"That's it? How is that it?! "
"That's right! Even though we are at a disadvantage now, as long as we work together, the demons will be too naive if they think they can take over the Southern Region! "
"What is there to be afraid of with just 50,000 demons?"
All of the generals frowned when they heard Fang Zhengzhi mutter to himself. It was a taboo for an army to be discouraged before a battle.
Fang Zhengzhi was in such a state right now.
Princess Shan Yu was also unhappy when she heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. She had waited for so long for him to say that it was over. She felt that it was a waste of time.
Just as she was about to curse, Fang Zhengzhi's voice rang out once again.
"You can't go to the Sagely Mountain City! Princess, you can't go there!" Fang Zhengzhi grabbed Princess Shan Yu's arm as he spoke.
"What did he say?!"
"We can't go to the Sagely Mountain City? What will happen to the king and the crown prince if we don't go there? "
"That's right! Princess, you mustn't listen to his nonsense. I think this guy must have been scared out of his wits by the Devil Race! "
When the generals heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, their initial confusion turned into anger and disgust. They were not surrounding the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty, and not the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty?
Not the Sagely Mountain City!
Then where?
The generals were enraged. However, Princess Shan Yu swallowed the words that were about to leave her mouth. This was partly because her arm was being shaken by Fang Zhengzhi, causing her to feel a little dizzy.
Another part of the reason was that …
Although she did not understand what Fang Zhengzhi meant, at least Fang Zhengzhi was the only one who had a different opinion among the people present.
As such, she decided to continue listening.
But...
Fang Zhengzhi grabbed Princess Shan Yu's arm and shook it. Then, he furrowed his brows, as if he was deep in thought. Furthermore, he continued to mutter to himself.
"No! That's not it... that's right, that should be it... that's not right... that's right, that's right. Hang on, there's something else... "
Fang Zhengzhi kept thinking about all the clues.
On the other hand, Princess Shan Yu waited nervously. She didn't shake off Fang Zhengzhi's hand. She could tell that Fang Zhengzhi was deep in thought.
Then, it was impossible for her to interrupt this kind of thinking. After all, she was very clear that it would definitely take some time to completely deduce the Demon Race's plan. Those so-called things like seeing through the entire situation at a glance were things that even a genius could not do.
Furthermore, the opponent was the Young Lord of the Demon Race, Yun Qingwu.
In the Demon Race, his prestige and status were almost equal to that of the Demon Emperor.
The generals wanted to say something, but Princess Shan Yu didn't berate Fang Zhengzhi immediately. After cursing angrily for a while, they stopped.
Because they were also waiting.
However, what they were waiting for was not Fang Zhengzhi's plan, but his explanation.
Fang Zhengzhi did not realise that his hands were grabbing onto Princess Shan Yu's arm. He could roughly guess what Yun Qingwu's goal was. However, he had not completely figured out the exact execution process, method and timing.
Then …
He needed a little more time to think.
As he was thinking wholeheartedly, his fingers subconsciously made some small movements. For example, when he was thinking, he rubbed the smooth and delicate object in his hand to increase the concentration of his thoughts. When he thought of a key point, he would pinch it slightly to express the excitement in his heart.
Fang Zhengzhi did not know much about the Southern Region war. If not for the battle at the Icy Monkey Settlement, he would not even have known that the Stable Mountain Gate had been taken by the Southern Region.
There was a limited amount of information.
Of course, this made it extremely difficult for him to see through Yun Qingwu's plan. This was also why he had the thought of going to the Sagely Mountain City to fight to the death.
But …
He thought of the Blood Shadow City.
This was a very unintentional thought, with a kind of ridicule and indifference attitude. Of course, as soon as this thought appeared, it was immediately rejected by him.
Was it possible?
The Demons were attacking the Sagely Mountain City, and the Southern Region was going to the Blood Shadow City to attack the Demons?
How naive!
Even the Great Xia Dynasty would not dare to do anything to the Blood Shadow City. After all, the Blood Shadow City was not an empty city like the Sagely Mountain City.
The Demon soldiers of the 10 Devilish Domains were stationed there.
Fang Zhengzhi did not know the exact number, but he guessed that there should be at least 200,000, 300,000?
