Chapter 311
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Chapter 311: An Unknown Probe
Looking at the scene of the monarch and minister smiling at each other in harmony, for some reason, the two guards standing beside them inexplicably felt a chill.
Nevertheless, armed with Luo Ji’s official authorization, Guo Jia finally got his wish and took the white jade tea set from the jade shop, implicitly allowing Luo Ji to empty his wallet for the entire next year.
As one of the important figures in his Myriad Worlds Civilization, Guo Jia’s purchase of jade ware was naturally heavily promoted by Luo Ji, his unscrupulous boss, which, unsurprisingly, pushed the popularity of jade ware to a new peak.
Undoubtedly, Luo Ji was intentionally promoting jade ware.
Of course, for similar jade wares, the price could vary greatly depending on the quality and type of jade, combined with the jade craftsman’s skill.
Luo Ji’s goal was to first use this batch of top-grade jade and high prices to establish the concept of jade ware as a ‘luxury item.’
Then, he would gradually introduce relatively cheaper jade to open up the market for ordinary citizens, promoting jade ware across his civilization in one go!
The internal development of the civilization progressed in an orderly fashion.
At the same time, time passed quietly.
Leaning back in his office chair, Luo Ji toyed with the black jade carp in his hand, silently waiting for the last minute of the Truce Token to pass.
[System Notification: Player ‘Shang Jun’ is invading your civilization!]
“Shang Jun?”
Luo Ji frowned slightly.
Another unfamiliar name.
The last one was Zhang Yicheng, who was most likely from the Zongheng Tianxia Alliance.
So, was this Shang Jun also from them?
“Sigh…”
At this thought, Luo Ji couldn’t help but sigh softly.
This was the advantage of having more people.
No matter, when soldiers come, use generals to block, and when water comes, use earth to cover!
Anyway, this time, he was determined to focus on farming for a good while!
In less than half a day, a messenger quickly delivered news to him on horseback.
Undoubtedly, the western border of the Myriad Worlds Civilization, which was West Plains City, was under enemy invasion this time!
Since the last incident, Guo Jia and Guo Zhen, the two brothers, had been responsible for guarding West Plains.
One civil and one military, logically, with the two of them stationed there, Luo Ji’s western defense line in the Myriad Worlds Civilization should be very stable.
However, purely in terms of defensive strength, Iron Wall City was definitely more stable.
After all, Iron Wall City had Zhao Pan, a great defending general, personally stationed there.
With his inherent talent providing a defensive combat power buff, coupled with the bonus effect of the Gold-tier Slinger Specialization, under the double buff, the suppressive power Zhao Pan unleashed when commanding slingers in a defensive battle was almost cheat-like.
In contrast, while the slingers in West Plains City still performed well as defensive troops, there was a clear gap when compared to Zhao Pan’s side.
If sometimes Zhao Pan could completely suppress the enemy’s siege forces with just slingers, then under the command of another person, with two layers of enhancement effects missing, the slinger unit would clearly struggle to unleash that cheat-like suppressive power.
The situation in West Plains City was clearly like this.
However, fortunately, with Guo Jia, the strategist, stationed there, changing tactics and using the slinger unit as a regular defensive troop presented no issues.
“Let me lead troops out of the city! Watch me drive the enemy back in one go!”
Looking at the battle outside the city, Guo Zhen, standing on the city wall, weighed the bronze battle axe in his hand and said with a murderous aura.
Hearing this, Guo Jia shook his head.
“The enemy attacking the city this time is fighting very steadily.”
“If you lead troops out, you won’t gain any significant advantage and will only increase risk.”
Guo Zhen naturally looked frustrated.
Thinking of the troops of Luo Yong, Liu Meng, Liu Zheng, Bai Ze, and Burigude, they were units that charged when their general said so.
But on his side, when he, the general, said to charge, his subordinates would immediately look to Guo Jia, and only when Guo Jia nodded and said to charge, then they would charge.
At this thought, Guo Zhen felt annoyed.
His military authority had been completely sidelined by his younger brother.
His role as a general truly held no status at all!
Ignoring the frustrated Guo Zhen, Guo Jia frowned slightly, observing the besieging forces outside the city.
The opposing player’s siege tactics appeared very seasoned, lacking both highlights and flaws, adopting an entirely cautious stance, which made him feel like he couldn’t pinpoint an opportunity to strike.
After pondering for a while, he simply played it safe with the opponent.
Since you’re using siege troops to wear me down, I’ll use slinger units to wear you down too.
Comparatively, I have an extra city wall.
Let’s see who can outlast whom!
It was proven that the opponent couldn’t outlast Guo Jia.
After two symbolic rounds of attacks, they retreated quite swiftly, leaving behind the eagerly waiting Guo Zhen on the city wall.
Luo Ji arrived on Liaoyuan Huo, riding at full speed.
To his surprise, the siege battle had clearly already ended, despite it still being early.”
“Tell me the specific situation.”
What Luo Ji cared about most now was undoubtedly the enemy’s attack strength and siege configuration, hoping to confirm whether this newly invading player was indeed from Zongheng Tianxia.
Guo Jia quickly told Luo Ji all the known information.
After listening, Luo Ji fell into thought.
“The opponent brought siege machines? Did they fire the crossbow?”
“Yes.”
Guo Jia nodded.
“They brought two crossbows and fired one round. After that, I immediately signaled for our Triple-Bow Bed Crossbows on the city wall to target them. After destroying one of them, the enemy’s crossbowmen immediately pushed the other one back and retreated.”
“Is that so…”
According to Guo Jia’s account, there was nothing unusual about the opponent’s tactics.
One could only say that this was a normal Bronze-tier player probing his defensive forces.
Based on this information alone, Luo Ji could neither confirm nor deny if the opponent was a Zongheng Tianxia player.
He could only place a question mark on the name Shang Jun.
Rubbing his chin, this issue was undoubtedly giving Luo Ji a slight headache.
Finally, he simply stated.
“Fight normally. I brought 500 cavalry. If the opponent dares to attack again, try to see if you can flank them and take them out.”
However, the result disappointed Luo Ji, because Shang Jun did not attack again.
The opponent retreated quite decisively, and 7 days later, sent him a Bronze Treasure Chest, plus over 20,000 civilization points.
Undoubtedly, this was another relatively bare-bones player, but this was not conclusive evidence.
Rubbing his brow, at any rate, he had gained another month of development time.
