by Fang Xiang
The display of the two sides showed such a great difference in strength causing many spectators that had anticipated a great battle to be greatly disappointed.
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Gongsun Cha was almost dazzled by the variety of soldier types. It was the first time he had seen a great majority of soldier types in the list. The war chess that Pu Yao was familiar with was the war chess of three thousand years ago. After three thousand years of development, war chess had completely changed.
Patiently flipping through the soldier type list, Gongsun Cha couldn’t help but frown. It was impossible to express the power of an unfamiliar soldier type. No battle general was willing to direct a troop that they were unfamiliar with, no matter how powerful they might be.
However, he quickly threw away his stray thoughts. He did not think it was unfair. From when he had first touched the profession of a battle general in Little Mountain Jie, he had never had the luxury to make a troop according to his desired tactics. It was the opposite. He could only choose appropriate tactics based on the conditions of reality, such as a Vermillion Bird Camp that was almost completely sword xiu.
In true battle, there were many places that would not be as desired. If battle generals could only fight when they were satisfied with the conditions, that was a joke.
In his view, battle generals were the ones that would think of obtaining victory under any conditions!
Other than victory, everything else was the enemy.
His tangled hair brushed past Gongsun Cha’s calm yet crazy face. He narrowed his eyes and flipped through the soldier type list without any pause.
Suddenly, a familiar soldier type entered his vision.
Fire Boring Yao!
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When Pu Yao saw the soldier type listing that was also out of his expectations, his expression changed slightly. He had missed a crucial factor.
He was an exceptional battle general, no, exceptional was not enough to describe him. Pu Yao’s career as a battle general was dazzling. Other than the final battle in which all of his troops died, he was a top-notch battle general. He had only had one loss in his entire life. He had a great understanding of tactics.
He knew very well that there was no all-purpose tactic in this world. Even the strongest tactic would become familiar after being studied for three thousand years, and a way to defeat it would be found. The development of battle tactics would continuously advance. Old battle tactics would always be replaced with even better battle tactics.
Pu Yao’s expression was abnormally bad. The variety of soldier types in front of him was like a disdainful slap in the face.
When he saw Gongsun Cha expectedly choose the Flame Boring yao, his expression became grave.
The battle had not begun, and Gongsun Cha had landed in a definite disadvantage.
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“Flame Boring yao … … tsk tsk!”
Many people were shaking their heads. There were those that were laughing, and those that were scornful. Flame Boring yao was a very common soldier type. However, it was a type popular three thousand years ago. Of all the yao arts, fire yao arts had always been a type of yao art that had relatively greater power. Flame Boring yao was a very obscure species among fire yao. They were born from the lava of earth fire.
They seemed to be born for fire yao arts. Any fire yao art would have unexpected power on their hands. Due to this, the attacking power of Flame Boring yao in war chess was very high. However, Flame Boring yao had weaknesses in other areas. Their intelligence was mostly low, and could only follow orders. Compared to their powerful offensive strength, their defenses could be described as fragile. This was directly connected with the fact that fire yao arts were not suited for defense. This was also reflected in the settings of war chess.
Due to this, they were greatly loved by novices and it was not hard to understand. Beginners always preferred those soldier types that were easy to control and had great offensive power. For them, the exhilaration of charging was more pleasurable than winning.
But for expects, any weakness could be fatal, much less a weakness that everyone knew. Flame Boring yao must be used in combination with other soldier types to protect the weak Flame Boring yao.
Choosing an army completely composed of Flame Boring yao, wasn’t that tantamount to suicide?
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If Yu Heng knew this, he probably would laugh into the sky, but right now, he did not know the state of the opponent. He was extremely cautious as he did not want to lose his reputation.
The board in front of him was much larger in scale than he had imaged but this did not cause any problems to him. He was practiced as he skillfully set up his formations. With his many years of military service, his understanding of battle was even deeper than normal golden battle generals. This kind of profound understanding would show up in his adjustment. He almost did not need to think and a string of orders were sent out in a stream.
Sending out scouts, organizing the troops … …
Compared to Xiao Mo Ge’s terrible display, Yu Heng’s display was pleasing to the eye and worthy of respect.
When the scouts came back with the information that they had gathered, Yu Heng’s troops had finished their organization. Looking down from a great height, his troops were like a crab. The thick middle group was the body of the crab. The nimbly moving two flanks were like two sharp claws.
Completely composed of Flame Boring yao?
He almost thought a problem had occurred with the scout. But when successive scouts came back with the same information, Yu Heng quickly calmed down.
His first thought was that the other had soldier types skilled in illusory yao arts. There were twenty eight types that could cast illusory yao arts. He flipped through them mentally. He was considering which soldier type could be used together with Flame Boring yao.
He quickly concluded six soldier types that were able to use illusory yao arts and could work together with Flame Boring yao.
Yu Heng quickly furrowed his brow.
In opposition to everyone, who did not believe that Xiao Mo Ge had abilities as a battle general, Yu Heng was almost certain that Xiao Mo Ge had extremely outstanding talent as a battle general. Before accepting the challenge, he had studied Xiao Mo Ge’s history. He had found that, although Xiao Mo Ge was arrogant and rash, he would do as he said. He could always fulfill the seemingly absurd boasts he made.
