Chapter 1703

"What's the password?"

"There's no password. Su Qin usually just says a number, like 5, and I'll activate 5 points for her in a row, and she can enter a berserk state for about 100 seconds."

"I see… so I only have 2 points left, right?"

"No worries, there are still neutral energy points you can use."

"Using someone else's… feels kind of weird. Can I meet those women of yours?"

"Sure, when?"

"After the battle."

"Alright."

"How many?"

"Including you, six."

"Six!?" Li Ruanyu stared at Zhao Chi: "You kid, can't tell at all, usually so proper and serious, didn't expect you to be such a ladies' man?"

Huh?

Zhao Chi wanted to argue.

Given Zhao Chi's conditions, if he really were a ladies' man, wouldn't he have his pick from the territory? By now there'd be at least a few hundred fewer.

He already counted as someone who kept himself very clean.

But Zhao Chi opened his mouth, and ultimately said nothing.

After all, for ordinary people, six really wasn't a small number.

Li Ruanyu asked again: "How many are your subjects, how many are lords from the Greater World?"

"From the Greater World there's only Su Qin, the rest are all my subordinates."

"Got it. I thought you only had one or two women. If I'd known earlier, I wouldn't have provoked you."

"What, you regretting it?"

"Hmph, it's too late to regret. With so many women, can you handle them all, kid?"

Zhao Chi laughed: "Sister, you're saying that a bit too early. Once you're healed, I'll let you see what your man is capable of."

"Bah, little pervert, take your hand off."

"What's wrong, sister? Not happy?"

"Don't call me sister, it makes it sound like an old cow eating tender grass. Are all those female subordinates of yours willing?"

"Of course they're willing."

"That's good then."

"So you have no objections now?"

"What objections could I have? Honestly, sigh, why are both your hands coming over?"

"Alright, alright, let's talk business. I still have a lot of questions I want to ask you."

"Business? What business?"

"Why did you directly announce the strategic plan this time? Don't we have a lot of werewolves and Heavenly King Army moles inside? Weren't you going to be made muddled-headed by me this morning?"

"Made by you…? What nonsense are you spouting? When did that ever happen? You don't understand, this was intentional."

"Intentional?"

"Mm, we deliberately stirred up the grass to startle the snake, all for the action that comes after."

"So our real target isn't the three villages?"

Li Ruanyu laughed: "Of course our real target is the three villages, so we notified everyone in advance to let them prepare better."

Zhao Chi said, puzzled: "It's certainly not wrong for us to prepare, but the enemy will prepare too. Even if it's Heavenly King Army territory, it shouldn't be that easy to take down, right? Is it really fine to blare it out like this?"

"Hehe, no problem."

"It wasn't easy to take down to begin with, and now you're exposing the battle plan in advance. The Heavenly King Army will definitely send reinforcements, and our attack will become much harder. Are we going to use the power of the formation?"

"Of course we won't use the formation's power, and besides, they have three villages, while we only have one town-level formation, which can't simultaneously counter three village-level formations."

"Then why?"

"Watch your hand, don't stir around inside, it hurts a bit."

"Oh, sorry, I forgot your injury hasn't healed yet. Mainly because your skin is too smooth, with no hair to block, I just slid right in."

"Nonsense… use your brain. The Heavenly King Army will send reinforcements, but where will the reinforcements come from?"

Zhao Chi thought for a moment.

"Definitely transferred from Binghe County."

"Mm, then won't Binghe County be short on manpower?"

Zhao Chi was stunned: "Could our real target be to take Binghe County??"

Li Ruanyu laughed: "This is one part of the operation. We will indeed make a feint against Binghe County."

Zhao Chi's mind raced.

"A feint? So afterward we'll let the surrounding Heavenly King Army reinforce Binghe County again?"

"Right, and then we just wait for those reinforcements in the Greater World."

Wait for reinforcements?

The real target is the reinforcements?

Surround Wei to rescue Zhao? Besiege a point to strike reinforcements?

So that's the idea?

Zhao Chi laughed: "Good strategy. So our goal this time is to wipe out the Heavenly King Army's effective strength?"

Li Ruanyu covered her mouth and laughed: "Didn't we just say it? Our strategic goal is to take the three villages. After wiping out their returning reinforcements, we just go take the three villages."

The strength of one village is roughly one squadron.

If the lords sent back to reinforce by the Heavenly King Army are eliminated, it will certainly weaken them considerably.

When the time comes, the effective strength of the three villages will be even weaker, and Li Ruanyu's Jade Squadron, together with the other three squadrons attacking one village, can indeed achieve a great victory.

Continuing to take down the remaining two villages afterward won't be a problem.

But there's still one issue.

"Sister, we could just pretend to attack Binghe County directly. Then the Heavenly King Army will likewise pull reinforcements from the three villages. Why bother leaking news first to make Binghe County's reinforcements go to the three villages? Isn't that redundant?"

Li Ruanyu smiled and said: "That way the numbers would be too few. If we did that, we could only eliminate the enemies the three villages send to reinforce along the way. But now we can not only wipe out the reinforcing strength from the three villages, but also the lords sent from Binghe County to reinforce the three villages. Do you understand?"

"Of course, you explained it very clearly."

"Rub a little lighter, you've made them sag from all the kneading."

"Oh… is this okay?"

"…Mm."

Zhao Chi praised: "What a brilliant strategy. So this time we can not only take the three villages, but also eliminate more enemy lords. Amazing!"

Li Ruanyu smiled and said: "There's also Binghe County."

"Binghe County too!?"

Li Ruanyu smiled and nodded: "Right, but Binghe County is no longer our target — it's the target of a few battalions of our White Tiger Regiment, and the Juedi Regiment."

Zhao Chi sighed: "I see, so this time Binghe County is also being taken… so our operation is just one link in a larger operation?"

"Right, but we're deeply involved, so when rewards are handed out later, ours won't be lacking."

"Got it…"

"Zhao Chi, only a few leaders know about these matters. You mustn't tell anyone, no matter who it is."

"Don't worry, my lips are sealed."

"Mm, I trust you."

The two of them kneaded and rubbed each other for a while longer.

Zhao Chi began to ask his questions.

"Sister, I have some other questions to ask."

"Go ahead and ask."

"Do you know anything about bloodlines? I've decomposed some genes — they might be useful, but they're not suited for me. Can I transfer them to other lords?"

"It's possible, but not easy to do. Or if you had a 'Heavenly Tower Fragment,' it would be simple — you could seal the genes and then transfer them to someone else. But these fragments are extremely rare and not easy to buy."

"Heavenly Tower? There are fragments like that?"

"Of course they exist. Just like Nüwa Stone fragments, these kinds of fragments all have very miraculous effects."

"What's the drop rate? Where do these fragments come from?"