Chapter 703: Night of Horror
The night was like ink, and the dark clouds were overhead. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
In the ink-like night sky, there was not a single star in sight, and even the half-horned waning moon was quietly hidden in the clouds and disappeared. The whole night sky is like a dark and boundless canvas, oppressive and suffocating.
The cold wind blew, rolling up and down the dark clouds, forming an unusual scroll.
In the night, the red cliffs crawled quietly, like a vicious beast with its fangs folded, slowly accumulating energy, waiting for the dawn, ready to tear all enemies to pieces.
In the Wulin Water Village on the west bank of Chibi, nearly 100 large and small warships loom in the night, like a group of ghosts, lurking quietly in the lair. On the edge of the deck of the battleship, there were torches lit, and the fire was lit.
Against the backdrop of the firelight, the surface of the Shuizhai River is sparkling.
On the deck of the battleship, the occasional sound of patrol guards walking back and forth could be heard. In the inconspicuous cabin, there was a faint shouting sound, like some sergeants gambling together to pass the boring night.
Even the soldiers who patrol the night are chatting quietly.
"This hellish weather, cold and sweltering, can make a bird!"
"Who's to say no, I've been in this bird place of Uribaggio for so long, and I haven't seen a ghost. Why do you say we're hiding here? ā
"That's something the lord is considering, what are you guessing about!"
"It's just, what are you doing with all this uselessness!"
"It's better to get through this class quickly and go back to the bed, that's what makes it comfortable!"
"Be quiet, be on your guard!" The captain who led the team in front of him finally couldn't stand it anymore and stopped talking.
The night was silent again, and occasionally a whisper or two of complaints came from the cold wind.
In the center of the water village, a five-story giant building ship stood out like a flock, surrounded by other warships, like a king, dominating the rest of the warships, high above.
The ship was the flagship of the Tyrant, the Overlord.
In this battle, Xiongba was responsible for guarding Wulin, and the Chibi on the opposite side was controlled by the wolf warrior.
On the top floor of the Overlord, in the luxuriously decorated study, a male in military uniform sat in front of the desk. There was a fine oil lamp lit in front of the desk, and the night wind blew, swaying from side to side, and it was about to be extinguished.
The erratic lights set off the face of the male tyrant a little hideous.
The windows of the study creaked in the cold wind, unusually harsh.
"Is it windy?"
Xiongba got up and walked to the window, ready to close it. He looked up at the dark night outside the window, and frowned, "The moon is dark and the stars are hidden, such weather is abnormal!" ā
As the saying goes, abnormality is a demon.
Somehow, from the beginning of the day, Xiongba was a little restless, and he always felt that something bad was going to happen. The ink-like dark night made Xiongba feel depressed and suffocated for a while.
"But there's no reason!" Xiongba shook his head in no, trying to shake off the clutter of thoughts in his head. Suppressing the emotions in his heart a little, Xiongba simply closed the window, not wanting to take another look at the eerie night.
As early as half a month before the start of the battle, the [Yanhuang Alliance] was already preparing for this big battle. In Dichen's words, no matter what, the [Yanhuang League] must take this opportunity to completely suppress the arrogance of the [Shanhai League] and regain the right to speak in China in one fell swoop.
The big outbreak in the first half of the year is a process of accumulating energy for the [Yanhuang League].
Shanhai City was promoted to a third-level county city, which slightly suppressed the momentum of their fierce battle. But it's always irrelevant to the big picture, and the real competition is still in the campaign map.
After acquiring artillery manufacturing technology, Xiongba is even more confident.
"You have no clothes, you should also carry a big heel!" Although Xiongba admires the achievements of Wuyi, it does not mean that Xiongba does not want to defeat Wuyi.
On the contrary, this desire to win is more fierce than anyone else.
The battle of Yizhou Island is generally regarded by the outside world as a game between the [Yanhuang Alliance] and the [Shanhai Alliance].
The result was naturally a big victory for the [Yanhuang League], which made a good footnote to the strong rise of the [Yanhuang League] in the first half of the year, and became a landmark event for the two giants to eliminate each other.
Xiongba, one of the parties, naturally does not think so superficially.
Although it is said that the capture of Yizhou Island is the proud work of the hegemon, he has also publicized the fruitful results of this war on different occasions, either explicitly or implicitly, in order to enhance the prestige of the overlord city.
But to say that this is a game between the two alliances is an exaggeration.
Xiongba knew that from the beginning to the end, Shanhai City did not intervene in this big war. Otherwise, if nothing else, it is the Jiaozhou fleet of Shanhai City that intervenes in the war, which is enough for Overlord City to drink a pot.
After defeating Dragon Hunting City, Xiongba borrowed a lot of successful models from Qiongzhou Island for the operation of Yizhou Island, such as introducing shipbuilding, salt and adventure players to jointly develop marine resources.
For Yizhou Island, Xiongba has put too much effort into it. The ambition of the hegemon is to share the sea area of China equally with Shanhai City, one in the north and one in the south.
Yizhou Island is a dividing line between the two sides.
In order to realize this ambition, the Battle of Chibi is a key node. Xiongba must prove on the battlefield that even in a water battle, the sailors of Overlord City can defeat the already rumored gods of Shanhai City.
It is not difficult to understand why Xiongba attaches so much importance to this big war.
It is even said that in order to defeat the Shanhai City fleet, Xiongba gave up to subdue the historical generals of the battle map, allowing Emperor Chen, Chun Shenjun and others to take the lead.