That was a very reasonable thought.
However, Fang Zhengzhi broke out in cold sweat the moment he thought of this.
He thought of a problem. Since Yun Qingwu had chosen to use the Demon soldiers to surround the Sagely Mountain City, why did she only use 50,000, not 100,000, or 200,000 …
If a hundred thousand Demon soldiers or two hundred thousand Demon soldiers charged into the Southern Region in one fell swoop, then the Southern Region would have no need to fight this battle now that it was being attacked on two sides.
Being attacked from both sides!
That meant being attacked from both sides!
Fang Zhengzhi thought of something. The Great Xia used the Stable Mountain Pass as the boundary between the Southern Mountain Range and the Great Xia. The Southern Mountain Range became a vassal state, and the Southern Mountain Range became a natural barrier for the Great Xia to defend against the invasion of the demon army.
With this thought, the location of the Blood Shadow City of the Demon Race was obvious.
For example, the Great Xia was to the east of the Southern Region, while the Blood Shadow City was to the west. The distance between the two was a straight line.
Fang Zhengzhi had been thinking about why the Demon Race and the Southern Region were working together.
Most of the time, he thought that the Southern Region was using the Demon Race to become the Emperor, and the Demon Race wanted to use this opportunity to invade the Southern Region, or perhaps …
To control the Southern Region.
This was a very normal line of thought. However, if this line of thought was taken a step further, it would become very scary. That was, did the Demon Race only want to control the Southern Region?
They had spent so much time and effort …
Just control?
Was that really enough?
No!
There was a big problem here. The Southern Region had already reached an agreement with the Demon Race, and the Demon Race had the ability to hide 50,000 Demon soldiers under the Sagely Mountain City without being discovered.
In other words …
It would be a piece of cake for the Demon Race to take over the Southern Region. Since it was a piece of cake, why did they have to wait for the Great Xia Dynasty to send troops into the Southern Region? Why did they wait until the combat examination was almost over before taking action?
That was not a wise decision.
Firstly, this would make the situation of the war more complicated. Secondly, a hidden knife was the most dangerous knife. Since the Demon Race could completely control the Southern Region without anyone knowing, why would they expose this matter to the Great Xia Dynasty?
There was only one answer …
That was, the Demon Race did not want to control the Southern Region!
Instead …
They wanted to turn the Southern Region into the Demon Race's territory. In other words, they wanted to control the Southern Region completely. They wanted it to become a subsidiary that could not betray them. In fact, they wanted it to become a "knife" in the Demon Race's hands.
That must be it!
Fang Zhengzhi's eyes lit up. His train of thought had made sense. This was a scary thought, but if the opponent was Yun Qingwu …
Then, this kind of thinking was completely possible.
"Princess, please give the order to transfer 80,000 Southern Region soldiers to … oh yes, what is the name of the tribe closest to the Demon Race?" Fang Zhengzhi paused in the middle of his sentence. He suddenly realized that he had forgotten the name of the tribe that was located in the farthest distance.
"Nan Ling, hang on, what did you say? Transfer all 80,000 soldiers to Nan Ling?! Are you … out of your mind? " Princess Shan Yu had never expected that after enduring Fang Zhengzhi's insults for 15 minutes, she would get another ridiculous idea.
She could not take it any longer.
In fact, no one would be able to take this lying down!
All of the generals were infuriated when they heard this. Now that the Sagely Mountain City was surrounded, this fella wanted to transfer 80,000 soldiers to Nan Ling Settlement?
Why would he do that?!
Was he trying to starve them?
This was not a war, this was a mess!
"Why do I feel like this fella is a spy for the Demon Race?"
"80,000 soldiers to Nan Ling Settlement? Does he want us to attack the Blood Shadow City? Is he trying to attack the Blood Shadow City? "
"What a joke, how can our 80,000 soldiers take down the Blood Shadow City?!"
All of the generals sneered. At the same time, they subconsciously kept their distance from Fang Zhengzhi.
"You're wasting my time, let go of me!" Princess Shan Yu swung her arm and prepared to walk out of the tent.
