Chapter 145

Looking at the hidden plot prompt that popped up, Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was somewhat pleasantly surprised.

In the end, you still have to be in the core layer; the Lu Wan he played was doing nothing on Liu Bang's side, passing the plot and skipping dailies every day, but even so, he still triggered a hidden plot.

In the past two days, Fei Lang (Lu Wan) had skipped a lot of the plot and hadn't paid much attention to the changes in Liu Bang's camp.

It was just that when he skipped the plot yesterday, Liu Bang had already been enfeoffed by Xiang Yu as one of the eighteen princes, becoming the King of Han.

Immediately after, he went to his fief, and then the kings enfeoffed by Xiang Yu began to fight among themselves.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was just a guest and didn't need to participate in the battle plot, so he kept skipping and didn't know how much power Liu Bang had at this moment...

As the text disappeared.

The screen slowly lit up; Fei Lang (Lu Wan), who had just been in the military tent, had now appeared outside Luo Yang City.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) looked around.

The original flags of the various princes had now turned into royal flags, standing in front of each unit. Liu Bang, in a red battle robe, was standing on a temporarily built high platform, reading the text in his hand:

"Xiang Yu violated the agreement and murdered the Righteous Emperor, he is rebellious!"

"I, together with the princes, established the Righteous Emperor and served him; now Xiang Yu has released and killed the Righteous Emperor in Jiangnan, heaven and earth will not tolerate it!"

"Today, we shall all punish this thief!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers below, dense like black clouds, raised their weapons and shouted like a tsunami:

"Punish Chu! Punish Chu!!!"

Watching this scene.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) and the Blue Star netizens in the livestream marveled.

You have to know that in the plot a few days ago, when Fei Lang (Lu Wan) followed Liu Bang to the Hongmen Banquet, Xiang Yu was still that tyrannical.

Liu Bang didn't hesitate to kneel to Yong Chi in order to escape, but now the situation had reversed.

Liu Bang was actually going to punish Xiang Yu.

Vaguely, Fei Lang (Lu Wan) always felt that he seemed to have missed a lot of exciting plots.

After all, the time skipped in these two days was only a little over a year.

But in just this year or so, the situation reversed, and the changes were this big?

A year ago, he almost died at the Hongmen Banquet.

A year later, he raised an army outside Luo Yang City to punish Chu.

What exactly did he skip this year? He only heard something about Han Xin secretly crossing Chencang, and nothing else? How did Liu Bang get this awesome?

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was basically a mascot in Liu Bang's camp, mainly because the NPC Lu Wan he played had a good relationship with Liu Bang, so he basically belonged to a state of lying down.

As a result, while lying down, he ended up punishing Chu.

When they broke into Luo Yang City before, the slogan shouted was to punish the violent Qin; now it had changed to punish the violent Chu...

As the oath-taking meeting ended.

Liu Bang united the armies of the various kings and surrounded Peng Cheng from three directions.

And Fei Lang (Lu Wan) took the opportunity to mix in, listening to everyone discuss and communicate on how to fight Xiang Yu, only then did he know how strong Liu Bang's power was now.

Night fell.

Inside the military tent.

In the corner.

Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and others were discussing strategies, while the various generals nearby were discussing in a hubbub.

And Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was sitting in the corner, livestreaming the situation in the great tent to the Blue Star netizens, and also analyzing the current situation:

"Currently, Liu Bang, together with the various princes, has a total of 560,000 troops."

"Xiang Yu's side is now in chaos; his subordinates are arrogant and fierce, indulging in violence. It is said that because of excessive looting, the entire Qi land has sparked a full-scale rebellion, and Xiang Yu is everywhere there suppressing the rebels."

"As a result, Liu Bang united the various princes and surrounded them."

"This is simply deadly."

Xiang Yu's predicament was too obvious now; even without looking at the map, the Blue Star netizens in the livestream knew what the situation was.

The rear, Peng Cheng, was about to be surrounded by 560,000 troops.

In the front, Xiang Yu was isolated and deep, suppressing the rebellion, and was slow to return.

None of the princes were playing with him either; they were all following Liu Bang to punish Chu, and politically he was already isolated and helpless. It could be said that enemies were on all sides.

