Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 939 – Executing Plan B
Everyone knew what it meant if Shu Han sent troops to assist Swordsman City.
No one expected one of the huge members of the Yanhuang Alliance to give up so easily and choose to rely on a NPC power, becoming its ‘slave’.
This time, Swordsman City was totally ‘famous throughout the land’.
However, this was not fame but notoriety, which made Di Chen and the others feel ashamed. All of a sudden, various mocking words flooded toward Swordsman City, and it looked like it would swallow them up.
“Swordsman City gives up without fighting, such heroes.”
“New playstyle in the wilderness, once you get smacked, you look for a new father!”
“Giving his body up to Liu Bei, Feng Qingyang has such a unique taste.”
Apart from mocking Swordsman City, the players did not forget to leave out the Yanhuang Alliance.
“Colluding with America’s Jack on the outside, working with the thief internally, the Yanhuang Alliance has no bottom line!”
Facing such words, Swordsman City was totally silent.
Since he had already gone through with it, these words would not have any actual physical impact on him. Likewise, the players in the Qingyang Sword Sect did not leave despite feeling humiliated.
Everything concerned personal interests, so a little face did not matter much.
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Jingdu Province, Handan City.
“Preposterous!”
Di Chen was furious. Feng Qingyang’s unexpected action had caused the reputation of the Yanhuang Alliance to collapse.
“Once this battle ends, immediately chase Swordsman City out of the alliance.” Di Chen was very decisive. He definitely would not allow a puppet state to remain in the alliance.
Juedai Fenghua was more open than Di Chen, and she smiled, “This is great, Shu Han sending troops means that Great Xia will take revenge on them. That’s great for us.”
Di Chen shook his head and sighed, “That’s only a short term benefit. I’m afraid that this would affect Plan Z.”
“It would not have much of an effect.” Juedai Fenghua was really calm, “Swordsman City is so cut off from the world, and they only have two prefectures of land. It would not have much of an effect on our arrangement.”
“Let’s hope so.”
It was not that Di Chen worried too much. However, this plan affected too much, and they could not afford to make any mistakes.
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Shanhai City, Xia Palace.
Weirdly, as the person who planned this whole war, Ouyang Shuo had remained deep inside the palace since the start. He had not gone to the frontlines to get a better view nor had he posted any words to the media.
Such silence made one feel even more fearful.
People like Xiong Ba were even feeling down and anxious because of it.
In his eyes, Ouyang Shuo was so low profile because he was standing at a new height; he was not on the same level as everyone else.
“He’s already looking down on us!”
Such a mental impact was fatal.
In the quiet Imperial Reading Room, the biggest change from before was the huge map of China that covered the entirety of the west wall.
On the map, there were many different markings.
Someone was in charge of marking every action on the map, which passes were taken down, which city was occupied, which army had reached where, and the like.
This masterpiece showed the communication efficiency of Great Xia.
As a result, Ouyang Shuo did not need to go out and could watch the whole war from here. Military Affairs Minister Du Ruhui, Jia Xu, Cheng Gong, and the like were all on standby as they awaited his questions.
Outsiders all thought that the Consonance City headquarters where Baiqi was located was the core of Great Xia. No one knew that this reading room was the true brain of the operation.
Since Ouyang Shuo ascended to the position of king, his chances of personally leading an expedition became less and less. Only by using such a method could he control the situation.
Within the reading room, Ouyang Shuo was not looking at the map but focusing on a memorial.
The Shu Han Dynasty sending troops to help Swordsman City did not surprise Ouyang Shuo. The Shu Lands had Baiqi commanding the troops, so it was okay. Ouyang Shuo was here to focus on the big picture.
The memorial was from the Shanhai Guards, and it talked about the unusual occurrences at Dali.
With a previous experience, Ouyang Shuo obviously would not allow the four remaining territories in Dali Prefecture to do as they wished. They had been investigated and monitored by the Shanhai Guards.
These four suddenly merging into one naturally raised the suspicions of Ouyang Shuo.
Thinking about the current war, this definitely was not a coincidence. At this time, if the aristocratic families did not try something funny, something would be up. It seemed like Di Chen was going to act on Dali Prefecture.
As such, he had fallen into Ouyang Shuo’s trap.
Speaking of which, these four territories were like bones in his throat. They made him worry that something might happen someday.
As a result of the protection of the Dali Imperial Court, the Great Xia Army could not easily enter Dali Prefecture.
Now that they had taken the initiative to jump out, Ouyang Shuo had a reason to be heartless. He also wanted to give the Dali Imperial Court a lesson to make them know their place.
