420 Drunken Beauty (1/2)
The skies above Anyang City were blood red.
The flames from the battles burned from morning till night in an endless blaze.
The blood glow that rushed into the sky mixed with the sunset.
Like a dream, like an illusion.
Among the flames of war, the unassuming Anyang City stood tall and did not fall.
Lianpo rode on his war horse; his eyebrows locked tight.
The stubbornness of the enemy troops far exceeded his expectations. In the afternoon, there were three to four times when they nearly took down the city wall. Time after time, they were repelled.
A true iron army.
Thinking about the current Jiangdong Warriors, who were going all out on the main battlefield, probably only they could go head-to-head against these enemy troops.
Amazement was amazement, but his eyebrows tightened up more and more. Although the lord did not make matters clear and did not blame anyone, he could feel that the lord was not happy with the situation and him.
Thirty thousand troops, attacking one whole day, yet they still could not take down Anyang City.
If this dragged on, things would change.
In just one afternoon, they had lost seven thousand soldiers. Such huge casualties were too scary. Under the city wall of Anyang City was a dense graveyard and a blood river.
A group of eagles circled in the sky, waiting for a chance to make their move.
Under the cover of the dusk sky, the eagles’ eyes flashed with red glows. Influenced by the killing, some grew crazy and did not care about anything. They simply rushed down to eat the ‘delicacies’.
On the city wall, the Lord Flag of Shanhai City fluttered, looking more and more extravagant.
The generals of the palace Guards were similarly infallible.
In this battle, only a few remained of the 1,400 aristocratic family Guards.
The elites that Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang brought had similarly suffered heavy casualties. Compared to the palace Guards, they were weaker in terms of not just combat strength, but also in morale and killing intent.
The three thousand palace guards now had the same army spirit. That infallible body was their spirit. From that moment onward, all of them were willing to die for their lord.
They would not regret it, even in death.
This day, another five hundred palace Guards left this world forever.
As the sun set, the last inch of red disappeared.
The night was about to arrive.
Lianpo let out a long sigh, ”Tell the troops to fall back!”
”Yes, general!”
Amongst the thunderous noises, the sieging soldiers backed off like a receding flood. When they passed the corpses of their allies, they only felt a sense of fortune in their hearts and endless amounts of tiredness.
They could not imagine why the enemies on the city walls seemed to have boundless amounts of energy.
Lianpo took one last look at the city wall and turned his horse around. He made his way back toward the camp.
Tomorrow, tomorrow morning, no matter what price he had to pay, he had to take down Anyang City.
In his eyes, a killing aura flashed out.
_Anyang City, city Lord’s Manor._
The Ouyang Shuo that the soldiers revered and worshipped collapsed when he returned to the manor. The aura that surrounded him disappeared.
Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang carefully took care of his wounds, feeling pained for him in their hearts.
”Aiyo!”
Suddenly, Feng Qiuhuang tapped onto his wounds, making him shout out in pain.
”You asked for it!”
In her eyes, tears had built up.
Drunken beauty, cares a lot about relationships.
Young man, when will he sigh.
Plays a sad song on the flute.
Tears of the beauty, heartbroken.
Even Bai Hua grumbled at Ouyang Shuo.
”Wuyi, you must know that to Shanhai City, to Shanhai Alliance, and even to the entire Qin Dynasty Camp, how important you are? A lord doesn't join in the war and put themselves in danger. Don't you know that theory?”
”I understand, but….”
”There are no buts. At most, we will just back out of Anyang City. From the time the war started till now, we still have the advantage. We don't need to take this gamble and put ourselves in danger.”
”That's right!”
Feng Qiuhuang agreed; her expression filled with unhappiness.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head, “In theory, that's true. But you all know that if we miss this chance, Baiqi would have to plan for a new strategy. That would take really long. During this period of time, how many more people will die?”
Silence. Total dead silence.
It was not that they were heroes and feeling righteous for their men.
It was just that on the death list, the names of their soldiers would definitely appear, and they would definitely take up the bulk.
War was just so cruel.
After a long while, Ouyang Shuo broke the silence, “This attack, someone definitely orchestrated it from the back. That's why we shouldn't let Di Chen get away with it. If not, who knows who will win.”
”Someone orchestrated it?”
”That's right. Baiqi's plan was so obscure, yet this guy still saw through it.”
”Who is it?”
”Think about it. Who in the Anti-Qin Camp could go up against Baiqi?”
”Wuqi?”
”No.” Ouyang Shuo shook his head, “If it was Wuqi, Xiong Ba would have come instead of Di Chen.”
”Is it him?”
Suddenly, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang exclaimed.
Both of them could be considered knowledgeable. Moreover, as lords, they had to increase their knowledge of history.
Ouyang Shuo nodded, “That's right. It should be Han Xin.”
Feng Qiuhuang was not entirely convinced, “Why are you so sure?”
”Because Di Chen came. As a player representative, only he had the chance to meet Han Xin.”
Ouyang Shuo had been the player representative four times already, so he was familiar with the related powers.