Chapter 374 Dragon Emperor
Jian Feng Han coughed and said, “Arguing won’t solve any problems in this battle. Shall we instead have a good discussion about our strategies? What is the overall plan, who do we attack first, who will be the main force and who will be the support; We need to settle all of these details. Chaotic battles without any formations will only put Ba Huang City at a great disadvantage. After all, Jiu Li City’s overall military strength is 10% greater than our own!”
Holding onto his sword, Yan Zhao Warrior smiled and said, “Our biggest concern are the 4 large guilds, [Legend], [House of Prestige], [Judgement] & [Appearance Alliance]. We have to at least get rid of 1 or 2 of these four guilds, if not, they’ll come together, and we’ll be forced into a difficult situation.
Tyrant of Western Chu stepped up with a sword in his hand saying, “Why don’t we attack [Legend] first! In Jiu Li City’s power hierarchy, [House of Prestige], [Judgement] & [Appearance alliance] have clashed swords with them before, so they are certainly not allies. If we all join forces and attack [Legend], we might be able to obliterate them, reducing our concerns.
I pursed my lips and said, “ Those are all just conjectures. The Guild Masters of the few large guilds of Jiu Li City all have relatively high IQ and EQs, Bai Li Ruo Feng, Ye Lai and Mu Xuan are all aware that just like the lips and teeth depend on each other, they are also interdependent. That plan is just too risky.”
Tyrant of Western Chu glared and asked “So Li Xiao Yao, what do you have in mind?”
Jian Feng Han and Yan Zhao Warrior both looked at me, I looked down and said, “Let’s use their grudges. Previously, when I was in Fan Shu City, I killed Quick Thunder Swift Wind, [House of Prestige]’s Vice Guild Master, making the whole alliance hate me to the core. I will take advantage of the chaos, and bring [Zhan Long]’s most agile team to attack [House of Prestige] for a short while, then we’ll retreat. The other remaining guilds will prepare an ambush at a fixed location, first clearing [House of Prestige]’s main offensive strength, once they have lost their main army, [Legend], [Judgment] and the rest will definitely come to their aid. What do you guys think?”
Jian Feng Han Clenched his first and said, “Yes, this plan might work, however, the lands around here are all barren, there doesn’t seem to be any good places for an ambush”
Matcha giggled beside me and said, “That might not necessarily be true. Before coming into the Hell’s Core, I checked the surroundings. Even though it mostly consists of barren lands, 3000 yards east of the Fort Zi Feng, there lies a forest, called Moonlight Forest. It’s highly suitable for ambushes. There’s just one problem, it’s very dangerous for [Zhan Long] if our members are the only ones going to lure the enemies.”
Smiling, Soaring Dragon raised his staff and said “The wolf can’t be caught if we can’t bear to lose a child, these sacrifices are necessary!”
[*TL note: This is an idiom basically meaning ‘sacrifices are inevitable in order to reach your goal’]
Yue Qing Qian rolled her eyes and said “ It’s not like emotions are making Soaring Dragon members become bait, no wonder you seem very calm about it!”
Jian Feng Han said “Knock it off, why don’t we discuss who will be doing the ambush”
Yan Zhao Warrior continued “The ambush team has to be very strong, at the very least it needs to be able to suppress [House of Prestige]’s main force. Prague will send 1000 core members to help, our Vice GM Heaven’s Hero will lead the team while I stay here to defend.”
Jian Feng Hai followed, “[Vanguard will send 2000 men, with Sister Yun* commanding. Xiao Yao Zi Zai do you accept?”
TL Note: Sister Yun is referring to his sister Simple
I nodded and smiled “OK, Since [Vanguard] and [Prague] are so sincere, [Zhan Long] will have General Wang Jian leading 2000 of our elites for the ambush. Misty Cloud what about you guys?”
Misty Cloud laughed aloud, “How about this, I won’t fight here, I’ll go in for the kill. I will be leading 5000 of our elites to assist you, so you will have less worries. Even if [Legend]’s main force attacks us, our military strength will be on par with theirs.”
Han Ben Song followed, “Since we are allies, I will send 3000 of our men, I’m sorry if that’s not enough, as our whole guild only has 5000 members.”
I nodded “Yes, it’s sufficient. While the crowd is still in a state of chaos you guys should discreetly deploy your men to their various positions to avoid being detected by Jiu Li City’s members. If not this plan will fail.”
“OK, Got it!”
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From the 200,000 men that formed Ba Huang City’s guilds, 20,000 troops swiftly spread out towards Moonlight Forest. With the chain of troops formed by smaller guilds from Ba Huang City, these 20,000 troops were concealed and moved unnoticed. Moreover, Fort Zi Feng acts as a wall between us and Jiu Li City’s camp, making it impossible to see them.