Putting down the memorial, Ouyang Shuo shook his head, “As expected, it is that old method; he has no creativity.” As he said that, he shouted toward the outside, “Men!”
“Yes my king!”
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9th month, 10th day, Yunnan Province.
The Shu Han Dynasty sending troops to Swordsman City undoubtedly made this entire battle really complicated. Although players mocked Swordsman City, they were breaking out in cold sweat for Great Xia.
The outside world was really curious about how the Great Xia Dynasty would react to the sudden entry of Zhao Yun’s forces.
The answer to this puzzle would be revealed shortly.
That morning, the 3rd and 5th legions of the Dragon Legion Corps were ordered to go up north to follow the vanguard and become the second batch to enter the Shu Lands.
Ordered by Baiqi, Zhang Liao would lead the 3rd legion as the left defending army and Xiao Chaogui would lead the 5th legion as the right defending army.
There was a reason for calling them that.
If one said that the vanguard forces were like two sharp arrows that pierced straight for the heart of Jiangyang Prefecture’s Swordsman City, the two defending armies would be the bodyguards with three main purposes.
First, they would help supervise the transportation of grain for the vanguard forces.
Since they were the vanguard, they were naturally in a fight against time, and they needed to charge forward with an invincible aura. However, the army was not a solo ranger, and to proceed forward sharply, they needed to have a perfect logistics system.
Grain resources were the most important of all.
Luckily, along with city after city in Jiangyang Prefecture falling, Great Xia could gather up a lot of grain, which reduced the logistical pressure. If not, who knows how long this war could last for?
Secondly, they swept up the remnant cities left behind by the two wings.
The vanguard forces went in a straight line, so there were naturally cities that were left out. These cities would be handled by the left and right defending troops. Even the cities that the vanguard had taken down would be handled by the left and right defending army.
The cities that were occupied used to belong to Swordsman City. Since Feng Qingyang was not a tyrant, he had a degree of people’s sentiment. As such, there had to be a layer of loyalty to him.
Hence, even if the city fell, it did not mean that the people would support Great Xia. While the Cabinet arranged officials to take over, they also needed troops to prevent any changes from occurring.
Thirdly, they would help out on the battlefield.
The left and right defending troops would protect the flanks of the two vanguard forces. When they arrived before Swordsman City to gather with the vanguard forces, they would have a final battle with the enemy troops.
Apart from the 3rd and 5th legions moving up, Baiqi personally led the 1st legion to Dongchuan Prefecture.
The frontline command center also shifted over to Dongchuan Prefecture.
Of course, moving the Dragon Legion to Dongchuan Prefecture also served to threaten the Chuanbei City-State. Although West Gate Big Official wrote and expressed that he would not interfere in the battle, Ouyang Shuo still had to be prepared against it. After all, West Gate Big Official would not be able to decide everything in the City-State.
Along with this round of military movement, Great Xia pretty much moved the entire Dragon Legion Corps into the Shu Lands.
At the current moment, it was obvious that Great Xia planned to wipe out Swordsman City. Even if they fought a head on battle against the Shu Han Dynasty, they would still win.
The moment the news went out, the forums bubbled with excitement.
People who were just watching on were looking forward to the battle between these giants.
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That afternoon, pretty much at the same time that they learned of Great Xia’s movement, Swordsman City reacted. They directly led the 1st legion housed in the city out.
However, the fact was that before Shu Han’s troops arrived, Swordsman City was pretty much an empty city.
Although that was the case, no one thought that Feng Qingyang was crazy. Everyone knew that Yanhuang Alliance had spare forces left in their main cities, which could be sent out to assist at any moment.
Although Di Chen and the others were angry with Feng Qingyang, they would not totally give up on him. No matter what, Great Xia was their common enemy.
Feng Qingyang sent out the 1st legion, as he did not want to see Jiangyang Prefecture get swallowed by Great Xia. The 1st legion would set up defenses along the way to increase the defensive ability of the cities.
With that, Great Xia would need to pay a heavy price for every pass they took down.
Originally, Feng Qingyang wanted to wait until the Shu Han Dynasty troops arrived to ask the Shu Han army to go down south. However, Liu Bei was really crafty, and he sent word that the Shu Han army would only be in charge of the final battle at Swordsman City.
When Feng Qingyang learned of this, he could only scold Liu Bei for being shameless while sending the 1st legion out.
Feng Qingyang also had another reason for his orders.
He wanted to dampen Great Xia’s attack speed to warn Great Xia to back off. Additionally, he hoped that some new changes would occur to the battle in the wilderness to transfer the focal point of the war.