Chapter 790 – Drawing Attention
‘Peng, peng peng, peng peng peng!’
At 8 AM, along with the beat of the drums, the enemy vanguard forces led their assault on the Dragon Legion camp fortress.
The flames of war were well and truly lit. Next, a bloody battle would surely follow.
Comparing their strengths, the result of this battle would not be decided in a short amount of time. If the Alliance Army wanted to break into the camp fortress, the only way would be to use their soldiers to fill up the moats and use their blood and bodies to flatten the defenses.
In any battle, especially in a battle between two huge forces, 60% was decided before the war even began. Commanding decided 30% while the remaining 10% depended on luck.
Hence, there was not much strategy to be said at this stage. Even if the one commanding this battle was the famous general Zhang Xutuo, all he could do was to move and rearrange his troops to support the frontline.
If he was good, he could raise the morale of his soldiers.
This applied to Baiqi too.
In such a decisive siege battle, the ones who played a bigger role were the majors and the colonels. Their ferocity and on the field leadership could decide the direction of the battle to a certain degree. At the very least, their ability could contribute to the ratio of casualties on both sides.
The battlefield in front of them was like a meat grinder.
No mercy, no hesitation, no time to think.
The archers could only follow simple military orders and shoot out arrow after arrow. While shooting, they would try to kill as many enemies as they could to get a promotion.
Normally, after a huge war, the arms of a surviving archer would be left basically useless. Apart from the talented few, it would take a long time for them to recover.
The only matter on the minds of the sword-shield soldiers and the spearmen were charging to the front and killing the enemy. They either killed or were killed; there was no third option.
Complicated human life resulted in a simple choice.
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If one turned their eyes past the battlefield and looked past the soldiers lying in wait, they would arrive at the vast and empty land where Wuqi’s command center was located.
Further behind them were the 100 thousand Yanhuang Alliance Army troops.
To not affect Wuqi’s leadership and to make the matter look better, Di Chen and the other Lords stayed in Wenshan City. If the frontline achieved any progress, the news would be sent over by horse messengers.
On the east city wall, Di Chen and the others sat in a row.
Di Chen raised his head and looked toward the sky. It was already 11 AM, meaning that the army had been attacking for three hours. After three hours, close to 20 thousand soldiers were sacrificed but they still had not achieved anything.
The Lords started to waver, and they could not help but start to discuss with one another.
The first one to speak was Zhan Lang; he was the one with most military knowledge out of all of them. He frowned, “Something is not right. This fortress is not to attack Wenshan City. Rather, it seems like they predicted we were going to attack them. Don’t you think this scene is really familiar?”
Zhan Lang was not the only one that thought so.
“Are you referring to when Shanhai City attacked Lingnan City-State?” Xiong Ba said.
“That’s right. It’s exactly the same.”
After hearing those words, the others felt a chill run down their spines.
“That should not be it. Fan Lihua defended as they had reinforcements nearby. If these reinforcements rushed, they could make it in one to two days.”
“Now, it is different. The closest Shanhai City middle troops need four to five days to arrive. Not to mention the fact that there are also troops blocking them. They will be lucky to even make it in a week.”
“That’s right; everything will be settled in a week.”
The Lords all agreed. Instinctively, they were unwilling to believe Zhan Lang’s analysis.
“Then how do we explain Baiqi’s camp fortress?”
Chun Shenjun smiled, “Maybe Baiqi is too careful and no matter whether or not he attacks he builds a strong fortress? He’s a God General so he’s special.”
“Let’s hope so.”
Zhan Lang shook his head and did not try to say anything more. After all, without any evidence, he could not be too sure.
Although the Lords did not believe in Zhan Lang’s analysis, his words still raised some doubts in their hearts.
“Now it’s time to see if we can end this siege early.” Di Chen’s exclamation represented pretty much what all the Lords present thought.
This battle would decide everything.
If one was not a part of it, one would not be able to understand the nerves and pressure that they felt.
As long as the battle did not end, every second and minute would remain a torture to them. Every frontline report from the messenger would trigger their sensitive emotions.
Making use of Di Chen’s words, Qin Feng, who had not made a sound, used the time to say, “Since that’s the case, why not ask General Wuqi to throw in the back troops to quicken the pace?”
“….”
The atmosphere instantly became rather awkward.
