Chapter 328
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Chapter 328: Let’s Talk About Something
Meanwhile, 7 days had already passed.
During this time, Lin Leshi sent a message to Shang Jun every day, but the reply was always the system notification, “The recipient is currently in an invasion battle and cannot receive messages.” This situation made him frown slightly.
The current situation was clearly not what he had initially planned.
He could think of three possibilities.
The first possibility was that after the first few days of siege warfare, Shang Jun saw a chance to win and decided to take down Luo Ji in one go.
If this were the case, Lin Leshi had nothing to say.
After all, their camaraderie aside, they had made it clear from the beginning of their cooperation that whoever took down Luo Ji first would depend on their own ability.
If Shang Jun seized an opportunity, there was no problem.
The second possibility was a bit more troublesome, by the 7th day, Shang Jun still couldn’t shake off the opponent’s entanglement.
To use the retreat permission, you first had to be out of combat.
If the opponent kept pursuing you, preventing you from disengaging from combat, then you couldn’t retreat.
This was clearly a bad situation.
After all, the ‘spear and shield combination’ he chose, while being a ‘jack-of-all-trades’ and ‘stable,’ had a significant weakness in terms of mobility.
In a prolonged battle, this weakness would be infinitely magnified.
Given enough time, the opponent could completely wear down Shang Jun with a more mobile or flexible force.
As for the third possibility, it was undoubtedly the worst, with Shang Jun being captured.
In a ‘captured’ state, one also couldn’t retreat or send for help.
And why hadn’t Shang Jun died yet after being captured?
It was simple, Luo Ji was using the system’s rules to buy himself more safe time!
Faced with these three possibilities, Lin Leshi couldn’t make an accurate judgment because he didn’t know what exactly had happened.
At this point, all he could do was wait.
Days passed by.
Sitting in a corner of a restaurant, eating his meal and listening to a storyteller, Lu Yang, who was enjoying his vacation, couldn’t help but marvel at the peaceful life in Myriad Worlds Civilization.
One couldn’t tell that they had just experienced an invasion battle, the people’s lives were peaceful and stable.
This situation had never occurred in the former Great Zhou Kingdom.
In the past, every time Zhou Dongnan waged war, the people of the various cities would live in constant fear, afraid that some unforeseen event would lead to their forced conscription.
The lives of the common people were truly miserable.
Even those nobles, far removed from the court, remained low-key in their residences, fearing any mishap.
It was precisely because of this that the current state of the Myriad Worlds Civilization’s people astonished Lu Yang so much.
Within the current Myriad Worlds Civilization, the ‘Battle of White Horse City’ had already become a new tale for storytellers.
As the protagonist of this story, Liu Zheng, the defending general of Iron Wall City, had undoubtedly gained countless admirers.
Zhou Yi’s reputation also improved.
Since quelling the internal rebellion, he had once again reached a small peak.
This wave could truly be said to have had significant effects.
After finishing the story and paying for his meal, Lu Yang slowly walked towards his residence.
He had to go to work again tomorrow.
And because of the rotating day off system, he was off today, and it would be someone else’s turn in the office tomorrow.
In other words, during this period, only three people were on duty in their secretary’s office, meaning everyone’s workload would be heavier than usual.
Thus, he planned to go to bed early today.
The night passed uneventfully.
Similarly, having passed his bi-monthly day off, Luo Ji, early in the morning, was gloomily scooping up a bowl of pumpkin porridge.
“Little Ye Zi, how about we discuss something?”
“No, Your Majesty. The doctor said your body has just recovered, and you can’t eat too much meat for your three meals.”
The young woman responsible for Luo Ji’s diet and daily life, sounding particularly stubborn at this moment.
“Sigh, I’m so tired…”
Pumpkin porridge, simmered with natural ingredients, was quite delicious even without any seasoning, just with the pumpkin’s faint sweetness.
But, but! He’d been drinking porridge for over a month!
Every breakfast was porridge, and he was truly about to vomit from it!
Gloomily drinking half a bowl of pumpkin porridge, Luo Ji declared this was his limit.
“Little Ye Zi, seriously, at least let me switch my breakfast to steamed buns and soy milk.”
“But the doctor said porridge is easier to digest, and Your Majesty sits all morning without much exercise.”
Hearing this, Luo Ji felt a stomach ache.
Then he put on a serious and solemn expression.
About 10 seconds later, our Miss Liu Ye decisively gave in.
“Oh, alright.”
After a small interlude, Luo Ji quickly finished his breakfast and began to review the reports already on his desk.
These were the casualty report and spoils of war statistics from the recent White Horse City campaign.
The casualties in that war were actually not significant.
Before the reinforcements arrived, White Horse City’s defending general had steadfastly held the city walls, avoiding direct confrontations between the two armies as much as possible.
So, the main focus was on the spoils of war.
That Shang Jun really sent him a lot of good things, a large number of captured bronze shields, long spears, bows and arrows, helmets, and leather armor, plus two siege crossbows, one siege ram, and 372 surrendered soldiers.
His military equipment count suddenly surged.
While fighting had risks, if handled well and without mishaps, one could truly grow richer with each battle.
However, for the current Luo Ji, the most valuable things weren’t the weapons and equipment, but the 372 surrendered soldiers.
After all, he was expanding his forces, and unlike the ordinary citizens of Myriad Worlds Civilization, he could directly send these surrendered soldiers to the military camps, and basically no one would object.
As for the two siege crossbows and one siege ram that were of little use to him, Luo Ji decisively opened his friend list, intending to send a message to Ye Qingxuan, as usual planning to trade them to her for disposal.
However, after typing it out, as soon as he pressed the send button, the system informed him that he was currently in a defensive battle, and the message could not be sent.
Well, because the actual fighting had already ended, Luo Ji had forgotten about this.
It seemed this matter would have to wait until the battle officially concluded.
Thinking of this, Luo Ji casually picked up a piece of paper from his desk and made a note about this matter.
He couldn’t help it, he had too many miscellaneous things going on right now.
If he didn’t make notes, he probably wouldn’t remember them at all.
