Chapter 1120: Taking Action
Chapter 1120: Taking Action
October 2, 2017
Youzhou, Lingzhi City!
As Lu Hai Kong led the Iron Blood Guard into Liaoxi, the battlefield was entirely left to Xun You's command.
Unlike the middle-aged scholar, Xun You didn't need to dart around frantically. After all, he was a pure scholar, lacking the diverse skills of the other. He had no means of self-protection.
Moreover, with Lu Hai Kong's comprehensive system in place, Xun You didn't need to roam aimlessly like the scholar. He could control the entire situation from within Lingzhi City.
Under Xun You's command, the battle proceeded smoothly, and battlefield intelligence reports kept arriving.
Each report matched Xun You's expectations, bringing nothing but good news. It seemed that every plan Xun You had set in motion, whether intricate or crude, was yielding positive results.
The Undead Legion and the Foreign Demon Legion seemed as clueless as ducks released after a long captivity, falling for every trap set for them.
Based on the reports alone, Xun You estimated that in less than half a day, they had eliminated at least a quarter of the enemy's forces—a significant success. If they continued in this manner, victory in this campaign was all but assured.
However, despite the encouraging reports, Xun You wasn't as optimistic. The more good news he received, the more his unease grew.
Through these reports, Xun You realized that as the battle intensified, the complexity of the battlefield had gradually exceeded his imagination.
Xun You now fully understood why the enemy hadn't attempted this strategy earlier. Instead, they had sent a small squad of Foreign Demons to their deaths, biding their time until the arrival of the two million-strong army now before them.
The enemy's initial move likely wasn't intended to succeed directly. Those early demon squads were probably sent to gather intelligence and test the waters, paving the way for their current offensive.
This offensive was clearly tailored to counter Xun You's tactics. The two million-strong army appeared to be thrown into battle without any central command, and indeed, that was precisely the case.
At the battle's outset, the enemy refrained from issuing any orders, which explained their heavy losses in just half a day.
However, this lack of command was a deliberate strategy. They avoided making specific plans, allowing the battle to unfold freely. When the time was right, they could regain control of their legions.
As the battle raged on, the situation became increasingly intricate. The more complex it grew, the more it favored the enemy, as Xun You struggled to anticipate their next move. Even the enemy itself seemed uncertain of its intentions.
They would respond to the evolving battle, adapting their tactics accordingly. Xun You's greatest strength and specialty would be nullified, leaving him to face a challenge unlike any he had encountered before.
"Is there truly no strategy that can outwit me? Amidst the chaos of battle, countless possibilities and surprises await. I, too, have countless tactics at my disposal, and I can execute them in an instant. When an endless array of tactics converge, leaving you no time to react or predict, how can you hope to keep up with me?"
Outside Lingzhi City, as the middle-aged scholar spoke with a cold, proud smile, the Undead Legion, which had been on the receiving end of a beating, began to stir.
The countless demonized beings began to stir, and without exception, every single one of them was a Blood Demon, the first tier of the Demon Legion.
Blood Demons possessed human-like intelligence, and each of their martial strengths was at least 60, with the strongest reaching 89. There were tens of thousands of these creatures, and their actions immediately dealt a severe blow to Xun You's side.
Their actions were not aimed at destroying Xun You's traps or breaking through the checkpoints he had set up in the mountains.
To them, those things were not the most critical; instead, they aimed to strike at what Xun You considered the most crucial at this moment.
Xun You was directing the battle remotely, and his remote command relied on a special system for transmitting battle reports and orders. The middle-aged scholar had already grasped this system after half a day of observation, and with a single move, he directly cut off Xun You's command network.
This move was ruthless. If successful, Xun You's side would be left in the dark.
However, Xun You was no ordinary strategist, and severing his command network was not an easy task.
Upon receiving the intelligence, Xun You's face broke into a cold smile, "Cut off my command network? I have three backup systems here. Can you cut them all?"
Subsequently, Xun You immediately activated an alternative command system, but he paid no heed to the Blood Demons. In this battle, Xun You's full focus was not on the Blood Demons but on the massive horde of Undead and the Crimson Devils of the Demon Legion!
In fact, both the intelligence Xun You had gathered and Zhang Yan's research indicated that the carriers of the Zombie Virus were not the powerful Blood Demons or Blood Demon Generals, but the Crimson Devils and Undead.
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It seemed that as the foreign demons grew stronger, the Zombie Virus on their bodies would disappear, only persisting during the Crimson Devil stage. Once they became Blood Demons, the virus vanished entirely.
This was why Du Rouhui and his team had gone to great lengths to deploy these two million troops to infiltrate Youbeiping Prefecture instead of directly sending the formidable Blood Demon Generals.
Under these circumstances, Xun You had to deal with the Crimson Devils and Undead. As long as they could hold them back, Youbeiping Prefecture would be safe. As for the Blood Demons, Xun You had to admit that it was nearly impossible for his forces to handle them in the mountainous terrain due to their agility and strength, so he had no choice but to let them go.
However, what Xun You did not anticipate was that just as he activated the alternative command system, he discovered that many of the soldiers he had stationed at various checkpoints had suddenly exited the checkpoints and retreated to the nearby large traps they had set up.
This unexpected situation left Xun You momentarily stunned, but he quickly realized what was happening. The enemy had taken advantage of the time it took him to switch command systems, seizing control of a part of his original command network and manipulating it with their legendary false intelligence.
As he grasped the situation, Xun You's expression darkened. It seemed the enemy was far more formidable than he had anticipated.
At the same time, outside Lingzhi City, the middle-aged scholar issued a few more orders to his subordinates and then looked up at the city.
"The show has just begun, Xun Gongda. Don't disappoint me!"
(End of Chapter)
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