421 Overlord, Will You Battle? (1/2)
This night was exceptionally long.
_Jiyuan City, Lord’s Manor._
Ouyang Shuo's letter had reached Baiqi's table in less than two hours.
Baiqi opened it. After he read the letter, he muttered, “Han Xin? That's interesting.”
”Men!”
”Present!”
”Raise the tent for the meeting!”
”Yes, general!”
The guard took this matter really seriously and immediately informed the other generals. Although it was late at night, no one would grumble about raising the tents for a meeting.
Military matters were really urgent, so being woken up in the middle of the night was normal.
In less than fifteen minutes, Zhang Han, Er'Lai, Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He,Lin Yi, and the rest all gathered in the meeting hall.
These generals all knew the way that Baiqi handled things, so they did not dare to tarry. As for the generals of the other lords, they all came late, which displeased Baiqi.
”Tomorrow, which of you dare to accept the battle against Xiang Yu?”
The moment his words sounded out, the generals were shocked and could not react. Didn't the commander not agree to go one-versus-one against Xiang Yu? Why did his attitude change?
Baiqi sat expressionlessly behind his table.
”Commander, I'm willing!”
Er'Lai was the first to step out. He was not one to care about the reasoning behind matters. In these few days, Xiang Yu’s provocations had infuriated Er'Lai.
”Great!”
Baiqi nodded, as expected from a general under him.
”Who else?”
”I'm willing!”
Zhang Liao, Qinqiong, Wang He, and a few others were all raring to go.
These few generals had all been holding in their anger.
”Great!” Baiqi raised his head and looked around, ”Tomorrow morning, General Er'Lai, General Zhang Liao, General Qinqiong, and General Wang He will face off against Xiang Yu.”
”Yes, commander!”
The generals that were named were unanimously delighted. Those that were not, like Lin Yi, felt dejected and disappointed.
When all the generals left, Baiqi called Lin Yi to discuss some matters.
After a while, Lin Yi finally left the tent.
Making use of the night, the Guards Division sneakily exited the city and disappeared into the darkness. Thanks to their unique special forces training, they were confident about traveling at night.
_Night, Anyang City._
Apart from sending Baiqi a letter, Ouyang Shuo did not sit just still and do nothing.
Before the war ended, Bai Hua and Feng Qiuhuang moved the civilians to clean up the battlefield. They removed the corpses on the city wall to create space for the soldiers.
Most importantly, they retrieved the stone pieces and rolling wood they had thrown out. They moved these items back onto the city wall.
They had no choice; their resources were scarce, so this was the only way.
As for reopening the city protection river, firstly, the commoners did not have the ability. Secondly, it might alert the enemies on the other side.
Apart from that, one had to mention the two ladies.
During the day, apart from settling food matters, they also handled something important.
There were so little civilians left in the city, so there were many empty houses.
The two of them ordered people to dismantle all the houses to obtain stone and wood. In just one day, hundreds of houses were dismantled.
Making use of the night, they moved these resources to the city wall.
With that, they had more defensive resources for the next day.
Ouyang Shuo admired the intelligence of these two.
After being busy all the way till the late of night, Anyang City finally regained its peace and quiet.
Even so, the civilians inside could not sleep. As long as one was not blind, they would know that a tough battle awaited them tomorrow.
No matter which camp took over Anyang City, the commoners and civilians would experience a hard life.
If they won, the civilians would have a tough life.
If they lost, the civilians would still have a tough life.
These statements were not false.
_Anti-Qin Camp, Chu Army Camp._
When Di Chen's messenger rushed to the camp, it was the middle of the night, and the camp was totally silent.
”Who is there?”
Before the messenger even got close to the camp, the guard on patrol stopped him.
”I'm the messenger of player representative Di Chen. I have emergency intel for General Xiang Yu.”
The guard asked in a testing tone, “Di Chen's messenger?”
”That's right!”
The messenger calmly replied. As the player representative, Di Chen's position in the army was still quite high.
However, the messenger did not foresee that an unexpected situation would occur.
”Hen, so bold.” The guard's face changed, and he scolded, “Take him down!”
”Yes!”
Four guards appeared and took him down in just a few moments.
”What are you doing?” The messenger fumed, as he struggled, ”You're delaying military intel. Do you want to die?”
”Hen!” The guard gritted his teeth, “The General has orders. Di Chen left his post and deserves death. How bold, sending himself to die.”
When the messenger heard these words, he felt bitter.
They had considered everything, but they had made incorrect assumptions about Xiang Yu’s personality.
Who was Xiang Yu? How arrogant was he?
How would he allow people to challenge his honor in the military?