Chapter 70: Distribution of Military Strength

  Huang Tao got a nod of approval from Leng Xiao Yu and then called out towards the door: "Come in."

  A scout strode into the conference room and knelt on one knee: "Your humble servant has seen the young master, General, and all the team leaders."

  "What's wrong?"

  "Report to General, the enemy has assembled an army of 300,000 men and is marching towards us. Our scouts have already clashed with theirs."

  "Arrived?" Huang Tao's eyes shot out a sharp ray of light, this ray of light contained excitement and agitation.

  "Captain, let me lead the vanguard with the Third Squad!" Fēng Tiān Míng couldn't help but stand up and request orders.

  "Pshaw, Tianming, why should your third battalion take the lead? Can't my first battalion do it?" A general immediately stood up to refute him, and then he saluted Huang Tao with a military salute: "General, let my first battalion take the lead!"

  "Damn it, why should you let the First Battalion take the lead? Don't you think my Second Battalion is good enough?" a general immediately retorted.

  "Damn it! Are you guys awesome? Can't my fifth squad be the vanguard?"

  "What's wrong with you? Come on, let's have a one-on-one fight and see who wins. Whoever loses will be the vanguard."

  Leng Xiao's face wore a smile as he gazed at the ten team leaders arguing, thinking to himself: "It seems these people have been suppressed for too long, no wonder they're so excited at the mention of war. Soldiers will always be soldiers!"

  "That's enough, shut up." Huang Tao shouted loudly, and the conference room immediately fell silent.

  Huang Tao glared at his ten beloved generals, saying sternly: "Look at yourselves, what kind of appearance are you showing? The young master is here, and other brothers are also present. Don't you feel ashamed?"

  "Haha!" Feng Tianming and the other ten people couldn't help but scratch their heads and smile foolishly, immediately sitting down in their chairs without a word. However, in the eyes of these ten people, a hint of longing was revealed as they gazed at Huang Tao, seemingly saying, "Send our team out to battle!"

  Leng Xiao Yao smiled slightly, with a smile on his face he asked the kneeling scout: "Brother, how long will it take for the Law Enforcement team to arrive at the foot of the mountain?"

  "Ah, I'm not worthy of such a title," said the scout with a look of surprise and gratitude. "You can just call me Number One, Young Master. At the speed we're marching, I estimate it'll take us two days to reach the foot of our mountain."

  "Two days!" Leng Xiao Yao heard this time and a faint smile appeared on his face, but he didn't say anything. He lowered his head and fell into deep thought.

  Huang Tao saw his young master's expression and waved his hand at the scouts, saying: "I know, Number One, you continue to investigate the changes in the Law Enforcement Team. If there is any news, report back immediately."

  "Yes, General." The scout replied and quickly left the conference room.

  "Huang Ge, is there a map of the surrounding terrain?" Leng Xiao suddenly asked.

  "Yes." Huang Tao nodded and then ordered Feng Tianming: "Tianming, go get the topographic map."

  "Yes, General." Feng Tianming hastily ran to a small secret room on the left side of the conference room. In less than ten breaths, Feng Tianming emerged with a large roll of beast skin in his hands.

  "General?" Feng Tianming didn't immediately unfurl the animal hide, but instead asked himself with his eyes.

  Huang Tao naturally understood the meaning of his subordinate's gaze, so he shifted his eyes to his young master, as if asking some question.

  "Let's go out for a bit, or I'll just go with Xiao Yu." Zheng Xiaohu said calmly. In fact, when he looked at Huang Tao with his eyes, he already knew what that gaze meant. After all, the map near this base was not an ordinary map. Looking at Feng Tianming's cautious appearance, it might be a map of the Tianjun Army's troop deployment. And although he had worked with Leng Xiao Yu before, no matter how you looked at it, he was still considered an outsider.

  He was a top-notch elite in the military, and his ability to read people's expressions was naturally superior. Seeing Huang Tao's eyes at this moment, he naturally understood what he meant, so he smiled and waved his hand: "Don't worry, Tiger Brother and Xing Big Brother are both people who have gone through life and death with me, there will be no problem at all, I believe in him, let it go!"

  "Xiao Yao?" Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zixue's faces showed a hint of emotion. To think that they were no longer team leaders or squad leaders, but rather wanted fugitives of the Tianlong Kingdom. And Xiao Yao was a noble, his status as the young master of the Tianjun Army already made him someone they looked up to, and the gap in their social status was unbridgeable. Yet Xiao Yao still treated them with the same respect as when they were in the army, suddenly giving Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zixue a sense of "die for one another".

  Huang Tao saw Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zixue's appearance, a smile appeared on his face, he glanced at Leng Xiao Yao, then ordered Feng Tianming: "Unfold."

  "Yes, General." Feng Tianming carefully placed the large roll of beast skin on the stone table in the center of the conference room, and a map full of various symbols immediately appeared before everyone's eyes.

