In this battle, Ouyang Shuo only informed his allies of his choice of faction. As for what Baihua and the rest chose, Ouyang Shuo neither asked nor interfered.
At this point, everyone had their own ideas.
According to the rules, a first-grade Marquis could lead 50,000 troops. As for the higher-ranked Duke, there was no limit to the number of troops they could bring. But there was one rule. Each lord could not bring more than 100,000 troops.
It was equivalent to Gaia drawing a red line.
Even so, compared to the 20,000 troops of a second-grade Marquis, 100,000 troops was an absolute advantage. This also meant that after being promoted to Duke, Ouyang Shuo no longer needed the help of allies.
A 100,000 troops and 3,000 Divine Martial Guards were naturally needed.
Other than that, there was also the ocean-going fleet that was still repairing in the base city. According to the rules of the battle teleportation, there was no longer a need to use the territory teleportation array to teleport troops. As long as the lord specified the troops, they could be teleported anywhere.
As such, Ouyang Shuo had used the system's rules to use an invincible "Great Summoning Spell" to directly teleport the ocean-going fleet that was thousands of miles away to the battle map.
After the battle, they would be teleported back to North Sea Port.
The ocean-going fleet was ultimately the first formation of the North Bay Fleet.
However, according to the rules of the battle, the number of troops a lord could bring was calculated by the number of people. In other words, the 3,000 plus crew members of the ocean-going fleet would also be counted as 100,000.
As such, the ocean-going fleet alone had used up 25,000 spots.
Ouyang Shuo did not intend to conscript all the navy. Who knew how far Gaia had pushed the Battle of Red Cliffs? The role of the army in the battle map could not be ignored.
As for the remaining spots, Ouyang Shuo left them to the city guards who were still fighting in Hardstone City.
After withstanding the expansion of Handan City, the situation in Hardstone City had stabilized. There was no longer a need for the city guards to be stationed there. Besides, the city guards still needed to hold down the fort in Lianzhou Basin, so they could not be away for too long.
Up until now, although the City Guard Army had suffered casualties from time to time, they had long been replenished by prisoners of war. The extra prisoners of war were directly sent to Hardstone City.
The current Hardstone City had already formed an organized field army. In addition, there was also a field army being formed, with half of the soldiers already gathered.
Hardstone City's current military strength was even stronger than Lingxi City's.
In Bi 'an's words: "We were forced!"
Oppressed by Handan City, Lao Ai had no choice but to embark on the path of "militarism". The City Guard Corps played the role of escort well, helping Hardstone City get through the most difficult time.
There were two reasons why Ouyang Shuo chose to conscript the City Guard Corps. Firstly, the City Guard Corps couldn't be compared to the past, and their overall combat strength wasn't inferior to the other Corps. Secondly, it was to save a sum of teleportation fees.
According to the usual procedure, it would cost the city guards 70,000 gold coins to teleport back to Shanhai City.
Apart from that, Ouyang Shuo had another plan. Over the past six months, through Lao Ai, Shanhai City had purchased seventy thousand elite Mongolian warhorses from the Mongolian tribes.
This alone had cost a whopping 700,000 gold coins.
Through the map, he could easily transport the warhorses back to Shanhai City, saving him a lot of trouble.
Ouyang Shuo directly gave up on the remaining two thousand people from the city guard corps. It would be too boring to transfer another two thousand soldiers from the other legions.
After choosing his faction and army, Ouyang Shuo had nothing else to prepare. Their only preparation was to inform Xiahou Ying to follow the army into battle.
During this period, an interesting incident occurred.
Zhang Liao of Lingxi City and Ju Sheng of Black Lion City belonged to the three kingdoms. According to the rules, they couldn't enter the map.
This gave Bai Hua and the Siege Lion a huge headache.
These two were the pillars of their army. If they couldn't bring them to the map, they would suffer heavy losses.
It was the same for Hua Xiong of Asura City.
Cai Mao of Shanhai City also couldn't participate in the battle. However, Cai Mao was a member of the Cliff Mountain Fleet, so Ouyang Shuo didn't plan on letting Cai Mao participate in the battle.
These generals and strategists wouldn't appear on the map either. Of course, Xu Huang, who had been killed by Ouyang Shuo in the Battle of Giant Deer, wouldn't appear on the map.
In short, the people of the three kingdoms who had appeared in the wilderness had no fate with this battle.
Gaia 3rd year, 28th August, 9 AM, the system announcement punctually rang.
"System Announcement: 208 AD, 13th year of Jian An, Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao's army at the Red Cliffs of the Yangtze River, laying the foundation for the three kingdoms. Sun Quan and Liu Bei defeated Cao Cao's army with fire. Cao Cao returned north. Sun Quan and Liu Bei each seized a part of Jing Province. The sixth epic battle — Battle of Red Cliffs, officially begins! "
The three thousand Divine Guards were in formation on the plaza, ready to set off.
Checking the battle requirements, selecting the participating troops, choosing the faction …
Ouyang Shuo was already familiar with this series of actions. However, he encountered a small problem when selecting the participating troops.
Because this was the first time Gaia was sending a navy into the map, they had to scan all the battleships of the ocean-going fleet and send them into the map.
As such, the workload was quite heavy.
Fortunately, Ouyang Shuo had sent letters to Zheng He and E Lai before the battle, informing them of their participation in the battle, so that they could prepare in advance.
