Bai Xiaowen adopted Xun You's strategy.
He ordered Xu Huang to engage Ma Chao while arranging four groups of ambushers.
Once everything had been arranged, Bai Xiaowen immediately received a prompt:
Xun You's special skill: Extraordinary Stratagem activated. The ambush troops gain a 12% bonus to attack speed and movement speed!
The so-called surprise troops referred to the four ambush forces.
Bai Xiaowen nodded to himself. Although Xun You did not provide his lord with absurdly powerful bonuses like Xun Yu did, he was still highly useful as a military adviser.
The Yingchuan Xun Clan truly was full of treasures.
Bai Xiaowen could not help thinking of the missing Xun Chen. He wondered where Yuan Shao's former chief strategist had gone. When he had time, he needed to ask Xun Yu and his nephew.
It was worth mentioning that Xun You's Extraordinary Stratagem could grant up to a 25% bonus, but that depended on how ingenious and unusual the strategy was. A Four-Sided Ambush like this was merely an ordinary tactic to Xun You, so the bonus was fairly average.
The two armies faced off.
Bai Xiaowen spent another 100 Psionic Points to cast Insight on Ma Chao. He discovered that after several days, Ma Chao's Vengeance State had weakened a little further, reducing his Strength by 7 points and Agility by 8 points.
Standing behind the ice wall, Bai Xiaowen called out, "Ma Chao! You have seen how my camp rose overnight. Clearly, Heaven's mandate favors me. Opposing me means rebelling against the imperial court! Will you still persist in your delusion? Lay down your weapons and surrender, and you can still retain the rank of marquis!"
Ma Chao shouted sharply, "Yuan traitor! You used Daoist Gate sorcery to build a city. Do you think