How to break this situation?

Xiang Yu's martial power was indeed very high, but 560,000 troops, surely they could pile him to death, right?

*Sigh*... what a pity.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) and the Blue Star netizens in the livestream also felt there was no way, and couldn't help but feel sorry for such a peerless fierce man.

Then Fei Lang (Lu Wan) zoomed in on the perspective in the military tent, so the livestream could hear more clearly, and some game enthusiasts had already produced a complete Huaxia map based on the map in the game.

And were discussing and chatting in real-time with Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and others.

The map software was rapidly filling in the forces, and soon a complete situation map came out.

A few days later.

In Fei Lang (Lu Wan)'s livestream, the player-made map was already hung in the lower-left corner. Just looking at the map, Xiang Yu was indeed finished; all his fiefs had been occupied by Liu Bang.

Looking at the map.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) shook his head; what else is there for Xiang Yu to play? Skip, skip.

As soon as he clicked skip plot.

*Whoosh! *

The screen flashed, it did skip, but it was different from the usual daily routine.

After skipping this time, there were panicked shouts everywhere outside:

"Xiang Yu has attacked!"

"Xiang Yu has attacked!"

Inside the city at this moment, it was in chaos, and question marks flashed in the minds of Fei Lang (Lu Wan) and the Blue Star netizens in the livestream:

Attacked?

What kind of damn joke is this?

Is the defense of Liu Bang's army just for show?

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) quickly rushed out and ran toward Liu Bang's palace. At this moment, Liu Bang, Zhang Liang, and others were inevitably panicked. Liu Bang was directing the army to resist Xiang Yu, but the battle reports from the front were defeat after defeat.

By the time Fei Lang (Lu Wan) arrived, everyone was already gathered in front of the sand table discussing countermeasures. Fei Lang (Lu Wan) took advantage of everyone not paying attention and squeezed to the front of the sand table to see the current situation.

As a result, it didn't matter if he looked, a strangely familiar feeling welled up in his heart.

On the sand table at this moment.

It also marked the route of Xiang Yu's attack, how he suddenly came over; he bypassed them! Bypassed them!!!

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) hadn't played "World War II: Rise of the Empire" before.

But among the over 200,000 friends in the livestream, quite a few had played it. Looking at this sand table, and Xiang Yu's marching route.

Isn't this just an ancient version of the 【Maginot Line】?

After Liu Bang and the various princes occupied Xiang Yu's fief, they directly sent Fan Hui to guard the northern plains with heavy troops, just to resist Xiang Yu head-on; hundreds of thousands of troops would exhaust him to death.

This idea was fine; even the army led by Fan Hui could really achieve the effect of the Maginot Line. If you attacked head-on, even ten Xiang Yus would be exhausted to death.

But Xiang Yu bypassed them?!

Just like Guderian, he also bypassed from the weakness on the left, just that the directions of the two sides were different.

If Guderian hadn't gone west at that time to cut off the Anglo-French Allied Forces, but instead went south straight to the French capital, Paris, it could be said to be exactly the same situation as today's 【Battle of Peng Cheng】.

Holy crap?

They really are a war-loving nation.

The classic battles in WWII were actually played out by ancient Huaxia over a thousand years ago.

This is even more blitzkrieg than blitzkrieg.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream looked at the map.

At this moment, Liu Bang's army was still defending against Xiang Yu in the north.

But Xiang Yu had already reached the city walls; at this moment, everyone wanted to see what Liu Bang would do?

However...

What can he do?

Liu Bang was discussing, and the battle report from the front came.

Xiang Yu trampled the camp and broke the formation, scattered the formation, the allied soldiers were impacted by cavalry, the battlefield was divided, and many people were trampled to death.

At this moment, he had already killed his way outside Peng Cheng, with nearly 100,000 soldiers.

*Hiss*—hearing such a battle report made Fei Lang (Lu Wan) gasp; isn't this damn thing finished?

100,000 killed in just half a day?

Didn't Xiang Yu only have 30,000 people?

Even if one person can kill three, it's too fast!

