Chapter 502: Mechanical Army, Attack!

Mulun Town.

Liu, Generals Guan, Zhang, and Ning, the four of them, were shocked upon receiving the military order.

Du Tiechuan was of the Spirit Transformation level, the commander-in-chief of the Liangzhu Kingdom's expedition to the Thousand Peaks Forest, yet he had been ambushed and seriously injured.

The key was that Young Master Sheng Xu was only at the Nascent Soul level, yet he was able to assassinate Du Tiechuan. If this fact were disclosed, many people would probably think it was fake news.

The later a cultivator's path, the more difficult it is to fight across levels. It seems like only a one-level difference, but in reality, there can be a world of difference.

Ning Zhuo fought Jin Dan with Foundation Establishment, Young Master Sheng Xu fought Spirit Transformation with Nascent Soul; the difficulty of the latter was countless times higher than the former, and also countless times rarer.

Zhang Hei did not understand: "A dignified commander-in-chief, Spirit Transformation level, what is he doing? Could he be so careless?!"

Liu Er sighed: "Although Young Master Sheng Xu is very 'empty' (Sheng Xu), he is on the Young Master List and is famous for assassination; it is not strange that he could achieve this."

The Young Master List!

This was a very famous list that recorded the young male cultivators recognized by the whole world.

This list covered almost the entire cultivation world and included almost all cultivation kingdoms.

Sheng Xu was on it, and the title of Young Master had a very heavy gold content!

Generals Guan Hong nodded in agreement: "Yes, it is not the first time Young Master Sheng Xu has fought against the Spirit Transformation level."

"Although Du Tiechuan is of the Spirit Transformation level, it depends on whether it was his main body or a divine sense clone."

When a cultivator reaches the Spirit Transformation stage, the Nascent Soul grows into a Primordial Spirit. The cultivation of the Primordial Spirit continues to accumulate, and a part can be separated to serve as a second Primordial Spirit, or even a third.

Generals Guan Hong guessed that Du Tiechuan, who was stationed in the central army and injured, could be his main body or a divine sense clone.

That night, the alarm bell rang, and the whole army did not sleep.

They remained on high alert until dawn, and countless scouts scattered around reported that there were no signs of large enemy troops.

Only then did the soldiers relax.

The military order for the whole army to be on alert was of course correct. It was to guard against Young Master Sheng Xu's assassination, followed by the Thousand Peaks Forest army sweeping in.

But from the current reality, the Thousand Peaks Forest army did not seem to have the ability to sneak into Mulun Town without making a sound.

Or perhaps, they just hired Young Master Sheng Xu to try an assassination, and did not have high expectations from the beginning?

Regardless, Young Master Sheng Xu, the Young Master List, etc., became the words discussed most by the whole army today.

In the afternoon, another piece of bad news came.

The vanguard army of the Liangzhu Kingdom was in the most forward position, approaching the Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain of the Thousand Peaks Forest.

On the night of Young Master Sheng Xu's assassination, the Thousand Peaks Forest side suddenly mobilized cultivation experts, set up an altar for sacrifice, and created a large amount of poisonous miasma, surrounding the vanguard army.

Now, the pitch-black poisonous miasma isolated the inside from the outside, surrounding the vanguard army's camp tightly.

"The vanguard army has become an isolated army, perhaps they are being besieged at this moment!"

"We must send troops as soon as possible to rescue the vanguard army."

"But the commander-in-chief is seriously injured; at this time, we should remain still and actively recuperate."

The soldiers discussed it, and everyone's opinions were mainly divided into two factions, arguing endlessly, and the morale of the army was shaken.

At noon, Du Tiechuan issued a military order—

Three Generals Camp, Savage Demon Camp, Red Flower Camp, Golden Halberd Army, these four armies would attack the Thousand Peaks Forest from four different routes!

As for the other armies, they would remain stationed in Mulun Town and not move.

After Liu Er received the military order, he discussed it with Zhang Hei, Generals Guan Hong, and Ning Zhuo.

Zhang Hei was excited about the upcoming slaughter.

Generals Guan Hong's fighting spirit was surging, but he also had hidden worries: "According to common sense, both sides should have a great battle before dividing troops to launch a multi-line attack."

