Chapter 510: Chapter 108: Lu Hongtu Designs According to Poetry_3
Lu Hongtu immediately smiled: “As the Six Cave Sect is located in the Thousand Peak Forest, we naturally have to go all out to defend our homeland and repel the invaders. The Dragon King’s rewards and punishments are fair, and our side will undoubtedly emerge victorious in this battle!”
Lord Long laughed and nodded: “That’s for certain.”
“Xiaofeng, Ah Guai, come out and tell everyone the intelligence you’ve gathered.”
The next moment, two Nascent Soul Level Cultivators descended from the sky and landed behind Lord Long.
One was a Demon Cultivator with the body of a human and the head of an eagle, called Chen Lingfeng. Originally a member of the Demon Beast Clan from Wind Pillar Peak, he was endowed with innate talent and caught the eye of the Ginseng Whisker Dragon King, who nurtured him into becoming a Demon Cultivator.
The other was a Human Cultivator named Wu Hen.
His figure was tall and thin, and his complexion was withered and pale, making him resemble a walking corpse.
His long hair was black as ink, unkempt and disheveled, with tips that swayed slightly in the air as if surrounded by shadows.
His eyes were sunken, and the area around his eye sockets was filled with black blood vessels, which made them look particularly sinister.
He wore a black robe with hem dragging on the ground, its surface tattered as if it had withstood countless battles of life and death.
On the edge where the hem touched the ground, shadows twisted bizarrely, making it quite unsettling to look at.
Lord Long said: “Tell everyone about the military intelligence you’ve uncovered.”
Wu Hen remained silent, while the Demon Cultivator Chen Lingfeng spoke: “These past few days, I have concealed myself high in the sky, overlooking the mountains, keeping a constant watch on the rear army of Liangzhu Country.”
“On mountain terrain, they are divided into five armies, supporting each other from front to rear.”
“The leading Barbarian Demon Camp, followed by White Jade Camp, the middle is the Golden Spear Army, then comes Red Flower Camp, and lastly, the Three Generals Camp…”
Chen Lingfeng went on to describe in detail the movements of the entire army.
After hearing the introduction, the expressions of the Cultivators relaxed somewhat.
“The head of the Imperial Guards, Sun Gan, although not often on the front lines, feels safe in the rear and is even hastily marching the army. Hehehe,” laughed the Poison Scorpion Cave Master, as a murderous aura began to spread.
Gu Ya stuck out her bright red tongue, licking her teeth, revealing a bloodthirsty look: “The enemy general is foolish; this is our chance.”
Mo Yuan Cave Master Lu Hongtu, with hands clasped behind his back, pondered: “Even so, the five armies differ. In my view, we should lay all our effort into ambushing the Golden Spear Army and cut off this large force from the middle.”
“The vanguard Barbarian Demon Camp is the key to breaking their formation. This army may have numerous troops, but they are all Demon Cultivators and Barbarian Clansmen. Even if they rigorously train in battle formations, their mixed composition leads to command challenges. Plus, Xu Dali is no tactical genius; once chaos ensues, it will be difficult for him to reorganize resistance.”
“Once the Barbarian Demon Camp collapses, we don’t need to annihilate them, just drive them back.”
“Use them to disrupt White Jade Camp. The Commander of White Jade Camp, Shuangjing, is a noble’s son, with scarce military achievements, and is likely to be slow to react and mishandle the situation. Once the footing of White Jade Camp is also thrown into disarray, we can continue our assault and directly attack the Golden Spear Army!”
“Although the Golden Spear Army is strong, it has few soldiers, and to stabilize their formation, they must inevitably resort to killing their own soldiers, which will shake their morale and surely cause a major drop in spirit, potentially exposing vulnerabilities.”
“Once we seize this vulnerability, we could achieve a decisive victory and annihilate them entirely, which is also highly possible.”
Lu Hongtu smiled coldly, his tone ominous: “As for the Red Flower Camp and the Three Generals Camp, they are not important.”
“Based on intelligence, these two armies are extremely vigilant and march in battle formations. Even if we ambush them, we are unlikely to succeed and might easily be held up.”
“Once an ambush is launched, every moment we delay, our advantage decreases by 10%.”
“The most crucial point is, these two armies are not strong, and their leaders are merely Golden Core level; even total annihilation would hardly be as significant as inflicting damage to the Golden Spear Army!”
The Cultivators fell silent.