Yanhuang Alliance making use of Yunnan City-State was now dug up and placed into the light. Seeing how careful Qin Feng was when asking, Di Chen nearly agreed.
However, since this was a military matter, he could not show mercy and be soft-hearted.
Di Chen represented the Yanhuang Alliance and said, “The frontline has limited space. Even if we send more troops, it will not help. Let’s just wait.”
His smile was just incredibly fake.
Just as Qin Feng wanted to fight for more, a messenger soldier ran up from downstairs.
“Emergency, emergency!”
When the Lord heard these words, their hearts stopped.
When he saw that the messenger was alone, Qin Feng demanded, “Quick, what happened?”
“Lord, Tengyue Prefecture has been attacked….”
The messenger did not dare to be slow and reported everything.
When Di Chen and the others heard the news, their expressions turned extremely serious. Only after a while did he sigh, “Who would have guessed that Shanhai City actually contacted the mountain barbarian tribe?”
“Tengyue Prefecture is in deep trouble.” As Qin Feng spoke, his expression became even more nervous. However, this was not a surprise as it was his old house. If it was broken, all matters would come to an end.
Di Chen remained extremely calm and said, “Do not worry, this is not totally bad. At the very least, the middle troops cannot come to save the Dragon Legion, which means that our previous worries were unwarranted. On this battlefield, we have too many advantages.”
“Well said. We just need to quickly deal with the Dragon Legion. Then we can use the teleportation formation advantage to teleport back before Tengyue Prefecture falls.” Zhan Lang analyzed.
Chun Shenjun also tried to persuade Qin Feng, “Shanhai City only took such action to attack us at our weakness to try and make us retreat from here. We must not panic and fall into their trap.”
“You’re right.”
Hearing their words, the Lords of Yunnan City-State calmed down.
Even so, Qin Feng would not give up on such a chance, “Although that is true, it’s still the last hope of our City-State. If we let Shanhai City step all over it, even if we win, we will be badly hurt. Can such a City-State prevent a second invasion?” As he spoke, Qin Feng’s face was filled with sincerity and sadness.
“I do not think that is what all of you want to see? As such, I sincerely plead for the Yanhuang Alliance Army to push ahead to end this battle quickly.”
As he spoke, Qin Feng gazed at all the Yanhuang Alliance members.
If they still wanted to reserve their strength and not bother about the City-State at such a time, Qin Feng would have to consider whether the cooperation was worth it or not.
Hearing his words, Di Chen and the others were also exceedingly solemn as they had seen through what Qin Feng was implying.
They all exchanged glances with one another. In the end, Di Chen nodded, “Since the situation has changed. Naturally, we need to change our tactics. I’ll inform general Wuqi about the situation and ask him to quicken the siege.”
When they really needed to make sacrifices, Di Chen was definitely willing to.
Just as Qin Feng said, to rip off benefits from Yunnan City-State was only secondary to the Yanhuang Alliance. After all, their main goal was to use them to stop the rise of Shanhai City.
Since they were a chess piece, they could not be too weak.
If not, even if they won this time, when Shanhai City returned, it could still take down Yunnan City-State.
Yanhuang Alliance was not a soldier-making machine that could form a 200 thousand men army at any time.
This battle already had a massively destructive impact on Yunnan City-State and was close to the limit of what they could take. The moment Tengyue Prefecture ended up in the flames of war, the situation would become unsalvageable.
“Many thanks!”
Qin Feng cupped his fists. He sighed to himself, ‘When one is weaker than another, one can only follow.’
In less than an hour, Di Chen’s decision had been passed over to Wuqi.
When Wuqi heard this news, he actually felt relaxed instead. His analysis was similar to Di Chen and the others, and he started to suspect the Dragon Legion camp fortress.
At that moment, the large stone in his heart finally landed on the ground.
Wuqi raised his head and looked at the fortress before him and muttered, “Diverting our attention to attack other parts? Baiqi ah, Baiqi, you’re really too arrogant. Do you think that with just one camp fortress you can block our 300 thousand strong army force?”
“Send down my orders, let the back troops push up and stop at nothing to take down the enemy camp fortress.” Wuqi did not hesitate any longer and directly ordered the troops to strike.
“Yes commander!”
As the message was passed to the frontlines, the siege on the camp grew more intense. The flames of war burned even brighter.
