740 Fall of White Stone City (1/2)
Chapter 740-Fall of White Stone City
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
Along with Shi Wanshui reaching the battlefield, the Battle of White Stone City finally came to an end.
Who knows whether it was to make up for his sins or to keep that last shred of dignity but that night, knowing that all hope was lost, Yuan Ping committed suicide on the south city wall and completed his final act as a Lord.
His suicide made one sigh.
One could not say that Yuan Ping did not work hard; he was not an ignorant rich boy. He even obtained many glorious achievements and stood at the peak of China for a time. His fall only once again described the cruelty of the wilderness.
The wilderness was like eating poisonous bugs. Only the strongest could survive till the end and stand unchallenged in the world.
This was a winner takes all; loser lost everything kind of world.
In the end, there would only be a handful of winners but many losers would become stepping stones.
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Along with Yuan Ping's suicide, the Yuan family officially stepped out of the race to rule the wilderness.
At this point, the four families of Lingnan were chased out of the wilderness. The ones doing the best was the Song Family; they were now a large-sized chamber of commerce. The remaining three were not faring so well.
The experience of the four families pretty much described the situation with all middle-sized powers in China. They had used their resources in real life to obtain a head start.
Following which, because of the cruel competition in the wilderness, 90% or more of them were eliminated.
The ambition of most of these families, along with their territories being occupied, turned to dust. Those crazy ones who exchanged their achievement values for gold lost more than they could ever imagine.
Earth Online provided everyone on earth with a clean slate but not everyone would become a winner from this.
90% of the players would just have a go; only the lucky few could use their luck, talent (or plot armor) to come back and walk to the peak of life.
As for Ouyang Shuo's experience, it could not be replicated and had no reference value.
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After Yuan Ping suicided, White Stone City did not even have a single Lord left. Even the Lord of White Stone City had killed himself.
The news caused the Alliance Army to explode; they had fought to the death for an entire day and sacrificed close to 100 thousand of their troops but were abandoned in return. This was something that was hard for them to accept.
Filled with emotion, the camp quickly lost control.
That night, many soldiers left the camp for the opposite camp stronghold to surrender. Fan Lihua welcomed all of them.
First, it was one by one. Next, squadron by squadron; then it became unit by unit. During the entire night, the situation outside of White Stone City did not even stop; what a boisterous sight.
The next morning.
When the Alliance Army commander who still wanted to defend saw the half-empty camp, he spat furiously. He gritted his teeth and decided to just bring all the soldiers to surrender.
The cowardice of the Lords of the City-State had turned the hearts of all the generals cold.
To be loyal to such Lords was just stupid to the max. With that, why not switch sides to the more vibrant and glorious Shanhai City and start a brand new journey?
So one could say that the Alliance Army was not the true group of failures.
As long as one lived, it was sort of a victory. The true losers were those Lords who lost everything and those soldiers who died on the battlefield.
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Knowing that the entire Alliance Army wanted to surrender, Fan Lihua contacted the Shi Wanshui legion while moving into the camp stronghold to accept the surrender of the Alliance Army.
That night, Shi Wanshui's forces had arrived.
Fan Lihua did not want the settled situation to be messed up once more. Regarding military matters, playing it safe was always the best option.
Reality proved that Fan Lihua was worrying too much.
The Alliance Army's surrender was genuine. To prevent the Shanhai City Army from misunderstanding, they even removed their equipment and weapons and let Shanhai City organize them.
In the camp fortress, the Alliance Army commander passed Fan Lihua the commander seal and the Alliance Army name list. This move alone helped saved a lot of work for the Military Affairs Bureau.
Hence, Fan Lihua had a truly good impression of this commander.
During the battle yesterday, his commanding was also decent, and he was not a total nobody. If not, he would not have been able to become the commander of the Alliance Army.
If Ouyang Shuo was here, he would immediately recognize this general.
He was also a historical general, the East Han general Feng Yi.
Name: Feng Yi (Emperor Rank)
Dynasty: East Han
Identity: temporary nil
Occupation: Special Rank General
Loyalty: 65
Command: 84
Force: 68