Ning Zhuo hit the nail on the head: "Du Tiechuan is avoiding going into battle himself while injured. Both the Liangzhu Kingdom and the Thousand Peaks Forest have Spirit Transformation level existences."

"The Thousand Peaks Forest side is the Dragon King of the Stamen."

"Our side is the commander-in-chief Du Tiechuan."

"If the Spirit Transformation level battle is easily defeated, the entire military situation will collapse and fall apart."

"Therefore, Commander Du's actions must be cautious."

"The key now is that the vanguard army is shrouded in poisonous miasma, and the real situation is difficult to probe."

"The Thousand Peaks Forest suddenly took action, creating such a situation; it is possible they want to besiege the vanguard army, but it is more likely they are using this to lay out a layout, set an ambush, and lure the entire Liangzhu Kingdom army to attack."

Ning Zhuo analyzed this and rubbed his chin: "In this way, Young Master Sheng Xu's assassination of the commander-in-chief and the siege of the vanguard army are coordinated strategies."

"This is likely just a small part of the overall strategy, and more hidden dangers are inside and outside the poisonous miasma of the vanguard army."

"Du Tiechuan does not want to mobilize the army rashly, because this is very likely to fall into the enemy's trap."

"But he also wants to find out the truth."

"He must have already dispatched capable scouts to detect the real situation inside the poisonous miasma."

"At the same time, he ordered our four armies to attack, still wanting to use this method to probe the Thousand Peaks Forest's military layout."

Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang were silent.

They all approved of Ning Zhuo's analysis.

The Three Generals Camp had not been established for long, and even with day and night training, its overall combat power belonged to the bottom level.

Du Tiechuan dispatching the Three Generals Camp, to put it more essentially, was using them as cannon fodder.

Regarding this point, Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang had long been prepared. As itinerant cultivators who defected and formed their own army, it was very normal to be used in this situation.

What Zhang Hei did not understand was: "Why were the Red Flower Camp and the Golden Halberd Army also arranged in this action?"

The situation of the Savage Demon Camp was similar to that of the Three Generals Camp, which everyone could understand.

Ning Zhuo pondered: "Although the Red Flower Camp originated from the General Mu Mansion, and although the previous difficulties were resolved, the forces in the country still did not let them go."

"The Golden Halberd Army was purely implicated by Sun Gan."

Sun Gan, as the commander of the Forbidden Army, had actually wanted to get involved with the General Mu Mansion, picking peaches before others.

He led the Forbidden Army himself but wanted to jump elsewhere, which also made the monarch dissatisfied.

Therefore, this time he was squeezed out and became a pawn to probe the enemy's military deployment.

Ning Zhuo thought for a while and added: "Among our four armies, there will naturally be distinctions."

"According to my guess, among the four march routes, our situation will not be very good; there will definitely be a few hard bones."

Ning Zhuo's guess was confirmed later.

The march routes of the four armies indeed had advantages and disadvantages; Sun Gan's Golden Halberd Army was the most difficult, the Three Generals Camp was second, the Red Flower Camp was third, and the Savage Demon Camp actually had the best route.

Ning Zhuo deduced from this the changes in the Liangzhu Kingdom's court: "Traitors are the most hateful; Sun Gan's disloyalty made the monarch angry."

"Our Three Generals Camp made contributions in the last ambush, and the limelight was very strong; many people in the court want to suppress us."

"The Red Flower Camp is third, exposing that many people still do not give up on the General Mu Mansion."

"The Savage Demon Camp, this cannon fodder camp in the usual sense, actually received the best treatment; it is truly ironic. The pattern of the Liangzhu Kingdom's monarch is nothing more than this."

The three generals did not say anything, but all had expressions of agreement.

The military order was issued at noon that day.

The four armies hurriedly ate lunch and then broke camp to advance.

Mu Lan specially summoned Ning Zhuo to meet and gave Ning Zhuo a military token: "In a critical moment, crush this token, and I can use military force to pull you to me."

Mu Lan was paying more and more attention to Ning Zhuo.

She did not have feelings, and was still that iron-blooded general.

The key was that Ning Zhuo and her interests were deeply intertwined, and Ning Zhuo's life and death were related to the situation of the General Mu Mansion.