Outside of the battlefield, Xiongba has also done a lot of work.
For example, the third-party forces that secretly came into contact with the Dragon Seeking Point were actually the hidden forces secretly cultivated by the Xiongba family. Its purpose is to provoke the infighting of the [Shanhai Alliance].
The dragon point and the siege lion chose Sun Liu's camp, which undoubtedly proved the success of the strategy of the hegemon.
For the dragon search point, to be honest, Xiongba is a little unsightly. In the eyes of Xiongba, looking for the dragon point is just a shit luck, and the relationship between Shanhai City can go all the way to the present.
How could a true commoner lord confront these families.
The only outlier is that there is no clothes.
Therefore, the determination of the major families to eliminate this anomaly has never wavered.
"It's just, it's hard!"
When he thought of the achievements of Shanhai City on this ocean voyage, Xiongba was a little frustrated.
Even on the campaign map, they didn't go well. The simple and neat annihilation of the Lusu army undoubtedly gave the heroes and the wolf warriors a blow to the head.
The first part of the plan was a complete failure.
According to the time calculation, the fleet of Shanhai City should have arrived in Chibi two days ago. The result? They waited for it, tensed their nerves, nervous and excited, but they pounced.
It was as if the Shanhai City fleet had disappeared.
Xiongba also speculated whether the Shanhai City fleet abandoned Chibi and attacked Liu Bei instead. After all, Liu Bei had huge bait such as Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang, and Shanhai City had every reason to go there.
The information received in the evening refuted this speculation.
In order to achieve long-distance communication on the campaign map, the [Yanhuang League] also worked hard. They spent a fortune to buy four Golden Eagle Spirit Beasts from an adventuring team.
This spirit beast is extraordinary, and it can really travel thousands of miles a day, passing information back and forth.
In this way, the three squads of the [Yanhuang League] distributed in Chibi, Dongting Lake, and Yunmengze can maintain smooth communication and inform each other of intelligence.
The information in the evening was sent by Chun Shenjun. Although the two have disagreements, they are both extremely rational people, and they can still cooperate with each other in the campaign map.
According to Chun Shenjun's report, the situation on their side is also a little bad.
As early as the destruction of Lusu's army, Huang Gai sent a letter to Liu Bei, asking to merge one place and jointly rush to the aid of Chibi. The problem is that at that time, Liu Bei was busy taking over Changsha County, how could he set off immediately.
Liu Bei's refusal undoubtedly angered Huang Gai.
Huang Gai directly reprimanded Liu Bei for his treachery in the letter, saying: Liu Bei was chased by Cao Cao at that time, like a lost dog, and it was Jiangdong who kindly took him in and gave him a place to live.
It was the Jiangdong army that defeated the menacing Cao Cao army in one fell swoop and shattered the myth of the invincibility of Cao Cao's army. In this way, Liu Bei can survive and be on the safe side.
Now that Chibi is in trouble, Liu Bei only thinks about occupying territory and does not send troops to reinforce, which is really shameless.
Such a letter humiliated Liu Bei and made him embarrassed, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei even blew up on the spot, muttering that they wanted to lead the troops to fight Huang Gai.
Fortunately, Liu Bei knew that he was at a loss, so he stopped the two and avoided a "civil war".
Even so, the two sides have developed a rift and can no longer continue to cooperate. Huang Gai, who was in a rage, had already personally led the army and came towards Chibi.
According to the time calculation, it will take three days to reach Chibi.
As for Liu Bei's side, he was not really indifferent. While Liu Bei was busy pacifying the people of Changsha and stabilizing the rule of Changsha, he was already preparing to go on an expedition.
At the same time, in order to appease the Jiangdong Group, Liu Bei even asked Guan Yu to lead the vanguard of the sailors and set out in advance.
In other words, the Shanhai City fleet did not attack Liu Bei at all at this time.
In this way, it makes the male and the wolf unpredictable.
It stands to reason that if you really want to attack Chibi, isn't it better to attack it as soon as possible? It's been delayed for a long time, waiting for the armies of all parties to gather in Chibi, what should I do then, and then there will be another pot?
Xiongba didn't believe it, how could he say that Wuyi would be so arrogant.
"There's going to be something strange here!" "But what's the problem? ā
On this point, Xiongba has never been able to figure it out.
"Could it be that we have a traitor here, and the arrangement of Chibi has been known to Ouyang Shuo? That's why the Shanhai City fleet didn't dare to come? "You can't blame the heroes for being suspicious, they can't afford to lose this big battle.
Xiongba focused his suspicions on several other lords.
All of a sudden, the wind in Chibi was loud, and the tense atmosphere has not been lifted until now.
But after checking and checking, I just didn't find a suspicious object.
In this way, Xiongba will lock himself in the study and think hard.
Now, it seems that this has not had much effect.
"Forget it, go to bed!" Xiongba finally let out a long sigh and got up to leave the study.
The oil lamp in the study gradually went out, and it became pitch black again.
The night is getting richer and deeper.
When the night came, even the sergeants who had gathered together to gamble had dispersed and rested. The water village became more and more quiet, silent, leaving the whining sound of the cold wind blowing in the air.
At this moment, a group of "ghosts" sneaked in from the bottom of the water village and headed straight for the Overlord.
An unexpected fight is about to be staged in the dark of the night.
This night is not destined to be peaceful!
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