This was the first time that Yue Qingqiu had won a battle with his eloquence. Although he could not help but feel a little proud in his heart, this joy did not last long, because he saw the worried faces of the military counselor Mao Ming and the deputy general Du Jing. He knew that something bad must have happened.
Yue Qingqiu instructed a deputy general to immediately arrange for the evacuation of all the countries. They must evacuate before noon and withdraw all the diplomatic corps into the country of Baishou before tonight to avoid any more trouble. From the experience of the past few days, the opponent would only launch a sneak attack after night, so they must complete the operation during the day.
Then, it was time to face the bad news that the military advisor, Mao Ming, and the deputy general, Du Jing, were about to bring.
Du Jing said dejectedly," The two vanguards searching for the black mountain have already sent back information. The people who set off from the left path found traces of what seemed to be a hole in the mountain after walking less than 20 miles. They are currently monitoring the place and waiting for further instructions from the pavilion master. As for the people who had set off from the right path, there was no news of them at all. The 517 people had disappeared into thin air.”
Five to six hundred elite soldiers disappearing into thin air was not a small matter. The entire Crescent Army only had about five thousand soldiers, and five to six hundred elite soldiers represented one to two tenths of the entire army. At this moment, not only were there no signs of fighting, but there was also no sign of the enemy. This was a huge setback for Yue Qingqiu.
"What else?" Le Qingqiu knew that their sadness just now was definitely not the only bad thing behind it.
" On the way to Baishou Country, the scouts sent back several messages, saying that they had found traces of the blue-clothed army. If we forcefully evacuate the diplomatic mission to Baishou Country, I'm afraid…" Du Jing said.
"If we don't retreat, we can't stay here. At least, the country has city walls, food, and an army. If we stay here, we'll only become a live target for our enemies.”Advisor Mao Ming said.
"However, if this is the case, we will have to dispatch a large number of Crescent Army soldiers to escort the diplomatic mission to the country of Baishou. However, 500 to 600 of our brothers have disappeared into thin air. If we don't seize the time and quickly rescue them, we might not have any chance at all.”Du Jing said anxiously.
"Mao Ming, tell me, will the Blue Tooth Army attack the diplomatic missions of the other countries in broad daylight?”Yue Qingqiu asked.
"Pavilion Master, you are asking this because you want to bet that the Blue Clothed Army will not attack while the foreign diplomatic corps are retreating.”Maoming asked Yue Qingqiu.
"Yes, after deducting the five or six hundred missing brothers, I can't use the remaining people to protect the various countries 'diplomatic corps, to continue surrounding the Black Mountain Seal, and to break out of the encirclement to rescue the missing brothers. No matter what, I can only choose two or even one of the three.”Yue Qingqiu said.
"We must not relax our encirclement of the Black Mountain Seal. On one hand, the Black Mountain Seal has isolated us from the mountain, but at the same time, it has also locked them firmly in the seal. Once we relax the encirclement of the seal, it will be equivalent to letting them move freely or even set up formations.”Mao Ming said.
"Advisor Jun, do you mean to give up on saving those five or six hundred brothers? If they wanted to continue to surround the seal, they would need three to four thousand brothers. In addition to the minimum manpower needed to escort the diplomatic mission, how could they spare any manpower to rescue their missing brothers?”Du Jing said anxiously.
"General Du, you are also a veteran of the battlefield. Naturally, you know that if you want to surround us, you must surround us with ten people. Otherwise, if any of the points are broken through, the damage to us will be even greater.
If we surround them with 3,000 people, we can only hold back 300 of them. However, the problem is that there are at least 1,000 Blue Dress Army soldiers. Even if the Crescent Army can fight three enemies at once, 3,000 Crescent Army soldiers are still far from enough, not to mention the Whitty Carriage, Midnight Song, and Asura Manor.”Mao Ming analyzed calmly.
"Do you mean to give up the search and rescue of those five or six hundred brothers?”Yue Qingqiu said coldly.
Mao Ming knew that Pavilion Master Le's tone was filled with extremely severe doubts. However, as a military advisor, he had to give advice to the Commander-in-chief based on his own analysis of the situation. Thus, he said," Pavilion Master can choose not to use Mao Ming's advice, but Mao Ming must answer truthfully. I am the same as the Pavilion Master and General Du, we can't bear to part with these five to six hundred brothers. However, the Pavilion Master has appointed Mao Ming as the military advisor to analyze the military situation in detail and objectively.”
