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Chapter 1056 - Chapter 1065

Chapter 1056: Occupying Land

When the defensive breach was opened, the iron defense line that the Japanese had set up near the port would be useless and would not be able to stop the Chinese expedition army from sweeping Hokkaido.

6th month, 5th day, when Ouyang Shuo and his group onboard The Emperor arrived at the port of Kushiro, the three armies led by Han Xin had already surrounded Hokkaido’s center city Sapporo.

In a short two days, the expedition army had wiped out the entire Hokkaido and Sapporo was the only city left.

Seeing that the enemy was unstoppable, Tokugawa Ieyasu moved all the available defensive forces into Sapporo and was prepared to have a fight to the death with the expedition army at this place.

In comparison, although the south army smoothly disembarked on Kyushu, their progress on the island was not really swift. In two days, they had only taken down half an island.

When they got the news, Ouyang Shuo used his identity as the country war leader to send a letter to Di Chen and order them to speed up to try to reach Honshu soon and surround Edo as planned.

Di Chen’s reply was that Kyushu’s geography was really complicated, and the army needed to play it safe, so they would not dare to proceed carelessly. When Ouyang Shuo heard the explanation, he gave out a cold laugh and directly showed the letter to the public.

No one was a fool.

Regardless of whether Di Chen did it on purpose to cause trouble for Great Xia or was forced to do so under the pressure of Silver Hand, as long as Ouyang Shuo revealed it, the people would support him.

“He’s digging his own grave!” Ouyang Shuo commented.

Di Chen was obviously no fool, but he was a member of Silver Hand. Whilst he enjoyed the benefits that being in the organization provided, it was unavoidable that there would be times when he needed to contribute back.

There was no free lunch in the world.

As expected, the moment the news was released, players all demanded an explanation from Di Chen. Obviously, Di Chen could not give one and could only keep silent. His heart felt really pained.

Handan City’s prestige in China was dropping toward a freezing point.

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6th month, 6th day morning, Sapporo.

After a full day of siege battle, the majestic Sapporo was in tatters. The city walls were stained with blood, and there were huge holes and craters everywhere like it might collapse at any moment.

Beneath the city wall, corpses of both sides could be stacked up into little mountains. The blood that seeped out dyed the city protection river red. On the city walls, there were only a few Japanese soldiers that could still stand.

Everyone knew that Sapporo would be lost.

As expected from a master strategist, it was because Han Xin made the decision to quickly sweep Sapporo that Tokugawa Ieyasu’s defenses seem really rushed.

Sapporo was not as stable as its tall city walls looked.

City Lord’s Manor.