novelChoosing a Side to Stand On
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6th month, 11th day, a naval battle exploded out on the Korea battlefield.
The two sides were the Binhai Squadron led by Qi Jiguang and the Korea Squadron led by Yi Sun-sin. The two sides engaged at the ocean region near to Seoul.
This was the most intense but brutal naval battle since the start of the game.
These two top squadrons went head to head for three days and three nights, with both sides suffering heavy casualties. The ocean was dyed red, but no one was willing to back off. The Great Xia Binhai Squadron wanted to enter Seoul to attack it along with the land troops.
The Korea squadron had no reason to retreat, as behind them was the last hope of Korea.
In the end, the Binhai Squadron relied on the magic powered submarine to destroy the turtle ship that the Korea squadron was proud of, obtaining a decisive victory. Along with the mimicry flying devices, they completed their encirclement of the Korea squadron.
In this battle, 40% of ships on both sides were sunk.
6th month, 13th day, Korea general Yi Sun-sin was captured. The remaining Korean troops surrendered to Great Xia, which meant that Seoul was totally exposed to the cannon fire of the Binhai Squadron.
At the same time, the Huo Qubing led Guards Legion Corps had already smoothly taken down the south portion of Korea.
Across the entirety of Korea, only Seoul remained.
The Battle of Korea would welcome its final battle on the 6th month, 14th day. Just the 500 thousand guards in Seoul would be enough to give Li Jing a headache.
Luckily, Li Jing was not in a hurry, as all he had was time.
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Apart from the Korea battlefield, the Zhenla and Nanzhang battlefields were really exciting as well.
Baiqi did not attack both at the same time. Instead, he chose to take them down one by one. Before the war, Baiqi moved the Annan formation to the Zhenla border to defend.
At the same time, Yanhuo Yaonie's Indian Ocean Squadron would be around to react.
With both ocean and land, they formed a defensive line.
Hence, they stabilized the Zhenla situation and prevented it from entering Annan Province.
Baiqi led the Dragon Legion Corps to directly head for Zhenla in the north.
Zhenla was a small country with less than 600 thousand total players and only around 70 thousand combat occupation players. They had 60 thousand guards in Vientiane as well as 30 thousand territory troops under Suo Langgong. Their overall numbers were only 160 thousand, which was less than half of the Dragon Legion Corps.
Along with the following China region combat occupation players, the Baiqi led army was able to arrive at Vientiane in just a week.
Nanzhang was on the verge of being wiped out.
Zhenla and Nanzhang relied on one another, so logically speaking, seeing Nanzhang under attack, Zhenla should be helping.
After all, the Great Xia Annan formation only defended the east side and did not cut off the north tunnel between Nanzhang and Zhenla.
The truth, however, was that be it territory armies or the combat occupation players, Zhenla did not show signs of aiding Nanzhang. The entire Zhenla country was silent.
This was human nature.
It was not that the Zhenla players were heartless or that they did not understand the situation they were in.
In the end, this was the ostrich mentality.
If Zhenla went to help Nanzhang, it would cause their defenses to be reduced and maybe the Annan formation and Indian Ocean Squadron would take the chance to attack.
If that happened, it would be catastrophic for them.
Under such psychological influence, the Zhenla players only wanted to defend to try to survive. They wished that Nanzhang could hold on for longer so that they could get past this difficult month.
The truth proved that this was just a dream.
Once Baiqi took down Vientiane, would be Zhenla next. The Zhenla players probably understood that point, but there was nothing they could do about it. This was the tragedy of being weak.
Zhenla's Bi Wenlie and Nanzhang's Suo Langgong, these two who betrayed their country, were destined to be humiliated by their countrymen forever.
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Japan, Honshu.
The toughest out of the three battlefields was still the Japan battlefield.
During the week, the China north army swept the north of Honshu, fighting a few tough battles. Oda Nobunaga was really skilled. He knew how to use his troops, especially the use of gunners.
In separate battles, both sides had their wins and losses.
Even so, due to the soldier number disparity, although Japan was fighting on home ground, in front of a God General like Han Xin, they were just struggling pointlessly.
Han Xin could command seven routes of troops and actually not panic, coordinating them with one another effortlessly and even assisting and surrounding targets. The entire battlefield proceeded smoothly like water.
After opening up a breach, Han Xin did not give the Japanese a chance to fight back, suppressing them all the way. The skill of the War Immortal was on full show in the Battle of Japan.
The stubbornness of the Japanese was still unchanged.
Under such tough circumstances, the entire north defense line did not fall and was still barely holding on.
Just like that, Han Xin's plan to take down the north of Honshu in a week failed.
At this very moment, Ouyang Shuo received letters from the Black Snake Guards that said that during the week, Japan snuck up soldiers from the south to stabilize the north defensive line.
At the same time, Keisuke Honda persuaded Emperor Meiji to send 200 thousand guards to the north to strengthen the defensive line and maintain the current situation.
To strengthen the defensive line, Keisuke Honda even used the country war buff card he spent five million gold on in the auction, choosing a defense buff that would last for a week.
The Battle of Japan seemed like it would continue to be a stalemate.
When Han Xin received the report, he asked Ouyang Shuo whether he should continue sweeping the north or head right for Edo. Half the country war time had elapsed. If they continued to let things drag on, they might not be able to take down Edo.
Ouyang Shuo replied, "Continue to sweep, five days as the maximum."
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That day, Ouyang Shuo once again wrote a strong letter to Di Chen, limiting the south army to a week till they must reach Edo.
One must know that when Ouyang Shuo wrote the letter, the south army had not totally taken down Shikoku.
At the end of the letter, Ouyang Shuo wrote, "As a Chinese, you treat this battle with such a relaxed manner, where is your conscience? In the future, what face does Handan City have to stand in China? Japan being crushed cannot be stopped by anyone, including those people. Think clearly and do not destroy your reputation."
Although the Earth was ruled by a Federation, and there were no countries per say, there were still cultural conflicts. Especially the east and the west, which butt heads many times within the Federation.
With the magnanimity of the Chinese civilization, it was actually unable to absorb it all.
This was one of Ouyang Shuo's future goals. Hence, standing at the high point that he was standing at, Handan City and the four families behind it did not need to be enemies of Great Xia.
It all depended on Di Chen's choice.
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