Chapter 82: Best strategy

Little Wei Yuan looked up toward the west. In the distant sky, a cluster of red light could be faintly seen flickering; that was the light of a signal arrow, actually 120 miles away.

Little Wei Yuan hadn't discussed how to rescue with Fang Hetong when suddenly another signal arrow rose into the sky. This arrow was 80 miles away, in the same direction as the previous call for help. The content of the call for help was also a strong enemy attacking, hold fast and wait for reinforcements. The one who fired the signal arrow was a cultivator from the Yingtian Sect.

Immediately after, there were calls for help from two more places, and these two places were quite far apart. It was the first time Little Wei Yuan had encountered calls for help from multiple places at the same time. Fang Hetong marked the locations of the calls for help on the map one by one, thought for a moment, and said: "The Liao barbarians are moving in large numbers, intending to test our reality. Although there are no Liao barbarians here yet, it is also dangerous. My meaning is that we cannot move lightly."

"Isn't that not saving those in danger?"

Fang Hetong shook his head: "Today is different from yesterday. Yesterday only you were attacked, and I was close, so naturally I had to rescue. But today the places calling for help are all very far away. If we go over, we will have become exhausted troops long ago, not to mention whether we can save people, our own defense zone will also be empty. If I expected correctly, the Liao barbarians must have arranged a large number of roaming cavalry, just waiting to intercept reinforcements from all sides."

Little Wei Yuan climbed onto the wall and looked into the distance. At the end of his vision, he could faintly see the military fortress. The military fortress was quiet, the garrison was motionless, and there was no intention to leave the fortress to rescue.

Fang Hetong also came to Little Wei Yuan's side and said: "No need to look. Liao Jingwu is the most precious of his own life. Now that he has military merit, he thinks he is foolproof. He must intend to shrink until the Liao barbarians retreat, and he will never take the risk to send troops to rescue."

"Then what should be done?"

Fang Hetong said: "At this moment, the Liao barbarians are moving out in full force, and they should be divided into three waves. The first wave attacks everywhere, inducing our side to mobilize, in order to observe the reality and find weak points. The second wave roams back and forth at the key points of the battlefield, intercepting reinforcements; this wave of troops should still be above the first wave. If I were the commander of the Liao barbarians, there must be a third wave. This batch is the elite. Once they find a weak point in the defense line, they will attack with thunderous momentum. What I worry about most is actually the third wave. Soon the Liao barbarians will find that Liao Jingwu is afraid of fighting and will not come out, and most of them will attack Quyang. For the current plan, the best strategy is to hold this place to the death and support each other with Quyang County."

Little Wei Yuan frowned and thought. Such a complex war situation had already exceeded his ability, but he didn't dare to fully believe what Fang Hetong said. After all, Fang Hetong had never truly commanded a large army. Although he had full talent, it might also be talking about military strategy on paper.

Little Wei Yuan pointed to the map and said: "This place is the closest, only ninety miles away. I will go there myself to see what the Liao barbarians are doing."

Fang Hetong sighed and said: "Then virtuous brother, be careful."

Just at this moment, another call for help signal appeared 150 miles to the east: Strong enemy besieging, hold fast and wait for reinforcements. Behind Bao Yun of the Taichu Palace.

Little Wei Yuan was stunned. Behind Bao Yun had cultivated an immortal foundation a few years ago, and this time she went to war, it went without saying that the family must have supported her with all their strength. Even Li Zhi could pull out sixty personal guards; there was no reason for Behind Bao Yun to have fewer than Li Zhi. With such strength, she still had to call for help, which showed that the war was dangerous.

Little Wei Yuan didn't hesitate anymore and said to Fang Hetong: "This time I must go to the east. I will leave this place to you, sir. If there is anything, fire a signal arrow; no matter how far, I will be able to sense it."

Fang Hetong knew he couldn't persuade Little Wei Yuan and said: "Don't get entangled with the Liao barbarians on the road, go fast and return fast."

Little Wei Yuan nodded, pulled over a warhorse, hung the spear and spear case on it, and also put a bow and several quivers of arrows on it. Little Wei Yuan was not very good at archery, but after the battle yesterday, he found that bows and arrows were indispensable.

Little Wei Yuan turned over and mounted the horse. Fang Hetong suddenly grabbed the reins and said solemnly: "There is one more thing! If you find the Liao barbarians besieging Quyang County when you return, don't come back, just throw yourself into other places!"

"Why?"

