Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

Chapter 116: The power of the assistant makes the real person stunned

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Cao Geng, you have only a few disciples. For this operation, you only need to assist Shen Quan's elite monks from the flank. If the demon bandits attempt to invade the spiritual peak where Shen Quan is stationed, you must lead your disciples to disrupt their advance! Do you have the confidence to take on this important task?"

Li Xuantong knew that there were only 900 disciples left under Cao Geng, and he thought that these 900 people were new monks recruited after he suffered heavy losses a month ago. He was not sure about the combat effectiveness of these new disciples, so he only ordered Cao Geng to lead the three halls of disciples to assist Shen Quan.

Although Cao Geng knew that the combat power of his 900 disciples should not be underestimated, he also understood that Li Xuantong's strategic deployment was indeed quite reasonable at a time when the New First Regiment was facing a group of enemies from the four major demon tribes.

Without further ado, Cao Geng agreed.

Then, just as Li Xuantong had arranged, the four demon brigades of the demon race launched an offensive in a short while. The many high-level monks of the new group had no objection and immediately followed Li Xuantong's instructions.

Cao Dabiao quickly reorganized his disciples and led a powerful team of monks to cooperate with Li Xuantong's more than 1,000 elite guards to directly fight against the four demon tribes. Shen Quan led the second hall monks to climb the steep peaks along the path that the demon tribe must take, waiting for the enemy to come and wait for an opportunity to launch a fatal attack.

The three hall disciples led by Cao Geng were the most agile. Just when Shen Quan's troops had just finished setting up their formation, the 900 three hall disciples led by Cao Geng also disappeared without a trace.

Li Xuantong assigned Cao Geng the task of assisting Shen Quan's monk team, without specifying his specific tactical actions. This gave Cao Geng great tactical freedom.

Cao Geng thought: If his own cultivation was mediocre, he might choose to be obedient and cooperate with Shen Quan, the main attacker, to fight against the demons. However, he knew that the 900 or so people under his command were all elite disciples of the three halls who had been tempered through many life-and-death battles. Following him, Cao Geng, as long as he made proper arrangements, he could move the entire army with one move, and even lead the entire new regiment to burst out amazing combat power.

In short, in this battle against the demon clan, Li Xuantong positioned Cao Geng as a supporting role, but in his mind, the real core output still depends on Shen Quan and the three thousand monks who face the demon clan army head-on.

However, Cao Geng also knew that although the output of a supporter was low, it had an advantage that other positions could not match - that is, the supporter had plenty of time and energy to observe the overall situation. It should be noted that an excellent support monk could often lead the entire team to reverse adversity and turn the tide at a critical moment.

Among the three elite battalions led by Cao Geng, although the number of people is small, their combat strength should not be underestimated.

If he used his strategy properly, it would not be difficult to severely damage the morale of the entire Japanese army even with only the more than 5,000 monks of the newly-established First Legion.

Of course, this is not empty talk.

At this time, Cao Geng and his soldiers were facing the invading Japanese Fourth Immortal Brigade. They had properly formulated a tactical plan and quickly deployed their troops on the battlefield.

The news that the main force of the First Corps had assembled and was about to engage in a fierce battle with the Fourth Immortal Brigade of the Japanese Army was naturally quickly transmitted to the Eighth Route Army headquarters that was about to evacuate Daxia Bay.

After learning this information, the old ancestor looked solemn.

"Has the time for the decisive battle finally arrived?" The old ancestor's deep voice revealed his determination.

Since the Japanese army launched a large-scale mopping-up campaign in northwestern Shanxi, although small-scale conflicts have continued, large-scale battles have never broken out.

Now, even the Eighth Route Army headquarters is about to relocate. It can be predicted that the Japanese will definitely send heavy troops to attack the various units of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, the monks of the First Legion were ready to fight against the Fourth Immortal Brigade of the Japanese Army. This incident was also expected.

"I wonder what Li Yunlong's specific tactical deployment is?"

