The morning sun shone brightly as it rose.
In the morning light, the three armies were like three dragons emerging from the sea. They set out from the west, north, and east gates of Oceantown in a grandiose fashion.
Huo Qubing did not linger in Oceantown after sending off the three armies.
In Huo Qubing's plan, he did not leave a rear army to hold the fort, much less a reserve force.
Huo Qubing would personally lead the Imperial Guard Army from the northeast to Chaozhou County, the easternmost part of Lingnan Province. He would then head north from Chaozhou County to attack Shaozhou County, the northernmost part of Lingnan Province.
To the north of Shaozhou County was Xiangnan Province.
Long-range attacks were Huo Qubing's forte.
At the same time, the Jiaozhou Fleet stationed at the Jiaozhou Harbor outside the city had also set off. Passing through the Pearl River system, they entered Lingnan Province.
The Jiaozhou Fleet's mission was to provide cover for the army along the waterways. When necessary, it was to transport rations and supplies on a large scale, or even directly transport the army.
In the waters of Lingnan Province, the Jiaozhou Fleet was invincible and had no natural enemies. If a territory's main city happened to be built on the Pearl River, they could only blame it on their bad luck.
Jiaozhou Navy Commander Shi Lang was an experienced naval general. Under Shi Lang's command, the role the Jiaozhou Fleet would play in the battle of Lingnan was worth looking forward to.
At around nine in the morning, the Ten Thousand Years Army crossed the border of Oceantown and officially entered enemy territory. The enemy's border guards were annihilated by the army before they could even react.
The flames of war were ignited.
In just one morning, the various armies found their targets and began to attack.
All of Jiaozhou County was engulfed in the flames of war.
Only then did the news of Shanhai City's change of target spread. The world was shocked.
Yunan Province, Alliance headquarters.
"Is the information accurate?" Qin Fen confirmed with the intelligence officer for the third time.
"It's absolutely true. According to the reports of our spies, we can confirm that Shanhai City's Imperial Guard Army, Second Dragon Stallion Army, City Guard Army, and Third Tiger Army Army are all in Lingnan Province. "
"Phew!"
Qin Fen let out a long sigh. He didn't know if he should rejoice or be angry.
It couldn't be clearer!
From the beginning to the end, Shanhai City's target had always been the Lingnan City State. The Yunnan City State was just a smokescreen set up by the enemy to confuse everyone.
"Damn it!"
The enormous pressure was suddenly lifted, and Qin Feng faintly felt a trace of anger from being looked down upon. "Does this mean that Shanhai City has never seen us as opponents of the same level?!"
"What should we do now? Take the initiative to counterattack?" someone suggested.
Qin Feng suppressed the indescribable emotion that had just ignited in his heart. He shook his head and said, "Counterattack what? Don't forget, the enemy still has two field legions stationed at our border. Which one of you has the confidence to defeat the enemy's two legions with just 200,000 soldiers? "
Hearing Qin Fen's question, the lords looked at each other awkwardly.
Putting aside the newly reorganized Third Legion of the Dragon Stallion Army, the First Legion of the Dragon Stallion Army, personally led by Killing God Bai Qi, was one of the oldest legions of Shanhai City. Its power was even on par with the Imperial Guard.
No one had the confidence to defeat that God of Death.
Seeing the lords' expressions, Qin Fen felt a trace of disdain and solemnly said, "So, we should just wait and see. We absolutely cannot provoke that Killing God."
The lords nodded in unison, deeply in agreement.
As for the fate of Lingnan City, there was nothing they could do. After all, Ruan Ping had only promised to restrain Shanhai City's Stallion Tiger Army during the meeting between the four city-states.
Now that they had taken the initiative to "restrain" the Dragon Stallion Army, they had already done their part.
"My friend, good luck!"
South Xiangnan Province, Rosy Clouds City.
Within the lord's residence, South of Rosy Clouds had just received the news and immediately summoned Zhang Liang to discuss countermeasures. She anxiously asked, "Zi Fang, how should we respond to Shanhai City's attack on Lingnan City?"
"What do the others think?"
"Them? A bunch of cowards! " South of Rosy Clouds' expression turned ugly at the mention of this. "Their intention is to maintain the original plan. We will be responsible for restraining Shanhai City's Leopard Tao Army and will not act rashly."
Zhang Liang nodded, seemingly unsurprised.
South of Rosy Clouds frowned. "Does Teacher also think that we should bide our time?"
"No!"
Zhang Liang shook his head. "My lord, the situation may be worse than you think." Then, Zhang Liang began to analyze the current battle situation with his lord, focusing on the strategy he had laid out.
"It can be foreseen that once Lingnan City falls, the strategy will be broken. At that time, we will have to face Shanhai City alone, which is more than twice as strong. At that time, will my lord still have the confidence to resist the invasion of Shanhai City? "Zhang Liang finally said.
Zhang Liang's analysis was exactly the same as the strategy formulated by Shanhai City.
The title of Sage Strategist was indeed well-deserved.