And in the livestream, other Blue Star netizens who heard the battle report had strange expressions.

Trample the camp and break the formation, scatter the formation, divide the battlefield?

Isn't this just blitzkrieg?

At this moment, Xiang Yu had already reached outside the city, and Liu Bang had no choice but to organize the remaining people to resist.

Outside Peng Cheng.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) followed Liu Bang and the others, riding out of the city to meet Xiang Yu. At this moment, although they organized an army of tens of thousands, facing Xiang Yu, even Fei Lang (Lu Wan), a player, was worried, let alone the other local NPCs.

Before they even reached the front of the battle.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) suddenly felt his hair stand on end. Looking forward, he saw that among the black mass of cavalry, there was a unit of over a thousand cavalry, charging straight toward them at a speed far exceeding the other cavalry.

This scene.

How familiar; wasn't the 【Battle of Julu】 in the 【Multiplayer Online】 mode he participated in a few days ago just like this?

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) couldn't help but curse inwardly:

"Are you crazy?!"

"Again?!"

"Just how fierce are you to do this every time!"

No need to think.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) pulled his horse back a bit.

The scene from a few days ago of this guy smashing a Qin war chariot with one halberd was still echoing in Fei Lang (Lu Wan)'s mind; one man, one horse,

knocked flying and smashed a war chariot pulled by four horses.

Is this still a person?

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) couldn't bear to look, but still peeked.

Sure enough, as expected.

The rain of arrows didn't stop Xiang Yu and the thousand elite cavalry behind him. After killing through the rain of arrows, they arrived in front of the Han army formation. Cavalry against infantry is a dimensionality reduction strike, let alone the person on the horse named Xiang Yu.

Less than ten seconds of contact.

Over a dozen corpses of Han soldiers were thrown into the sky by the waving halberd. Xiang Yu thrust casually, and three soldiers in heavy armor were knocked flying in a row, followed by the thousand cavalry killing their way into the Han camp.

Flesh and blood flew wherever they passed.

Fear instantly spread to the entire Han army, and then the soldiers in the front row began to panic and retreat, the formation of the soldiers in the back was scattered, the people in front kept retreating, and the people in the back held on tightly.

Under the chain reaction.

I don't know how many people died from trampling.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) understood what the battle report meant by dying from trampling; it was just like this.

The slaughter continued, but the Han soldiers no longer had the heart to resist, all intent on running away.

Liu Bang's side was the same.

But Xiang Yu had been staring at Liu Bang, so how could he let him have his way? Watching Liu Bang escape on horseback, Xiang Yu led his elite cavalry to chase, while the remaining army pursued and killed the Han soldiers.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) also followed Liu Bang and the others to escape.

It's just that his brain was still bewildered at this time.

So it's over?

560,000 fighting 30,000, and it was wiped out by Xiang Yu's blitzkrieg?

Outrageous?!

After escaping from Peng Cheng, Liu Bang's side, counting Fei Lang (Lu Wan) and the guards, only had a dozen people left. Liu Bang originally wanted to go back to his hometown to pick up his family, only to find that it was full of Chu soldiers when he got there.

After being discovered, they were chased again.

And on this escape route, they encountered Liu Bang's two children.

However.

As the Chu army chased, the carriage Liu Bang was riding in was about to be overtaken. Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was thinking about whether he should go and lure the enemy away.

!!

On the moving carriage, Liu Bang's two children flew out.

Vaguely, one could see Liu Bang's big foot retracting, and at the same time, Liu Bang's voice urging them sounded:

"Fast! Fast! Fast!!!"

This scene.

Made Fei Lang (Lu Wan) lose the ability to speak.

No?

Are those his biological children?

Just kicked them off like that?

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream were also silent for a long time, and finally, a sentence floated out.

【To be reasonable... with someone like Liu Bang, he will succeed in whatever he does...】

Liu Bang truly refreshed the worldview of the Blue Star netizens again.

Facing Xiang Yu, Fei Lang, a modern Blue Star person, had his legs scared weak, but Liu Bang didn't change his expression, only feigning panic.

Facing Yong Chi, he knelt as soon as he was told to, despite the humiliating request; the speed of his kneeling made the Blue Star netizens unable to react.

