1170 Gamble (1/2)
Chapter 1170 – Gamble
The organizational plan that Ouyang Shuo tossed out was something that Blood Romance and the others found it hard to accept.
”There is no need to rush, go back and think about it!” Ouyang Shuo did not force them. If he truly wanted to convince these elites, he had to have a suitable amount of patience.
”We will consider it seriously.”
After Blood Romance and the others made their declaration, they said their goodbyes and left.
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23rd day, Wuying Hall.
Ouyang Shuo held an emergency military meeting to discuss the country war strategy.
After everyone was present, Ouyang Shuo said, ”The stance of the players is not clear, so we have to prepare for the worse for this country war. There is a chance that we might have to fight one against three.”
Hearing those words, the generals present all frowned.
”As such, we will not have a specific target and will focus on defense.” Based on the situation, this country war month was definitely not the best time for Great Xia to expand. Hence, Ouyang Shuo compromised.
Disappointment flashed in the eyes of Baiqi and the others.
On the contrary, Du Ruhui was really supportive of it and nodded, ”The Imperial Court has just fought four tough wars, and the army has not totally recovered. They are currently trying to replenish the lack of logistical resources. The new army organizational work is still far from complete. It is not good for us to start a new war now in case the army exceeds its capacity.”
Ouyang Shuo nodded in agreement.
After settling on the basic direction, they started to discuss the strategic battle plans.
The Beijiang legion corps in north would be in charge of the Romanov Dynasty. If they truly went all out, they would still need to traverse thousands of miles to attack Great Xia. At that point, the Great Jin Dynasty would naturally aid the Beijiang legion corps.
Java in the south would be monitored by both the Nanjiang legion corps and the Heluo legion corps in the southwest warzone.
The Dragon Legion Corps, Hanoi legion corps, and Guards Legion Corps would be in charge of defending against Peacock Dynasty in the west. On the basis of defending, the would monitor the battle situation and flexibly decide whether they would invade India or not.
After the military meeting, the various forces started to act.
A day ago, the Guards Legion Corps had teleported from Somalia Province over to Hetao Province to prepare for battle there. The Dragon Legion Corps and the Hanoi legion corps did not retreat from the battlefield, and they could participate in the battle at any time.
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Shanhai City, Blood Evil Mercenary Group headquarters.
Just as Ouyang Shuo was holding the military meeting, Blood Romance was also holding a discussion with the higher ups of the guild to discuss the recruitment suggestion that Ouyang Shuo had raised up yesterday.
The moment Blood Romance finished his words, it raised up a flurry of unhappiness.
”Great Xia is strong, but is this not a little too arrogant? They actually want to swallow us up? That's a joke.” Adventure gamemode players loved to be free and unrestrained, much less the Blood Evil Mercenary Group.
They had their own pride.
”He still dares to talk about training us in the military, is he not trying to say that we adventure gamemode players are like scattered sand on the battlefield, an organization with no discipline? That is just about normal guilds. I do not believe that we cannot compare to a proper army.” The one who spoke was one of the leaders of the elite group.
”That's right!”
Blood Romance had an idea, ”Why not have a competition with them?” He also felt that the elite forces would not be weaker than a proper army and looked at them in disdain, which made him feel really unhappy.
”We have to compete!”
”Fight! Let them see how strong our elite force is.”
When Blood Romance heard that, he smacked the table and made up his mind, ”Then that is decided. I will go speak to Ouyang Shuo to choose a time for the elite force to have a competition against the proper army.”
”Great, good job guild leader!”
The matter was settled just like that.
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24th day, Xia Palace.
Within the Imperial Reading Room, Ouyang Shuo looked toward Blood Romance weirdly, ”So you're saying that you want to send an elite force to have a competition with the Great Xia proper army?”
”That's right.” Blood Romance was really pumped up, ”If we win, please do not mention the recruitment matter.” Blood Romance would be really satisfied if he could end the talks in such a matter.
No matter what, Ouyang Shuo was the Xia King, and he needed to give him enough face.
Ouyang Shuo seemed expressionless, but deep down inside, he was delighted. He realized that this was perhaps a great chance to make the guilds yield.
”And what if the Great Xia Army wins?” Ouyang Shuo asked.
”If we lose, there is not much to be said. We will be willing to accept your proposal.”
Ouyang Shuo was still worried, ”You can make that decision on behalf of your guild?”
Blood Romance understood what Ouyang Shuo was getting at and nodded, ”Do not worry, this is a decision made by the entire guild. We will not go back our word!”
”Great!”
Ouyang Shuo stood up. He arrived before Blood Romance and stretched out his right hand.
Blood Romance was stunned before he followed suit.
Ouyang Shuo smiled, ”So that's decided. We will set the date to the 28th day. I will not send out the Divine Martial Guards, just a unit from the City Protection Legion Corps.”
”Okay!”
Blood Romance was once again impressed by Ouyang Shuo's magnanimity.
If Great Xia had sent out the Divine Martial Guards, the Blood Evil Mercenary Group would have no chances of winning. Blood Romance was thinking about the matter, but who would have expected Ouyang Shuo to directly remove such a possibility? It was obvious that he did not want to take advantage of Blood Romance.
Ouyang Shuo was not even going to send out his trump card, the Guards Legion Corps. Instead, he chose the City Protection Legion Corps.
Such magnanimity of a ruler was something that normal people could not compare to.
To pay him back, Blood Romance would not send out his strongest elite force, as he had his pride too.
”Should we choose the arena or the drill field?” Ouyang Shuo asked.
After the update, Gaia did not remove the arena. Players could still PK there and train up their skills. Even if they died there, they could revive without penalty.
However, even if the City Protection Legion Corps went to the arena, they still would not be able to revive.
Although that was the case, Ouyang Shuo was still leaning toward the arena. If the Blood Evil Mercenary Group suffered heavy casualties, they might be annoyed with Great Xia, which would totally go against what Ouyang Shuo actually wanted.
Who knew that Blood Romance would be so insistent. He did not want to take advantage of Ouyang Shuo and smiled, ”Since it's a faceoff, we cannot have any chance mentality, and they need to take out all their courage. Let's choose the drill field.”
Ouyang Shuo looked deeply at Blood Romance, and only said after a long while, ”Then let's choose the imperial city drill field.”
”Okay!”
Blood Romance was really satisfied. He knew that the imperial city drill field was the Guards Legion Corps drill field, and it was the drill field with the best facilities. It was also rare for Ouyang Shuo to give such great treatment.
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The guild circle looked to be really huge, but it could not hide such news.
Furthermore, of the headquarters of the guilds that had moved to Great Xia, a large part of them were in Peacock Dragon Street. In less than half a day, the news of Blood Evil Mercenary Group challenging Great Xia's army spread out.
There were some who paid a lot of attention to it, and some who were just there for the bustle.