Chapter 795: Launching the First Attack, the Army for Penetration (III)
Chapter 795: Launching the First Attack, the Army for Penetration (III)
Xiao Huo nodded, “That’s right. Attack. We will definitely suffer greatly if we just defend reactively. The demons will be able to do whatever they want to us. However, if we move the battlefield to the territory of the demons, we might even be able to break the battle up into parts, where we launch a holy war against the demons from multiple locations. I’d like to see how the Demon God Emperor responds. Will he be able to ignore us? Definitely not. What he’s most afraid of is having his foundations shaken. When that happens, wouldn’t it be them who are lead around by us, instead of us who have to respond to them. Are the demons the only ones who know who to destroy? Haven’t the demons always stationed many troops near our six forst? We’ll start with those bases. Let’s see who’s more vicious.”
Yang Haohan hesitated on one side, “But, in an open battle, can we defeat the humans? In the past, we’ve always relied on the defences of the fort to barely repel the demons’ attacks!”
Xiao Huo snorted, “You’ve locked yourself in. It’s already been six thousand years, so how is your thinking still so inflexible? Do you think the defences of the forts will achieve anything before the Devil Dragons lead by the Demon God Emperor? Against true powerhouses with armies based off the ninth step, forts will only serve as a cage that will limit our strength. Moreover, I never said we had to engage in an open battle against the demons on flat land.”
“I understand. Thank you, old man Xiao.” An idea flashed through Long Haochen’s eyes. He completely understood what old man Xiao was trying to say.
Since the war was unavoidable, they needed the initiative. Whoever has the greater initiative would face fewer issues on the battlefield and even more opportunities would likely present themselves. Pure defence, which was also futile defence, would only end in a tragedy.
The most critical question that had always troubled him was finally answered, which overjoyed Long Haochen. He no longer wasted any time, immediately heading back to the Dragon Resisting Mountain pass. He wanted to mention old man Xiao’s idea in the meeting as soon as possible. If everyone agreed to it, then they could begin immediately.
The demons definitely would not spend too much time preparing for this holy war. Even if they wanted to unleash their full force, they would not take longer than a month.
Cai’er did not return to the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass with Long Haochen. She directly gave her voting right to Long Haochen. It was not that she did not want to leave, but that Shu Yongxiao refused to let her leave!
After seeing Cai’er, Shu Yongxiao took a great liking of her. Although the Eternal Heroes were rather fearful of Cai’er’s aura of purification as undead, Shu Yongxiao believed Cai’er’s talent was no worse than Long Haochen’s after a conversation.
Perhaps Cai’er could not match Long Haochen in terms of natural internal spiritual energy, but as the Saint Daughter of Samsara, she was outstanding as well, the most excellent assassin. Cai’er had begun cultivating since young, so her foundation was even firmer than Long Haochen’s. As a result, Shu Yongxiao had her stay behind so she could pass on her techniques to Cai’er eagerly. What made Long Haochen even more unsure as to how to react was that this predecessor who had lived for over six thousand years wanted Cai’er to call her sister Shu. Long Haochen was afraid to even think about how distorted the idea of seniority became by doing that.
Compared to Long Haochen, Yang Haohan was in a great mood. Long Haochen, Cai’er and the Eternal Heroes were becoming well-integrated. With over sixty great powerhouses, they could had firmly become a great support for the union. He could imagine the benefits they would bring to the holy war.
Returning to the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass, Long Haochen did not rest for a single moment. He immediately gathered the members for a meeting, mentioning Xiao Huo’s suggestion.
“…Old man Xiao’s suggestion basically opened a whole new option for me. He let me see the hope of completely destroying the demons through the holy war this time. In reality, we’ve always been using this tactic against the demons, which were the demon hunt squads. However, the demon hunt squads were just on too small of a scale. They’re insignificant compared to just how large the demons are. Since the Demon God Emperor wants to lead a great army here, it’s pointless for us to just guard our forts. As a result, I completely agree with old man Xiao’s suggestion. We need to launch a counterattack before the Demon God Emperor arrives and push the battlefield into the territory of the demons.”
Li Zhengzhi nodded and said, “This suggestion has come at the perfect time. I agree. Not only will be able to take the initiative like this, we can force the Demon God Emperor to follow us around. When that happens, even if we’re not their opponents, we can still retreat back to our forts against the demons. The main force of the demons will attack as we have imagined them to.”
Long Tianyin nodded, “I agree as well. The Demon God Emperor definitely won’t be expecting us to attack first. We’ve waited for too long for this day of counterattack. Let’s go all out with it. The demons do indeed pose a great threat to us now that they’ve mobilised all their forces this time, but if we can defeat their main force, then this will be the radical battle that releases us from this age of darkness.”
