"No way, you mean Zhou Yan doesn't just want to attack one city but wants to wipe them out entirely and destroy the Qing Dynasty!"
Even Han Li was shocked after hearing Leng Yue's analysis. This was just the beginning; how could Zhou Yan be so audacious!
"What is this kid afraid of!"
Chu Luoyan, who had been silent, also spoke out with such a view, even showing appreciation.
"My analysis suggests it's highly probable. Look, Zhou Yan only summoned a thousand soldiers earlier and arranged for his soldiers to recruit at the border cities. The purpose was merely to stand on the city walls and confuse the soldiers of other countries."
"At this stage, as long as there are people on the city walls, they are considered soldiers. How could anyone imagine these were all newly recruited people? Can you imagine that?"
Leng Yue voiced her perspective. Although she was also shocked, she felt that Zhou Yan thought and acted this way.
"This lunatic!" Han Li didn't know what else to say.
"He's not crazy; he's smart. He's using the cavalry's speed, which is several times faster than others, to gain the initiative from the start. He planned this from the very beginning. This guy definitely possesses a powerful military mind; don't underestimate him."
Leng Yue, however, greatly admired Zhou Yan and was very excited about his actions. Before success, everything was still unknown. Everything would have to wait until Zhou Yan truly succeeded.
The entire arena, with millions of spectators, was discussing Zhou Yan and eagerly anticipating whether he could succeed.
...
Using his cavalry advantage, Zhou Yan quickly arrived outside the city where the Qing Dynasty was located. The entire city had no soldiers yet, which made Zhou Yan very happy.
He directly pushed open the gate, walked in, and then summoned a thousand soldiers to quickly occupy the entire city wall.
Zhou Yan did not pay attention to the residents inside. These residents also did not discover that Zhou Yan and his men were from the Great Zhou Kingdom.
After all four city walls were occupied by Zhou Yan's soldiers, Zhou Yan received a notification.
[Congratulations on occupying one of the Qing Dynasty's cities, gaining 1 point, and able to summon two thousand more soldiers.]
This message did not appear before the student from the Qing Dynasty but only before Zhou Yan and those watching Zhou Yan's live broadcast.
"Whoosh~~~~"
As this notification appeared, the millions of viewers erupted in exclamations.
"This student's speed is too fast; he occupied another's city so easily."
"Didn't you notice how bold he was, going alone?"
"He's very smart, using the cavalry's advantage to rush to the enemy's city and seize it first. I have to say, this is a brilliant move."
"And he still has many soldiers to summon. Even if he encounters enemies, he can summon them. He's very smart and knows how to leverage his advantages, which sets him apart from other students."
"Other students are still in their palaces or at the mining sites, but Zhou Yan has already started attacking others. Amazing."
"This must be a student from Ziwei Academy, truly extraordinary."
...
Listening to the surrounding praise for Zhou Yan and Ziwei Academy, especially hearing them say that the student being attacked by Zhou Yan was from Shengyang Academy, the teachers from Shengyang Academy felt utterly disgraced.
If they had all developed for a while, losing a city would have been normal.
But damn it!
This was just the beginning, they had just started summoning soldiers, and they had already lost a city. This was no different than giving it away for free!
But!
Could the teachers from Shengyang Academy blame their student?
Could they?
Even if it were them, they would never have imagined this!
They could only blame this student named Zhou Yan for not following the usual path and completely disregarding normal thinking.
Within the competition space!
After occupying one city, Zhou Yan left only a few hundred men to guard it and the rest followed him away.
Zhou Yan continued towards the next city. Midway, he directly summoned nearly ten thousand men, including military generals like Chen Qingzhi.
Zhou Yan gave Chen Qingzhi a map and instructed, "You attack from here, take these, these, and these cities. I will attack from this side. We'll pincer attack from both sides and finally meet at the Qing Dynasty's imperial palace. If you encounter enemy soldiers, kill them directly!"
"Yes!" Chen Qingzhi understood, took the map, and led sixteen thousand men away.
Zhou Yan, on the other hand, took only the remaining men and headed in another direction.
Zhou Yan was actually dividing his forces into two routes and launching a full-scale assault on the Qing Dynasty!
It was exactly as Leng Yue had predicted; Zhou Yan had launched a comprehensive attack on the Qing Dynasty from the beginning, giving them no opportunity to develop at all!
Shock!
Millions of people, after seeing Zhou Yan's deployment, were all stunned!
Some cursed Zhou Yan for having too big an appetite, some said Zhou Yan was too overconfident, and even more said Zhou Yan would surely fail.
Of course, there were also many who admired him. If he succeeded, Zhou Yan's national strength would undoubtedly be the strongest among all countries, giving him a significant advantage.
"Hmph! This guy wants to swallow the entire country; that's absolutely impossible. My student won't let him succeed so easily!"
MacDonald Baker said angrily. This was clearly just a battle between two students, but he was extremely furious and uncomfortable.
It was because Zhou Yan had targeted Shengyang Academy first. If one of their students was wiped out at the start of the competition, their entire academy would be ridiculed for incompetence, and MacDonald Baker, as the leading teacher, would also be scolded.
"Dear viewers, it's truly shocking. As we can see, Zhou Yan, the student from Ziwei Academy, has divided his forces into two routes, and from the looks of it, he intends to launch a campaign to destroy the Qing Dynasty's Rank."
"This is truly astonishing. They don't have any equipment yet; are they planning to engage in hand-to-hand combat?" the host said with great curiosity.
"Hahaha!!!"
Everyone burst into laughter upon hearing about hand-to-hand combat.
They even imagined two groups of soldiers encountering each other without weapons, attacking with bare fists, like thugs fighting, punching and kicking each other.
Such a comical scene made them unable to help but laugh.
Perhaps this was the first scene of hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield, which made them even more expectant.
As for whether Zhou Yan could successfully conquer the Qing Dynasty, they were even more curious.
But what they were more curious about was the hand-to-hand combat that would occur when the two groups of soldiers encountered each other bare-handed.
However, they also knew that Zhou Yan's soldiers had mounts, and when they encountered the Qing Dynasty's soldiers, the latter would definitely not be a match for them.