Due to this, while everyone was doubting Xiao Mo Ge’s skill, he was considering what Xiao Mo Ge intended strategically to do such a thing?
So he frowned, because he did not understand.
Usually, using illusory yao arts were with the intention to feign battle tactics. But to disguise all of the troops as Flame Boring yao was not clever. Because any battle general with some experience could tell this was a disguise!
So from this point, the intention to disguise had lost effect!
Was Xiao Mo Ge’s skill just so?
Yu Heng did not believe it.
Deceptive battle tactics were based on both truth and lies, half-truth and half-lie. Successful deceptive tactics were used with the intention of misguiding the enemy.
From this angle, according to normal reasoning, the most plausible was that Xiao Mo Ge’s Flame Boring yao were truly Flame Boring yao!
All of them were truly Flame Boring yao?
Yu Heng shook his head. Of all the guesses, this was the most unlikely. Any battle general familiar with war chess would not be unfamiliar with Flame Boring yao. Of the thousands of tactics that Yu Heng knew, there was none where the starting troops were all Flame Boring yao.
This was decided by the Flame Boring yao’s unique weakness.
Xiao Mo Ge was a beginner?
He would be stupid to believe it.
But what were Xiao Mo Ge’s intentions?
Yu Heng suddenly found that while the two had not even come into contact, Xiao Mo Ge had successfully made him unable to judge his actions.
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nbsp; As strong as expected!
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Normal battle generals might not be able to detect Yu Heng’s hesitation, but strong battle generals such as Sang Nan instantly caught it.
“Yu Heng’s hesitating,” Sang Nan said lightly. He then smiled lightly. “But if it was anyone else who encountered this, they probably would be jumping in fright too.”
“Is this the stronger you are, the less brave you become?” He Mei looked over.
“Yes.” Sang Nan grimaced. “No way around it. Xiao Mo Ge’s move is really too unexpected.”
At the same time, many battle generals gave knowing smiles, especially those that already were certain that Xiao Mo Ge was a beginner. In their eyes, this scene was especially comedic.
More and more people started to feel that Xiao Mo Ge was a beginner.
Because up until now, Xiao Mo Ge still hadn’t finished organizing his troops. Yu Heng, on the other hand, had found an extremely good piece of land to set up his main base, he had also started to plant all kinds of yao trees. As time increased, Yu Heng’s advantage would become even more evident.
Some people wanted to laugh at Yu Heng’s caution, but everyone could understand. The importance of this battle to Yu Heng could not be doubted, and in such a crucial battle, maintaining wariness was the sign of maturity.
Before discovering the other’s intentions, maintaining one’s development was an intelligent decision.
Experienced and cautious, not giving the other even one weakness to attack, as expected of the commander of an entire corps.
On the other hand, Xiao Mo Ge was still working to organize his troops. The mess of Flame Boring yao were in groups of three to five, and increasingly showed Xiao Mo Ge’s helplessness and clumsiness.
The sound of discussion increased and scornful laughs increased.
But in this loud and busy background, Sang Nan and the other golden battle generals lowered their voices.
The disdain, underestimation, laughter in their eyes were like snow under sunlight that quickly disappeared. Their eyes slowly grew bright and sharp.
They all looked at that troop that was being organized with difficulty!
Chapter 410: Snowflake Flood.
Zuo Mo asked Pu Yao curiously, “What is Gongsun Shidi doing?”
“He is organizing his troops.” A look flashed through Pu Yao’s eyes. He suddenly laughed lightly. “Now there’s something good to watch.”
“Something good to watch?” Zuo Mo did not understand.
Pu Yao did not reply. His previous expression of gravity had disappeared, and a cold smile had formed at the corner of his mouth.
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In other people’s eyes, Gongsun Cha’s organization of the troops seemed quite difficult, but Gongsun Cha himself was immersed in the organization of his experiment.
The attributes of the flame boring yao were very similar to the sword xiu of Vermillion Bird Camp. They had strong offensive abilities and were weak defensively.
However, Gongsun Cha did not organize them like he did Vermillion Bird Camp. He was trying a new kind of organization. Six flame boring yao to a team, six teams to a troop. It was the first time that Gongsun Cha was organizing his troops this way. It wasn’t going too smoothly in the beginning. Even the spectators were able to feel that he was slightly hesitant.
But as the organization continued, the light in Gongsun Cha’s eyes grew clear. His movements became crisper, and the organization became smooth. A kind of presence called confidence slowly spread.
This new organization of troops wasn’t done on just an impulse.
The problem of how he was to increase the combat capabilities of Vermillion Bird Camp was a problem that he had thought about for a long while. This completely new formation was one of the products of his efforts.
The three section wave killing charge was unrivaled in its sharpness, but if they were bogged down in a battle of endurance, they would face the problem of not having any lasting power. Vermillion Bird Camp might have looked undefeatable in Little Mountain Jie, but Gongsun Cha knew very well that in the whole world, Vermillion Bird Camp was far from being elite. Once they fought against even stronger enemies, and the first three attacks were ineffective, then Vermillion Bird Camp would be in danger.
