Chapter 236 Army Placemen (1/2)
Chapter 236 – Army Placement
Several reports about each force's power and officers piled up on the side of the government hall, turning them into a mountain of scrolls.
Jia Xu finished his reports after a full two hours briefing.
”That is the last report. Next, I wish to confirm the power of our force and the policies that we shall deal with these intruders. Young master Zhang, please.”
All eyes were on Tong as they believed that Tong was the MVP of the previous war against the Imperial Army.
In reality, Jia Xu was the biggest contributor in the previous war, yet he gave all credits to Tong and pretended that all stratagem came from the young lord instead of himself. For the sake of his career and his safety, he abandoned all fame and ambition so he could avoid all infighting between colleague workers like he did in the Capital.
Glancing at the old fox, Tong smiled wryly as he cursed Jia Xu in his mind.
'Cunning fox! You don't want to take the spotlight, so you dump all mess on me?'
Tong sighed, 'Oh well, you can clean up my mistakes after I suggest a plan.'
As Tong was about to open his mouth, the system sound rang in his ears, and the obnoxious voice ruined Tong's mood.
[Hey, idiot demon. It's time for you to do your job.]
<you have=”” received=”” a=”” mission=”” as=”” you=”” possess=”” more=”” than=”” one=”” skill=””>>
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**Main Mission No.20**
Clear Condition: Kill Zou Jing.
Failure Condition: You die, Zou Jing escape, or time limit exceeded.
Clearing Reward: 10,000 years of lifespan. Bonus experiences for your active skills.
Mission Failure: Your location will be shown on the system map to other players for 1 year.
Time Limit: 3 Months
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Tong almost collapsed on the ground as soon as he finished reading the content of the quest.
'Zou Jing of Liu Yan? Three freaking months!? Are you kidding me?'
[If you don't want to receive more quest, make sure you delete all your skills or kill yourself. Then you won't receive anything from me again. BYE!]
Tong gritted his teeth as his face reddened from the frustration. He was planning to lead an army to confront Yuan Shao while he let the others deal with Liu Yan and Sun Jian.
The entire plan had to be revised!
Tong coughed and revealed the status of the armies.
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Everybody was now in front of the building and sat on the ladder stand, watching the gigantic strategic map that Tong had placed several units on the board.
With tokens and chips which represented the number of soldiers, they got a clearer picture of the situation.
”As we can see, if the three lords decide to attack us at the same time, we won't be able to send reinforcement to other cities. However,” Tong pointed at Jinyang, ”Jinyang city has 70,000 soldiers, which 50,000 of them is deployable. We'll request Lu Bu and his comrades to station at Julu, so they will face Yuan Shao with us.”
Tong placed a unit of 50,000 heavy cavalries on Jinyang. As Tong was adding the chips, the officials murmured in excitement and relief that they had backers.
Lu Zhi and Sima Fang nodded as they were expecting no less from Tong. Jia Xu, on the other hand, raised his eyebrows and played with his beard as if he was thinking about something else.
”Now, about our army placement in the next battle …”
<ding>>
'Huh?'
While Tong was busy explaining what he was planning to do with the army, Hua Shi sent a clan message.
Hua Shi: The system gave me a forced-quest.
Hua Shi: It wants me to kill an otherworlder!
Hua Shi: Deadline is December 31st, 190 A.D.
Tong gulped as Lilim messed with their lives just like when Lilith gave the first battle royale quest.
Zhang Tong: I'm meeting with everyone ATM.
Zhang Tong: I'll do something about it.
Dong Bai: You have 8 years.
Dong Bai: That's plenty of times.
Li Feihong: I also got mine.
Li Feihong: It wants me to kill a general in Yuan Shao force.
Zhang Tong: Does it specify who you have to kill?
Li Feihong: Yes, Gao Lan.
Zhang Tong: Got it. You tell Lu Bu to send reinforcement to Julu ASAP.
Zhang Tong: If he doesn't want to come, bribe him with gold. I'll pay him after this.
Li Feihong: Roger!
Zhang Tong: Sir Ding Yuan, are you here?