Seeing that Yue Qingqiu was silent, Mao Ming continued,"Of course, we still have to do the search and rescue, but we can only compromise on the number of people. We might be able to spare one or two hundred people."
Pavilion Master, General Du, if you don't like what I'm saying, if these five to six hundred brothers were still alive, perhaps one to two hundred people, or even one to twenty people, would be enough to save them. If they were all killed, even if the entire army went to rescue them, it would be in vain. Instead, they would spare their other brothers.
Even worse, if the enemy uses the lives of these five or six hundred brothers as bait and waits for us to take the bait, you two are familiar with the art of war, so you must think twice about this matter.”
Although Mao Ming's words were not pleasant to hear, they truly spoke to the hearts of Yue Qingqiu and Mao Ming. At this moment, Yue Qingqiu could only remain silent. He knew that it was time for him to make a choice. This was not the time to reason or talk about feelings.
"Mao Ming, take my name card and go see the Kun Peng Kingdom's Old Marquis An. Tell him that the Crescent Army has discovered the enemy's tracks and must immediately send troops to pursue them. As such, we request the Kun Peng Kingdom to assist in protecting the various countries 'diplomatic missions and evacuate them."”
Military Advisor Mao Ming asked,"Will Old Marquis An agree?"”
Yue Qingqiu replied,"Yes, this is a great opportunity for the Kun Peng Kingdom to shine. They have been suppressed by the Seven Color Kingdom for decades, so they definitely won't give up this opportunity." If he doesn't want to, you can use your glib tongue to make him agree.”
Military Advisor Mao Ming said,"Yes, I'll do it now."”
"It's not over yet. You can leave after I'm done."
Du Jing, I will leave the rest to you. He had just discovered a gap in the mountain on the left road. He should ignore it for now. It was most likely a trap. He should just send someone to keep an eye on it from afar.
You only need to do one thing well, and that is to keep a close eye on the Black Mountain Seal and lock them up here like a bunch of clowns. As long as you see any enemies, beat them to death. I want all the clowns hiding in the seal to be buried with you.”
Du Jing asked anxiously,"Pavilion Master, do you mean that those five or six hundred brothers will give up?"”
Yue Qingqiu said disapprovingly,"How is that possible?"! I'll bring people to search and rescue myself. Listen up, what I'm going to say next is military orders. You can only do as I say. There's no room for discussion.”
Although Yue Qingqiu was a military commander, he had always been lenient to his subordinates. He had never spoken to his subordinates in such a tone. At this moment, Mao Ming and Du Jing felt faintly uneasy.
"Mao Ming, although Du Jing needs you, there is something that needs you more. Later, after you go to the Kun Peng Country, you will use the excuse that you are in charge of the mission to connect with the country of Longevity and stay in the Kun Peng Country's camp.
Your task is to keep an eye on Wen Zaidao of the Kun Peng Kingdom and Gao Cangyuan of the Feng Yu Kingdom. There must be something fishy going on with these two people. Find a way to find out what they are up to and report it to the Black Gold Pavilion Master. This matter can only be handled by him.
"Also, remember one thing. This is what I've learned over the years. No matter what kind of adversity it is, no matter how desperate it is, as long as Wu Chijin is still alive, he will help us think of a way.”
"Yes," said Military Advisor Mao Ming.
"Du Jing, after all the diplomatic corps have retreated to the Hundred Lives Country, if there is no movement from the Black Mountain Seal after three days, you must immediately evacuate the entire army to the Hundred Beasts Country. At that time, your main mission was to protect the Crescent Army. Now that the enemy is in the dark and we are in the open, it is too risky for the Crescent Army to be exposed here. It is only safe to retreat to the Hundred Lives Country.
Mao Ming, after the Crescent Army retreated to the Longevity Country, you immediately began to persuade the other countries to form an alliance to resist the Black Mountain Seal. Because the young masters of the various countries were currently trapped in the Crescent Country by the Black Mountain Seal. If they were to be rescued as soon as possible, they believed that the resistance to forming an alliance would not be too great.”
