The Third Food War (6)

Unable to find a solution, the young master grew increasingly agitated. To suppress his negative emotions and calm himself, Sordil raised his head and took a deep breath. Just then, a circle of people flashed into his peripheral vision. In an instant, a flash of inspiration pierced the darkness and exploded in his mind, followed by four large, golden characters appearing in his head.

"To relieve the siege of Wei by attacking Zhao? That's right! How could I have forgotten that tactic!"

Seeing Sordil's fluctuating emotions of joy and sorrow, and fearing he might become the next Murellia, Igneel hurriedly approached and comforted him, saying, "Brother Sordil, if things really come to a head, we can retreat first and then come back to plunder the grain once we figure out a way. Please don't do anything rash!"

"Ha ha!"

"Ha ha!"

Upon hearing Igneel's heartwarming words of comfort, Sordil rushed over and gave him a big hug without saying a word.

"Haha! Brother Igneel, don't worry, this little setback won't break me! I'm just overjoyed that I've come up with a solution!"

"Oh, that's good! That's good!"

As he Igneel, Ignir's eyes suddenly widened, and he gripped Sordil's shoulders tightly, saying excitedly, "Brother Sordil, what did you just say?"

"Brother Igneel, I mean, I've figured out a solution!"

"Brother Sordil, are you telling the truth?"

"Of course it's true!"

Upon hearing that Sordil had come up with a solution, Igneel hurriedly turned around and shouted towards the encirclement, "Everyone, come here quickly! Brother Sordil has figured out a solution!"

The expected cheers did not come, and the encirclement that had been there vanished without a trace. Just then, Igneel felt as if someone had tapped his right shoulder. When he turned around to check, he found that the 'encirclement' had somehow appeared beside him.

"Holy crap! Metalicana, when did you arrive?"

The Iron Dragon King glanced at Igneel with disdain, then said speechlessly, "We arrived at the same time as you, but you were too busy being intimate with Brother Sordil to see us."

"Oh, I see! But something feels off, like something's not right."

"Stop overthinking it, let's listen to Brother Sordil's idea!"

"Okay!"

A minor incident passed (not quite, half of it was still brewing), and everyone's attention shifted from Igneel and his companion to Sordil. Seeing everyone staring at him expectantly, Sordil wasted no time and began to explain his battle plan.

"My plan is this: we will divide the troops into eleven squads, each with one hundred men, led by one of us. The squads led by Igneel, Yelibell, Metalicana, Skiadrum, Vyseria, Grandiere will remain in the sea to ambush the enemy."

"However, only three of you six can fight at a time. The remaining three must lead their troops to rest in a safe area and wait for their turn to rotate, so that you can launch attacks on the enemy around the clock and give them no time to rest. In addition, your fighting style this time is a long-range raid, and you must not be entangled by the enemy at close range."

"You must be like sparrows, constantly harassing the enemy, wearing them down and breaking them, so that they can't do anything but stroll around the sea! Your strategy for this operation is to retreat when the enemy advances, harass when the enemy camps, attack when the enemy is tired, and pursue when the enemy retreats."

"The rest of you will come with me to the Western Continent to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy's heart, forcing the supply convoy to return to the Western Continent. Once the main enemy force returns, we will join forces and wipe out their supply convoy in one fell swoop!"

After Sordil finished speaking, everyone's eyes lit up.

"Haha! Brother Sordil, you're quite the old fox, you can even come up with such a wicked trick!"

"What the hell! Igneel, can't you talk properly? (Metalicana)"

"Exactly! It's one thing to be unable to help when we're coming up with ideas, but how come Brother Sordil's brilliant plan has become a bad one in your mouth? (Yesveta)"

"Igneel, you've really gone too far this time. We can't help you anymore!" (Vyseria)

"You've angered everyone!" (Skiadrum)

"You... sigh! (Kaldiz)"

"Fire Dragon King, please take care of yourself. I'll come and collect your body later!" (Lindel)

Seeing his brothers' strange behavior, Igneel was completely bewildered. Just then, Igneel felt a chill run down his spine. He instinctively turned his head and saw five big shots with Cold Light, piercing eyes staring at him. In an instant, he understood his brothers' peculiar behavior. Just as he was about to explain to the bosses, his forehead dripping with sweat, a grand Kaba Symphony began.

Chigengster Plains, Western Continent Camp

As the sun gradually climbed overhead, the anxious Delsd left his seat and paced back and forth in the Main army tent.

"Kelsu, the scheduled time is almost here, why haven't we heard anything from Olibuk yet?"

"Delsd, what's the rush? There's no movement from Olibuk, so why don't we just execute the second plan?"

"That's true, but I'm afraid it might be too late!"

"As long as you deliver the troops to the designated locations according to plan, you'll make it in time! Unless... you slack off and fail to complete the mission."

Seeing his hard work being questioned, Delsd's anger flared up, and he pounded his chest and shouted, "I absolutely did not slack off this time! All the troops have entered their designated positions on schedule!"

"Then why are you in such a hurry? Just sit down and wait patiently!"

Faced with Kelsu's reasonable lesson, Delsd had no choice but to obediently follow it and quietly wait for his chance to conquer the battlefield.

Somewhere underground in the eastern part of the Chigengster Plains

"Earth Shaping, Passage"

As earth magic surged, the solid ground began to deform, eventually forming a wide underground passage. The next second, a brownish-yellow dragon appeared at one end of the passage and quickly rushed to the other. Shortly after it left, a long procession appeared in the passage, but unlike the brown dragon, they did not rush forward; instead, they moved slowly and lightly, as if afraid of making a sound and alerting someone.

"Luckily Boge is an earth dragon, otherwise we really wouldn't have been able to complete the task Kelsu gave us. (Zodinger)"

"Shh! Keep your voice down, don't alert those guys up there!" (Hit)

"Don't worry, we're at least ten meters above the ground now, they can't hear us!" (Zodinger)

"It's better to be careful. I don't want to be discovered before the operation even begins, and then be chased around like a rabbit!" (Hit)

"Hmm! That's right! (Zodinger)"

"Alright, let's hurry up and catch up with Boge!" (Hit)

Zodinger nodded, then directed his men to advance at maximum speed without making a sound.

Godeswet Mountain, Ishgar's camp

"Yate, when we were patrolling down the mountain just now, we spotted what appeared to be a large group of people around here. (Maser)"

"Oh? There are a lot of people? (Yate)"

"Judging from the footprints, there are probably around three thousand people!" (Phil)

"So many people? How can there be so many people here?" (Yate)

"Yate, for safety's sake, we should report the situation here to Sage Dragon and ask him to send reinforcements immediately!" (Livia)

"No! We don't even know the enemy's whereabouts or objectives yet. If we rashly request help now, we might fall into their trap of luring us away from our base." (Yate)

"In that case, let's first investigate the enemy's whereabouts before deciding whether to request help from Sage Dragon. (Burz)"

"That's all we can do for now!" (Yate)