In order to ensure that the First Corps could effectively cover the safe retreat and transfer of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the ancestor decisively decided to transfer the newly promoted Third Corps commander Cao Geng back to assist Li Yunlong in fighting against the large Japanese forces.

In his eyes, both Li Yunlong and Cao Geng were the most valiant and capable corps commanders in the Eighth Route Army.

The two of them joined forces to fight against the Japanese mopping-up forces. Even if they could not win outright, it would be more than enough to delay the enemy's attack time.

Immediately afterwards, the ancestor quickly obtained Li Yunlong's battle plan through the Lingxun Baojian.

However, after he finished reading Li Yunlong's Lingxun Baojian, his face suddenly stiffened.

"What's wrong, ancestor?" The busy deputy chief of staff couldn't help but ask when he saw this.

"You'll know once you take a look." The old ancestor came back to his senses and handed the Lingxun Treasure Mirror to the deputy chief of staff.

The deputy chief of staff took it and looked at it and was also shocked.

"Isn't Li Yunlong's battle plan just nonsense?"

It took the deputy chief of staff a long time to come back to his senses, and then he was speechless.

Originally, the headquarters planned to dispatch a new regiment to regroup and fight together with the newly appointed regiment commander Cao Geng, intending to have the two powerful generals Li Yunlong and Cao Geng fight side by side to jointly attack the Japanese army.

After all, both Li Yunlong and Cao Geng were corps commanders who were highly respected by the headquarters and were extremely brave.

However, the headquarters never expected that after Cao Geng led his troops to the First Corps camp, Li Yunlong actually ordered Cao Geng's troops to cooperate with the Second Battalion in the battle from the flank.

"He actually let that kid Cao Geng go to support the Second Battalion of the First Corps. This Li Yunlong is really unexpected! I wonder how Li Yunlong will fight in this battle..." For a moment, the old ancestor was filled with resentment.

You know, in this battle of life and death, every decision is crucial...

In the differentiation and development of the new group of people in the vast immortal road,

The team led by Cao Geng was the most outstanding.

In this situation, even if one does not know that Cao Geng has been promoted to the leader of the new regiment, letting Cao Geng, the strongest one, take the lead to deal with the evil Japanese pirate army, and then ordering the subordinates of Cao Dabiao and Shen Quan to support the third battalion led by Cao Geng, isn't this the most basic strategic layout?

However, Li Yunlong did not follow the rules.

He actually ordered Cao Geng's troops to retreat to the margins of the battle between immortals and demons. His strategic intention was as clumsy as that of mortal worldly things.

"Wait a minute, Master, calm down your anger for a moment and take a closer look at this spiritual message. It turns out that Cao Geng led his army to the Xinyi Group's stronghold with only more than 700 monks..."

At this moment, the deputy sect leader stared at the spirit stone communicator in his hand, which directly revealed the key details that the sect leader had overlooked.

"What? Only about 700 people?"

The head of the sect was in a rage and was dumbfounded when he heard this.

As we all know, in the past three months, Cao Geng's troops have been very powerful, and every fierce battle has shocked the Eight Desolate Dao Sect headquarters. Based on this, the headquarters naturally knows that after the second stage of differentiation, Cao Geng's troops should now have more than 4,000 monks, according to conservative estimates. This is also the fundamental reason why the head of the sect dared to send a new regiment to intercept an entire Japanese pirate army.

However, under such a situation, Cao Geng actually only led the monks of the old third battalion to return to support the new first regiment's stronghold, with a total number of only more than 700 people!

If this is true, then Li Yunlong's previous strategic arrangements cannot be blamed entirely on him. It is probably Cao Geng's tactics that are so unpredictable.

"Indeed, Master, you see..."

The deputy sect leader blinked and handed the spirit stone communicator back to the sect leader for review. After the sect leader carefully read it, he found a line in the record: the total number of cultivators led by Cao Geng was exactly 742.

In an instant, the headmaster fell into deep thought again.