629 Follow Even to Death

Another red sun, the boisterous battlefield regained its silence.

Courage, tragedy, and hot-bloodedness, these factors could not truly decide the result of a battle. Strength, technology, and equipment determined the outcome.

In any field, the player army was losing out.

The east troop's arc formation was a gargantuan trap. It was like the player army was diving into a pocket, as they got struck by firepower from all sides.

Under such a perfect formation, thermal weapons like the cannons and handguns were at their most powerful. Meanwhile, the players were using cold weapons, so how could they not lose?

In less than two hours, the victor was decided.

The results of the east troops had exceeded everyone's expectations. Through this battle, the player army of Singapore was utterly annihilated. In the end, less than ten thousand men were able to escape through the teleportation formation and return to Lion City.

As for the hostages strapped to the wooden poles, they naturally were not so fortunate. During this battle, the players were simply too rash. They wanted to save their comrades, but they failed and sacrificed themselves in the process.

No wonder Chen Guang would feel so heart pained.

After the battle, the bustling Fengshan County had totally become an empty town. When Zheng He saw the situation, he ordered his troops to attack the city. Without expending much energy, they took down Fengshan County.

In just a day, Fengshan County fell.

Its fall meant that the country war had entered the full-scale war stage.

Since the east troops had hidden behind the defenses, they only lost some gunpowder and ammo. In terms of casualties, they had less than a thousand, truly a miracle.

With that, it was also good news for their attack on Lion City.

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Lion City, imperial palace.

The moment Fengshan County fell, the guards housed within the palace finally appeared. They moved into the city gates and walls to take over the defense.

Their armor, shields, and weapons were all top grade products.

At the same time, the snow white tiger in the palace had completely woken up.

The entire Lion City was wide awake.

...

The bad loss in the third battle had caused an uproar in Singapore.

Fear, unease, such feelings festered in all their hearts, as everyone was asking, "What about us? What will happen to Singapore?"

No one could give an answer to this question.

The appearance of the guards gave the Singaporean players a little hope. Three defeats in three consecutive battles brought about a massive sense of failure, and the strength of the enemy was solidified in their hearts.

Could a mere forty thousand guards defend Lion City? The players were doubtful!

The negative emotions could not help but spread throughout the city.

At this moment, Chen Guang, who had escaped back to Lion City, once again stepped out and took responsibility. He resolutely proclaimed, "Singapore brothers and sisters, we still have hope."

"Guild leader, what should we do?"

Some of the players could not help but crowd around him, their faces filled with fear; they dearly hoped to get answers.

Chen Guang found a high platform and continued his speech, "Fengshan County's failure wasn't because we weren't strong enough or because we weren't courageous enough. We lost because the enemy is too cunning; they used despicable methods to bait us out."

As they listened to his words, the players could not help but feel ashamed. At this point, they realized Chen Guang's efforts as well as the detriments of their rash behavior.

Even so, Chen Guang did not blame them. Instead, he blamed it on the despicable enemy. Such a merciful leader was truly worth following.

"As long as we are united and just defend the city, Lion City will never fall." Chen Guang was motivating the crowd, "Brothers and sisters, please follow me and allow me to lead you to victory."

"Guild leader, please give the order, we will follow you to death!" The players were so touched that they teared up.

"Follow to death!"

Be it the teens, the middle-aged men, or even the old men, the women, and the kids, they all shouted in unison, pledging their loyalty to the leader. Their eyes were filled with determination, and one could see the light of victory.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere of Lion City started to heat up.

Their morale bloomed.

One had to say that Chen Guang was truly a born leader. In Ouyang Shuo's last life, Simeone commented that Chen Guang was a calm headed leader with exceptional speech abilities. Moreover, with his crafty ideas, he made himself shine.

In Ouyang Shuo's last life, Chen Guang had used their geographical position to rise up in the game. In the global environment, Chen Guang could be considered as one of the famous figures.

Unfortunately, the times were different, and he had to meet Ouyang Shuo so early on; it was destined to be a tragedy.

...

After calming down the normal players, Chen Guang gathered the core members to discuss plans.

At the moment, his expression suddenly turned extremely solemn, "We can't place the fate of our country all in the hands of the guards." His words revealed that he was not as confident as he had appeared just now.

"What should we do?"

"Ask for help from the ASEAN," Chen Guang replied.

"...."

Utter silence.

"It's not the time to bother about face. If we lose the country war, we will lose everything." Chen Guang was the same as Ouyang Shuo in a sense. As a utilitarian, he would do anything to protect Singapore.

