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In the sky above Anyang City, the sky was filled with blood-red light.
The flames of war had been burning from morning to evening. They were still as vigorous as before, never to be extinguished.
The soaring blood-red light complemented the sunset in the sky.
It was like a dream, like an illusion.
It was like weeping and complaining.
Amidst the flames of war, the inconspicuous Anyang City still stood tall.
Lian Po sat on his warhorse, his brows furrowed.
The tenacity of the enemy was beyond his imagination. In the entire afternoon, there were three or four times when the army was about to take down the city walls, but they were beaten back again and again.
They were truly an iron army.
Lian Po thought of the River East warriors who had displayed their might on the battlefield. Perhaps only they could be compared to the enemy in front of him.
Although he was deeply moved, Lian Po's brows furrowed even tighter. Although his lord did not say anything, nor did she criticize him, Lian Po could feel his lord's dissatisfaction with the situation of the war, and his dissatisfaction with Lian Po.
An army of thirty thousand had attacked fiercely for an entire afternoon, yet they could not take down the tiny Anyang City.
If this dragged on, there might be changes!
In just one afternoon, more than seven thousand soldiers had died in battle. Such a large number of casualties was truly terrifying. The foot of Anyang City's western city wall had turned into a gloomy morgue. Blood flowed like a river.
Flocks of vultures circled in the sky, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Under the reflection of the blood-red light, even the sunset seemed demonic.
The circling vultures' eyes flashed with a red light under the sunset. Affected by the blood qi, some of the vultures had already gone berserk, flying down to peck at the "delicious food" without regard for anything else.
On top of the city wall, the lord's flag of the Mountain Sea Territory was still fluttering in the wind, never fading and becoming increasingly brighter.
The guardian of the flag, the soldiers of the Featherwood Guard, also stood firm.
In this battle, only a few of the 1,400 aristocratic family guards were left, and only a few of them were left.
The elites brought by Baihua and Feng Qiuhuang had also suffered heavy losses. Compared to the Featherwood Guard, they were not weak in terms of combat strength. They were only weak in terms of morale and courage.
The three thousand Featherwood Guard now had a common military spirit. That towering scarlet figure was the soul of their army. From that moment on, every member of the Featherwood Guard was willing to die for the marquis.
He would not regret it even in death.
On this day, another 500 Featherwood Guards left forever.
The red sun set in the west, and the last ray of sunset disappeared into the distant horizon.
Night was coming.
Lian Po let out a long sigh. "Retreat!"
"Yes, sir!"
Amidst the rumbling, the soldiers who were still attacking the city retreated like the tide. When they passed by the corpses of their comrades, all that was left in their hearts was joy and exhaustion.
They could not imagine that the enemy on the city wall seemed to never tire.
Old General Lian Po took one last look at the top of the city wall before turning his horse around and heading back to the camp.
Tomorrow morning, no matter what price he had to pay, he had to take down Anyang City.
Lian Po's eyes flashed with killing intent.
Anyang City, City Lord Residence.
Ouyang Shuo, who was worshipped and eulogized by the soldiers, was scolded as soon as he returned to the City Governor's Mansion.
Bai Hua and Feng Qiu Huang carefully treated his wounds with heartache.
"Ouch!"
Suddenly, Ouyang Shuo cried out in pain. Feng Qiu Huang had patted his wounds.
"Who told you to show off?"
Tears flashed in Feng Qiu Huang's eyes.
Intoxicated beauty, a woman's love.
Young man, when should he sigh?
Shepherd's flute, Sand continent pipa.
Tears of beauty, heartbroken.
Not to mention the romance of youth, not to mention the tears of separation.
Even Bai Hua had a lot of complaints about Ouyang Shuo.
"Wuyi, do you know how important you are to Shanhai City, to the Alliance of Mountains and Seas, and even to the entire Qin Dynasty?! A gentleman does not stand under a collapsing wall. Do I need to tell you that? "
"Of course I do, but..."
"No buts, we can just retreat from Anyang City. Up until now, we still have the upper hand. There's no need to put everything on the line and put ourselves in danger. "
"That's right!"
Feng Qiu Huang agreed with a dissatisfied expression.
Ouyang Shuo shook his head and said, "How should I put it? Do you know how long it will take for Bai Qi to complete his plan if we miss this opportunity? How many people will die during this time? "
Silence, deathly silence.
It wasn't because they were great or compassionate.
It was because their warriors would definitely be on the death list, and they would be the majority.
That was how cruel war was.
After a long while, Ouyang Shuo broke the silence and said, "There must be an expert behind Di Chen's ambush. That's why we can't let Di Chen succeed. Otherwise, it's hard to say who will win and who will lose. "
"An expert?"
"That's right. Bai Qi's plan was so obscure, but it was seen through by this person. "
"Who could it be?"
"Think about it. Who in the Anti-Qin Dynasty can fight against Bai Qi?"
"Wu Qi?"
"No." Ouyang Shuo shook his head, "If it's Wu Qi, it wouldn't be Di Chen, but Xiong Ba."
"It's him?"
Suddenly, Bai Hua and Feng Qiu Huang thought of a person.
