Shanhai City, General Military Affairs Department.
Du Ruhui, Zhao Kuo, and the newly appointed Xiahou Dun were all present at the headquarters of the Military Affairs Department. Other than that, the Military Intelligence Department, the War Department, and the Combat Readiness Division were all mobilized to participate.
When Ouyang Shuo walked into the command center, he saw a bustling scene.
On the northernmost wall of the command hall hung a nine meter long and five meter wide huge map. Impressively, it was the map of the southern border. From west to east, it included the South Cloud Province, South Sichuan Province, North Sichuan Province, South Xiangnan Province, South Ridge Province, Jiangchuan Province, and South Min Province, a total of seven big provinces.
Among them, Yunnan Province, Chuannan Province, and Lingnan Province are the most detailed, located in the center of the map.
In the center of the hall, there was a giant sand table that was also nine meters long and five meters wide. At that moment, the sand table was showing the most crucial battle of Lingnan. The land of the three counties of Lingnan City State could be seen clearly.
In particular, White Stone City in Jiaozhou County was highlighted by a small red flag.
Every once in a while, a piece of information would be sent to the command center. The staff officers of the War Department updated the sand table according to the intelligence reports so that Du Ruhui, Zhao Kuo, and other bigwigs could make decisions.
"Jun Shang!" Du Ruhui rushed over.
Ouyang Shuo's arrival instantly silenced the command center.
"Ke Ming, what's the situation?"
Du Ruhui pointed to Baishi City on the sand table and reported, "Jun Shang, as expected, the enemy still chose to use the teleportation sniper tactic, and the first sniper location was Baishi City."
Ouyang Shuo glanced at the terrain of White Stone City and said with a smile, "Good choice of location."
"Yes. This time, they were prepared to cut off all means of retreat, gathering a total of 250,000 soldiers. I just received news that the Fan Lihua Corps has arrived outside White Stone City and is setting up camp. "
The Fan Lihua Army knew that White Stone City was a trap, but they still pretended to arrive outside the city as if nothing had happened. As usual, they made the final preparations before attacking the city. Their purpose was obviously not to alert the enemy.
Not to mention the Fan Lihua Army, even the Long Live Shi Army and Evil Army showed no signs of moving closer to the Fan Lihua Army.
Only the First Corps of the Brave Tiger Army led by Sun Bin advanced bravely, advancing all the way to White Stone City.
All of this was to confuse the enemy.
To be honest, this was very risky. The Fan Lihua Army was required to hold off the attack of 250,000 allied troops before the other armies arrived.
Fighting one against three, he was indeed worried for Fan Lihua.
This was because the Mountain Sea Guards had not succeeded in placing their pawns in the alliance army.
The Black Snake Guard and the Mountain Sea Guard had a clear division of labor. The Black Snake Guard spies were mainly players, while the Mountain Sea Guard spies were mainly NPCs. Therefore, it was easier for the Mountain Ocean Guards to infiltrate the enemy's ranks.
Three months ago, the Mountain Ocean Guards had planted more than ten pawns in the alliance. The three armies were waiting for one of their key chess pieces to play a decisive role.
"Is there any news from Number 32?" Ouyang Shuo asked.
Number 32 was one of the best spies in the Mountain Sea Guard, and he was the commander of the Allied Army. Ouyang Shuo was even personally involved in the operation. No. 32 held a Formation Breaking Talisman in his hand, which was the key to this battle.
Before Zhao Qing, Ruan Ping had used a Formation Breaking Talisman to take over Tian Shuang County. Ouyang Shuo wanted to "give him a taste of his own medicine". He wanted to use the Formation Breaking Talisman to destroy White Stone City's teleportation formation, thereby completely locking the allied forces in White Stone City.
This way, the battle in Lingnan would become a battle of annihilation.
If they won this battle, the Lingnan Province would be theirs.
The situation in the China region was constantly changing, and there were too many variables. Ouyang Shuo did not want to play hide-and-seek with the alliance army. Once they locked onto a target, they had to be killed.
The Teleportation Portal was naturally the Teleportation Portal.
However, it was not easy to destroy the Teleportation Portal when the enemy was on guard.
Now, they could only hope that Number 32 would be able to make a great contribution.
"Number 32 has sent a message. With the help of the other spies, it is his turn to guard the Teleportation Portal tonight. The opportunity to destroy the portal is tonight, "Du Ruhui reported with a smile.
"Alright, then we'll wait." Ouyang Shuo was prepared to stay in the command center. He could not sleep until he received the exact news.
The huge command center became busy again.
Lingnan Province, Jiaozhou County, White Stone City.
The enemy had arrived on time, which made Ruan Ping and the others excited. Now, they just had to wait for the Fan Lihua Army to attack the city. At that time, the 25 allied armies would give the enemy a huge surprise.
Everything went smoothly. The only exception was that the Fan Lihua Army took a little too long to prepare.
The Fan Lihua Army arrived at the southern plains outside the city at noon. An entire afternoon passed, but there was no movement at all. According to the spies, the enemy had been building a camp.
When the sun rose, a huge camp had already been built on the plains outside the city.
"Isn't this too cautious?" Some feudal lords were puzzled.
