Chapter 590-Giving the Enemy No Way Out
Translator: ryangohsf
Editor: Nora
Huyan Qiu was the key to Ouyang Shuo's tactic working.
The current grasslands were like the back garden of Shanhai City.
The moment Di Chen's forces revealed their movements, they could not escape from Ouyang Shuo. With the Xiongnu surrendered soldiers and the sentries, they could capture Di Chen’s every action.
Very quickly, they crafted a complete plan to ambush Di Chen.
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10th day, morning of the battle.
Di Chen was leading his troops up the grasslands.
After their attempt to ambush Ouyang Shuo, Di Chen, Zhan Lang, and Sha Pojun had split up and gone their separate ways.
The other Lords had varying fates. Some were destroyed and backed out of the battle, some gave up and focused on branch quests, while others continued forward in hopes that they would get lucky. On the entire grasslands, no more Lords traveled together.
Everyone knew that this battle had reached its crucial moment. So called allies could become enemies at any moment. Since that was the same case, why not just travel separately?
However, not every army was as strong as the Divine Martial Guards. Nor did everyone have a guide like Huyan Qiu. Furthermore, not all of them would try to replicate Huo Qubing's strategy.
The suppressive and daunting Xiongnu cavalry made all the players taste defeat.
The Xiongnu calvary had crushed at least six Lords, forcing them to back out of the battle.
Even the most eye catching Sha Pojun was unfortunately swept from the battle map when he encountered the Xiongnu cavalry. After all, Zhou Yafu had died, and his three thousand elite mongol cavalry had suffered heavy casualties against the Divine Martial Guards.
Similar to Ouyang Shuo, Xunlong Dianxue's troops had met the Xiongnu cavalry army after breaking out. They fought a tough battle but eventually lost. Hence, they were helplessly kicked out.
Even Zhang Liao's troops found it hard to breathe.
As such, they failed to reach the designated meeting point to group up with Ouyang Shuo.
On the other hand, Di Chen was relatively lucky.
Under the leadership of Lianpo, they killed everyone in their way. Currently, they still had two thousand men remaining.
Their current advantage was partially thanks to Di Chen’s craftiness.
During the ambush, Di Chen's troops did not even try to block the Shanhai Alliance troops. He allowed the alliance army, which they had paid, to take all the damage.
On the other hand, he had sat back and relaxed. If he did not make that choice, he could not act so carefree at this stage.
Today, Di Chen's good luck was going to come to an end.
A scene similar to that of their ambush played out once more on the grasslands.
Suddenly, three thousand Xiongnu surrendered soldiers, along with the near full strength of the Divine Martial Guards, attacked Di Chen and his troops.
"Qiyue Wuyi!"
Di Chen immediately recognized the golden dragon flag of Shanhai City. His first thought was to follow the same course of action as Ouyang Shuo, to break through and escape.
Unfortunately, Ouyang Shuo did not give him that chance.
Huyan Qiu had chosen an exquisite location. There were small hills to the left and right, while a lake laid not too far ahead. As for behind them, it was the strong attack point of the Xiongnu cavalry.
At this moment, Di Chen and his troops were trapped and could not escape.
As expected from the old General Lianpo, he immediately noticed the bad situation and reported, “Lord, it’s really hard for us to get out."
When Di Chen heard these words, his face turned ashen white.
His first reaction was to think back to not long ago, when Qiyue Wuyi killed Zhou Yafu. Was Qiyue Wuyi going to act so ruthless again?
Thinking about this point, Di Chen's brows were locked tight.
If Lianpo was slain, Di Chen could not imagine what kind of detrimental effect it would have on Handan City.
Although they had recruited a few king rank generals during this period of time, Lianpo had always stood as the pillar and spine of the territory.
If he fell, the Handan City Army would need at least half a year to climb back.
Di Chen could not afford to pay this heavy price.
The problem was that it was six thousand versus two thousand.
No matter how valiant they were, Di Chen's forces were still being forced back.
"No, I won’t allow it!" When Di Chen saw that the situation was not right, decisiveness flashed across his eyes. He tightly clenched the sword by his waist.
"General, do you have confidence in breaking out?"
Di Chen asked Lianpo as a form of final confirmation.
Lianpo was definitely not a rash individual, and he knew that his Lord had a reason for asking this question. He replied in an incredibly frank manner, "Lord our chances are less than 30%."
"Is that the case?" Di Chen muttered.
A 30% chance, if it was two years ago, Di Chen might have actually taken it. However, he now had a more careful personality. Hence, he did not dare to take the gamble.
"Since that's the case, let’s back out." As Di Chen said these words, he turned his sword and killed himself.
His decisiveness made it difficult for Lianpo to stop him.
