Tao Zhengyi rubbed a jade ring on his index finger with his right thumb as he asked back,
“That’s right! That bastard Lie Tianyang really is a mad dog right now, wanting to bite at anyone who he’s unhappy with. How confident are you of killing him?”
Zhang Bao pondered for a while before replying in a low voice,
“I am confident in being able to defeat him! However, in order to kill him, unless I join hands with Dong Zi, Tie Ya, Niu Sheng and the others, there is only a 10% chance of finishing him off .”
Dong Zi, Tie Ya and Niu Sheng were the other three Evolvers that Tao Zhengyo had recruited. Each of them was very overbearing, possessing powerful skills and abilities.
Tao Zhengyi contemplated for a while before saying,
“I’ve decided. I must have this fat piece of meat that is Clear Wind Camp. Once Lie Tianyang has brought his people over, you, Dong Zi and Niu Sheng will bring troops to go open up Clear Wind Camp. At that time, let Lie Tianyang be at the very front. Bring some additional rockets, so that when the time’s right, you can deal with both him and Yue Zhong at the same time.”
(TN: Tie Ya has not been accidentally left out by the author in this chapter- the next few chapters show only Zhang Bao, Dong Zi and Niu Sheng, so there are no mistakes if you’re wondering about what happened to him.)
“Understood!”
Zhang Bao nodded.
Two days later, Lie Tianyang delivered the 300+ survivors into Tao Zhengyi’s hands, as well as bringing along with him the address of the place that Yue Zhong’s stronghold had just migrated to. As a tyrant of this area, Lie Tianyang knew this region like the back of his hand, and his new subordinates had constantly been monitoring the direction in which Yue Zhong’s army was moving. Within a day, he was able to work out the exact location of Yue Zhong’s new stronghold.
Tao Zhengyi also did not go back on his words and dispatched 2 Battalions, forming an army 1000 men strong. With Zhang Bao in command, they made their way towards Yue Zhong’s stronghold.
Tao Zhengyi’s current armed forces consisted precisely of 5 Battalions, a total of over 2500 people. Although he had such a strong army, there naturally wasn’t enough equipment or weapons for all his soldiers, and so many of them were only assigned Type 54 Handguns; some were even given machetes, watermelon knives and butcher knives. However, according to Tao Zhengyi’s way of thinking, as long as they had the numbers, then they would have enough power. Using some of the men as cannon fodder was completely fine to him.
Of course, there was an Elite Company within each of the 5 Battalions, which was equipped with modern weaponry and equipment taken from the military camp that the Ferocious Tigers had opened. The Elite Companies possessed the greatest power and only they could truly be considered as Tao Zhengyi’s trump cards.
Approximately 5km to the east of Mahogany Town, 10 warriors were hiding on the top floor of a small 2-storey bungalow, taking turns to keep watch over the main road. If there were any vehicles passing by, they definitely would not escape the warriors’ eyes.
A fragile-looking young man of small stature walked up to another young man, who was sporting a beard and was dressed neatly in clean clothes. He said,
“Squad Leader, go and rest! It’s my turn!”
These 10 warriors were all reconnaissance fighters from the 1st Platoon of Yue Zhong’s 1st Company; all of them were Enhancers above Level 8. Amongst them, there was the Squad Leader Guo Quan, who was a Level 10 Enhancer. After Yue Zhong had returned from the Mechanized Infantry Brigade Station with a huge amount of equipment, their team had been keeping watch here. They had already been stationed here for 4 days.
When the horde of Mutant Pigs had attacked, it had caused Yue Zhong’s stronghold to sustain disastrous losses; at the same time though, it produced many new high-levelled Enhancers all at once.
“Xu Yang, I’ll keep watch for a little longer! Go back and rest first!”
Guo Quan smiled at the small-statured young man, before both his eyes suddenly narrowed and he said in a deep voice,
“There’s something wrong! Quickly notify headquarters, enemies are on their way!”
In the distance, a huge fleet of vehicles could be seen making its way towards them.