Chapter Nineteenth: Vanguard Camp

  "What? General, you want me to go first?" Cold Xiao's face revealed an unbelievable expression as he stared at Shi Hu in front of him.

  Shi Hu didn't mind the cold tone of Leng Xiao Yao's questioning and said firmly, "That's right, the vanguard camp must stay behind to cut off the pursuit. For your safety, you have to come with me."

  "What about them?" asked Leng Xiang with a cold smile, pointing at the group of people walking towards them.

  Xingzi walked up to Leng Xiang and patted him on the shoulder, saying: "Xiang, you go with the general! We are vanguard camp people, the ferocious tiger team doesn't have fleeing soldiers, so we must stay behind."

  "Yes! Xiao Yao, you go with the general on the road! We still have a chance to meet." Wang Liehuo also persuaded Leng Xiao Yao.

  Leng Xiao Yao's face didn't have a hint of smile after hearing Xing Ziyue and Wang Lie Huo's persuasion, instead revealing an angry expression. He suddenly cursed: "Bullshit! The 8,000-strong Vanguard Regiment wants to block the pursuit of the 80,000-strong army? Do you think we're gods or something? Or are each and every one of us a high-ranking master swordsman?"

  Stillness, extreme stillness, in the small area near Cold Arrogance's side, a piece of serenity. As soldiers, they were well aware of the consequences of leaving behind this vanguard camp. Eight thousand soldiers against eighty thousand beastmen, even if it was one-on-one, human soldiers would be inferior to the beastmen in terms of physical ability and combat strength. Not to mention the huge disparity, the outcome could be guessed with just a toe.

  "Let it go, don't make a fuss, General is also for your own good." Lin Wenbin saw the awkward scene and hastily whispered to mediate.

  Leng Xiao took a deep breath, bowed to Shi Hu and said: "Since I entered the military camp, I have always been favored by the general. The general's feelings, I remember in my heart. This time, I let the general down, because I am a soldier, I will not give up on my comrades, even if it means fighting until the last moment. I would rather die for my comrades than betray them, because I am a soldier. Please, General, take your leave!"

  Shi Hu was moved by these words, and vaguely, he seemed to see himself as a small soldier in the past, when his general had told him and others that as a military man, at any time, even in the face of death, you cannot abandon your comrades. Once you abandon your comrades, it means you have given up on everyone you can rely on.

  "Marshal." Shi Hu gazed at Leng Xiao Yao, muttering softly to himself.

  "General." Lin Wenbin saw his general's dazed expression and hastily called out several times.

  "Ah." Shi Hu was pulled back to reality by Lin Wenbin's calls, and he saw that the person in front of him was just Leng Xiao, not the old general he had imagined earlier. He silently scolded himself for being distracted at such a critical moment, feeling that it was unacceptable.

  "Please let General Sheng be spared." Leng Xiao You asked for orders again.

  Shì Hǔ gazed at Lěng Xiāo Yáo's resolute expression and, after a moment of contemplation, asked: "Xiāo Yáo, have you really made up your mind?"

  "Yes, General, I will see it through."

  "Since you've made up your mind, I won't say more. But promise me one thing: in case, just in case, something happens to the Vanguard Regiment, no matter what, you must survive, got it?"

  Leng Xiao Yao nodded slightly after hearing Shi Hu's words and said, "General, I have another favor to ask of you."

  "What's up, say."

  "If I don't come back, please tell my grandfather that I didn't lose his face and did everything he said." After finishing speaking, Leng Xiao turned around and walked towards the vanguard camp to gather the main force, leaving a silhouette for Shi Hu and others.

  Carefree...

  "Captain, don't say anything else. Since we're partners, I won't abandon my partner and escape on my own."

  "But this time is different!" Xiaoyao's self-study became more urgent.

  "Captain, do you still remember our first battle?" Xiangyang gazed at the people from the Self-Study Department and said: "We ten people could survive from two thousand-man battalions, so why can't we eight thousand people survive from an eighty-thousand-man army this time?"

  "It's okay this time, it's different!" Xiang Zixue said, her eyes reddening as she spoke.

  "Nothing else needs to be said, Captain. I just want to ask you one thing: do you believe me?" Coldly, Xueya's stern gaze fixed on Linzi.

  He nodded naturally, he didn't know when he came to believe in this little guy who had been in the army for less than a year, perhaps it was from that first battle that he gained confidence.

  Leng Xianyao nodded at the sight of Hang Zixue and others, a faint smile appeared on his face, and he stretched out his palm: "Then let's do it, let's create another miracle!"

  "Alright, let's create a miracle together!" His self-taught hand reached out.

  "How can we miss such a miracle?" Gao Yitian and others clapped their hands one after another.

  "Go!" Xingzi yelled loudly, and ten figures rushed towards the direction of the main force gathering.

  Shì Hǔ gazed at the scenes of the ten people who had just been cold and leisurely, thinking to himself: "Xiāo Yáo, you're great, the Lěng family is honored to have a descendant like you."

  Lin Wenbin saw Leng Xiao Yao's departing back and cautiously said: "General, do you really plan to let Young Master Leng leave like this? What if..."

