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Yunnan Province, alliance army command center.

The lightning quick fall of the Lingnan City-State filled Qin Feng and the others with regret.

Especially after they found out that the two legion corps Shanhai City pulled out of the Yunnan battlefield were already on their way back.

”If we knew that was going to happen, we would go all out to assist them.”

Many dark clouds gathered above the skies of Yunnan.

Qin Feng and the others hoped that Lingnan City-State could cause heavy casualties to Shanhai City and eat up two to three legions at the very least.

With that, Shanhai City would not have the strength to attack Yunnan City-State. That would also help buy them some precious time to expand the army once more.

One had to say that their calculations were quite good.

”Who knew that the Lingnan City-State was actually so weak?” Some Lords mocked when they saw that their plans had failed, ”So, so weak!”

In the end, not only did Lingnan City-State not cause any problems for Shanhai City, it also gave them a wave of people, increasing their army by three legions.

The situation was simply too awkward.

”In my opinion, Caiyun Zinan and the others are just too scared. They moved their army to the border. Before war even broke out, they shriveled up, such spineless garbage!” Some Lords started to ridicule their allies.

To say that was actually unreasonable.

At the very least, Caiyun Zinan had sent troops to assist. Meanwhile, they were the ones that were just watching on from a side. Now that things happened, they point at their allies and scolded them.

It really felt like a thief shouting out to ask for help to catch another thief.

The Lords spoke such words just to use the chance to vent out the uneasiness in their hearts.

The impact of the fall of Lingnan City-State was simply too huge and had caught them off guard. It was like they had lost all sense of direction, and all of them felt terrified.

They were afraid that the moment they woke up, they would be the next batch of prisoners.

”What should we do?”

A huge problem had appeared in front of the various Lords.

Fan Lihua used one legion to block 250 thousand alliance army troops and even killed 100 thousand of them.

The results of that bloody war let the Lords of Yunnan City-State realize the vast gap between their armies.

”We are totally not on the same line!” Some Lords sighed.

”Gap, huge gap!”

The weakness of the alliance army was not only based on the combat strength of individual soldiers but also the commanding ability of the Lords.

During the Battle of White Stone City, Fan Lihua’s commanding had a crucial effect and really showed why she was an Emperor Rank general.

Thinking back to it, the Lords trembled.

This was because they were going to have to face a God Rank general, the Asura Baiqi.

Even amongst God Generals, Baiqi stood at the pinnacle. In the wilderness, Baiqi had continued his legend of being invincible, and he was the war god of Shanhai City.

The Dragon Legion Corps under his charge was the strongest legion corps in Shanhai City, even stronger than the Tiger Legion Corps.

Thinking about that, the future of Yunnan City-State seemed even bleaker.

The situation was obvious. Based on just themselves, they would not be able to block this wave of attack.

To expand the army now would not do much.

The newly recruited newbies had not undergone any training, and they had never been to war or seen blood. Not only would they not aid in anything, they would drag down the overall standard of the military.

To make matters worse, if the battle entered a crucial moment, and they could not take it anymore and started escaping, the situation would be awkward.

At that time, they would drag the entire army down with them.

This was also why Shanhai City loved to make use of war prisoners. No matter how weak the prisoners were, at the very least they had seen blood and were not true newbies. Just that alone made them several times better than newbies.

The cons of a City-State were displayed through this point.

To face off against the giants in the wilderness, gathering up the power of the province to build the City-State, it was obviously done to prevent internal conflicts and to consolidate their strength against the outside. At the same time, it also meant that there were no wars between the territories.

Without war, the soldiers would not receive true training and would not grow.

During the Battle of White Stone City, the alliance army’s defeat definitely had something to do with that. Feng Yi’s commanding did not have many problems, but the alliance armies were not trained killers and were not resilient enough.

Only then was Fan Lihua’s legion able to last for an entire day.

If the one attacking was the Dragon Legion Corps, the ending would have been changed really quickly.

Such a theory could be applied to the Yunnan City-State, and it was even crueler. As Yunnan Province was filled with mountain paths and had many mountains between the territories, their combat experience was close to zero.

On the contrary, every soldier in the Shanhai City Army had bathed in the fires of war. Especially Dragon Legion Corps - the oldest and most experienced force in Shanhai City.

There was basically no way to compare the two.

”Our future is bleak, we have no way forward!” The Lords felt despair and could not help but sigh.