Otherwise, they might really fall into chaos.
"System Notification: Begin teleportation!"
After a short moment of dizziness, Ouyang Shuo and his party appeared in the Red Cliffs battlefield.
"System Notification: Welcome player Who Says Nothing has arrived at Cao Cao's faction's headquarters — River Tomb City."
"River Tomb?" Ouyang Shuo's face was filled with doubt. "Could it be that we are still in the early stages of the battle?"
Before the battle began, it was necessary to introduce the military strength of both sides, as well as the main generals and strategists.
Cao Cao had a total military strength of one hundred and fifty to sixty thousand, while the Jing State Army had seventy to eighty thousand. However, it was impossible for the Jing State Army to be deployed to the front lines. Cao Ren still had at least thirty thousand troops stationed in River Tomb, so the frontline forces were still around one hundred and eighty thousand.
Cao Cao's army was mainly divided into two armies, Cao Cao's main army and Zhao Yan's and Cheng Yu's armies.
Cao Cao's main army was spread out in Wulin and Red Cliffs. The navy and land forces advanced side by side, with the navy being the main force. Their total military strength was about one hundred thousand.
Cao Cao's generals included the super bodyguard Xu Chu, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Hong, the three Tiger Leopard Cavalry and Imperial Guard Commanders, as well as Le Jin, Man Chong, Cao Chun, and Wen Pin.
The strategists accompanying the army were Jia Xu, Xun You, Chen Qun, Dong Zhao, Cui Yan, and Mao Jie.
As for the Ghost Genius Guo Jia, he was long dead.
On the other side, Zhao Yan was in charge of guarding the army. Yu Jin, Zhang He, Zhu Ling, Li Dian, Lu Zhao, Feng Kai, and the rest of the seven armies, together with Cheng Yu's army, totaled about seventy to eighty thousand soldiers.
Zhao Yan's troops did not move together with Cao Cao's headquarters. Instead, they followed the route that Liu Bei and Guan Yu used to escape to Xiakou. That was to say, they marched along the Han River. Their corps was north of Cao Cao's headquarters.
At this time, Cao Cao's army was filled with famous generals, but his strategists were slightly weaker.
As for the allied army of Sun and Liu, they had fewer soldiers.
Because Liu Bei was defeated at Dangyang, he only had about ten thousand soldiers with him. Liu Bei and Liu Qi's 10,000 soldiers met up at Xiakou. After forming an alliance with Sun Quan, Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu led 30,000 soldiers to join forces with Liu Bei.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, and Zhuge Liang were all in Liu Bei's army. It should be noted that Guan Yu was currently the commander of the navy in Liu Bei's army.
The Wu army had Zhou Yu and Cheng Pu as its left and right governors, while the other generals included Lu Su, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Lu Meng, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, and Zhou Tai.
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If this was truly the early stages of the war, it would be too advantageous for Cao Cao's camp.
With the players' warning, Zhou Yu's Burning Red Cliff would not work. Coupled with Shanhai City's navy, Ouyang Shuo was confident that he could end the war within a week and defeat the allied army of Sun and Liu in one fell swoop.
The more he thought about it, the more Ouyang Shuo refused to believe it.
He refused to believe that Gaia would disrupt the balance of the war so easily.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Just as Ouyang Shuo was feeling doubtful, a thunderous voice rang out beside his ear. He turned around and saw that it was the commander of the city guards, East Lieutenant General E Lai.
After not seeing each other for half a year, the two of them were filled with emotions.
Behind E Lai, seventy thousand city guards were lined up neatly.
When they saw Ouyang Shuo looking over, they immediately bowed.
"Greetings, my lord!"
Their voices were forceful and imposing.
Such a formation attracted the attention of the other mutant armies that were teleported over. Some were fearful, some were envious, some were jealous, and some were happy. They were happy that they had chosen the same side as Shanhai City.
As for Zheng He's fleet, it was likely that they had appeared on the surface of the Han River. After all, Ouyang Shuo's current location was in a military camp outside of Jiangling City. It was impossible for him to place the navy there.
After meeting up with the City Guard Corps, Ouyang Shuo suppressed the doubts in his heart and went to register. Along the way, they met up with their allies who had chosen Cao Cao's side.
In the end, only Bai Hua, Feng Qiuhuang, and Lao Ai chose to join Cao Cao's faction. The Dragon Seeking Acupuncture Point and the Siege Lion had both chosen Sun Liu's camp.
Ouyang Shuo sighed in his heart when he saw this, but he didn't reveal anything on his face.
Bai Hua and the others had ugly expressions on their faces.
After the registration, Ouyang Shuo was most concerned about how the war had progressed. If he didn't figure this out, he wouldn't be able to come up with a plan.
Ouyang Shuo's mood instantly fell to the bottom of the valley when he heard the reply of the garrison general. "Our main force has already suffered a great defeat at the Red Cliffs. We are now temporarily reorganizing in Jiangling."
As soon as he finished speaking, the entire camp was shaken.
"Are you kidding me? The Battle of Chibi has already ended, so why did you drag us here? "
"That's right. Are you trying to send him to the enemy camp?"
Voices of dissatisfaction could be heard continuously.
The overlords of Cao Cao's faction had already given up all hope before the war even started. Even though Shanhai City had chosen to join Cao Cao's faction, it didn't give them the slightest bit of confidence.
Gaia's arrangement was truly out of everyone's expectations.
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