C44 (1/2)

Human's fear often came from the unknown. When faced with an enemy, that fear would turn into anger, extreme, irrational anger.

The same went for the Guardian Du Mingfa of the Tiger Running City City.

In the past few days, Du Mingfa first found out that a group of random soldiers with Fire Phoenix Empire less than a thousand had appeared near the Wulian Mountain Range. Towards such a small scale random weapon, although they were puzzled as to how they passed through the Wulian Mountain Range, no one would pay too much attention to it. Especially after a few days, this group of Fire Phoenix Army seemed to have disappeared from the scouts' line of sight. Occasionally, the scouts would discover a team of less than two hundred people.

And after a few days, every two or three days, they would hear about a town or village that was massacred, and that village that was burnt to a crisp. Thus, that group of over a thousand soldiers seemed to have instantly turned into the most elite troops in the Fire Phoenix Empire, as unprovoked fear began to envelop the entire southern side of the Moqiu State, the largest city. Suspicion, fear, fear, and uneasiness spread through the city. Du Mingfa was afraid, but he did not dare report it to the capital Moqiu City. The current number of defending troops was close to three thousand, and although the elite soldiers had all been transferred to the Phoenix City Pass front lines, there were still walls to defend. No matter where he said it, others would treat him as a joke, and even question his cowardice and ability.

Seeing that the carriage was full of people, Du Mingfa did not hesitate any longer. He ordered the whole city to enter a state of war. All the defenders were not allowed to return to their camps, and they were to stand guard on the city walls for twelve hours in three shifts. All the men between the ages of 16 and 50 in the city will be drafted and ready as temporary reserves. All four gates were closed. No one was allowed to enter unless they had Master Dean's orders.

At the same time, Du Mingfa sent out a total of ten teams of scouts. Aside from the four teams that were searching towards the south for the chaotic Fire Phoenix, the other six teams all carried their own letters to the surrounding towns, asking for help. Du Mingfa only had one thought in his mind: Gather all of the troops that I can muster, and with the power of a thousand kilograms, I will smash this army that is less than a thousand people!

On the evening of the third day, the Fire Phoenix Chaos Army that had committed all sorts of crimes finally appeared in front of everyone's eyes. They had set up camp around twenty kilometers away from the city walls.

The assistant general gave the binoculars in his hands to Du Mingfa and pointed out the direction, while whispering, ”Master Du, I can see that the enemy is not that strong.

Du Mingfa did not make a sound, and carefully sized up the army camp opposite. Although the distance was too far and some details couldn't be seen clearly, it was obvious that the other party had even gone easy on the tents, and the crater outside the tents was only knee-deep. If they were to fight an army that didn't even have basic skills, they would not be able to withstand a single blow.

But after thinking for a long time, Du Mingfa still shook his head, ”It's real, real or fake. Who knows? Maybe the other side intentionally made such a thing just for us to take the bait. Number one in the city guards, you are not allowed to march out of the city to meet enemies without my permission! Do you understand?! ”

”Yes sir!” The Lieutenant General and several of his subordinates dispiritedly accepted the order.

Du Mingfa's strategy was just to wait. He did not believe that they were such a motley crowd, because no matter how he looked at it, they were not the same people who had killed and looted the village. Not to mention that they could chop off their head and deliver it to him in the car. To be able to do such a thing, one must be as resolute as iron. They must be strict in their military discipline, so such a situation would definitely not occur. Since that was the case, the military camp in front of them must be full of tricks. Furthermore, it was not a large group war, so the distance of twenty li should be quite far, right? By the time they reached the city walls, the soldiers would probably be half-exhausted. There was no need to talk about attacking the city anymore. Therefore, it was likely that the enemy had only left a small number of soldiers to deliberately make the handicapped, waiting for them to launch an attack so that they could ambush the elite soldiers and catch them off guard!

The more Du Mingfa thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. Not only did he not allow his own troops to go out to battle, he also requested for more scouts to be sent to the sides for help. When the reinforcements arrive, they can form a huge encirclement, and completely kill this chaotic army under the Tiger Running City!

In fact, if Du Mingfa had really listened to the vice general's advice, even if he had sent out five hundred horses to steal the night camp, he would have obtained quite a good victory. Because at this time, within the campsite, only strong man along with his hundred Wulian Border Army Warriors and three hundred strong men could not block the formation of a single charge.

And at this time, the Xiu'er, Chen Chu, and Qu Feizhi had already led their troops to bypass the Tiger Running City. They had set up an ambush on the paths that led to the Tiger Running City, and their troops were rushing to the reinforcements that had received the order to help!

Creating a terrifying atmosphere and providing support to the surrounding areas was a battle strategy that the four of them had already formulated long ago. Towards such a large city like Tiger Running City, they had never even thought of taking it down. Even the most honest strong man had never thought of using his mortal body to withstand the rain of arrows that filled the sky to fight against the tall city walls. Not only that, he was also the most supportive of the surrounding backup tactics. The reason was simple, Wulian Border Army was definitely the best at this job, wasn't it just digging traps and tripping horses? To the Wulian Border Army who were living in the forest, this was simply no big deal.

Therefore, while they were on the march, strong man continuously demonstrated and imparted techniques that he could never learn from the Imperial Military Academy. From how to dig a pit, build a caper, tie a rope, lower net, how to camouflage, how to attract prey, even how to set up a cunning pit, the story was detailed.

Along the way, not to mention Qu Feizhi, even Chen Chu had sweat and paled when he heard this. If they really let strong man display his Wulian Border Army in a serious manner, his over a hundred Knights would not even be enough to fill in the hole. However, this way was also good. It had completely solidified their determination to kill ShaoBo Duo and attack the reinforcements.