Planeswalker My Plane War

Chapter 406 The Age of the Gods 1
"Your father... what's going on?"

"My father is in charge of leading the caravan, that's right, our own caravan!" Bell raised his chin proudly. "I originally came to Yingqiu, but I didn't expect to have this opportunity to return to the city. It's really amazing, those Laiyi..."

Zhang Cheng had remembered that Nanling had plans to form a caravan - it was inevitable.Any group that has surplus products will inevitably need to exchange with the outside world.If you don't want to accept the profiteering exploits of large and small business travelers such as traveling merchants, then you have to form a caravan yourself.

Speaking of which, those timetravelers once planned to persuade Zhang Cheng to join, and let Zhang Cheng be the captain of the caravan.Although the traversers later died due to various reasons, the development of Xiaxu continued, and it became inevitable to organize caravans to carry out trade.

So the caravan from Xiaxu has come to Camp Hill?Thinking about it, this also seems normal.After all, under the advanced vision of the traverser, it is normal to do anything.

About half a year later, has the group formed by escaped slaves and savages developed further?
"Tsk... Zhang Cheng, you're so boring, you're always distracted!" Ling Dang said.The little girl made another grimace at him, turned around and ran away.

Jiang Kao caught up behind him. "Brother, what happened just now?"

"It's okay, I saw an acquaintance." Zhang Cheng knew that the back figure he saw at first just now was not Bell.But he really couldn't remember who it was for a while.

It's very familiar, and... there's a strong sense of danger.It was this sense of danger that made him want to catch up to see what happened.

"By the way, brother Jiang Kao, you said if, I just said if, Dongyi has the strength to wipe out twenty or thirty chariots in one fell swoop, so why? I'm not talking about defeat, but annihilation."

"Hahaha...impossible!" Jiang Kao said. "I've inquired in Yingqiu before that there are only so many Dongyi tribes around Guicheng, and there are only so many people. As long as the army is not mobilized from afar, it is impossible. More than ten days It's long, but short. They can't count it. And even if there is such a soldier nearby by chance." Jiang Kao said. "Even if there are tens of thousands of people, twenty or thirty chariots can't win the battle, but as long as they find a suitable position, they are enough to break through."

That was nearly a hundred high-level fighters and spellcasters.If there are so many strong people playing their lives in a wave, no amount of ordinary miscellaneous soldiers can stop them.Jiang Kao has this confidence.The big witch's divination is very powerful, but in the final analysis it is just a vague divination, which can be used to avoid evil and seek good fortune, but there is a limit after all.Otherwise, the great witch would have ruled the world long ago.Jiang Kao didn't believe that the other party could really predict all the details about him.

Zhang Cheng has fully understood Jiang Kao's thoughts.For noble warriors and spellcasters like Jiang Kao, this is a low-risk but high-return adventure.Because most of the risks are borne by those businessmen.

From Jiang Kao's standpoint, this is indeed a very correct choice.In other words, even now, he has no way to criticize Jiang Kao.After all, they are nobles in this world, and they are high-level nobles. They don't have the idea of ​​serving the people.It was only natural to make such a decision.

Although Jiang Kao heard what Damu said just now, he obviously didn't care.He regarded it as a unilateral view of the Gan Yi.After all, among the Dongyi, that is, the Huaiyi are recognized by humans as a civilized race of the same level, and one of the other nine Yi is counted as one, and they are all ignorant barbarians.What insight can a savage have?
Someone ran over there, first greeted Jiang Hei, and then came towards Jiang Kao.Looks like it's a messenger, bringing some news.The messenger saw Zhang Cheng, so he said a few words to Jiang Kao in a very light and fast voice.

"Ah, dear brother, there is something urgent for my brother, let's leave first." This matter seemed very important, Jiang Kao's face changed slightly, and he immediately bid farewell to Zhang Cheng.

"Okay, it's okay." Zhang Cheng watched Jiang Kao leave.It looks like things are getting complicated.

Tsk... the timeline has been separated for too long, so it's hard to judge what's really going on now.

Reality and the game timeline are staggered, so what happens is different.Zhang Cheng now knows that he came too early, and because of himself, he has subtly reversed some problems.

For example, Jiang Kao, who was supposed to become a prisoner of Xiong, was sold to Guicheng and placed under house arrest, and finally became a hostage card in Dongyi's hand.The effect of this card is hard to say, at least it is enough to be a political bargaining chip.But now, this prisoner who could only be locked up doing nothing has caused a plot that should not have happened.

