the killing.
"Monarch!" Zheng He wanted to speak.
"Speak!" Ouyang Shuo said expressionlessly.
If Zheng He at the current moment still said some depressing words regarding sacrifices, Ouyang Shuo would probably have to reconsider if he was suitable for the role of Nanyang Navy Admiral.
As the five squadrons were all built up, the position of Nanyang Navy Admiral was higher than that of marshals like Baiqi, leading 500 thousand troops.
Not to mention that the presence of the Nanyang Navy affected their control of the seas.
Hence, the leader had to be a person who showed no emotion and mercy.
During the voyage, Ouyang Shuo had purposely tried to change Zheng He's ideals and thinking. He wanted to let Zheng He accept the cruelness of war and toss aside his pacifist thinking.
Now, it was time to test the fruits of his labor.
Without a doubt, Zheng He's tactical mind and seafaring experience was something others could not compare to. However, if he did not have the heart to kill, he would not be a suitable leader.
Ouyang Shuo was silently deciding the fate of the voyage squadron and Zheng He in his heart. However, no one could tell what he was thinking from the surface.
Zheng He's face was similarly hard to read, but he looked a little unsettled. One could tell that he was facing a deep battle in his heart.
Old and new ideals clashed in his mind.
Every scene from his last life and the voyage journey clashed.
To Zheng He, it was like living in two separate spaces, being torn apart, quietly bearing the pain.
One side was mercy, the other was killing.
Before this, Zheng He had been wavering between the two. In truth, he was bearing great pain.
Ouyang Shuo's words undoubtedly pushed him to the edge of the cliff.
Zheng He was not a fool; he could feel that although this conversation was sudden, it was inevitable.
The Monarch had limited patience and Zheng He needed to make a choice.
The atmosphere in the battle room suddenly froze up, making it hard for one to breathe.
An anxious atmosphere lingered in the air.
There was no wind in the room, like the entire space had frozen. Even Jia Xu kept his smile and quietly looked at this duo.
After a long while, Zheng He raised his head, his voice was hoarse, and his body was wet like he had just exited a sauna, "Monarch, I want to say that the underwater breathing devices are hard to obtain. If we lose all of them, the losses would be too great. Should we consider sending experts to gather up the underwater breathing devices after they go onto the boat and send it back to the squadron?"
"Sure!"
Ouyang Shuo looked seriously at Zheng He; his eyes flashed with a look of admiration.
The air in the room calmed down once more.
Phew!
Who knows who it was that had heaved a sigh of relief.
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Chapter 702-Close Relationship Between King and Subordinate
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Ouyang Shuo left the battle room and came to the top deck of Dragon Head, letting Jia Xu and Zheng He settle the specifics of the operation.
The Divine Martial Guard soldiers were training onboard, the rain and wind did not stop them.
Despite the fact that the deck was slightly shaking, they acted like it was flat ground thanks to their strong martial arts ability.
As Dragon Head could only carry a limited amount of people, only one thousand of the three thousand Divine Martial Guards defended Dragon Head. The remaining two thousand were split into the four guard warships surrounding Dragon Head.
"Monarch!"
Seeing Ouyang Shuo, the Divine Martial Guards Commander Wang Feng walked over.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, getting straight to the topic, "There's a secret killing operation that needs the Divine Martial Guards to act. Pull out 500 elites to join this operation."
"Monarch do not worry, the name list will be prepared shortly!" Wang Feng did not hesitate.
The Divine Martial Guards were born to kill the enemy and none of them were cowards. If such a chance was left to other groups, they would have tried to push it around. On the other hand, the Divine Martial Guards would definitely snatch this opportunity.
"This operation is highly dangerous and has a high chance of death. You need to tell the boys that are only sons or have kids and wives at home cannot join this operation." Ouyang Shuo specially instructed.
Although Ouyang Shuo was cold, he was cold due to circumstances. The three thousand Divine Martial Guards were like his children; if he had another choice, he would not choose to sacrifice them.
"Is that so? General understands!" Seriousness flashed across Wang Feng's face.
The sharp Wang Feng instantly knew that this mission was unusual. If not, the Monarch would not be so hesitant. Many times, the Monarch would just send an order down through the Personal Guards.
This time, he had even personally come down to instruct, such a rare sight.
Ouyang Shuo sighed and said, "There's one more point. The target for assassination has strong martial arts. Choose two strong men to lead, do not affect the prestige of the Divine Martial Guards."
Zhan Lang and Xiong Ba's both had the general sub-occupations, and they had a strong combat strength. Moreover, apart from their personal strength, they definitely had guards protecting them.
They were now Lords of a region that have taken over an entire province. Although their guards could not compare to the Divine Martial Guards, they should be comparable to the Guards Legion.
Hence, fierce generals were required to kill both of them.
Luckily, each and every member of the Divine Martial Guards were elite; all of them had great skill, some were marksmen, some spear kings.
Great soldiers with great abilities were also exceedingly common here.
"How strong?" Wang Feng was unsure.
The Monarch only said he wanted someone strong, but in a place where the strong gathered, it was not easy to decide who he should send.
"The strongest."
When Wang Feng heard these words, a light shone in his eyes, and he suddenly knelt on one knee, "Monarch, I request to fight!"
"No!" Ouyang Shuo did not even think about it, rejecting him right away, "You're the commander of the Divine Martial Guards, how can you take that risk?"
Wang Feng was stubborn, "Monarch, it is because I'm the commander that I have a duty on this operation. If I send anyone else, I cannot help but worry."
"Think carefully. Even you who are so strong might die in this operation!" Ouyang Shuo's expression was truly solemn, but as Wang Feng had requested to battle, he could not reject it.
If not, it would be a blow to Wang Feng's prestige in the army.
"I've thought it through." Wang Feng's eyes shone with determination.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Wang Feng with a complicated expression, "If that's the case, then go!" In his eyes, there was another feeling that only Wang Feng understood.
In truth, when Ouyang Shuo returned with the voyage squadron, Song Jia had told him the news that Qing'er had fallen for Wang Feng.
The two of them were a good match: one the commander of the Divine Martial Guards, the other an infanta.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo did not oppose them and told Song Jia to tell Qing'er that if she truly liked him, ask Song Jia to build a bridge to help her out.
Qing'er was a lonely person, so finding a husband like Wang Feng was great.
Of course, Ouyang Shuo also had his own intentions. If Wang Feng married Qing'er, the relationship between Wang Feng and Nanjiang Governor-General House would go to another level.
With this relationship, Wang Feng's loyalty would increase.
He was not trying to use his god sister to rope in generals around him. He only went with the flow; if Qing'er did not like him, he definitely would not force it.
It was like Cui Yingyu, who had so many suitors. Some people even begged Ouyang Shuo and Song Jia but were one by one rejected.
Ouyang Shuo's stance was crystal clear; he would not butt into the marriage matters of his god siblings.
Who they married was up to them.
Cui Yingyu, this lady, was still focusing on work. Ouyang Shuo had once talked to her about it, and she said that she currently had no intentions.
After all, in the olden environment, the moment she married, it would be hard for her to continue working in the Nanjiang Governor General House. Even if Ouyang Shuo wanted her to, there would be many people who would oppose.
The Cui family would not want to either.
Ouyang Shuo could see that this god sister was a typical independent woman and did not want to be bounded by marriage.
Since she had already described her intentions, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not force her.
After all, the game was only a game, so Cui Yingyu not marrying would not harm anyone or anything. To discuss this when she appeared on Planet Hope would be another matter.
Toward Ouyang Shuo's support, Cui Yingyu was surprised and happy.
The way Ouyang Shuo pampered his two god siblings made Song Jia a little jealous.
Returning to the topic at hand, Ouyang Shuo's complicated emotions regarding Wang Feng requesting to do such a dangerous mission was understandable.
If something really happened to him, Ouyang Shuo really did not know how to explain it to Qing'er."Thank you Monarch!"
Wang Feng looked at Ouyang Shuo, solemnly nodding his head and bowing in thanks.
With such a loyal general, what more could Ouyang Shuo want? Just as he was filled with emotion, another shout sounded over, "Monarch I want to fight!"
Turning around, it was the Guards Captain Chen Dameng.
Ouyang Shuo instantly raged, "What are you doing?"
"Monarch, I'm also a member of the Divine Martial Guards." Chen Dameng's words did make sense, "At this moment, even Commander Wang has stepped out, so I have to too."
"Preposterous!"
Chen Dameng was gleeful, "Monarch, in terms of ability, apart from Commander Wang, if I'm second, no one is first. To choose two strong men to lead, I have to be one of them!"
He really was not humble!
"Are you serious?" Ouyang Shuo's brows were locked.
He knew that although this Personal Guards Captain was always fooling around, he was an intelligent person.
"Obviously, I'm serious."
Ouyang Shuo's heart just died, "Go, go, you all might regret it!"
"Thank you Monarch!"
Chen Dameng was delighted and bowed, smiling toward Wang Feng.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head, giving his final instructions, "Choose the members and report to Admiral Zheng He. Remember, being the god arm crossbow, come back alive!"
"Yes Monarch!"
Wang Feng and Chen Dameng both bowed in unison.
After Ouyang Shuo left, the deck instantly became busy. The conversation between Ouyang Shuo and Wang Feng were heard by the members of the Divine Martial Guards in the vicinity.
"Boss, I register!"
"Me too!"
"Count me in!"
Hearing the noise behind him, Ouyang Shuo sighed in his heart, "Truly a bunch of fearless warriors."
The whole day revolved around the assassination plan.
Choosing members, giving equipment, preparing resources, familiarizing with the layout, and fortress intel, mock training, and more.
The entire squadron had totally stopped.Battle map, 10th day, morning.
The preparation for the operation had been completed and the two thousand frogmen and 500 Divine Martial Guards were ready.
Mist covered the river surface on this humid day.
In the mist, 200 Cima Boats carrying the soldiers and resources orderly lined up on the river surface.
The chilly wind pierced the bone like a sharp knife. Each soldier stood straight like a pencil, rising up and down along with the movement of the boats.
Ouyang Shuo boarded one boat to send the soldiers off.
Ouyang Shuo raised the bowl in his hand, "Boys, one bowl of wine to send you off. When you return, there will be a feast!"
"Finish it!" After these words, Ouyang Shuo downed the entire bowl. A fiery sensation filled his throat and flowed into his stomach.
The soldiers drank the wine in their bowls too.
Pa!
The bowls were thrown into the river, showing their determination.
After the simple farewell, the frogmen squad immediately set out and disappeared into the mist.
Ouyang Shuo stood still for a long time, looking into the distance.
Although Zheng He and Jia Xu had made a detailed and well-thought out plan, it still could not calm his heart down.
The operation was too dangerous and the enemies were Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang. If things went wrong, their whole group would crash and burn.
This was the first battle till date that Ouyang Shuo did not have confidence in.
"Monarch!"
Zheng He reminded him that it was time to return.
"Let's go back!"
Ouyang Shuo kept his emotions and got ready to return to Dragon Head.
The entire process was viewed by Jia Xu, who now had a brand new opinion of this young king.
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Chapter 703-Terrifying Night
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The night sky was as dark as ink, the black clouds hung overhead.
One could not see many stars, and even the half moon was hidden in the clouds. The entire night sky was like a pitch black drawing, making it hard for one to breathe.
The cold wind blew by, wrapping up the clouds and causing them to turn up and down.
The Red Cliff at night was quiet, like a beast that had kept its fangs, slowly storing energy as it waited to tear the enemy into shreds.
Within the Wulin Fortress on the west shoreline of Red Cliff, hundreds of warships appeared in the night sky, like ghosts lying in wait. Around the warships, numerous torches were lit up.
Under the cover of the fire, the river surface within the water fortress shone.
On the deck, one could occasionally hear the sounds of footsteps. In the unassuming cabins, voices sounded out, like soldiers gathering to gamble to pass the boring night.
Even the patrolling soldiers were talking.
"Who would appear during such lousy weather?"
"Yeah. We have spent so long in this god forsaken place and have not even seen a shadow. What are we even hiding here for?"
"The Lord has planned it out, why are you guys speculating?"
"That's right, why you talking about such useless stuff!"
"Let's just get past this duty and go back to our rooms!"
"Be quiet! Maintain vigilance!" The captain leading them finally could not take it anymore and chided.
The night calmed down once more and in the cold wind, there were occasionally some grumbles.
In the middle of the fortress, a five story high giant turreted ship stood out like a peacock, surrounded by the other warships. It was like a Lord, standing above reproach from the rest.
That turreted ship was the flagship of Xiong Ba - King.
During this battle, Xiong Ba would be in charge of Wulin while Zhan Lang would take charge of Red Cliff.
On the highest floor of the King, in a well decorated reading room, there was Xiong Ba. He was dressed in martial attire and sat in front of a table. On the table was an oil lamp that flickered as the wind blew, like it was about to be extinguished.
The window of the reading room started to creak under the cold wind, giving out an ear piercing sound.
"The wind has started?"
Xiong Ba got up and moved to close the window. He looked up at the pitch black sky, his eyes locked, "Dark cloud, hidden stars, the weather is unusual!"
As people put it, unusual whether always forebodes catastrophe.
Who knows why, since the day started, Xiong Ba had felt unsettled. He felt that there was something bad that was going to happen. The ink like night sky made him feel suppressed and hard to breathe.
"There's no reason, ah!" Xiong Ba shook his head and denied it, trying to toss aside the random thoughts in his head. After calming down his emotions, he just closed the window and stopped looking at the sky.
Half a month before the battle map started, Yanhuang Alliance had started preparing for it. In Di Chen's words, no matter what, they needed to crush Shanhai Alliance and take back supremacy in China.
The explosion in the first half of the year was a process for them to gather strength and power.
Shanhai City upgrading to Grade 3 Prefecture had pressed down on their momentum, but it did not affect much as the true battle was in this battle map.
After getting the cannon crafting technology, Xiong Ba became even more confident.
"Qiyue Wuyi, it's time for you to fail!" Although Xiong Ba admired Qiyue Wuyi for his achievements, it did not mean that he did not want to defeat Qiyue Wuyi.
On the contrary, this desire to win was more intense in him than anyone else.
The Battle of Yizhou Island was seen by the outside world as a battle between Yanhuang Alliance and Shanhai Alliance.
In the end, the Yanhuang Alliance victory was a very good description of their rise in the first half of the year. It was also a continuation of the battle between the two alliances.
Xiong Ba naturally did not think so shallowly.
He was proud of the victory and had used it to raise the prestige and might of King City.
But to say that this was a battle between the two alliances was a little far from the truth.
Xiong Ba knew that from the start, Shanhai City did not even join in. If not, just the Jiaozhou Squadron joining in would be enough to crush them.
After winning against Xunlong City, Xiong Ba followed the successful model of Qiongzhou Island like shipbuilding industry, salt, and adventure gamemode players.
Toward Yizhou Island, Xiong Ba invested a lot into it. His ambition was to split the ocean with Shanhai City, one in the north, one in the south.
Yizhou Island was the dividing line.
To fulfil such ambition, the Battle of Red Cliff was the key. He needed to prove that even in naval battle his navy could crush the legendary Shanhai City Navy.
Hence, it was not hard to understand why he placed so much emphasis on this battle.
Even to say that to destroy the Shanhai City Squadron, Xiong Ba had given up on the historical generals in this map.
Outside of the battlefield, Xiong Ba also did a lot of work.
For example, the third party that contacted Xunlong Dianxue was actually a hidden power from the Xiong Ba family. The goal was to cause internal conflict in Shanhai Alliance.
Xunlong Dianxue and Gong Chengshi choosing the Sun Liu Camp undoubtedly proved that his scheme had succeeded.
Toward Xunlong Dianxue, to say the truth, Xiong Ba found him an eyesore. In his eyes, he felt that he was just lucky to be friends with Shanhai City.
How could true commoner Lords compete with them?
The only change was Qiyue Wuyi.
Hence, the determination of the aristocratic families to remove this anomaly had never changed.
"It was just too difficult."
Thinking about the achievements of the voyage squadron, Xiong Ba felt defeated.
Even in the battle map, things were not going smoothly. The clean defeat of the Lu Su Army had given Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang problems.
The first part of the plan had ended in failure.
Based on the time, the Shanhai City Squadron should have reached Red Cliff two days earlier. In the end? They had waited patiently, fully focused, excited and nervous, but it was all for nothing.
It was like the Shanhai City Squadron had disappeared.
Xiong Ba had also guessed that maybe they had turned around to attack Liu Bei. After all, the bait of Liu Bei, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang gave them a lot of reason to do so.
However, the intel he received last night dismissed this conjecture.
To ensure long distance communication in the battle map, the Yanhuang Alliance spent large amounts of money to buy four golden eagle spirit beasts from adventure groups.
This spirit beast was special and could travel thousands of miles in a day to spread intel.
With that, the three groups split in Red Cliff, Dongting Lake, and Mengyu River could keep communication.
The intel was from Chun Shenjun. Although the two hated one another, they were rational and could work together in the battle map.
Based on what he said, their situation there was bad.
When Lu Su's army was destroyed, Huang Gai had sent a letter to Liu Bei to proceed to Red Cliff together. The problem was that Liu Bei was waiting to take Changsha Prefecture, so how could he move out?
His rejection infuriated Huang Gai.
Huang Gai directly scolded Liu Bei in the letter for betraying his brothers: when you were chased by Cao Cao like a dog without a home, Jiangdong took you in and gave you a place to live.
It was the Jiangdong Army that crushed the Cao Cao Army and broke their legend of being invincible. Only then did you gain breathing room.
Now, Red Cliff has problems, but you only want to occupy land and not help, shameless.
Such a letter had totally humiliated Liu Bei. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei raged and fumed that they wanted to kill Huang Gai.
Luckily, Liu Bei was rational and stopped them to prevent internal conflict.
Even so, both sides were on bad terms and could not work together. Huang Gai personally led his troops toward Red Cliff.
Based on the time, they would need three days to reach Red Cliff.
As for Liu Bei's side, it was not that they truly did not help. After he settled the people of Changsha and stabilized the rule, he started to prepare to move out.
At the same time, to appease the Jiangdong Organization, Liu Bei had asked Guan Yu to lead the vanguard.
As such, it was obvious that the Shanhai City squadron totally did not attack Liu Bei.
This made Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang confused.
Logically speaking, wouldn't it be better the earlier they attacked Red Cliff? The longer it dragged on, after the various troops gathered at Red Cliff, wouldn't it be near impossible?
Xiong Ba would not believe that Qiyue Wuyi was so arrogant.
"There's definitely a scheme. But where will the problem come out from?"
Toward this point, Xiong Ba could not get it.
"Do we have a spy? So Shanhai City did not dare to come?" One could not blame him for holding suspicions. After all, he could not afford to lose this battle.
Xiong Ba focused his targets to the few Lords.
All of a sudden, the atmosphere grew tense.
However, after checking and checking, he did not find anyone suspicious.
With that, Xiong Ba locked himself in his reading room to contemplate.
Now, it seemed like their plan did not work out.
"Forget it, time to sleep!" Xiong Ba sighed, getting up to leave the reading room.
As the oil lamp was extinguished, the room became pitch black once more.
The night sky became thicker and darker.
As the late night arrived, even the soldiers gathered to gamble had went back to rest. The stronghold became really quiet, only leaving the sound of the wind.
Just at this moment, a bunch of ghosts sneakily crept toward the King.
An unexpected massacre was about to occur.
This night was destined to end in chaos.
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Chapter 704-Can Only Forcefully Attack
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Under the pitch black sky, Wang Feng led 250 Divine Martial Guards and 1 thousand frogmen into the Wulin Fortress. They went straight toward the King.
The arrangement of the fortress had earlier been investigated by the frogmen.
The entire assassination army was like a bunch of fish, drifting at the bottom of the river, no one noticing and without a sound.
The moment they got close, they immediately followed what they practiced and spread out, surrounding the King. 100 of them went around the King to collect the underwater breathing devices and get ready to leave.
"Go!"
Wang Feng made an attacking signal like that of a chain to spread to the entire army.
The hand signal was taught in the special operations base. Hence, the Divine Martial Guards and the Guards Legion soldiers all understood it.
The frogmen who joined in all had similar hand signal training.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
The Divine Martial Guards threw out the flying claws and grabbed onto the sides of the deck. They were like monkeys, climbing up the warship using the ropes.
The entire process flowed like water.
After they went up, they once again placed down a rope ladder to help the frogmen climb up.
"Go!"
Wang Feng did another hand signal.
The Divine Martial Guards pulled out the god arm crossbows on their backs, arming it and disappearing on the deck in a fighting formation.
After a short while, the patrolling soldiers appeared in the view of the Divine Martial Guards.
"Attack!"
Pu! Pu! Pu!
The crossbows fired, the sharp arrows splitting the air.
Each one of them was marksmen, and their control of the weapons had reached at an unmissable level. Even in the night, with only the torch lighting, they were still accurate.
In just a short two minutes, the patrolling soldiers on the first floor fell without any resistance, without even making a sound.
Just like that, they proceeded up floor by floor like ghosts, reaping the lives of the enemy.
The way they fought was like special operations forces in real life. The first step of their mission was to remove the nails of these patrolling squads.
On the other side, 50 men were left to chisel the boats while the frogmen had all gotten up. Along with them were hundreds of barrels of alchemical fire oil.
"Quick, faster!"
The officer said softly and started to command the troops.
The frogmen immediately became an ant army and transported the barrels to various corners of the warship. Flipping the barrels over, letting the oil flow onto the deck.
The placement of the oil was all precisely calculated. The moment it ignited, the entire warship would turn into an ocean of fire. At that time, even the frogmen would not be able to survive.
Hence, this was a failsafe, the last resort.
After placing the oil, the frogmen did not stop and immediately spread out. They followed the plan and entered each cabin to kill the soldiers.
Huge amounts of soldiers were killed in their sleep, sad to the maximum. Some woke up but were swiftly killed, giving out muffled cries.
Blood red started to corrode the pitch black night.
Some of the frogmen went to assist the Divine Martial Guards. After all, they were limited in numbers and clearing the top deck was not going to be easy.
There were some hidden at the dark corners to get ready to light the oil. Those in charge were basically kamikaze warriors.
The last were in charge of being sentries to prevent any enemy reinforcements.The night was deeper and deeper.
The pitch black darkness was like an invisible smoke, choking and hard to breathe.
Even the wind had stopped, everywhere was totally silent.
On the top deck of King, the Divine Martial Guards had already gathered up.
Just at this moment, the moon that was hiding in the clouds suddenly revealed itself. The gentle moonlight shone down and lit up the bodies of the Divine Martial Guards.
Their armor was covered in blood.
Not every assassination attempt was smooth. If they hid in the wrong place or the person had survived the first round of attacks, the Divine Martial Guard would need to go all out.
They needed to quickly kill the enemies without making too much noise. The best way was naturally close combat. With that, it was unavoidable to be splattered with blood and even have deaths.
The killing intent on their bodies had gathered and formed, making one terrified if they looked at them.
At the current moment, everything went smoothly and there were no accidents.
However, Wang Feng's face did not show a single hint of happiness. He knew that what would happen next was the greatest test to them. What they had faced was just the appetizer.
Intel showed that the reading room and sleeping quarters of Xiong Ba was at the top level. Hence, the defense here was the strictest and they had three layers of defenses.
The outermost layer was still the navy patrolling squad with close to a hundred of them; the middle was Xiong Ba's guards, around 200 who were well-equipped and good at fighting.
The deepest layer was his Personal Guards with a hundred of them.
For the Divine Martial Guards to break through, it was as tough as ascending the heavens.
Luckily, they did not fight alone. 10 minutes later, 300 elite frogmen rushed over.
"General!"
The frogmen captain came over to report.
"Let's go!"
Wang Feng was just so decisive; the moment they arrived, he ordered the start of the fight.
500 people sneakily surrounded the patrolling squad; the god arm crossbows fired once more.
Pu! Pu! Pu!
The outermost layer of troops became like porcupines in an instance.
When Wang Feng saw this scene, he let out a sigh of relief. One must know that they were less than 100 meters away from the guards, if they were a little louder, the guards would hear it.
At that time, the situation would get out of hand.
Suddenly, an accident happened!
A patrolling member walked out from behind the cabin. Looking at the situation, this person should have temporarily left the squad to attend nature's call.
"I'm back!"
The moment he walked out, he saw his brothers lying in blood.
"Murder!"
The moment he shouted, a sharp arrow pierced his throat as he fell right away.
The Divine Martial Guards thought they had finished their battle and were resting when he appeared. Who knew that there was a fish that missed the net?
The cry broke the silence of the night.
Wang Feng's face instantly became ugly.
Such a loud shout stunned the guards in the middle.
"Who?"
"Go take a look; what's the situation?"
"Keep your guard up!""Prepare for battle!"
The guards in charge of defending were elites and did not panic. They arranged people to take a look while forming a battle formation and reporting the matter.
With that, they did not give the Divine Martial Guards any chance.
On the deck, corpses laid in blood, appearing really white under the shine of the moonlight. At the same time, the Divine Martial Guards who were lying in wait appeared in the field of vision of the guards.
"Who are you?" The guards had grabbed onto the weapons in their hands.
"Charge!"
Seeing the situation, Wang Feng knew that could only forcefully attack.
Wang Feng immediately recognized that the enemy totally did not think about getting answers and just asked to drag time.
"Kill!"
An assassination attempt became a head on sword-on-sword blade-on-blade battle."There are assassins!"
At the current moment, the Personal Guards had gotten the news and woken up the entire top deck.
"What happened?"
Xiong Ba walked out of the door, like Ouyang Shuo, even as he slept, he would remain alert. The chaos outside had stunned him.
The worry before he slept became a nightmare while he slept. In his dreams, Xiong Ba saw the entire stronghold become an ocean of fire.
"Lord, there are assassins!" The Personal Guards Captain reported.
"Assassins, what assassins?" Xiong Ba did not react right away, "Were they sent by other Lords?"
Xiong Ba could not understand; this fortress was like a barracks, so why would there be an assassin? Was there still a spy amongst them?
The current Xiong Ba panicked.
If it truly was the spy jumping out, Xiong Ba would instead be happy. He did not believe that there would be anyone who could assassinate him in this fortress.
"Lord, the enemy is a proper force." The captain's face was solemn, "I just got news that the entire flagship had fallen."
"What, the situation has reached such a stage?" Xiong Ba was astonished.
"Lord, let's retreat!" The captain was anxious.
"Retreat? No, let me think about it." Xiong Ba was still Xiong Ba; he was not an easily scared fellow. "Damn it, could it be Qiyue Wuyi! How did they sneak in?"
The players in China did not know about underwater breathing devices.
"Sound the alarm, they truly are bold!" Xiong Ba was an arrogant person. Since the enemy dared to enter his land, he was going to make sure they did not return.
"Qiyue Wuyi, I did not think you would use such a despicable method." Xiong Ba calmed down; like he had won a battle, he grinned.
As expected from an ambitious person, he thought differently from others.The rumbling war drums exploded in the water fortress, breaking the silent night.
The sleeping fortress immediately woke up. The sleeping beast slowly opened its eyes and revealed its fangs, a terrifying sight.
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Chapter 705-Unnamed Hero
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The alarm was sounded and thousands of torches were lit; these lights were like the stars in the night sky, illuminating the water fortress like it was day time.
"What happened?"
Awoken by the ear piercing alarm, the soldiers who had climbed out of their beds questioned one another.
"It's the alarm from the flagship!"
"I heard there are assassins!"
"Assassins? Who is so bold, do they want to die?"
"Damn, disturbing my dream, I'll kill them!"
"That's right, waking me up at midnight, I just want to rest!"
The soldiers who were woken up were furious.
"Stop making noise and gather on deck!" The leading officer started to organize the troops.
The warships around King had started to move toward it to assist. Being provoked in their own territory was not something that they could take.
After holding it in for so many days, it was time for them to let it all out.
"Let's vent it all out on these assassins!" The soldiers were filled with killing intent.
A killing aura gathered in the sky.
At the same time, in an unassuming corner, gazes were focused in their direction. Not only was the King City Navy housed here, there were two other Lords.
"Interesting!" The Lord exclaimed.
Naturally, they would not go join in the fun and quietly watched on. Till date, no one thought that the enemy would be able to succeed.
It was simply too impossible.On the top level of King, swords and bows clashed, and the atmosphere had reached its most nerve wrecking state.
"General, the enemy fortress has been awakened, what should we do?" The officer asked Wang Feng.
"Wang Feng did not panic; determination flashed across his eyes, "Gather all the frogmen. After we gather, immediately start the fire!"
"Understood!" A similar determination flashed across the face of the soldier.
The result of setting the fire was something they were all clear about, but they viewed death as a return home.
"Let the frogmen chiseling the boats immediately act, do not let the target run!" Wang Feng added.
"Do not worry general! The instructions have been passed down!"
"Then let's fight!"
Wang Feng threw down the god arm crossbow and pulled out his spear.
"Kill!"
Immediately, the Divine Martial Guards tangled with the enemy guards.
The two elite forces went neck and neck. In comparison, the 300 frogmen were weak; after all, they were sailors and not good at close combat.
Along with the alarm sounding, the King was similarly awakened. The soldiers on board who were not killed yet donned their armor and charged out of their cabins.
Even the sailors took up weapons to join the fray.