Facing the chase, he kicked his own children off; let's not talk about whether these two children could make the carriage faster,

just this approach... it's peerless.

Someone like this will succeed in whatever they do.

Fei Lang (Lu Wan) was bewildered for a moment, then quickly fished one up, and Xiahou Ying, who was driving the carriage, also stopped to save the other. Liu Bang cursed at the two of them in a rage, but couldn't delay and continued to run.

Along the way, Liu Bang tried to kick these two children off several times, but was strongly stopped by Xiahou Ying.

Until a few days later.

They ran to Xiayi, where there was a garrison of Han troops, and only then did they escape a disaster.

But with the Han army in this situation.

The Blue Star netizens in the livestream had the same thought they had when watching Xiang Yu's 30,000 fight 560,000.

And now it is...

Now with only a few thousand people under his command, and he couldn't beat Xiang Yu with 560,000, with this many people... how can Liu Bang win???

Regarding the plot discussion of the 【Battle of Peng Cheng】.

It was discussed extremely heatedly in the player forum of the Jixing platform.

Whether it was Xiang Yu or Liu Bang.

They were both characters with very distinct personal styles, especially Liu Bang's various flashy operations, which opened the eyes of Blue Star players.

But this situation is indeed difficult.

560,000 troops, over 200,000 killed, the rest don't know where they are, Liu Bang now has only a few thousand people; how did he turn the tables and establish the Han Dynasty later?

Blue Star players kept guessing and flooded into Fei Lang (Lu Wan)'s livestream.

And Fei Lang (Lu Wan), because of the pursuit and siege of the Chu army, was involved in the battle plot and couldn't skip, so he could only stay by Liu Bang's side and livestream Liu Bang's daily life to interested netizens.

Jixing Company Park.

The park had now been completed, and a large open space had been left for adding decorations later.

After entering through the imperial-style entrance, there were 1:1 peripherals of classic aircraft and tanks from the 【WWII Series】, and after passing through the hall, there was a 【Huaxia】-style garden, with multiple resting areas in the forest.

To the left of the garden were "Earth" IP series products and alcoholic beverages.

To the right of the garden were "Huaxia" series gourmet restaurants; unlike the high-end processed products outside, many here were made with real vegetables and meat.

At this moment, Zhao Ming was lying on a rocking chair, holding a fishing rod in his hand.

In the lake below, rare fish species from Blue Star were swimming.

Shen Qinghan was flipping through the company report on the side, and seeing Zhao Ming's leisurely appearance, she couldn't help but say:

"Can you catch anything with a straight hook?"

Zhao Ming waved his hand:

"It's the artistic conception that matters; you don't understand."

Shen Qinghan rolled her eyes:

"Only you understand."

"You're quite leisurely; not even looking at the backend data now?"

Zhao Ming said:

"The game is running very stably."

"For the 【Huaxia】 series, it's estimated that in another two months, the number of online players will exceed 【WWII】."

"Compared to war themes, the 【Huaxia】 series is suitable for all ages."

"And there are no bugs, so I don't need to watch it all day."

Shen Qinghan said:

"Then what about 【WWII】?"

"The 【Battle of Kharkov】 in the game has already finished."

"When will the 【Battle of Kursk】 open?"

"The federal military exercise is about to begin."

Hearing this.

Zhao Ming sat up, his expression somewhat strange:

"So fast?"

Shen Qinghan said irritably:

"Look at how long it's been."

"The 【Huaxia Series】 has been online for over half a month."

"The federal military exercise will be in a while."

"The specific dungeon hasn't been decided yet; send me an introduction later."

Zhao Ming nodded and then asked:

"No problem."

"It's all finished here; when the time comes, whatever perverted troops you want to experience, I have them all."

【SEAL Team Six】, 【Delta Force】, 【Green Berets】, 【Alpha Group】, 【VDV Airborne Troops】, etc., everything is available; it just depends on who Blue Star wants to be beaten by.

Shen Qinghan said:

"Fine, do it as soon as possible."

"By the way."

"The WWII series, it's not ending, right?"

