Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 669 - 667

Chapter 669: 667

Situ Junjie is not so calm anymore when he sees Shangguan Xuanyi closely following Li Fu.

It’s clear that Shangguan Xuanyi understands, and he is using Li Fu to understand this formation! If this situation continues, the army hasn’t even entered the formation yet, and Shangguan Xuanyi might have already thoroughly understood it!

No, it’s clear that Shangguan Xuanyi wants to fully understand this formation before leading the army into the valley!

If that’s the case, all his efforts of setting up the formation for nearly two days would be wasted!

Situ Junjie quickly thinks of a plan in his heart. He needs to make some quick adjustments to the formation.

Otherwise, the new recruits would not be able to resist the attack of the Imperial Court’s veteran soldiers at all!

Shangguan Xuanyi is being too naive if he wants to compete with him!

He refuses to believe that his ten years of studying Qi Men Dun Jia isn’t superior to a beginner like him!

Shangguan Xuanyi clearly only started learning in the past two years, and he doesn’t even know where he learned it from!

None of these matters!

Situ Junjie converges his thoughts and starts commanding the soldiers next to him to rapidly modify the formation.

While he’s busy over here, Shangguan Xuanyi, who has been following Li Fu for a while, has already deduced the nature of the formation based on his ability to extrapolate from one thing to another.

Shangguan Xuanyi no longer tails Li Fu but starts to use dragon wood to disperse the poison gas and disrupt the formation.

Not only does dragon wood possess the ability to ward off evil spirits, avoid evil, and keep a house in peace, but it’s also an ancient divine wood that has become extinct in this world. He didn’t expect that lucky girl to find a divine tree even by falling off a cliff.

But the divine wood in his hand now is nothing compared to the dragon wood he had previously taken from the valley.

In just a short span of two months, it has grown by almost a finger’s thickness!

Shangguan Xuanyi found it hard to deny the capabilities of the water of life.

Shangguan Xuanyi, wielding the dragon wood, began to disperse and absorb the poisonous gas in the formation.

Although Xiao’er had prepared a large vat of antidote pills for him and the Imperial Court, Shangguan Xuanyi wouldn’t easily use those life-saving pills until it’s absolutely necessary.

It’s very hard to set up anything successfully in this world, but it’s much easier to destroy!

It only took Shangguan Xuanyi a little time to sabotage a few critical parts of the formation.

Then he swiftly arrived at a key position in the formation. Every formation node was crucial to the formation, and he dug up the formation node, revealing a piece of black wood, the source of the poison.

Due to the principle of the five elements generating and overcoming one another, hiding this poisonous wood in the formation node enables it to continually emit poison. Shangguan Xuanyi picked up the black wood and glanced at it. He didn’t know what it was, so he casually stuffed it into his pocket and got up, brushing off his hands and leisurely strolled back to the mouth of the valley.

Situ Junjie was instructing the soldiers to modify the formation, completely unaware that his heirloom, the miasma wood hidden in the formation node, had been taken by Shangguan Xuanyi.

"Strategist, can this formation really trap the Imperial Court’s troops? If it can’t, isn’t it too late for us to escape?" Among them, none had higher martial skills than the Sixth Prince. He was worried that when the two armies clashed, and if he couldn’t protect this genius strategist, it would be a grave sin.

Talented people generally tend to appreciate only their own worth and hate it when others question them.

"If you don’t believe in me, you can run away first."

Upon hearing these words, Li Zhi dared not speak up. His uncle, General Li had told him to protect the strategist and follow his orders. It was his fault for speaking out of turn.

"Strategist, what should we do if Li Fu can’t shake off the Sixth Prince?"

"Don’t worry, he’ll be able to shake him off soon!" Situ Junjie was only concerned with changing the formation; he was confident that Shangguan Xuanyi would not be able to solve it in a short time.

The man heard this, went to check again, and saw that there was indeed no sign of the Sixth Prince behind Li Fu. He was relieved.

"Strategist, how about we kill the Sixth Prince while he is in the formation?"

"No rush, it’s not too late to kill him later." Given the rare opportunity to face a worthy opponent, how could he bear to let him die so soon!

Li Zhi felt a bit anxious upon hearing this. The Sixth Prince was a natural military prodigy with strong martial arts skills. Being able to kill him during this opportunity was like removing a huge threat. How could he not be anxious!

Only when the poison gas in the air gradually dissipated, leaving a faint trace, did he become panic-stricken! He rushed to the formation node!

Damn Shangguan Xuanyi! He managed to find the formation node so quickly!

Looking at the destroyed formation node and the small hole, Situ Junjie wished he could immediately run and tear Shangguan Xuanyi to pieces!

But he can’t! His martial arts skills aren’t high! And he can’t sabotage the grand plan!

Even though Shangguan Xuanyi only brought thirty thousand soldiers, and they had fifty thousand, how could new recruits be on par with well-trained veterans? Even if they had half more in terms of numbers, when the two armies clashed, even if they won by a fluke, it would certainly be a Pyrrhic victory!

The formation was useless! The strategy could not provide a surprise victory anymore, they could only run!

"Vice General Li, the formation is useless now, and we are much weaker in strength. Let’s retreat and quickly merge with the main army!" Situ Junjie told Li Zhi.

Upon hearing these words, Li Zhi’s mouth twitched. He wanted to say something but held it back. Then, without wasting a moment, he hurriedly gave the command!

After all, these new recruits, most of them only knew how to handle a hoe, and when a real battle commenced, they were totally disorganized!

The new recruits of Li’s army were at the other end of the valley. Hearing that the Imperial Court’s troops had caught up, they ran away in fright.

They had become rebel soldiers, and even if these civilians didn’t understand the national law well, they knew that the crime of rebellion resulted in extermination of nine generations of their family!

How could they not run?

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Shangguan Xuanyi returned to the mouth of the valley, just as the soldiers were eating dry food.

"The valley ahead was trapped by the enemy with a poisonous formation, which I have broken. There’s still a small amount of poison gas, so everyone should cover their noses with cloth, then get ready to move out!" Shangguan Xuanyi said, looking at the valley where the poison gas was gradually dispersing due to the disruption of the formation node and the removal of the poisonous source.

The fog was still thick, and he couldn’t see the other end of the valley, but the sound wasn’t hindered by the fog.

In the distance, there were waves of footsteps, which kept getting smaller and even a bit chaotic. It felt like they were fleeing in panic!

"The Sixth Prince is truly amazing. He only entered the valley for a while and managed to break the enemy’s formation, and even scared the enemy into fleeing."

"If the Sixth Prince isn’t amazing, then who is? Recall the past years when Xiyue Country had been harassing our people in the northwest for many years. General Li hadn’t been able to conquer it. It was the Sixth Prince who personally led the troops, and within a few short months, he completely wiped out the entire Xiyue Country! Isn’t it right for Li’s army to be scared and jittery when seeing the Sixth Prince leading the troops personally?"

...

Several vice generals took turns to praise Shangguan Xuanyi, their admiration and respect for this young prince were genuine.

In the army, real skills and strong fists are the truth!

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