Chapter 284
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Chapter 284: He Started Panicking
Since Ye Qingxuan last sent him a batch of tea leaves, Luo Ji, having drunk it for a long time, had developed a habit of drinking tea.
However, tea was a luxury item to him.
To what extent was it a luxury?
Simply put, currently, in his entire civilization, basically only Luo Ji himself drank tea.
After all, there wasn’t much in stock, barely enough for his own consumption.
The last time he brought them back to Mirror City for commendations, Luo Ji casually had someone brew a pot of tea.
Since then, Guo Jia had set his sights on his tea leaves.
However, this also solved a problem for Luo Ji, which was how to reward Guo Jia.
Because according to his position, Guo Jia, as a military advisor, already held an extremely transcendent status, with no further promotions available.
So, every time he performed a commendable deed, Luo Ji could only reward him with items.
If he rewarded him with money, after a few times, this Guo Jia fellow could already be described as filthy rich.
Rewarding more money would be meaningless, so Luo Ji could only find rare items.
One time, he truly had nothing good to reward, so Luo Ji directly asked Ma Ji to find a well-bred pony and give it to him.
This showed how much of a headache this problem was for Luo Ji.
But now it was good, he could reward tea leaves, it was just a pity for his small stock.
After some simple commendations, Luo Ji decisively returned to the main topic.
“It seems you know what I’m going to do next?”
Luo Ji clearly remembered Guo Jia’s ‘Counter Scheme’ talent, which allowed him to see through enemy strategies and counter them.
Using schemes in front of this young man required thorough mental preparation.
And Zhou Dongnan’s tactical arrangements had clearly been seen through by Guo Jia from the start, and there was a 90% chance he had thought along the same lines as Luo Ji.
That’s why, with minimal communication, he was able to directly lead Bai Ze and Burigude, who had just arrived at East Frontier City, to this location to cooperate with Luo Ji’s actions.
Hearing Luo Ji’s words, Guo Jia smiled slightly.
“The scout sent to Songshan City to investigate the situation has already reported back.”
“The defending general of Songshan City, Wang Tong, should be having an easy time now, right?”
Luo Ji also grinned upon hearing this.
“Then I’m relieved. I’ll leave the matters here to you. I need to go back to Songhe City to check, as the main event is over there.”
“Guo Jia accepts the order!”
Riding on Red Hare, Luo Ji returned to Songhe City with Zhou Yi and his personal guards.
Along the way, Zhou Yi’s emotions remained turbulent.
The lineup of generals under his new leader was even stronger than he had anticipated, making Zhou Yi, who was originally very confident in himself, suddenly feel a little less confident.
There was no need to elaborate on Luo Yong, who had split Liu Hu with an axe earlier.
Zhao Pan, who later arrived at Songhe City with reinforcements, also gave him a very unusual feeling.
Guo Zhen, whose strength could overpower Jiang Wei, was even more remarkable.
And while Bai Ze’s earlier actions were somewhat opportunistic, the spear thrust that killed Jiang Wei still left Zhou Yi feeling a burst of admiration.
In addition, there were Burigude and Guo Jia who arrived later.
Thinking of this, Zhou Yi inexplicably felt his future was uncertain.
Among such a group of strong soldiers and fierce generals, did he really have a chance to stand out?
He started panicking.
Thus, Zhou Yi returned to Songhe City, entangled in his thoughts.
By the time they entered the city, it was already close to sunset, and Songhe City was still under their control.
The outcome of the defensive battle was self-evident.
Zhou Yi only felt the pressure on him instantly grow heavier.
“Facing two siege towers and Shangyuan City’s siege army, they actually held out…”
Just as he was thinking this, Zhao Pan steadily walked towards them.
His bronze armor, stained with a large amount of blood, indicated that this battle had not been easy for him.
“Your subordinate Zhao Pan, greets the Chief!”
“Mm, you’ve worked hard in this defensive battle. What are the results?”
This question was no problem for the highly responsible Zhao Pan, because he would certainly have compiled all the statistics immediately after the battle ended.
A string of data flowed almost effortlessly from his mouth.
When Luo Ji learned from Zhao Pan that their own casualties had actually reached over 500, his brows couldn’t help but twitch slightly.
This number was a bit beyond his expectation.
However, when Zhao Pan later stated that the actual number of the siege army had reached over 3,000, Luo Ji felt relieved.
That wave of Zhou Dongnan’s attack was indeed fierce.
Including Jiang Wei, who had gone around to the rear, the total forces deployed for this one siege battle reached over 4,000, plus two siege towers that resembled armored vehicles.
It was clearly a posture intended to wipe him out in one go.
Unfortunately, he still had the upper hand in skill.
Zhao Pan’s report continued.
Luo Ji listened as he walked.
Finally, when he heard that their two siege towers had actually been captured, before Luo Ji could react, Zhou Yi, who was beside him, already let out an exclamation.
“You actually captured the siege towers?!”
“Yes.”
Zhao Pan replied, maintaining his usual humble yet dignified demeanor.
At this moment, he exuded no trace of self-satisfaction, which surprisingly gave Zhou Yi a stomachache.
The capture of the two siege towers could only mean one thing, Li Kuo had retreated, and his retreat was unusually hasty.
It was out of compulsion that he chose to preserve his troops and abandon the siege towers.
Otherwise, would the Great Zhou army’s siege weapons be discarded so easily?
Just as Zhou Yi was thinking this, Zhao Pan spoke again.
“It’s just a pity that one of the siege towers was forcibly destroyed by the triple-bow bed crossbows during the siege, and the remaining siege tower had its wheels deliberately damaged by the enemy during their retreat.”
“It likely cannot be used in the short term.”
Hearing these words, Zhou Yi couldn’t help but rub his forehead.
No, he was a bit bewildered.
The other party had been saying things beyond his common understanding since earlier.
For instance, the Great Zhou army’s almost indestructible siege tower was actually destroyed.
Just being captured was already shocking enough for him.
Destroyed? What kind of joke was this?
He had truly never witnessed such a thing!
And Luo Ji was clearly very interested in these siege towers as well.
He immediately motioned for Zhao Pan to take him to see them.
And indeed, one of them was truly destroyed, and quite thoroughly at that, practically falling apart entirely.
The other one, having suffered no attacks, was still relatively intact, except for the wheels.
