Free Web NovelChapter 239: Withdrawal of Troops!
The pitch-black night,
The cold-blooded slaughter gradually unfolded in various cities between Miandian and Taiguo...
Hundreds of elite iron cavalry rushed desperately away from the city.
Their eyes were filled with fear.
The most important thing now is undoubtedly to immediately report the news here to their lord.
Otherwise, the cities of the two countries may change hands soon!!!
"Run! Run! The enemy has spotted us! (Miandian dialect)"
The commander of the elite iron cavalry shouted loudly.
Their hundreds of riders held high positions within the army and only those with their kind of strength could have the opportunity to escape from the chaotic city.
Dozens of miles away,
Long Chen looked coldly at the escaping hundreds of elite riders, thunder flashing on his palm, like a king holding power over the world. fгee𝑤ebɳoveɭ.cøm
"My Lord, are we just letting them go like this?!" Xu Chu said somewhat unwillingly.
"If they don’t go back to report, how will the leaders of Miandian and Taiguo know what’s happening here?"
"And even if we don’t let these people go, there will inevitably be other hostile soldiers escaping."
"And one more thing... After these people report back, their main forces will withdraw from Ruancheng..."
"After all, the defensive equipment in Ruancheng is not sufficient... Ah, I hope Zilong can hold on a little longer."
Long Chen looked towards Ruancheng, a hint of worry flashing in his eyes.
The next morning,
Long Chen was already seated inside the main city of Taiguo.
Five cities of Taiguo and four cities of Miandian had all fallen.
Two cities surrendered without a fight.
The reasons for the surrender of the defenders were influenced by various factors.
Among them, the favorability score towards the lord was an important reason.
From this perspective, these defenders were not very loyal to their lord.
After the capture of nine cities, Long Chen’s current number of cities had reached an astonishing 20.
These included one of his own cities, three from Yueman Kingdom, five from Taiguo, four from Miandian, and seven cities from various southern regions.
If given enough time to recover, the number of soldiers under his command would also reach an extremely high 620,000 troops.
By then, won’t it be invincible, unstoppable?!
A brilliant light burst from Long Chen’s eyes.
With 620,000 troops, he could easily push any country in the Asian League to the brink of collapse, even rubbing them directly on the ground like the cherry blossom country!!
Although nearly half of the 620,000 troops had poor overall quality, they were still living soldiers!
With the momentum of Mount Tai, who could resist?!
The final rankings of the Asian League qualifiers were basically established.
The ID name "Listening to the Wind with a Sword" ranked first in personal castle attacks, with 19 cities (excluding the initial main city).
The second place belonged to "Hell’s Eye of Sakura Country," with a personal castle attack count of 8 cities.
After all, Sakura Country started in a strategically advantageous mountainous terrain, easy to defend and difficult to attack.
This also allowed participants from Sakura Country to fully devote themselves to attacking the cities of other countries.
However, despite such advantages,
Long Chen’s number of castle attacks was almost twice that of his nearest competitor.
The difference between them was evident.
There are only a few days left until the end of the Asian League qualifiers, according to official statements.
Eight days later, the Asian League qualifiers will end.
During this period, as long as Long Chen can stabilize his basic cities, he can win the championship of this event!
"Is it finally going to end..." Long Chen muttered to himself.
And on the distant other side,
The leaders of Miandian and Taiguo still didn’t know that their homeland had already been taken over by Long Chen.
Especially Taiguo, not a single city remains.
Miandian’s situation, although comparatively better, that last city probably won’t hold out until their reinforcements arrive.
As the sun rises in the east, the symbolic light fills the earth warmly.
A feeling of warmth appears in everyone’s hearts, except for the leaders of Miandian and Taiguo.
Just after getting up, they heard that hundreds of elite riders had escaped from the main camp, reporting such shocking news.
Their own cities had been breached by Long Chen leading his army.
"What! Say that again!!! (Miandian dialect)" Dao Tuo (Miandian leader) grabbed a centurion’s armor and roared in anger.
He was broad-shouldered and stout, his body muscular, his eyes glaring like large bronze bells, very intimidating.
The centurion could only reluctantly repeat what he had seen.
"...Sir, that’s how it happened. We hope you’ll dispatch troops to support us quickly! (Miandian dialect)"
"No, you said earlier that Long Chen and his army were attacking Sakura Country. How could they suddenly attack the cities of our two countries?" Song Pa (Taiguo leader) rubbed his chin and analyzed.
Dao Tuo clenched his fists, slamming them forcefully on the table, which immediately split apart under the immense force.
"Damn it! Long Chen must be deceiving us. He sent his army to attack Sakura Country openly, while secretly diverting his main forces to our two countries!!"
"Now that things have come to this, we must quickly dispatch troops to support! Otherwise, once the main city disappears, all of our armies will be like floating weeds."
Song Pa frowned and whispered.
At this point, they could only do this. Their own cities must not be lost; if they were, their military strength would decrease in proportion, never to return.
In that case, their country would practically lose its qualification to participate in the continental qualifiers...
Since their dispatch of troops, the attack on Ruancheng had been going on for two days and three nights.
However, under Zhao Yun’s defense, Ruancheng was protected impenetrably.
Even though they possessed hundreds of thousands of troops, they had achieved nothing.
Now they had to leave here in frustration, which was truly shameful!!!
But there was no choice. Long Chen now held the initiative, and they could only passively endure, led around by Long Chen’s nose.
On the walls of Ruancheng,
Zhao Yun’s silver-white armor was stained with a lot of blood, all of it from the enemy.
Seeing the enemy slowly regrouping, he thought they were about to launch a new round of siege.
Just as he was about to order his soldiers to brace themselves and prepare for the next assault,
A dark figure darted like a ghost behind Zhao Yun and quietly reported:
"General, the enemy intends to withdraw!"
Hmm!?
Zhao Yun raised an eyebrow. The enemy’s withdrawal now could only mean two things.
One, they were using the withdrawal as a pretense, deliberately deceiving Zhao Yun into leaving the city to pursue them, thereby eliminating Zhao Yun’s fresh troops.
The second possibility was some urgent and pressing matter that forced them to withdraw.
Thinking it over, only the second possibility seemed likely...
So, what exactly had happened that made them withdraw so hastily?!
Before Zhao Yun could ponder further, another Jin Yiwei came rushing from afar.
Kneeling down, he respectfully reported:
"General, our lord has captured the cities of Miandian and Taiguo."