Ning Zhuo took the token and expressed his gratitude.

Before Ning Zhuo left, Mu Lan still said: "Perhaps, you can march with me?"

This proposal was immediately rejected by Ning Zhuo, who stated that he was the military advisor of the Three Generals Camp and had always gotten along well with the three generals. At this time, the battle had not yet started, and if his own military advisor went to another army, such behavior would definitely cause trouble for the Three Generals Camp.

"The three adults Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang treat me very well; how could I, Ning Zhuo, be a villain who sees profit and forgets righteousness?" Ning Zhuo sternly refused.

Mu Lan had expected this response, so she could only nod and let Ning Zhuo act carefully. Ning Zhuo returned to the Three Generals Camp, and Liu Er secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Er was of course worried that Ning Zhuo would defect to the Red Flower Camp and not stay in the Three Generals Camp.

Now it seemed that his worry was superfluous.

Zhang Hei and Generals Guan Hong did not have worries in this regard; they had full confidence in Ning Zhuo's choice of the Three Generals Camp.

The Three Generals Camp formed a long snake formation and rushed to the Thousand Peaks Forest.

They marched normally along the way, without any intention of delaying.

On the evening of the third day, they arrived at the foot of a Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain.

After setting up camp, it was calm all night.

The next morning, they broke camp and set off, climbing the first Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain.

They did not encounter any enemies.

The soldiers found many traces of the lives of barbarians and demon beasts, but these intelligent creatures had all moved away.

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Although this Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain had other creatures, it had already been abandoned.

The Three Generals Camp drove straight in without encountering any resistance.

"General, we found a large amount of food!" A scout returned to report, his expression excited.

Liu Er and Ning Zhuo went to inspect and found it was a large group of spirit mushrooms.

Ning Zhuo advised: "The barbarians are good at poison; they deliberately left these spirit foods, fearing there might be a trap. In my opinion, don't touch them at all."

Liu Er originally wanted to pick some to serve as backup food, but upon hearing this, he nodded immediately: "The military advisor's words are very true."

He immediately ordered the whole army not to take a single bit and continue moving forward.

The second Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain, the third Heavenly Pillar Giant Wood Mountain, were all abandoned. The Three Generals Camp did not encounter any enemies.

Liu, Generals Guan, Zhang, and Ning were calm, but their hearts became increasingly heavy.

Encountering some resistance was most beneficial to them. First, it was used to train troops, second, it increased morale, and third, even if they suffered setbacks, they had reasons to station there.

On the contrary, now that the enemy took the initiative to shrink, gathering the nearby military power into a group, it was more threatening to the Three Generals Camp!

Finally, when they reached the fourth Giant Wood Mountain, they saw two military camps.

One camp was stationed at the foot of the mountain, and the other was on the mountainside, the two forming a pincer formation.

The Three Generals Camp only had one army and could not divide into two.

"Damn it, the enemy has many troops, our triangular arrow formation requires the three of us Jin Dan to conclude together; there is no way to divide the troops."

Just as Zhang Hei was in trouble, Liu Er smiled slightly.

Generals Guan Hong stroked his beard and did not speak.

Zhang Hei's face immediately showed joy: "Since the eldest brother smiled, he must have thought of a good way. Say it, say it quickly."

Liu Er looked at Ning Zhuo: "It is not that I have a way, but the military advisor does."

Ning Zhuo immediately knew what Liu Er was thinking, so he said: "General Zhang is focused on training troops and may not have noticed that I have also formed an army recently, all of which are mechanical puppets."

"Because it couldn't be displayed in the Three Generals Camp, I usually went to the Red Flower Camp to borrow the open space inside to train."

Zhang Hei was pleasantly surprised: "There is such a thing? According to the military advisor's ability, this mechanical army must be very strong!"

Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly: "General Zhang is praising me! The mechanical army was also just established, and the training is insufficient. But I command an army, and perhaps I can win some time for the three adults."

Liu Er said: "If so, then I will trouble the military advisor to deal with the enemy camp on the mountainside. I and my two righteous brothers will take action together to try to eliminate the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain as soon as possible."

Ning Zhuo thought about it and agreed.

