Chapter 1305: Seeing Through the Deception

Ye Liuyun and the Demon Race army, following the main force for a stretch, then stopped, not continuing deeper, to avoid being surrounded by the Foreign Tribe.

They only sent out scouts to observe the front army's progress.

"If the army goes further forward, it will reach the interior controlled by the Foreign Tribe. If it's an ambush, this should be the best position." Qin Peng explained to Ye Liuyun and Zuo Mu on the map.

"What if that Kuailei army has no problem?" Zuo Mu asked.

"Then it will reach the Foreign Tribe's main base in half a month and destroy their central forces." Qin Peng said.

"What about the Foreign Tribe armies in other directions?" Zuo Mu asked again.

They are all converging on the central route. This is also the most puzzling point. Logically they should rush to the interior to intercept the imperial army, but the route they are now rushing to reinforce can also be understood as a route to encircle the imperial army.

Qin Peng also directly drew a map on the ground.

The routes of the various Foreign Tribe armies appear indeed ambiguous; they could be going to rescue or to encircle, and at present we still cannot discern their true intention.

Zuo Mu also furrowed his brow upon seeing it.

This indeed looks like a trap. Based on our many years of fighting the Foreign Tribe, if they wanted to reinforce, they would definitely not take this route.

Ye Liuyun also said: "You all prepare for battle! I think this is a trap, basically already confirmed. However, whatever we say now, the front army won't believe us. They have been dazed by victory, only thinking about grabbing merit."

Zuo Mu also nodded: "Alright, we'll prepare for battle."

Qin Peng then pointed at the map and said: "We can strike first and wipe out those two Foreign Tribe armies responsible for closing the encirclement."

Qin Peng pointed at the routes of the two Foreign Tribe armies and said: "If it's a trap, these two armies have the highest chance of being the forces that close the encirclement! In terms of timing, only they can make it. They are also the two units nearest to us!"

After seeing it, Zuo Mu also agreed with Qin Peng's view.

"Alright, then we'll fight them, each taking one route."

"Don't rush!" Ye Liuyun told Zuo Mu. Wait a bit longer, wait until they close the encirclement before we act, so the Foreign Tribe won't make adjustments.

"Okay!" Zuo Mu replied in agreement, without another word, immediately went out to convey the orders, preparing for battle.

"How confident are we of rescuing everyone?" Ye Liuyun asked Qin Peng.

"Rescue everyone? Getting half out would be good!" Qin Peng said helplessly.

"Just do our best!" Ye Liuyun also said helplessly.

Then he took out the Transmission Talisman for the last time, notified the front army and Emperor Xia, and conveyed his view on the Foreign Tribe's encirclement.

But he did not mention his plan to ambush those two Foreign Tribe armies.

He suspected there were Foreign Tribe spies within the imperial army. Even if not, it's better to be safe. Better safe than sorry.

Anyway, his and Zuo Mu's Demon Race armies are not under the imperial court's command, so there's no need to report everything.

Emperor Xia is not at the front lines and does not understand the situation.

But he still reminded the imperial army's Leader, Cheng Gang.

But Cheng Gang at this moment has had his mind clouded by victory; he has never fought the Foreign Tribe so smoothly before.

The Kuailei forces advanced like a bamboo splitter, slaughtering the Foreign Tribe armies until flowers flowed with water. Directly striking the Foreign Tribe's central forces and completely disintegrating them, this is an opportunity not to be wasted.

Cheng Gang gave Emperor Xia a litany of reasons, refuting Ye Liuyun's claim. He also believed the Foreign Tribe's movement was intended to intercept the army.

Emperor Xia also had no choice; the saying goes, employ people without doubt. The battlefield situation changes instantly, and he cannot arbitrarily interfere with the Leader's judgment based on the current situation.

But based on his understanding of Ye Liuyun, he also knows Ye Liuyun would not speak nonsense.

So after a moment's hesitation, Emperor Xia still ordered Cheng Gang to withdraw the 200,000-strong army.

Cheng Gang also agreed. He felt the current situation wouldn't suffer from losing those 200,000 troops.

Thus he directly ordered the Fourth Prince to lead the 200,000 troops back to rendezvous with Ye Liuyun.

The Fourth Prince also felt resentful. He was about to earn great merit from a major victory when he was transferred away.

This is highly disadvantageous for his bid for the throne, so he bears a grudge against Ye Liuyun.

But grievances aside, the order must still be carried out.

He could only reluctantly drag the 200,000 troops back unwillingly, while Cheng Gang continued to follow the Kuailei army and keep breaking through.

As the Fourth Prince was leading troops back in retreat, Ye Liuyun and Zuo Mu began to engage the two Foreign Tribe armies.

Ye Liuyun's side had strong forces, and the battle ended first.

Before killing that Foreign Tribe Leader, he also performed a Soul Search.

"Indeed it's an encirclement!" Ye Liuyun finally confirmed the Foreign Tribe's intention.

But he couldn't figure out how the Foreign Tribe intended to deal with that elite Kuailei unit.

Regardless, Ye Liuyun contacted Emperor Xia again.

"The Foreign Tribe is indeed preparing an encirclement; I obtained this information through Soul Search." Ye Liuyun told Emperor Xia.

Emperor Xia also immediately notified Cheng Gang.

But Cheng Gang believed that the Foreign Tribe's encirclement could not possibly stop the Kuailei attack.

"No matter what, you stop first!"

Emperor Xia also issued a death order.

Ye Liuyun also contacted the Fourth Prince.

"What is your position?" Ye Liuyun directly asked.

"Thanks to you, I'm currently leading troops back in retreat! I'm afraid I'll have no chance at the throne from now on!" The Fourth Prince was still complaining.

"Hurry up and speed up the withdrawal; you're about to be encircled! Our side has already started fighting!"

Ye Liuyun didn't care whether he believed it, he stowed the Transmission Talisman and immediately ordered the troops to move toward the Foreign Tribe's encirclement, not even bothering to clean up the battlefield.

On the other side, after Zuo Mu won, he immediately headed, per his agreement with Ye Liuyun, toward the outer edge of the Foreign Tribe's encirclement.

After receiving Ye Liuyun's message, the Fourth Prince also became somewhat wary.

"Anyway, since we're coming back, it's better to be quick, just in case something really happens!"

He thought of this, then began ordering the troops to accelerate withdrawal.

The army led by Cheng Gang also suddenly came to a halt.

Many leaders, unaware of the reason, came over one after another to ask.

"It's not that Ye Liuyun says there's danger, the foreign tribe will surround us!" Cheng Gang was obviously very impatient.

"He's probably afraid he won't gain any merit, so he's making us stop and wait for him!" Some leaders followed suit and started complaining.

Some cautious leaders immediately had their troops stand guard.

They believed that if Ye Liuyun had no ability, he couldn't have made the enemy lose heart at the mere news on the battlefield.