Each deck, each corridor, each room had fights going on. The shine of the blades cast fluttering shadows on the walls; like the river of fate, no one was sure what would happen.
The counterattack of the King caused the frogmen in charge of clearing the cabins to suffer heavy losses.
The order to gather toward the top deck was given and the frogmen had to go all out. On the contrary, some navy soldiers had broken through the defenses.
The frogmen forces naturally did not want that to happen.
They had sworn to the Monarch before they left to not return unless they complete the mission.
Both sides fought to the death to try to gain control of the passage to the top deck. The small corridor changed hands multiple times in just twenty minutes and was stacked with corpses.
The fresh blood seeped into the deck, dripping into the level below, making it like a living hell.
Just at that moment, the frogmen in charge of being sentries rushed over, managing to stabilize the situation, they did some simple constructions at the mouth of the passage to block the attacks.
Anyways, they had the numbers advantage on the top deck, so the longer they dragged it on the better it was for them.
The King City Navy obviously knew that and they attacked more crazily.
The good news for them was that the reinforcements had already swiftly jumped onboard. The moment the reinforcements swarmed over, this entire mission would end in failure for the assassins.
The battle on the top deck was crucial.
As expected from the strongest army in China, even the strong King City Guards were not their opponents. Along with the help of the frogmen, they were forced back.
Seeing that they were weaker than the enemy, the guards decided to give up the deck and return to the cabin. They used the passageways and cabins to fight a special alley war.
One had to say that their decision was wise.
The narrow passageways made it hard for the numerical advantage to be used. The 300 frogmen were all the more useless and could only help save the wounded.
It entered a stalemate just like that.
Just at this moment, Xiong Ba brought the Personal Guards from the end of the alley over. Just as he arrived at the front lines, he recognized the red cape of the Divine Martial Guards; after all, they were simply too eye catching.
"Qiyue Wuyi, it really is you!"
Xiong Ba's expression was really weird; he was shocked, relaxed, and solemn.
Originally, he thought that the enemy forces would not pass hundred. Who knew that the intel would cause his mouth to gape.
Xiong Ba totally could not imagine how the enemy sent two thousand men into the fortress without any sounds.
At this moment, Xiong Ba broke out in cold sweat.
If it was not for the patrolling soldier's accident, he probably would have been killed in his sleep.
If that was the case, his face would be totally lost.
The difficulty of the situation gave Xiong Ba no choice but to personally fight. If this dragged on the guards might fall. If the reinforcements did not arrive in time, it was over.
Xiong Ba was fearless, raising his machete and killing into the crowd. The close to two meter ;ong machete shone a cold light as it cut down, and the head of a Divine Martial Guard fell to the ground.
"Great!"
This move by Xiong Ba raised the morale of his troops.
The head tumbled onto the ground and rolled, stopping under Wang Feng's feet.
When Wang Feng saw that, his eyes turned blood red as he raised his spear and engaged Xiong Ba. Before leaving, everyone had seen the portraits of Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang.
Hence, Wang Feng immediately recognized that the person in front of him was his target.
"You came at the right time."
Wang Feng's will to fight was triggered as his blood boiled.
The two experts engaged in the narrow corridor, going at each other.
The soldiers on both sides did not remain still; they each chose an opponent and fought. The only exception was a lieutenant from the Divine Martial Guards who sneaked away.
The deck that was originally so bustling was now really cold.
The lieutenant went to the passage to go to the deck below and check out the battle situation. The frogmen forces and the King City navy were fighting. Further away, more and more reinforcements were rushing over.
The situation was urgent, and it looked like the frogmen were not going to be able to hold on.
A look of determination flashed in his eyes as he took out a signal bullet and fired it without hesitation.
Peng!
It was like fireworks as it streaked across the night sky.
At the same time, 20 frogmen who were hiding at various corner of King looked up at the fireworks. It made a perfect arc in the air before disappearing.
The frogmen looked back down, carefully taking out a match; their expressions were really solemn and sincere, like they were doing a holy matter.
The match was struck and thrown into the alchemical fire oil. All of a sudden, the flames burst apart like a fire dragon that had suddenly come alive on the deck.
In the light from the flames, the frogmen took out the Tang Blades from their waists as they muttered, "Brothers, I am making a move first."
As they spoke, their blades cut across their necks and blood spurted out. 20 unnamed heroes fell like that in an unassuming little corner.
"Not good, the flagship is on fire!"
"Extinguish t!"
"Ah, save me!"
"Damn it, where did this fire come from?"
"Extinguish it first!"
The King was in a total mess and the soldiers who came to assist were charging into a sea of flames.
Further away, seeing the flagship on fire, the entire water fortress was thrown into chaos. Even the Lords who were watching the show from the corner felt astonished.
"What happened? Why is it on fire?"
"Looking at the fire, it probably will not be extinguished in time!" a general said.
"What are you standing here for, help to extinguish it!" The Lord was a little angry.
If Xiong Ba truly died like this, it would be terrible. What else could they do? Who could deal with Shanhai City?
"Yes!"
The general hurried away!On the top deck, the merciless killing was still underway.
At the current moment, Xiong Ba still had not realized that his flagship was in flames. Only until smoke bellowed through the cracks on the deck did it spread to the top layer.
"What's happening?" The guards panicked.
Before they finished their words, the fire started to spread upward.
"Not good, it's a fire!" The first to react were the Personal Guards; they charged to the front to protect Xiong Ba and help him escape.
The direction of the escape was the deep parts of the passageway.
"Where are you going?!"
Wang Feng hollered as he immediately chased.
Looking at the situation, there definitely was a secret exit.
Hence, no matter what, Wang Feng could not allow the enemy to escape from under his nose.
"Protect the Lord!"
At the crucial moment, the guards and Personal Guards acted fearlessly and blocked the way to earn some precious time for the escape.
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Chapter 706-One-Armed General
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Nu!
Seeing that Xiong Ba was about to escape, Wang Feng decisively fired back.
The Divine Martial Guards got the order, tossing aside their weapons and taking out the god arm crossbow, arming it and firing. The entire process flowed like water and used less than half a minute.
In such a situation without disturbance and in such a narrow passageway, the bolts unavoidably had a freakishly high killing power. The guards in charge of being the frontline fell down row by row.
Following which, Xiong Ba's Personal Guards too could not escape their fate.
The god arm crossbow shot at too fast a rate. Moreover, the Divine Martial Guards were well trained, and they were already used to firing it. The bolts did not stop coming.
The less than hundred meter passage became the nightmare of the enemy. When Xiong Ba managed to rushed to the end, he was left with only around ten Personal Guards who were all injured.
Luckily, he made it.
Who knows which guard pressed it, but the wooden wall suddenly opened and revealed a narrow, square lift-like space.
"Quickly!"
The Personal Guards protected Xiong Ba and entered the 'lift.' In truth, this was a modified tool to raise and lower them.
After they entered, the wooden wall slowly closed once more.
"Not good!"
When Wang Feng saw this scene, his heart shook. He did not even think, using all his strength to throw the spear in his hand.
Pew! The spear was like an arrow as it broke through the air and stuck into the lift before it closed.
The lift stopped.
This shocking strike caused even the Divine Martial Guards to feel stunned.
"Quick, stop them!"
Wang Feng did not stop as he pulled out his Tang Blade; he was the first person to chase over.
The short hundred meters was covered quickly.
Wang Feng was going all out.
The Divine Martial Guards followed closely behind him.Within the lift, the faces of everyone were ashen white. The spear that Wang Feng tossed out had pierced into the head of one of the Personal Guards; brain fluids flowed out and fresh blood spurted.
Such a close encounter caused even the Personal Guards who had been through hundreds of battles to be shocked.
Most crucially, because of that spear, the lift could not close and naturally could not work.
The lift was one that Xiong Ba had purposely found top grade smiths to modify, and it was linked to the exit at the bottom layer of the ships. There were also little boats and emergency supplies ready at the exit.
The goal of the creation of this lift was to act as an escape route at the crucial moment.
His planning ability was far from ordinary.
Who knew that at the last moment, his plan would be destroyed by Wang Feng's sky shocking strike.
Wang Feng's spear was made from elite iron, so it could not be easily cut apart. If they forcefully moved the lift, the spear that was stuck onto the door would lock it in place.
With that, Xiong Ba and the others had no way out.
Xiong Ba's expression was complicated; in the end, he sighed, "Since we cannot retreat, then let's fight to the death!"
"Fight! Fight! Fight!"
In the small space, the more than 10 Personal Guards were ready.
These were people with their backs against the wall; they were prepared to go all out.
"If I cannot escape, neither will you!"
Xiong Ba's eyes turned cold as he grasped the machete in his hand."Destroy the door!"
Wang Feng had already rushed to the end along with the Divine Martial Guards.
"Yes sir!"
The Divine Martial Guards found some hard iron items to try and force their way in.
They did not expect that just at that moment, the wooden wall would open from both sides. The Personal Guards under the leadership of Xiong Ba charged out and caught them off guard.
Instantly, the Divine Martial Guards suffered heavy casualties.
Xiong Ba grasped his machete and went right for Wang Feng, chopping down. This heavy strike gathered all his killing intent and willingness to die.
He struck out without leaving any way to defend himself.
As expected from an ambitious and smart person; at the crucial moment, he still went out with style.
Wang Feng did not dare take to take him lightly, raising his blade to block it.
Dang! The thin blade was smashed aside by the machete. The momentum did not fade as it flashed a white glow, charging straight for Wang Feng's shoulder.
If the machete hit, it would split Wang Feng into two.
"General!"
The surrounding Divine Martial Guards panicked; they wanted to assist him, but it was already too late.
Wang Feng did not panic; he gritted his teeth and tried his best to side step it.
Puchi!
Regretfully, his reaction was too slow, and the machete cut down along his shoulder, splitting his left hand into two parts, his forearm falling to the ground.
Where the arm broke, fresh blood flowed out like a fountain.
No matter how resilient and steely he was, his face instantly turned white and cold sweat broke out from his forehead.
"General!"
The Divine Martial Guards leaped forward.
Xiong Ba still wanted to chase for the win and end Wang Feng. Just at this moment, a sharp arrow broke the air and pierced his forehead.
"Eh!"
Xiong Ba's actions slowed, looking regretfully at Wang Feng before slowly falling.
The entire battlefield was silent.
After a short while, his body turned into a white light and disappeared from the battle map. Disappearing with him were the navy soldiers from King City, including the ones fighting with the frogmen on the King.
Even the lucky few Personal Guards who survived were sent away.
The empty warships were proof that the King City Navy had been here.
In a situation where the Lord was assassinated, the navy generals would be teleported back to the main map; only the warships remained.
Just this fact meant that King City had suffered catastrophic loses.
"General!"
The Divine Martial Guards did not care about so much, taking bandages to help bandage Wang Feng.
Wang Feng's expression was a little dark, bearing the pain and not looking at his left arm that was lost, "Gather everyone and leave before the warship sinks!"
"Yes general!"Wulin Fortress corner, observing the navy of King City disappearing.
The Lord instantly understood what had happened.
"Damn it, Xiong Ba really died!" The Lord's face was exceedingly ugly, "We cannot stay here!"
Without the King City Navy, it was impossible to defend this place. Rather than that, why not go toward Zhan Lang to gather and discuss a plan.
Just as he decided to lead the squadron to Red Cliff, emergency news caused his face to turn ashen white.
"Lord, Lord Zhan Lang has been assassinated!"It was like the Lord's soul had left his body; only after a long while did he say, "The Sun Liu Camp is finished!"
"Lord what should we do?"
"Retreat, immediately leave Red Cliff." This Lord was smart, thinking about the menacing Shanhai City Navy he did not dare to stay here for even a second more.
"Retreat to where?"
"To Sun Quan, it's safer there." The Lord had foresight.
"Understood!"
Just like that, under the cover of the night, the remaining navy squadrons of Red Cliff gathered and escaped toward Chaisang.
As time was of the essence, they did not even have time to take over the warships.
The Lords were worried that the Shanhai City navy would arrive if they stayed for too long.
They were a bunch of devils!
Thinking about that, the Lords ran even faster than rabbits.
The busy Red Cliff suddenly became really empty and quiet.
The sun rose up, shining down on the river surface.
Less than 10 miles away from Red Cliff, hundreds of Cima Boats had gathered together. In the middle, Wang Feng laid down, his face ashen white, listening to the report.
The more he listened, the darker his face got.
For this sneak attack, Shanhai City had suffered heavy casualties. The fire and killing had taken away 900 lives.
In the end, less than 300 of them had survived.
As for the ones attacking Red Cliff, it was worse. Zhan Lang's forces were exceptional, like a bunch of wild wolves fighting to the death.
Out of the 1200 soldiers, less than 100 returned. Even the commander, Personal Guards Captain Chen Dameng, had fallen in battle.
Based on the descriptions of the soldiers that returned, their fight was as close as the Wulin one. At the most intense moment, Chen Dameng had no choice but to order for them to die with the enemy.
It was during that fight where Chen Dameng bore the pain of the enemy stabs and slashes to slay Zhan Lang.
This battle could be said to be a harsh victory.
Two generals, one dying in battle, one handicapped.
Before they left, the hundred Cima Boats were filled and bustling with excitement about the upcoming battle.
Now, many empty boats floated. Even as the sun shone on them, it seemed so cold and tragic.
The atmosphere felt really depressing.
The soldiers were all silent, mourning for their fallen comrades.
Only the golden dragon flag fluttered in the air, standing tall and never falling."General, the scout reports state that the remaining enemies have retreated. What should we do?" The lieutenant sought Wang Feng's opinion.
Wang Feng's face was ashen white, and he was really weak. Even so, he said with energy, "Send the frogmen to chase them."
"Understood!"
"Send another group to report our situation to the flagship." Wang Feng instructed.
"General, do not worry, the messenger has been sent. If nothing goes wrong, they would reach the flagship before night fall." The lieutenant was a capable character.
"That's great." Wang Feng wanted to nod but even that took too much energy. He continued, "Since the enemy are gone, let's just move into the fortress and get it ready for the Monarch."
"Yes!" The soldiers nodded; he hesitated but still asked in the end, "General, your injury?"
To a general, losing an arm was like lightning on a sunny day. From this day on, he would have to leave the battlefield and live as a 'useless person'.
To a young general like Wang Feng, such a blow was simply deadly.
He would rather die than live!
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Chapter 707-Guan Yu
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"Nothing much; at most, I'll just retire!"
Facing the concern of the Lieutenant, Wang Feng smiled and acted relaxed. Anyone could tell the intense pain behind his smile.
The man in front of them was barely holding on.
When the Lieutenant saw that, he quietly turned around, not letting the general see the sympathy in his eyes. Toward someone like Wang Feng, what he least needed at this time was sympathy.
After Wang Feng calmed down, his right hand could not help but shake, his fingernails piercing into his flesh.
In the evening, the Shanhai City Squadron reached Red Cliff.
The warships were docked in the Wulin Fortress, and Ouyang Shuo immediately went to see Wang Feng. Seeing his general's injuries, his expression was really solemn and his eyes revealed an unconcealable sadness.
Wang Feng was one of the native generals that Ouyang Shuo had high hopes for. This general had spent these few years charging into the battlefield with him, contributing a lot.
Who would have expected that in the end he would become handicapped?
Ouyang Shuo was really sharp and instantly saw the will to die in his eyes. To a general like Wang Feng, he would rather die on the battlefield than live like this.
Wang Feng could only hold on until now because of his role and responsibility.
Seeing the Monarch, he totally relaxed; his eyes no longer contained the will to live left.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, his heart pained.
When he received the frogmen report in the morning, Ouyang Shuo lost control of his legs and fell to the floor. In this battle, he had lost his most loyal Guards Captain and the commander of the Divine Martial Guards.
Such a loss of blood was one that Ouyang Shuo could not recover from.
In the battle map, basic soldiers could be revived with contribution points but advanced generals could not. The moment they died, they would truly die and could not be revived.
To make matters worse, they were not historical generals, so they could not be revived through the martial temple.
Generals like Chen Dameng had not upgraded to King Rank, so he did not even have this route to revival.
As a result, Ouyang Shuo would never hear the loud voice of his Personal Guards Captain ever again.
For this reason, Ouyang Shuo had opposed the two of them going on this mission. During these two days, Ouyang Shuo had been feeling extremely uneasy, who knew that the tragedy would still strile in the end.
Seeing Wang Feng's expression, it was like a knife cutting his heart.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Wang Feng with a solemn expression, "Look, I will not allow you to commit suicide. You are the most elite general that Shanhai City has produced till date. Even without a hand, you must live like a warrior. I look forward to the day I see you set off onto the battlefield once more. Remember, do not let me look down on you."
"Monarch!"
When Wang Feng heard these words, he could not hold his emotions in check anymore; he pulled onto the collar of Ouyang Shuo and cried out. The iron general was bawling his eyes out like a child.
When the surrounding soldiers saw this scene, they were all shocked.
At the current moment, no one would mock Wang Feng; instead, they would be touched by this interaction between Monarch and subordinate. Even Jia Xu could not help but tear up.
Jia Xu totally did not expect that this young Monarch actually had such charm.
Tears swelled up at the corners of his eyes as Ouyang Shuo patted Wang Feng's head, "Rest well!"
After these words, Ouyang Shuo had no more to add, giving out a long sigh before walking away.
When the soldiers saw this scene, they followed Ouyang Shuo, giving Wang Feng ample room to rest up and calm down his emotions.
This night was destined to be a sleepless one.
The squadron had just reached Red Cliff. Originally, there were many matters that needed Ouyang Shuo to decide. Helplessly, he had already locked himself in his reading room, and no one dared to disturb him.
Luckily, with Zheng He and Jia Xu taking charge, nothing much happened.
The next morning, the sun rose from the east.
Ouyang Shuo had woken up; he had already tossed aside the weakness and softness, returning to being the Monarch that ruled the world.
"Men!"
Ouyang Shuo was ready to summon Zheng He and Jia Xu to discuss their next course of action.
"Monarch!" A lanky soldier walked in.
Seeing the one that walked in was not that familiar burly figure, a flash of loss appeared in his eyes. The one temporarily replacing Chen Dameng was the assistant captain.
Ouyang Shuo put away his emotions and said, "Invite Zheng He and Jia Xu over."
"Yes Monarch!"Dragon Head, battle room.
"What are your views on what we should do next?"
Ouyang Shuo sat at the helm, looking down at his two helpers who were below him.
At this point, Jia Xu had totally merged into this team. Ouyang Shuo stopped being courteous to Jia Xu, asking him when he had any questions, treating him like his own advisor.
Jia Xu could only laugh.
"Based on the reports from the Cima Boat, the enemy Huang Gai Army has already met up with the Guan Yu Army; they are coming down the river. They will reach here in less than a day." Zheng He first reported the new intel.
"They truly are looking to die." Ouyang Shuo smiled as he shook his head. The Huang Gai Army lacked cannons; they were not something that Ouyang Shuo would put into his eyes. "Do they know that Red Cliff has already fallen?"
During this assassination mission, the people who were truly killed numbered extremely little, so his battle contribution points did not balloon. Hence, Ouyang Shuo dared to say that the other Lords would not be able to notice that something was wrong.
That was assuming they had no other communication methods.
"Based on what the spy noticed, they should not know. This army did not stop, rushing day and night over to Red Cliff." Zheng He explained.
"That's great." Ouyang Shuo nodded, "As for how to deal with them, you two simulate a battle plan. I only have one wish, try to capture Huang Gai and Guan Yu alive."
"Understood!" To Zheng He and Jia Xu, this was not a tough task.
Jia Xu raised another matter, "Monarch, the enemy that left Red Cliff, I think they are going to Sun Quan. Hence, I advise you to send an army to chase and remove them before Sun Quan is alerted."
"Your reminder is correct." Ouyang Shuo agreed with his analysis, turning to Zheng He, "Arrange a navy unit to chase, they have to die."
"Yes!"
Ouyang Shuo wanted to know why Liu Bei had led troops over.
When Jia Xu heard this, he could guess the reasonn, "Liu Bei seems righteous, but he's really selfish. At this moment, he should be busy with Changsha."
One had to say that Jia Xu's eyes were truly vicious and sharp; he could easily see through Liu Bei.
When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, he agreed and said seriously, "That cannot do. Mister, think of a way to draw this old fox out. We cannot let him stay cooped up in his home."
Amongst the China region players, only Ouyang Shuo knew what role Liu Bei would play in the future wilderness. Moreover, there was a high chance he would start a conflict with them.
Hence, using this chance, Ouyang Shuo needed to skin the Liu Bei Organization. When they reached the main map, dealing with him would not be so easy anymore.
After Guan Yu died, he was given a new title, 'Emperor Guan'. In the Qing Dynasty, he replaced Yue Fei as a Martial Saint.
This matter amused Ouyang Shuo. In five thousand years of history, to be truly listed as Martial Saints along with Kong Zi, probably only Jiang Shang'er could.
The Qing Dynasty people titled Guan Yu as Martial Saint for their own reasons. This was because Yue Fei was the general that helped to resist foreign invasion.
With that, naturally it stabbed their sensitive nerves; how would they allow Yue Fei to be immortalized? Through the Romance of The Three Kingdoms, the Guan Yu that was described like a god was naturally chosen.
In history, Guan Yu was just a courageous martial artist. In the Three Kingdoms records, less than a thousand words mentioned him.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, warm wine killing Hua Xiong belonged to Zhang Guan Dai. In history, Hua Xiong was killed by Sun Quan and not Guan Yu.
Apart from that, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms also described the matters of him crossing five passes, killing six generals, and accomplishing other feats.
In this story, they said that Guan Yu had killed Wen Xiu; in trut,h he died in the famous Battle of Guandu.
To make him stand out, Luo Guan Zhong had given him a lot of war contributions done by other people to make him seem strong and intelligent.
The Guan Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was what the Confucians described as righteous, intelligent, loyal, and polite.
But after reading the 'Guan Yu Biography', one could notice that Guan Yu in history lacked a political mind. Just from one matter, one could see that.
Guan Yu did not know the importance of working with Wu to go against Cao. When he took charge of Jingzhou, he rejected Sun Quan's marriage alliance, and his attitude was also really unfriendly. He had scolded the messenger, "How can a dog be good enough for a tiger woman?"
Hence, his words insulted East Wu.
The resulting story was one that everyone was familiar with. After Sun Quan obtained Jingzhou, he killed Guan Yu and broke apart the Sun Liu Alliance.
One could say that it was Guan Yu's arrogance that buried the future of Shu and Han.
Apart from that, Guan Yu also looked down on Ma and Huang Zhong who were listed as the five tiger generals along with him.
Liu Bei granted Guan Yu the title of frontline general. When he heard that Huang Zhong was given the title of backline general, he was furious, "I will never be regarded as the same level as him!"
His arrogance was unprecedented.
Hence, toward such a Guan Yu, Ouyang Shuo totally had no interest in him.
In comparison, Ouyang Shuo desired Zhang Fei. Some described him to be as intense as fire, courageous and clumsy, hating evil like an enemy.
However, the true Zhang Fei in history was not a clumsy person; in fact, he was an all rounded person.
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Chapter 708-Send up His Head
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In the battle room, the discussion was still underway.
Jia Xu smiled, "Monarch, if you want Liu Bei to strike, Guan Yu is a really good point of attack."
When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, his eyes lit up.
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were the god brothers of Liu Bei. He had a close bond with these two. The moment that something happened to Guan Yu, Ouyang Shuo did not believe that Liu Bei could restraint himself.
"Then for the battle tomorrow, you two need to plan it out well." Ouyang Shuo ordered.
"Do not worry Monarch!"
Zheng He used this chance to introduce the battle plan he had discussed with Jia Xu. After a short while, both of them bid goodbye to prepare for the battle tomorrow.
Yunmeng River.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was ready to destroy Huang Gai, the Zhou Yu Army was only a day away from Jiangling City. The battle that had been festering for such a long time was going to explode, and it would even change the entire Red Cliff situation.
In the end, Jiangling was the true main battlefield of this battle and gathered close to 90 percent of both sides. The results of this battle would determine the end result of this battle map.
When they received the intel, the atmosphere in Jiangling City instantly tensed up.
Cao Cao personally took charge of Jiangling, Cao Ren, Yu Jin, Cao Dun, Wen Pin, and other important generals were all there. The 200 thousand player forces had received the order and had moved into the city.
The entire Jiangling City instantly transformed into a giant barracks, and grain gathered from all around Jingzhou was transported over for the army to consume.
When he received the news of the Lu Su Army falling, Cao Cao's confidence rose, and he was determined to fight with the Sun Liu Alliance Army here.
After a few days of rest and the motivation from the navy victory, the Cao Army morale had risen.
Hence, Cao Cao was really confident about this battle.Within Jiangling City, the player camp.
Within the tent, Caiyun Zinan was delighted, "Zi Fang is truly a god in predicting things. We followed your plan and Cao Ren really agreed."
When Zhang Liang heard these words, he smiled and did not speak.
Seeing the Lord being so excited, a look of helplessness appeared in Zhang Liang's eyes.
Too focused on the small things, he looks nothing like a true ruler, Zhang Liang sighed in his heart.
Caiyun Zinan, who was caught up in his elation, did not notice the expression of his advisor, "This time, I'll make Shanhai Alliance trip and fall."
13th day of the battle map, Changjiang Red Cliff.
A huge squadron was traveling on the river surface, stretching miles. On the warship, there were massive flags; the first half of the flags was 'Huang' and the other half was 'Guan'.
This was the Alliance Army of Huang Gai and Guan Yu.
Guan Yu followed Liu Bei instructions and led four thousand naval forces as the vanguard. The army had finally caught up to the Huang Gai Army before they reached Red Cliff.
Unfortunately, because of the conflict from before, Huang Gai was not delighted with Guan Yu's arrival.
Guan Yu was also an arrogant person and had not wanted to come. If it was not for Liu Bei forcing him, he would not have come out. Seeing Huang Gai's attitude, Guan Yu was all the more furious.
The army did not even merge together with the Huang Gai Army and just traveled behind.
Between the two armies, there were a few kilometers of space.
Like what the Cima Boats had investigated, Huang Gai did not know what had happened to Red Cliff. After reaching the water path in front of Red Cliff, the army did not stop and continued forward.
Along the way, they did not see a single warship.
This did not surprise Huang Gai.
The ambush tactic designed by the Yanhuang Alliance was obviously one that Huang Gai and Lu Su knew about. Hence, seeing that Wulin Fortress was still fine, he did not suspect anything.
He did not even face a single warship along the way.
With that, this was a small part of the plan; the goal was to not raise the suspicion of the Cao Cao Army.
After entering Red Cliff, Huang Gai stood on deck and smiled, "I've finally reached Red Cliff! Sound the drums and tell the players that we are here to help. Ask them to open the gates of the fortress."
"Yes general!"
During the entire process, only Gong Chengshi, who stood beside Huang Gai, had a weird expression.
Sometimes, too normal was not normal.
After spending so much time with Ouyang Shuo, Gong Chengshi understood his big brother's personality. Ouyang Shuo liked to plan out the battles and never fought battles he had no confidence in.
Not seeing the Shanhai City Squadron already shocked Gong Chengshi. When he saw Red Cliff, the uneasiness in his heart intensified.
Only through various considerations did Gong Chengshi not tell his worries to Huang Gai.
When the fortress gates opened and a large number of warships charged out of Wulin and Red Cliff, they finally realized that they had fallen into a trap.
Although all the high level warships in China came from the Shanhai City shipyard and looked the same, Gong Chengshi had a huge feeling that it was the Shanhai City Squadron in front of them.
The squadrons on both sides gathered into their formations. Quickly, they left the Alliance Army without the room to move.
"Is there a need to have such a grand welcome ceremony?" Huang Gai had some doubts. However, thanks to his intuition as a general, he also smelled that something was up.
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
The warships raised an eye-catching golden dragon flag that fluttered in the wind. At the same time, they hollered, "You have been surrounded, surrender now!"
"Not good!"
Huang Gai's face instantly became ugly.
"Attack, quickly attack!" Huang Gai was extremely ferocious and did not even think about giving up.
The archers quickly reacted, taking out their bow and arrows and attacking the warships on both sides. Unfortunately, their actions were useless.
The moment the arrow rain rose, cannons fired.
With such proximity, in addition to the Huang Gai and Guan Yu's armies being pincered, there were no strategic maneuvers they could perform. After just the first round of cannons, they suffered heavy losses.
Under the command of Zheng He, only the two flagships were perfectly fine.
This round of cannon fire had stunned Huang Gai and caused his heart to turn cold. He finally knew how the strong Lu Su Army fell.
"Listen up, quickly surrender, or do not blame the cannons for being merciless."
After a round of cannon fire, the words carried more weight.
An uproar rose in the Alliance Army. The soldiers were not fools, and they could see that they had no chance of them winning. If they tried, only death awaited them.
At this moment, whether to surrender or not was not up to Huang Gai and Guan Yu. Even if they did not agree, the soldiers would just surrender. They might even tie up the two of them to claim credit.
Huang Gai's face was ashen white; his heart was as dead as ash.
Guan Yu's face became redder and redder like that of an iron branding.
The following story was not an exception.
After that short conflict, both armies surrendered and were easily taken down.
The entire process lasted for less than an hour.
Without a doubt, this was the easiest battle for Shanhai City. If they wanted to blame someone, they could only blame Huang Gai for being too careless.