"If you don't listen to me, the Southern Region will perish!" Fang Zhengzhi glanced at Princess Shan Yu, then glanced at the mocking generals around him. His tone actually calmed down.
"How dare you, Fang Zhengzhi! Even if you are in the Supernatural State, don't even think about walking out of the tent!" One of the generals could not take it anymore.
Clang.
The blade was unsheathed.
"Kill!"
"Kill anyone who dares to disrupt the morale of the Southern Region!"
One by one, they roared furiously and pulled out their swords one by one. At the same time, a ferocious aura surged towards Fang Zhengzhi like a tidal wave.
"Stop!" Princess Shan Yu stood still at the door. Then, she slowly turned around and glared at Fang Zhengzhi, "Fang Zhengzhi, I appreciate that you are a talent. However, I will not tolerate your nonsense. This is a crucial moment of life and death for the Southern Mountain Range. If you do not give me a reasonable explanation, I will not show you mercy!"
Princess Shan Yu's body shimmered with a red aura as she spoke. It looked like a pattern was swimming around her body.
"Explanation?" Fang Zhengzhi looked at Princess Shan Yu once again, then looked at the surrounding generals. Then, he slowly turned around and walked towards Princess Shan Yu's seat of honor, casually picking up a fruit from the table.
"In that case, can you explain to me how the Demon Race was able to sneak 50,000 Demon soldiers into the Southern Region without being discovered by you?"
After saying that, Fang Zhengzhi took a bite of the fruit and started chewing noisily.
"50,000 Demon soldiers were able to sneak into the Southern Region because we had a contract with the Demon Race. If not, how would the Demon Race even have the chance to get close to the Sagely Mountain City?"
"That's right. If not for the fact that the Southern Region is waging war against the Great Xia, the Demon Race would not have had the chance to do so!"
"It was just a ploy …"
All of the generals replied quickly. However, just as they reached the crucial point, they suddenly stopped and shut their mouths.
"What's wrong? Continue? "Fang Zhengzhi asked expectantly.
"Fang Zhengzhi, this concerns the military secrets of the Southern Region. You are from the Great Xia Dynasty, why would we tell you about this?" One of the generals blushed.
"Is that so? If I'm not wrong, the Southern Region must have concentrated all of its forces in the four main settlements. As a result, the Sagely Mountain City's rear is completely empty? "Fang Zhengzhi smirked.
"How … how do you know?" When the generals heard this, their expressions changed. Because this matter could be said to be the greatest military secret of the Southern Territory.
"Is it that hard to guess? The Southern Region does not have the power to fight against the Great Xia and the Demon Race at the same time. Furthermore, the Southern Region does not have many people. If you want to secure victory without sacrificing too many of your people, the only way is to deploy all of your forces to the four main settlements. That way, the remaining two settlements, Iron Hill and Nan Ling, will become two empty cities! "Fang Zhengzhi said casually.
"Nonsense, how could the Iron Hill and Nan Ling Settlements be empty cities? Apart from the regular army, everyone in the Southern Region is a warrior. They can fight to protect their settlements!" The generals were clearly unconvinced.
"You are right, the citizens of the Southern Region are all warriors. As long as they pick up their weapons, they can fight to protect their settlements. However, are you sure you can protect them? If the army of the Blood Shadow City of the Demon Race were to come out, have you … thought about the consequences? "Fang Zhengzhi's gaze turned cold and he crushed the fruit in his hand.
"This …"
"How is that possible? How would the Demon Race dare to do that?!"
"Fang Zhengzhi, you are just trying to scare us. Princess, don't believe him!"
All of the generals' expressions changed when they heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. Their voices became agitated and they began to panic.
"Trying to scare us? Do you think the Demon Race wouldn't dare to do that? Then, did you ever think that the Demon Race would attack the Sagely Mountain City before you received the order? " Fang Zhengzhi's voice rang out once again, directly interrupting the discussion of all the generals. His voice was extremely loud and clear in the tent.
All of the generals turned to look at Fang Zhengzhi.
They wanted to retort when they saw Fang Zhengzhi reprimand them in the Southern Region Conference Tent. However, they realized that they were powerless.
Because …
If the Demon Race really did that …
It would mean that the Southern Region would be destroyed.
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