According to the previous battle style of the Shanhai City army, not to mention noon, even if they arrived outside the city in the afternoon, they would immediately attack the city after a short rest.
"White Stone City's geographical location is different. It is normal for them to be cautious."
"That's right. No matter what, Fan Lihua is an Emperor-level general. He is skilled in using troops. I'm afraid he will instinctively think that White Stone City is a trap and will not attack the city rashly."
The feudal lords subconsciously gave "various" reasonable explanations.
For the entire afternoon, they hesitated several times, wondering if they should launch a surprise attack while the Fan Lihua Army was still in a stable footing and defeat them in one fell swoop.
In the end, they gave up on this tempting idea.
First, if they launched a surprise attack, it would be equivalent to exposing their target, and it would be difficult for them to succeed.
If they only defeated the Fan Lihua Army instead of annihilating them, it would undoubtedly be a failure for the allied army. After all, Shanhai City would not give them such an opportunity to ambush again and again.
Second, the enemy was the Shanhai City army.
The quality of the Shanhai City army was well known and recognized. Even if they were setting up camp, Ruan Ping and the others would not think that the enemy was not on guard at all.
Even if they were setting up camp, Ruan Ping and the others would not think that the enemy was not on guard at all.
Thus, the safest method was to wait for the enemy to attack the city and annihilate them.
In a city, there were radical feudal lords and conservative feudal lords. When everyone gathered together to discuss a strategy, they would often choose the safer method.
This was the advantage of collective decision-making, but also its disadvantage.
The result of mutual constraints was that there would never be a radical and risky plan.
In this way, it was equivalent to burying an excellent opportunity for the allied army to turn the situation around. If the allied army chose to attack in the afternoon, the Fan Lihua Army could only resist.
In a situation where there were no barracks, trenches, or other defensive fortifications, it was really unknown whether or not they could hold on.
...
Night fell, and everything was silent.
The Fan Lihua Army camp outside the city was still burning the midnight oil, the tall barracks blocking the allied spies' line of sight. Inside the camp, all kinds of fortifications were still being built in full swing.
Along the wooden walls of the barracks, a large number of soldiers personally went into battle, digging trenches. Between the trenches, there were countless arrow towers and barricades.
What was even more strange was that in the center of the barracks, the army was building another barracks overnight, similar to the inner city of the city. If the allied spies saw this scene, they would probably immediately see the intentions of the Fan Lihua Army.
How was this a barracks prepared for attacking the city? It was clearly prepared to defend to the death.
...
Around six o'clock in the evening, Baishi City.
The army stationed at the Teleportation Portal welcomed a routine handover, checked the token, and passed by.
The next officer on duty was a young general called Song Gui, from Jiaozhou County's Huadong County. Three months ago, he had joined Huadong County with the wilderness refugees, and had been promoted to a Brigade Marshal with his military achievements.
His background was clean.
Ruan Ping and the others, including the leader of Huadong County, did not know that Song Gui was a spy carefully trained by the Mountain Sea Guards. He had mixed in with the refugees and naturally joined Huadong County.
More than half of the Mountain Sea Guards' spies used this method to infiltrate their targets.
A full three hours passed, and everything in the city was as usual.
The night grew darker, and only the faint moonlight shone down from the sky, illuminating the land around the Teleportation Portal. In the night, the faces of the soldiers became blurry.
After standing guard for a full three hours, their bodies did not move at all, and their minds were highly focused. The attention of the soldiers began to fade, and their bodies were already protesting.
At this moment, the sound of a small cart colliding with a stone slab could be heard on the street that was classified as a restricted area. "Gululu!" The sound was unusually ear-piercing in the silent night.
"Who is it? This is a military restricted area. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed in!"
As expected, the small cart was quickly stopped by the soldiers outside.
"Greetings, Sir. I'm here to deliver supper." The person pushing the cart was an old man with a hunched back and a flattering smile on his face. He looked humble and pitiful.
The old man opened one of the wooden buckets, and a fragrant aroma wafted out.
"Sir, look at this freshly roasted chicken. It smells so good!"
"Gulp!"
The soldier unconsciously swallowed his saliva.
"Who told you to deliver supper? Don't you know this is a restricted area?" The soldier's attitude softened.
"It's me!"
At this moment, a voice came from behind him.
The soldier was stunned. He turned around and saluted, "Brigade Marshal!"
It was Song Gui. He exchanged a glance with the old man, then turned to the soldiers who were still standing guard and said with a smile, "You've all worked hard. Tonight, I'll pay out of my own pocket to treat everyone to supper. Don't stand on ceremony."
"Alright!"
Since the Brigade Marshal had spoken, the soldiers who had been starving for the whole night were naturally happy.
"Come, come, come. Freshly roasted chicken!"
The old man pushed the small cart and walked among the soldiers. Like a magic trick, he took out freshly roasted chicken from the cart, and the aroma wafted out.
"Don't stand on ceremony, Sir. There's wine here. Do you want some to warm your stomach?"
"Good job!"
The soldier laughed with satisfaction and gave a thumbs up.
Good wine and roasted chicken were the most delicious food in the world. Was there any better enjoyment than this?! Under the temptation of delicious food, the orderly soldiers immediately dispersed, and the scene became chaotic.
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