Dragon Head, top deck.
Huang Gai, Guan Yu, and other important people were brought up and handed over to the Monarch.
Amongst them, there was also Gong Chengshi.
The two of them were allies but the current situation did not allow for much. Ouyang Shuo was nice and did not say much, just sending him down with the rest.
Following which, Ouyang Shuo looked at Guan Yu.
When taking down Guan Yu, they had lost 50 Divine Martial Guards.
After all, he was a top-class general with great combat strength.
To prevent more deaths, the Divine Martial Guards had to use the god arm crossbows to take him down. Hence, his body was covered with the signs of battle, and there were no less than five arrowheads embedded in his body.
Even so, Guan Yu did not even frown.
Although this person was arrogant, he had the ability to do so. Just this point showed there he was a great warrior. However, that did not equate to being a good general.
"Guan Yu, will you surrender?" Ouyang Shuo looked at Guan Yu.
Guan Yu raised his head; his eyes were filled with killing intent. Along with the killing aura around him, it was alluring. If a scholar stood in front of him, he would not even be able to stand still.
Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo had been through so much and seen so much. Hence, his killing aura had no effect on Ouyang Shuo, and his expression remained calm.
Guan Yu was a little surprised, but he did not think too much about it. He took a look at Ouyang Shuo and turned around to spit, showing his disdain; his expression was truly arrogant.
"Preposterous!"
The Divine Martial Guards immediately raised their blades to his neck.
Hen! Guan Yu scoffed, not bothering about the blank, "Just kill me if you want. In your dreams I'll surrender!"
"Good, what an upright man!" Ouyang Shuo clapped; instantly, his expression turned cold, "Since that's the case, drag him down and behead him."
This change happened so quickly.
"Yes Monarch!"
The Divine Martial Guards hated him; after all, they had lost so many brothers to capture him.
Hen! Guan Yu scoffed once more.
However, the sharp Ouyang Shuo noticed that his right hand shook.
Ouyang Shuo laughed; it seemed like he was not totally unafraid of dying. If Guan Yu thought he would be as polite to him as Cao Cao, he would be wrong.
After a short while, Guan Yu's head was put into a wooden box and sent back to the deck.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he told Zheng He, "Send someone to send this head to Liu Bei."
"Understood!"
Looking at this, Liu Bei would be furious.
When Jia Xu saw this Lord's actions, he could not help but be shocked at Ouyang Shuo's decisiveness. This was Guan Yu, a presence that shocked the Three Kingdoms, and Ouyang Shuo just killed him like that without blinking.
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Chapter 709-Inner Demons
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Guan Yu's murder shocked Huang Gai the most.
Seeing Guan Yu's head, the expression of the similarly tied up Huang Gai became uglier and uglier. The player Lord in front of him truly gave them no face.
He killed without even blinking an eye.
Huang Gai was truly worried that the next words he said would be, "Are you willing to surrender?"
If he rejected the offer, his head would be the next to roll.
Under such intense pressure, even someone like Huang Gai was prepared to surrender.
If he was alive, he would have a chance to make a comeback.
Huang Gai did not want to be like Guan Yu and have his head chopped off so cleanly.
However, Ouyang Shuo did not ask him about surrendering; instead, he smiled and said apologetically, "Lu Su and the others are locked up, so general, I'm sorry to have to ask you to stay with them for a while!"
As he said these words, he cupped his hand.
When Huang Gai saw his actions, a chill covered his heart. This guy truly changed faces so quickly. He had just killed someone and now acted like a polite gentleman.
Although that was the case, Huang Gai still felt relived. Guan Yu and him were both prisoners but faced different treatment, which meant that he was respected more.
One had to say, the olden people would always fall for such polite antics.
Huang Gai heaved a sigh of relief; his heart that was raised up was slightly calmed down. It seemed like he had temporarily avoided catastrophe. Moreover, the fact that Lu Su and the others were still alive gave life to his already dead heart.
20 minutes later, Huang Gai met Lu Su, Lu Meng, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning in the jail. The five of them looked at one another; in the end, they could only give out bitter smiles.
This time, the Jiangdong Navy was swept by the enemy.
The five of them could be considered brothers in crisis.
The appearance of cannons gave Lu Meng and the other navy generals a lesson. Such killing weapons left them powerless and defeat was unavoidable.
"Who knows what the situation with the commander is," Lu Su sighed.
During these few days, they ate well and drank well, being treated like esteemed guests. Unfortunately, they were fallen soldiers, so how would they be in the mood to enjoy themselves? They were worried about the situation.
Seeing Huang Gai, they became even more worried.
"Do not worry, our commander is a god and definitely can break through that Cao thief!" Gan Ning was a fan of Zhou Yu.
"Let's hope so!"
Lu Su was not as optimistic as Gan Ning; his senses told him that this battle was the stage of the players. The direction of the battle was not something that them as natives could change and direct.
In truth, this was also the norm as the game entered the later stages. In the second half of the Gaia 3rd year, the Lords of the wilderness who rose up started to have bigger power.
The Battle of Red Cliff was a separation point.
The players had more troops than the natives; naturally, they would not let the natives control them.
The Red Cliff ambush battle was planned by Xiong Ba. After which, they just informed Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Huang Gai; he did not even seek their opinion.
As the battle situation changed, Lu Su and Huang Gai even had to proactively aid the players and assist Red Cliff.
The result was that even before their carefully planned ambush, they were stopped in their tracks by the sudden assassination mission. As a result, even Lu Su, Huang Gai, and the others were captured.
Logically, if this proceeded, Liu Bei was going to drop in this hole too.
During the entire process, the natives were on the back foot and could not control the situation. They could not direct the entire battle like previous battle maps with the players assisting.
Even the Battle of Jiangling that was about to begin was so.
In truth, this would be a battle of player armies. Be it Zhou Yu or Cao Cao, they were only commanders.
At this moment, Zhou Yu had no choice but to attack Jiangling.
Di Chen himself could just command the players to attack Jiangling. To say the truth, the hundred thousand troops Zhou Yu brought was not much to Di Chen.
This was why the natives were helpless.
One could say that Zhou Yu and the others were taken hostage.
In a way, Cao Cao agreeing to fight the Zhou Yu Army was similarly because of Ouyang Shuo. Even without using his relationship with Xiahou Ying, Ouyang Shuo had other ways to reach his goal.
The player representative of the battle map was becoming more and more like a leader.
And this would shape the future leadership in country wars.
Of course, the prerequisite would be that the representative had enough prestige amongst the Lords. Be it Ouyang Shuo or Di Chen, they both had achieved that requirement.
The only hidden problem was that the player camp in Cao Cao camp was like a group of dragons without a leader. With Caiyun Zinan and the rest causing problems, the situation became exceedingly complicated.
Be it Bai Hua or Feng Qiuhuang, they could not control the situation.
This was what Ouyang Shuo had neglected.
Even if he thought about it, he had no other way. In the battle of the river, his presence was crucial. After all, Zheng He and Jia Xu were not familiar with one another, so who could predict what kind of situations would occur.
Dragon Head, battle room.
The post battle matters were handled by Zheng He and Jia Xu, so Ouyang Shuo did not need to worry about it. After sending Huang Gai away, Ouyang Shuo met Gong Chengshi alone. When they met, the atmosphere was a little awkward.
"Big brother!" Gong Chengshi said.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Gong Chengshi and did not mince his words, "You chose Sun Liu Camp. To say the truth, I really did not expect that at the start."
"Big brother, this…." Gong Chengshi tried to explain.
Ouyang Shuo waved his hand, "You do not need to explain. I've said that it's your choice on which camp to choose, and I would not interfere. The only thing I'm unhappy about is why did you not inform me?"
That's right; Ouyang Shuo was the leader of Shanhai Alliance. Even if Gong Chengshi planned to choose a different camp, he should have given him the heads up so that he could prepare.
If not, Ouyang Shuo would not have been caught off guard.
In Jiangdong, Ouyang Shuo could clearly feel that Feng Qiuhuang, Bai Hua, and Wufu had started to feel disdain toward Gong Chengshi and Xunlong Dianxue, causing cracks to form in the alliance.
This was what Ouyang Shuo least wanted to see.
Gong Chengshi froze; guilt and regret appeared on his face as he sincerely apologized, "Brother, I am wrong!"
Ouyang Shuo shook his head; he sounded like he was replying to him but it also like he was muttering, "You are not the only one wrong. As we became more powerful, we lost ourselves. Lost in power, letting our ambitions grow. All of these are sins. Since we did wrong, we must deal with it."
These words came from deep within his heart.
He was not as unaffected by Xunlong Dianxue's betrayal as he seemed. These thoughts had been hidden in his heart and were not voiced.
Seeing Gong Chengshi, Ouyang Shuo finally said it.
"Big brother!" Gong Chengshi's eyes were red, filled with regret.
"Don't you remember when we were so young and crazy? Our fighting words?" Thinking about that, Ging Chengshi could not hold in his emotions; his eyes teared up, and all the pent up emotion was released.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that, he kept silent and did not say anything.
A sad and tragic atmosphere engulfed the room.
Both of them had touched that forbidden area in their hearts that they did not want to enter.
Within it was a bloody field of sadness.
This was a rare experience to Ouyang Shuo. Till now, he could not say that when he recruited Xunlong Dianxue, how much of it was because of friendship and how much of it was for interests.
In the last life, after he was betrayed by his big brother Song Pu, that person who believed in friendship had died. All that remained was a soul that could not trust others.
This soul was like a lonely ghost wandering in the depths of his heart.
Everything in this life, brotherhood, closeness, and love; in the end, he could not avoid the endless chase of power and ambition.
Probably only a higher amount of power could let Ouyang Shuo feel secure.
That Ouyang Shuo was the true Ouyang Shuo.
Underneath all the extravagant clothes was a lonely soul, a soul that had had gone all in and was not intact from the start.
The only thing that was unchanged was his love for Bing'er.
The familial love was the only thing that held him up as he walked to this stage. As it was pure, did not need any decorations, making it seem strong.
Some people said that every ruler had a foundation in his heart that was the source of his power. His foundation was this love and protection of family.
However, even this was not complete.
The betrayal from the last life was not truly wiped away by time. In his heart, there was still this knot.
Only today did Ouyang Shuo find that this knot had slowly transformed into his inner demon.
If he did not remove it, it would be hard to become a true ruler.
It seems like after the battle map ends, I need to find time to end the inner demon from my last life, Ouyang Shuo thought.
In the 3rd year of the game, Ouyang Shuo had purposely avoided making contact with Liangshan Mercenary Group.
This was his inner demon.
Quiet and no signs of existing.
Ouyang Shuo took a look at Gong Chengshi; he had grown up, quickly collecting his emotions and did not cry in front of him.
In truth, Ouyang Shuo needed to thank this little brother today.
If not, the deeper the inner demons, the scarier it would become when it exploded out one day.
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Chapter 710-Jia Xu vs Zhuge Liang
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Just when Ouyang Shuo and Gong Chengshi were talking, Zheng He suddenly walked in.
"Monarch, Lord Gong Chengshi!"
After Zheng He bowed, he came to Ouyang Shuo's side, bending down and saying softly, "Monarch, we have interrogated the prisoners and learned that the Huang Gai Army should have reached here three days ago. Lord Gong Chengshi suggested they meet with Liu Bei, which wasted a few days of time."
Zheng He did not continue to say the following words.
Obviously, the few days that Gong Chengshi had dragged were extremely crucial.
Ouyang Shuo looked at Gong Chengshi who stood opposite him and nodded.
Zheng He understood the situation and backed down.
Gong Chengshi probably also noticed that what he did was exposed.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, "You have done me a good favor, so I'll help you too. The Huang Gai and Guan Yu forces, you can take them all back. You can bring these navies back to Dongting Lake and continue to take down Wuling Prefecture."
"Oh? Thank you, Big Brother!" Gong Chengshi was a little emotional.
In the battle map, Lords could capture the native army of the enemy. However, to rule over them was truly difficult. After all, time was limited, and it was hard to settle hearts.
Even if these surrendered soldiers could be used, Ouyang Shuo would not dare to try. What if they suddenly changed sides? That would be catastrophic.
On the contrary, Lords belonging to the same camp would be able to control them easily. Hence, giving this army to Gong Chengshi was like giving him a ready-made strong army.
Apart from that, there was one more point - side quests.
In the Sun Liu Camp, Zhou Yu, Huang Gai, and Liu Bei all had side quests. Huang Gai's side quest was to take down Wuling Prefecture.
Hence, if he could complete the quest, not only could he gain large amounts of battle contribution points but also massive quest rewards.
Obviously, Gong Chengshi would be emotional. Through this battle, Gong Chengshi had benefited because of a calamity. He felt lucky, lucky that he made the right choice.
"Apart from the army, I'll give you a portion of the warships that Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang left. Including the cannons, you can use them." Ouyang Shuo smiled as he added.
"Thank you Big Brother!"
Gong Chengshi did not know what else he could say.
Ouyang Shuo smiled as he got up, patting Gong Chengshi's shoulder, "Why are you thanking me? We are allies!"
"En!" Gong Chengshi nodded; he was filled with thoughts and emotions.
"Go, immediately prepare to set off. Remember, you must enter Wuling Prefecture before they reach Dongting Lake; if not, and we you meet there, it would be really awkward."
"Do not worry Big Brother, I know!"
"That's great!" Ouyang Shuo also believed that Gong Chengshi could complete this matter smoothly.
Before he left, he stopped in his steps, "Brother, Xunlong is just silly, he does not have any other intentions."
Ouyang Shuo froze; it seemed like the friendship between the two was exceedingly deep.
"Do not worry; I'll deal with it properly." Ouyang Shuo smiled.
"Great!"
Gong Chengshi's smile was a little forced; he sighed in his heart before turning around and leaving.
Looking at the back view of Gong Chengshi, his eyes were very complicated. Through his methods, Ouyang Shuo had finally settled down Gong Chengshi.
"Xunlong? Please do not disappoint me!" Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed.
In the spacious meeting room, a killing intent floated around.
That afternoon, Gong Chengshi led his troops and left.
Along with him was also a Mengchong Warship that carried Guan Yu's head.
Apart from Gong Chengshi, the other two Lord players in Huang Gai Camp were killed and sent out of this battle map. Hence, regarding the details of Gong Chengshi in Red Cliff, no one had any idea.
After sending off Gong Chengshi, Ouyang Shuo gathered Zheng He and Jia Xu to the battle room. After destroying the Huang Ga iArmy, they needed to consider how to face the Liu Bei Army.
Liu Bei had around 20 thousand troops and 50 thousand players for a total of 70 thousand. They also had Zhuge Liang coming up with strategies, so Ouyang Shuo would not take them lightly.
Apart from that, the strategic meaning of occupying Red Cliff also needed to be assigned. The 1st division major general Zhao Si Hu of the City Protection Legion was invited to the meeting.
Battle room.
As usual, Zheng He reported the intelligence, "Monarch, we have investigated that of the resources sent to Yunmeng Lake, the middle point is Wulin, and it has been controlled by us."
"Great!" Ouyang Shuo was more and more pleased with the efficiency of Zheng He.
"In the Wulin Granary, there was a large amount of grain. At the same time, the grain officer showed that three days ago, there was a batch of grain that was rushed to Yunmeng Lake." Zheng He continued, "What was unusual was that five days ago, they had already sent a batch."
"Usually, the grain would be sent once every five days. This new batch was requested by the frontline." Zheng He added.
"Mister, what do you think?" Ouyang Shuo asked Jia Xu.
Jia Xu was quite certain, "If I am not wrong, there should be a huge war in Jiangling. As a result, the frontline needed a large amount of resources just in case."
"Mister, do you think Zhou Yu can take down Jiangling City?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"It's hard to say!" Jia Xu frowned.
As mentioned, the entire battle was controlled by the players. Jia Xu could not know what tricks Di Chen would pull out.
After all, however strong a strategist, if they did not understand the enemy, it was useless.
"However, based on the situation, it seems like they have a trump card. If not, they would not have requested the grain and so confidently went to attack." Jia Xu continued his analysis.
Jia Xu understood Zhou Yu; he knew that he was not a clumsy or rash person.
Sometimes, the perception of a strategist was extremely important. From some small traces, Jia Xu could deduce what was happening in Jiangling.
In truth, Ouyang Shuo was feeling uneasy. Through the clouds, Ouyang Shuo could feel that a massive blood cloud was coagulating above the city.
The cloud was filled with killing intent.
This definitely was not a good sign. It seemed like Jiangling City was going to end up scattered with bones.
"The Battle of Jiangling is one we cannot help." Ouyang Shuo put aside his emotions, "What we can do is to follow the plan and cut off their grain supply."
"Monarch, do not worry, I have already planned it."
Zheng He continued, "I also want to report that the navy that escaped has already been killed. I've already sent orders to ask them to patrol the river to try and destroy the warship sending the first batch."
"Well done." Ouyang Shuo nodded; Zheng He was becoming more and more decisive. Normal military matters did not need Ouyang Shuo to involved himself.
"Zhao Si Hu!" Ouyang Shuo called out.
"Present!"
Zhao Si Hu bowed with an excited expression.
For this whole journey, the ones with the most pent up frustration were the soldiers of the City Protection Legion after seeing their side fight war after war without them having a part.
The soldiers were making noises and grumbling about joining the battle.
It seemed like their chance had arrived.
"Arrange a cavalry regiment to chase the enemy grain transport track to block the first batch squad. The enemy lacks grain, so we must cut off all their grain such that they cannot get even a single bit." Ouyang Shuo ordered.
"Monarch, do not worry, it will be done!" Zhao Si Hu patted his chest.
The current City Protection Legion was totally new and their combat strength was not ordinary. Even their mounts were all Mongol Warhorses. Chasing the slow grain transport squad was a piece of cake.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, showing that he believed in their ability. This was all he could do for the Jiangling Battlefield at this moment."To deal with Liu Bei's army, mister, do you have any ideas?" After dealing with the grain situation, Ouyang Shuo focused the discussion on the battlefield.
Out of all of them, Jia Xu knew the most about Liu Bei's squad.
Jia Xu nodded, "Their army numbers over 70 thousand. After taking over Changsha, it would have increased; this time, they'll have more than 80 thousand."
After a short pause, he continued, "With my understanding of him, seeing Guan Yu's head, it can be predicted that he would want to seek revenge."
Thinking back to how the voyage squadron only had 40 thousand, half of the enemy numbers, the expressions of the generals turned solemn.
"The Liu Bei forces have both army and navy forces, but their army is their main. They also have many top generals and a top strategist. Hence, they would not act rashly. They definitely would not enter Red Cliff and fall for our trap." Jia Xu analyzed, "The highest chance would be for them to attack from both land and sea with their main forces coming from land."
"You mean they will sneak attack Red Cliff?" Zheng He asked.
"Red Cliff, Wulin both are possible. Zhuge Liang loves to use plans, and it's hard to guess. The only thing we can be sure about is that before arriving, they would find a suitable point to disembark before charging here." Jia Xu's analysis was really thorough.
This battle would be between Jia Xu and Zhuge Liang. These two top strategists would determine the side that owned the advantage.
No wonder Jia Xu would look so excited.
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"Mister, do you mean that we should choose the spot they will disembark to strike?" Ouyang Shuo was a little hesitant.
"Yes, that's right." Jia Xu nodded, "However, there are numerous spots where they could disembark, so getting the right spot is really difficult."
"What is your view mister?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Jia Xu laughed confidently and finally described his plan.
When Ouyang Shuo and the others heard his words, their eyes lit up; they were amazed by some of the details. One had to say that Jia Xu was truly a talent. After spending some time with the voyage squadron, he was able to use their advantages to the maximum.
This military meeting finally ended at nightfall.
"Go prepare, follow the plan!" Ouyang Shuo instructed.
"Yes Monarch!"
Zheng He and the others bid goodbye and left.
The voyage squadron that had rested for a day once again entered battle status. That night, the second unit left Red Cliff and disappeared under the night sky.
Even Ouyang Shuo himself disappeared.
In the next week, the army would prepare for the upcoming battle.
Linxiang City, Lord's Manor.
After occupying Changsha Prefecture, Liu Bei chose Linxiang as the governing point.
Liu Bei had spent a large part of his life wandering around, so he could not hide his happiness now that he finally owned his own land. Unfortunately, the good days would last for less than a week before he welcomed the darkest day.
On that day, of his second brother who had left for Red Cliff, only a bloody head returned.
"Qiyue Wuyi, we are not finished!" Liu Bei's eyes were blood red, boiling with killing intent.
Liu Bei's holler shocked the entire manor.
In less than an hour, Guan Yu's death had stunned the entire city.
There and then, Liu Bei gathered everyone to discuss attacking Red Cliff.
In the main hall, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, as well as player representative Chun Shenjun gathered, their expressions weird.
The moment Zhuge Liang walked in, his brows were furrowed. Seeing the Lord filled with killing intent, Zhuge Liang forced himself to mention not sending troops out.
Before the Huang Gai Army left, Zhuge Liang had suggested immediately moving out, but his suggestion was rejected.
Now that Red Cliff had fallen, logically speaking, Zhuge Liang should not support sending troops. First, they had just taken Changsha, and it was not stable; secondly, Red Cliff had become a war whirlpool.
The most rational course of action was to not do anything.
Zhuge Liang also guessed that the one in charge of Red Cliff had seen through this point. Hence, they handed over Guan Yu's head to try and provoke him into sending troops.
Just that point alone made Zhuge Liang wary.
However, when he saw his Lord's expression, he knew that he definitely would not be able to stop him. As an advisor and a strategist, he must consider how to win this war.
If not, and they failed, it would all be but a dream for the Liu Bei Organization to rule this land.
Zhang Fei's expression was the same as Liu Bei; there was nothing good to say. Zhao Yun was similarly furious; however, he was not as emotional as Zhang Fei.
Chun Shenjun also had a weird expression on his face.
Guan Yu being killed, Red Cliff falling, just thinking about these points, one would know what had happened to Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang.
His current feelings were undoubtedly complicated. On one hand, he wanted both of them out and was gloating; on the other hand, he was worried for Yanhuang the Alliance.
Especially since he had made a breakthrough in his attempt to recruit Zhao Yun and this suddenly occurred.
"What luck!" Chun Shenjun gritted his teeth.
Just at this moment, Liu Bei said, "Player Qiyue Wuyi is truly bold; he's not a human, killing our general! I'll move 80 thousand soldiers to fight back, advisor, tell us your plan!"
Right at the start, Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.
When Zhuge Liang heard these words, he frowned once more, "Lord, Changsha had just been occupied. Should we consider leaving 20 thousand men here to play it safe?"
"No." Liu Bei shook his head without any hesitation, "We can take it once, so we can take it a second time. Now, killing those Red Cliff bandits is the priority; we definitely cannot split up."
Liu Bei was not foolish and did not think that the enemy who killed Lu Su, Huang Gai, and Guan Yu's armies was a weak fellow.
Hence, since they wanted to strike, they needed to go all out.
The purpose of this trip was twofold: to take revenge for Guan Yu and to fulfil his own ambitions. In his view, the fall of the Huang Gai Army meant that Wuling Prefecture was a piece of juicy meat.
When they crushed the enemy at Red Cliff, the entire Jingzhou would be his.
Probably only he knew his current thoughts.
All rulers were like that; their thoughts were hard to guess, and they were not always pure.
When Zhuge Liang heard these words, he sighed, "The enemy is strong and has an absolute advantage in terms of their navy; they have also taken up a strategic location like Red Cliff. The only way would be to attack by land."
"The advisor is right." Chun Shenjun interrupted, "Currently, only the player forces that were housed in Red Cliff could have fought against their navy. Unfortunately, they have already been destroyed, so we definitely cannot attack from the sea."
Chun Shenjun interrupted because he was afraid the furious Liu Bei would drag the player army to their deaths.
"Since that's the case, does general have any specific plans?" Liu Bei asked.
One really had to admire him. Even when he was extremely anger, he could still maintain his rationality.
Such ability to bear pain and suffering combined with his discipline was exceedingly scary.
No wonder Cao Cao, Liu Biao, and Sun Quan all feared Liu Bei so much.
"In my view!" Zhuge Liang moved before the map and pointed at a water passage hundreds of miles away from Red Cliff and introduced, "This place is known as Ruxi Town and is a perfect spot to land. We can come here and make the navy proceed forward to attract the enemy's attention."
"The true main force will disembark and rush day and night to reach Red Cliff before the navy to catch them off guard. Only then can we win this battle."
"Advisor, you truly are magnificent. Please give the orders!" Liu Bei smiled in delight. Seeing Zhuge Liang acting so supportive, he relaxed and gave him the power to reorganize the army.
Zhuge Liang immediately started to make the battle plan.
The next day, Liu Bei's army left Linxiang and went straight for Red Cliff. Two days before this, the army led by Gong Chengshi had once again arrived at Linyuan City.
The Battle of Red Cliff was going to enter its second stage.
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Chapter 712-Fire Attack Strategy
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The surging Changjiang River continued and did not stop.
Liu Bei's army went down the river and when they went past the Han River mouth, Zhuge Liang suggested they send warships and scout to prevent the enemy from setting an ambush in the Han River.
Liu Bei nodded and allowed it, but he only gave them half a day. In the end, they obtained no rewards. With that, the army continued to move down the river and headed toward Ruxi Town.
Just as they passed the Changjiang mouth, at an inconspicuous corner, a beast with a green head popped out and did a roll before disappearing in the water.
The green beast traveled up the river for half a day before coming to the upstream portion of the river. At this place, the 2nd unit was quietly waiting.
Splash!
The beast jumped out of the river and landed on top of the flagship.
A young man was standing on the deck. When he saw the giant beast, he smiled and touched its head, asking, "They just went over?"
The giant beast could actually understand his words and nodded.
"Good, go play!" The young man once again patted its head.
Nian!
The giant beast leaped and once again disappeared into the vast river.
The young man turned around and looked at the navy major, "You heard that?"
"Monarch, do not worry. With our speed, we can move to the next ambush point in time if we move out now." The major was solemn but rather excited.
The young man nodded, "Follow the plan!"
"Yes Monarch!"
After giving his instructions, the young man moved to the side of the deck where a flying device was parked.
This young man was naturally Ouyang Shuo.
With a little stalking, the location and movements of the Liu Bei Navy had completely fallen under their control.
The ambush plan that Jia Xu had made needed extreme precise. They needed to know the exact time they passed the river mouth and also needed to inform the Red Cliff Navy in time so that they could work together.
If one side performed badly, all their efforts would be ruined.
The secret weapon that Jia Xu mentioned was the flying device that had teleported over with the voyage squadron.
Ouyang Shuo pushed the purple magnetic ohlite around his neck into the caved in portion of the flying device. The mysterious patterns suddenly lit up like an awakened beast.
The flying device suddenly rose and disappeared into the sky.
Ouyang Shuo was driving the device down the river through the river mouth and down toward Red Cliff. In less than an hour, he saw Liu Bei's army traveling on the river surface.
"Caught you!"
Ouyang Shuo smiled and drove the flying device away from Changjiang and toward the Yunmeng River on the west side; he especially made a big circle before entering Red Cliff.
Two hours later, the flying device landed on Dragon Head.
"Monarch!"
When he received the news, Zheng He came out to welcome his Lord.
"The target has appeared, get ready!" Ouyang Shuo was extremely direct.
"Understood!"
Zheng He immediately ordered the army to leave Red Cliff.
With that, the Shanhai City Army had locked them in Changjiang from both the front and the back.
Morning, 19th day of the battle map.
On the Liu Bei flagship deck, Zhuge Liang stood in the wind, pointing at the river and smiling, "Lord, not far from here is Ruxi Lake."
"Great!" Since they did not face any resistance on the way here, Liu Bei's mood was extremely good. As long as the army was able to disembark smoothly, they would have largely succeeded.
At this very moment, the alarm sounded.
When Liu Bei heard the sound, his heart shook, "What happened?"
"Lord, the enemy ships behind us have caught up!" The Personal Guard stammered as he spoke.
"What?"
When he heard this news, Liu Bei immediately turned around, only to see a massive squadron charging over. An eye-catching golden dragon flag hung from the warship.
"It's the Shanhai City Squadron!"
From the side, Chun Shenjun solemnly exclaimed.
"Why did this happen!"
Liu Bei's face was ashen white; he regretted not listening to the suggestion of patrolling the area more carefully.
"Advisor, what should we do now?" Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang was calm, "Lord, please calm down. Their forces are not many and should be their branch squad. The best method is to send some sailors to drag them down and to rush to Ruxi Town to disembark. We have no chance at all if we fight on the river."
"Advisor is correct!" Liu Bei calmed himself down.
Liu Bei had totally no hopes of his navy winning. As such, when he heard Zhuge Liang's words, he immediately ordered the navy to break away from the main force and take charge of dragging down the enemy.
The main force would charge to Ruxi Town.
As long as they reach there, they would definitely win with their massive army.
"Qiyue Wuyi, just you wait!" Liu Bei's hatred for this player increased.
At this moment of life and death moment, Liu Bei's army was like an arrow leaving the bowstring, charging forward.
At the same time, the navy squadron got ready to intercept the Shanhai City Squadron.
"Fire the cannons!"
The Shanhai City Squadron did not hesitate and used their special move straight away.
