By the time Ferran (Lu Wan) arrived, the crowd had already gathered around the sand table discussing strategies. Ferran (Lu Wan), seizing a moment of inattention from the others, leaned in to check the current situation on the sand table.
This glance was far from reassuring; an inexplicable feeling of familiarity surged within him.
On the sand table at this moment.
It also marked the route of Xiang Yu’s invasion; how did he suddenly get there? He bypassed! He bypassed them!!!
Ferran (Lu Wan) here had never played "World War II: Empire’s Rise" before.
However, among the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the livestream room, many had played it before, and they looked at this sand table and Xiang Yu’s marching route.
Isn’t this just the ancient version of the "Maginot Line"?
After Liu Bang and the various warlords’ armies occupied Xiang Yu’s fief, they directly dispatched Fan Kuai to guard the northern plains with massive troops, aiming to resist Xiang Yu head-on, thinking they could just wear him down with their hundreds of thousands of soldiers.
This idea made sense, and Fan Kuai’s army truly had the potential to replicate the Maginot Line effect; even if Xiang Yu attacked head-on, the sheer numbers would wear him out.
Xiang Yu bypassed them?!
Just like Guderian, bypassing from the left flank; the only difference was the direction each took.
If back then Guderian had not gone west to cut off the British-French Allied Army, but south directly to the French capital Paris, it would have mirrored today’s "Battle of Pengcheng" exactly.
The warrior nation indeed.
The classic battles in World War II were actually played out a millennium ago in ancient Huaxia.
This is even more blitzkrieg than a blitzkrieg.
Blue Star netizens in the livestream room watched the map.
At this moment, Liu Bang’s troops were still defending against Xiang Yu in the North.
But Xiang Yu had already reached the city walls; everyone wanted to see how Liu Bang would respond.
While Liu Bang was discussing, the frontline battle reports came in.
Xiang Yu stomped out the camp, broke through the formation, shattered the ranks, his cavalry charged through, dividing the battlefield; many were trampled to death, and now nearly one hundred thousand soldiers were already outside Pengcheng.
Hearing such a report, Ferran (Lu Wan) gasped; wasn’t it already over?
Just half a day and a hundred thousand were killed?
Xiang Yu only had thirty thousand, right?
Even if one man could kill three, it’s too fast!
In the livestream room, other Blue Star netizens who heard the report had bizarre expressions.
Stomping out the camp, breaking through formations, dividing the battlefield?
Isn’t this exactly a blitzkrieg?
Now Xiang Yu was already at the city gates, and Liu Bang could only organize the remaining troops to resist.
Ferran (Lu Wan) followed Liu Bang and others, rode out of the city to confront Xiang Yu; though having organized tens of thousands of troops, even Ferran (Lu Wan) felt daunted facing Xiang Yu, let alone other local NPCs.
Not yet at the frontline.
Suddenly Ferran (Lu Wan) felt a chill run down his spine; he looked forward, seeing within the dark mass of cavalry a unit of over a thousand riders charging straight at them at a speed far exceeding the other cavalry.
How familiar, like the "Battle of Julu" he participated in during a "Multiplayer" session just days ago.
Ferran (Lu Wan) couldn’t help but curse internally:
"How fierce must he be to pull this off every time!"
There’s no need to think.
Ferran (Lu Wan) immediately reined his horse back a bit.
The scene from days ago of a spear smashing a Qin chariot is still vividly in Ferran’s (Lu Wan’s) mind, a man on a horse smashing and flinging a four-horse chariot apart.
Ferran (Lu Wan) could hardly bear to watch, but still peeked.
The rain of arrows didn’t stop Xiang Yu and the elite troops behind him; they pierced through the arrow storm, reaching the front lines of the Han soldiers. Cavalry against infantry was a dimensional reduction strike, let alone when the rider is named Xiang Yu.
In less than ten seconds.
Corpses of dozens of Han soldiers were tossed into the air by swirling halberds; Xiang Yu, with a casual swing, launched three armored soldiers into the air in a string, then over a thousand cavalry charged into the Han formation.
Wherever they passed, blood and gore flew.
Fear spread instantly throughout the Han army; the soldiers in the front started to panic and scream as they retreated, disrupting the formation, with the rear soldiers steadfastly holding the line.
Causing a chain reaction.
Who knows how many died from the stampede.
Ferran (Lu Wan) now understood what the report meant by trampling deaths, exactly .
The slaughter continued, but Han soldiers had already lost the will to resist, intent only on fleeing.
The same was true for Liu Bang’s side.
Yet Xiang Yu had locked onto Liu Bang, refusing to let him escape. As Liu Bang fled on horseback, Xiang Yu led elite cavalry in pursuit, while the remaining forces chased down Han soldiers.
Ferran (Lu Wan) joined Liu Bang and the others in fleeing.
Yet the mind was still dazed.
56,000 against 30,000, and Xiang Yu blitzed them just like that?
After escaping from Pengcheng, Liu Bang’s group was reduced to Ferran (Lu Wan) and a few guards, no more than a dozen. Liu Bang intended to return home to retrieve his family, only to find it occupied by Chu soldiers upon arrival.
Once discovered, they were chased again.
This time on the escape route, they encountered Liu Bang’s two children by chance.
With the Chu troops in pursuit, Liu Bang’s carriage was about to be overrun; Ferran (Lu Wan) contemplated whether to divert the enemy himself.