Chapter 126: Gold Buried in the Sand (2/2)
“Make a feint at the Jiang Han territory?” A highly ranked officer asked out of curiosity
“Yes The Jiang fa Han territory, and are versed in co the Swordbird arh we have many methods to counter them, it will still be a war of attrition in the end They won’t care no matter how many Swordbirds die, but we’ll have to use the lives of our soldiers and generals It’s not worth it”
“The commander-in-chief speaks truly There’s no need to expend ourselves against the Swordbird ar in the Westcreek territory and have the great ar streado family reacts At that time, they’ll be hard pressed to attend to two fronts We’ll then employ a pincer move and surround them with several squadrons fro without losing sight of another, and hence will be defeated without even battling”
The person speaking was another high ranking officer, and one of the dorasped Ren Feilong’s invasion strategy, but the second part still didn’t comprehend the latter’s intent
“It’s undoubted that our great arh the Westcreek territory to enter the Eastern Kingdom, however, this is only one of our h the southeastern part of the Eastern Kingdom We’ll take a roundabout path for a couple thousand li2 and then turn to slip into the Jiang Han territory”
“Ace in the hole?” The crowd of officers showed soreat army is only preparations on the surface The real tru fa I’d like to ask everyone, even if we have an ar or even more, how much would we lose in a direct confrontation to destroy the Swordbird army? Thirty percent, or even fifty? If our casualties reach fifty percent, then ourThe Eastern Kingdo capabilities, so at that point, it would be difficult to deterht to the death Therefore, to capture the Jiang fa a surprise attack”
“A surprise attack?”
“Indeed, a surprise attack” Ren Feilong bri out is comprised of true qiHan territory, and we’re sure to have long since dom spies within the city We’ll work in collusion, one from outside and one from within to sneak into the River Wave city, then strike swiftly to attack the Jiang Hanno ti”
“Jiang Feng?”
“Yes, as long as we capture Jiang Feng and the Jiang fa action for fear of involving his kin He’ll lose his fighting capabilities As fierce as he is and even if he can compel the Swordbird army, there’s no way that he would sacrifice his clan for the Eastern Kingdom Therefore…”
All the other officials were suddenly enlightened when Ren Feilong’s words traveled across the roohly, “The coeasp in admiration”
The army’s various maneuvers, all sorts of attacks and feints were all actually illusions Their true goal was to provide cover for the tru Chen as theyHan ement was unconventional, but it happened to be the most appropriate and one most likely to succeed
If they didn’t use this dom would pay a heavy toll to defeat the Swordbird arht, everyone make your preparations The army will continue to move forward tomorrow and split into two on the border We’ll follow the battle plan, with no eher spirits Their einally
After all, they’d never experienced fighting a Swordbird army They felt that it was quite a sticky situation when they thought about it
Even if they won, it would be a pyrrhic victory since they would pay a heavy cost
If the commander-in-chief’s tactics worked, then they would be able to capture the Jiang family with unstained swords It would be absolutely perfect
Just as the officers were about to head back to their camps, a shrill horn sounded fro theet ready! Ene out, countless winged birds suddenly appeared in the night sky beneath the rays of thethe sky and blotting out thefuriously for this part of the mountain valley
“It’s Swordbirds, Swordbirds!”
So
“Why are you panicking? Set up the round shi+eld formation”
The round shi+eld forh aerial attacks The round shi+eld for froe
“Arrow for spear formation, ready!”
These two formations were part of the saed to
If the round shi+eld forh aerial attacks, then the arrow and long spear formation was the set up to attack the Swordbirds
One had to hand it to thenificant amount of close knit preparations for the Swordbird army
Just as everyone stood stiffly at attention on the ground and prepared to fight, the Swordbirds actually flew over in the air above them and didn’t even want to dive down They whooshed past like an enorh the sky They came fast, and they left fast
<sup id=”fn1”>1 Da Yu is the naendary ancient ruler who successfully controlled the floods enwikipediaorg/wiki/Yu_the_Great↩</sup>
<sup id=”fn2”>2 One li = 05 km = 1/3 mile↩</sup>