Hong! Hong! Hong!
On the river surface, cannon explosions rang out once more.
The navy squadron that Cao Cao had abandoned was a live target. In front of the strong Shanhai City Navy, they had no way to return fire.
In less than half an hour, all of them fell. Unfortunately, a large amount of broken wreckage blocked the Changjiang River, so the Shanhai City Squadron had no choice but to stop to clear it.
"Damn it!"
The major's face was a little ugly.
If he spoiled the Monarch's plan because of this matter, he would probably be beheaded.
"Quick, open up a path!"
As the wreckages spanned a large area, removing it was not an easy matter.
The anxious major could only watch on as the enemy disappeared from his field of sight.Liu Bei army, onboard the flagship.
Listening to the cannon sounds from behind made both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang exceedingly solemn. They were shocked to see that their navy did not even stand a chance.
Thinking of which, it seemed like Chun Shenjun was right.
Liu Bei instantly started to regret his decision to rashly move the army.
"Luckily we escaped that!"
Not far from them, Ruxi Town was in sight.
Just when they thought they had survived, an army slowly proceeded toward them from the water region in front.
The hanging golden dragon flag was truly eye-piercing.
"Damn it, how did this happen!" Despair flashed across Liu Bei's eyes. No matter how he thought about it, he did not understand how they fell into the enemy's trap.
Ruxi Town, which was less than a thousand meters away, seemed so distant.
"Lord, the only way now is to fight to the death," Zhuge Liang said slowly. Trying to disembark now was tantamount to suicide. Under the enemy cannon fire, they stood no chance.
Zhuge Liang totally had no idea how the enemy had pinpointed their location and how the squadrons from both the front and the back had cooperated so flawlessly.
Of course, no matter how amazing he was, he would not have expected the flying device and Little Green to exist.
As they say, if your starting foot was wrong, any route you take would be wrong.
The presence of such a high tech bug was something that Zhuge Liang had no knowledge of.
"Let's fight!"
Liu Bei's eyes focused; his voice a little hoarse.
On the river surface, they already had nowhere to go. Liu Bei's eyes turned ice cold, "I want to let them know how strong desperate people are!"
The order to fight to the death spread across the entire army.
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
All of a sudden, a killing intent that shocked the heavens appeared.
Just at this moment, the Shanhai City Squadron at the back had finally caught up.
They had totally locked up the Liu Bei Army from front and back, and the Liu Bei Army totally could not move.
However, the first to attack was the Liu Bei Army. Zhuge Liang knew that the enemy had cannons, so they totally stood no chance of winning in a ranged war.
The only method was to disregard the sacrifices and charge forward to have a head on close combat fight.
Only then could they have a fighting chance and break out of this situation.
"Kill!"
Numerous warships charged at the Shanhai City Squadron.
On Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo understood what they were trying to do and laughed. Jia Xu was similarly filled with confidence. As a top strategist, how could he have not considered the enemy going all in?
200 Cima Boats suddenly charged in from behind.
Onboard the Cima Boats were a few soldiers. If one looked carefully, they would see that these people were all prisoners. To prevent them from speaking, their tongues were all cut off.
Such a method naturally came from Jia Xu.
Weirdly, the Cima Boats were not driven by anyone, but they charged at the Liu Bei Navy like an arow. The secret lied in the frogmen that were in the water.
This time, the frogmen became the shepherds of all the Cima Boats.
Closely packed Cima Boats came from front and back and charged forward. They filled up the entire river surface till there were no more gaps.
"What's that?"
"Are they crazy? Using such small boats as the vanguard?"
"Kill them; do not let them block the way."
The formation of the Liu Bei Army was in chaos.
Numerous arrows shot at the Cima Boats. The prisoners who were tied up died just like that.
"Haha!"
"Are they here to die?"
After winning this exchange, their morale rose.
Only Zhuge Liang had a serious expression. He did not think that the enemy who had cannons would use such small tactics.
The only logical explanation was that there was something wrong with these boats.
"Use trebuchets and sink the boats. Do not let them get close!" Zhuge Liang ordered.
Liu Bei was shocked and asked, "Do you think that there's something wrong with these boats?"
"Might be!" Zhuge Liang was unsure.
Upon closer inspection, those boats were empty. It did not look like a fire attack.
Just as Zhuge Liang was in doubt, many fire arrows shot out from the Shanhai City Squadron toward the Cima Boats.
Hu!
Instantly, hundreds of Cima Boats burst into flames.
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Chapter 713-Elite White Soldier
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Hundreds of Cima Boats that were drenched in alchemical fire oil joined together on the river surface, forming a row. They were like two fire dragons that charged right at the Liu Bei Army, unable to be stopped.
Liu Bei and the others were sweating.
"The people on the boats were obviously shot to death, so how are they proceeding forward?" Zhuge Liang was filled with doubt.
One must know that this time, there was no wind on the river surface.
The enemy had used a weird method to make the clever Zhuge Liang lost; he had no method to counter it. He could only watch on as the boats in flames swiftly closed in and knocked into their warships.
As the ships knocked into one another, the fire spread and stretched for miles.
The Cima Boats were like a giant fire dragon, wrapping up into a bundle and swallowing up the Liu Bei Army. The entire river became a huge oil pot and the tens of thousands of Liu Bei troops were the main dish.
The situation had reached its crucial point.
"We cannot hesitate any longer, Zi Long, cover him as the Lord goes up to shore!"
"Understood!"
The white-robbed Zhao Zi Long was a courageous person but even he could not survive a sea of fire.
"Advisor, leave with us!"
With Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei would have a chance to rise once more. Without him, everything would be lost.
"That's right. Advisor, let's go together!"
Out of all the generals in the Liu Bei Organization, Zhao Yun respected him the most.
Sigh!
Zhuge Liang sighed and agreed bitterly. Zhuge Liang was not a person that was afraid of death, but he did not want to die on this river, nameless.
On the other hand, Zhang Fei volunteered to stay behind to be in charge of protecting them as they left.
"Third brother…" Tears welled up in Liu Bei's eyes, "Take care!"
"Go first Big Brother, I'll be there soon!" Zhang Fei smiled in a casual manner.
Taking the chance that the fire had not spread to the middle troops, the flagship placed down numerous small boats to bring Liu Bei and the others to swiftly retreat toward the west coast of Changjiang.
In just a short while, the fire grew stronger and thousands of soldiers were buried in the sea of fire, crying out in pain.
When Liu Bei saw this scene, tears streamed down his face.
"I've failed them!" Liu Bei cried out in pain.
On Dragon Head, Jia Xu looked out at the burning Han River with a complicated expression.
This was revenge.
If the Lord knew about this, he would probably laugh out loud! Jia Xu thought.
Jia Xu pointed toward the center region of the enemy and said, "Admiral, Liu Bei is escaping!"
"Do not worry mister!"
Zheng He laughed and waved a flag.
At the same time, on the many Mengchong Warships docked on the shore, hundreds of specially made boards were placed down onto the shore. The 1st division of the City Protection Legion that had been waiting for such a long time under the leadership of Zhao Si Hu stepped onto the boards and quickly disembarked, getting ready to chase the enemy.
At the same time, the cannons on both sides sounded out. The attacks of the cannons dealt even more damage to the enemy.
Looking at the situation, they were going all out to kill them, not giving them a single chance to survive.
Before the battle began, the Lord had said that the main goal was to eradicate the enemy. Capturing their generals would be a bonus; if they could catch them, they definitely must not let them escape.
Zheng He's actions precisely followed Ouyang Shuo's instructions.Among the Liu Bei Army, seeing the enemy wanting to go ashore to kill their Lord, Zhang Fei, who was in charge of covering for them, was furious, "Kill them!"
Zhang Fei ordered his troops to charge at the warships that were firing at them.
"Even if we die, we must drag them down with us!" Zhang Fei was filled with killing intent. Most importantly, he just needed to cover his brother's escape.
Many warships that were already on fire charged at the Shanhai City Squadron. However, they were already on fire and their sails were already burned.
They could only use paddles, but the paddles had also suffered heavy damage under the cannon. Less than 30% of the paddles could be used. Even the soldiers in charge of them had suffered heavy casualties.
Hence, Zhang Fei was panicking, but his warships crawled forward like a turtle. Some of the warships could not even move and just stayed stunned on the river surface; it was like they were waiting to be destroyed.
Seeing that the enemy wanted to give their all to try and fight them, Zheng He naturally would not stay still.
The warships at the front became the main focus of the Shanhai City Squadron.
Hundreds and thousands of cannon balls flew over. Along with an arrow rain, they caused the warships at the front to fall even before they reached the middle of the water path.
The warships that followed behind faced a similar fate.
Even if there were one or two warships that managed to charge in front of the Shanhai City Squadron, they were unable to proceed any further. The frogmen hiding below were obviously alert and chiseled the boats.
Unavoidably, some of them would be smacked by cannonballs and die.
War was just so cruel. Even when they had full control over the battlefield, they still needed to make some sacrifices to increase their rewards.
The 'fire ships' that could truly do damage to them were incredibly rare.
At this moment, a cannon ball accurately flew toward the flagship that Zhang Fei was on.
Looking at the trajectory, it was actually flying right for Zhang Fei.
"General!"
When Zhang Fei heard this shout, he only had time to look up and see a black cannonball fly right at him. He could not avoid it even if he wanted to as it was too late.
The cannonball hit Zhang Fei who was commanding on deck.
All of a sudden, blood and flesh flew all around.
The Three Kingdoms fierce general Zhang Yi De was blown apart just like that, his body in pieces.
"General!"
When the surrounding soldiers witnessed his death, their faces turned ashen white.
Especially his guards; based on military rules, if the main general died, these guards needed to be buried with him on the battlefield.
Listening to the shock from behind him, Liu Bei who had already boarded the little boat turned his head around to look. Coincidentally, he witnessed the moment when Zhang Fei was hit; his eyes turned blood red, "Third brother!"
His voice was filled with sadness.
The hatred Liu Bei felt toward Shanhai City had reached its maximum. To call it a blood ocean deep hatred was not an exaggeration, and it had already reached a state where he would not stop till he took revenge.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo had all the more need to kill him.
"Lord, let's leave."
Zhao Yun's eyes were similarly blood red, but he still responsibly guarded Liu Bei as he left. When they reached the shore, there was still a battle that awaited them.
"Third brother!" Liu Bei cried out hoarsely.
When the surrounding soldiers saw this scene, they all felt emotional.
On Dragon Head, Ouyang Shuo similarly saw this sight.
Ouyang Shuo could only sigh about the matter of Zhang Fei's death. A general like Zhang Fei was similar to Guan Yu. Even if he was captured, he definitely would not pledge loyalty to Shanhai City.
In terms of convincing the people that he captured, Liu Bei was the absolute talent. Without mentioning Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the people who Ouyang Shuo 100% could not recruit included Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.
Just this fact made Ouyang Shuo respect Liu Bei.
Zhang Fei was killed by a cannonball; such a way of going out was a little too brutal.
During this Battle of Red Cliff, Ouyang Shuo's hands had been stained with blood, and he became the nemesis of historical generals.Along with the death of Zhang Fei, the river battle slowly lost its meaning.
The intense battle changed from sea to land.
After receiving the order to head ashore, the City Protection Legion led by Zhao Si Hu took 40 minutes to completely get off their ships. After all, the shore was not a port, so it was really inconvenient for large warships to disembark.
And just 10 minutes ago, Zhao Yun had led three thousand odd soldiers to protect Liu Bei as they headed up shore; they were retreating toward the depths of the wilderness.
"Chase!"
Zhao Si Hu let out a vicious laugh and led his troops to chase.
As they had just come off their boats, be it the Liu Bei Army or the City Protection Legion, both did not have any horses.
Now, it all depended on who ran faster.
Zhao Si Hu was confident, as he had a secret weapon that the Lord had given him.
What about Liu Bei? He could not be underestimated either.
Protecting him was the most elite troops under his charge; they were also his Guards Army, the White Soldiers.
Even in history, the White Soldiers were a famous elite force.
In the Three Kingdoms history, their names spread far and wide; they were an existence equal to the Tiger Leopard Cavalry under Cao Cao.
The commander of the White Soldiers was not Zhao Yun but Chen Dao who no one knew about.
Chen Dao was from Runan. He became Liu Bei's subordinate at Yuzhou and could be considered an old general. He had followed Liu Bei all around, and his position was only lower than Zhao Yun.
In the Three Kingdoms records, conquering south was strong, and conquering west was loyal. When choosing soldiers, fierce generals and fearless warriors were taken.
The last sentence referred to the White Soldiers. Everyone chosen was fearless and strong. Conquering south referred to the South Conquering General Zhao Yun and Conquering West referred to Chen Dao.
Both of these generals were on par with each other.
In history, during the true Battle of Yiling, the Shu Army had retreated in defeat, and Chen Dao and Fu Tong were in charge of holding back the enemy. Fu Tong died in battle and Chen Dao swore that he would take revenge for him. Hundreds of miles outside White Emperor City, at a place known as Yuanbi Corner, he led 700 White Soldiers to defend the place. Each only had a spear and a blade.
The Wu Country general line up had Zhu Zhi's eldest Son Zhu Cai, and the middle troops were Quan Zong, Li Qi, Zhu Heng, Zhu Ran, and other generals leading ten thousand Wu soldiers. The vanguard and middle troops were all cavalry, and they swore to capture Liu Bei.
Chen Dao used just 700 of them to block the ten thousand men attack of the Wu Country.
The strength of White Soldiers and the strength of Chen Dao was evident from this feat.
Weirdly, this general was not even mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Chen Dao was a strong general only below Zhao Yun. When Luo Guan Zhong wrote about how strong the generals of Shu Country were, it had exceeded reality. Hence, he had to exclude Chen Dao.
With one Zhao Yun, it was already a classic. When he was thinking about it, he might have combined the two, so the strength of Chen Dao could only be seen in Zhao Yun's shadow.
Hence, a general was buried in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
As a result, even though Zhao Si Hu had the numerical advantage, it was not going to be easy.
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Chapter 714-Fall of Jiangling
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Among the Liu Bei Army, the ones who had it hardest was still the player Lords like Chun Shenjun.
General Zhao Yun and General Chen Dao only protected Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei and did not have any time to bother about the players. Furthermore, the player army was huge and was too big a target, so it was impossible for them to smoothly retreat.
In the battle map, to Lords like Chun Shenjun, their army was everything. To ask them to abandon their army to escape alone held no purpose.
Even if he could obtain some benefits from Liu Bei, it could not make up for the losses incurred by the entire army falling.
Rather than that, why not stop the bleeding?
Seeing the intensity of the fire quickly increase, Chun Shenjun could not help but grit his teeth. In the end, he could only commit suicide once again and back out of the battle map.
If this continued to drag on, his army would suffer even heavier losses.
One thing was for sure, he had lived for nothing in the Battle of Red Cliff. The battle contribution points that Pill Sun City had obtained in Changsha were not even enough to revive their fallen forces.
"If I knew this would happen, I would not have even have followed them." Chun Shenjun sighed.
He could only blame Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun for being too tempting.
Luckily, Chun Shenjun was a god-level rich man, so he had many substitute dolls on him. If not, killing himself over and over would cause his combat strength to be too weak.
As the Lords in the Liu Bei Camp had all killed themselves, the player armies all turned into white lights and disappeared from the battle map. The Liu Bei Army became spacious and empty; they were left with less than ten thousand people, but the fire still did not stop.
Warships sank to the bottom of the river due to the flames; the whole scene was tragic to the extreme.
It was only a matter of time till the whole Liu Bei Army fell.
The focus of the battle turned to the chase on the wilderness by the shore.
Regardless of the result of the chase, the Liu Bei Army had lost the ability to fight against the Shanhai City Squadron.
Changjiang was officially in their hands. After a month, the Cao Cao Camp had once again obtained control over the river and could attack Jiangdong at any time.
The strategic goal of the voyage squadron had already been accomplished. Their next step would depend on the Jiangling situation.
If Jiangling wins, the battle map would end.
If Jiangling loses, this battle would be dragged on.
Ouyang Shuo had already turned his eyes to Zhou Yu in Jiangdong. During this battle, Ouyang Shuo did not come here for battle contribution points; he came here to recruit Zhou Yu and Jia Xu.
After this period of hard work, it seemed like Jia Xu would not be a problem.
Zhou Yu, who Ouyang Shuo cared the most about, was not even seen. Apart from his own ability, he was the key to whether Ouyang Shuo could recruit Lu Meng, Gan Ning, and the other generals.
With that, Ouyang Shuo would obviously pay attention to the situation in Jiangling.
Before leaving Jiangling, Ouyang Shuo left a Mengchong Warship. The purpose of this action was to pass the intel of the battle directly to Ouyang Shuo.
Considering the time, the Battle of Jiangling should have ended.
However, till now, Ouyang Shuo still had not seen the warship.
On the battle contribution points ranking, the ranks of Di Chen, Bai Hua, and the others had all changed. Obviously, the situation there was extremely intense. However, based on the rankings, Ouyang Shuo could not deduce the end result.
However, for these past two days, the rankings had been peaceful.
Evidently, either the battle had ended in a stalemate or the result had been decided.
"Let's hope that nothing went wrong!"
Ouyang Shuo looked toward Jiangling; his heart felt uneasy.
Wilderness on the Changjiang West Coast.
After the forces gathered, Zhao Si Hu took out a talisman and grinned.
Troop Movement Talisman: After use, movement speed of troops increase by 50%; lasts for two hours.
With this talisman that the Monarch had handed over to him, Zhao Si Hu felt confident about chasing up to the enemy. He did not hesitate and immediately tore the talisman, which turned into a white light and covered the bodies of every City Protection Legion soldier.
Immediately, the soldiers proceeded forward like they were on steroids.
Even so, to chase up to the White Soldiers was not an easy matter. Their basic speed was greater than them; additionally, they had the buffs of Zhao Yun, Chen Dao, and Zhuge Liang.
In comparison, Zhao Si Hu's buff seemed useless.
Hence, even with the effect of the talisman, the City Protection Legion had to chase for a few hours before they managed to see the Liu Bei Army.
Chen Dao and Zhao Yun were both exceedingly experienced. When escaping, they continued to change their positions. Along the way, they even left misleading signs that put Zhao Si Hu off their trail.
Luckily, they had finally caught up.
Zhao Si Hu looked toward the enemy in front of him and mocked, "Where do you think you're going!"On the other side, Chen Dao and the rest had all noticed that the enemy had caught up.
"Lord, let me deal with them." At the crucial moment, Chen Dao stepped out and requested to be the backline.
"Be careful!"
Liu Bei had already collected his emotions at this point and immediately gave Chen Dao one thousand White Soldiers.
In history, Chen Dao led just 700 White Soldiers to stop ten thousand Wu soldiers. Who knows whether this one thousand could stop the City Protection Legion.
After a short while, the City Protection Legion had caught up.
When he saw that the enemy had only left one thousand soldiers to block their advance, he was unhappy, "Preposterous!"
Immediately, he wanted to split up the troops to chase the Liu Bei Army. He was exceedingly clear that Liu Bei in the front was the true big fish.
During this battle, Zhao Si Hu really wanted to make a big contribution to the Lord.
"You want to leave? Get past me first." Chen Dao held a spear in his hand and pointed it directly at Zhao Si Hu.
"Kill!"
A thousand White Soldiers immediately gathered into a formation to block the City Protection Legion.
"Since you want to die, I'll let you!"
When Zhao Si Hu saw this scene, his eyes stared, "Kill them; end this!"
"Kill!"
The City Protection Legion under Zhao Si Hu's leadership was also an ambush of tigers.
Zhao Si Hu was always the type to let his actions speak; he raised his blade and charge forward. The cultivation method he trained in was the one he had obtained from Er'Shi ridge.
After two years of cultivation, his blade technique had already reached the mastery through comprehension level. His combat strength was extremely close to breaking through to King Rank.
He only lacked comprehension and the proper opportunity.
The machete he used was a platinum weapon crafted by Ou Zhizi.
Hence, he charged right at Chen Dao. The two generals fought; it was hard to separate them, and sand and stone flew in the air.
The blade swung and the spear pierced, making it hard for normal people to get close.
At this point, the other soldiers had all engaged in slaughter. The White Soldiers were truly elite. Even though they were fighting one against ten, they were only at a slight disadvantage.
Of course, the City Protection Legion was not like the East Wu Army. Without mentioning other aspects, just their weapons alone meant that they were not on the same level.
Hence, although the White Soldiers were strong, they would definitely lose if they met the Divine Martial Guards.
As the battle continued, the City Protection Legion slowly took supremacy. The White Soldiers were strong but the City Protection Legion soldiers broke through their defense lines to continue chasing Liu Bei.
Each time, the White Soldiers would give it their all.
Such morale and determination was difficult for the current City Protection Legion to break through.
The battle slowly entered a stalemate.
The White Soldiers seemed shaky; it was like they were about to fall, but they stubbornly stood. As time dragged on, the more detrimental the battle was to the City Protection Legion. At this point, the talisman's effect had already worn off.
Zhao Si Hu was dealing with Chen Dao while taking looks at the battlefield; the more he looked, the worst his expression got.
Just as the battle was becoming stale, the sounds of horse hooves sounded from behind.
Turning back, it was the Divine Martial Guards led by the Lord.
This time, the White Soldiers were no match. When the Divine Martial Guards and the City Protection Legion worked hand in hand, the White Soldiers were pushed back.
In less than an hour, the one thousand White Soldiers all fell.
In this nameless wilderness, one thousand ferocious soldiers were laid to rest. In the end, only Chen Dao was left, and he was still fighting against Zhao Si Hu.
"General Chen Dao, are you willing to surrender?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"You wish!"
His reply was similarly clean as he stabbed out with his spear at Zhao Si Hu.
When Ouyang Shuo heard this reply, he sighed in his heart, "Send him on his way!"
"Yes, my Monarch!"
When Zhao Si Hu heard this command, he chopped down with his machete to push aside the enemy's spear; he used this chance to leave.
At the same time, the surrounding Divine Martial Guards held up their god arm crossbows and fired, instantly shooting him and making him look like a porcupine.
After Chen Dao died, he left a book; Ouyang Shuo picked up and smiled when he saw what the item was.
White Soldier Training Manual: After use, grasp the training technique of the White Soldiers.
"That was worth it!" Ouyang Shuo smiled, "Let's return!"
After so long, Liu Bei had already fled far away, finding him was impossible.
"As expected from a cockroach, his life truly cannot be taken easily!" Ouyang Shuo was filled with thoughts. Luckily, in this battle, he had taken several limbs from Liu Bei.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was leading the troops, a Mengchong Warship was sailing toward the Shanhai City Squadron.
"Who are you, stop!"
The warship was stopped by the voyage squadron that was still cleaning up the battlefield.
"Ally!" The Mengchong Warship raised a golden dragon flag, and a soldier on the deck hollered, "Jiangling City emergency intel, I need to send it to the Monarch!"
"Wait up!"
After investigating his background, the messenger was sent to Dragon Head.
"What happened to Jiangling City?" Zheng He asked.
"Admiral, Jiangling City has already fallen, and Lord Feng Qiuhuang ordered me to inform the Monarch." The messenger took out a letter as he spoke.
"What? Jiangling City fell?"
At the side, Jia Xu jumped in shock, "What exactly happened?"
"This..." The messenger was a little hesitant.
"Mister, let's just wait for the Monarch to return."
Jia Xu was stunned and quickly regained his calm, "I was rash!"
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Chapter 715-Actions of a Traitor
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The moment Ouyang Shuo returned, he was rushed by Zheng He into the battle room.
"Monarch, something has happened in Jiangling." Zheng He's expression was solemn as he handed over the letter.
When Ouyang Shuo read the letter that Feng Qiuhuang had sent to him, his brows furrowed. He did not expect that Jiangling City would fall, and it would be a total defeat.To explain this matter, one had to start from before the week.
By the time Ouyang Shuo killed Guan Yu, the Zhou Yu Army had already led troops down to Jiangling. Close to 300 thousand troops had surrounded Jiangling City.
Outside the city, flags waved; spears and blades were prepared.
The next morning, the army launched a ferocious assault on Jiangling, attacking from all directions. The most large-scale battlefield in the Battle of Red Cliff had exploded and it would decide the fates of both sides.
On the first day of battle, nothing went wrong. After close to 10 thousand casualties, Zhou Yu's army backed down like a flood. Jiangling City stood tall.
The second day was exactly the same.
The situation changed on the third day. Just as the Cao Cao Army started to put down their guards, the west gate of Jiangling suddenly opened from the inside. The player army that was in charge of the west gate had betrayed them.
The Zhou Yu Army that was prepared rushed into Jiangling City like a flood.
Zhou Yu was truly smart; the battle during the first two days was just a ruse. On the third day, Zhou Yu gathered his main force at the west gate while the ones attacking the other three were all false.
The army gathered all their main forces and also had someone on the inside; naturally, it was an easy victory.
Catastrophe had struck.
General Cao Ren, who was in charge of guarding the west gate, died in battle. At the same time, the Cao Cao Army that was caught off guard suffered heavy casualties.
Luckily, he was decisive and Feng Qiuhuang and the others were alert, and they led troops to leave from the north.
Their destination was Yiling.
Who knows how this happened, but they suffered another scheme as they headed up north.
Zhou Yu had predicted that the Cao Cao Army would escape to Yizhou and planned an ambush. During this battle, naturally the Cao Cao Army lost both soldiers and generals.
Facing so many obstacles and paying such a heavy price, the remaining forces finally reached Yizhou. Of the 300 thousand Cao Cao Army, only 150 thousand remained.
Di Chen and the others naturally earned contribution points like crazy, and his points had caught up to Ouyang Shuo; Di Chen was second place now.
Of course, their army suffered loses too.
Be it the City Protection Legion led by Er'Lai or Feng Qiuhuang and Bai Hua's forces, they all led their elite forces. The Zhou Yu Army also lost 50 to 60 thousand troops from their retaliation.
Currently, Zhou Yu was leading the army to surround Yizhou to get ready to annihilate the enemy.
If Yizhou fell, the battle map would immediately end. The Invincible status that Ouyang Shuo had kept would be broken. If that happened, the defeat of Xiong Ba and the others would not mean much anymore.
Of course, this was not easy.
The Zhou Yu Army was able to easily defeat Jiangling only because they had spies within.
The one who opened the gates were the forces of Caiyun Zinan, Qin Feng, and Yuan Ping. Who knows what scheme he had used to obtain Cao Ren's trust, but the general had allowed their armies to guard the west gate.
With that, it created a hidden cancer for the battle.
After learning the defense layout, Feng Qiuhuang and the others objected to Cao Cao and hoped that their forces could be spread around.
Ouyang Shuo had instructed them to be wary of Caiyun Zinan and the rest beforehand. Their current actions were simply too unusual. With how smart Feng Qiuhuang and the rest were, they would obviously be wary.
Helplessly, their power was feeble in front of Cao Cao, and he did not listen to them. More importantly, she did not have proof that Caiyun Zinan and the others would betray them.
Furthermore, Caiyun Zinan had insurance - the trust from Cao Ren.
With Cao Ren's support, the matter ended just like that. Although Feng Qiuhuang and the others were anxious, they could not do anything.
With that, only then could the catastrophe occur.
Cao Ren, who was the cause of all this, received his lesson with his death in the battle.
After the Battle of Jiangling ended, Caiyun Zinan and the others knew their place and knew that they could not do anything else in the battle map. Based on the rules, even if Zhou Yu trusted them, they could not attack their own camp.
They used a loophole in the system to open the city gate.
Furthermore, they were afraid that Cao Cai would try to take revenge. Hence, they decided that after they opened the city gate and completed their mission, they would directly kill themselves and back out of the battle map.
Their actions were the typical harming others but not benefiting themselves. They would rather choose to earn nothing from the battle if they could harm the Shanhai Alliance.
After this battle, Gaia would probably make a system hotfix regarding such actions. After all, if everyone acted like that, the uncertainty factor in the battle map would rise, which was a matter Gaia would not want to see.
Before the hotfix, Shanhai City became the greatest loser.
The player armies in the Cao Cao Camp were mostly made up of Shanhai Alliance Lords. In this battle, including the City Protection Legion, they had all suffered heavy losses.
The City Protection Legion even lost two major generals, so one could see how intense the situation was.
As the Battle of Jiangling came to an end, the direction of the battle became cloudy and uncertain.
Even after taking down Jiangling, the victory of the Sun Liu Alliance Army was still not certain yet. On the other side, Cao Cao still had over a hundred thousand troops, and the city still had sufficient resources.
This was because Yizhou was the grain transfer point of the Cao Cao Army. From the north to various places in Jingzhou, all grain must come through here.
Although the grain storage here could not be compared to Jiangling, it would not be a problem to support them for half a month.
On the contrary, the Zhou Yu Army had a lack of grain. The grain sent from Wulin was intercepted by the City Protection Legion. Even the grain in Jiangling was burned down under Cao Cao's orders.
Things were just so awkward. As the victor, they still had to live on an empty stomach.
Helplessly, Zhou Yu could only arrange the army to the various lands and villages to scour for grain. With the hungry army facing the defenseless people, everyone could guess what would happen.
The hundreds and thousands of villages in Yizhou fell under the horse hooves of the army.
Anyway, Jingzhou was under Liu Biao. Be it Cao Cao or Zhou Yu, they did not empathize them. As a general, feeding their troops was the priority.