”Who can help the City-State?”

Qin Feng gave out the answer, ”Now, the only one in China that can help us is Yanhuang Alliance. No one else has the courage to face off against Shanhai City.”

The retreat of Caiyun Zinan let Qin Feng automatically exclude asking Xiangnan City-State for help.

As for Chuanbei City-State, it was all the more impossible.

It seemed like only Yanhuang Alliance had enough motivation to butt in.

”Di Chen and the others did not join the Battle of Lingnan, so would they help us?” Some Lords doubted Qin Feng’s analysis.

That was not surprising.

Yanhuang Alliance not appearing in the Lingnan Battlefield really surprised everyone. News had spread that Yanhuang Alliance wanted to snipe Shanhai City in Lingnan but the news turned out to be wrong in the end.

Qin Feng seemed to have understood a lot more as he laughed awkwardly, ”It was not that they did not want to interfere but the battle started even before they got ready.”

”So if that’s the case, would Di Chen and the others be willing to assist us?”

When the other Lords heard this question, hope flashed in their eyes. They were like shipwreck survivors, grabbing onto any plank to survive.

”That’s right; there is no free lunch in the world.” The Lords were not fools.

”Think about it, if we fall, Shanhai City would have three provinces of land, three times that of Di Chen and the others. At that time, would they even be able to shake Shanhai City?”

”You’re saying that the Battle of Yunnan is the last chance for the Yanhuang Alliance to take him down?” The faces of some of the Lords lit up.

”That’s the theory. On this matter, we both have something to gain.” Qin Feng nodded, ”The Shanhai City Army is still a distance away from Yunnan. The time lapse is our last chance. We have to come to an agreement with Yanhuang Alliance within the shortest amount of time possible and make our preparations.”

Qin Feng’s words made sense.

The fall of Lingnan City-State had something to do with the strength difference but another factor played a key part.

That was the attack being a sneak attack.

Shanhai City used the Yunnan City-State as a smoke bomb and diverted attention to catch Lingnan City-State off guard, tricking everyone.

Before the battle, Lingnan City-State did not make any preparations for such a battle.

Not only Lingnan City-State, even the other allies and people like Xiong Ba and Di Chen did not expect Shanhai City’s move.

When war truly broke out, they tried to make preparations, but it was already too late.

Hence, Xiong Ba and the others felt regret.

In comparison, Shanhai City had considered all areas, and their plans had already been designed half a year ago.

With that, how could they not win?

The various machinery and weapons the Fan Lihua Legion brought was proof. Without strategic planning, how could Fan Lihua build such an unusual camp stronghold?

The following Battle of Yunnan would be different.

Shanhai City would not be so dumb to use the same tactic. After all, it would not work again.

Not to mention that be it Yunnan City-State, even Xiangnan City-State and Chuanbei City-State would be wary and not give them a chance.

News spread that Caiyun Zinan had already suggested in the City-State committee meeting to expand the army to 250 thousand and place them at the south of the province.

Chuanbei City-State would probably do something similar.

The ferocious expansion of Shanhai City had given his neighbors no choice.

According to a small piece of news, the Battle of Lingnan had even startled the person in Chengdu. Feng Qingyang from Swordsman City had been appearing in Chengdu, apparently with intentions.

Some people guessed that these two giants in the Shu land were probably going to work together.

In contrast to Qin Shihuang and Hanwu Emperor, Liu Bei was more ambitious.

Liu Bei had huge animosity with Shanhai City. Hence, he was unwilling to stay in the palace and did not want his influence to expand to just the Chengdu Prefecture.

Some people guessed that Liu Bei wanted to take over the entire Shu land.

What a coincidence that the biggest Lord in Shu, Qing Fengyang, did not have any interest in fighting and only wanted to be an alliance leader. With that, the two of them did not have any reason for conflict.

The two of them working together would be enhancing their strengths, a great choice.

However, this matter was truly complicated and outsiders could not understand. Despite this, one thing was for certain. In the future period of time, there would be a huge change in Shu.

Regardless of how it would change, it would be a bad thing to Shanhai City.

It was because those two were enemies of Shanhai City.

Hence, the following Battle of Yunnan was going to be a battle of the century.

”If Yanhuang Alliance sends troops, what terms would they have?”

The Lords of the City-State definitely did not believe that Di Chen would not want some benefits in return as that was how aristocratic families operated.