  Shi Hu heard Lin Wenbin's words and smiled wryly, "I won't let him go, do you want me to tie him up? Let's go!"

  Wang Shu stood in front of the main force of the vanguard camp, looked at the less than 8,000 people and horses left in front of him, and his face turned serious: "I believe that all brothers know that our mission this time is very difficult. Because we will delay the retreat of the main force, so our mission is to use our vanguard camp's 8,000 people and horses to delay the enemy for one day. The task is extremely arduous, and it can be said that it is an impossible task. However, I, Wang Shu, still accepted it because I believe that there is not a coward in our vanguard camp. But I, Wang Shu, can declare here first: if there are those who fear death among you, now you can stand out, and I, Wang Shu, will not force you to go up and die. Now give you three breaths of time, if you are afraid of death, just stand out for me."

  One breath

  Two breaths

  Three breaths of time passed, and among the nearly eight thousand men and horses, not a single soldier stood up, which shows how high Wang Shu's prestige was in the vanguard camp.

  Wang Shu burst out laughing, the kind that comes from the heart. After finishing his laughter, Wang Shu said with a smile: "Brothers, you are all great! I am honored to have brothers like you. Let's go to battle then! Let our enemies see the undefeated record of the vanguard battalion of the fierce tiger squad!"

  "War, war, war, war!" The soldiers raised their weapons in unison and shouted.

  "Squad leader, I have something to say." Leng Xiao Yao stepped forward and said.

  "Who's speaking?" Wang Shu's face showed a hint of anger, the morale he had just managed to boost was interrupted by someone, which made him very uncomfortable. However, when Wang Shu saw that the speaker was Leng Xiao Yao, the anger on his face turned into a smile. After all, Leng Xiao Yao had single-handedly defeated two thousand-man squads of beastmen and returned unscathed, an achievement that earned Wang Shu's respect. As a military man, he always respected the strong, it was an unchangeable habit.

  "What's wrong? You look carefree! What's on your mind?" Wang Shu asked with a smile.

  Leng Xiao Yao saw Wang Shu's changing expression just now, and he was also wondering why Wang Shu had such an expression. However, the current situation did not allow him to think too much, so he went on to say his previously planned strategy one by one.

  Wang Shu started to listen to Leng Xiao's strategy, and he still had a hint of disdain in his heart. With you being a newcomer to the military camp for less than a year, what good strategy could you have? However, as he listened on, he became more and more entranced. By the time he heard the end, Wang Shu's face revealed a look of surprise. If they really followed Leng Xiao's battle plan, his 8,000-man vanguard camp might not necessarily be annihilated! Compared to delaying time through brute force, Leng Xiao's method could delay for an entire day.

  "Good boy, it's yours, you go on." Wang Shu saw that Leng Xiao Yao had stopped explaining and hurriedly urged him to continue speaking.

  "Is that all?" Leng Xiao Yao shrugged and said, "Strategy is dead, people are alive, different situations have different arrangements. So for now, I'm not clear what changes will occur in the battle situation, so I don't dare to make any promises."

  Wang Shu Jing smiled and reached out to touch his shiny head, saying: "Xiao Zai, what you said is absolutely right. Now, if I let you arrange things, how would you do it?"

  "Is there a map of this area?" Leng Xiao Yao currently just wants to figure out the terrain around here, so he can arrange his strategy. After all, in the 21st century, any strategy that is casually taken out and put into this space can be considered a classic tactic. Not to mention that in his previous life, as an elite among elites, Leng Xiao Yao was naturally extremely familiar with those classic tactics.

  "Yes, yes, yes." Wang Shu hastily responded, and the next moment, he shouted to the person beside him: "Xiaohuzi, quickly bring over the map."

  "Here it is, here it is." Zheng Xiaohu hastily spread out a piece of animal hide with a drawn map on the ground.

  Leng Xiao Yao's brow furrowed as he carefully examined the animal skin map on the ground, but no matter how hard he looked, he couldn't find a place that was easy to defend and hard to attack, nor could he find a location suitable for setting up large-scale traps. This was simply a desperate situation! What should he do?

  Although Wang Shu usually looks big and sloppy, his brain is not worse than others. Since Leng Xiao Yao looked at the map, he has been observing Leng Xiao Yao's expression. Seeing Leng Xiao Yao's tightly furrowed brow, he spoke up: "Xiao Yao, is there something troubling you?"

  "Squad leader, this terrain is really unfavorable for us! We can't find a suitable battlefield at all." Leng Xiao said helplessly, revealing his calculations.

  "Alas! Since there's no other way, let's just give up. Life and death are determined by heaven, all we can do is to do our best." Wang Shu said calmly, but in fact, he had also searched for a favorable battlefield several times before letting Leng Xiao check the map, but he couldn't find one that was advantageous to their side. The reason he let Leng Xiao check was to make him give up hope, and by using the impression left on the vanguard camp soldiers from the battle outside Leng Xiao City, to tell everyone that currently they only had a desperate fight with their backs against the water, which would be their only way out. This was Wang Shu's idea.