Game: Civilization Paradise

Chapter 206: Chapter 206: General Offensive

They soon arrived at the central area of the plaza, where a giant tent had been erected. Soldiers in exoskeletal armor, wielding new types of firearms, stood grimly at the entrance.

Luoxue led Long Ming and the others over.

"Ma’am!"

The guards saw Luoxue and immediately saluted.

Luoxue gave a slight nod and led Long Ming and his group into the tent.

Inside the tent, rows of conference chairs were set up, nearly half of them already occupied by personnel from the various legions.

Just then, Eric spotted Long Ming and spoke with some surprise.

"Isn’t that Long Ming?"

Hearing Eric, Qian Luobing and the others all turned to look at Long Ming.

Long Ming felt the strange gazes and instinctively turned his head, immediately spotting Qian Luobing and her group.

They were standing in the front row.

When Jing Chuan saw Qian Luobing looking in their direction, he followed her gaze and was shocked to find that she and her group were all staring at Long Ming. A look of utter astonishment crossed his face as he asked in a hushed voice,

"Whoa, didn’t you say you didn’t know them?"

"Haha."

Long Ming’s expression was a bit unnatural as he raised his hand and gave Qian Luobing a small wave. ’She did save my life, after all.’

Just then, Jiang Huai gazed at Long Ming, who was standing beside Luoxue. Stroking his chin, he couldn’t help but remark,

"I knew there was something up with this kid. Luoxue’s outstanding performance lately definitely has something to do with him."

"Hmph, isn’t that even better?" Adika snorted coldly. "It just proves her skills haven’t improved; she’s just relying on someone else. What right does she have to compete with our Lady?"

At this point, Luoxue also noticed Qian Luobing’s gaze. The two women locked eyes for a moment before looking away.

She then led Long Ming to the back, and they took seats in the last row behind Qian Luobing’s group.

’It seemed the seating was arranged by rank.’

Time ticked by, and more and more officers filed in.

A middle-aged man in a military uniform with graying temples, a gaunt face, and a stern expression walked in with a group of subordinates. He went straight to Qian Luobing’s side, exchanged a few words with her, and then took a seat in the row in front of Long Ming and the others.

"Who are they?"

Long Ming asked Jing Chuan in a low voice.

"The one in the lead is Lu Cang, the Deputy Legion Commander of our Third Legion. The bald, powerfully built man on his left is Huo Tu, commander of the Third Battle Group. The quiet, silent fellow on his right with his head down is Ji Feng, commander of the Fourth Battle Group."

Jing Chuan gave Long Ming a simple introduction.

"Oh!"

Long Ming nodded.

As they spoke in hushed tones, Qian Hai and others also began to arrive with their own people.

Soon, everyone was seated.

CLANK~ CLANK~

At that moment, the sound of heavy footsteps approached.

In an instant, the noisy tent fell silent.

Qiansha, clad in second-generation heavy mechanical armor, strode grimly to the front. His imposing gaze swept over everyone present as he announced arrogantly,

"Everyone is here. The war council will now begin!"

At Qiansha’s words, Luoxue and the others fixed their gazes on him.

Qiansha raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

A projection device immediately displayed a map on a screen.

Qiansha pointed to the city at the center of the map and said excitedly,

"This city is the Royal City of the Aniska Empire, the largest ruin in this world, and our primary strategic objective!

"Unfortunately, we can’t make a move on it just yet. To attack the Royal City, we must first capture the four surrounding economic cities!"

Hearing this, Qian Wei and the others all focused their gazes on the four economic cities.

In truth, they had all gathered some intelligence before the meeting and more or less knew its purpose.

To put it bluntly, these four economic cities were the greatest pillars of the Aniska Empire. The cities still contained massive armories, production lines, factories, and other critical infrastructure.

Capturing these four cities would mean reaping immense rewards.

"Well then, let’s attack," Qian Hai said to Qiansha with a smile, his eyes narrowing.

"An attack is certain, but there’s a problem. While there are four economic cities, we don’t need to capture all of them—only the three closest to us. However, we have four legions. So tell me, how should we divide the targets fairly?"

Qiansha looked directly at everyone present.

"The First Legion will naturally take one city!"

"The Second Legion wants one too."

...

The officers immediately began to argue, with no one willing to back down.

"All of you, silence!"

Seeing the chaotic scene, Qian Wei shouted impatiently.

The room instantly fell silent.

"Since none of you can come to a decision, I’ll make the arrangements. The First Legion will be responsible for Aimengka City to the west, the Fourth Legion will take Uzika City to the east, and the Second and Third Legions will join forces to attack Osmo City in the middle."

Just like that, Qiansha assigned the targets to everyone directly.

"On what grounds do the Second and Third Legions have to team up for a single city?"

Qian Wei looked at Qiansha, his expression displeased.

"On what grounds? I’ll tell you. On the grounds of strength! Your Second and Third Legions are the weakest. If I assigned you a city of your own, you wouldn’t be able to take it."

Qiansha shot back without any courtesy.

"You..."

For a moment, Qian Wei was at a loss for words.

Long Ming watched this scene but didn’t say anything.

’In fact, Qiansha has a point. The relative strengths of the four legions were already obvious from the earlier assault on the observatory.’

’Qiansha and Qian Hai both succeeded on their own, while Qian Wei and Qian Luobing had to team up.’

’So the strength of Mountain City Mountain’s four legions wasn’t actually reflected by their numbers.’

At this, Long Ming couldn’t help but glance at Qian Luobing. He saw that she showed no reaction to Qiansha’s decision, seemingly accepting it by default.

"Alright, the battle plan is set. Everyone, go back and prepare."

Qiansha couldn’t be bothered with further debate and finalized the matter on the spot.

"Yes, sir!"

The crowd could only reply in affirmation.

As the meeting ended, everyone began to file out of the tent.

Long Ming followed silently beside Luoxue.

Just then, Long Ming overheard an officer from the Second Legion complaining furiously to Gao Feng.

"Sir, they’re being outrageous! Making two of our legions attack a single city."

"That’s enough."

Gao Feng was also fuming.

"I just don’t get it. Why didn’t those guys from the Third Legion even object?"

The officer from the Second Legion couldn’t help but say.

Just then, Captain Alang, one of Qiansha’s top officers, happened to pass by. Overhearing the subordinate’s complaint, he stopped and said,

"Gao Feng, we’re doing this for your own good. You’re not strong enough. If we gave each of you your own city, you wouldn’t be able to take it. Besides, even with your two legions combined, it’s not a given that you’ll be able to capture that middle city."

"Hmph. So I suppose we should be thanking you," Gao Feng retorted irritably.

"You’re most welcome."

Captain Alang chuckled, then turned and left.

Meanwhile, Jing Chuan and the others were also fuming as they questioned Luoxue.

"Luoxue, why didn’t Qian Luobing and Deputy Legion Commander Lu Cang fight for it?"

"Yeah, they just gave up like that?"

Zhihan and the others were also very confused.

Luoxue was silent for a few seconds before saying,

"You’ll find out when we hold our meeting."

"Alright."

Jing Chuan and the others could only suppress their anger.

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