"It seems like the only thing we can do!"

Everyone sighed, filled with a tragic emotion. In the end, they had walked down this path of no return.

Singapore was an island surrounded by water. The closest one of the ASEAN to them was Johor in the north. Between the two was the narrow Johor Straits.

Only Johor could possibly assist them.

However, when Johor they receive their request for help, they would need to verify it. After all, a cross-country war was still a very unfamiliar phrase.

After verifying the matter, they must discuss how many soldiers and how to send the soldiers. Along with time spent on the road, it would take at least two days for them to arrive at Lion City.

Chen Guang concluded, "As such, we need to defend for two days."

"Defend Lion City to the death!"

Everyone swore in unison, Lion City had no other route.

Johor Straits, Dragon Head.

The moment Fengshan County fell, Ouyang Shuo received a system notification. He smirked. As expected, Zheng He did not let him down. In fact, he performed far better than Ouyang Shuo had expected.

In just one battle, Ouyang Shuo had obtained close to one hundred thousand merit points. How crazy was that? Through the merit points he obtained, Ouyang Shuo was able to deduce what had happened at Fengshang County.

The combat players of Singapore had pretty much all fallen.

To prevent war slayers from being born from country wars, Gaia created the rule that only combat occupation players would reward people with merit points.

The work occupation players would not be tabulated into the merit points.

This rule similarly targeted the old and the weak.

Hence, Lords could not earn a large number of merit points through slaughtering normal civilians.

Additionally, only the first kill of combat occupation players was tabulated. After reviving, even if they were killed again, they would not give more merit points.

Such a setting was to prevent players from blocking up the Reincarnation Hall and slaughtering them over and over. Gaia promoted war but not meaningless killing, which it perceived as completely immoral.

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In the reading room, Ouyang Shuo was pumped and started to give out military orders.

Since the east troops had obtained a major victory, the entire plan needed to be changed.

Based on the plan, Ouyang Shuo originally needed to sweep the nearby islands. However, under the current circumstances, sweeping the surrounding islands would have no meaning.

If his estimations were correct, the players on the nearby islands had gathered in Lion City.

Hence, the next morning, Ouyang Shuo would personally lead his troops to Lion City. Of course, the middle troops would still be led by Yanhuo Yaonie; Ouyang Shuo was not prepared to butt in.

Next morning, the middle troops would assault Lion City, and they would first clear out the surrounding Lion City region. The east troops would rest for a night before rushing to Xinzhou Bay to meet up with the middle troops.

The final battle would happen tomorrow!

4th month, 22nd day, the second day of the country war.

The sky had just turned bright, and Yanhuo Yaonie's middle troops had already reached Xinzhou Bay.

The flames of war were ignited once more!

Compared to the east troops, the middle troop's mission was much more arduous. This was because they needed to attack Lion City, and they only had two days to take it down. To rely on just twenty thousand navy soldiers to take down an imperial city? Just the thought alone would be hard to believe.

Who knows what miracle move Yanhuo Yaonie had prepared?

Compared to Fengshan County, apart from Lion City being more majestic, the city walls were also much bigger. It also had one specialty, which was the water paths in the city that linked to Xinzhou Bay.

The imperial city had a total of three river passages that linked to Xinzhou Bay. As the game had expanded ten times, each path was over fifty meters long. The widest one was even two hundred meters wide.

In Ouyang Shuo's last life, who knows how many merchant ships had directly entered Lion City through the river passages to help increase the prosperity of Lion City.

These river passages were the chances that Yanhuo Yaonie had grasped.

Similar to the Fengshan County battle, the key to winning this battle was how to use their firearms to their greatest efficiency. Especially the use of cannons. If they were just used to blow open the city gates, it would be a waste of a treasure.

Zheng He had chosen to build a cannon formation outside of the city. However, the middle troops let by Yanhuo Yaonie could not replicate this tactic.

No matter how rash they were, the Singaporean players would not fall at the same spot four times. Furthermore, this time, the main defending force was the imperial palace guards. Their duty was to protect the safety of the imperial city, and they would not go out to fight.

The moment the middle troops reached Xinzhou Bay, they stunned Chen Guang and the others.

Anyone would know that no matter how strong the squadron at Fengshan County was, they could not reach Lion City in just one night. The only explanation was that these forces were the hidden troops of the enemy.

Thinking about this point, Chen Guang's heart became heavy.