STARTING MY CULTIVATION WITH TIME MANAGEMENT

Chapter 807: Chapter 44: Advancing by Retreating

Elder Kong Ping personally led the team, immediately relieving Qin Sitong.

Although this Birdman wasn’t the brightest, his strength was top-notch, which was why he was appointed by Feng Yan as the supreme commander of the frontline. It just goes to show that in the Eastern Emperor Realm, where individual strength is highly valued, one can hold a significant position even without brains, which is quite an absurd reality.

Both sides quickly agreed and transferred ten Dong Yuan Realm cultivators each, along with nearly two hundred Transformation Realm cultivators, to attack the gap pointed out by Long Long.

Although several Transformation Realm cultivators were dispatched, the defense line seemed unchanged to the naked eye, but as soon as the combined forces of the Dragon and Feathered Clans attacked, it immediately showed signs of collapse.

Lacking in numbers of high rank cultivators and outnumbered, the outcome was evident.

A call for help quickly reached the rear. After the Messenger Officer rapidly relayed the information, Lv Yan sighed and stood up.

Qi Yingzhu immediately put away the chess board and pieces, asking:

“Master, should we dispatch reinforcements to rescue them?”

“It’s too late now,” Lv Yan responded, “Twenty Dong Yuan Realm cultivators must have already taken over that defense point by now.”

“But coming in easily doesn’t mean they can leave just as easily,” he muttered, then took Qi Yingzhu with him out of the chess room to the command center to issue a series of orders.

Watching her master issue commands methodically, Qi Yingzhu thought to herself that he truly lived up to being her master, turning even a setback into a calculation against the enemy…

As Lv Yan shifted his focus to the warfare, the defense point previously managed by Qin Sitong and Kong Ping was quickly overwhelmed by a fierce attack from the northern Horned and Mao Clans, like a tidal wave.

Kong Ping cast out his Five-colored Divine Light only to see the White Tiger Cultivators collectively shout loudly, with their sound waves rushing towards and barely holding off the Five-colored Divine Light.

“Damn it!” Despite Kong Ping’s usually high pride, he couldn’t help but laugh angrily at the scene.

If those White Tiger Cultivators were to come out for one-on-one battles, none would be his match, hence the White Tiger Divine General cunningly assigned a large group of cultivators to do nothing but counter Kong Ping alone.

Whenever Kong Ping deployed the Five-colored Divine Light, they collectively countered it with the divine skill “Tiger Roar Skill” of the White Tiger Clan.

The Five-colored Divine Light, although restraining all that does not belong to the Five Elements, could not contend with sound waves, which were completely outside the Five Elements, leaving Kong Ping incapable of countering.

“We can’t keep this up,” said Qin Sitong quickly, analyzing, “The enemy’s numbers are too great, and they’re desperate to capture this point. The pressure on our defense is too huge.”

The words “I fear we can’t hold it” were left unsaid by Qin Sitong, but Kong Ping vaguely felt him beating a retreat and quickly responded:

“What, Old Dragon, are you scared?”

Qin Sitong was speechless. How to clarify this to a Birdman like you? Is this a matter of fear?

If all our forces perish here, will you be the one to take the blame?

“Why not ask that youngster from your clan?” Kong Ping continued mockingly, “If he agrees to retreat, then we can all retreat together, right?”

In Kong Ping’s view, the young people being too proud, most likely wouldn’t agree to retreat.

But Qin Sitong saw that Long Long’s character was not arrogant or disrespectful; his earlier dominance was just to quickly establish authority among them.

Compared with a Birdman like Kong Ping, that show of power was nothing… so he immediately sent someone to inform Long Long.

The reply from Long Long, conveyed back by the Messenger Officer, arrived quickly:

“Elder Qin Sitong, I ordered you to retreat swiftly, why didn’t you comply?”

Qin Sitong was stunned for a long while before realizing that the chess piece Magic Artifact at his waist had been vibrating and buzzing for quite some time.

Ah, this chess piece Magic Artifact is used for receiving commands! Being a Dragon Clan commander, I’m used to directing others most of the time, and truly forgot to pay attention to this Magic Artifact.