Before leaving home, Zhang Liang could clearly see the strategic goal of Shanhai City. It was truly admirable.
South of Rosy Clouds broke out in a cold sweat when she heard this.
"I'll go and explain it to them now." South of Rosy Clouds got up and left in a hurry.
Seeing this, Zhang Liang secretly shook his head.
Sure enough, in less than an hour, South of Rosy Clouds returned again, looking dejected.
"Damn it, they're all a bunch of short-sighted people!" South of Rosy Clouds cursed. Obviously, the result of the discussion he had convened with the lords of Xiangnan City was not ideal.
Not everyone had the courage to cut off their means of retreat.
After all, not everyone had a farsighted vision.
The lords naturally had no objections to the defense of their territory. It was their responsibility to defend their territory!
However, they were somewhat unwilling to take the initiative to send troops to Lingnan and directly face the army of Shanhai City.
"The battle situation is unclear now, and the war has just begun. It's not too late to make a decision after Lingnan City asks for help. "The lords tried to evade.
South of Rosy Clouds was not an eloquent person to begin with, so he was speechless.
Anyone with a discerning eye knew that saving people was like fighting a fire!
According to Gaia's rules, city-states could only form an alliance in name, and they could not form a second alliance internally. This also meant that if Xiangnan City sent troops to support Lingnan City, they could not teleport there directly.
At most, they could only teleport to the border and then march from there.
Therefore, if they really wanted to help Lingnan City, it was naturally better to send troops as soon as possible.
"By the time the war situation is clear, I'm afraid it'll be too late!" South of Rosy Clouds thought hatefully.
Zhang Liang saw his lord's uncertain expression and knew that his guess was correct. Having been in Rosy Clouds City for so long, Zhang Liang already knew the mentality of the city lords like the back of his hand.
"Too cautious, but not bold enough!"
This kind of mentality could not be said to be bad, but in a cruel environment like the wilderness, it was difficult for such a mentality to achieve great things and become a hegemon.
In contrast, their opponent, Shanhai City, was worthy of praise.
The other party was more cautious than anyone else when it was time to be cautious, but when it was time to take risks, they were bolder than anyone else.
Just like the battle in the Lingnan Ridge, such a large scale diversion was an extremely bold plan, and even Zhang Liang hadn't expected it beforehand.
"Zifang, what should we do now?"
His lord's question interrupted Zhang Liang's thoughts.
Zhang Liang had already thought it through and said, "My lord, we can't wait any longer. Immediately unite a few hardcore allies and form a separate army to head south and attack Shaozhou County. "
"Directly send troops?" South of Rosy Clouds was somewhat uncertain when she heard this.
"That's right."
"Must we do this?"
"We must."
"Okay." South of Rosy Clouds gritted her teeth. "Let's do it. I'll go and gather the army now."
If she really made up her mind, South of Rosy Clouds could also go all out.
… …
Compared to [Xiangnan City-State], the neighboring [Chuanbei City-State] didn't move at all.
Whether Shanhai City attacked Yunnan or Lingnan, the internally chaotic Chuanbei City had the same attitude. They were only responsible for restraining the Leopard Army of Shanhai City.
Everything else was not within their consideration.
Lingnan Province, the allied army headquarters.
Three days ago, Ruan Ping had already set up a temporary headquarters to deal with the war in the Southern Border.
The original purpose was what Ruan Ping had promised Qin Fen before: to be responsible for restraining the Brave Tiger Army of Shanhai City. If necessary, they would consider sending troops to Zhaoqing County and directly confront Shanhai City.
Therefore, Ruan Ping had been sitting in the headquarters for the past few days.
Unexpectedly, the mainland, which was calm yesterday, suddenly set off a storm.
There was no doubt that the biggest impact of Shanhai City's attack on Jiaozhou County was Ruan Ping and the others.
"Oh my god, what happened?"
After being resurrected in King City, the Overlord that had been killed still had a confused look on his face.
The other lords in the headquarters were even more panicked.
"How could this be?"
"It's over, it's over!"
"Damn it, that's not how the script is supposed to be, okay?"
The lords were terrified and helpless. For a moment, they did not know what to say. All of them were incoherent and restless. They kept pacing back and forth in the hall, their faces pale.
Some of the territories close to Zhaohai City could not sit still.
Some forcibly returned to their territories, while others knew that they could not resist the army of Shanhai City, so they stayed in the headquarters, hoping that the city could come up with a solution.
Even someone as strong as Ruan Ping could not help but feel weak in the legs when he first received the news, and he almost fell to the ground. This news was like a bolt from the blue to Lingnan City.
Think about it, other than the four major armies led by Huo Qubing, the Jiaozhou Fleet, and the two armies led by Sun Bin, Shanhai City had more than 500,000 troops to attack Lingnan City.
It was twice as much as attacking [Yunnan City State]. Just thinking about it made people shudder.
"Shanhai City really thinks highly of us!" Ruan Ping laughed at himself.
The other lords could not laugh at all. This joke was not funny at all!
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