Chapter 192
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Chapter 192: Got Tricked?
In a war, the disparity in troop strength between the two sides clearly played a crucial role.
Facing this pincer movement, Zhang Peng had already changed his initial plan.
His original intention was to take down the opponent in one go, and then, after 7 days, coerce them into bringing in outside reinforcements, which was his employer’s instruction.
However, looking at the current situation, the opposing player named Ye Qingxuan was clearly no pushover and quite troublesome.
It seemed necessary to proceed steadily and carefully.
Anyway, as long as he achieved his goal and received 100,000 Civilization Points reward, the process was not important to him.
With this in mind, commanding his shield-axemen unit, Zhang Peng adopted a defensive-offensive strategy, becoming steadier with each engagement.
As the battle progressed, his numerical superiority gradually began to show…
Ye Qingxuan, overlooking the battlefield below, clearly saw this change.
Having fought to this extent without further expanding her advantage, it seemed hopeless.
Moreover, both the opposing player and their soldiers had more combat experience.
If the fight continued, she would instead fall into the disadvantage of insufficient troop strength.
Thinking of this, she decisively blew the wind whistle in her hand again, signaling her soldiers to temporarily retreat and adjust.
Of course, her retreat was not a true withdrawal, harassment was also a very important part of guerrilla warfare.
Regardless of whether a full-scale battle was to be initiated, she would just have her troops hover outside your attack range.
If you relaxed, she would attack.
If you were fully on guard, she would continue to observe, occasionally shooting a few arrows your way just to annoy you, wouldn’t that infuriate you?
Having rehearsed tactics with Luo Ji on the sand table so many times, it had to be said that Ye Qingxuan’s actual performance this time was exceptionally outstanding.
A significant reason for this was the complex mountain forest terrain.
Just as plains were suitable for cavalry combat, mountain terrain combined with guerrilla tactics, plus this unit of native mountain troops, made the combination simply perfect.
The advantage of the terrain was practically amplified twofold at this moment!
One day, two days, three days…
Time passed day by day.
Zhang Peng, glaring with bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep, fiercely pondered his next move.
After some time, he had the distinct feeling of having met his match.
Perhaps in a different location, he could easily win, but the reality was that as the invader, he had no choice in such matters.
After the first day’s surprise offensive using traps, the traps, being ‘single-use items,’ largely lost their effectiveness.
Ye Qingxuan also changed her approach from the first day.
In the following days, she fully implemented the essence of guerrilla warfare, always retreating when the enemy advanced, harassing them when they encamped, attacking when they were weary, and pursuing when they retreated.
This made Zhang Peng, as the invader, feel utterly annoyed.
7 days passed quickly.
He had long stopped viewing Ye Qingxuan as a newcomer.
If all newcomers these days were so cunning, how could anyone get by?
Moreover, having fought to this extent, if he couldn’t get the one hundred thousand Civilization Points reward, he would suffer a huge loss!
Harboring this thought, Zhang Peng clearly did not intend to retreat just yet.
On the other hand, in Ye Qingxuan’s situation, Zhang Peng, who had been continuously harassed by her guerrilla tactics during this period, was not having an easy time, but her own pressure was actually not small either.
One could only say that by leveraging her home ground advantage, she had fought the opponent to a standstill.
If they continued fighting at this pace, they could directly wear each other down for a month, which was quite unexpectedly not in great need of support.
However, according to the plan she and Luo Ji had discussed, she still had to send a request for aid.
Because, being in an ‘invaded’ state, she was normally unable to communicate with the outside world.
Therefore, she could only inform Luo Ji of her current situation through sending ‘aid requests.’
Meanwhile, in another world, Luo Ji leaned back in his office chair, pondering if the time had come, when the system notification in his mind sounded…
[System Notification: Your ally ‘Ye Qingxuan’ has requested your support. Do you accept?]
Listening to the system notification, Luo Ji decisively clicked on the attached aid request and read its contents.
A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
“Growing very quickly, aren’t you…”
After finishing reading, Luo Ji casually clicked ‘Decline.’
That’s right, he didn’t accept.
On one hand, Ye Qingxuan didn’t particularly need his support this time.
On the other hand, this was a plan the two of them had discussed long ago!
Knowing that players from the Zongheng Tianxia were waiting behind the scenes, how could he foolishly jump into this trap?
While Luo Ji was confident in his own strength, he wasn’t arrogant.
He didn’t want to play any game of challenging high-ranked veterans.
Conversely, as Gao Su had said, there were many ways to avoid such situations.
“Hahaha, let me see what you’ll choose, Zhang Peng…”
[System Notification: Player ‘Luo Ji’ is invading your civilization!]
“Huh?!!”
The moment he heard this system notification, Zhang Peng, who was currently invading Ye Qingxuan’s civilization, was utterly dumbfounded.
Luo Ji?
Why did that name sound a bit familiar?
Thinking carefully, wasn’t it the other target his employer had given him?
Was it a coincidence?
How did the opponent know his name?
And, they just happened to pick a time when his city defense forces were empty…
Wait!
His city defense forces were empty because 70% of his troops had been brought out by him!
Thinking of this, Zhang Peng suddenly shivered all over, and large beads of cold sweat began to appear on his forehead, because he realized he had been tricked!
It was Ye Qingxuan’s aid request!
He hadn’t received support authorization on his end because Luo Ji had declined Ye Qingxuan’s request, so the support wasn’t established.
And Ye Qingxuan’s purpose in sending the aid request wasn’t actually to genuinely ask for help, but to write his name in the attached aid request!!
“Damn, damn, damn it!!!”
The moment he realized this, Zhang Peng’s entire mindset almost exploded.
On one side was the 100,000 Points reward, and on the other was his tribal camp, which he had built with his own hands.
Did he even need to choose, for crying out loud?!
If his main city was breached by the enemy, it would truly be a return to square one!
This move by the opponent wasn’t just “besieging Wei to rescue Zhao,” but also “taking away the firewood from under the cauldron.”
Striking at the root of the problem!
“Retreat!”
“I want to retreat!!”
He dared not stay here any longer.
Unlike the support authorization granted to the defending side, that authorization, as long as it wasn’t used, would remain active until the end of the entire battle, serving as the defending side’s only advantage in terms of permissions.
