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Chapter 1263 - 1256: War Is Inevitable

Chapter 1263: Chapter 1256: War Is Inevitable

"Wow, that was incredibly powerful, I was wondering if I should make a move, and then you’re already done..." Cheng Ziang emerged from the bushes, his admiration heartfelt.

"I can handle it on my own," Feng said with a blink, answering honestly.

"Tsk tsk tsk," Cheng Ziang marveled as he picked up the weapon that Feng had chopped up from the ground, stroking its smooth cut surface, nodding incessantly, "This Kedal metal is truly exceptional, it just breaks upon contact."

"It’s much better than the previous one," Feng evaluated his own long saber, speaking truthfully.

"Wipe the blood off your face, I’ll take care of what comes next," Cheng Ziang said, gesturing towards his own face.

"Oh," Feng uttered, slightly stunned, then lowered his head to start wiping the blood off his face.

Cheng Ziang watched her somewhat clumsy behavior, sometimes he found it hard to tell whether Feng was naive or cruel, or maybe she was both.

Every time he saw her innocent face smeared with the blood that symbolized death, Cheng Ziang couldn’t help but feel a sense of palpitations.

At that moment, Baiyue also emerged from the jungle and walked up to the General whose head had been blown off. She crouched down to inspect his wounds.

Her bullet had entered through the back of the General’s head, piercing directly through his metal helmet, then exiting through his right eye socket. Seeing the eye cavity that was left only with a bloody hole, Baiyue finally felt at ease, and so she stood up with her rifle in her arms.

"How do you plan to deal with these corpses?" Baiyue asked, unable to help herself as she turned her head and saw Cheng Ziang deep in thought.

"Hmm, just take care of them a bit, make kind of a spectacle," Cheng Ziang said, pinching his chin.

"That’s something people should not, at least should not do, we are civilized folks, there’s no need for that sort of thing. Let’s just leave their bodies here and hurry back," Baiyue said, frowning slightly.

"Just kidding, don’t take it seriously," Cheng Ziang shrugged his shoulders, grinning playfully at Baiyue.

In front of his own people, Cheng Ziang’s expressions were very lively. Outsiders only saw his stern side, but within the team, Cheng Ziang actually laughed often.

"This should intimidate the morale of Dongsheng’s troops by now, and allow that commander named Xuan to rest easy," Cheng Ziang said after the laughter, staring at the bodies and squinting.

"It feels strange, we killed a general of Dongsheng’s army, yet we’ve gained the trust of Dongsheng’s commander," Baiyue shook her head and sighed.

"Yeah, I also find it quite magical," Cheng Ziang said, shaking his head, "Indeed, the conflicts between interest groups are not shifted by national borders or races."

Just as they were about to continue their conversation, Fulajie’er suddenly appeared before them, then, with a serious face, she warned, "Hurry and leave, many people are coming this way, you still have time to get out."

Hearing her news, Cheng Ziang and Baiyue exchanged glances, then turned their heads and commanded, "Xiao Fula, continue reconnaissance, everyone else, retreat!"

"Don’t call me Xiao Fula." Fulajie’er reminded them irritably, vanishing on the spot.

With the help of the super mobility device, the three of them started to move swiftly through the woods, heading in the direction of Lingyuan City.

Occasionally they would see planes swiftly flying overhead, those were reconnaissance aircraft from the air fleet, but due to the lack of fuel, the frequency of reconnaissance flights had significantly decreased.

Without the transport plane’s support, the three of them had to walk back to Lingyuan City. Fortunately, they were equipped with super mobility devices, which allowed them to move at an accelerated pace.

After leaving the dense jungle, they arrived at a river and followed the road along its banks heading north. This was the main thoroughfare to Lingyuan City, which the vanguard of Dongsheng’s army had previously followed to attack and then retreat; signs of felled trees and fire remained along the roadside.

Through this ambush, including Cheng Ziang, the three of them had largely dispelled their fear of the Dongsheng Generals.

In their view, these cultivators were only slightly stronger than the mages of the West Continent, and Feng especially felt that these generals seemed quite reckless.