If not, who would fight for them?
In such a chaotic world, who would truly pity the common people?
When Liu Bei was not that successful, he actually cared for the people. It was his unusual acts that made Liu Bei famous.
The pitiful Jingzhou people had already given grain to Liu Biao during the autumn sowing season. Cao Cao's arrival meant that they had even given him their food.
Now, the arrival of the Zhou Yu Army meant that even all their emergency rations would be swept clean.
This winter would be a lot colder than usual for the people. What awaited them was either freezing to death or starving to death.
Those that did not want to die could only dig for roots and chew on bark.
During this winter season, even bark was rare. As the army past, all they left behind were refugees that ran for their lives. On the way, who knows how many people suffered due to this tragedy?
Selling kids and women was now a reality.If they did not have enough grain, it would not be an easy matter for them to take down Yizhou. Apart from that, to the Sun Liu Camp, the Shanhai City Squadron was still a problem.
Along with Liu Bei's escape, only the Jiangdong side was left. Moreover, their navy had nearly completely fallen apart under the successive strikes of the Shanhai City Squadron.
If they did not remove this problem, it would be hard to win this war.
Hence, the key to victory and defeat laid in the Shanhai City Squadron. If Ouyang Shuo was at Jiangling City, it would be nearly impossible for Caiyun Zinan to enact his betrayal.
One could only say that Ouyang Shuo had hurried a landmine for Jiangling because of his selfishness. Now, it was time for him to make it up.
Dragon Head, battle room.
"So, what should we do?"
After understanding the situation, Ouyang Shuo passed the problem to Zheng He and Jia Xu.
Of course, the main person he asked was still Jia Xu.
Zheng He was only a navy admiral. In strategies that affected the entire battle, he needed the help of a top strategist like Jia Xu.
No matter what, this was his backyard.
Ouyang Shuo deciding to bring along Jia Xu was the best decision.
"Mister, please!"
Zheng He directly kicked the ball into Jia Xu's court.
When Jia Xu heard their words, he smiled awkwardly, but he did not push it aside and said slowly, "The Yizhou problem is hard to solve. There's another thing we can do."
Jia Xu immediately rejected helping Yizhou.
Ouyang Shuo agreed on this matter. The navy was obviously good at naval warfare, but in terms of guarding a city, they were pretty much useless.
Assisting Yizhou would be attempting to use their weakness to attack the enemy's strength.
During this period of time, Ouyang Shuo understood Jia Xu's way of making strategy. His way seemed exceedingly unconstrained, but in truth, it was meticulously planned out.
His most obvious specialty was his ability to use generals and troops. Be it assassinating the leader or using fire to burn the Liu Bei Army, these events showed the way he used troops.
His excellent analysis of the battlefield, his vast strategic vision, and his vicious eyes totally saw through the enemy; these were all skills that a strategist needed to have.
Be it Jia Xu or Guo Jia, they were all like that.
Apart from that, another specialty of Jia Xu was his rationality. His goal was to win. As for the process and the price they needed tp pay, it was not within his considerations.
As a result, his intentions were misread, and he was called a vicious strategist.
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Chapter 716-Attacking Chaisang
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"What's the other path mister is referring to?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
"Attack Chaisang." Jia Xu went straight to the point, "Chaisang current has no troops. If we plan it well, we can definitely break in. The moment Chaisang falls, the danger at Yizhou will be resolved."
Ouyang Shuo smiled and nodded, "Mister that was exactly what I was thinking. Send the order, swiftly clear the battlefield. Rest for a day in Red Cliff; then, we will strike Chaisang!"
"Yes Monarch!" Zheng He went to execute the orders.
Ouyang Shuo summoned the messenger, asking him to send a letter to Feng Qiuhuang, "Defend for ten days and the situation will change."
Xunyang Prefecture, Chaisang.
Changjiang River flowed to the foot of Lushan and was connected to Poyang Lake before reaching Chaisang.
Chaisang was called Jiu Jiang now, guarding the throat of Changjiang and was a place that militants would always fight for.
Before Red Cliff, Chaisang was the governing area of the Jiangdong Organization. It looked over Jiangxia; the goal was to take down Huang Zu. Zhou Yu trained the Jiangdong Navy in Poyang Lake to keep up with the times.
After the death of Huang Zu, Chaisang was still a place where attention was focused on.
After five days of travel, the voyage squadron finally reached outside Chaisang City. The squadron suddenly appeared from the mist. Ouyang Shuo held his sword and had his cape on; overall, he looked decidedly majestic.
"Send someone to tell Sun Quan to come out and surrender. As long as he uses Zhou Yu to exchange, I will not massacre them. If he does not, let the Chaisang people die with him!" Ouyang Shuo proclaimed emotionlessly.
"Understood!" Jia Xu received the order.
Jia Xu believed that the Monarch would follow his words, but he hoped that Sun Quan would be more defiant.
Chaisang City was built up in the water and was surrounded by water on all four sides. To an army, Chaisang was definitely something that was hard to attack. But to the voyage squadron, it was the easiest to take down.
The squadron just needed to get close and the cannons would be able to destroy the city wall. As they had cannon platforms on the warships, the cannons could shoot over the city wall and shoot inside the city.
That killing strength was something that Chaisang could not block no matter what.
Hence, when the golden dragon flag fluttered outside Chaisang City, the people in the city were shocked.
"They have nefarious intentions!"
"What warship is that? I have never seen it before!"
"I'm guessing they are the ones who destroyed the Lu Su and Huang Gai Armies."
"Then aren't we dead?!"
The people panicked.
After a short while, the Shanhai City envoy sent over the letter telling Sun Quan to surrender.
When Sun Quan saw the letter, he immediately tore it into half, "They dare bully us Jiangdong despite having no one?"City Lord's Manor, meeting hall.
The young Sun Quan sat with a solemn expression, "An enemy has arrived. Do any of you have any good ideas?" Sun Quan was angry, but he truly did not dare to underestimate the enemy.
However, wanting him to walk out and surrender was impossible. A king naturally had the dignity of a king.
Facing the question, the civil servants and generals all looked at one another. The true great generals in Jiangdong had already left, and only the lesser ones were left. Hence, how could they come up with any good tactics?
The only important minister, Zhang Zhao, even supported surrender.
Sun Quan truly was at an unlucky time.
The central pillar of the Wu Country was Lu Xun; however, he was not currently valued by Sun Quan. He was thousands of miles away, slowly gaining experience and had not shown himself.
Jiangdong was obviously not unfamiliar with the Shanhai Squadron. The Lu Su Army and Huang Gai Army had both fallen at their hands. Most recently, some news even reported that the Liu Bei Army had also fallen to them.
No matter how they saw it, they had no chance of winning.
"Why, did the enemy terrify all of you?" Sun Quan was furious, his aura overbearing.
The young ruler still could not control his aura.
They panicked and muttered, not daring to speak up, "Lord, do not be angry!"
"Hen!" Sun Quan was extremely unhappy.
Just at this moment, a young man stepped out, "I can give it a try!"
The young man became the focus of everyone all of a sudden.
It was actually the only player Lord in Chaisang - Xunlong Dianxue.
"Oh, you have a plan?" Sun Quan's expression became gentler.
"I have a past with Qiyue Wuyi, so I can try to convince him to retreat." Xunlong Dianxue smacked his chest and said. However, he turned to look at Zhang Zhao.
During this battle, Xunlong Dianxue truly did not go all out and mix with Xiong Ba and the others. He led his troops to Chaisang to try to recruit Zhang Zhao.
Although Zhang Zhao supported surrendering during the Battle of Red Cliff, his reason did make sense. When Sun Quan had started out, he was already an official under his camp and was truly all rounded.
Zhang Zhao was truly a talented person. Such a talented person was all the more suitable to raising the administrative and military level of Xunlong City.
On this point, Xunlong Dianxue had planned it all out.
During this period of time, Xunlong Dianxue had used his talents at quests to get close to Zhang Zhao; he had obtained good progress. Helplessly, Zhang Zhao had not given him a definite answer, making him feel anxious.
The Jiangdong problem in front of him was a chance for Xunlong Dianxue.
Xunlong Dianxue believed that to help him recruit Zhang Zhao, Ouyang Shuo would give him face. The two of them could use this chance to get rid of their personal problems, killing two birds with one stone.
As expected, Zhang Zhao turned around to look at Xunlong Dianxue and nodded.
When he saw this reaction, his heart calmed down.
"Then go give it a try!"
After Sun Quan heard Xunlong Dianxue's idea, he still remained unfazed. Sun Quan did not have any high hopes to his plan. The enemy had traveled thousands of miles to reach here, so why would they retreat? If it was Sun Quan in the enemy's place, he would not agree. Secondly, Sun Quan felt annoyed by such a plan.
Sun Quan was a ferocious tiger.
"Yes!"
Xunlong Dianxue did not care about Sun Quan; he only wanted Zhang Zhao.Outside Chaisang City, Dragon Head.
"Monarch, Chaisang said that there's someone who's coming to visit," the Personal Guard reported.
"Someone?" Ouyang Shuo did not understand, what was Sun Quan doing? "Let him in."
"Yes!"
After a short while, a mysterious person dressed in a black robe and Ouyang Shuo's Personal Guard walked into the reading room.
Cough!
Ouyang Shuo could not be bothered with such acts.
The Personal Guard backed down, and the mysterious man removed his hood; naturally, it was Xunlong Dianxue.
"Xunlong it's you!"
This had exceeded Ouyang Shuo's expectations.
"It's me." Xunlong smiled.
He did not want to be recognized by the Shanhai City soldiers, which was why he entered wearing a black robe.
No matter what, such a matter was not a glorious and dignified one.
Seeing him, Ouyang Shuo's heart relaxed. He was extremely worried that Xunlong Dianxue had dealings with Di Chen and the others. If that was the case, it would be hard to resolve the matter.
"Why did Sun Quan ask you to come?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Xunlong Dianxue immediately cupped his fists and bowed and sincerely said, "Brother, please help me!"
"How?"
Ouyang Shuo's expression was exceedingly calm; however, his heart grew wary.
"It's like this..."
Xunlong Dianxue started to explain in detail everything that had happened.
After Ouyang Shuo heard this explanation, the smile on his face totally disappeared.
People, would always change in the end.
Ouyang Shuo kept his emotions and patiently said, "Jiangling has fallen and Yiling is in trouble. Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang might collapse at any moment, so I have to make Sun Quan recall Zhou Yu. Do you understand, Xunlong?"
"That's easy, ask Sun Quan to make an order," Xunlong Dianxue replied.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "With Zhou Yu's intelligence, how would he not understand the rule that a general outside does not listen to the Lord's summon? He would take down Yiling before returning."
"Only if I capture Sun Quan will he rush back."
Xunlong Dianxue was speechless.
After a short while, Xunlong Dianxue was a little dejected and unhappily said, "Brother, can't you just help me for once? I've already promised Zhang Zhao. If I lose his trust, it's all over."
"It is not that I'm not helping you, but I really cannot. When Sun Quan surrenders, I can capture Zhang Zhao and let you deal with him, how about that?"
"If that happens, how would he be loyal?" Xunlong Dianxue was unhappy.
"What do you want me to do? Retreat? And watch as Bai Hua and the others are defeated by Di Chen?" Ouyang Shuo was a little angry.
"You're just biased! You protect them so much; have you thought about my feelings?"
"I've followed you for so long and you won't even help me. You said that Shanhai City would not interfere in alliance matters when you were away, yet you left a legion in Stone City but did not care about my life or death."
"Is my position in your heart not even comparable to Wufu?" As he continued, Xunlong Dianxue started shouting, letting out all the unhappiness in his heart.
Ouyang Shuo's expression remained unchanged, but his face shook a little. "Good, it's good that you said it out. In the end, you just cannot understand it, right?"
"That's right!" Xunlong Dianxue was going all out.
"Let me ask, is Shanhai City obliged to help you?"
Hen! Xunlong Dianxue was not even listening at this point.
"To take other's help for granted. If one does not help, it's them being bad to you, even making you angry. Xunlong, you truly are a good brother!" Ouyang Shuo's tone turned cold.
"Do not say it like you're so noble." Xunlong Dianxue's eyes were filled with the fires of fury, "You helping us is just so that we can act as your shield against the Yanhuang Alliance. We're just using one another."
Ouyang Shuo shook his head; he did not want to say anything else.
Since he put it like that, they could not be brothers anymore.
"Since that's what you think, I have nothing more to say." Ouyang Shuo paused before saying, "All the best!"
"I do not need your worry, bye!"
A trace of regret flashed across Xunlong Dianxue's heart, but his face remained defiant. He did not even put his hood back on and left in a fury.
"Monarch!" Jia Xu walked over.
"Tell them to destroy Chaisang!" Ouyang Shuo ordered coldly.
"Yes!"
Jia Xu nodded before turning and leaving.
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Chapter 717-Sun Quan Admits Defeat
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The moment Xunlong Dianxue walked into the city, cannon fire started behind his back.
"Damn it, he really chose to not give me any face!" Xunlong Dianxue did not have the face to return to the manor, so he just chose a corner to lick his wounds.
Sun Quan's face was similarly ugly.
The cannons blasted a gaping hole in the city wall. The Jiangdong soldiers guarding atop the walls were like grain waiting to be harvested.
Especially the trebuchets on the walls, which were the targets of the enemy attack.
Chaisang City could only threaten the warships through the trebuchets. As for the navy housed there, they were totally destroyed after the first round and retreated into the city.
Along with trebuchet after trebuchet being taken down, the city wall guards fell into despair. The Chaisang surrounded by water was like a tiger without claws; it was there for the taking.
The army had no choice but to retreat from the city walls. Standing there would just be taking free hits and giving free kills.
The cannon fire lasted for an entire day and only ended at nightfall.
Just from the cannon balls alone, Shanhai City had spent 20 to 30 thousand gold, which was enough for Ouyang Shuo to feel heart pained.
The Chaisang City wall was like a raped lady after the cannon fire, torn and tattered. Standing outside, one could even see what was going on within the city.
If they continued to strike, the civilians inside would be the ones to get hit.
Although Chaisang was the governing area of Jiangdong, Sun Quan was not a stubborn person and also thought about escaping. As long as Zhou Yu managed to destroy Yiling, the army in front of them would not pose a threat.
The problem was that Chaisang was surrounded by water.
The Shanhai City Squadron was arranged all around the river, surrounding it all the way. Even a fly could not escape. The current Chaisang was like a lone island; it could not go forward or move backward.
As the night sky fell, white smoke rose from the city.
The smoke was from the various families that were cooking. No matter how worried they were, they still had to feed themselves.
However, when they thought about the possibility of being trapped for a long time, the cooking housewives ended up scooping a lot less rice.
During the day, the various rice stores were emptied out.
The prices of the various resources in the city had skyrocketed and the signs of a riot started to show.
Eating dishes that had no taste, the civilians all felt terrified and panicky. This was the first time that the people of the Three Kingdoms felt the killing strength and power of firearms.
Such weapons were the killing machines of such a chaotic time.
The people of Chaisang spent that night in trepidation.The next day, the sun slowly rose up.
The sunlight shone into Chaisang City through the holes of various sizes in the city walls. There was no one near the city wall. Be it the streets or the communal areas, they were all empty and devoid of signs of life.
Occasionally, stray dogs would cross the streets and jump into the rubbish heaps to search for food.
The civilians did not sleep during the night, and everyone woke up early to welcome the new round of cannon fire. The people who lived near the city walls even moved inward during the night.
Those with relatives spent the night with their relatives. Those without could only sleep on the streets or find a hole in the bridges to stay in.
The various temples in the city became popular areas.
It was winter, and the cold wind was freezing.
Sleeping on the streets, even with a blanket, one still could not manage to take it.
Interestingly, seeing those civilians living near the city walls moving inward, those who were a distance away panicked and followed in fear of losing their shields.
The group mentality of the people was extremely serious.
With someone leading them, the people quickly started a second round of house moving.
With that, it made the people panic even more.
Through the night, the entire Chaisang City truly lacked even a moment of peace.
Till night, there were even sleeping children who were woken up by their parents and were moved further into the city despite the cold rain. Dogs barked, children cried.
"What a punishment!" The civilians lamented.
The various temples in the city were now filled to the brim, and even the bridges became popular places. Many fights occurred over good spots.
"It's all to survive!"
The most packed place was the streets.
The central street near the Lord's Manor was filled with people, and even chariots could not pass. In their eyes, it was the safest near the Lord's Manor.
Sun Quan was not merciless, and he could not bear to chase away the civilians.
During this night, no less than a thousand civilians froze to death on the streets.
The Chaisang under the sunlight was a picture of tragedy.
Even such rare weather in the winter could not chase away this dark cloud in their hearts.Weirdly, it was 9 AM, but there still was not any cannon fire.
On the contrary, this was the second time the Shanhai City envoy entered the city and sent Ouyang Shuo's request for them to surrender. If Sun Quan did not come out to surrender before noon, he would massacre them.
Such a letter was truly bloody.
This time, the letter was addressed to Sun Quan but shouted out by soldiers and also shot in by the cannons.
With that, the people in the city were in an uproar.
The civilian during the Three Kingdoms Era were not strangers to city-level massacres. Naturally, they believed the message. Thinking about their futures, they felt a chill run down their spines.
Facing the danger of being slain, the civilians looked at the city Lord's Manor with weird expressions. In truth, even the soldiers' eyes started to shine.
After all, everyone lived in Chaisang; if Chaisang fell, they were all going to die.
The mental state and determination of the entire city wavered under the letter.
To live or to die was just a simple question."Jerk!"
Sun Quan's face turned green; he wanted to lock up the news, but he could not.
"Lord, let's accept their terms; we have no other choice." Zhang Zhao once again supported surrendering and said, "If we forcefully fight, we will just increase our casualties. Surrendering is a small matter, losing the hearts of the Jiangdong people is the problem!"
Speaking from conscience, Zhang Zhao was an intelligent person. However, compared to Zhou Yu, he lacked the ability to see the big picture and lacked sharp perception.
"We have no other choice."
Sun Quan's sighed; in his heart, he did not want to give up.
Apart from being worried that he would lose the heart of the people, he was worried about the soldiers staging a coup. It was much more terrifying, and they could send them to hell in just a matter of minutes.
Before the battle, Sun Quan would have never imagined that Red Cliff would fall. Inside, they had 50 to 60 thousand troops; outside, they had the Lu Su and Huang Gai Army. However, in the end, they still lost.
If one was not careful, one truly would lose.
"Xiong Ba and the other players are truly trash! Before the battle, they swore to crush Shanhai City. However, they were beaten instead, what a humiliation!" Sun Quan became exceedingly bitter.
However, no matter how he grumbled, he still had to surrender.
At noon, Sun Quan wore a white shirt; he carried his seal and led all his civil servants and generals out to surrender.
Ouyang Shuo did not pick on him and did not humiliate him. He just respectfully invited him onto Dragon Head politely.
One must not forget that Ouyang Shuo still wanted to recruit Zhou Yu and the other Jiangdong generals.
Wasn't humiliating Sun Quan just making things difficult for himself?
"Please write a letter to General Zhou Yu and let Zhang Zhao personally deliver it to Yiling." In the guest room, Ouyang Shuo made his request.
Between the two there was some paper and ink.
No matter what, Sun Quan was a prideful person. Since he had surrendered, he was not going to try anything funny. He cleanly raised the brush and wrote a letter.
Then he stamped it.
Ouyang Shuo laughed in delight and took a look at the letter. Seeing that nothing was wrong with it, he ordered his men to put it into a wooden box. Apart from Zhang Zhao, a general from the City Protection Legion would follow him to send the letter.
With Zhang Zhao there, Ouyang Shuo would not be worried that Zhou Yu would not return. Zhang Zhao was a smart person, and he would not dare to play with Sun Quan's life.
Apart from Sun Quan's letter, Ouyang Shuo also personally wrote a letter to Zhou Yu. In the letter, he expressed his admiration and described the reason for the Battle of Chaisang.
At the end, he added a sentence, "The life of General Sun lies in your hands!"
Zhou Yu would probably not know whether to laugh or cry when he saw this letter. Who would recruit someone like this? Capturing their old Lord was unheard of.
He was basically a bandit!Sending away the messenger, the Shanhai City Squadron did not spend too long here and returned to Red Cliff the next day. When the people of Chaisang saw them leave, they heaved out sighs of relief; they had just walked out from hell.
Ouyang Shuo decided to return to Red Cliff as the place had sufficient grain. There was also the water fortress there, which was a convenient place to dock the ships.
Secondly, it was near Yiling, so he could return to Yiling if needed.
Ouyang Shuo was thinking that even if the Zhou Yu Army retreated, Di Chen would definitely try something. Hence, the Shanhai City Squadron needed to be ready for another war.
This Battle of Red Cliff saw many different rounds of fighting.
Ouyang Shuo was not worried that Di Chen would hold Zhou Yu back or even kill him. After all, based on the battle map rules, same camp players could not kill the natives.
Especially the historical people, Gaia had all the more protective measures for them.
With that, it prevented Lords from killing them so other Lords could not recruit them. If not, so many people in the battle map would needlessly die.
Following the same logic, Ouyang Shuo could not order Gong Chengshi to go kill Liu Bei.
On this point, it was fair to both sides.
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Chapter 718-Zhou Yu Retreats
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Close to a month had already passed since the battle began and the Battle of Red Cliff was close to its end.
Outside Yiling City, Zhou Yu Army camp.
Hundreds of thousands of troops were squeezed together. Looking out, the uneven land outside of the city was covered with black tents; it was extremely boisterous and dirty streams flowed out.
As the cold wind blew, the general flags made a tearing sound.
In the woods further away from the camp, several logging sites were set up. Using the wood that they cut down, they took a few thousand smiths over from Jiangling City to build siege weapons.
On the muddy paths, there similarly were thousands of laborers wearing tattered clothing, braving the winter wind to obtain stone from the deep mountains; they used small carts to push the stone to the battlefield.
The area outside of the camp became the military factory base of the army. Before building up sufficient amounts of siege weapons, Zhou Yu would not dare to attack as he would not have a high chance of winning.
Occasionally, one would be able to spot troops who had returned from hunting.
The villages surrounding Yiling had already been swept by the troops and very little grain remained. If the army wanted to obtain anymore grain, they had to proceed to the villages that were further away.
Most of the laborers were actually volunteers from neighboring villages. If they did manual labor, at least they would be able to feed themselves; otherwise, they would only be waiting to die at home.
The stormy cloud of the food crisis had slowly appeared over the heads of the Zhou Yu Army. Starting from yesterday, the army had already begun rationing, and the first groups to receive a smaller amount of food were the smiths and the laborers.
They were forced to come over; now, they did not even have food to eat.
The lives of the people in such a chaotic time were just that bad.
Similarly, the Cao Cao Army in Yiling City was not in a good situation. More than 100 thousand people were housed in such a small city. Even if they had grain storages, it was not enough for such large-scale usage.
Breaking of grain supply had become the crisis for both sides.
Now, it would be decided on who could not hold on first. On this matter, Zhou Yu was extremely confident. After all, they had the initiative, and they could at least gather some grain every day.
The Yiling Army was just eating up their reserves.
Zhou Yu was like a patient hunter; he was gathering up the hunting tools, laying down the trap, and waiting for the prey to get weaker before giving it the killing blow.
He hoped that nothing surprising would pop up.
The fall of Chaisang would become the biggest change in this war.After ten odd days, the warship carrying Zhang Zhao finally stopped at the port outside of Yiling City. With the medallion from Sun Quan, Zhang Zhao was able to smoothly meet Zhou Yu.
"Commander-in-Chief, something happened in Chaisang!"
Zhang Zhao did not try to cover up the matter, directly taking out the letter that both Sun Quan and Ouyang Shuo had written and passed it all to Zhou Yu.
When Zhou Yu opened the letter and read the contents, his expression became uglier and uglier. After which, he let out a long sigh. He had a guilty expression, "It's all my fault; I underestimated the Shanhai City Squadron and overestimated Xiong Ba's plan."
"Commander-in-Chief, the enemy was just too crafty; it was not your fault." Zhang Zhao consoled.
"Let's not mention it." Zhou Yu waved his hand; his relationship with Zhang Zhao could not be considered good, so he did not want to show too much emotion in front of the latter, "I'll give the order to immediately retreat."
Since Sun Quan was captured, Zhou Yu had no choice but to return.
The moment the military order was given, the entire camp started to get busy. The first to react were naturally the 20 thousand Jiangdong elites that were Zhou Yu's direct subordinates.
When attacking Jiangling City, this group was set as the reserve force; hence, they did not suffer much loses.
Zhou Yu was not a stupid person, and he knew that if he did not have this strong unit at hand, he would not be able to control the player army that was ten times their number.
Di Chen and the others were delighted, and they used that chance to stock up on battle contribution points.The news of Zhou Yu retreating had spread to Di Chen's ears in less than half an hour.
He was shocked; he personally rushed into the tent and asked, "commander in chief, what is going on?"
Zhou Yu sighed. He was a little afraid to face this question; his face was ugly as he said, "Chaisang had fallen and the Lord has been captured. I need to rush back."
"What, Chaisang has fallen?" Di Chen was so shocked that he could not say anything.
"Take a look for yourself!"
Zhou Yu passed Di Chen the letter.
"Can this be a scheme by Qiyue Wuyi?" Di Chen still did not dare to believe it.
"With General Zhang Zhao personally here, what scheme can there be?" Zhou Yu shook his head and introduced Zhang Zhao to Di Chen.
Di Chen's eyes turned cold.
Qiyue Wuyi, I truly cannot beat you even a single time?
Di Chen was still contemplating in his heart, but he did not want to just leave like this, "Commander in chief, the preparation work for destroying the city is almost complete. Yiling is in our hands, isn't it a waste for us to leave now?"
"We have no choice; the Lord is in the hands of the enemy." In truth, Zhou Yu also felt that it was a waste.
"Commander in chief, I dare promise that Qiyue Wuyi definitely will not dare to do anything to General Sun. One must not forget that his troops are still in Yilin." Di Chen said, "Furthermore, Yilling is so far away from Chaisang so going there will take half a month. If we use the time difference, we can definitely take down Yiling."
For a second, Zhou Yu was tempted.
However, after thinking some more, Zhou Yu still bore the pain and reject the suggestion; he shook his head, "No, I cannot use the safety of the Lord as a betting chip. It's too risky, and it's not what I should do."
If the hostage was someone else, Zhou Yu would have taken the risk. However, since it was Sun Quan, Zhou Yu did not dare to take the gamble.
"Commander in chief, the person sending the letter also sent a Shanhai City General. He probably entered Yiling already." Zhang Zhao added.
"We are too clumsy!" Di Chen was furious.
Just thinking about it, one would know how delighted Yiling would feel when they learned that Chaisang had fallen. Even if they had originally intended to escape and retreat, they would defend to the death now.
If they acted truly vicious, the army could definitely find food in the city. To last for half a month was not a problem.
In history, there were cities that defended for over a year and still did not fall.
Hence, Di Chen knew that it was impossible to keep Zhou Yu, so his expression turned gloomy.
Zhou Yu sighed, "Retreat!"
Di Chen raised his head; he was filled with determination, "No, no I will not."
"You want to disobey my orders?"
"Commander, I won't follow you anymore. You have your choice, and I have mine. This time, I will take down Yiling." Di Chen was determined.
"Preposterous!" Zhang Zhao chided.
"Do what you want!" Zhou Yu looked exhausted; he waved his hand to ask Di Chen to leave.
Di Chen left. In the end, both sides broke off unhappily.
"Commander, how can you allow the players to do as they wish?" Zhang Zhao was emotional; he had never seen anyone so bold to openly go against orders.
"So what if I disagree? The players outnumber us, and we cannot force them."
The talking rights in the military depended on the strength of one's troops.
When Zhang Zhao heard these words, he was speechless. He had also led troops before and obviously understood that.
The tent instantly fell silent.The next day, Zhou Yu brought the Dongjiang soldiers back.
On the other hand, Di Chen led 200 thousand troops to attack Yiling City.
The two armies went their separate ways just like that.
When the army set off, there was a small problem.
The Shanhai City General that followed Zhang Zhao over raised a request for Zhou Yu to board the turreted boat and leave. The Jiangdong Army would be taken back to Chaisang by the other generals.
"Do not be too much!" Zhou Yu did not say anything; instead, it was Zhang Zhao who could not hold it in anymore.
How was this an invitation? They were obviously locking him up.
"I'm only following orders; please do not make it difficult for me. My Monarch said that for the safety of General Sun, Zhou Yu would understand it."
"You!" Zhang Zhao was so infuriated by the threat that he nearly went crazy.
"Since it's a request by Lord Qiyue Wuyi, then I will respectfully follow it. I also wanted to take a look at your giant warship." Zhou Yu accepted nonchalantly.
He turned around and said to Zhang Zhao, "Please bring the troops back!"
"Yes!"
Ouyang Shuo had no choice but to take such action. He did not dare to underestimate Zhou Yu and allow him to lead a large army. If he let that happen, who know what would occur.
Hence, the best method was to invite Zhou Yu to the warship.
His actions were also aimed toward protecting Zhou Yu. Ouyang Shuo was not certain whether or not there were any of Di Chen's people in the Cao Cao Army; he did not want anything to occur.
