Chapter 447 Masquerade Party (2/2)

Cao Cao raised his hand to stop them, ”I'm sorry that my tongue gets ahead of myself. I hope that you accept my apologies. By the way, we need someone with otherworldly skills to handle Li Feihong at Henei. Could you be taking care of this threat?”

”Ha! Who do you think I am!? I killed that goddess of death Hua Shi myself! Zhang Tong's underlings won't be my match!”

Sun Fang did not say that he almost died that day as well. It took him years to recover from the soul injuries. However, he learned many things from that fight.

Using souls to attack other immortals was the stupidest thing to do as the detached souls were weaker than an immortal who used their souls to reinforce their main body. As such, it was ideal for gathering every soul's power into oneself and fighting with their own flesh and blood.

Secondly, system skills were something that Heaven gave them to protect themselves against the local population in this world, but they were useless against other immortals with many wings. Yet, some of them could be used as an auxiliary skill to supplement their power, such as Sun Fang's [Cultivator] with many subskills or Tong's [Time Stop], which could freeze immortals with the same power or weaker.

With that mindset, Sun Fang got more confident in combat.

Seeing that Sun Fang got overconfident, Cao Cao, Cheng Yu, and Guo Jia grinned.

'Fool. Now, let's see if you and Li Feihong can kill each other, or you can just get yourself killed.'

Cao Cao bowed at Sun Fang, ”Then, can your force station at Luoyang and mark Zhang Tong Army in Henei? The Monster Legion's commander is Zhang Liao, so we should not let our guard down.”

Everyone remembered what kind of general Zhang Liao was. With only 800 men, he could even repel Sun Quan's 100,000 soldiers in the Battle of Hefei. Now, with all the upgrades, Zhang Liao and Li Feihong's tag-team was a threat to Luoyang.

Using the excuse, Cao Cao planned to make Sun Fang, Sun Ce, and Zhou Yu protecting the region and the Yellow River, so the two powerhouses could weaken each other.

Sun Fang agreed to this deployment agreement, but Zhou Yu raised his hand.

”We will match Zhang Liao and Li Feihong's troops. Lord Sun Fang, we will only allocate 50,000 soldiers to your battalions.”

”Huh? You're not coming with me?” Sun Fang turned to Zhou Yu in shock.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao were interested in the development.

'I see. They also want Sun Fang dead.'

'Interesting. We have the same idea, after all.'

Zhou Yu shook his head, ”No. Actually, we would like to propose a strategy.”

”What strategy?”

”You see, among Zhang Tong's border cities, Beihei of Kong Rong has the weakest defense. We would like to ask if Sun Ce and I can lead our remaining 50,000 men to attack this region and secure the eastern coast. Then, our logistic sea route can be secured, and we can improvise better as we move in toward the northern region.”

Zhou Yu baited that they were willing to sacrifice Sun Fang for participating in a war against the weakest enemy.

Cao Cao and all strategists believed it was fair, and it went along with their second goal. Therefore, they agreed.

”We'll do that. Thank you for your contribution in advance.”

”No problem. We've come here with our sincere attitude, after all. However, lord Marquis, lord Liu Bei, what will you do in this coalition?”

Zhou Yu might have sacrificed a chess piece to weaken Tong, but he would not allow Liu Bei and Cao Cao to sit back and watch their doom.

They had to pay something for the coalition as well!

The entire alliance was nothing but a farce. Everyone wanted to take a chance and weaken their future rival forces.

Cao Cao and Liu Bei did not utter a word. They glanced at their strategists.

If possible, they did not want to contribute anything, but since Zhou Yu forced their hands in this negotiation, they had to come up with something as an excuse so that they could stay behind.

Cheng Yu stepped forward, ”Our borders connect with Zhang Tong's cities, so our forces will concentrate on protecting the Yellow River and all ports. Since our 100,000 soldiers are being the meat shields against Zhang Tong's half a million soldiers, we cannot change our deployment.”

It was another way to say, [We've already contributed a lot, but all of you did nothing]. Cheng Yu gestured that Cao Cao Army would not move in this coalition, and they would only support Liu Bei and Sun Ce with their supplies.

However, Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and Zhou Yu heard otherwise. To them, it sounded like, [We're going to sit back and protect our cities while we're watching you fight to the death].

Yet, they could not retort either as he was the only one who had fought Tong in secret for years.

Xu Shu walked out and suggested, ”Our forces have the most soldiers, so we shall split ourselves into 2 armies. The first one will station in Hongnong and support lord Sun Fang in his fight against Henei's Monster Legion. As for the other one, it will be our elite cavalry unit, but they can only fight in open-plain battles. If you wish to cross the river, please secure a foothold for our horsemen first. After all, we all know that horsemen are not best used in siege battles and naval battles.”

Xu Shu placed the main army of Liu Bei on Hongnong as insurance. Since their territory now located in Liang Province and the northwest, Hongnong and Chang'An were perfect locations to be their back-up retreat route had something gone wrong in this coalition.

As for the cavalry unit, it would be led by Ma Chao. The strategist limited their roles, so they would not fight in unfavorable battlegrounds. Then, their casualty will be minimized.

It was another hidden message to Cao Cao forces, retaliating against their nasty deployment scheme.

[We're not fighting on naval battles. If you want us to fight, cross the Yellow River with your armies first, then we will move.]

Pang Tong nodded and added, ”Also, currently, our forces have a poor harvest this year. I hope that lord Marquis could provide them with food, equipment, and new weaponry. I also heard the weapon called CANNONS, so I hope that you could share some of them and manufacturing methods with us. In the future, we will be able to contribute more.”