Chapter 348: A Brilliant Feat (1/2)
Chapter 348: A Brilliant Feat
Translator: Sparrow TranslationsEditor: Sparrow Translations
Fang Zhengzhi had experienced walking along and finding some coins on the floor. However, walking along and finding an empty settlement…
Wasn't this a little extreme?
Fang Zhengzhi felt that the world in front of him was filled with spinning question marks.
Is there something wrong with the intelligence given by the Thunder Light Settlement Chief?
That isn't very possible. The settlement had seen my Cyan Stone Token. He had even admitted his own identity, wasn't giving him false information a little too unethical?
Fang Zhengzhi felt that this possibility wasn't very big. However, the Thunderous Lion Settlement in front of him was indeed an empty settlement. Furthermore, there wasn't even a guard at the settlement gate in sight.
Could this be the legendary Stratagem of the Empty City?
That didn't make sense.
He didn't even plan to attack the settlement, what was the point of employing the Stratagem of the Empty City?
Fang Zhengzhi was very puzzled. Picking up something so beneficial to him for no reason caused him to feel a faint sense of sadness. There was completely no sense of achievement.
As the largest settlement among the six main settlements in the Southern Mountain Range other than the Sagely Mountain City, the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement wasn't something those small settlements like the Thunder Light Settlement could compare to.
The geography of the Southern Mountain Range was extremely unique.
It was filled with dense forests, tall mountains and fearsome beasts, resulting in a huge danger - the safety of humans.
What were the consequences of a world without a sense of safety?
Naturally it would be panic and crime. However, this didn't happen in the Southern Mountain Range. Because, the Southern Mountain Range had seven safe havens.
That was the six main settlements and the Sagely Mountain City.
These were locations that generations of Southern Mountain City kings had painstakingly built up and established, locations where the citizens of the Southern Mountain Range pinned their hopes upon.
It was because of these seven locations that the citizens of the Southern Mountain Range would be willing to live in such a densely forested and mountainous area, multiplying and thriving across generations.
If the architecture of the Thunder Light Settlement was like a small mountain village in the forests.
Then, the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement was like a humongous war fortress leaning against a towering cliff with huge chasms dug around it on the other three sides. Five meters high of green stone filled the entire area behind the chasms, with thorns sticking out everywhere on the green stones. The bottom of this formation was all stones, while on top, there were even small holes for shooting arrows.
The use of these holes naturally doesn't require much explanation, specially designed for the archers to shoot. There were a total of three layers.
When Fang Zhengzhi saw the Thunderous Lion Settlement for the first time, he only had one thought. How was this any similar to the small mountain village he had seen. This was simply a huge metal bucket.
When he realised that he had been thinking whether to personally lead the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries to forcefully attack the city and occupy a main settlement for the fun of it.
He felt somewhat ashamed and embarrassed.
If the five hundred Silver Horned Wolf Cavalries were used to launch an ambush in the dense forests, or charge out in a quick attack, these were definitely not a problem. Even attacking a small settlement could be accomplished with ease.
However, if it was used to attack this ”huge metal bucket”, the loss would definitely be tremendous.
The Southern Mountain Range…
Fang Zhengzhi looked at the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement and suddenly felt a slight curiosity about the King's Capital, Sagely Mountain City, for the first time. If the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement could be constructed as such, then what would the Sagely Mountain City look like?
The rest of the matter was simple.
First, Fang Zhengzhi called Teng Shisheng to enter the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement with him, then, asked Teng Shisheng to locate the main settlement chief of the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement, finding out intelligence after flashing the Cyan Stone Token.
”Sending his troops to block off Wu Feng's two paths flanking?” After Fang Zhengzhi heard the main settlement chief's explanation, a faint smile formed on his lips.
Not bad!
Familiar with military tactics!
If he had led the army himself, there was a fifty percent chance that he would use the same tactic. As the saying went, seeking richness and honor required dangers and risks. How could one obtain first in the combat examination without taking any risks?
A good general must have a crafty heart.
If one only waited passively and set up a formation waiting for others to attack, or one chose to attack others, then one would never be able to achieve much success in this path.
A good general subdues an enemy without fighting.
Even though this Chen Feiyu wasn't craft enough, but, he seemed to know very well how to use vigour in battle. You dare attack me?
No problem, let me attack you first.
That was vigour!
Chen Feiyu dared to abandon this war fortress to face against an enemy attack, hence his army would definitely be highly motivated. Because, they weren't scared, hence, they didn't fear.
However, there was another saying on the battlefield. That was things underwent myriads of changes in the blink of an eye.
It might be that one had seen a definite advantage fifteen minutes ago, stand on the peak of the mountain and looking down at the common people below, while the next moment you were completely defeated and turning into a captive prisoner.
Chen Feiyu had neglected the biggest problem.
That was allowing others to pick up an empty settlement.
This was an error in his intelligence. Of course, this didn't mean Chen Feiyu didn't attach importance to intelligence. Instead, it could only be said that Fang Zhengzhi's appearance was initially already a black hole in the intelligence reports.
With the strength of twelve thousand soldiers, this meant that Chen Feiyu had also perfect control over the examinees around the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement. As for Chen Hao in the Thunder Light Settlement.
The possibility of him daring to attack the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement was almost zero.
Chen Feiyu was very confident.
Fang Zhengzhi was also very confident. Hence, he led his army into the Thunderous Lion Main Settlement without the slightest bit of hesitation, accepting this present given to him by Heaven.
…
The battle between Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu was unexpectedly tragic.
Chen Feiyu's boldness and strategy of splitting up his army was indeed effective at the beginning. His two thousand soldiers and multiple army camps had delayed Wu Feng's main force in its attack.
However, the total time taken wasn't five days. It was instead four days.
Because, after realising that Chen Feiyu was dragging time on purpose, Wu Feng really became crazy. It was a wild craziness. Ten thousand troops advanced as if they had gone crazy.
Wu Feng used the craziest, and most unreasonable form of fighting.
Splitting ten thousand troops into four teams, each team consisting of two thousand five hundred people. Then, using the military strength of four teams to take turns breaking down the battalion all day and all night.
The poor general would never expect himself to be battling against a crazy person like Wu Feng…
This was simply a desperate fight.
Two thousand troops indeed faced great difficulty in trying to delay a madman. Not mentioning that his military strength had been greatly deteriorated, he wasn't even able to complete setting up the last pass before facing the powerful offense of Wu Feng's army.
In order to complete Chen Feiyu's task, the poor general ultimately had to order the entire army to put up a desperate fight. However, that only gave him one extra day at most.
The two thousand troops were finally completely captured. But, they didn't manage to complete the delay for five days.
The time of one day for a person who only bathed, slept and ate was just another day.
However, in a battlement, it was always an important turning point.
Chen Feiyu's ambush on Wu Feng's second group of soldiers were smoother than expected, the six thousand soldiers had been almost completely demolished by him.
Yet…