"But the time span of the Cold War is decades."

"Will the experience be weaker?"

"After all, it's a game about experiencing cruelty in war."

Zhao Ming said:

"No."

"There are wars in the Cold War too."

"In Earth's history, since there have been human records, the days without war can be counted on one's fingers."

"During the Cold War clouds."

"【Republic】 is still fighting over there."

"When the time comes, we can open the Indian camp, Vietnamese camp, South Korean camp, etc., for players."

"Anyway, players definitely won't be lonely."

Of course... more likely to be beaten.

Experience what it's like for an invasion war to turn into a capital defense war.

And didn't even hold it...

On the other side.

Tian Sha livestream platform, game section.

Duan Yu's livestream.

After half a month of 【Huaxia】 game trial, the internal test server Duan Yu was in finally ended as he, this refugee, was choked to death.

Other streamers on the internal test server ended early and went to play the official 【Chu-Han Contention】.

Only Duan Yu, because of the strong demands of netizens, could only play a refugee struggling in the game; anyway, netizens loved to watch, gave gifts, so he would livestream.

Until this morning.

The refugee he played was finally choked to death.

It's not really choked to death.

More reasonably, it's... angered to death.

Originally, after walking with the refugee team for so long, he mixed into the capital and finally became a glorious "beggar," able to survive by begging for food, and Duan Yu also happily begged for food for half a month.

Until this morning.

He successfully stood out among a group of old, weak, sick, and disabled beggars and grabbed two of the few baskets of steamed buns given by a rich young master.

He was squatting on the ground wolfing them down.

The laughter of that group of rich young masters reached Duan Yu's ears; it was nothing originally?

Until one damn kid among them said:

"Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

Hearing this, Duan Yu rolled his eyes; if I could eat meat porridge, I'd still be grabbing steamed buns? What kind of brain-damaged statement is this?

He wanted to turn his head to look, but found that his eyes couldn't turn back.

He was choked...

But there was no water around, and Duan Yu was anxious, stroking his throat hard, his hands constantly scratching at his throat, but the feeling of suffocation became heavier and heavier. Just as he was about to die, that group of rich young masters actually gathered around to watch the fun.

Duan Yu's ears were filled with the sounds of "fun," "fun."

Duan Yu widened his eyes, trying his best to see the face of that little fatty.

You damn bastard, just wait for me!

When the 【Huaxia】 series timeline reaches the Jin Dynasty.

I'll be the first to choose a rebel and chop... you...

Then the screen went black.

He died.

He exited the game and ended this 【Huaxia】 journey.

He returned to "World War II: Rise of the Empire."

In the livestream.

Watching the mockery of netizens, Duan Yu also helplessly said:

"To be reasonable, if it weren't for being angered to death by that little fatty, I might have lived until I died."

"When the timeline reaches the 【Jin Dynasty】, I'll choose a rebel and chop that little fatty to death; I'll ask him if he's ever eaten a steamed bun."

"And why don't they drink meat porridge?"

"I want to drink it too, but you have to give it!"

"Thinking about it now still makes me angry."

Duan Yu complained, then opened "World War II: Rise of the Empire":

"Haven't played for half a month; luckily the game was paused."

"Based on my experience of surviving in ancient 【Huaxia】, I feel my survival probability in Leningrad is even higher."

Just kidding.

That ancient Huaxia is really... they even eat tree bark, and even dig out tree hearts to eat.

There's nothing Duan Yu can't think of, and nothing the ancient Huaxia people can't eat. No wonder the 【Huaxia】 series gourmet restaurant delivery has so many food items; thousands of types aren't enough.

They were all eaten out...

And here in Leningrad, so far, it's still at the stage of eating leather shoes and belts, not yet at the stage of eating tree bark, which means most of the tree bark now... is his!!!

As for why it's most... because there are also those who are starving and eat tree bark.

But Duan Yu believes that the people of Leningrad.

Definitely don't have as many tree bark cooking methods as he, a veteran refugee, knows. Duan Yu entered the game:

"Before going to play the 【Huaxia】 game, a unit in the Soviet Union opened a transport channel; let me see if the situation in Leningrad will be a little better next."