After embarrassing him in the previous meeting. Long Haochen had completely consolidated his authority as chairman. In the next few meetings, Long Tianyin stayed silent, before gradually turning back to normal as well. Someone as clever as Li Zhengzhi could obviously tell that the grandfather-grandson duo had put on an act, but there was nothing he could do. Long Haochen had already established his authority, while the Knights’ Temple already had six holy knights. Its status would not be shaken just from rebuking Long Tianyin once. As a result, the Knights’ Temple was still the one who benefited the most within the union from this.
Although Li Zhengzhi still felt rather unwilling to accept this, he was forced to accept this due to the situation. Not to mention, the demon army was about to arrive. Currently, all they could do was stand together against a common enemy. How could they afford to think about authority?
Not everyone supported this suggestion of attacking. The Priest Temple objected, and so did a few members from the Warrior Temple.
The meeting was fair. The decision would be made at the end during the voting process. The powerful influence of the Bright Glimmer of Hope would not waver from just a few objections.
The results of the voting was that more than two-thirds of the members supported this battle tactic. The war of historic significance between the Temple Union and the demons finally was about to start.
With a battle tactic decided, they needed to pin down the exact details. After a series of discussions, they decided to launch attacks from all fronts, as well as an attack to pierce the lines of the demons.
The six temples quickly mobilised their troops, combining the power of the six vocations. Every temple split its forces into five, sending them to the five other temples, which allowed them to arrange armies with people from all vocations. After the arrangements at each fort were complete, they were commanded by the respective temple. Time no longer allowed them to properly integrate together. After the vocations were spread evenly, the six temples launched an attack against the demon army stationed outside the forts as soon as possible, thus declaring a start to the holy war. They took the initiative to bring the flames of war to the demons.
There were advantages and disadvantages to gathering fifty-four demon gods in Modu for meetings. At least, there were no demon gods among the six demon armies stationed outside the six great forts. Clearly, the demons had never considered the humans would attack first.
Once the holy war completely began, there would also be a point of breach. This would also serve as the point that would truly keep the main forces of the demon army busy. The army responsible for this breach was the first and second armies of the union that had completely integrated with each other, which would be personally lead by Long Haochen with the Bright Glimmer of Hope. At the same time, the union would place all of the demon hunt squads that had returned under Long Haochen’s command.
Their objective would be to pierce deep into the demons like a sharp blade and deal a heavy blow to them.
Of course, this army would not wage war blindly. Firstly, they needed to avoid Modu as much as possible. At the same time, eighteen of the sixty-three Eternal Heroes would accompany the army, as well as the entire Bright Glimmer of Hope. These Eternal Heroes would include Xiao Huo and Shu Yongxiao, as well as the sixteen powerhouses who had surpassed the fifth rank of the ninth step.
This army would even surpassed the Devil Dragons in terms of strength. And, although it would be tasked with penetration, it would not penetrate too deeply into the lines of the demons. The army would also be flexible, able to retreat at any time. With their destructive ability, they would definitely be able to keep the main forces of the demons led by the Demon God Emperor busy. The Demon God Emperor would be afraid of Long Haochen wreaking havoc among the demons with the army! Not to mention, his target was Long Haochen in the first place.
Aside from the Eternal Heroes that had followed Long Haochen, the other forty-five would be split up into five groups and sent to the Assassin Temple, Mage Temple, Warrior Temple, Spiritual Temple and Priest Temple.
The Knight Temple would not be allocated any Eternal Heroes, because the army led by Long Haochen would set off from the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass. At the same time, they would also retreat to the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass in the end, so they had sufficient strength there.
The five simultaneous attacks of the five other temples would only have one objective, which would be to force the Demon God Emperor to separate his forces, so he would not have all of his forces by his side. This would reduce the pressure that Long Haochen’s side faced.
As long as they could determine the position of the Demon God Emperor’s main force, then the Temple Union would be able to follow up with their next strategy.
The demons were already using their full strength, so how could the Temple Union keep holding back? They were already prepared to throw some mysterious powers and useful treasures into this war.
With the plan complete, they had to follow through with it as quickly as possible. If someone was able to look over the entire territory of the Temple Union, they would discover traces of huge armies being mobilised around all of the boundaries. Every temple had split its forces into five, sent to other temples. The orders and true intention of the battles would be kept strictly secret.
When the six temples mobilised their new armies, Long Haochen’s army had already set off from the Dragon Resisting Mountain Pass using the night, rushing towards the demon army stationed fifty kilometers away like an unleashed tiger.