Chapter 312
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Chapter 312: The Willful Majesty
Back in his own world, Shang Jun quickly contacted Lin Leshi, his ally, and swiftly relayed the intelligence he had gathered.
“I just got out. This invasion battle completely followed the tactics you described, but the opponent was also very difficult to deal with.”
His gaze sweeping, after carefully reading Shang Jun’s lengthy message, Lin Leshi frowned.
“The defending troops used slingers, and the crossbows had astonishing destructive power.”
“Besides these two points, there’s basically no other information from this round.”
Lin Leshi’s original goal was to lure the opponent into revealing more intelligence with a steady fighting style.
Then, after confirming the intelligence in one reconnaissance battle, he would launch a serious attack in the second round to take them down.
However, this time, he had clearly miscalculated.
Could just a slinger unit and a powerful crossbow really defeat Wang Luchong and Zhou Dongnan consecutively?
He felt things weren’t that simple.
“Or was it a victory based on strategy?”
As thoughts raced through his mind, Lin Leshi scrolled back in the chat window, quickly reviewing the messages Shang Jun had sent.
However, the intelligence was too limited.
At most, it could only prove that the opponent fought very steadily.
In such a situation, a rash attack would be too unwise.
At this thought, Lin Leshi also made a decision.
“It seems the plan needs a slight adjustment. You can’t catch a wolf without sacrificing a cub.”
With this in mind, he decisively sent a message to Shang Jun.
“Probe a few more rounds. While confirming the opponent’s troop types and numbers, don’t forget to also scout the surrounding terrain.”
“Also, pay attention to their tactical approach. I will transfer the military expenses for the battles to you.”
A few tens of thousands in military expenses were negligible for Lin Leshi.
The value of Liu Ye’s two Silver-grade items was 2 to 3 million civilization points!
Even if they each took one, it would still be a gain of over a million, and more importantly, they might not even be able to buy them with money!
To earn such an enticing reward, a price always had to be paid.
Since Lin Leshi was so decisive, Shang Jun naturally had no objections and readily agreed.
It was simple, Lin Leshi would provide the money, and he would provide the effort.
Shifting the perspective back to Luo Ji, after a probing invasion battle ended rather uneventfully, Luo Ji stayed in West Plains City for a few more days.
After all, West Plains City had just undergone the crucible of war, and he had then accepted the people of Great Zhou.
The situation was probably quite delicate.
At this critical juncture, his presence as the Emperor would also help to win over hearts and minds.
He could also inspect the business of the branch shops in West Plains City.
For example, right now, he was sitting in a tea shop in West Plains City, drinking tea with Guo Jia and Guo Zhen.
However, at this moment, a soldier rushed over, clearly having something to report to Guo Jia.
Unexpectedly, Luo Ji was also present. Realizing this, he quickly saluted.
“Your subordinate greets Your Majesty!”
Luo Ji, seeing this, casually raised his hand, signaling the soldier to rise.
“Why such a panic?”
“Reporting to Your Majesty, a ferocious tiger has appeared from who knows where in the southern forest outside West Plains City. Many in the logging team have been bitten, and even the hunting team can’t deal with it…”
“Ferocious tiger?”
Hearing this term, Luo Ji’s eyes immediately lit up.
“Perfect! I’ll go see it myself!”
“Ah?!”
At this, the soldier who had rushed up to report was stunned, and even Guo Jia, sitting nearby, changed his expression.
“Your Majesty, this is such a minor matter. Your humble servant will dispatch a squad of soldiers to eliminate that fierce tiger later. Why would Your Majesty need to personally intervene?”
“It’s fine, it’s fine. Consider it exercise.”
As he spoke, Luo Ji stretched.
In the past month or two, he had been working too much and was a bit lacking in exercise.
He was looking for an opportunity to move around.
Although he no longer had to worry about food, an occasional hunting trip was still good.
“This, this…”
“Guo Jia, you little rascal, are you afraid I can’t handle a fierce tiger and will get hurt in the end?”
As if seeing through Guo Jia’s thoughts, Luo Ji chuckled.
“Your Emperor always leads from the front in every major battle, I’m not that delicate. Besides, the soldiers here in West Plains City just finished a battle, let them rest properly. Leave this matter to me.”
“Exactly…”
Hearing this, Guo Zhen immediately chimed in.
On this matter, he was undoubtedly on Luo Ji’s side.
However, he had barely uttered the first word when Guo Jia glared at him, and Guo Zhen immediately fell silent.
“Then, Your Majesty, please at least change into your armor. Your humble servant will send for it immediately.”
“No need. Who goes hunting wearing such heavy armor? Just bring a lighter leather armor.”
Undoubtedly, facing Luo Ji, who was basically unpersuadable once he became willful, Guo Jia argued tirelessly but ultimately couldn’t win him over.
After changing into leather armor, the group left West Plains.
As for the accompanying personnel, at Guo Jia’s repeated insistence, 20 soldiers were ultimately brought as escorts, in addition to Luo Ji’s 10 personal guards.
With this, it was unlikely anything would go wrong.
After leaving the city, Guo Zhen had been in high spirits.
He had clearly been stifled for a while.
Although he didn’t get a chance to charge into battle, going out for a hunt was still good.
However, at this moment, a clear eagle’s cry came from afar.
Hearing this sound, Luo Ji’s lips curved slightly.
He pulled the cape from behind him, wrapped it twice around his forearm.
Then, everyone saw a black shadow quickly flash by, and by the time they regained their senses, a magnificent black eagle was slowly landing on Luo Ji’s forearm, flapping its wings.
With the rapid development of civilization, more and more novelties appeared within Luo Ji’s Myriad Worlds Civilization.
For example, Guo Jia had fallen in love with tea and tea sets.
For rough men like Guo Zhen, weapons, armor, warhorses, and the black eagle on Luo Ji’s forearm were undoubtedly more appealing.
The black eagle, Shadow, as the beloved pet of their Emperor in the Myriad Worlds Civilization, was undoubtedly famous.
It even, to some extent, ignited a craze for raising eagles within the Myriad Worlds Civilization.
Luo Ji actually encouraged these hobbies.
As long as one didn’t steal, rob, break laws, or do anything immoral for self-gain, cultivating proper hobbies was completely fine.
It also contributed to advancing social development.
However, this craze came quickly and faded just as quickly, mainly because the difficulty of getting started was too high.
To raise an eagle, one first needed to acquire a young eagle.
However, eagles, known as rulers of the sky and famous powerful hunters, presented a high-risk endeavor when trying to take their nests.
One misstep could genuinely lead to death.
This alone raised the difficulty to another level.
So, currently, most people in the entire Myriad Worlds Civilization could only envy.
Guo Zhen was one of them.
Looking at Shadow on Luo Ji’s arm, Guo Zhen’s eyes were filled with envy.
Because of this, he even shamelessly sought out Bai Ze, asking Bai Ze to get him one too.
At the time, Bai Ze readily replied with “Okay, okay, okay,” but there had been no movement since.