"If the Liao barbarians attack Quyang, they must all be elites, and the number is huge, in order to fight a quick battle and decide the outcome. You haven't built a Dao foundation yet, and your immortal path is still long. You should avoid their edge and must not show the courage of a reckless man at this time. If you die in Quyang now, it can be said to be worthless!"

Little Wei Yuan pointed to the rear. At this time, signal arrows rose into the sky from time to time. This was because the Taichu Palace and various sects had discovered the changes on the front line and began to mobilize reinforcements.

"My Taichu Palace is already mobilizing reinforcements. Brother Fang, don't worry about me, just guard this place well. The military situation is urgent, I'm leaving first."

The gate of Shayang Village opened, and Little Wei Yuan spurred his horse out, galloping toward Behind Bao Yun in the east. For public and private reasons, if something happened to Behind Bao Yun, Little Wei Yuan had to go to the rescue.

Although Little Wei Yuan was anxious in his heart, he still controlled the speed of the horse, galloping at a constant speed to save the horse's strength. After galloping for dozens of miles, another signal arrow rose in front, also fired by Behind Bao Yun, with the content that the enemy had already besieged the city, the city defense was currently stable, and the reinforcements from all sides should pay attention to the enemy's Mobile Corps Commander interception.

Just after seeing the signal, Little Wei Yuan heard the sound of hooves, and a few Northern Liao roaming cavalry appeared. Seeing Little Wei Yuan alone, they split into two to intercept and kill him. Little Wei Yuan spurred his horse to charge, dodged the incoming heavy arrows, and flew two spears to stab the opponents off their horses. The remaining few were surprised and surrounded him, but after a while, they all became corpses.

The Northern Liao cavalry relied on riding and shooting, often approaching within a hundred zhang of the human cavalry and then maintaining this distance to shoot at each other. However, this was exactly what Little Wei Yuan wanted. His short throwing spears had infinite power within a hundred zhang; by the time the Liao cavalry discovered it, it was already too late.

Little Wei Yuan couldn't care about picking up the throwing spears and continued forward, rushing toward the place where the sound of fighting was loudest. Not long after walking, he saw more than a hundred cavalry fighting back and forth.

Little Wei Yuan scanned with his spiritual sense and distinguished that the human race had more than sixty cavalry, and the Liao cavalry had forty. But on the battlefield, the Liao cavalry had the upper hand, and the human cavalry were constantly falling off their horses.

Little Wei Yuan immediately spurred his horse to charge toward the battlefield, drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired more than ten arrows in succession. Little Wei Yuan's archery was not good, and most of them missed, only shooting down two Liao cavalry. However, after a round of arrows, Little Wei Yuan had already rushed within a hundred zhang, and the short spears whistled out, immediately piercing the Liao cavalry one by one!

The battle situation turned around rapidly. In the blink of an eye, more than half of the forty-odd Liao cavalry were killed or injured. The leading Liao cavalry whistled loudly, and all the Liao cavalry fled to the north. How could Little Wei Yuan let them escape so easily? A wisp of black Qi was blessed on the warhorse, and the warhorse under his crotch immediately grew a circle in size, galloping like flying, quickly catching up with the fleeing Liao cavalry. Little Wei Yuan flew out short spears one by one, shooting down five or six more, and the rest fled in all directions, only then did he stop.

The Taichu Palace disciple who led this team of human cavalry was also nine years older than Wei Yuan and had built a Foundation Establishment for more than ten years. This was his second time participating in the big exam. He was also from a noble family and had brought a hundred private soldiers with him this time. Seeing Bao Yun calling for help, he went out in full force to help. As a result, he was intercepted by Liao cavalry halfway there.

The intercepting Liao cavalry was an understaffed centurion team with only fifty-odd cavalry, but after fighting for only a while, the human hundred-man cavalry had suffered nearly forty casualties, while the Liao cavalry had only died seven or eight. If Little Wei Yuan hadn't arrived, this Taichu Palace disciple would have fled in a panic.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator had many means, and this Taichu Palace disciple could escape himself, but all the troops under his command would have to be explained here.

After the bloody battle, this Taichu Palace disciple wanted to reorganize and rest, while Little Wei Yuan bid him farewell and continued to move east. Before leaving, the fellow disciple thanked him repeatedly and gave Little Wei Yuan several boxes of high-grade throwing spears and several powerful talismans. He also wanted to give Little Wei Yuan some troops and horses, but these ordinary troops would only slow Little Wei Yuan down, so Little Wei Yuan declined.

After bidding farewell to his fellow disciple, Little Wei Yuan flew east. Along the way, there were several fierce battles, some encountering small teams of Liao cavalry interception, and some like the one just now, where two teams of people were fighting.

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