After a while, Lord Long laughed: “Worthy of being the Great Cave Master of the Six Cave Sect, this plan is excellent.”
Suddenly, Di Lu from the Cangyue Tribe said: “Isn’t there also a Fire Cloud Camp?”
Chen Lingfeng said: “This army has not been deployed; it seems that Canglin Immortal City is Liangzhu Country’s main rear base this time, and they also need troops to guard it.”
Demon Heart Cave Master pondered: “That’s a bit odd.”
“Why would the main commander Sun Gan order a forced march while the last two armies are proceeding with such tight security in battle formations?”
This time, Wu Hen spoke up: “There is an Omen Poem…”
His voice was very strange, extremely unpleasant, like fingernails screeching across glass.
With his introduction, the cultivators came to know Ning Zhuo’s poetic work.
Horse hooves trample fallen flowers, as shadows sink in the wind-swept sand. Who can retain the moon’s brightness, who can bury the smoky mist?
“This poem, could it be predicting our ambush?!” Everyone was startled.
“So many talents in Liangzhu Country?”
“Who is this person? We must kill him to feel at ease!”
Wu Hen then said: “This person’s name is Ning Zhuo, but he is not from Liangzhu Country, he comes from the Ning Family of Southern Bean Country.”
“The Southern Bean Country has a Ning Family?”
“Never heard of it…”
“I only know of the Meng Family, and Su Family.”
Wu Hen continued: “The Ning Family comes from North Wind Country, they migrated and passed through Liangzhu Country, eventually settling in Southern Bean Country, now residing at Fire Persimmon Mountain.”
“Ning Zhuo joined the army because once the Ning Family had a grudge with the Six Cave Sect. With the onset of war, he looked to seize the opportunity for revenge.”
All eyes turned towards the Six Cave Sect.
“The Ning Family?” Mo Yuan Cave Master sighed in his heart as he remembered, glancing at the Demon Heart Cave Master beside him.
The Demon Heart Cave Master coughed softly.
Mo Yuan Cave Master managed the Six Cave Sect and actively sought alliances with external forces. The Ning Family once had a Nascent Soul Level Cultivator and traded with the Six Cave Sect, with quite a close relationship.
When the Ning Family migrated, Mo Yuan Cave Master intended to assist, but the Demon Heart Cave Master and others harbored ulterior motives, scheming behind Lu Hongtu’s back.
After all, they couldn’t openly go against the Great Cave Master’s orders.
As a result, the Ning Family was lucky, losing most of their wealth, but managing to escape from their predicament at the last moment.
“This is an old grudge from many years ago.” Mo Yuan Cave Master smiled faintly, composed, “The young Ning child, merely at Foundation Establishment, daring to seek revenge, has commendable courage. Good, this poem is good, I have another strategy!”
Lord Long: “Hmm? Please enlighten us, Great Cave Master.”
Mo Yuan Cave Master then said: “Breaking the battle formation is difficult; the key lies in the morale of the soldiers. Once the morale falls, the spirits of the army waver, and the power of the battle formation will drastically decrease.”
“This Omen Poem, if used well, might rival the strength of a Nascent Soul Level combatant, or even be more crucial!”
“Presumably the enemy army is already familiar with this poem. At least from the posture of their march, the Three Generals Camp and Red Flower Camp won’t be able to escape.”
“Given this, we can take the opportunity to set a trap, launching our attacks based on this poem, causing them great damage and mental shock!”
“The Red Flower Camp has General Mu’s foundation, let’s not speak of that. The Three Generals Camp is newly formed, merely a rabble, the weakest of the five armies!”
“At that time, coordinating with this poem, attacking in turns, we will certainly cause unrest in the Three Generals Camp, who knows, we might even capture it with ease.”
The crowd fell silent again.
After a while, Lord Long clapped his hands and chuckled: “Good, a plan that targets their psyche, using their own strategy against them, the Great Cave Master’s thinking is exquisite, we shall proceed with this plan!”
All cultivators concurred, soaring into the sky, secretly departing from Thousand Peak Forest.
Along the way, they encountered several cultivators, mainly Golden Core practitioners, all who had signed the Divine Decree to participate in this ambush.
With Lord Long leading the way, they stealthily advanced while he arranged the deployment of the cultivators.
The Golden Halberd Army would be besieged by Mo Yuan Cave Master and others, with barbarian cultivators attacking the Barbarian Demon Camp and several Golden Core Cultivators containing the Red Flower Camp and Three Generals Camp.