Moreover, given the intensity of the battle, it’s quite normal not to notice the odd behavior of the chess piece.

Though he thought this nonchalantly, he definitely couldn’t use this explanation with Long Long, or it would be suicidal.

Qin Sitong skillfully deployed the leadership blame-shifting tactic and asked the deputy commander from Dong Yuan Realm:

“The commander had previously issued orders, why did you not notice them?”

The deputy commanders were also at a loss for words; they had actually noticed the situation with the Magic Artifact, but since Qin Sitong did not speak up, how dared the deputies remind him?

Perhaps, my lord, you noticed it earlier but pretended not to receive Long Long’s message, just to avoid executing military orders. Then how could we purposely expose your feigned ignorance and still get along in the military?

“The battle was fierce just now, maybe it was not noticed, my fault, my fault,” the deputy commanders could only assertively argue.

Qin Sitong was very satisfied with this explanation, just about to instruct the Messenger Officer to reply accordingly, when suddenly Kong Ping chillingly said:

“So many of you, and all just happened to not notice that Magic Artifact sending messages? What a coincidence!”

This darn man, always pointing out the inconvenient truths! Qin Sitong cursed inwardly, but seriously responded:

“Exactly, because we have so many people, yet not a single one noticed the Magic Artifact sending messages, it precisely illustrates the intense degree of the battle, as heavy as a mountain of pressure indeed!”

Kong Ping scoffed and continued to proceed towards the front line.

Suppressing his irritation, Qin Sitong instructed the Messenger Officer to quickly go back and apologize to Long Long on behalf of everyone, then he took out the chess piece Magic Artifact and looked at it.

The order transmitted through the chess piece Magic Artifact was to have the Dragon Clan members withdraw from this defensive position to the southern hillside, and then mount a fierce attack on the defense point.

Qin Sitong: ???

What does that mean?

We’ve already occupied this position, then we have to abandon it and retreat, only to attack and recapture it again?

Although he was initially confused, Qin Sitong, being an experienced old general, after a moment of contemplation, quickly understood.

This defensive position’s terrain, truly, is not good.

Looking north towards the Qilin and White Tiger allied army’s direction, it is a vast plain terrain.

The terrain poses no restrictions on cultivators’ movements, mainly it’s a matter of visibility. The open plain terrain facilitates mutual attacks; both sides can clash fiercely even from a great distance, resulting in a high casualty rate exchange.

The enemy army launching attacks from the Northern Plains might form a semi-encirclement around the position. Coupled with the Defensive Array inside the position being nearly destroyed and impossible to repair temporarily, defending this position has been very strenuous for everyone.

However, if we withdraw from this position, the position’s directly west, east, and south directions each have hilltops for cover.

Hilltops are advantageous for containment defense; with a small force occupying the top, enemy’s Daoist Magic, Flying Swords, and Magical Treasures coming at them could be countered by retreating lower in height, thus using the hilltop to block the enemy’s line of sight.

But it’s also not conducive for attacking, because exposing themselves would lead to being attacked by a large group of enemies below, thus it can only be used to buy time.

The real cleverness lies in the two passages that lie between the three hilltops.

If the Dragon Clan occupies the left passage and the Feathered Clan occupies the right one, and both launch a fierce attack on the position, they can also form an encirclement around the position.

In that case, the ones in trouble would be the enemies.

The Defensive Array completely destroyed, and various facilities barely existing, take such a rundown position, and you guys just put all your thoughts and full effort into defending it!

The more Qin Sitong thought about it, the more ingenious he found it, hurriedly calling for the frontline glowing Kong Ping, and explaining this strategy to him in detail.

“Huh?” Kong Ping clearly didn’t understand.

Qin Sitong patiently repeated it once more, concluding:

“All in all, it’s not that our strength is inferior to the opposition, but because this position is too dilapidated, which constrained our performance!”

“Exactly.” Kong Ping particularly liked this statement, and nodded, “Then let’s do as you say!”

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