Chapter 312: Demon Slaying in Progress
"I know a thing or two, please allow me to explain it in detail to you generals!" Nanhua stood up and said, and used his internal energy to construct several models in the air.
"This extraterritorial demon has a strict hierarchy, with strength being the most important. The most prominent one is the six-horned six-winged demon, who is probably a lord."
“They can be roughly divided by horns and wings. The one-horned one is at the peak of internal qi formation, the two-horned one is at the peak of internal qi formation, the two-horned one is at the pseudo-internal qi leaving the body, the four-horned one is at the peak of internal qi leaving the body, and the six-horned one is at the peak of internal qi leaving the body.”
In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, Nanhua also gave several examples.
"Those with two horns and no wings are likened to Guan Ping and Lü Lingqi of the Imperial Academy."
"The one with two horns and two wings is likened to an ordinary immortal."
"The one with four horns and four wings is likened to General Sun Ce and General Taishi Ci."
“As for the hexagonal and six-winged ones, can they probably... be compared with the group of people at the peak of martial arts?” Speaking of the last hexagonal and six-winged ones, Nanhua was not too sure. After all, even though he had mastered the secret technique, he was only at the level of leaving the body with internal energy. It was unclear whether he could defeat Sun Ce.
The level of hexagonal and six-winged creatures was definitely beyond his assessment, and he could only explain it in a speculative way.
"Then what should we do now?" Taishi Ci asked Huangfu Song and Zhou Yu.
"..." Zhou Yu was silent. The strategist's superb vision was based on his understanding of intelligence. At the moment, there was too little intelligence to use, and he was helpless for a moment.
In fact, it was not just him, even Huangfu Song was a little at a loss. He could accept demons and the like, after all, the Yellow Turbans had caused quite a few troubles at that time, and he was no longer surprised. Even the Luoyang Army of the Beigong Five Schools was no longer surprised.
They had even seen sorcery that pretended to be the will of the empire, so they had no problem accepting a mere alien demon.
The problem is that they are now unable to judge the demons' motives and purposes, nor can they judge the demons' next plans, and can only passively be in a defensive stage.
"For these demons, the most important thing should be the space gate on Liangshan, which is also their main logistical route. Why don't we focus here?" Nanhua suggested. In his opinion, the demons all came from the space gate, so why not just chop up the space gate?
"We must fight to the death. This method is tantamount to forcing the other side to launch a decisive battle when we haven't figured out the demons' purpose yet." Zhou Yu shook his head and rejected Nanhua's suggestion.
"No, Immortal Nanhua's suggestion is worth a try. Although the enemies are numerous, they are not a mob. It is a good strategy to decide the outcome with one battle." Huangfu Song nodded. He felt that waiting for Lu Bu and others to arrive and then trying a breakthrough with elite troops was also a way.
"Even a thin cloud is enough to suppress the internal energy from leaving the body and flying. Bo Fu has already verified this!" Zhou Yu frowned, not understanding what Huangfu Song meant, and thought that Huangfu Song did not understand the situation.
“The use of the clouds depends on who uses them. If we only rely on the clouds to weaken the generals, then what’s the point of commanding a large army? Zhou Gongjin, it seems you still have a lot to learn.” Huangfu Song said confidently.
Zhou Yu frowned, not understanding what Huangfu Song meant. Could it be that there was something else about cloud mobilization that he didn't know?
He has read all the military books, so there should be no method of using cloud energy that he doesn't know.
“Military books are summaries. What matters is learning and applying them flexibly. If Zhao Kuo could learn real command from military books, he would not have died so miserably.” Huangfu Song said with a smile.
Military strategy and command are things that require the most talent. Simply put, if the big guys don't touch upon it, who knows who is right and who is wrong.
The so-called military books and the so-called military tactics are just summaries of experience. They are the essence that has been refined once. When you read the military books, it is equivalent to extracting the essence again. Then, isn’t there just a little bit left?
No military book will tell you how to do it in practice, because this thing depends on talent. Huang Zhong was able to chop off Xiahou Yuan's head when he rushed down the mountain from Dingjun Mountain. Ma Su was hung up and beaten by Zhang He when he rushed down the mountain, and finally he was trapped on the mountain, cut off the water source, and lost Jieting.
Can you say that rushing down the mountain is wrong?
Sun Tzu's Art of War says not to pursue an enemy who is desperate, Shang Yang Lun says to chase the enemy for fifty or sixty miles, and Bai Qi's strategy is to chase the enemy and annihilate them. Which one is right? Which one is wrong? Does it depend on the battle record?
Then Bai Qi is definitely right, but can you believe that this theory is useful?
Dong Zhuo ran away, and Cao Cao went to chase him. The enemy must be annihilated, right?
Then Xu Rong almost scattered the ashes, how can this be the same?
In fact, this thing really depends on personal talent and actual operation.
Can Zhou Yu command? Of course he can . After all, he was able to stabilize the existence of hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the princes' camp.
But in Huangfu Song's eyes, Zhou Yu couldn't do it. He knew nothing about the various tricks to mobilize the clouds. Zhou Yu had never really tried to command an army. There are some things that cannot be learned just by reading books.
For example, it is well known that seamless steel pipes can be made into powerful weapons, but how many people can make them?
"Okay, when Wen Hou and the others arrive, you just follow me and watch how I do it." Huangfu Song saw that Zhou Yu seemed to be thinking about something, so he stopped preaching.
He still thinks highly of Zhou Yu, believing that he will definitely have the potential to become a commander of a large army comparable to his own, and his future achievements will definitely not be low. However, he is still too young after all, and there are many things he does not understand, so he needs someone to guide him.
"From now on, order Shesheng Changshui to join the war, use foreigners as the vanguard, and march to Liangshan!" Huangfu Song gave the order calmly.
Following Huangfu Song's order, the Han army, with 100,000 players as the vanguard, set out from various counties and launched an attack targeting the space gate on Liangshan.
Overall, the battle was extremely rubbish, with the scattered demon army having no protection from the clouds at all.
Gan Ning, Taishi Ci, and Sun Ce each led an army to roam among the major player groups.
The Legion attacked and cleared a path wherever they passed, and after directly dispersing the demon groups, a group of players rushed forward to beat the fallen demons, picking up experience points one by one.
"Hahaha, rubbish shield guards, sword and shield soldiers yyds!" Li Lan held a shield in one hand and a sword in the other, laughing wildly. At this stage of falling into trouble, Zhang Su and other shield guard players looked livid, especially in the ear-piercing laughter of Li Lan, their faces became even uglier.
They simply cannot outrun these beasts. By the time they run over, there are usually only a few cats and kittens left. Moreover, these beasts will attack them to snatch their lives. They are simply inhumane.
Moreover, in order to keep pace with the shield guards, they could not rush ahead and could only wait until the regular army's cloud attack was over before starting, which made their already slow speed even worse.
Li Lan looked at himself, who had risen to the 300th place in the Demon Slayer Ranking, and then looked at Zhang Su, who had fallen out of the 10,000th place in the Demon Slayer Ranking. He couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had realized it early and did not act like Zhang Su and the others. Otherwise, he would have ended up like them.
