961 A Strategist Knows Their Enemy like Themselves (1/2)
Chapter 961 – A Strategist Knows Their Enemy like Themselves
Jingdu Province, Handan City.
Lianpo abandoned the troops and haggardly fled back to Handan, where he informed Di Chen about the specifics of the battle.
When Di Chen heard Lianpo's report, his face was really gloomy. The matter he was most worried about was not Swordsman City. Rather, he was more worried about the extreme difficulty the alliance was going to face after the 150 thousand reinforcements were destroyed.
Let us not mention the long term scenario, but in the short term, Caiyun City was definitely lost.
The carefully orchestrated strike planned by Great Xia caused the Yanhuang Alliance's face to turn ashen white.
Juedai Fenghua looked at Di Chen with eyes filled with pity. It was not that this man was not hardworking or untalented; he just faced an absolute genius of an opponent.
Ouyang Shuo's shine was just too bright, and any opponent would look dim in front of him. It was not the tragedy of Di Chen alone but the tragedy of an entire era.
”I'm to blame. I should not have suggested such a plan.” Juedai Fenghua blamed herself.
Di Chen waved his hand, ”It has nothing to do with you. We all agreed with this plan. No one knew that Great Xia had such an overpowered tool. Swordsman City deserves to be destroyed. They had the Qiang Race besides them and did not know how to use them. Instead, the Great Xia snatched the opportunity and dealt a fatal blow to them.”
”So, what should we do now?”
”If I'm not wrong, that old fox definitely still has things planned. Wait for it, there's definitely more to watch.”
Juedai Fenghua nodded; the uneasiness in her heart grew.
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Pill Sun City, City Lord's Manor.
After he received the battle report, Chun Shenjun was equally anxious.
The 150 thousand reinforcements being destroyed meant that Caiyun City was on the verge of danger. With that, Pill Sun City's two War Fighting Legions that were left in Xiangnan City-State were also in danger all of a sudden.
”This is difficult.”
Chun Shenjun paced up and down the reading room as he used his merchant skills to weigh the pros and cons. In the end, he decided, ”Why not let the army retreat? It's better than feeding that wolf.”
At the current moment, Chun Shenjun could only act accordingly to the situation.
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The Battle of Swordsman City was quickly recorded by the various media outlets. Early the next morning, the front news was all about what happened there, attracting the eyes of everyone.
The moment the news was out, the players were in an uproar.
No one expected that the originally equal strength battle would end with such a lopsided victory.
The moment the battle report went out, many underground casino bosses wished they could kill themselves.
Before the battle, these underground casinos had secretly opened bets, and 90% of them favored Yanhuang Alliance. When the results came out, these bosses lost all their money.
Fans of the Great Xia like Lin Jing earned so much.
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10th month, 16th day, Swordsman City.
At 10 AM, Luo Shixin and the others led the captured prisoners to leave Swordsman City. The four generals gathered together once more, and Luo Shixin read the decree that Ouyang Shuo had sent overnight.
”Dragon Legion Corps has done well, spreading the might of my army. However, the war is not over and the Shu Lands are not calm. Generals must press on forward, conquering the remaining bandits. You cannot sully the name of our dynasty. As for rewards, once the Battle of the Shu Lands ends, I will reward all of you handsomely.”
”Yes my king!”
Luo Shixin took out a military order that was from Baiqi.
”The commander has orders. We do not need to wait for him to arrive at Swordsman City. We can lead our troops to sweep Badong Prefecture, and then attack Hanzhong Prefecture to take down the entire Shu Lands.”
”Yes!”
After reading the decree, the four of them together with Chen Gong discussed the specific battle plan.
It was not too difficult to take down Badong Prefecture. The fall of Swordsman City and the escape of Feng Qingyang meant that Badong Prefecture was instantly an abandoned chess piece with no army defending it. Hence, taking it down was a piece of cake.
The only thing they had to consider was how to not let Pill Sun City and Fallen Leaf City kill steal like what happened back in Guilin Prefecture.
Chen Gong said, ”Our attack on Badong Prefecture can be described as such, high-profile, swift, and resolute.”
”Strategist, we can understand swift and resolute, but what do you mean by high-profile?” Luo Shixin asked.
”To prevent them from trying anything funny, we must prove to them our determination to take down Badong Prefecture. Hence, we must dare to show our blade and not let the enemy see a chance to strike.” Chen Gong explained.
”Be it Fallen Leaf City or Pill Sun City, they are facing threats from our allies, and they would not dare to take the gamble. As long as we are resolute, they would not dare to tread these waters.”
Luo Shixin and the others nodded in unison, impressed by his words.
This was the good thing about having a strategist following along.
Seeing this, Luo Shixin looked at Zhang Liao, ”Since that's the case, General Zhang will lead the troops to attack Badong Prefecture.”
In the Dragon Legion Corps, the Zhang Liao led 3rd legion and the Luo Shixin led 4th legion were the largest. Since they wanted to end the matter quickly, Luo Shixin chose Zhang Liao.
With Zhang Liao's ingenuity, he would be able to understand the meaning of a high-profile attack.