Translator: ryangohsff Editor: Nora
Chapter 828 – Relinquish Position
Qinqiong held his halberd. He sat on horseback as he looked around. At an unknown time, the entire barracks had fallen silent. The Xunlong Legion was surrounded by the Guards Legion Corps and had no chances of winning.
The crucial part was that the news of the Lord betraying Shanhai City had spread among the camp. The army was no longer mood in the fight. Moreover, after being sneak attacked by the Guards Legion Corps, they had no morale left.
Even if Qinqiong wanted them to fight, there would not be many of them who would want to risk their lives.
When Qinqiong saw this situation, he sighed. He could feel that no matter if the Lord betrayed them or not, Xunlong City was going to be wiped out from the wilderness.
As someone who had witnessed the rise of Xunlong City step by step, Qinqiong felt rather complicated at the moment.
At this very moment, Huo Qubing arrived in the tent. Along the way, be it the Guards Legion Corps soldiers or the Xunlong Legion soldiers, they all made way.
This was the respect toward a God General that came from deep within their hearts.
When Lu Bu and the others saw that, they all dismounted. Even Qinqiong unknowingly got off his horse and looked at Huo Qubing with a complicated expression.
The fame of the Biaoqi General was still shining bright today.
Huo Qubing was still incredibly handsome, flipping off his horse and walking to Qinqiong, “As general has contributed to Shanhai City before, the Monarch will not force you to make your decision right away. When we take down Xunlong City and the truth is revealed, you will have your answer.”
“….”
Qinqiong was surprised as he did not think that Shanhai Duke would remember that time a few years ago when he went over to teach the Shanhai City cavalry halberd skills.
Huo Qubing continued, “Before this, I need to ask all of you to rest in the barracks.” Huo Qubing said it in such a way to give them all face.
Qinqiong had nothing else to say, so he nodded as he cupped his fists, “I’m the defeated general, so I’ll do whatever you want.”
Huo Qubing smiled.
Along with Qinqiong admitting defeat, the entire Xunlong Legion was taken down.
Huo Qubing arranged Lu Bu’s legion to guard the barracks and remove their armor. As time was of the essence, Huo Qubing did not waste any more time, and he brought Ma Chao’s legion over to charge at Xunlong City.
If they did not take down Xunlong City, there would be many uncertain variables left.
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Xunlong City, City Lord’s Manor.
10 minutes after the Guards Legion Corps killed their way into the Xunlong Legion camp, a pigeon flew over and brought with it emergency intel.
There was only one sentence: Shanhai City Guards Legion Corps launched a sneak attack against us, emergency!
Xunlong Dianxue read the letter, and his face turned ashen white. He muttered, “It was revealed so quickly? No, I have to inform Xiong Ba and the others.”
The sudden change caused Xunlong Dianxue’s heart to panic. The brush in his hand trembled, and he left drips of ink on the table.
After rewriting it twice, he finally managed to finish writing the letter.
Just as Xunlong Dianxue was about to ask someone to send the letter, the Personal Guard outside ran in, “Lord, the city is in chaos and many places are on fire.”
‘Bada!’
Xunlong Dianxue’s letter fell to the ground; it was obvious that the fire was planned by Shanhai City.
“This was a planned attack.”
Seeing that it was an emergency, Xunlong Dianxue did not think too much and simply said to the Personal Guard, “Send this letter out. Order the City Protection Division to work with the bailiffs to maintain order in the city. Kill whoever dares to sow chaos. Order the Guards Division to gather in the manor.”
After pausing, Xunlong Dianxue continued, “Order the Garrison Regiments of the other houses to gather in Xunlong City.”
“Yes my Lord!”
The Personal Guard turned around and left.
Hearing the intermittent noise sounding out from the city, Xunlong Dianxue was like am ant on a hot plate, pacing up and down the reading room. At this moment, he had no idea what to do.
If the Guards Legion Corps truly made their way in, they would not be able to defend.
His only saving grace now was Yanhuang Alliance.
‘Let’s hope these guys can be trusted for once.’ After being played by Xiong Ba once, Xunlong Dianxue’s tolerance toward the Yanhuang Alliance had dropped to the bottom.
Thinking about this, Xunlong Dianxue returned back to his seat and raised his brush. He wanted to contact his allies in Minnan Province to ask them to help him fight against the Shanhai City invasion.
The panicking Xunlong Dianxue had forgotten to wonder about how the Guards Legion Corps had suddenly appeared in Fuyong Prefecture.
…
Just as Xunlong Dianxue was doing everything he could think of to escape his current predicament, many terrifying assassinations occurred within the city.
First, the relay was attacked. Although the City Protection Division managed to rush over in time, the situation was extremely chaotic, and the spies of the powers in the wilderness could not pass the message out.
