The rumble of war drums woke me up from my sleep.
Outside, there was a commotion in the Snake-People camp.
A general named Snake-People shouted loudly, drove a large number of Snake-People soldiers out of the tent, put on their armor, picked up their weapons, and assembled in the open space.
I was getting dressed in a hurry, and suddenly a white figure flashed in, startling me. After I saw it clearly, I breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out to be Little Fairy Doctor.
"Little Fairy Doctor, what's going on outside?"
Wearing a white dress and a white gauze covering her face, she stood next to the door curtain and said softly, "Hundreds of ships appeared on the river. It must be the army from the opposite side coming over."
"What?!"
I frowned. I had already put on my clothes. As I walked out of the tent, I said strangely, "They have a good location. How could they give up their advantage and take the initiative to cross the river to attack?"
Qi River is not only a natural danger to the Snake-People Tribe, but also a natural danger to Chu Yun Rebels on the opposite side. Even though they have so many ships, it is impossible to send all the troops over at once.
Even if they were really sent over, the 14,000 troops would not be a match against the Snake-People Tribe's 73,000 troops.
So, what exactly do they want to do?
With this question in mind, I climbed up to a lookout tower in the southeast corner of the camp.
I looked over Qi River. At this time, the sky was still dark and the sun had not yet risen. The vast River Surface was filled with dense shadows of boats.
These ships, still flying the flags of the Chuyun Empire, were lined up on River Surface, extending nearly ten miles to the east and west sides. They were so vast that the flags covered the sky.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom..."
The sound of war drums on the opposite side suddenly became louder, and all the oarsmen began rowing hard, as if they would land on North Bank in the next moment.
But of course this is impossible. They are still far away from North Bank, and there is still plenty of time for Snake-People's army.
They were assembled one after another, and teams continued to leave the camp, slowly forming formations on the shore. At the same time, those Dragon Hunting Crossbow and Catapult also began to set up on the high ground nearby.
"That's not right..."
"What's wrong?"
Little Fairy Doctor asked standing beside me, her black and white hair was blown by the river breeze.
I held on to the railing of the watchtower and stared at River Surface from a distance, at the fleet, and at the flagship with the big banner on the tree.
After frowning and thinking for a long time, I finally realized what was wrong!
"Distance!"
I pointed to the fleet in the distance and said, "Little Fairy Doctor, look at those ships. They are nearly ten miles away from North Bank. Why did they start charging so quickly?"
You must know that neither Chuyun Empire nor Gamma Empire has a regular navy. The so-called navy is nothing more than the infantry on board the ship.
Therefore, the oarsmen who accounted for a large proportion of the ship also had to go ashore to fight after the ship docked.
But at this time, they were too far away from North Bank, so they charged at this distance. After the ship docked, a large number of rowers were already exhausted and unable to land to fight.
Are you going to waste less than half of your own combat strength before engaging in battle?
Judging from the contacts in the past few days, the general on the opposite side is not a fool, and he will definitely not do such a stupid thing.
Thinking about it this way, there are too many doubts about this fleet.
Since they chose to set out on the eve of dawn, why did they light the lamp on the boat? Why did they beat the war drums when they were still far away from the shore?
This is for fear that Snake-People won't be able to find them!
I rubbed my chin, and the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. This fleet must be just a bait to attract the attention of the Snake-People army.
And their real killer move...
"Reinforcements!"
I gritted my teeth and said these two words, turned my head to look at Ling Ying in the corner, and said in a deep voice, "Elder Ling, this Chu Yun Rebels is attacking with such a big fanfare, I'm afraid it's a scam!"
"I'm worried that the reinforcements from Chu Yun Rebels are coming. They want to use this fleet to attract our army's attention. The reinforcements that arrived secretly will cross the river from other places and sneak attack our army's flank..."
"Elder Ling, you are fast. Please take a walk near Qianqi Ferry to see if you can find the support army - remember to hide your whereabouts."
Ling Ying didn't say much, he nodded and left quietly. With his identity as Dark Attribute Dou Emperor, it was very appropriate to be Scouts, and of course, it was also too luxurious!
I hurriedly got off the lookout tower, left the camp, and came to a small earthen bunker.
Qi Lin has designated this place as Command Center because the view here is excellent and you can clearly overlook the entire battlefield.
"Qi Lin leader, I suspect..."
I walked up to Qi Lin and told her my guess.
After listening, she frowned, looked at River Surface in the distance, gritted her teeth and said:
"You Human Race are really cunning, and you will play tricks all day long. Do you dare to have a decisive battle with my Snake-People Tribe warriors?!"
I grinned, Qi Lin was really difficult to communicate with. But in the end, she just had some prejudice against Human Race, not hatred.
"Qi Lin leader, let's discuss countermeasures now."
When she heard this, she glanced at me, probably because she was used to my talkativeness, and said directly, "You Human Race, tell me your plan."
I was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Qi Lin Leader, we have more troops than many parties, so naturally we should use our tactics at this time."
"You stay here with a large army, pretending to fall into the opponent's plan. And I will bring 10,000 partial troops. If you are in a hurry, I will attack the reinforcements that have not yet crossed the river; if it is too late, they have already crossed Qi River, so I will set up an ambush halfway..."
She thought for a moment, nodded and agreed to my plan. She gave me a piece of Gilded Silver Token, and asked a Snake-People Commandant to obey my orders.
I was a little excited and returned to the camp with the Snake-People Commandant. The Snake-People army did not come out in full force. There were only 20,000 Snake-People arrayed on the river bank, plus thousands of troops scattered in all directions on guard. There were still nearly 40,000 people in the camp.
That Snake-People Commandant returned to his camp, ordered the assembly of troops, and summoned more than ten middle-level generals under his command to hold a pre-war meeting.
Little Fairy Doctor and I stayed outside the tent.
After all, I am Human Race, so it's okay to interfere in big things. If I interfere in small things, it will inevitably arouse Snake-People's resentment.
Standing outside the tent, I watched the soldiers of the brigade Snake-People gather into a phalanx of a hundred men under the command of the lower-level officers; at the same time, I secretly wondered why Ling Ying hadn't come back yet?
Could it be that he ran into the other party's Dou Emperor?
Ten Thousand Scorpion Gate and Wu Tian Mansion have both joined Morning Dawn Empire. With the strength of these two sects, I am afraid there are also strong ones from Dou Huang Peak...
Suddenly, there was a strange movement behind me, and I looked subconsciously, but it was Ling Ying that appeared out of nowhere.
He was dressed cleanly in dark blue robes, and he didn't seem to have fought with anyone. He looked at me, shook his head, and said:
"Nalan Ye, I... didn't find the reinforcements you mentioned."
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