In the West Continent, she needed to pay a certain price to deal with mages, but to handle these generals, she just needed to use her brain a little, and she could completely outwit them in terms of intelligence.

According to what Luo’er had found out, most of these Dongsheng army generals spent the majority of their time on cultivation, many of whom were so illiterate they couldn’t recognize a single character; they relied on brute force in charges and assaults, and if that failed, they could only wait to die.

However, Luo’er also learned a detail that the generals of the past were not like they are now. In the past, nearly every general was accomplished in both literature and martial arts, brave and strategic; when Abisien faced them, they were mostly on the losing side.

Yet, most of these generals eventually died on the battlefield, and many were betrayed by their own people, such as those who remained motionless as mountains while their allies were in trouble.

Subsequent wars saw generals worse with each generation, to the point where they are now synonymous with brutes.

The generals of the past could serve as commanders; nowadays, generals can only obey commanders, mainly responsible for charges and assaults.

Luo’er felt this was not a normal phenomenon; there must be some unknown conspiracies behind it. As the saying goes, ’Through repeated tempering one becomes steel, through repeated battles one gains skills,’ the declining quality of generals generation after generation clearly defied logic.

Traveling along the road, the three made quick progress and arrived at Lingyuan City in the late afternoon. After communicating with the city’s defenders, they entered and met the anxiously waiting Luo’er.

For Luo’er, the news brought by Cheng Ziang and the others was not optimistic. Xuan had made it clear that there was no room for negotiation between the parties, which spelled the end for Luo’er’s hoped-for peaceful resolution. Now, whether they liked it or not, they had to engage in a decisive battle with the Dongsheng army forces.

Although Luo’er was dissatisfied with Cheng Ziang’s unilateral actions, he did not express any criticism. Because Cheng Ziang’s approach indeed brought them some rather good news, that is, generals were indeed not invincible.

"It seems war is unavoidable, so we’ll hit them hard to force them into negotiations. As the saying goes, ’Strike with one punch to avoid a hundred more.’ Instead of passively hoping for the other side to negotiate peace, it’s better to fight until they are forced to the negotiation table," Zhuyan Yu said thoughtfully.

"Teacher Zhu, even if it comes to negotiation, it would be Abisien negotiating, we are foreigners," Hu Daoke said with a bitter smile, reminding her, "Even if they were to negotiate with foreigners, they would require a rank at least on par with Captain Reimer."

"Regardless, the Dongsheng Empire now considers us enemies too, ’a shared glory, a shared shame’; we cannot remain aloof," Zhuyan Yu stated.

"Hmm," Luo’er nodded and said, "I also agree with Teacher Zhu’s opinion. Now that Ziang and the others have killed several generals, at least openly, we are unlikely to have the chance to negotiate with the Dongsheng army forces. However, we should also see that there is actually a lot of division within the Dongsheng army forces, and we need to exploit this to fracture their internal structure."

"Right, that commander named Xuan warned us that the Dongsheng army forces have found a way to counter the air fleet. If he wasn’t lying to us, then we need to be extra careful," Cheng Ziang suddenly remembered something and then said to Luo’er.

"What could be the method to counter the air fleet?" Luo’er frowned slightly.

"It couldn’t be dispatching their Kunzhou fleet, could it?" Hu Daoke asked.

"It should not be," Tangmo analyzed, "Kunzhou would only flee pathetically facing the air fleet’s artillery, and cannot form effective combat strength. Just like the battle elephants in Ancient Times, if they were scared by the enemy’s flames, they could easily disrupt their own formation, which would be more of a loss than a gain."

"Could it be anti-aircraft guns?" Hu Daoke blinked and asked.

His words left everyone speechless, not knowing how to respond. Cheng Ziang sighed, then shook his head and said, "Why don’t you say they’ll use anti-air missiles against the air fleet."

"We did see that the Dongsheng army forces also have artillery, don’t we?" Hu Daoke defended himself.

"They do have artillery, true, but why would they equip anti-aircraft guns? Kunzhou is theirs, why use anti-aircraft guns against their own air units?" Cheng Ziang shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands involuntarily.

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