  "Hiss." Zheng Xiaohu took a cold breath, because he saw that the symbols used on this map were all in the same style as the Fierce Tiger Corps. As the thousand-man commander of the vanguard camp of the Fierce Tiger Corps, he naturally understood the meaning of the symbols on the map at a glance. Heaven! It seems that the rumors outside are not false, and the Tianjun Corps really has 500,000 troops. No, this doesn't even count the logistics personnel. If the combat effectiveness of the Tianjun Corps is similar to that of the Fierce Tiger Corps, then isn't it equivalent to having five Fierce Tiger Corps? Heaven! Calculating this way, it seems that the military strength of the Tianjun Corps can rival the combined strength of the four major corps of the Tiandragon Kingdom. No wonder the rumors outside said that the four major corps of the Gai Mountain Range were not inferior to the four major kingdoms.

  "Master, I'll introduce you to the meaning of these punctuation marks." Huang Tao stood up and was about to explain the meaning of the symbols on the map to Leng Xiao Yao.

  Leng Xiao Yang stood up, shook his head and smiled: "Huang Gege, no need, I can understand."

  "Do you understand?" Huang Tao's face showed a hint of surprise, and suddenly he remembered that his young master had mentioned working with Zheng Xiaohu and others, while Shi Hu was under the old marshal's command, so naturally he wouldn't keep the secrets of the fierce tiger team from his young master.

  Leng Xiao Yao saw Huang Tao's astonished expression, smiled slightly, and ignored the people around him. He walked to the stone table, carefully observing the deployment map of the Tianjun Army. When Huang Tao and others saw Leng Xiao Yao's focused expression, they didn't follow him, fearing that they would disturb his train of thought. In fact, they had another purpose - to see if this young master sent by their commander-in-chief was qualified or not.

  Zheng Xiaohu saw the relieved expression on Huang Tao's face and smiled slightly, saying in a low voice: "General Huang, you may not know that Xiao Yao used to serve in the Vanguard Regiment of the Ferocious Tiger Troop for more than half a year."

  "Vanguard Battalion?" Huang Tao heard Zheng Xiaohu's words and revealed a strange expression on his face. He was more familiar with the vanguard battalion of the Menger Tiger Corps than anyone else, knowing that the concept of this vanguard battalion was originally proposed by him, and finally supported by General Leng, which gave rise to the vanguard battalion.

  "Little Tiger Brother, don't tell me! You're saying that Young Master has been serving in your Vanguard Camp for over half a year?" Feng Tianming asked with a surprised expression, his voice low and questioning. To think that back when Huang Tao was the General of the Fierce Tiger Corps, Feng Tianming was the Captain of the Vanguard Camp, and later when Huang Tao chose this path of no return, Feng Tianming had followed without hesitation.

  "Don't you know?" This time it was Zheng Xiaohu's turn to be surprised.

  Feng Tian's face turned red with embarrassment, and he said in a low voice: "Hehe, how dare we ask about the young master's affairs? What if we ask him something he doesn't like, won't I be asking for trouble?"

  "Ah!" Zheng Xiaohu and Xing Zixue's faces showed a look of sudden realization, after all, they didn't know Cold Skye's identity at first, so they naturally treated him as a companion. As for Huang Tao and the others, they were old subordinates of Old Marshal Cold, to Cold Skye, they were their masters. It was only natural that they wouldn't ask their master about his past.

  "By the way, how is it that you all obey Young Master's words? Does Young Master have some extraordinary abilities?" asked Feng Tianming with a curious expression.

  Actually, Huang Tao also wanted to know about this matter. After seeing these people, he discovered a problem - Zheng Xiaohu and others were extremely respectful to their young master. This kind of respect made Huang Tao recall the feeling he had when he was in front of General Leng. Could it be that his young master had done something earth-shattering within just over half a year of entering the military?

  "Huang, come over here for a moment." The sudden sound of Leng Xiao Yao's voice echoed in the conference room, interrupting Zheng Xiaohu's words.

  "Master." Huang Tao stood beside Leng Xiao Yao and called out softly.

  Leng Xiangyao pointed at a point on the map in front of him and asked: "Huang Ge, what place is this?"

  "Here?" Huang Tao looked at where Leng Xiao Yao was pointing, a faint smile appearing on his face as he said: "Young Master, this is the Luoping Plains."

  "Oh! Leng Xiao nodded slightly, and Huang Tao saw his young master's smile. Suddenly, an idea flashed through his mind, so he asked with a probing tone: 'Young Master, could it be that you want us to take the initiative to attack?'"

  "Hehe!" Leng Xiao Yao's face wore a smile as he gazed at Huang Tao and said, "What's wrong with that?"

  "But, young master, if we take the initiative to attack, won't our losses be...?" Huang Tao didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning behind his words was already very clear. In a defensive battle, Huang Tao was extremely confident that he could minimize his own side's losses and greatly defeat the enemy army. After all, when the Tianjun Army first built this secret base, they had searched through countless mountain ranges and places before finally choosing this easily defendable location. Huang Tao was very self-assured, as long as the enemy's military strength wasn't more than twice that of his own Tianjun Army, he absolutely believed he could annihilate anyone who dared to attack. Of course, it was a prerequisite that the enemy didn't have a Sword God-like expert among them, otherwise this mountain range would be nothing but an illusion. After all, a Sword God-level expert only needed one full-strength strike to easily destroy a mountain range.