Chapter 286 Breaking the Queen
That night, after dinner, Uncle Lu found Lou Qianjiang and Xu Zhenfeng and said to them, "I estimate that the demons will take action tonight. You should all be alert. If things go wrong, it is important for you two to save your lives. Run towards the direction of Xuantian Sect first."
Since Xu Zhenfeng arrived in Shahai City, he has not spoken a few words to Uncle Lu.
I know nothing about this heavenly rank cultivator.
But at this moment, these two sentences from Uncle Lu immediately won Xu Zhenfeng's favor.
He did not tell Xu Zhenfeng to try his best to keep the tungsten iron, but asked them to put their own lives first.
Even if these were what General Lou had instructed him to say, at least Xu Zhenfeng felt the sincerity in his tone when he said it.
"Uncle Lu, rest assured. I will do my best. If something goes wrong...Uncle Lu, you don't have to worry about me. Huang Jingwa and I have our own ways to escape. You just need to protect Qianjiang."
"No, I mean if things get bad, you two... you three should run away together."
After Uncle Lu finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zhenfeng with some pleading in his eyes, "Mr. Xu, I know that your strength is not just as simple as the first level of the Earth Rank. I hope that if possible, you can protect my eldest son."
Xu Zhenfeng nodded slowly, "I will try my best."
After hearing what Xu Zhenfeng said, Uncle Lu was obviously more relaxed.
He nodded slightly at Xu Zhenfeng, patted Lou Qianjiang on the shoulder, then turned and left.
After watching Uncle Lu walk away, Lou Qianjiang got back on his Lieyang horse and continued his patrol.
He turned around and said to Xu Zhenfeng with some concern: "Uncle Lu said so, can we really not keep this batch of tungsten iron?"
Xu Zhenfeng imitated Uncle Lu, patted him on the shoulder, and consoled him: "Uncle Lu is just saying it's just in case. We still have to fight for it ourselves."
Lou Qianjiang bowed to him and said, "Brother Xu, I've already troubled you too much with the affairs of the General's Mansion. This time is not a big deal. Regardless of whether the escort succeeds or fails this time, from now on, my Fenwei General's Mansion will be your backing in the human world."
Xu Zhenfeng smiled and said, "Isn't it a little late to say something nice now?"
Lou Qianjiang also chuckled twice, "It's a little late, but it's better than saying nothing."
At this time, Huang Jing's voice came from underground.
“We Huang Jing have investigated clearly. There are more than 2,000 monsters from the demon clan, including two heaven-level monsters and hundreds of earth-level monsters.
Most of the other monsters are also above the fifth level of Xuan Rank. There are only a few Xuan Rank primary level and Huang Rank high level. "
After Huang Jing finished speaking in one breath, he seemed to take a breath and then continued:
"Lou... Uncle Qianjiang, you guys just wish for the best. You definitely can't defeat the demons this time."
Lou Qianjiang's expression, which had just relaxed, became tense again.
He hurriedly called over a team leader and asked him to inform Uncle Lu, Uncle Qiu and several deputy generals of the news that Huang Jingwa had found out.
"Xiao Huangjing, have you found out any other information?"
After making the arrangements, Lou Qianjiang hurriedly asked Huang Jing.
Huang Jing suddenly popped his head out from the sand between him and Xu Zhenfeng.
The little guy looked up at Lou Qianjiang, his eyes sparkling as he said:
"Give me the magic crystal, and I'll tell you."
Lou Qianjiang looked down at the little thing and gave a bitter smile. Before he could answer, Xu Zhenfeng said to Huang Jing with a sullen face, "Tell me quickly, do you have any other news?"
Huang Jing saw Xu Zhen's unhappy expression and shrank his neck in fear.
"That heavenly monster seems to be gathering other high-level monsters. They should be here in the second half of the night. We Huang Jing don't know the rest."
After Xu Zhenfeng heard this, he told Huang Jingwawa to follow him underground, and then said to Lou Qianjiang, "Let's go and discuss this with Uncle Lu and the others."