To obtain Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo was going all out.
Yiling City, a certain residence.
When Bai Hua and the others received the letter, their hearts finally calmed down.
"Wuyi really did not disappoint us!"
Feng Qiuhuang smiled. During this period of time, being trapped in Yiling had placed a lot of pressure on them.
"However, in this battle, we have become side characters once more."
When Ouyang Shuo decided to set out to sea, Feng Qiuhuang had a spirit in her heart to use this chance to prove herself.
Who would have guessed that they would lose to a mole?
Although their betrayal had nothing to do with her, thinking about it still made her feel exceedingly aggrieved.
Bai Hua looked at Feng Qiuhuang and expressionlessly said, "I guess Di Chen will not just back out like that."
"That fellow is determined to defeat Wuyi in the battle map. It was not easy to push us to such a state, so how could he easily give up?" Feng Qiuhuang saw through Di Chen and killing intent filled her voice, "If we cannot even deal with him, we do not deserve to be allies with Wuyi."
"That's true!" Bai Hua nodded. Although she had a calm expression, the killing intent in her heart was not any less than Feng Qiuhuang's, "It's time to have a good battle with Di Chen. We have to settle what Caiyun Zinan did."
These two heroines or female devil leaders came to a consensus.
"Then we need to have a good plan!" Feng Qiuhuang smiled.
Although their personalities were vastly different, their desire to win was the same.
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Chapter 719-Battle of Yiling
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Another week had passed.
In the Red Cliff water fortress, Ouyang Shuo finally met Zhou Yu and his men. Even though the entire meeting process was filled with unhappiness, Ouyang Shuo was still exceedingly delighted and immediately sent Sun Quan back to Chaisang.
Zhou Yu was similarly an honest person. Even though he was loyal to Sun Quan, he still followed the agreement and joined Shanhai City.
Ouyang Shuo smiled in glee as he checked out Zhou Yu's stats.
Name: Zhou Yu (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: East Han End
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Special Rank General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 91
Force: 68
Intelligence: 85
Politics: 85
Specialty: Navy and Army Trained (Raises navy combat strength by 20%, raises troops morale by 30%, raises strategy success rate by 30%, reduces enemy morale by 15%)
Evaluation: Zhou Yu, also known as Gongjin, was a military general and strategist under Sun Quan. Courageous, he has proficient leadership skills, and he is good at both martial and administrative matters. He is able to take up important tasks, a top class person.
Since he was forced to submit, Zhou Yu's loyalty was only 60 points, the lowest for recruiting a general. If it was lower than 60, it would mean that the person in question was planning something.
However, Ouyang Shuo was not worried.
After returning to the main map, Zhou Yu's loyalty stat would naturally rise. Ouyang Shuo was clear that out of the Three Kingdoms Lords, only Liu Bei would appear in the wilderness.
Be it Sun Quan or Cao Cao, they would just hide in the wilderness and not come out.
Without Sun Quan roaming in the main map, Ouyang Shuo had reason to believe that Zhou Yu would be amazed by the foundation of Shanhai City and his charm.
Ouyang Shuo was not on the same level as Xunlong Dianxue and the others.
Out of Zhou Yu's four stats, apart from the force stat being a little low, the other three were absolute top stats out of Emperor Rank generals; especially his command stat that even broke through 90.
His politics stat could even contend with civil servants. Hence, he could be considered an all rounded general. Looking at all his stats, he was only a step away from God General.
Although the Three Kingdoms Era was star studded, Gaia did not evaluate any of them as God Generals. It could not be compared to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
Despite the presence of many fierce generals, their military thinking was lacking.
A lot of the generals during this time were born from the wilderness, so they totally lacked the chance to study and only learned from practical experience. Hence, they were like those in the warring states who not only could fight but were the founders and explorer thinkers.
Even Baiqi's military upbringing was better than Zhou Yu.
During the Three Kingdoms era, the one with an achievement in such matters was Cao Cao.
He was intelligent in the art war and was familiar with the works of Sun Wu and Wu Qi. On the foundation of the Art of War, he wrote his own book.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao was considered a Lord and was not part of the general evaluation system. If not, Cao Cao was the one during this period who had the highest possibility of being rated a God General.
Below him would be Zhou Yu.
In the Romance of The Three Kingdoms, while they immortalized Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu became a stepping stone. The Zhou Yu in the story was far from the truth.
The Zhou Yu in history was handsome and magnanimous; he was also highly talented, not the jealous and useless person that Fei Luo Guan wrote him out to be.
His talents won the hearts of countless girls and women, similar to Pan Yue. However, Pan Yue was just looks; on the other hand, Zhou Yu was the entire package.
The true Zhou Yu was exceedingly magnanimous.
Old General Cheng Pu often bullied and humiliated Zhou Yu, but he did not care and mind, causing Cheng Pu to admire him, "Dealing with Zhou Yu, if one drank, one would unknowingly get drunk."
Even Liu Bei could not help but say, "Zhou Yu is good at both martial and administrative matters, and the most handsome out of ten thousand men, so he is exceedingly important. It will not take long for him to become the right hand man."
One could see that to call him selfish and self-centered was only to immortalize Zhuge Liang. Without such bias, how could it show Zhuge Liang's majestic nature?
The most eye-catching Zhuge Liang angers Zhou Yu was just a blatant lie.
Obviously, Zhou Yu was not angered to death by Zhuge Liang, and there were no traces of the story being true. After the Battle of Red Cliff, Zhou Yu was struck by a poisoned arrow while attacking Nan Prefecture and died at a young age.
Strictly speaking, Zhou Yu at that time was not even on the same level as Zhuge Liang and could not even be mentioned on the same page. When Zhou Yu was helping General Sun build Jiangdong, Kong Ming was still in seclusion. When Zhou Yu's name shocked Jiangdong, when he became a contributor to the Sun Regime establishing a country, Zhuge Liang was far from coming out.
We were not looking down on Zhuge Liang here. Obviously, he was talented, but his true rise was after Zhou Yu's death.
Even when Zhou Yu was sick and healing up, he still advised Sun Quan to house arrest Liu Bei while making plans to attack Yizhou. The plan gained Sun Quan's approval but before it could be enacted, Zhou Yu had passed away.
One could foresee that if Zhou Yu did not die, there probably would not be any Shu and Han.Ouyang Shuo was familiar with history, so he was occasionally awed by Zhou Yu. With that, it was not hard to understand why he spent so much effort to recruit him.
For him, Ouyang Shuo even gave up on the chance to kill Sun Quan to directly end the battle map.
The position of fleet admiral of the Beihai Bay Squadron was the position Ouyang Shuo had especially left for Zhou Yu.After recruiting Zhou Yu, Ouyang Shuo removed the imprisonment of Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Zhou Tai, and Gan Ning, allowing them to meet Zhou Yu.
Seeing these generals once again, Zhou Yu did not know where he should feel happy or worried.
During this battle, the most elite navy generals of Jiangdong were all captured by Ouyang Shuo. When they returned to the main map, they probably would not be lonely anymore.
The Jiangdong system would become an unmistakable power in the Shanhai City Navy.
As for the arrangements for Lu Su and the others, a decision would be made when they returned.
After the handover was completed, the Shanhai City Squadron did not remain in Red Cliff and immediately left for Yiling.
This trip to Yiling was not to help the battle but to obtain battle rewards. In truth, four days ago, the entire Battle of Red Cliff was already over.
Be it Bai Hua, Feng Qiuhuang, or Di Chen, they were all back in the main map.
Shanhai City was the last and final one remaining.
This whole matter had to be started from the Battle of Yiling.
After Zhou Yu led his troops and left, problems rose up from within the player group. Zhou Yu's departure did not only reduce the strength of the army; it also affected their morale.
The Lords were not that determined and wavered. Especially the Lords that were not close to Di Chen, they did not have any hopes for success in this battle map.
Hence, Di Chen had no choice but to quicken the siege preparations.
That day, Di Chen ordered the army to move and perform one last sweep of grain. At the same time, he moved large amounts of laborers and smiths to quicken the production of the siege weapons.
Time was of the essence, and this was really important.
Huge sections of the army were sent out, and the army camp became exceedingly empty.
Just that afternoon, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang who had been holding it in finally struck out. And this strike was a no holds barred one; they gave the enemy the deadliest strike at the most impossible time.
They succeeded.
At 3 PM, the tightly shut north city gate suddenly opened. Shanhai City, Consonance City, Fallen Leaf City, and Stone City, a total of 70 thousand troops charged out.
Apart from that, there were no other Lord troops.
Obviously, they had learned from the Caiyun Zinan betrayal incident and only used Shanhai Alliance Army troops.
What was smart was that their choice of target was not the Sun Liu player army but Di Chen's army.
The 20 thousand troops were in charge of sentry and control while the other 50 thousand were like a pack of hungry wolves as they charged into Di Chen's camp.
The defenseless Di Chen forces were caught totally off guard and instantly suffered heavy casualties.
His forces quickly fell apart. Seeing that, the other troops that had rushed over to help had other thoughts when they received the news.
Since the biggest supporter of fighting the war was out, why should they continue to fight?
Just like that, his allies watched on as Di Chen's forces were massacred.
Feng Qiuhuang and the others were not greedy. After striking out, they immediately retreated, leaving a broken camp and a dead faced Di Chen.
Di Chen screamed in the ruins.
After this battle, he had less than two thousand troops left, so he lost his right to speak in the Alliance Army.
The matter of attacking Yiling was pushed aside.
Hence, the encirclement of Yiling was broken. This also announced the end of the Battle of Red Cliff that had lasted for close to two months.
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Chapter 720-Way of the Strategist
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On the way to Yiling, Ouyang Shuo took a look at his battle contribution points and the rankings.
"Battle Report: The Battle of Red Cliff has ended, congratulations Cao Cao Camp for changing history, awarding every Cao Cao Camp Lord 2000 merit points and an additional 50% contribution points. Friendly reminder: extra points are not added into the rankings calculation.""Battle Report: The Battle of Red Cliff has officially ended, now starting to add in additional battle contribution points based on how much the player affected the battle.""System Notification: Player Qiyue Wuyi, Cao Cao camp representative, broke the Lu Su, Huang Gai and Liu Bei Armies, occupied Red Cliff, and destroyed Chaisang. All things considered, contributed greatly, awarded 50 thousand battle contribution points."Ouyang Shuo took a look at the final battle contribution points ranking.
1st: Qiyue Wuyi - 250000 points
2nd: Di Chen - 200000 points
3rd: Gong Chengshi - 180000 points
4th: Feng Qiuhuang - 175000 points
5th: Bai Hua - 170000 points
6th: Wandering Magic - 150000 points
7th: Chun Shenjun- 150000 points
8th: Sha Pojun - 135000 points
9th: Spark- 85000 points
10th: I'm Called Big Bad Wolf- 15000 points
In the rankings, as Xiong Ba and Zhan Lang were both assassinated, they could not enter the top 10. On the other hand, Gong Chengshi used the surrendered army to attack Wulong Prefecture, so he jumped into the top 3.
It was Spark and I'm Called Big Bad Wolf who once again jumped into the top 10.
As for Caiyun Zinan, Qin Feng, and Yuan Ping, they asked for it, so they could not blame anyone. Who knows what they would feel when they learn of the battle results.
Ouyang Shuo would settle this matter with them when he returned to the main map.
Compared to the previous battle maps, the battle contribution points earned in the Battle of Red Cliff had been greatly reduced. Even Ouyang Shuo had only obtained 250 thousand, 50 thousand of which was the bonus.
The reason was that even though this battle had many changes and took up a lot of time, they were no true massacres. Even the battle to attack Jiangling happened because of the spy.
A true war did not occur.
With that, this battle naturally could not give birth to an ocean's worth of battle contribution points.
Most of the points Ouyang Shuo obtained came from killing Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao; if not, he would be lower than even Di Chen.
In the end, including the 50% bonus and the costs of reviving the troops, Ouyang Shuo had obtained 200 thousand points.
That was 20 thousand merit points.
Such a small amount was not paid attention to by Ouyang Shuo. On the other hand, Di Chen, Feng Qiuhuang, Bai Hua, and Chin Shenjun the others all used this chance to rank up.
The biggest gain for Ouyang Shuo from all of this was still recruiting Zhou Yu, Jia Xu, and the other historical figures. Including Lu Su and the others, this was his biggest haul till date.
After looking at the battle contribution points, Ouyang Shuo took a look at their stats.
Lu Su, Huang Gai, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai were all listed as King Rank. Amongst them, Lu Su and Lu Meng were more outstanding while Gan Ning and Zhou Tai were the two worse ones.
Even to say that a general like Zhao Si Hu would quickly catch up to Zhou Tai.
Name: Lu Su (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 70
Force: 60
Intelligence: 80
Politics: 75
Specialty: Blade to Battle (Raises combat strength of troops by 20%, raises morale by 25%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Six-faced Han Sword
Evaluation: A wary person who did not care much about extravagant things, a really humble person inside and out. He is able to organize troops and follow orders. Although he is in the military, his hand always has books. He is also good at discussion and could take up civil servant roles.Name: Huang Gai (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 75
Force: 80
Intelligence: 65
Politics: 55
Specialty: Fire Engulfing Red Cliff (raises combat strength of troops by 18%, raises movement speed by 18%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: iron whip
Evaluation: Born in a harsh environment, although he was poor growing up, he did not care much about riches, giving his salary to his subordinates. He often studied and discussed the art of war. He was a tiger general, leading troops to siege and kill the enemy.Name: Lu Meng (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 78
Force: 70
Intelligence: 75
Politics: 65
Specialty: Crossing the River (Raises troops combat strength by 20%, raises troops morale by 15%)
Cultivation method: nil
Equipment: Long Halberd
Evaluation: Lu Meng was courageous and had an eye for tactics, helping to capture Guan Yu. Although he was crazy about killing, he was able to curb it, making him seem more worthy of being a soldier of the country!Name: Gan Ning (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 72
Force: 84
Intelligence: 50
Politics: 25
Specialty: Quick Attack (Raises combat strength of troops by 15%, raises troops movement speed by 20%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Machete, twin halberd, iron chain
Evaluation: Although Gan Ning was brutish and loved to kill, he used tactics and was a respectable soldier that was not a money grubber, a tiger general.Name: Zhou Tai (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 60
Command: 68
Force: 82
Intelligence: 45
Politics: 30
Speciality: Save the Lord (raises troops combat strength by 15% raises troops movement speed by 15%)
Cultivation Method: nil
Equipment: Long Knife
Evaluation: Zhou Tai of East Wu could be compared to Xu Chu of Wei and Zhao Yu of Shu. He saved Quan then saved Xu Sheng!Including Zhou Yu, these six Jiangdong generals were all arranged into the Nanyang Navy.
The navy had already chased up to the army in terms of both scale and equipment.
Now, it only lacked generals, and it was a huge difference. The addition of Lu Meng and the rest would result in an obvious raise to the navy's combat ability.Along with the battle map ending, on the way back to Yiling, Jia Xu finally expressed his intentions to follow Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo was delighted.
At this point, all his goals for this battle had been achieved.
Name: Jia Xu (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City Strategist
Occupation: special rank strategist
Loyalty: 75
Command: 80
Force: 45
Intelligence: 90
Politics: 85
Specialty: Planning the Battle(raises success rate of strategies by 35%, raises soldier morale by 30%, raises confidence in battle by 30%, reduces enemy morale by 15%)
Evaluation: Jia Xu seemed ordinary but he was amazing, a cut above the rest. His intelligence was one he kept silent about; you cannot be locked up and controlled by others.The way of a strategist stemmed from Zhang Liang and Chen Ping. Zhang Liang was the Strategy Saint while Chen Ping was at least a God Rank strategist. During the Three Kingdoms Era, the strategist occupation experienced a massive explosion.
The pinnacle strategists during that time included, Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Cheng Xu, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, and more.
Others like Jushou, Tian Feng, Xu Chu, and Chen Gong could be considered elites amongst strategists.
Sima Yi, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Lu Xun, Zhuge Liang, and other similar generals all had strategist as their sub-occupations. Like Zhou Yu and Lu Su, they were considered generals.
Gaia's evaluation of historical people did not only consider their personal ability and contribution to the dynasty; it also listed them amongst the people of the occupation in history.
With strategists as an example:
Zhang Liang was the highest existence; hence, he was listed as Saint Rank.
Similarly, as the strategist occupation was rare, most others were listed as Emperor Rank.
As for Guo Jia and Fa Zheng, they were God Rank.
Based on ability alone, Zhou Yu was above them; however, he was considered a general, so he was listed as Emperor Rank.
Out of the five thousand years of history, every dynasty had many generals and ministers.
Generals and civil servants had the most intense competition. Hence, it was not hard to understand why so many were listed as Emperor or King Rank.
Civil servants were similar, so Fan Zhongyan could only be listed as King Rank.
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Chapter 721-Xu Chu Diao Chan
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After twisting and turning, the Shanhai City Squadron finally stopped outside Yiling City. After obtaining the news, Cao Cao personally led the generals to welcome him.
"Qiyue Wuyi, exceptional!" Cao Cao gave him the thumbs up.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and bowed, "Prime minister is being too kind!"
"I heard that your Personal Guards Captain died on the battlefield." Cao Cao's expression changed; then he said, "How about I give Hu Chi to you?"
Hu Chi was Xu Chu, Cao Cao's bodyguard, and his Personal Guards Captain.
Ouyang Shuo was astonished; it seemed like Cao Cao knew that he was going to be in seclusion in the wilderness. Thinking about this point, he bowed deeply, "Thank you!"
Cao Cao giving Xu Chu, apart from Ouyang Shuo's position in the wilderness, had something to do with Xiahou Ying. No matter what, he was Cao Cao's relative, so he could be trusted.
Xu Chu, who was standing behind Cao Cao, was a little reluctant. He only slowly stepped out and bowed after Cao Cao's repeated instructions, "Greetings Monarch!"
"General please rise!"
Ouyang Shuo helped him up, thinking about Chen Dameng who had fallen, his heart was still broken.
Name: Xu Chu (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 65
Command: 70
Force: 86
Intelligence: 45
Politics: 25
Specialty: Ferocity (Raises combat strength of troops by 25%, raises troops movement speed by 15%)
Cultivation Technique: -
Equipment: Long Knife
Evaluation: Xu Chu carefully does his duty; he is a man of few words, exceedingly loyal.
The Xu Chu who stood before Ouyang Shuo was really tall and broad; he looked like a person with absolute strength. His presence while simply standing there would leave one feeling suppressed.
However, Xu Chu definitely was not a person whose body was developed but mind was not.
Let us talk about a story.
Cao Ren rushed over from Jingzhou. At that time, Cao Cao was still in his sleeping palace and had not come out. Cao Ren met Xu Chu outside and invited him to the side room to talk.
Xu Chu just said, "The king is coming out." Then he turned around to the hall. As a result, Cao Ren hated him.
Someone asked Xu Chu, "Cao Ren is an important minister and looked for you to talk, so why did you reject him?"
Xu Chu replied, "Although he is a relative of the king, he is a general that rules outside. I am in charge of defending the inside, so if he wants to speak, we can just talk openly. There's no need to speak privately."
When Cao Cao heard of this, he favored Xu Chu even more, promoting him to middle general.
This general was both courageous and had a sense of responsibility, so he was the best choice to be the guard. It was no wonder that Cao Pi favored Xu Chun after Cao Cao passed away.
Cao Cao's current actions actually showed his affection for Xu Chu.
After which, Cao Cao finally raised the question regarding the battle rewards; he smiled, "Speak, what reward do you want? As long as I have it, I can give it to you."
Hearing Cao Cao say such words, Ouyang Shuo truly had the desire to say that he wanted the strategist Cheng Yu. However, thinking about how Jia Xu had already followed him and obtaining Cheng Yu as well would cause them to compete; he realized that it was not a good idea.
In the end, Ouyang Shuo raised the request that he had thought of from the start.
"I would like someone!"
"Who?"
Cao Cao's eyes swept across Cheng Yu, Cao Zhen, Yu Jin, and the others with shining eyes. From his point of view, Ouyang Shuo wanted these generals and strategists.
"It's a singer known as Diao Chan."
"What?" Cao Cao was caught off guard. Then, he laughed and rubbed his beard, "I really could not tell that you liked beauties more than generals, ah!"
Ouyang Shuo laughed too, not retorting Cao Cao's statement.
12 years after Lu Bu lost, 15th year of Jian An, which was two years after the Battle of Red Cliff ended, Cao Cao built the Tongque Stage in Ye City.
Ouyang Shuo wanted Diao Chan to complete the B rank storyline quest The Four Beauties. Additionally, he was interested in Lu Bu and wanted to recruit him in the main map.
Calling Lu Bu the strongest person during Three Kingdoms was not an exaggeration.
However, despite his courage, he lacked a strategic mind. He only looked at the short term and lusted for money and beauties. He was enough to be a general but could not be a Lord.
Lu Bu had a clear understanding of this point.
During the Three Kingdoms Era, Lu Bu was originally a Lord and had faced Cao Cao before.
No matter what, Lu Bu was not a foolish person.
There was naturally a place for Lu Bu in Shanhai City.
In comparison, Ouyang Shuo leaving the generals could be understood. After all, Shanhai City was currently filled with star generals but lacked pure strength generals like Lu Bu.
Apart from that, Lu Bu had a few other generals under him. If Lu Bu came over to Shanhai City, it might give Ouyang Shuo an unexpected surprise.Who knows how Gaia worked, but it was probably annoyed at Ouyang Shuo for remaining inside the battle map. Just two days later, Diao Chan arrived at Yiling and was handed over to Ouyang Shuo.
Although the current Diao Chan was over 30, she still looked beautiful.
Ouyang Shuo could not help but admire Gaia's ability to recreate people. It was actually able to recreate the looks of the Four Beauties of history.
He also had some doubts about whether Gaia's image was a merger of these Four Beauties.
"Greetings Monarch!"
It was too common for females during the Three Kingdoms to be sent away like gifts, especially someone as lowly as a singer.
Diao Chan was already numb to such matters.
When Ouyang Shuo saw that Diao Chan was anxious, he smiled, "Do not worry, I am not going to taint you."
Although she was pretty, she was already a married woman. Obviously, Ouyang Shuo would not be interested. Furthermore, he was not that type of person; if not, he would not still have only one wife.
When Diao Chan heard his words, she did not believe it.
Cao Cao had once said that but what happened in the end?
"When we return to the main map, you might have the chance to reunite with General Lu Bu. I'm willing to allow that to happen." Ouyang Shuo hinted, hoping that she would contact him.
"Really?" Hope flashed across her eyes.
"I never lie."
Ouyang Shuo did not explain anything and took the time to check Diao Chan's stats.
Name: Diao Chan (God Rank)
Title: Four Beauties of Ancient China
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City Resident
Occupation: Dancer
Loyalty: 70
Bone structure: 18
Comprehension: 14
Charm: 27
Luck: 7
Specialty: Praying to the Moon (Raises territory historical person attraction rate by 15%, raises territory charm by 15%, raises territory fame by 10%)
Evaluation: Originally a person of the Zhaoyang Palace, her body was so alluring that people would suspect that she was like a swallow flying past.
Her charm was even higher than that of Xi Shi. However, similar to Xi Shi, her luck stat was extremely low. Her specialty showed the effects of her high charm.
Ouyang Shuo was starting to look forward to the strong stats he would receive after he completed the quest.
After obtaining Diao Chan, Ouyang Shuo's time in the battle map came to an end.
He did not waste any more time, directly returning to the main map. However, when choosing the teleportation location, he sent the voyage squadron to Beihai Bay.When they returned to the battle map, it was already the 9th month, 2nd day, morning.
When Ouyang Shuo returned, a system notification sounded out.
"System Notification: the Battle of Red Cliff has officially ended, the historical people from East Han have officially entered the game."The Lords who missed out on the Battle of Red Cliff could start their crazy search for the generals and strategists of the Three Kingdoms.
No matter what, Ouyang Shuo who had obtained Zhou Yu, Jia Xu, Xu Chu, Lu Su, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Zhou Tai, and Diao Chan was the biggest winner.
Following which, there was another system report.
"System Notification: Shu Emperor Liu Bei officially moves in, Chengdu Imperial Court changed to Shu Han Emperor. Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma, Jiang Wei, and other related personnel will automatically enter the Shu Han Empire."The moment the notification sounded out, it broke the hearts of many Lords.
Just like that, it meant that they would not be able to recruit 75% of the historical people of the Three Kingdoms Era.
Apart from those named by the system, there was Ma Liang, Ma Dai, Wei Yan, Xiong Cong, Hu Ji, Wang Ping, Guan Ping, Guan Suo, Guan Xin, Yan Yan, and more; they were all added to the Shu Han Empire.
The Chengdu in the wilderness would be even stronger than in history. After all, Gaia had placed all the historical people of the Shu Country into his rule.
Such a lineup shocked even Ouyang Shuo.
It was no wonder that Ouyang Shuo would want to kill Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Chen Dao. If he had the chance, he would have even wanted to kill Zhuge Liang and Zhao Yun.
The escape of Zhuge Liang left many variables.
The Zhuge Liang in history was not as strong a strategist as shown. However, he was truly a god in terms of administrative matters.
In internal affairs, he could be compared to Xiao He.
With him present, the internal affairs of Chengdu would naturally be fine. Along with the fact that in the wilderness, the emperor did not need to bother about a large territory, their energy would be more focused. Hence, it would be harder to deal with them.
Chengdu was located in the Shu Land, connected to Yunnan Province, Chuanbei Province, and Xiangnan Province. If Shanhai City wanted to take down Shu in the future, it would have to fight them.
These two huge giants would have to fight sooner or later.
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Chapter 722-Ban
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Out of the regimes in history that had Chengdu as its imperial city, the most influential would be Shu Han.
Liu Bei was also a relative of the Han imperial family and was in the proper line of succession. He represented the East Han Emperor and appeared in the wilderness. He had more speaking power than both Cao Cao and Sun Quan.
The number of strong generals under him was enough to defend it.
All factors considered, Gaia chose to put him there. Cao Cao and Sun Quan could just back out from the stage of history and seclude themselves in god knows what corner of the wilderness.
Probably one day they would be found by players and trigger some hidden quest.
After the system notification, Gaia immediately sent out a hotfix regarding the actions of Caiyun Xinan and the others.
Gaia ruled that if the Lords did anything detrimental to their own camp, their battle contribution points would become negative.
As for what constituted detrimental, Gaia would decide and did not give a specific description. With Gaia's intelligence, it would not make an incorrect judgement.
After this, not only would the Lords be sent out of the battle map if they acted up, the teleportation costs would also be paid out of the Lord's own pocket.
Moreover, the soldiers that the Lord lost in the battle could not be revived.
To make matters worse, if Gaia judged a Lord's actions as a negative act, it would ban the player from the next battle map based on the severity.
This ban could last from one to three battle maps.
During the entire game period, China would have a little more than 10 battle maps. The Battle of Red Cliff was already the sixth one.
To be banned because of such reasons was exceedingly cruel to the players.
As for the actions of Caiyun Zinan and the others during the Battle of Red Cliff, Gaia did not take any action. Gaia's principle was that before any hotfix came out any loophole could be made us of.
Be it Ouyang Shuo or other players, they had all made use of system loopholes before.
Caiyun Zinan and the rest were not exceptions.At this point, the Battle of Red Cliff had finally come to an end.
Returning to Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo passed Zhou Yu and Jia Xu over to Du Ruhui to let him bring them to familiarize themselves with the military structure and system of Shanhai City.
Since he had just arrived at the main map, even Zhou Yu needed time to adapt.
Ouyang Shuo believed that Shanhai City's strength would shock Zhou Yu and the others, and their loyalty would also greatly increase.
As for his arrangements for them, Ouyang Shuo would hold a military meeting tomorrow to settle it all at the same time.
As for Diao Chan, Song Jia would welcome her.That afternoon, after Liu Bei acted after he had just entered the main map for half a day.
The Shu Han imperial court announced that Shanhai City was their enemy. Anything that related to Shanhai City would need to be removed in three days.
If not, they would be forcefully seized and closed down.
If he was not restricted by the system rules, Liu Bei would have sent troops to flatten the Shanhai City office in the imperial city to vent his hatred.
With that, Shanhai City became the first territory to be listed as an enemy of an imperial city.
It could be considered a legend.
The moment the news went out, the players were in an uproar.
Di Chen and the others were gloating while the Shanhai Alliance members were feeling depressed.
Anyone could guess that apart from the Shanhai City office, the Four Seas Bank branch would also be affected and needed to be removed.
With that, Huitong Bank received a huge favor as it could swallow up the Chengdu market.
It seemed like Ouyang Shuo needed to think of a way to console and make peace with the guild allies in Chengdu.
Although this would not hurt the four seas bank badly, it would suffer some losses. No matter what, it had just lost 1/9th of its market.
Luckily, China had nine imperial cities; if not, Ouyang Shuo would really cry.The other players were just there for the fun.
What the players truly cared about was the meaning behind all of this. Liu Bei directly acting against Shanhai City meant that the interference of imperial cities on players was growing stronger and stronger.
The presence of the imperial city was not a cloudy question mark but a real dynasty. They had their own feelings, their own stand, and their own camp.
If their stands were different, they would point their blades at the players.
