Chapter 205: Like a Ghost! Entering the Enemy Camp! The Enemy Trembles in Fear!

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Inside the command tent, Lu Zhan trembled as he desperately reported on the latest situation at Bian Sai.

"Sir, the wasteland regions of Bian Sai are vast and sparsely populated; both sides often fight in harsh terrain."

"It just so happens the enemy has deployed a large number of soldiers at the moment, yet His Majesty has not allocated me many troops, resulting in a huge disparity in strength."

"Roughly speaking, the enemy has about one million troops right now, while we only have around six hundred thousand."

"Of course, they don't dare attack the city easily either—after all, defending is easy, attacking is hard."

At this moment, alongside Xu Chen and the others were many of Lu Zhan's trusted confidants. Xu Chen nodded: "The art of warfare: surround with ten, attack with five, engage with double.

Since the enemy doesn't have over one million two hundred thousand, naturally they won't dare attack the city casually." Lu Zhan and the others were stunned—they hadn't expected Xu Chen to also know some military strategy.

Even Yin Suyun couldn't help but look at him with new respect; Xu Chen actually had time to read military texts. Xu Chen continued: "However, I've received news that the enemy will soon send another one million troops. I've already asked His Majesty to dispatch reinforcements—hopefully it will be in time."

Lu Zhan's expression shifted slightly: "Jingcheng is tens of thousands of li from Bian Sai; even flying would take considerable time—I'm afraid it won't arrive in time."

Xu Chen said: "After all, the Immortal Empire schemed first; we can only wait.

But I figure that, since a Secret Treasure is about to appear at Bian Sai, they shouldn't start a war for the time being.

Otherwise, if our two great nations go to war, wouldn't that just benefit the others?

Recently, powerful experts from the major sects of both nations have also been rushing to Bian Sai; they should all be gathered within the next day or two."

Lu Zhan replied: "Sir speaks wisely—what should we do now?" At this moment, Lu Zhan had already taken Xu Chen as his center.

Though it was galling, he felt his life was still more important.

But he didn't expect that a general beside him, Lu Pingzhi, who was normally the Left Vanguard, upon hearing that some greenhorn Xu Chen wanted to dictate the course of the battle, immediately frowned and said: "Marshal, it would be better for you to make such decisions."

As he spoke, a strong smell of alcohol wafted from his mouth, and his face was flushed red.

Clearly he had drunk too much, but not to the point of being completely drunk.

Lu Zhan, upon hearing this, nearly jumped out of his skin, inwardly cursing the bastard for not knowing his place.

That bastard relied on being his nephew, so he often disregarded discipline, even drinking during war discussions.

He probably didn't know about the scene where Xu Chen had just tormented him.

Otherwise, that thing of his would surely have been scared out of him by Xu Chen. Lu Zhan's forehead was covered in cold sweat as he cupped his fists to Xu Chen: "Sir, this is the Left Vanguard Lu Pingzhi—he's usually a bit ignorant of his own limits, I hope Sir won't…………"

He felt that Lu Pingzhi had violated discipline and also talked back to Xu Chen.

But he thought that speaking up might be able to save him.

But he didn't expect that, before he could finish speaking, he was dumbfounded. "Boom!"

He only saw a terrifying pressure suddenly emanate from Xu Chen's body.

The next second, that majestic force, carrying an aura of death, abruptly descended upon Lu Pingzhi.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Pingzhi was crushed into a puddle of meat paste by this pressure, leaving only his armor, boots, and weapon on the ground.

As if Lu Pingzhi had never existed at all.

At this moment, the entire command tent fell silent.

Those generals who hadn't seen Xu Chen torment Lu Zhan earlier were now all filled with horror. Xu Chen asked calmly: "May I decide now?" His appearance was the spitting image of a great villain who kills at whim.

Xu Chen was quite satisfied with his own actions just now. "Y-yes, you may, I also advocate that you decide everything." Lu Zhan tremblingly wiped the sweat from his forehead and replied shakily. Xu Chen looked at the remaining generals: "You all seem unconvinced?"

"Thud!"

At this moment, those generals all knelt down trembling: "C-convinced, we're convinced." Xu Chen nodded, once again returning to the fair-skinned appearance of a frail scholar.

He continued: "Recently in small-scale skirmishes, has our Imperial Dynasty often lost to the Empire?" Lu Zhan said: "We do often lose—the enemy has more men, I have no way around it.

Moreover, the enemy seems to have Martial Artists with terrifying intelligence-gathering abilities, which we don't have. Unless His Majesty is willing to dispatch the Dark Guard to Bian Sai." At this moment, Lu Zhan's form of address had already voluntarily dropped from "this Marshal" to "your subordinate."