By the time they found Uncle Lu, Uncle Qiu, several lieutenants, and ten team leaders had all arrived.
After Lou Qianjiang explained the situation, Uncle Lu and Uncle Qiu's faces became even gloomier.
The deputy generals didn't know what idea to come up with for a moment.
The team leaders didn't even dare to speak.
After a long silence, Xu Zhenfeng spoke again: "These monsters have surrounded us. Although there are more than 2,000 of them, fortunately they are not an organized and well-trained demon army, but just a group of rabble.
Although we have fewer soldiers, we are a well-organized army. Our coordination and cooperation are much better than theirs. Even if we fight with fewer troops, they may not win. "
Although Uncle Lu and the deputy generals and team leaders had never heard of some of the terms Xu Zhenfeng mentioned, they could understand what they meant.
After listening to Xu Zhenfeng's words, everyone felt that what he said made sense and unconsciously gained some confidence.
At this time, Lou Qianjiang asked a team leader to take out a map, pointed to their current location, and said to everyone: "We are here now, and one hundred and eighty miles ahead is the Howling Sand Dunes.
As long as you cross the Howling Sand Dunes and run forward another two hundred miles, you will enter the territory of the Tianyuan Sect.
At the border of Xuantian Sect’s territory, my fellow disciples will pick us up.
The group we are escorting this time is not small, so the monsters have been recruiting more monsters to rob us.
If we hadn't come here already, the monsters would have to wait a little longer to gather more demons."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Xu Zhenfeng.
This was all Xu Zhenfeng said to him on the way here just now, and he didn’t know what to say else.
Xu Zhenfeng continued his words: "Since the monsters also feel that they are not ready yet, they just want to trap us here today.
So that they can gather as many of their kind as possible, it would be better for us to take the initiative as soon as possible, break out of the encirclement, and head straight to the Howling Dunes overnight."
After he said these words, he glanced left and right at the two Heavenly Rank cultivators and the faces of several deputy generals.
Sure enough, when he heard him say that he wanted to take the initiative to attack, he would flee 150 miles overnight.
The faces of several deputy generals and ten team leaders turned into expressions of disbelief.
However, the two Heavenly Rank cultivators remained calm, as if they were thinking about the feasibility of Xu Zhenfeng's proposal.
One of the deputy generals saw that no one was talking, so he couldn’t help but say, “One hundred and sixty carriages, and there are spare horses accompanying them, nearly four hundred horses, and more than three hundred drivers.
If we charge and flee at night, it will be easy for us to lose our formation. Once the convoy is scattered, we only have a thousand soldiers, and it will be difficult to gather them in the dark."
The deputy general had a few more words to say. Although the human race and the demon race had had frictions of varying sizes over the years, the human soldiers were always a little weaker in momentum when facing the demon race.
If the battle is fought during the day, the soldiers can clearly see the general's position and the morale of the army can be stabilized.
However, if the soldiers could not find the location of their generals at night, and the generals failed to grasp the timing correctly, the demons would take advantage of the opportunity to attack, and the army would easily fall into chaos and flee.
Xu Zhenfeng understood what the deputy general meant, even what he didn't say.
"We are not charging together as a large force. Each leader will lead his own soldiers to attack in three directions. With a team of 100 people, there will be no situation where the soldiers cannot find their leaders even at night."
After Xu Zhenfeng finished speaking, he said to Uncle Lu and Uncle Qiu, "Divide into three teams of three, three, four, and the sergeants will follow the team leader, and the team leader will follow the deputy general. They won't fall behind.
The teams of three on the left and right sides were responsible for breaking through the encirclement and involving most of the demons.
The middle team of 400 people is slightly behind, and the front team of 200 people is responsible for the charge.
The remaining two hundred men guarded both sides of the convoy, escorting the convoy through the breached gap straight to the Howling Sand Dunes.
Qianjiang and I, along with his twenty guards, will cover the rear."