Du Jing could roughly understand Yue Qingqiu's plan, but there was one thing that puzzled him, so he asked,"If we retreat to the Longevity Country, will the Black Mountain Seal be left alone?"”
"We can only care about him for three days. These three days are enough for the other party to mobilize their troops and then surround us. Since there are traces of the blue clothed army along the way in Baishou Country, this means that their people are far more than those hidden in the seal.”
Military Advisor Mao Ming continued to ask,"Just now, the pavilion master said that you would bring some personal guards to search for the missing brothers. Then how do we meet up with the pavilion master next?"”
Le Qingqiu knew that Advisor Mao Ming would definitely ask this question, so he did not avoid it. He said directly,"If I save them, I'll meet up with you as soon as possible." If I can't save them, I will immediately return to the Crescent Country to report what happened at the foot of the mountain to the Country Ruler. I will also make preparations for the arrival of the alliance army.”
Military Advisor Mao Ming understood what Yue Qingqiu meant. If he couldn't save these five or six hundred brothers, he would probably live and die with them. The preparations to report to the country's ruler or coordinate with them from the inside and outside were just perfunctory statements. Therefore, Mao Ming continued to ask,"With the Black Mountain Seal in front of us, how can Pavilion Master break through them and return to the Crescent Country?"”
Yue Qingqiu smiled and said,"If you look down on me, I have my own way to break the seal."”
At this moment, Military Advisor Mao Ming asked directly,"If Pavilion Master encounters an accident, may I ask how Pavilion Master will deal with the 5,000 Crescent Army?"”
Du Jing listened to Military Advisor Mao Ming's words and angrily rebuked him,"Military Advisor, what nonsense are you talking about? With the Pavilion Master's skills, even if he can't save those hundreds of brothers, can't he protect himself?"”
Military Advisor Mao Ming lowered his head and continued to ask Le Qingqiu,"Even if the 1,000 Blue Tooth Army soldiers were all hiding in the seal, they wouldn't be a match for 500 or 600 Crescent Army soldiers, let alone make them disappear into thin air." Therefore, when the Pavilion Master went to rescue his brothers, his opponents would definitely not be the Bluetooth Army, but the Whitey Carriage, Midnight Song, Asura Manor, and the like.
Pavilion Master wanted to face them alone. Therefore, he handed over all the Crescent Army to General Du to avoid causing any casualties to his brothers. Pavilion Master had no intention of returning to the Crescent Country. Or rather, if he could not save his brothers, Pavilion Master Le wanted to kill one of them as compensation. She had no intention of living.
Therefore, I would like to ask the pavilion master, if the pavilion master meets with an accident, how will the five thousand Crescent Army deal with themselves?”
Du Jing was shocked when he heard this and asked anxiously,"Pavilion Master, you can't be thinking like this, right?!"! The 5,000 Crescent Army is under your leadership.”
Le Qingqiu knew that Mao Ming would see through everything, but he had to explain it clearly. He could only say domineeringly,"I've said it before. This is a military order. You can only obey it." Du Jing, I'll hand over the 5,000 Crescent Army to you. Remember, these 5,000 Crescent Army soldiers are the lifeline of the Crescent Country and the Crescent Mountain. I don't care what method you use, but you have to protect them with your life.
Mao Ming, you're smart enough. That's why I dared to hand over the 5,000 Crescent Army to Du Jing. If something really happens to me, you have to fully support Du Jing to stabilize the morale of the army. Du Jing is good for everything, but he is too emotional. You have to remind him from time to time, just like how you did to me just now.”
Du Jing and Mao Ming wanted to interrupt Yue Qingqiu at the same time. They couldn't just watch Pavilion Master Yue face an opponent like Whitey's carriage alone. There must be another way.
"We don't have much time to waste. My brothers are waiting for me to rescue them. Mao Ming also needs to hurry to find Old Marquis An. Therefore, you can only listen to my orders. There's no need for unnecessary discussion."”
After saying this, Yue Qingqiu patted Du Jing and Mao Ming's shoulders. Then, he called out to a few bodyguards and walked directly in the direction of the Black Mountain Seal, leaving Du Jing and Mao Ming stunned.
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