411 Human Meat Wholesaler (2/2)

His stature was thin, with four slender limbs, wrapped in the red-brown hide as the symbol of the general of Flaming Valley. However, that animal hide was sewn by the barbarians of Flaming Valley, so it wasn't quite fit with his stature. At the same time, surrounded by the tall barbarians, the general seemed even smaller and thinner.

However, although his stature was small and slender, he had an inviolable imposing bearing while marching.

When the troops arrived at a certain place, the general suddenly stood up from the back of the strange beast. And after looking around for a bit, he finally made a decision.

”The front army stop here, recuperate, and guard this place. The left army goes along the mountain path and does not stop until further order. The right army will go with me along the right side of the mountain. These are the orders.”

This faint command sound instantly passed into every warrior's ears. During the march, the soldiers who had been talking quietly immediately went silent. After listening to the order, many of them were actually confused.

”Is the army going to be divided into three?”

”It's so troublesome to split the army again. Since this Fire Spirit became the general, whenever we go into battle, he always split the army again and again. Obviously, we can just kill the enemy, why would we need to trouble ourselves?”

”Yeah, there are front army, left army… How do I know which army I belong to?”

”I heard that Golden City people are completely pleasure-seeking incompetents. To fight with them, we just need to give vigorous effort and that's that. But by dividing our force, wouldn't it appear that we Flaming Valley are afraid of them?”

”Humph, look at how thin and weak this Fire Spirit is, how could he be worthy to be the general of the army?”

These barbarian soldiers were the best soldiers handpicked by the Master of Flaming Valley. They were the youngest but also the most powerful fighters in Flaming Valley. However, these soldiers haven't had a battle under the fire spirit, thus they refused to obey him. They openly talked loudly without the slightest consideration toward the commander beside them. And upon hearing it, the fire spirit general who issued this command knitted his brows.

Was this too much trouble for them?

However, this dividing the thousands of elite fighters into three, was there any simpler military tactic in this world?

These warriors of Flaming Valley only have valor. They were just elite warriors, but not qualified soldiers. Even under him, they couldn't even display a tenth of their full combat capability. If these were truly tempered soldiers, he would direct each of these soldiers to carry out his command. Even if there were thousands of them, they could still be organized. As long as the soldiers could follow the command, they would display incredible combat strength.

In Royal Soldier Sect, many people used the game go as a metaphor for a general commanding his soldiers. The general in the battlefield was like the go player, and the soldiers were the pieces on the board. For ordinary go players, if the pieces that they have to manage exceeded that of ten, they would immediately be thrown into confusion. Consequently, if they wanted to command tens of thousands of soldiers, they needed layers of officers who would substitute them in commanding the soldiers.

For a more skilled player, their pieces would be handled better, and the more in depth the command that he could give. And this type of skill was called micromanagement in Royal Soldier Sect.

And as the lead disciple of Royal Soldier, among his peers, he had the unrivaled micromanagement skill. However, now, even dividing the troops into three was not feasible, so he had no way to display his amazing skill.

However, Xian Liang was not angry. He looked at the barbarian warriors who sneered provocatively at him and lightly said, ”Before leaving, the king has authorized me as the commander-in-chief. Military orders are strictly obeyed and can't be violated.”

A barbarian soldier took the lead in stepping forward. He pointed his huge stone ax towards Xiang Liang. ”I have actually heard that the king has fallen under your, this sinister villain's scam, that's why he appointed you as the commander-in-chief. In combat, us heroes of Flaming Valley have always been upright. Sinister and deceitful tricks are the things that we disdain!”

Upon hearing it, Xiang Liang could not help but gawk. He had been in Flaming Valley for quite some time, but this was the first time he heard such splendid words.

Then, even more miraculously, this sentiment was echoed in the eyes of the other soldiers.

Perhaps for those skilled in politics, they could think this through. However, at this time, Xiang Liang only remembered the words of his Master when he was cultivating in Royal Soldier Sect.

”People who only know how to line up their soldiers do not qualify to be the commander-in-chief. The genuine first-class general must let the officers and soldiers under him to be sincerely convinced in heart and by word, and have the perfect command of them.”

Compared to his Master's instruction, right now, this army was not sincerely convinced in heart and by word, and he did not have the perfect command of them.

Xiang Liang didn't care why they dared to rebel, nor did he care about the intention of the king of Flaming Valley in handing over such an army to him. As the lead disciple of Royal Soldier Sect, there was only one thing to do about this.

”Since that's the case...”

After thinking about it, Xiang Liang raised his right hand and then a halo light spread from his fingertip, which then swept through the whole army.

A moment later, the glow dissipated and the initially noisy sounds within the army were all extinguished. All the barbarian soldiers stood still, and their originally blazing eyes became detached and indifferent.

”Very good.”

Xiang Liang satisfactorily looked at this dissenting-no-more army and readily commanded these thousands of soldiers.