Moreover, this is almost a major event that changes the development of the entire Battle of Yingqiu.

Combining the reality and the game, it can be speculated that if the Jiang Kao plan is successful this time, it is indeed very likely to change the entire development of the situation, and even directly eliminate the war in the invisible.Even if Jiang Kao's plan fails, Yingqiu will definitely be able to prepare better and more comprehensively for the war, and it will be easier to win.

But... there is a strange question.Why was Dong Yi repelled in the game?
Initially, this question was unnecessary.It's nothing more than the reasons why the soldiers in Yingqiu used their lives, were not afraid of sacrifice, and the enemy took the enemy too lightly, and so on.From the history of the earth, we can see countless battles where the weak defeated the strong and the few defeated the many.Let alone a siege this time.Siege warfare is inherently difficult to fight, and it is not surprising what it looks like.

In addition, the organizer of the Dongyi side this time seems to be a big witch.If it were Earth, it would be almost equivalent to religious leaders. There is no necessary connection between religious leaders and military geniuses. Even if they organize superior forces, it is common sense not to know how to use their advantages.

The above is probably the typical view of people on earth on this kind of thing.

But after Damu said "absolutely not", Zhang Cheng couldn't help but think of another problem.

That is, the world is far from being as simple as it seems.He has lived in this world for so long, and he already clearly understands what kind of world this is.In the words of the game, this is a mythical era in which gods can walk freely on the earth.

The establishment of the summer house, the home of the world, is behind the factors of the gods.Cheng Tang's overthrow of Xia Shi was supported by the gods.Zhou's replacement of Yin and Shang was also supported by the gods.The decline of the Zhou Dynasty was also caused by the gods.Now that the dog army invaded and killed Zhou Tianzi, it was also because of the gods behind it.

Doctor Kunwu was able to hold on to Kunwu City, and then he was canonized by the princes.On the surface, it seems that this is due to his own efforts and the help of his subordinates (including Zhang Cheng).After all, he has defeated dog soldiers and horses several times, captured the jade mine in the swamp, and captured the files of the Nine Barbarians. He has made many great achievements as a doctor.But there is also Zhu Rong's support behind this.Zhu Rong first directly recommended Zhang Cheng to Dr. Kunwu in a large-scale sacrificial ceremony.When the undead dungeon appeared, Zhu Rong directly warned Dr. Kunwu who was fighting outside.Although Zhang Cheng didn't know anything else, he wanted to know that Zhu Rong would definitely give Dr. Kunwu a lot of support at ordinary times, which was also the confidence and guarantee for him to dare to lead the army to leave Kunwu City to take the initiative to attack.From a certain point of view, Zhu Rong is Doctor Kunwu's biggest backer and promoter.

The influence of the gods can be said to be omnipresent.Any matter that is a little bit bigger, there are factors of gods behind it.

So, is there any god factor behind this battle to attack the camp?

Wu Qing is Dongjun's witch.Although he is not a godborn, he is a great witch.Even if Da Wu is not his own son, he is at least his godson.It's hard to imagine that Dongjun would be indifferent to this matter.

No, it should be said that no matter whether it was Xiaoxiong, Ao Guangyi or Doctor Kunwu, they had reminded them before.Dongjun is by no means the kind of person who leaves the big witch alone.In fact, Dr. Kunwu also knew that the consequences of kidnapping Wu Qing might be serious, so that even though he urgently needed Zhang Cheng to catch a great witch back, he asked Zhang Cheng to do what he could and try not to choose Dong Jun's great witch.

Combine things and you'll know instinctively.The attack on Yingqiu probably has the support of Dongjun behind it.

But the problem is, if Zhang Cheng is not mistaken, as the territory of Zhu Xia, the princes conferred by the Zhou family, there should not be any gods behind Yingqiu.

According to Donghai Jun and Xiaoxiong, the gods have long been separated from Zhou Shi.That's why Heng'e blasted Zhou Shi without any worries.Well, of course a few gods are definitely willing to support the Zhou family, such as Hou Ji.However, this support is limited, and the crux of the matter lies in the West, on the side of Inu Rong.As for Dongyi, Ao Guang has clearly pointed out that the attack on Yingqiu is pure speculation.Even the organizers and promoters didn't want to take this opportunity to attack Zhu Xia aggressively and annex Zhu Xia's oriental princes in one fell swoop.Instead, they want to use the method of capturing Yingqiu to gain political capital, mainly to deal with internal disputes in Dongyi, and to reunify and integrate all parties.