To Lords, especially those near the imperial cities, they needed to act warier. Such Lords were not small in number.
Di Chen, Zhan Lang, Chun Shenjun, Wandering Magic, and Sha Pojun all had such problems. If Shanhai City took down Yunnan Province, it would also have to face Dali.
This matter made Di Chen and the others feel uncomfortable.
All in all, the future of the wilderness would be that the Lord players would dwindle in quantity but the leaders would grow stronger.
The enemies of the Lords were not just other Lords but also the natives and even the imperial cities.
Apart from that, Mongol, Ruzhen, West Region, Western Xia, and Tibet; these were all uncertain factors.
The future wilderness would be a chaotic scene.Shanhai City, Nanjiang Governor-General House.
Since Liu Bei had made matters clear, Shanhai City naturally needed to take preventive measures.
The four seas bank needed to return the money to the players within three days.
Meng Zhida took 15 million from the main treasury to handle this matter.
Although the Chengdu players trusted the four seas bank, without an actual bank, they would need to go to other imperial cities, which would be rather inconvenient.
Hence, most players would choose to invest their gold into the Huitong Bank instead.
Only the guilds that owned a large sum of funds and did not need constant use would choose to work with the four seas bank.
But that might not be the case either.
Who knows whether Liu Bei would try to suppress such guilds or not? After all, angering the imperial court was a huge no-no for a guild that wanted to rise in an imperial city.
In just a short while, the four seas bank nearly faced a financial crisis. Meng Zhida had no choice but to inform the various branches to chase the loans.
It would probably take a few months to recover from the side effects.
Apart from returning the savings, the four seas bank also had problems of the loans that they had loaned to the guilds and player chambers of commerce.
Compared to returning savings, this was much more complicated.
One must know that the ones who took loans were all people with financial difficulties.
It was not practical and would affect their reputation if they tried to take all the loans back. The only way was to get back as much as possible.
As for the amount that remained, they could only rush them in the future.
This alone used up a lot of manpower and resources. If people declined to return and tried to use Liu Bei to protect them, this whole matter would get much worse.
All in all, when Meng Zhida heard the news, his head felt like it was going to explode.
They needed Ouyang Shuo to personally write letters to all the guilds that cooperated with them to apologize. At the same time, he needed to strengthen the relationship between the two parties to lower the effects of this matter to the minimum.
The removal of the office worried Ouyang Shuo.
An imperial city office was never a simple office; it was the intel station of the Black Snake Guards. The Shanhai Guards and the Honglu Temple had all entered the imperial city through this office.
Removing it would cause problems aplenty.
The Black Snake Guards Commander Black Snake, Shen Bu Hai, and Zhang Yi had all acted to remove a portion of the intel personnel who were exposed.
More importantly, they needed to send the intel personnel underground and disguise themselves better to get in deeper before Liu Bei gained a stable footing.
In Ouyang Shuo's words, the more this happened, the more we cannot give up on the intel collecting work there. Even to say out of all nine imperial cities, the work at Chengdu was the most important.
Ouyang Shuo had never fought a war he was not confident in.
To place deep undercover agents and continue intel reporting would be a massive test to these organizations.
Black Snake himself had sneaked over to Chengdu to command
As for Shen Bu Hai and Zhang Yi, their goal was too obvious, and they did not move toward Chengdu; they could only command from here.
One move by Liu Bei had totally sent Shanhai City into a mess.
The only lucky matter was that the trade between the two was not close at all. On the contrary, many chambers of commerce relied on Shanhai City for ocean trade.
Hence, the animosity of Chengdu would not cause any effect on Shanhai City's trade in the short term.
In the long term, it would be hard to evaluate. The moment they could not use Shanhai City, they would turn to other territories like Xiong Ba's.
The prerequisite would be that Xiong Ba had opened up his ocean trading.
It was like giving a portion of your resources for free to the enemy.
At the same time, the animosity of Chengdu also broke the recruitment channel of talents and artisans from there.
All in all, the animosity of an imperial city was not a simple matter to deal with for a territory; the losses and negative effects were all round and deep.
If Shanhai City was not massive, it would not be able to take such a blow.
After arranging everything, it was already 5 PM. To calm down this entire mess, the entire Governor-General House had been incredibly busy.
After things calmed down, Ouyang shuo immediately sent someone to find Zhao Kuo.
To be on the back foot was not his style. Since Liu Bei had declared war, he naturally needed to show his sword and counter attack.
If not, they would think that Shanhai City was easy to bully.
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Chapter 723-Xiliang Ma Chao
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Gaia 3rd year, 9th month, 3rd day.
After Liu Bei entered Chengdu, he was filled with ambition, casually suppressing Shanhai City felt exceedingly good. However, that very afternoon, the counter attack arrived.
The Ma family that appeared along with Liu Bei - the famous Xiliang 5 Ma - quietly left Chengdu under the leadership of Zhao Kuo and headed toward Shanhai City.
The Xiliang 5 Ma referred to descendant of Fupo: General Ma Yuan, Ma Teng, his three sons Ma Chao, Ma Xiu, Ma Tie, and Nephew Ma Dai.
The Ma family ancestor was the famous General Zhao She. Zhao She was given the title of Mafu Lord, and his sons and grandsons followed the surname Mafu, which was changed to Ma.
Zhao Kuo was ordered to rush to Chengdu to move the entire Ma family out of Chengdu. The entire process was silent and soundless; Liu Bei only received the news when the Ma Family arrived in Shanhai city.
Hearing the news from an infomat, Liu Bei smashed a cup on the spot, his face swelling from fury.
"Damn you!"
If Zhuge Liang did not stop him, Liu Bei would have sent men to destroy Shanhai City's office. If he really did that, Liu Bei could only hide in the imperial palace for the rest of his life.
Gaia's punishment for NPCs breaking the rules was never soft.
Along with the betrayal of Ma, the five tiger generals of Shu Han were only left with Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong. Ma Teng and Ma Dai were both great generals, and their departure was like cutting off Liu Bei's arms.
One must not simply look at the impressive number of generals appearing in Chengdu. In truth, after Shu Han was formed, the number of talents dropped and was all held in place by the old guard.
Along with Ma leaving, the number of troops they could take out greatly dwindled.
More importantly, the departure of the Ma family shook the people's hearts. Just entering the wilderness, Shu Han had lost so much; it definitely was not a good sign.
This beautiful retaliation of Shanhai City warned Liu Bei that the wilderness still belonged to the players. Even if Liu Bei moved into Chengdu, he could not totally control it.
Only Liu Bei himself knew that this slap to the face was that painful.
The quiet desertion of the Ma family showed that the intel network that Shanhai City had placed in Chengdu was incredibly successful.
They managed to complete a huge shift of people right under the enemy's noses.
"Prime minister, immediately send someone to investigate and remove all the rats." Liu Bei was truly an ambitious person. After calming down, he immediately thought of a way to solve the problem, "Remember, this is my city."
"Understood!" Zhuge Liang nodded; his expression exceedingly solemn.
After returning from the battle map, Liu Bei had become the Shu Emperor and Zhuge Liang naturally became his prime minister.
As they say, the stars change and planets shift, nothing was certain.
If Gaia did not help, they would not have such a switch of roles.
The intelligent Zhuge Liang could feel that the wilderness was much more complicated than the Three Kingdoms. The changes in these two days undoubtedly proved this point.The Ma family leaving also showed the deep foundations of Shanhai City.
Absolutely shocking!
For Ma and the rest to be willing to move to Shanhai City, it obviously had to do with the influence of their ancestor Zhao She and Zhao Kuo. Similarly, the vast prospects of Shanhai City and their position as overlord of the wilderness was similarly an important matter.
Especially to Ma Chao, who was still at the stage of his life where he wanted to continue fighting. His hot bloodedness was like his youth, and he was unwilling to be a turtle holed up in the imperial city. In comparison, Shanhai City could provide him with a stage to display his skills.
Chengdu and Shanhai City, if he had to choose one, he would choose Shanhai City without hesitation.
In history, only Ma Chao and Ma Dai chose to work for Liu Bei. The families of Ma Teng, Ma Xiu, and Ma Tie were wiped out by Cao Cao, so they had nothing to do with Liu Bei.
Even Ma Chao was the last out of the five tiger generals to join Liu Bei.
Hence, the Ma family was far from close to Liu Bei.
Naturally, they did not feel any psychological barriers from leaving.When the news of the Ma Family betraying and joining Shanhai City spread, the China region was once again sent into an uproar; everyone's eyes opened wide. No one would have expected the counter attack to be so smooth and swift.
"Well done!" Some people cheered.
Many playes gave Shanhai City a thumbs-up for daring to go head-to-head with the imperial city.
One must not forget that based on China's population, each imperial city had close to a million elite troops. Even when adding the army and navy of Shanhai City together, they had just reached a million.
At the current stage, who else other than Shanhai City would dare to challenge an imperial city?
Even Di Chen had to back off against Jingdu and look on in fear.
The players who cheered were not only the ones from the other imperial cities.
There were many players in Chengdu who did not have good opinions of Liu Bei.
Chasing out the four seas bank had caused a lot of inconvenience and negative effects on the players. Liu Bei's actions lacked the magnanimity of an emperor and were seen as a little petty.
Not to mention the effect of the loans of the four seas bank on the chambers of commerce.
Hence, this was a lose-lose situation for both Shanhai City and Chengdu.
More importantly, in most players' eyes, they could not place NPCs on the same level as players. The actions of Liu Bei toward Shanhai City had triggered the sensitive nerves of the players on some level.
Only then did the players have such an intense reaction.
However, Ouyang Shuo was pretty nonchalant about this. When he killed Guan Yu, he had expected such a situation to occur.
However, as he was still in the battle map at that time, he could not make changes.
Ouyang Shuo truly treated NPCs and players equally.
He treated Liu Bei as an opponent, which was why he did not just grumble and struck back. This battle between the two giants did not have anything to do with justice and brotherhood, much less good and evil.
Shanhai City, Nanjiang Governor-General House.
That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo personally met Ma Chao and his group.
Liu Bei's announcement had messed up Ouyang Shuo's original plan. He had wanted to hold a military meeting to settle the appointment of Lu Su and the others.
Such a matter cropped up, and the meeting could only be pushed aside.
The matter of the military meeting could only be postponed to a later date.
Along with the arrival of Ma Teng and the others, some plans had to be changed.
In the main hall, the five of them officially greeted Ouyang Shuo and acknowledged him as their Monarch. Ma Teng was the first to step out, standing in front of them and bowing, "I am Ma Teng!"
"Ma Chao!"
"Ma Dai!"
"Ma Xiu!"
"Ma Tie!"
"Greetings, Monarch!"
The three sons and the nephew stood in one line, exceedingly eye-catching.
"Generals, please rise!"
Ouyang Shuo left his seat and walked before Ma Teng to personally help him up.
"Thank you Monarch!"
Ma Teng stood up; this was the first time he really judged his new Lord. Ma Teng was extremely sharp and was good at guessing other people's character. With just a short moment of judgement, his heart was shocked, and he did not dare to underestimate Ouyang Shuo.
When one was old, one would start to reminisce.
Ma Teng moved to Shanhai City because he respected Zhao Kuo. Ma Teng felt a little against this Lord that he had never met before. Moreover, he even heard that the Lord was a young kid.
Who knew that the first meeting would change his opinion?
Although his new Lord seemed young, his smile was devilish. No one would dare to be preposterous in front of him and do anything out of hand.
His body emitted the aura of an emperor; even if he was not angry, he would instill fear in others.
"General, can you still fight?" Ouyang Shuo smiled as he asked.
Ouyang Shuo wanted to know whether Ma Teng still had the ambition to conquer the battlefield. If he did not want to, then he could only find another position for him in the Military Affairs Bureau.
When Ma Teng heard these words, his eyes widened, "Monarch, do not mention it! I can still eat three bows of rice, don armor, and grab knives, my skills are not rusty!"
"Great!"
Ouyang Shuo praised, "Old General on a horse (pun since Ma=horse), one versus two!"
Haha!
When Ma Teng heard that, he laughed. In his heart, he had a new recognition of this Lord.
Ma Xiu and the others were worried when they saw their father like this. Ma Chao and the others did not wish for their father to go on the battlefield again. The few of them were enough!
However, this was their father's wish, and they could not shake it.
When Ouyang Shuo saw this scene, he found it funny.
Using this chance, Ouyang Shuo took a look at their stats.
Name: Ma Chao (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Special Rank General
Loyalty: 70
Command: 70
Force: 98
Intelligence: 65
Politics: 40
Specialty: Fierce Rider (Raises troops morale by 30%, raises troops movement speed by 40%, raises troops combat strength by 20%)
Cultivation Method: Fupo Spear Technique (36 styles)
Weapon: Goulian Spear
Evaluation: All-rounded, an outstanding person. Exceedingly intelligent and can hold his own in ruling a land.
In the Three Kingdoms, in terms of martial arts, only Ma Chao could compare to Lu Bu. With his 98 force stat, he could easily kill his way out of a group of generals and was evaluated as an Emperor Rank general.
Ma Chao was like Lu Bu; they were generals that focused on one stat.
Name: Ma Teng (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 75
Command: 72
Force: 80
Intelligence: 60
Politics: 45
Specialty: Xiliang Iron Cavalry (Raises troops combat strength by 15%, raises movement speed by 25%)
Cultivation method: nil
Weapon: Machete
Evaluation: Ma Teng was a person with a tall and strong body. He has a humble and polite personality, respected by many.
As for Ma Dai and the rest, they are all King Rank generals and their stats were similar to Zhou Tai's.
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Chapter 724-Headquarters
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Gaia 3rd year, 9th month, 6th day.
Three days had passed, and the work of the various organizations regarding Chengdu had come to an end. Although the matter was rushed and sudden, it did not cause too much chaos.
As the problems faded, the problematic noises disappeared too.Nanjiang Governor-General House, Wuying Palace.
Wuying Palace was the side palace of the west side of the main palace, which was usually used for military meetings. This was because the main hall was too official and Ouyang Shuo was not used to discussing matters with the generals while being so high above.
The layout of the Wuying Palace was similar to that of the barracks tent so it fit Ouyang Shuo's tastes.
Zhou Yu, Lu Su, the Jiangdong Generals, Ma Teng, Strategist Jia Xu, Military Affairs Director Du Ruhui and Deputy Director Zhao Kuo, Nanyang Navy Admiral Zheng He, and the City Protection Legion Legion General had all arrived.
The fierce general Xu Chu stood beside Ouyang Shuo like an iron tower.
Long before the meeting, their appointments had already been approved by Ouyang Shuo.
Zhou Yu was appointed as the fleet general of the Beihai Bay Squadron and would take the job tomorrow. At the same time, Gan Ning was appointed as the chief general of the second squadron.
The first squadron chief general was Pei Donglai.
Zhou Tai was moved into the Jiaozhou Squadron, which was led by Shi Lang and became the chief general of the first squadron. Old General Huang Gai was moved to the Xingzhou squadron, which was led by Yanhuo Yaonie, acting as the deputy fleet admiral and chief general.
Huang Gai and Yanhuo Yaonie, one young and one old; it was truly suitable.
Lu Meng was moved into the Mediterranean Squadron, which was led by Alvaro and would become the deputy fleet admiral and chief general. With the help of a smart and courageous general like Lu Meng, Ouyang Shuo could totally be at ease with Alvaro.
Out of all the navy generals, probably only Lu Meng would be a good fit with this old fox. Lu Meng had the strength of non-stop learning and improvement, so learning navy tactics from Alvaro would help him a lot.
Hence, arranging him there was both to keep Alvaro in check and for Lu Meng to learn.
Adding in the Yashan Squadron chief general, the five squadrons all had at least a King Rank general in charge for the chief general role, finally breaking away from the awkward situation of lacking navy generals.
Of course, when compared to the stellar line up of the army, this was not much.
Out of the seven Jiangdong Navy generals, only Lu Su temporarily had not received an appointment.
Lu Su could be considered a strategist-type general. If one put him into the squadron that would be a waste of a treasure, so Ouyang Shuo really could not dare to do that. After discussing with Zheng He, he decided to move Lu Su to Zheng He's side.
It could be said to be truly exceedingly weird that the Nanyang Navy had not set up a headquarters to date.
Making use of this chance, Zheng He took the lead and Lu Su helped. At the same time, he moved a group of officials from the five squadrons, the Military Affairs Bureau, and the army military academy to build the headquarters.
The headquarters would not be built in Shanhai City but in Lion City in Xingzhou Prefecture.
The Nanyang Navy would cover the entire trade route and Lion City was in the middle of this trade route; it was an important chokepoint in the ocean. Building the headquarters there would make it easy to command the five squadrons.
At the same time, it was to make a strong indication to the world that the target of the Nanyang Navy was not within the country.
The construction of the headquarters would mean that the Nanyang Navy would break away from the control of the Military Affairs Bureau and officially separate, directly led by Ouyang Shuo.
The greater meaning was to reduce the number of battle commanding levels, giving Zheng He more authority to make battle commands more flexible and quicker.
The organizational structure of the Nanyang Navy would follow the structure of the Military Affairs Department, having a Combat Logistics Department, a Military Intelligence Division, a Military Law Division, a War Division, etc.
At the same time, the various military ports and the military used shipyards would be under the control of the headquarters. The Nanyang Navy would also slowly build up logistical supply systems and resource bases along the way.
After all of this was built up, they could finally be considered a complete navy.After hearing the news about building the headquarters, Zhou Yu and the other navy generals were stunned.
During these past few days, they had been welcomed by surprise after surprise, causing them to exclaim in awe. Even Zhou Yu could not help but say that he was like a frog looking at the sky from a well.
Their loyalty stat had risen to the safe value of 70.
Zhou Yu did not expect that the first time he joined a military meeting he would be able to witness the charm and far-sightedness of the Monarch. Only insiders could understand the strategic meaning behind a navy building a navy headquarters.
To say that it was a groundbreaking matter was not an understatement.
Ouyang Shuo had totally broken the structure of the Nanyang Navy, giving them a wider platform to perform and allowing them to roam the vast oceans.
Such ambition was truly a sign of an emperor.
The ambition in Zhou Yu's heart rose once more.
Orginally, based on the Monarch's request, Lu Meng, Huang Gai, Gan Ning, and Zhou Tai needed to enter the army military academy to study for two months.
Zhou Yu and Lu Su could immediately take up their roles.
Now Zhou Yu had changed his mind and was prepared to study at the academy and would take up his role after he graduated.
This was the charm of Shanhai CIty.
Ouyang Shuo did not want a bunch of rule followers who could not proceed forward but rather a people who could truly help the territory grow.
Zheng He's growth had proven this point.
Ouyang Shuo was also looking forward to the day when Zhou Yu could upgrade to become a God Rank general. Ancient China lacked many elite navy generals but that did not mean that it lacked many good students.
"Since we lacked generals that could make long voyages, we have to develop our own." Ouyang Shuo said it like that.
Academy Principal Sun Wu was exceedingly supportive of this point.
Be it Sun Wu or Jiang Shang, after learning about how wide the world was, they all hoped that Shanhai City could become the leader that helped China rule the world.
Their way of thinking was totally different from the current state of thinking.
It seemed like all Saint Ranked people were like that.
Ouyang Shuo had heard that Kong Zi had ended his journey of learning through the wilderness and was looking for a place to consolidate his learning and make a series of changes to the Confucianism Books.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he immediately invited Kong Zi to the university to complete that magnificent mission. After all, the Xinan University had unique resources and the strong support of Ouyang Shuo.
When he received the letter, he directly accepted it and was on his way over.
Based on what he said, the changes he planned to make were going to be relevant for an extremely long time. When it was finished, Ouyang Shuo believed that it was going to cover the entire China in its glory and reign for thousands of years.Apart from Zhou Yu and the other navy generals that needed to improve, the five Ma also need to learn for two months.
Their appointment was not confirmed yet.
Based on Ouyang Shuo's plans, when they attacked Yunnan City-State, the territory would definitely welcome a new round of expansion. At that time, he would naturally have a place to appoint Ma Teng and the others.
Not mentioning them, even if 10 more generals came over, he would have roles for all of them.
Their situations were similar to Zhou Yu. Originally, Ouyang Shuo cared about their face and did not put Ma Teng into the list to study.
Who knew that he would actually choose to do so himself? Hence, Ma Teng had become the oldest student since the army military academy was established.
Such spirit was truly commendable.
It was no wonder. After all, the learning spirit in Shanhai City was simply too thick.
In such an environment, as long as one was not the kind who stubbornly stuck to their own thoughts, they definitely would not give up such an opportunity.
The competition in Shanhai City was in truth far stronger than the competition in history that they had faced.
"If one wanted to stand out from so many excellent generals, one obviously needed to learn." This was the warning that Ma Teng had given to his three sons and nephew.
Out of all of them, the only one that did not go to study was Xu Chu.
Xu Chu had already replaced the dead Chen Dameng and was appointed as the Personal Guards Captain. Ouyang Shuo did not treat him badly, granting him the title of a Grade 5 General.
Similarly, while Wang Feng was recovering, Xu Chu would replace him as the commander of the Divine Martial Guards.
In truth, in the battle map, Wang Feng had requested to quit his job. Ouyang Shuo rejected it as he did not want to see Wang Feng give up.
After returning to Shanhai City, Wang Feng had once again requested to quit.
"Monarch, do not worry. I will definitely rest up well and learn a one arm technique before helping Monarch fight once more. However, the Divine Martial Guards cannot remain leaderless, so can Monarch agree to my request?" Wang Feng was really sincere.
When Ouyang Shuo heard these words, he could only agree.
Ouyang Shuo had not decided on the new commander of the Divine Martial Guards.Wang Feng being injured, the saddest one was Qing'er.
Listening to her maid's words, after the maid went to visit her, Qing'er had cried for an entire night till her eyes swelled up.
The next day, Qing'er came to visit her big brother.
Ouyang Shuo was already prepared to be scolded by Qing'er, who knew that she would make a special request – she wanted him to choose a date for her marry Wang Feng.
After listening to her request, Ouyang Shuo was silent for a long while.
"Qing'er, have you thought it through?"
From an objective viewpoint, Wang Feng had lost an arm and was not a good fit. Although this was really cruel to him, standing from the viewpoint of a brother, Ouyang Shuo still needed to be clear.
"Big brother, I have thought it through, please bless our marriage." Qing'er was determined.
Ouyang Shuo looked at the sister in front of him, feeling more and more unfamiliar. When did she grow to such a stage and have such comprehension?
He would never get the answer.
"Since that's the case, I will let your sister in law organize this wedding," Ouyang Shuo said.
"Thank you big brother." Qing'er was delighted.
"But would Wang Feng agree?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Ouyang Shuo understood Wang Feng, and he definitely would not accept the wedding under such circumstances.
Needless to say, the dignity and pride of a man would prevent him from doing so.
Qing'er's eyes froze; she had obviously thought about this point. When she met Wang Feng yesterday, she had probably knocked into a wall.
"I will make him agree." Qing'er was determined.
Ouyang Shuo was silent and did not say anything.
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Chapter 725-Chief Secretary
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The military meeting in the Wuying Palace was still taking place.
Apart from the arrangements of the generals, Jia Xu was appointed to the official role of chief secretary of the Nanjiang Governor-General House.
This role originated from the Qin Dynasty. During that time, the prime minister and generals did not have chief secretaries, similar to the current secretary. The chief secretaries under the generals could lead troops to battle.
The chief secretary in history took up many roles and was mostly a behind the scenes official. Jia Xu would be more like his chief of staff and would help Ouyang Shuo manage the domestic affairs of the Nanjiang Governor-General House.
The domestic affairs in this case referred to matters of the outer palace, including chariots, guards, auxiliary officials, guards of honor, and the like. These matters were different to the domestic affairs that Song Jia took charge of.
The secretary office that was under Bai Nanpu would similarly be under the jurisdiction of Jia Xu.
Speaking of which, this was a role that Ouyang Shuo had custom-made for Jia Xu. As the territory matters increased, the bureaus would have various requests and demands, so Ouyang Shuo needed to have more and more staff around him.
First, the presence of the chief of staff would help Ouyang Shuo coordinate with the various organizations; secondly, it would help him come up with plans and ideas, coming up with answers to administrative questions.
Of course, Jia Xu would mainly still be a military-type aide.Apart from the new members, toward the City Protection Legion that had teleported back from the battle map, Ouyang Shuo had moved them back to Shanhai City and housed them outside of the city.
Considering the geographical location of the Lianzhou Basin, Du Ruhui suggested and finally decided to house the City Protection Legion in the earliest built city west camp, expanding and perfecting it.
As the city west camp had a small mountain beside it, it was named as the West Mountain Camp. In the future when they referred to the West mountain camp, it would refer to this garrison force in charge of the protection of Shanhai City.
At the same time, the Lianzhou Prefecture Garrison Division was disbanded like this and added into the bailiff forces of Shanhai City.
Of the elite Mongol Warhorses brought back by them, apart from some that were for them to use, the remaining 40 thousand were transported to the Xunzhou army horse breeding ground.
As the territory cavalry forces increased on a large scale, war horses, especially elite war horses, would become a huge bottleneck.
Although Ouyang Shuo had established the Animal Husbandry Department and established army horse breeding grounds, the war horse supply still could not keep up with the demand.
In the future, the territory would have to purchase war horses from the outside for an extended period of time.
The problem was that between Shanhai CIty and Mongol, one was in the north and the other in the south, making transportation very inconvenient. This process would use up a lot of resources, giving one a massive headache.
This purchase of 70 thousand Mongol Warhorses was completed using the battle map.
In the next battle map, Ouyang Shuo probably would have to use such a method to purchase Mongol Warhorses on a large scale. He planned to seek help from Wufu, Feng Qiuhuang, and other allies to purchase war horses. They would use the infantry to bring them into the battle map and pass them to the Shanhai City infantry forces to bring back to Shanhai City.
Although the process was rather complicated, it was the fastest method that Ouyang Shuo had thought of.
After solving the problem with the City Protection Legion, the military meeting finally came to an end. The effects of the battle map had slowly faded away like that and Shanhai City had stepped onto a new path.
Ouyang Shuo did not forget that before the battle map began, the biggest military operation was the plan to strike out; this was only delayed because of the battle map.
As for what he had gotten from the battle map, Ouyang Shuo was not interested in raising a group of White Soldiers; he just passed the manual to the army military academy.
At the same time, he wanted to use the army military academy to pick out the essence of the White Soldier training to teach to the entire army. With that, it would have the most efficient effect on the army.
9th month, 6th day afternoon, Ouyang Shuo's reading room.
The afternoon sun shone through the exquisite curtains and into the reading room, leaving spots on the carpet. Only after going through the chill of a battle map would one realize the warmth of the sun.
In the shade of the sunlight, Black Snake, Shen Bu Hai, and Zhang Yi had gathered. Apart from them, the newly appointed chief secretary Jia Xu was present too.
Since he was the military Chief of Staff, Ouyang Shuo naturally gave him the power to touch the intel of the territory. He was also one of the few in the territory that came into contact with the three organizations.
Despite his recent appointment, he needed to join a matter of top importance.
Ouyang Shuo naturally needed to take some measures toward the unhappiness with Xunlong Dianxue now that they had returned to the main map. He was not the person from his last life that blindly trusted his brothers.
"Have you found out who came into contact with Xunlong Dianxue?" Ouyang Shuo asked Black Snake.
Black Snake nodded, "Yes. Although we do not know their exact identity, we are sure that they have something to do with King City."
"King City?" Ouyang Shuo was surprised.
Black Snake understood the surprise of the Lord; he nodded as he said, "Yes, it is King City without a doubt. As for whether it was to truly cooperate or to purely sow discord, we are unable to deduce."
"Their motive is not important anymore." A cold light shone in his eyes, and he described what had happened in the battle map, "Even if previously it was to sow discord, from this matter, it would have achieved both goals."
"Monarch, what you're saying is?" excitement flashed in Black Snake's eyes.
"From today onward, officially start isolating Xunlong City. This plan will be known as Operation L, and the three of you will work together to bring members of the Shanhai Alliance-Xunlong Alliance under the direct control of Shanhai City."
The establishment of the Xunlong Alliance made use of the influence of Shanhai Alliance. The members of the alliance all reported to Shanhai City; Ouyang Shuo had even met them some of them personally.
Be it the Black Snake Guards or Honglu Temple, both continued to infiltrate Xunlong Alliance. Probably even Xunlong Dianxue himself would not expect that the alliance he was so proud of was already in Shanhai City's hands.
The Lords that were willing to join Xunlong Alliance did so not because of Xunlong City but because of the immense influence of Shanhai City in China.
Who knows whether Xunlong Dianxue had a clear understanding of this. However, he probably did not based on his words and showings during the battle map.
He still thought that their influence in his province was based solely on his hard work.
Operation L was something that Ouyang Shuo had considered during the battle map. Now his thinking path was even clearer as he continued, "Our infiltration of Xunlong City must be even more discreet. He would definitely be wary, so we must not be found out."
"Monarch, do not worry!" Black Snake smiled, "With his intel organization, to put it bluntly, they are totally out of the game. They can investigate surface matters but to fight with us, they are far too lacking much."
"Then pay attention to the Yanhuang Alliance members; they are all professionals. At the very least, Di Feng is strong." Ouyang Shuo warned.
"Understood!"