Di Chen’s death caused the remaining Handan City forces to be teleported out. Through such an extreme method, Di Chen saved Lianpo's life.
In comparison, Sha Pojun lacked such decisiveness.
When Sha Pojun was hesitating and hoping that he could save Zhou Yafu, Ouyang Shuo had already killed Zhao Yafu.
This was the gap between them.
If one relied on luck, it was hard to cut off their desires, which was the biggest worry of a Lord.
Seeing Di Chen disappear, Ouyang Shuo naturally knew what had happened. He felt a chill run down his spine over Di Chen's decisiveness.
A person who knows when to pick up and when to let go was a terrifying opponent.
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The result of ambushing Di Chen was not what Ouyang Shuo had planned.
Hence, other thoughts were born in his mind.
From the start of the battle till now, he was not impatient to chase after Huo Qubing's forces. Ouyang Shuo's plan was to undergo a large-scale hunting operation behind the main forces.
If he could kill all the other Lords, the end victor would be him.
This logic was just too simple.
Ouyang Shuo relied on the Xiongnu surrendered soldiers to gain an advantage.
Apart from Huyan Qiu, Ouyang Shuo also found many talents amongst them.
Some were good at tracking.
Some were good at hiding and camouflage.
Furthermore, all of them were locals of the grassland.
With the help of Little White, Ouyang Shuo felt confident about finding the other Lords one by one.
After listening to Ouyang Shuo's plan, Zhao Kuo was speechless.
He had to admit that his foresight was still lacking compared to the Lord.
Such a tactic had broken far away from the plan that he had suggested.
Following this, Ouyang Shuo's plan was put into play.
From the start till now, the lucky survivors apart from Shanhai City would not number more than four.
As such, Ouyang Shuo was able to waste some time.
On the 1st day of the plan, one player force was killed.
On the 2nd day, there was no news.
Ouyang Shuo was not impatient; he continued to approach Huo Qubing’s location while searching for enemies.
The two points were not contradictory.
After all, the final goal of everyone was to find Huo Qubing. Without the lead of Huo Qubing, no one was confident of reaching the Khentii Mountains.
Huo Qubing had become the bait of Ouyang Shuo's hunting mission.
If this god general knew what he was doing, who knows what he would think.
On the 3rd day, they found Zhan Lang's forces.
In contrast to Di Chen, Zhan Lang was a fighter of a Lord. During the ambush, he went all out. During his journey here, he had also fought many small battles.
Hence, Ouyang Shuo only needed to face a broken army.
Seeing the golden dragon flag, an anguished expression appeared at the side of Zhan Lang’s mouth.
When Qiyue Wuyi broke out, Zhan Lang had a feeling that they would meet again. However, he had not expected the tables to turn to such an extent.
In terms of decisiveness, Zhan Lang was no different from Di Chen.
Only their choices were different.
Di Chen chose to kill himself, while Zhan Lang chose to fight to the death. The end of a soldier would always be the battlefield. Zhan Lang led his troops and charged into the lines of the Divine Martial Guards. All of a sudden, they engaged in all out slaughter.
Ouyang Shuo gave the utmost respect to such an opponent.
The two Lords went head to head.
As expected from Zhan Lang. Although he was not able to train an emperor rank cultivation method like Ouyang Shuo, his skills were also extraordinary.
The two of them fought for a full three hundred rounds.
Even the soldiers around them could not help but stop to look at this battle.
In the end, Ouyang Shuo used the primordial energy of the Yellow Emperor Internal Cultivation Technique and the sharpness of the Chixiao Sword to slay Zhan Lang.
"Carefree!" Zhan Lang looked at the sword in his stomach and laughed, “Qiyue Wuyi, if we were not in different camps, maybe we could be friends."
Ouyang Shuo laughed and spoke with deep meaning, “There will be a day."
"Haha!"
Zhan Lang laughed three times before dying.
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The death of Zhan Lang truly filled Ouyang Shuo with a lot of thoughts and emotions.
It was not a lie when he said that there would be a day for them to be friends. After all, compared to Zhan Lang, Ouyang Shuo was extremely clear about the direction of the game.
The 3rd year of Gaia was already in their faces.
In the game, the world war system that ignited one’s hearts would soon start.
One must not look at how the Shanhai Alliance and the Yanhuang Alliance fought like their lives depended on it. When the world war arrives, the two alliances would have no choice but to work together.
Currently, they fought for the leadership position of the future world war.
Ouyang Shuo was familiar about the game’s direction. Naturally, he would not allow that power to fall into their hands. He wanted to personally lead the Lords of the China region to take control of the world.
However, Di Chen and the others were born arrogant, so how would they allow others to lead them?
Hence, Ouyang Shuo needed to use his strength to convince them.
If they were not happy, he would beat them into submission.
For this reason, conflicts were present between the two alliances.