Free Web NovelChapter 1423: Chapter 1423: Everyone Playing It Safe
"Yo—" Hong Jiang immediately laughed and said, "Old Yang, Old Niu, are you guys back to complain?"
Niu Houdao and Yang Zhi immediately looked grim.
Hong Jiang’s foul mouth really makes people want to beat him up as soon as he starts talking.
Yang Zhi and Niu Houdao both ignored Hong Jiang, instead sitting down with sullen faces, obviously in a bad mood. Everyone else was tactful enough not to approach them for conversation.
Then.
Everyone in the tea room continued watching the match.
With a high vote advantage, Yue Qiyuan won the position of Commander, but he didn’t become arrogant. Instead, he pondered over Wei Xiaoxiong’s previous arrangements, discarding some plans while retaining others, and then led the entire team to hunker down.
No matter how loudly the enemies across shouted and boasted, the entire Second Camp swept away its agitation and focused on its own tasks.
Of course, while hunkering down, the Second Camp’s defensive line grew ever tighter, virtually leaving no chance for enemies to infiltrate. Anyone trying to break into the Second Camp to cause trouble was stopped and killed by the tight defensive line.
On the other side.
After losing several subordinates consecutively, the First Camp finally paused.
Upon hearing reports from her subordinates, Chu Jiaojiao sat atop a large stone, gazing across the long border river at the layered mountains opposite the Second Camp, suddenly laughed and said, "The Second Camp has changed leadership."
"Hmm?"
"What?"
"Really?"
"So fast?"
...
Exclamations rose around, and then everyone turned to stare at Chu Jiaojiao on the stone, her posture relaxed, but her articulated fingers lightly stroking the bow and arrow beside her.
Everyone’s eyes focused.
It was this bow and arrow that took down several heads on the opposite side.
Someone in the team couldn’t help but ask, "Commander, was our previous sneak attack actually hitting the big target?"
Why did the Second Camp suddenly change leadership? The most likely reason is that the second camp commander ’died’.
How did he die?
Everyone inevitably thought of Chu Jiaojiao’s few impressive shots.
Upon hearing the word ’Commander,’ Chu Jiaojiao’s ears trembled slightly, suddenly laughed and said, "Don’t call me Commander, our camp’s commander isn’t me, he’s alive and well, certainly will live to the end. If you call me that, I feel really awkward. So, comrades, everyone should call me Chu Jiaojiao."
Everyone: "..."
First Camp Commander: "..."
You don’t look awkward at all.
First Camp Commander resisted the urge to want to kill her, and asked, "How did you know they changed commanders?"
Chu Jiaojiao said, "It’s simple, the tactics have changed. Everyone has their own personality; such a drastic change couldn’t happen in a short time, especially someone like Wei Xiaoxiong, who sees himself as exceptional and is extremely arrogant—he certainly wouldn’t change his tactics overnight. Only the commander changing would cause this." At the time, the distance was too far, vague and unclear, and Chu Jiaojiao wasn’t sure if the target she aimed for was Wei Xiaoxiong, but she saw several people gathered around someone appearing very afraid of death, so she tried it. Didn’t expect, actually hit Wei Xiaoxiong.
It can only be said that Wei Xiaoxiong’s luck is really bad.
Upon hearing this, everyone started thinking.
Someone said, "That group over there, before they only passively took hits, now they know to retreat, it must be a change in leadership."
"Their commander died so fast?"
"Was it Chu Jiaojiao who shot him with an arrow?"
"Chu Jiaojiao’s shooting skill is really strong!"
"In an instant, nine arrows were fired! I thought I was seeing things! Performing such an action in holographic network isn’t hard, but achieving nine successive shots in reality is difficult, mainly because drawing the bow and aiming always require time to prepare, but she obviously didn’t prepare long..."
"So strong."
...
Thinking of those few arrows, everyone couldn’t help but exclaim repeatedly. Listening to the praises beside her ear, Chu Jiaojiao couldn’t help but smile shyly, very humbly said, "My shooting skill, compared to my classmate Ji You, is still far off. I learned this move from her, just scratched the surface, not worth mentioning."
Everyone gaped.
Chu Jiaojiao’s eyes sparkled, earnestly said, "Really, trust me. I’m someone who never lies."
Someone quietly mumbled, "So, are all of you on Lanyue Star, not human?"
Chu Jiaojiao straightened her face, said, "Since the enemy wants to hunker down, we can’t deal with them for now, so let’s hunker down too."
Yue Qiyuan, this guy doesn’t have much else, but he has plenty of patience. Look at how he tolerated Wei Xiaoxiong until he naturally cooled down before being pushed up to the commander position by everyone, shows how slow he is. He decided to hunker down with the main force, rarely initiating battles; Chu Jiaojiao couldn’t tear open his defensive line quickly, so after thinking, she also decided to hunker down.
Then.
Chu Jiaojiao directly ordered the main force to quickly follow the previous arrangement and return to their respective garrison.
The extremely cold night has passed, now it’s daytime, about 20 hours until night falls again, the temperature is fine now, and everyone’s spirits are much better, but not attacking the enemy, the only issue to resolve is food scarcity.
This problem, whether Chu Jiaojiao or Yue Qiyuan, must be faced, and it is an urgent problem.
On Yue Qiyuan’s side, he arranged in advance for his men to find substitute food materials within their camp during a private alliance with several other squad leaders for attack and defense. After some effort, they found a type of wild onion, then quickly sent people to gather and store a batch.
However, wild onions aren’t starch plants, hard to feel full; in other words, this match can’t be protracted.
On Chu Jiaojiao’s side, she discovered wild onions earlier than Yue Qiyuan and had already arranged for people to gather a large batch. Moreover, she also sent people to cross into the enemy camp, pulling out most wild onions along the enemy camp’s border river bank, leaving only a small portion.
It’s to say, in food reserves, Yue Qiyuan’s second camp has less than Chu Jiaojiao’s first camp.
Chu Jiaojiao and Yue Qiyuan both know this battle cannot be dragged on too long, the longer it’s dragged, with limited food and weapon reserves, it definitely can’t hold on.
Thus, a quick resolution is necessary.
Everyone hunkers down, but not really hunkering down, it’s just resting and rejuvenating, adjusting the team members’ state to the best possible, once the team’s condition is optimal, it’ll be time to launch an attack against the opposition.
Yue Qiyuan’s main force is huddled in the Second Camp’s middle line, with elite soldiers defending the front lines.
And Chu Jiaojiao?
Chu Jiaojiao’s main force is right on the border between the two camps, poised for an attack at any time.
Each arrangement has its own considerations. Yue Qiyuan’s camp can attack or defend; if the front can’t hold, the rear main force isn’t far, can quickly reinforce.
As for Chu Jiaojiao, her arrangement seems reckless, seemingly leaving no retreat, but all her team members are positioned on the frontline, invisibly pulling the enemy camp into a siege, forming a forcing situation, heavily demoralizing the enemy.
Which strategy is superior, one battle will tell.