Black Snake's face shook. Obviously, they had suffered some losses from the hands of Di Feng.
"Remember, all of this can only be done in the dark. Before Xunlong Dianxue does anything that betrays the alliance, we must not act."
Ouyang Shuo did not want to fall into a trap that would affect the reputation of the alliance.
"If he does not act, I won't either. If he acts, I'll make it so that he never recovers." This was Ouyang Shuo's policy.
"Do not worry Monarch!"
Shen Bu Hai and Zhang Yi both promised.
Both of them were top talents, so they knew how to handle such matters.
"Operation L will be led by Wen He so you can just report to him about anything." Lastly, Ouyang Shuo decided the commander of the operation as he did not have time to personally handle this.
A few days later, Ouyang Shuo would proceed toward Yunnan City-State for the war. With the intelligence and viciousness of Jia Xu, he definitely would not let Ouyang Shuo down.
Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo called Black Snake.
"Send someone to investigate if there's a guild known as Liangshan Mercenary Guild in Quanzhou. The higher ups of the guild should be Song Pu, Yi Zhangqing, and Zhang Ziyue. If you find them, arrange some spies."
Liangshan Mercenary Guild was the guild that Ouyang Shuo was part of in his last life. This time, he was prepared to finish the matter and not drag it on anymore.
"No problem!"
Observing the Monarch's weird expression, Black Snake did not dare to make any wild guesses and just left.
The reading room became empty once more.
After a short while, Meng Zhida hurried over; he had finished all the administrative matters.
The matter that Ouyang Shuo told Meng Zhida to handle related to Xunlong City. Ouyang Shuo told him to get the four seas bank to reduce their loans and investment in Xunlong City.
"Do not make it too obvious, but do not not do anything at all. As for the specifics, do as you see fit."
Ouyang Shuo instructed him like that.
When Meng Zhida heard this command, he was shocked. He knew that between these two allies, some cracks had already formed. The young Monarch in front of him was also becoming more vicious.
Although that was the case, Meng Zhida did not ask anything and just nodded his head.
With that, the four organizations formed a massive net that covered Xunlong City. The moment he betrayed them, he would fall right into that net.
Ouyang Shuo did not wish for Xulong Dianxue to be used by Di Chen to harm Shanhai City.
In the battle map, Ouyang Shuo asked Xunlong Dianxue to take care of himself was just words. He just wanted him to understand his warning and not do anything stupid.
If not, he should not blame this big brother for being heartless.
On this matter, Gong Chengshi, who was usually fooling around saw through it. He could feel that something was up.
On the other hand, the always intelligent for Xulong Dianxue kept doing muddy things.
One truly could not judge a book by its cover!
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Chapter 726-Xiahou Yuan
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Gaia 3rd year, 9th month, 10th day, Shanhai City.
Yesterday, he had received the letter from Huo Qubing's residence that the Guards Legion had reached the frontlines and gathered with the Dragon Legion Corps. In just a few days, they would move camp to the border of Mengding Prefecture.
The three legions had a total of 200 thousand troops, covering the land as they bore down on Mengding Prefecture. At the same time, the legion from Consonance City went down south and gathered at the border.
These two groups bit tightly onto Mengding Prefecture.
The Yunnan Province was mainly hills and only a tenth of the land area was relatively flat. A large portion of the land went up and down and was rather uneven.
In the game, after the map expanded ten times, these hills became huge mountains and dangerous cliffs.
The territories within the Yunnan Province were basically lone cities connected to lone cities. There were only narrow mountain paths between them and transportation was highly inconvenient.
Moving troops or transporting grain were both difficult tasks.
Hence, although the Yunnan Province area was huge, there were not many Lords that chose to start here and they mainly gathered in Kunming Prefecture and Dali Prefecture; especially Kunming Prefecture, where more than half of the province gathered.
If not, why would one say that since Consonance City occupying Kunming meant that it was the overlord of Yunnan? Apart from Kunming Prefecture, only Dali was slightly better.
But the Dali Imperial City was located there and the Lords were not fools. Looking at the actions of Qin Shihuang, Hanwu Emperor, and others, constructing on the land near the imperial city was practically impossible.
The remaining Mengding Prefecture, Tengyue Prefecture, and Dongchuan Prefecture were all places where land was vast but people were little.
Hence, the Yunnan City-State was the weakest out of the four City-States. If not, why would they be so terrified of the actions of Shanhai City to the point where they could not fall asleep at night?
Long before the Battle of Red Cliff, Shanhai City had announced that they wanted to attack Yunnan City-State. At that time, they had started to prepare to defend.
Qin Feng used the chance to try and hurt Shanhai Alliance.
Their relationship had reached an irreparable state.
In a short time, the Yunnan City-State had gathered 200 thousand troops in Mengding Prefecture. This was the maximum that they could gather, and it took up more than 80% of their forces.
If they did not succeed, it was over for them.
If they managed to defend Mengding Prefecture, Yunnan City-State would be fine for the moment; if it falls, and they main force collapses there, Tengyue Prefecture, Dongchuan Prefecture, and even Dali Prefecture would end up in flames.
Mengding Prefecture became the main battlefield of both sides.
Along with the end of the Battle of Red Cliff, the smell of gunpowder grew thicker and thicker.
Based on the intel compiled by the Military Affairs Bureau, it was not only Yunnan Province but the entire Nanjiang that was moving their troops.
The 150 thousand troops from the Lingnan City-State were gathered at the Jiaozhou Prefecture border, facing off against the Tiger Legion Corps.
Based on the attitude of Yuan Ping, these two sides could fight at any moment.
Gong Chengshi even asked Ouyang Shuo if he needed to move the troops in Jiangchuan Province to contain either Xiangnan Province or Lingnan Province, but Ouyang Shuo declined.
Ouyang Shuo was extremely clear that if Jiangchuan Province moved, the nearby Jingchu Province, and Jiangnan Province would move too, causing a chain reaction.
This would in turn make things more complicated, and it would end in chaos.
Ouyang Shuo preferred to do things that were within his control.
The armies of Xiangnan City-State gathered at the south border, and some of them had even moved into Guilin Prefecture and threatened the north gate of Shanhai City - Withered Flower Stronghold.
The Leopard Legion Corps 1st and 2nd legions were present.
Commander Han Xin had given the military order; he would use this chance to take back Xuanwu Pass.
With that, he had already formed a detailed battle plan.
As for whether or not they could successfully take down Guilin Prefecture, it would depend on how the battle proceeded.
Although Chuanbei City-State's attitude toward Shanhai City was changing, Xiangnan City-State's determination to deny Shanhai City was still exceedingly strong.
To take back Guilin Prefecture from the mouths of these two City-States was not going to be an easy task.
Based on Du Ruhui's words, whether or not they could take down Guilin Prefecture did not depend on the battle situation of the north. Instead, it hinged on the results of Shanhai City against Yunnan City-State.
This analysis enlightened Ouyang Shuo.
"If the battle goes well, they might automatically give it up," Ouyang Shuo said.
This battle during the 3rd year of Gaia, Shanhai City against the 4 City-States, would decide the future of Nanjiang. The entire China region was focusing on this insane battle.
Over a million soldiers were wrapped up within all this.
The players were looking forward to seeing whether or not Nanjiang would give birth to a true overlord or if Shanhai City would be hurt from all this and its shining light would be dimmed.
How would Shanhai City shock the world who after half a year of seclusion?
This battle was of utmost importance.
Hence, after dealing with the administrative matters, Ouyang Shuo wanted to rush to the front lines to personally lead the battle.
Who knew that just as he was packing, Shanhai City would welcome two guests? They were none other than Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, who had just entered the wilderness.
These two were descendants of Xiahou Ying.
Hence, their arrival did not surprise Ouyang Shuo. Regretfully, Cao Hong and Cao Chun did not choose to follow along.
Since the two of them came, Ouyang Shuo could only push back the matters at hand to welcome them.Shanhai City, Nanjiang Governor-General Manor.
To show his intentions to get close to them, Ouyang Shuo did not welcome them in the main hall but in the reading room. At the same time, Ouyang Shuo invited Xiahou Ying over.
In the battle map, the two brothers did not have a chance to meet Xiahou Ying.
Now to truly see him, they had to greet him solemnly.
Xiahou Ying knew his place. He did not take the bulk of the attention as he passed the two brothers off to the Monarch, smiling, "Monarch, please accept these two kids and give them food."
The pitiful Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun could only act as babies at the moment. From the words of their ancestor, these two generals sounded like beggars instead.
Xiahou Yuan's red face reddened even further.
Even so, the two brothers did not dare to be even a little unhappy.
In ancient times, the position of an ancestor was truly too high. Not mentioning these two, even their father was just a little kid in front of this ancestor.
The two of them could only exchange glances and laugh. They knew they place. They did not wait for Ouyang Shuo to open his mouth, bowing and greeting solemnly, "Xiahou Dun (Xiahou Yuan), greets the Monarch!"
"Generals, please rise!" Ouyang Shuo smiled as he got up and personally helped both of them up, "Generals, you are both great warriors of your time. For you to come over to Shanhai City, I am delighted!"
Naturally, Ouyang Shuo knew that Xiahou Ying was playing down the two of them.
As expected, when they heard those words, their expressions became more comfortable. The two of them came over because of their ancestor Xiahou Ying and Cao Cao's recommendation.
During the battle map, Cao Cao had come into contact with Ouyang Shuo many times and saw that he was special.
Hence, he recommended them to move into Shanhai City. After all Cao Cao was already in seclusion, and he did not want these two to follow him as that was not fair to them.
It was not just them; even Cao Chun and Cao Hong were chased away. The only ones left by Cao Cao's side were Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Chong.
In truth, the two of them had decided to go to Consonance City. After all, Cao Can there was their ancestor.
Making use of this chance, Ouyang Shuo took a look at their stats.
Name: Xiahou Dun (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 75
Command: 70
Force: 70
Intelligence: 75
Politics: 80
Specialty: Rushing Grain (Raises troops grain using efficiency by 15%, raises grain transporting efficiency by 25%)
Cultivation method: nil
Equipment: Long Knife
Evaluation: A general who helped Cao Cao conquer the lands. He lost his eye after he was shot with an arrow, which he ripped out and ate.
Xiahou Dun could not be considered a general that could fight, but he was definitely the most important person in the Cao Cao Camp. Strictly speaking, he was a logistical-based general.
Based on historical records, he loved to learn and was loyal to his teacher. Although he was traveling, he would personally invite his teacher. He was also an extremely intense person. If someone insulted his teacher, he would kill him.
Although he had power and a high position, he lived a frugal and humble life, spreading his wealth with his subordinates.
Name: Xiahou Yuan (King Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: Shanhai City General
Occupation: Advanced General
Loyalty: 75
Command: 72
Force: 82
Intelligence: 60
Politics: 45
Specialty: Rapid Movement (Raises troops combat strength by 10%, raises troops movement speed by 35%)
Cultivation method: nil
Equipment: Spear
Evaluation: As a general, he often caught the enemy off guard with how quickly he moved his troops. Good at adapting, bad at mixing with the public.
Xiahou Yuan was truly exceptional at general military affairs. He was good at fighting long distance battles, so the military had a sentence, 'General Xiahou Yuan, three day 500, six day one thousand.'
It was said that his troops could travel 500 miles in just three days.
His most exceptional battle was his attack against Han Zuo in the Battle of Xinggu.
Hence, it was said that the two of them were exceptional talents that brought a lot to the table.
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Chapter 727-News Conference
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That afternoon, Ouyang Shuo had given both of them their appointments.
The Nanjiang Governor-General House released their appointments. Xiahou Dun would take the role of Combat Logistics Department Director, moving Ge Hongliang to the Nanyang Navy Headquarters to be in charge of their logistics system.
It was best to put such a logistic-style general like Xiahou Dun in the Combat Logistics Department.
Similarly, the Nanyang Navy Headquarters was just starting up, so the help of the experienced Ge Hongliang would allow their logistic system would quickly get on the right path.
As for Xiahou Yuan, he would follow Ma Chao and the rest into the Army Military Academy.
9th month, 11th day, Consonance City.
Early in the morning, Consonance City announced a city wide alert. Especially the inner city, no random people could enter.
Consonance City was a Grade 2 Prefecture and similarly had two teleportation formations. Suddenly, the inner city formation shone with a white light, Ouyang Shuo and the Divine Martial Guards walked out.
"Wuyi, welcome!"
Bai Hua smiled, bringing Zi Luolan and the others along.
Speaking of which, this was the first time Ouyang Shuo had officially visited Consonance City.
Hence, Bai Hua had arranged an exceedingly strict and grand welcome. Not only did the four sisters all arrive, Cao Can, Cao Hong, Cao Dun, all the civil servants, and all the generals were present.
She truly gave Ouyang Shuo a lot of face.
Even though the city was put on alert, such a lineup was still spotted by some 'concerned' people. Shortly, the news of his appearance would spread across the entire China region.
Ouyang Shuo's sudden visit had an unusual meaning to it. Someone had mentioned earlier that when the Battle of Mengding started would depend on Ouyang Shuo.
With that, the spies of the various territories moved like they were on drugs, jumping up and down, going all out.
When the Lords behind them received the news, they all gave pretty much the same answer, "You must find out what the goal of Qiyue Wuyi going to Consonance City is, and if he is already ready to start the war."
The battle that would involve close to a million troops was not something that Shanhai City could start and end as they wished.
This was a huge matter for the entire territory.
To prepare for this battle, Shanhai City had already prepared for a total of half a year.
If the grain and weapons that they used in that period were calculated in terms of gold, it would break through two million. Even Shanhai City could not sustain successive battles of such a scale.
Hence, since they were going to fight, they needed to win in one swoop.
No matter which side lost, it would be enough to shake their core and even cause them to collapse.
No one dared to be cocky.
Even a power as strong as Shanhai City did not start the war right after sending their troops to the border.After a simple welcoming ceremony, Ouyang Shuo and Bai Hua had a two hour long secret conversation in the reading room. Not only did Jia Xu who followed along not join, even Zi Luolan and the others were excluded from the conversation.
Only the two of them were involved in this meeting.
If Ouyang Shuo had not kept a pure and loyal image all along, people might wonder whether the two of them were having a secret meeting or a date.
In truth, his conversation with Bai Hua did not involve this battle.
The battle plan had been set long time ago and the various generals would change it flexibly, so there was no need for the two Lords to worry.
Rather, the two of them discussed the post-battle situation and the arrangements of Consonance City.
"In the future, when the time is right, Shanhai City will establish a role of Provincial Governor on the provincial grade and above. The provincial governor will be in charge of the military affairs, rations, and salary. Additionally, they will take charge of ensuring law and order. The role of provincial governor of Yunnan Province, I will leave it for you, how about that?" Ouyang Shuo raised his biggest chip regarding merging with Consonance City.
The game had expanded the map ten times. If Shanhai City occupied Yunnan Province, Chuanbei Province, and Lingnan Province, the area of the three provinces would be similar to the size of the Ancient China.
Needless to say, the territory would continue to expand in the future.
To manage such a vast territory with ancient communication standards, if Nanjiang Governor-General House was the one to communicate with the prefectures, they might get too busy and the efficiency would be reduced.
Hence, at a suitable time, he would set up the provincial governor role to help in all provincial administrative and military levels.
In the game, a provincial governor was like the Qing Dynasty governor; especially in the China region, where one province was like a country in Europe.
Becoming a provincial governor in the China region was basically Bai Hua's limit. She would also be considered a giant amongst China region Lords.
Even Di Chen, Chun Shenjun, and the others did not rush to expand outwards but started a long digestion period after occupying one province.
Even with the strength and ability of their families, it was impossible for them to swallow an entire province right away.
Much less Bai Hua
Hence, the conditions that Ouyang Shuo raised truly tempted Bai Hua.
"You really are generous." Bai Hua smiled. In her heart, she did find it really weird, so she followed by asking, "What about Zi Luolan and the others, what plan do you have for them?"
Consonance City was owned by the Consonance Studio; it was not solely owned by Bai Hua.
"If they are willing, they can receive a suitable position in the provincial governor house. If they do not mind, I would rather they find suitable positions based on their specialties." Each one of the three had their individually strengths. Naturally, Ouyang Shuo did not want to see their talents buried.
Bai Hua nodded, Ouyang Shuo could be said to be extremely sincere.
"Can Zhang Liao's position be kept?" Bai Hua asked.
Zhang Liao was currently the Consonance City War Fighting Legion general. If Consonance City merged with Shanhai City, a place where fierce generals gathered, he might not be able to continue to be a legion general.
No matter what, Zhang Liao was an old general that had followed Bai Hua for a long time.
Bai Hua seemed exceedingly cold, but she was actually a very humane and compassionate person. Otherwise, she would not have asked the question about Zhang Liao.
Ouyang Shuo thought about it. In the end, he nodded, "Yes."
After Shanhai City expanded, the role of Legion General did not belong to just Emperor Rank generals. Furthermore, Zhang Liao could be considered the pinnacle of the King Rank, and it was not much to appoint him as a Legion General.
"Let's have a great cooperation!"
Bai Hua stretched out her tender white hand.
"Happy cooperation!"
Ouyang Shuo gently grabbed her hand with a wide smile on his face.
If an outsider saw this, they would think that these two were crazy. The war had not even started, yet they had already started planning based on the end result, truly arrogant to the max.
However, be it Ouyang Shuo or Bai Hua, they both felt that it was already in the bag.
They were the same type; arrogance was ingrained in their bones.
After preparing for so long, Ouyang Shuo had never entertained the thought of failure!
At 11 AM, Ouyang Shuo left the reading room to attend the planned new conference. In the hall, with the Quick Daily News as the head, the various media outlets were already waiting.
During the news conference, Bai Hua announced some huge news.
"From today onward, Consonance City will represent Kunming Prefecture and merge into the Nanjiang Governor-General House and be under their direct jurisdiction." Bai Hua did a simple description.
Hua!
Even though the reporters were mentally prepared, they had not expected such news.
The notice they received was that Consonance City had an important announcement to make. Seeing Ouyang Shuo come over, the reporters naturally thought of the Battle of Mengding.
Who knew that they would hear such news?
"Consonance City merging into the Nanjiang Governor-General House? Today is not April Fools!" The reporters' hearts collapsed, "Consonance City itself is a giant in the wilderness. How can this happen?"
The first reporter asked, "Lord Bai Hua, why did you suddenly make such a decision?"
"It is not sudden." Bai Hua was not going to take the bait, "The cooperation between us started a long time ago, and this visit by Lord Wuyi was just to make the final confirmations."
"Can you reveal some of the specifics? Is Consonance City forced by the pressure of Shanhai City?"
"The specifics are a secret and cannot be revealed." Bai Hua's expression did not change, "However, it's a win-win situation, and there were no threats involved."
"You should all know that this is not the first time that the Shanhai Alliance had an internal merger. Two years ago, Mulan County merged into Shanhai City. Lord Mulan Yue is currently the Governor of Zhen An Prefecture." Ouyang Shuo did not care about the thoughts of the reporter that asked this question had and patiently explained, "Our cooperation with Consonance City is based on mutual development."
The interruption from Ouyang Shuo and the words he said made the reporter speechless.
Mulan Yue from an unassuming Lord had become a governor. No one could say that Ouyang Shuo was conning his allies.
Thinking about the other Lords in Lianzhou Basin, they were now nowhere to be seen.
Only Mulan Yue was still active in the wilderness and was becoming more and more eye-catching.
Ouyang Shuo's win-win statement was not an empty check.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo was able to gain the trust of Bai Hua.
A good reputation was sometimes better than a strong army.
"A question for Lord Wuyi, is this merger because of the Battle of Mengding?" A smart reporter changed the topic to the upcoming battle.
Ouyang Shuo smiled and confidently answered, "The cooperation between Consonance City and Shanhai City was set three months earlier, so there's no direct relationship with the battle."
"Of course," Ouyang Shuo changed his words, "After the merger, the troops of both would be commanded as one. With that, it would be good for the battle, so I would not deny that point."
"So Lord Wuyi is really confident about this battle?"
The last to ask a question was a reporter from the Quick Daily News; he could be considered an old friend.
Ouyang Shuo stood up, facing all the media outlets, he looked ahead with determined eyes, "I believe Shanhai City will definitely win!" Since the Yunnan City-State provoked us, they need to pay the price in blood!"
The press conference ended with that strong statement.
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Chapter 728-Review
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On the eve of the big battle, the news of Consonance City and Shanhai City merging caused a massive wave in the wilderness.
Along with this merger, the two biggest alliances in China were walking two totally different paths. Shanhai Alliance was swallowing internally and slowly becoming one entity.
Yanhuang Alliance was individually blooming like a flower, becoming brighter and brighter.
The underground casinos of the nine imperial cities all opened up bets for the Battle of Mengding. Before this, those who bought Shanhai City winning was 1 paying 3, Yunnan City-State was 1 paying 5.
The moment the news came out, the various casinos all changed the odds to favor Shanhai City. The odds were now 1 to 2 for Shanhai City and 1 to 6 for Yunnnan City-State.
Obviously, the players did not think that things would go well for the Yunnan City-State.
At that very moment, Yunnan City-State also made a large move. That afternoon, Di Chen appeared in Qin Feng's Tengchong City and announced that Handan Alliance had formed an alliance with Tengchong City.
"When needed, Handan City will provide help to Tengchong City." At the alliance conference, Di Chen threw down such a sentence, similar to Ouyang Shuo's actions.
As a result, everyone was riled up.
The players were wondering whether this battle would become a chaotic one that wrapped up the entire China.
People who were just watching would never mind things being too big.
When Ouyang Shuo received the news, he just smiled.
The Yanhuang Alliance had been making such small actions all along, so how could Ouyang Shuo not have taken measures against them? If they truly sent troops to help Yunnan City-State, it would not end well for them.
9th month. 12th day, Consonance City.
Since Consonance City had merged into Shanhai City, Cao Chun and Cao Hong still ended up under Ouyang Shuo in the end; they did not know whether they should laugh or cry.
After the greetings, they were sent to Shanhai City to learn along with Xiahou Yuan and the others.
The five generals under Cao Cao were General Zhang Liao, General Le Jing, General Yujin, General Xu Huang, and General Zhang He.
Apart from them, the Xiahou Family and the Cao Family's statuses were higher than them, including Xiahou Dun, Cao Den, Cao Chun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou Shang; they were known as the Eight Tiger Cavalry.
Out of the eight, Xiahou Dun was the most favored and Cao Ren was second.
After the Battle of Red Cliff, Cao Ren died in battle.
Cao Chun and Cao Hong were appointed as the commanders of the most elite Tiger Leopard Cavalry under Cao Cao, and they could be considered the generals that he trusted the most.
Especially Cao Chun; he was the first commander of the Tiger Leopard Cavalry.
Hence, in the Cao Cao Organization, Cao Chun and his brother's positions were far higher than Zhang Liao. However, the Consonance City Generals had Zhang Liao as their leader, making them feel rather awkward.
Their cultivation in the army academy was to get them out of that situation.
Along with the two joining the academy, the Army Military Academy's special class had expanded to 15 people; the lineup was unprecedented.
After dealing with the two brothers, Ouyang Shuo immediately led the Divine Martial Guards to the frontlines to review the Consonance City Legion. Of course, they were now the 3rd legion of the Dragon Legion Corps.
As for Consonance City, apart from Bai Hua, who was officially appointed as the Governor of Kunming Prefecture, everything remained as per normal. The structure of Consonance City followed Shanhai City, so there was no need to change.
At the same time, to calm down the hearts of the people, Ouyang Shuo naturally would not make changes to the roles and positions. If he wanted to make changes, he would just wait till the battle ended.
They needed to hand over the list of officials in Kunming Prefecture to the Administration Bureau so that they could record it.
Apart from that, the salary system of Kunming Prefecture would be connected to Shanhai City, and the law system would be connected as well. Such detailed work would naturally be left to the Nanjiang Govenror-General house's four directors to deal with.
The Kunming Prefecture structure needed to remove the Consonance City Military Affairs Department and move some of the officials into the Military Affairs Bureau. A portion would be moved to the Nanyang Navy Headquarters.
Before leaving, Ouyang Shuo had already told the Financial Bureau to, in the name of the Nanjiang Governor-General House, give two months of salary to the thousands of officials in the Kunming Prefecture.
Such bribery acts were much needed.
To the Kunming people, changing a Lord in a night was something that was not easy to adapt to.
As they say, they would rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix.
There were many people in Kunming Prefecture who were unhappy or did not understand it. These people needed some time to adjust and needed the Governor-General House to perform some groundwork.
Wei Yang had already suggested they utilize the law system in Kunming Prefecture to wash out the place.
During the news conference, the merger that they both announced had started long ago. When Ouyang Shuo was on his voyage, the officials of both sides had undergone numerous negotiations.
Just the records of the negotiations could be stacked up to a person's height.
With this work done, could Ouyang Shuo finally make that suggestion to Bai Hua. If not, such a matter was not something that they could settle with a few words.
Now, there was nothing more they needed to do.
Bai Hua would personally take charge of Consonance City to cooperate with the Nanjiang Governor-General House for the handover.Three days later, Ouyang Shuo and his group reached the 3rd legion camp.
"General Zhang Liao greets the Monarch!"
Within the tent, Zhang Liao led the 3rd legion Major Generals to greet this Monarch.
This minimalistic military welcome made Ouyang Shuo realize that a simple paper was not enough to make these soldiers truly become loyal to him.
However, Ouyang Shuo did not mind, telling Jia Xu to read the appointment decrees of Zhang Liao and the others.
Zhang Liao was officially appointed as the 3rd Legion General. At the same time, he was given the title of Grade 5 Pingxi General. The remaining major generals were all given the titles of Grade 5 Generals.
In the tent, Ouyang Shuo personally pinned the badge regarding the Grade 4 General for Zhang Liao. The badge was exquisite and golden, untainted by dust; it represented an unbeatable honor in the military.
Ouyang Shuo also passed the military flag representing the 3rd legion to Zhang Liao and said solemnly, "General Zhang Liao, I hope that you will lead the Dragon Legion 3rd legion to continue winning on the battlefield. I hope for you to kill the enemies and spread the glory of the golden dragon flag!"
Zhang Liao received the flag, and excitement flashed across his eyes, "I will not disappoint the Monarch."
The golden dragon badges of the five major generals were pinned on by Jia Xu.
All of a sudden, a golden light shone in the tent.
After wearing the same golden dragon badge, these generals felt closeness to Shanhai City for the first time. Such an honor was something that an appointment decree could not be compared to.
"Bow!"
Zhang Liao led them to bow to the Monarch.
With a Shua! the generals all gave the standard military bow. At this very moment, the 3rd legion finally recognized the existence of Ouyang Shuo.
Ouyang Shuo nodded. At least his efforts were not wasted.
"Generals, I now have a secret order to read." Ouyang Shuo sat back on the Lord seat.
"Yes my Lord!"
Zhang Liao could feel that something was unusual from the Lord's expression, making him focus.
The atmosphere of the entire tent instantly became solemn.
Ouyang Shuo told them the true motive behind this military operation.
When Zhang Liao heard the truth, his eyes widened. This plan was exceedingly different to what he had originally expected. Which meant that all they had been doing was throwing a smoke bomb?
That was preposterous!
After further thought, it was also deeply terrifying.
The Shanhai City Military Affairs Bureau had a bunch of monsters; they actually dared to make such a plan. If it really went as planned, the four City-States would be played as fools.
When Ouyang Shuo finished, he looked around at the generals, "The entire plan is as such, do you all understand?"
"Yes Monarch!"
"Since you understand, act based on the plan from tomorrow onward! Remember, without military orders, do not take matters into your own hand. If any of you do not follow the plan, do not blame me for being merciless." Ouyang Shuo instructed solemnly.
All of a sudden, a suppressive feeling like that of a sea of blood pressed down on them. In the sea of blood was a massive bubble where tens of thousands of bones floated.
There were not only human bones but beast bones too.
Many wandering spirits floated on the ocean surface, there were generals, soldiers, and many innocent lives. All of them had died under the hands of Shanhai City and gave out tragic screams.
When Zhang Liao and the others saw this scene, they felt a shiver run down their spines.
Even if they had been through hundreds of battles, such a scene still made them shiver.
How many people must one kill to have such a bloody aura?
In the game, one talked not only about fate but also about karma.
As long as they died to the Shanhai City Army, no matter if Ouyang Shuo personally acted, he would be responsible. After all these years, he had accumulated such a blood ocean.
One could foresee that this would continue to expand.
This was the first time that Ouyang Shuo had displayed the aura of the blood ocean to them.
It was then that Zhang Liao and the other generals realized that this Monarch was not like their previous Lord Bai Hua. He was not a soft-hearted person but a steel blooded commander, a true emperor.
With all of this, some excitement crossed their hearts.
They could clearly feel that after merging with Shanhai City, there would be a myriad of changes.The next day, the 3rd legion acted.
Weirdly, the army acted and gave a ready for battle stance in the next few days but did not genuinely attack.
No matter what, the 3rd legion did not cross the border.
This made the Yunnan City-State Alliance Army feel extremely weird. Before they were clear about the enemy's goal, they were not going to attack.
The 3rd legion to the outside said that the Monarch had just arrived and needed to review them.
In truth, was just that; in a short 3 days, the 3rd legion did a large-scale review and drill.
The problem was that to do a drill now did not make any sense.
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