938 Shu Han Sends Troops (1/2)

Chapter 938 – Shu Han Sends Troops

The fall of Hengshan Pass opened up the Dragon Legion Corps' attack on Jiangyang Prefecture.

At basically the same time as when Luo Shixin took down the pass, the left vanguard led by Lai Hu'er also took down the south-east door of Jiangyang Prefecture - Jiulong Pass.

In a single day, two hugely important passes were lost at the same time.

When Feng Qingyang received the report, his face was ugly to the max. He questioned Wei Yan, who was in charge of military matters, ”Losing two passes in a day, are the 2nd legion soldiers useless?”

”....”

Wei Yan did not know how to reply. When his Lord acted up, he would truly say anything.

”Investigate. Find out how exactly they were lost.” Feng Qingyang was slowly feeling more and more uneasy.

”Yes!”

Wei Yan did not wish to stay any longer. In truth, Wei Yan desired to know the reason more than Feng Qingyang. If he did not find out how the passes were lost, the following war could not be fought.

...

In just a day, various intelligence reports were gathered.

The bad feeling that Feng Qingyang got came through one by one.

Flying devices, grenades, siege chariots, and new cannon; each new piece of equipment stunned Feng Qingyang.

”How the f**k can we even fight?” Feng Qingyang hurled vulgarities. The invincible defense line he was proud of became tofu. There was no news that could be worse than this.

Even Feng Qingyue's brows were locked. Her intuition actually came through; the reason Great Xia waved their flag around the wilderness was to take down Swordsman City.

If not, they would not have bothered to prepare so many types of equipment that targeted the Shu Lands.

The future of Swordsman City became really uncertain.

Her eyes looked more and more depressed, ”That man is really heartless!”

”What did Di Chen and the others say?” Feng Qingyue asked her brother.

Thinking about this, Feng Qingyang grew even more furious, ”That group of evil-hearted ghosts, they said that the Shu Lands have a complicated geography; even if they reinforce us now, they would not be of much help. As such, they said why not just wait until the Xia Army reaches Swordsmen City and have a final battle then.”

”….”

Feng Qingyue was speechless. Di Chen's words made sense, but it was still really infuriating.

Although the geography of the Shu Lands could affect the enemy, it also reduced its own soldier placement. Like Di Chen said, even if they sent 100 thousand troops, there was nowhere to position them.

Place them in the various passes?

The pass was just so huge and having more troops would not make a difference. Furthermore, Great Xia was doing an air siege. If there were more people, the casualties would be even greater.

Place them in the cities?

To the cities that did not have city walls, no matter how many troops were stationed there, they would not be able to contain the Great Xia Army.

Hence, the Dragon Legion Corps' two War Fighting Legions still stayed in Dongchuan Prefecture. No matter how many troops they sent, it would be useless. In fact, it would cause a lot of logistical nightmare instead.

Keeping the two legions in Dongchuan Prefecture was also a scare tactic, as it made them think that they might reinforce the frontlines at any moment.

Feng Qingyue was truly the female Zhuge. From one point alone, she understood the arrangements of the Dragon Legion Corps. However, so what if she did? This was a scheme.

Thinking about it, Swordsman City only had one way out, which was to put up as much resistance as possible along the way. Only by eating at the Great Xia Army would they stand a chance during the final battle at Swordsman City.

As the main city, Swordsman City had a huge city wall.

Swordsman City was located at the southernmost point of Jiangyang Prefecture. If they really did that, it would mean losing 90% of the prefecture, which would be a huge loss to Swordsman City, as they only had two prefectures of land.

Even if they managed to beat the Great Xia Army, both sides would suffer heavy loses.

No matter how they saw it, it was a terrible situation.

Feng Qingyang was depressed to the maximum. He was the one who had the least intentions of being an overlord, but he was the one who faced the most of Great Xia's wrath.

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So what did Di Chen think of it? There was another reason why Di Chen was not willing to immediately assist, apart from the Shu Lands' geography.

A day ago, the four Lords in Dali Prefecture had already merged their territories, and they had 50 thousand troops. If they sought protection from Dali, they would have another 50 thousand guards.

Although Dali imperial city did not have a dynasty, during the Battle of Yunnan, it had already protected these four territories.

There was also the help of that player in the Dali palace. Moreover, moving 50 thousand guards was not going against the game rules, so Gaia would not prevent that.

Of course, it was impossible to exceed 50 thousand.

As the highest level artificial intelligence, Gaia had a really precise judgment system.

Xiao Alliance also gave their reply; they were willing to arrange 100 thousand combat occupation players to help. Xiao Nianying was truly going all out, taking out half of the combat occupation players of the guild as a bet.

As expected from someone who managed to grab the chance to rise out from the Guardian Guild race and become the biggest dark horse in the guild circle.

When he really put his heart to it, he was willing to take a gamble.