Although tens of thousands of people will die in this war, it will not directly change the overall situation of Zhuxia and Dongyi.

In the eyes of the residents of Camp Hill, this would be a disaster.But in the eyes of those who grasp the general trend of the world, Yingqiu is nothing at all.

The attacking side is bound to win.If they fail, this war will amount to their curtain call from the political arena.The consequences are too serious for them to bear.So they must do everything they can.

The defensive side is isolated and helpless, no matter the gods behind it, or the princes, or the Zhou family, they don't care, at least they are powerless to take care of a mere camp.

But in the end, Yingqiu still defended.Although the loss was heavy, it was defended after all.The Dongyi army also suffered heavy losses.The main plot of the entire "Border Fortress" scene is basically that the player is ordered to kill the guard troops left by Dongyi one by one.To put it bluntly, it is not an exaggeration to call it cleaning the battlefield.

Why is this?Is it just that Dongyi is not prepared enough?The commander is proud and underestimates the enemy?Or the camp mound is very defensive?This conclusion is normal on the secular level, but it is very abnormal when considering the factors of gods.

In the game, when the player arrives at the border fortress, the whole situation is like this. The war is over, the main force of the enemy has withdrawn, and the remaining troops are still outside the city.The commanders of the city defense army, large and small, enthusiastically left these experience points to the players.Players can drive Wushuang all the way to clean up the remnants of the enemy outside the city, and by the way complete tasks such as hunting down traitors and looking for enemy remnants.But looking back carefully at the whole process, there is no clue pointing out the key to the victory or defeat of this war.

And there is another detail that I have overlooked... that is, in the plot of the game, there are actually no reinforcements on the human side.The Dongyi troops took the initiative to withdraw from the siege.Ao Guang also said this point, Dongyi actually has preparations for a long-term siege.They also knew that Zhu Xia could not send any reinforcements here.

Combined with reality, Wu Qing can recruit a few Lai Yi to help in the battle.It's hard to say whether they will go to the battlefield, but at least they can control Daxi and use Daxi to provide supplies for the army.That is to say... With normal development, there should be no such situation as Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, that is, when the food and grass are exhausted and the troops have to retreat.

Zhang Cheng found himself a little confused.

If it was the game timeline, why did Dongyi fail?
There are some examples of bluffing empty cities on the earth, and bluffing to make the enemy make a wrong judgment and withdraw troops.But there are Wu Qing sitting here.In front of the great witch, no deception will work.People can tell by divination.

Internal turmoil necessitated a retreat?No, it shouldn't be, because Dongyi's retreat was very orderly.Even part of the army was sent to the rear (although it was cleared up by the player Kai Wushuang), this is by no means a reaction that a chaotic army can make.

I can't understand it at all!
Before he knew it, Zhang Cheng found that he had returned to his residence.Outside, it was getting dark.

Little Bear has already come out of the card, "Zhang Cheng, you look out of your mind, what's wrong?"

"I'm thinking about a question. Without me, without Jiang Kao, none of this would have happened. Wu Qing successfully gathered troops to attack Yingqiu...why did he lose?" Zhang Cheng said.

"Losing? There's no reason to lose." Little Bear was puzzled.

"In short, they didn't win the battle. After besieging the city for a while, they took the initiative to retreat." Zhang Cheng asked.

"Is this a deduction? From my point of view, there is only one reason for Wu Qing to voluntarily retreat under such circumstances, and that is that he has no confidence." Xiao Xiong replied. "As for Wu Qing's confidence, you don't need to ask. It must be Dongjun. The trump card Dongjun gave Wu Qing has failed. Or Dongjun himself has made a mistake, so Wu Qing has no confidence to fight."

"What trump card will Dong Jun give Wu Qing?"

"An artifact? With the help of a few great spirits? A group of selected subordinates? Maybe even a divine drop." Xiong said. "Directly send a clone down to cover up the situation for your own witch. Considering that you are a big witch, it's not wrong to do so."

"Is this possible?" The boss of the gods went directly to copy the guy... Although this is an era when the gods can walk freely on the earth, this approach is too shameless, isn't it? "Can you still do this?"

"Of course. If I'm not mistaken, Si Ming has done the same trick." Little Bear smiled. "With Hu Fang, Chu people, Nanman and other mobs, they killed King Zhao's Sixth Division directly. However, it should be an accident that King Zhao drowned himself. If possible, the Chu people would rather capture him than kill him."

(End of this chapter)