The World Online

Chapter 1060: The Strong and the Weak

Based on the country war settings, during the country war period, if a country initiated an attack whilst engaging with three other countries, the country war leader could summon 5% of the country’s guards at a price of 10 gold per person to aid the battlefield.

To most regions in the game, the number of guards would not exceed a million. As a result, they would be able to summon 50 thousand guards at most, which would not be able to affect the situation much.

However, China was different.

The China region had a total of 10 million guards, which meant that he could summon 500 thousand guards to aid their efforts.

If both the south and north armies joined hands, Ouyang Shuo would not have needed to summon the Imperial City Guards. After all, to summon 500 thousand guards, he would need to pay five million gold.

If it were not the final moment, Ouyang Shuo did not want to spend this sum.

Seeing that Di Chen was not cooperating, Ouyang Shuo could only bear the pain and use this trump card. He wanted to see how Silver Hand would react when the north army took down Edo by themselves.

Not mentioning others, but the face of Di Chen’s grandfather would definitely be really ugly.

Another interesting thing was that China had nine imperial cities, so which city to summon from was up for Ouyang Shuo to decide on.

Just this alone meant that Ouyang Shuo could do a lot of stuff.

When Blood Romance and the others heard that, they were all really excited and said, “Let’s split the cost, we cannot let you pay for it alone.”

That’s right, this was not 50 thousand but a full five million.

Even the rich Great Xia found it a little difficult to take out such a sum of money in one shot. Along with this battle, Great Xia had provided transport and grain for the adventure gamemode players without compensation. They had really done a lot.

Ouyang Shuo shook his head.

“Why? Are you looking down on us? We can still take out a million.” Blood Romance showed unhappiness.

Ouyang Shuo smiled, “I did not mean that. I’ll just keep the sum of money on record and deduct it from the spoils of war after we take down Edo.”

The huge Edo would definitely yield a lot of spoils of war.

“That’s more like it.” Blood Romance’s expression relaxed.

…

6th month, 17th day, Ouyang Shuo and his group docked on the west outskirts of Edo.

The next day, the north army gathered outside the city. The huge city covered the land. If one looked carefully, one could see the exhaustion and sadness on their faces.

Half a month had passed since the country war started, and to take down Japan, the north army had paid a heavy price. Especially during the last three days, where to clear out the final obstacle, the north army had attacked with determination and without care of sacrifice.

After battle after battle, 13 War Fighting Legions, 910 thousand troops were left with 800 thousand, and this count included some injured who insisted on rushing over to Edo to gather.

It was not that Ouyang Shuo was vicious and did not want to summon the 500 thousand guards in advance to help.

Even with the 500 thousand guards, the north army would only have around 1.3 million. Facing the 800 thousand Edo guards, they still did not hold an absolute advantage.

Edo was an imperial city and was not so easily taken down.

Not mentioning the Japanese battlefield, but even in the Battle of Korea, Seoul had not been taken down by Li Jing yet.

To break through the city, one needed to play it smart. The 500 thousand guards were a trump card to be used when the enemy least expected it to catch them off guard.

18th day, morning, Ouyang Shuo met Han Xin in secret and told him about the 500 thousand guards.

When Han Xin heard that, he was enlightened, and the questions from before were all unraveled. He solemnly said, “Do not worry, my king. With this group of soldiers, I’ll break through within five days.”

Ouyang Shuo smiled, “I naturally trust in your ability. If we win, you’ll have first credit. With so many achievements, your title should be raised.”

Compared to Baiqi and Huo Qubing, Han Xin paid more attention to fame. Ouyang Shuo hinting that he was going to promote him to commander in chief just like Baiqi and Li Jing was targeting that attribute of his.

As expected, excitement flashed across his face, but it was quickly wiped away.

“I will not let you down!”

…

After leaving, Han Xin started to plan the formations.

Strictly speaking, Edo could be considered an ocean city. Hence, Han Xin let the Emperor Squadron and the Pacific Squadron handle the east and south sides.

The two squadrons could provide cannon fire from the ocean or use their gunners to directly participate in the war.

Apart from the south and the east, for the remaining sides, Han Xin had arranged large amount of men. What outsiders could not see was that although it looked like Han Xin splitting up the army around Edo, there were differences.

It might be a small disguise, but to do that showed Han Xin’s skill.

800 thousand warfighting troops were mainly on the north and east sides with the west having a small number of troops. It was obvious that since the start, Han Xin was planning to send the 500 thousand guards there.

Toward all this, the Japanese knew nothing about it.

…

On the current Edo city wall stood a row of people, and around them were their Personal Guards.

Standing right in the middle was naturally Emperor Meiji, and to his left was Sanli City Lord Keisuke Honda and to his right was Oda Nobunaga.

The three core people of the Japanese camp were gathered here.

“They look like they are really going to attack. Who are they trying to fool?” Keisuke Honda’s expression was a lot more relaxed compared to a few days ago. Although he was still really sour, he did not fear anything anymore.

After he received his grandfather’s reply, his heart totally calmed down. He did not believe that the China north army could take down Edo by themselves.

“The enemy is probably forced into it!” Oda Nobunaga said.

Half a month of battles let this legendary Japanese figure realize the strength of China. He was especially respectful toward the commander Han Xin.

Such strength was definitely not something Japan could compare to.

Of course, Oda Nobunaga was really impressed with Lord Keisuke Honda’s actions. He still did not understand how his Lord managed to persuade the China south army to cooperate.

The China south army might look like they were going all out against the army led by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but it was just a show.

If not, how could Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s tens of thousands of troops be able to stop the enemy?

Emperor Meiji, who stood in the middle, was expressionless. He calmly looked on at the enemy outside and said to Oda Nobunaga, “For the defense of Edo, I’ll leave it to you!”

Originally, this seemed like a great job, but when Oda Nobunaga heard that, his expression was a little awkward. Strictly speaking, Oda Nobunaga was not under Emperor Meiji but Keisuke Honda.

For the emperor to boldly go over Keisuke Honda and directly order Oda Nobunaga had broken the rules.

Logically speaking, Emperor Meiji was a legendary lord and should not make such low-level mistakes. However, he still did that, and the meaning within left a lot to be desired.

Along with Sanli City being destroyed, Emperor Meiji finally bared his fangs and started to take over control of Japan.

His words were a show of strength.

When Keisuke Honda heard that, his face cramped up. That’s right, after this battle, although Japan was saved, Sanli City would be badly hurt.

Gaia had a rule that the same region could only launch one country war against another. Even after the country war ended, the rule was still effective.

Such a setting was a protection toward the weaker countries.

As they say, the heavens always give people chances. As long as the weaker country could get past this, it could basically survive with no worry. As a result, Korea was willing to enter this battle.

If not, the Honda family would not have made such a promise to the Di family.

Even so, the situation was still really bad.

Keisuke Honda looked deeply at Emperor Meiji before turning around to Oda Nobunaga and forcing a smile, “Since the emperor trusts you, general, take the job.”

“Hai!”

Oda Nobunaga was stuck in the middle, facing a really awkward situation.