The two women were knowledgeable. Back then, the overlord had studied history and guessed who it was.
Ouyang Shuo nodded and said, "That's right. It must be Han Xin."
Feng Qiu Huang was unconvinced, "How can you be so sure?"
"Because it's Di Chen." Ouyang Shuo said confidently, "As the representative of the mutants, only Di Chen has the qualifications to contact Han Xin."
Ouyang Shuo had been the representative of the mutants four times, so he was very familiar with the authority of a mutant.
"Maybe it's Lian Po?"
Feng Qiu Huang was still unconvinced.
"Lian Po? If Lian Po could think of that, he wouldn't have waited until now to attack Anyang City. "
Ouyang Shuo's eyes were unreadable.
Although Lian Po and Bai Qi were the four great generals of the Warring States Period, there was still a gap between them.
"That makes sense."
"Han Xin is a ferocious person." Ouyang Shuo's eyes flashed with envy, "If he really fights against Bai Qi, who knows how long this battle will take."
"So, we must hold on until Wang Li's army arrives."
Ouyang Shuo's tone was firm.
The two women looked at each other, speechless. They couldn't bring themselves to say anything more.
"Wuyi, is there anything we can help with?"
"Yes!"
Ouyang Shuo's words were shocking.
"Speak!"
The two girls were excited and couldn't wait.
"Did you forget that we still have four ferocious people in our team?" Ouyang Shuo smiled and said, "If they are willing to help, our chances of winning will be higher."
"Yeah, how could we forget about Zhou Bo and the others!"
"Ha! With three ferocious people joining us, wouldn't it be like adding wings to a tiger? "
"Don't be happy too early." Ouyang Shuo shook his head and poured cold water on them, "The knot in their hearts won't be solved so easily."
"Don't worry, leave it to us!"
Feng Qiu Huang was full of confidence. She might not be good at fighting, but she was confident in ideological work.
Bai Hua's eyes also flashed with a hint of brilliance.
"Then I'll wait and see."
"Hmph!"
Feng Qiu Huang turned around and left the study with Bai Hua.
After the two girls left, a young officer walked into the study.
"Marquis!"
It was the accompanying intelligence officer from the Intelligence Department. He looked at Marquis with admiration. Marquis's actions in the afternoon had already spread throughout the army.
"Any reply from Wang Li's army?"
"Yes!"
The officer handed over Wang Li's reply.
Ouyang Shuo opened it and his brows relaxed.
In the letter, Wang Li had issued a military order that the fifty thousand vanguards would arrive at Anyang before noon tomorrow.
"You're dismissed!"
"Yes, sir!"
The officer left. A trace of worry flashed across Ouyang Shuo's face. Although they won the battle during the day, it was a pyrrhic victory. Even if they could resist tomorrow morning, the Featherwood Guards would be crippled.
More importantly, he was exposed in front of the Anti-Qin camp. Ouyang Shuo couldn't imagine what would happen if an army of a hundred thousand besieged Anyang.
If that happened, he could only abandon the city and escape.
Otherwise, he would lose everything if he was captured.
It was difficult!
How could he solve this predicament?
He couldn't retreat, and he couldn't defend.
Forget it, I'll leave it to Bai Qi. My mission is to defend.
Thinking of this, Ouyang Shuo waved his pen and wrote a secret letter to Bai Qi. In the letter, Ouyang Shuo described the battle situation and the movements of Wang Li's army in detail.
Ouyang Shuo stated that he would defend Anyang until reinforcements arrived. As for the task of restraining Xiang Yu's army, it would be Bai Qi's responsibility.
Presumably, Bai Qi would think of a way.
After all, Ouyang Shuo only wanted Bai Qi to buy him half a day.
Under the curtain of night, the bustling Anyang City regained its peace.
All the ugliness was covered by the darkness of the night.
Outside the city, Di Chen's camp.
Di Chen was alone in his tent, drinking to drown his sorrows.
A huge sense of frustration surged in Di Chen's heart with the help of alcohol.
Di Chen didn't expect the trump card of Shanhai City to be so powerful. Compared to them, the elites he was so proud of weren't even worth a fart.
The most despairing thing in the world wasn't losing to an opponent. It was climbing a mountain and thinking that he had caught up with his opponent, only to find that his opponent had climbed a higher mountain.
He looked up to the mountain.
No!
A fierce light flashed in Di Chen's eyes.
According to his observation, based on today's situation, the army might not be able to take Anyang City even tomorrow.
Di Chen didn't dare to gamble anymore.
Since you're so confident, then let's face the vast army! "
Thinking of this, Di Chen quickly wrote a secret letter.
After thinking for a while, he wrote a second letter.
"Guards!"
"Here!"
"Send this letter to General Xiang overnight. Tell him that it's an urgent military matter."
"Yes, Sir!"
Di Chen took out the second secret letter and said, "Give this letter to General Han."
"Understood!"
The guards were Di Chen's absolute confidants. They knew about Han Xin's existence.
"Go!"
Di Chen waved his hand, a strange look in his eyes.
Tomorrow, it would be another tit for tat battle. (To be continued.)
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