Recently, his skill as a battle general had increased greatly, and his vision was much broader than before. Possessing rich and new battle experience, he had thought of several novel battle tactics.
If it was any other battle general, they would have not dared to randomly create tactics. In their eyes, creating new battle tactics was a very unreliable thing. They understood hundreds of battle tactics. These battle tactics, used hundreds of times in the past, were enough for them to deal with the great majority of situations.
Never having undergone systematic education, Gongsun Cha did not have their shackles. The number of battle tactics that he understood wasn’t even as many as the silver battle generals of the yao world. Pu Yao never taught him concrete battle tactics. He could only discover and experience them through the process of fighting against Pu Yao.
All battle trends had to be concluded by himself.
He only pursued victory. Only more rational and effective tactics could help him achieve victory!
The messy troops slowly formed as if an invisible hand was shaping them into snowflakes, from ugliness into beauty.
As the gazes started to become serious, the sounds of discussion decreased.
Looking down from the sky, Gongsun Cha’s troops were like hundreds of snowflakes that fell upon the ground. But these snowflakes were deep-red, because flame boring yao possessed deep-red coloured hair.
In the midst of the beautiful deep-red snowflakes, killing intent rose.
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“So pretty!” He Mei couldn’t help but say with bright eyes.
“They aren’t just pretty.” Sang Nan’s gaze had not moved a bit as he reflexively answered. Around him, many people also had similar expressions of seriousness. They all saw the killing intent contained in these beautiful snowflakes.
Ming Yue Ye did not speak. Her face was calm, but in her blue eyes that were like the vast sky, shock flashed imperceptibly.
“He’s moving!” He Mei’s eyes became even brighter. “Whoa, so prettyto look at!”
No one spoke, but in their eyes, astonishment flashed.
It really was good to look at!
The troops did not advance quickly. As they moved, the yao spectators found the army was divided into six enormous circles. The six circles slowly spun as they moved forward. What was even more amazing was that the snowflakes in each circle was also slowly spinning.
Thousands of deep-red snowflakes moving in synchrony was really pleasing to see.
But when it entered the eyes of Sang Nan and the others, their expressions changed!
Even the battle generals that had been so disdainful unconsciously stood up straight. Their bodies reflexively became tense. Shock flew through their eyes and took over.
Such a powerful consciousness!
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Pu Yao snickered with smugness, “Xiuzhe, yao, and mo all have battle generals, but there are differences among the three. The battle generals of xiuzhe are most skilled in divination and prediction. The Great Development Calculating Method and such all do this. Mo battle generals emphasize bravery and spirit. A powerful mo battle general can gather the presences of the entire troop into one body. That really can destroy mountains. And yao battle generals? Their most powerful skill is the consciousness!”
“Consciousness?” Zuo Mo did not understand. After he found the strange fact that Gongsun Shidi had talent as a battle general, he hadn’t spent any more effort in that field.
“Battle generals with powerful consciousness can detect great details. All of the battlefield is in their mind. Even more, the consciousness is a network. He is able to send an order to every combat yao. The entire army is like his body and can be directed
at will.”
Zuo Mo finally understood. “Gongsun Shidi is this strong?”
“His talent is good.” Pu Yao was slightly proud, and then he added, “His luck isn’t bad either.”
“I just knew that Gongsun Shidi is the strongest!” Zuo Mo was overjoyed. Thinking about being able to deal a fatal strike to that old codger, Yu Heng, he felt good inside.
“Don’t you feel your blood heating and boiling?” Pu Yao glanced at Zuo Mo.
“Boiling! I want to go up and fight!” Zuo Mo’s eyes were bright.
“Yes! What’s the meaning in two people fighting? This kind of large scale battle is true pleasure!” Pu Yao seduced. “How about it? Come learn to be a battle general, it is very fun!”
“No!” Zuo Mo shook his head like a rattle drum.
“Why?” Pu Yao asked, unwilling to give up.
“Shidi can learn to be a battle general.” Zuo Mo said righteously. “Making jingshi is the truest path. Can I make jingshi by learning to be a battle genera?”
Pu Yao was speechless.
In the corner, Wei sat silently.
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Gongsun Cha looked with satisfaction at his army that he had finished organizing. Different tactics required different organization of troops. However, he did not direct the troops to speed up, but maintained the slow speed.
He had thought for a long time about this new battle tactic, but this was the first time he was using it. There naturally were many problems. Tripping and stumbling, Gongsun Cha was not in a rush. He slowly experimented. He didn’t seem to realize this was an important battle.
If it was said that people thought lightly of him before, then right now, any battle general with some knowledge was staring fixedly at the snowflake shaped troops.
Looking on as this strange troop went from the rawness of the start to smoothness.
“This Xiao Mo Ge’s consciousness is really strong.” Sang Nan was full of admiration. “Able to control this many battle yao so precisely. Powerful!”
“What’s the use of a strong consciousness? Just trying to appear pretty, who uses this kind of formation shape?” another battle general couldn’t help say. His expression was not good.