Zhang Hei hesitated: "I see the enemy camp on the mountainside, the shape is huge, three times that of the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain, flags are everywhere, obviously much stronger than the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain."

"The military advisor is only a Foundation Establishment cultivator; controlling a mechanical army alone, can he take down the enemy army?"

Ning Zhuo smiled: "Thank you, General Zhang, for your concern. My mechanical army here has no morale to speak of; even if it is defeated and collapses, as long as it wins some time for you to wipe out the enemy camp, then I can be considered to have succeeded in the battle."

"Even if the loss is heavy, don't forget, according to the contract, 30% of the spoils belong to me."

"I can naturally buy mechanical puppets on a large scale and reorganize the army."

Zhang Hei said "oh" and sighed: "Mechanical puppets are not living people; it is convenient to organize them."

The strategy was set, and Ning Zhuo separated, taking out almost all the mechanical puppets.

In the surprised eyes of many soldiers, a mechanical army quickly took shape.

Ning Zhuo resided in the mechanical army and radiated spiritual sense.

The spiritual sense was projected and received through the split-spirit mirror, and soon took over 60% of the mechanical puppets. The remaining part was secretly controlled by Sun Lingtong.

The two joined forces and triggered the battle formation.

Light Body Gale Formation!

The effect of the previous training was immediately reflected, making the mechanical puppets lighter, with light winds lingering on their hands and feet, faster and more agile.

Ning Zhuo bowed to Liu Er, then hid his figure and disappeared.

The mechanical army walked lightly and killed toward the mountain.

The Three Generals Camp triggered the triangular arrow formation and rushed toward the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain.

Ning Zhuo's march was smooth, and he couldn't help but feel strange: although the enemy camp had long-range attacks, the arrows were sparse, and there was not much pressure.

"Could it be that the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain is the main force?"

Just as Ning Zhuo was guessing, many people and horses rushed out of the enemy camp at the foot of the mountain.

Barbarians, demon cultivators, and demonic cultivators were in a mess, barely forming a battle formation, but there were many people, like a mountain flood pouring out.

"Hahaha, dumbfounded, right! You fell into a trap!" The leading Jin Dan barbarian held a giant axe in each hand and laughed proudly.

It turned out that these barbarians thought their training was insufficient and only had a numerical advantage, so they decided to divide their troops.

They set up two military camps, one strong and one weak, one virtual and one real. They also used means to cover up the truth of the virtual and real.

The Three Generals Camp was weak in reconnaissance and suffered from having fewer troops than the enemy, so they fell into the trap.

The Three Generals Camp was caught off guard and was suppressed by the enemy's huge military force, and the momentum stopped.

"Not good. I must support as soon as possible." Ning Zhuo immediately mobilized the mechanical army, wanting to go down the mountain.

But at this moment, the enemy camp on the mountainside crashed out a group of people, and the leading Jin Dan barbarian held a long spear and yelled: "Want to support, dream!"

This team of enemy troops was very fierce and rushed into the mechanical puppet army.

Both sides killed each other.

"Must be a quick battle." Ning Zhuo sighed, revealed his figure, and cast Five Elements spells.

Flames descended with a bang, and explosions continued one after another.

The barbarians were stunned by the bombing.

Because Ning Zhuo didn't care at all and destroyed many mechanical puppets.

The Jin Dan barbarian enemy general was so angry that his eyes were red. It was fine if the mechanical puppets died, but the key was that the ones they sacrificed were their own clansmen, all flesh and blood.

"Despicable little thief, die for me!"

The Jin Dan enemy general killed his way to Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo sneered, pointed with his hand, and the Metal spell was like light and a spear, killing the Jin Dan enemy general and making him retreat in a mess.

The enemy general's face showed horror.

Because Ning Zhuo received the blessing of military power, his combat power climbed to the Jin Dan level!

Military Strategy—Brave Warrior Returns Technique!

The mechanical puppets were all in formation; the more they died in vain, the stronger the blessing Ning Zhuo received.

He waved his sleeve, and another large amount of Five Elements spells covered them.

The mechanical puppets died, and the barbarians died even more.

Ning Zhuo became even stronger!

The Jin Dan barbarian noticed this and had no fighting spirit: "Retreat! Retreat quickly!!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 503 =====