The Personal Guard in charge of passing the letter was sniped by a strong crossbow when he was at the gates of the manor. When the nearby guards saw that, they arranged other members to send the letter.
The new person was shot down once more the moment he walked out.
In less than ten minutes, four people had died on the way to sending the letter.
“….”
The Personal Guards did not dare to do anything and both sides stood at a standstill like that. Only when the Guards Division rushed over was this situation relieved.
This delay lasted for over half an hour.
When the messenger finally rushed to the relay and sent the letter after the chaos in front of the relay was suppressed, and an hour had passed.
During this time, Huo Qubing had already taken down the Xunlong Legion and was charging toward Xunlong City.
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King City, City Lord’s Manor.
After getting the distress letter from Xunlong Dianxue, Xiong Ba immediately summoned Wuqi.
“General, what should we do? Should we send reinforcements or inform the other allies first, gathering the troops and then sending help?” Xiong Ba asked.
Wuqi said, “How long do you think Xunlong City can last for?”
“This….” Xiong Ba was speechless, and his expression contained unspeakable amounts of anger, “Xunlong Dianxue is such a failure; he got exposed in just a few days? He probably has Shanhai City spies beside him.”
It was not good for Wuqi to interrupt him now.
Xiong Ba said, “To think he even said he was defending against Shanhai City and no news would be leaked. What a fool!”
If he knew that this would happen, Xiong Ba would not have tried to make Xunlong Dianxue betray Shanhai City.
Now, they did not manage to achieve anything and were instead bitten by the tiger instead. If Xunlong City fell, King City would be exposed to Shanhai City.
Thinking about this, Xiong Ba was furious.
When Wuqi saw that, he reminded Xiong Ba, “Lord, we need to make a decision quickly.”
Xiong Ba said, “General, you think we should immediately send reinforcements and not wait for the allies?”
Wuqi nodded, “If Lord does not want to lose this barrier then we must immediately dispatch troops. With the skill of Shanhai City, I’m worried that if we go slightly late, we would fail to make it in time.”
Xiong Ba gritted his teeth, “General is right; we cannot dally. You lead two legions over while I’ll contact the allies and gather more troops.”
“That’s good.” Wuqi nodded.
Xiong Ba was a truly decisive person; he cupped his fists and said, “Thank you general!” He took out the soldier talisman and passed it to Wuqi, giving him the power to move troops.
Wuqi picked up the talisman and bowed before he left.
Xiong Ba still felt uneasy in his heart. Shanhai City was suppressed twice by them. He feared that for them to strike out now, it definitely was not so simple.
No matter what, they could not let King City take the hit alone.
Thinking about this, Xiong Ba immediately went back to his table to write a letter to Di Chen and the others to ask them to rush to King City to discuss matters.
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The series of events that happened next verified his uneasiness.
3rd month, 14th day, noon, before the army led by Wuqi even reached the border, news that Xunlong City was taken down by Shanhai City had spread across the wilderness.
When Xiong Ba heard the news, he broke out in cold sweat and ordered the Wuqi army to remain there for the time being.
In King City, Xiong Ba and Di Chen and the others held an emergency meeting. But before their discussions reached a result, a series of battle reports left their mouths agape.
At basically the same time as Xunlong City was taken down, ten Lords from Longyan Prefecture, Tingzhou Prefecture, and Shaowu Prefecture voluntarily surrendered and allowed Shanhai City to organize them.
One stone causes a thousand waves.
Out of those three prefectures, there were less than 16 Lords, with more than half turning to Shanhai City. Longyan Prefecture was the best, where four out of five of the Lords submitted to Shanhai City.
The remaining Lord was terrified and immediately sent news that he would surrender voluntarily as well.
Hence, Shanhai City took down Longyan Prefecture without even using a single solider.
The Tiger Legion Corps 3rd legion received the orders to enter the prefecture, destroying the stone steeles while receiving the troops.
Huo Qubing, who had already calmed down Fuyong Prefecture, now took charge of Xunlong City. At the same time, he ordered Ma Chao’s legion to enter Shaowu Prefecture and sweep out the remaining territories.
All of a sudden, Minnan Province was turned on its head.
Di Chen and the others were scared speechless by the series of battle reports.
Xiong Ba broke the silence, “What should we do, send reinforcements?” Xiong Ba was hoping the alliance would agree to send troops. After all, he would be in a tough spot the moment Shanhai City took over the entire province.
Di Chen shook his head, “How? More than 70% of the province is in their hands. With their million troops, if we send 200 thousand, they’ll send 300 thousand; if we send 300 thousand, they will send 400 thousand.”
“Minnan Province is a pool of quicksand. If we step into it, it would drag down the entire alliance. If that happens, would the organization still come and assist us?”
Di Chen’s words made Xiong Ba’s face turn ashen white, and he realized, “The worse situation had occurred!”
