Chapter 1122: The True Focus of the Gamble
Chapter 1122: The True Focus of the Gamble
October 2nd, 2027
Youzhou, Youbeiping Prefecture, Outside the Nameless County Town.
The middle-aged scholar observed the arrival of the Black Gale Legion without a hint of panic on his face. Even when he saw that the town was devoid of people, he remained expressionless, as everything was within his expectations.
Although the middle-aged scholar was not Xun You, he didn't possess the innate talent of Unerring Calculation.
However, this situation didn't require any special talent to deduce; it was quite obvious. After all, his opponent was Xun You, not some fool.
Admittedly, Xun You had been thoroughly defeated in their previous encounter, causing his formation to fall into disarray. But even in such a state, Xun You's intelligence wouldn't plummet to a negative value.
Even if Xun You's intelligence had somehow decreased, the preparations he had made earlier wouldn't change.
Regardless, Xun You wouldn't have the confidence to intercept the middle-aged scholar's two million-strong army. No matter how confident Xun You was, before the battle began, he would have made arrangements behind Lingzhi City. Evacuating the people was a necessary precaution.
When the middle-aged scholar arrived, he had doubts about Xun You's ability to evacuate everyone. After all, from his understanding, the true ruler of Youbeiping Prefecture was Liu Yu. If Liu Yu were present, the evacuation process would likely have been slower.
Evacuating hundreds of thousands of people in a short time, without any significant warning signs, was no easy task. It was a complex process that could lead to numerous problems, and a slight misstep could result in dire consequences, including death or even mass casualties.
Given Liu Yu's indecisive and soft-spoken personality, he likely lacked the boldness to undertake such a massive operation.
However, to the middle-aged scholar's surprise, the evacuation was executed more swiftly and decisively than he had anticipated. He even noticed bloodstains in the town, indicating that force had been used during the evacuation, which significantly changed his impression of Liu Yu.
Although this situation caught the middle-aged scholar off guard, he didn't dwell on it. He moved on, unconcerned about the outcome of his twenty thousand troops.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say that the focus of his gamble with Xun You wasn't on the twenty thousand troops he had brought but on the battlefield they had initially contested.
In reality, if he only needed to cross the mountain range, with his abilities, he could have abandoned the undead army and led the Crimson Devils and Blood Demons of the Demon Legion alone. He wouldn't have needed two days; less than a day would have sufficed.
However, the middle-aged scholar didn't choose that path. Instead, he went to great lengths, creating various diversions, and took two whole days to bring along twenty thousand undead soldiers.
These two days came at a significant cost to the middle-aged scholar.
The Crimson Devils of his Demon Legion could only survive for a little over a day after leaving the Blood Realm. During these two days, he had deployed almost all of them, and even the remaining Blood Demons were in poor condition due to their prolonged absence from the Blood Realm.
This self-inflicted handicap wasn't intended to deliver this twenty thousand undead army. In truth, these twenty thousand undead soldiers were merely decoys to draw fire. His true strike had been set up in the mountains when he thoroughly disrupted Xun You's formation.
However, it was evident that Xun You had also realized that these twenty thousand troops were merely a diversion. Therefore, Xun You didn't deploy a large force to counter them; he only sent out the Black Gale Legion to pin them down. At that moment, Xun You was searching for a way to counter the middle-aged scholar's deadly move.
The middle-aged scholar was well aware of his purpose, and as such, he led the Black Gale Legion into the county town. While he sent people to inspect the town's conditions, a cloud of blood mist enveloped his body, and he appeared on the town's walls.
Perched atop the wall, the middle-aged scholar looked down at the black-clad and armored legion standing not far outside the town, motionless. A smile crept onto his lips, and he leisurely sat on a chair brought by his subordinate, a Blood Demon General, and spoke in a slow, measured tone, "It seems you already know your mission is merely to keep an eye on us."
"Whoosh!"
As the scholar finished speaking, a cold arrow with a reddish hue flew upwards, aiming directly at him. However, before it could reach the scholar, several Blood Demon Generals by his side intercepted it.
The middle-aged scholar merely glanced at the arrow and casually averted his gaze, as if nothing had happened, and continued, "I believe Xun Gongda must be in a real pickle right now. Out of the two million troops, I only brought out two hundred thousand. Excluding those you've killed, those trapped in the mountains, and those now missing, there are at least six to seventy thousand left. He must be wondering where the rest have gone, right? After all, they pose a significant threat to you, and a slight miscalculation could lead to the annihilation of the entire Youzhou, or even the entire Three Kingdoms world!"
"His arrangements were disrupted by me, and the situation inside was completely thrown into chaos. He has too much information about what happened, and when all that data is combined, his predictions could easily lead to infinite possibilities."
"With such a vast and complex environment and the Blood Demons' diverse and bizarre abilities, like the ability to teleport their subordinates over short distances or temporarily shrink them, finding those six to seventy thousand undead soldiers won't be easy. Should I give him a hint?"
The middle-aged scholar's voice, shrouded in blood mist, carried a mocking tone. However, he wasn't here to taunt his opponent.
His eyes remained fixed on the Black Gale Legion below, knowing full well that this legion must have a connection to Xun You's system. His intention was to continuously feed Xun You various pieces of information through this system.
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He was well aware of Xun You's talent for the Prediction Series, a terrifying ability. Given enough time, Xun You could unravel all his arrangements, but he deliberately denied him that time.
If Xun You wanted information, he would give it to him—a torrent of true and false messages mixed together, all at once. This information wouldn't just fail to aid Xun You; it would create difficulties for him. He wanted to see how Xun You would handle such complex and vast data.
In the middle-aged scholar's opinion, victory was already his from the moment he led out the two hundred thousand troops.
His willingness to engage with the Black Gale Legion and Xun You behind it was merely to solidify his victory.
The Black Gale Legion below cooperated fully, remaining silent throughout, listening to the middle-aged scholar's banter.
Half an hour later, when the middle-aged scholar felt the time was right, he looked up at the sky, ready to assess the results of his efforts. Suddenly, the soldier who had shot the arrow at him earlier stepped forward.
"My military advisor asked me to tell you that your opponent is not just him alone. And you can start preparing your last words!"
(End of Chapter)
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