Chapter 838: Chapter 838
Chapter 838: Chapter 20: Moonlight Illuminates White Bones (Part 4)
Bai Yan looked at him and said: “Marquis Jing’an, it’s admirable to see you taking such good care of your soldiers on your first time commanding troops.”
Li Fei didn’t speak, he knew being called here alone in the middle of the night was not just to praise him.
Sure enough, Bai Yan continued:
“I know Marquis Jing’an possesses astonishing combat power and has mastered the divine skill to absorb Heaven and Earth Qi, but doesn’t rescuing people deplete you?”
Li Fei calmly replied: “Naturally, it does deplete me.”
The healing effect of ‘Green God’ is very strong, so the consumption is also significant!
Even though Li Fei has the [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace] divine skill, which allows him to absorb Heaven and Earth Qi to replenish Innate Qi, the ‘Green God’ consumes not only Innate Qi.
The implant itself incurs loss, and Li Fei’s heart and spirit also experience depletion.
Neither of these can be restored in a short period.
The ‘essence, Qi, and spirit’ of a Martial Artist can have their ‘essence’ and ‘Qi’ supplemented by elixirs or divine skills like [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace], but not their ‘spirit.’
Elixirs that can quickly restore a martial artist’s heart and spirit are very rare and precious.
Similarly, elixirs that can quickly restore the original depletion of an implant are the same.
Compared to martial artists of the same realm, Li Fei with the [Mixed Heaven Golden Palace] divine skill indeed has very strong sustained combat ability.
But it doesn’t mean he is a ‘Perpetual Motion Machine.’
Bai Yan looked at him and said: “I heard about your fight with Luo Xu, and in this Savage Killing Army, besides a few of us Great Grandmasters and top-level True Men, your combat power is the strongest! Although the Imperial Camp Army’s combat power is also strong, its endurance in prolonged battles is not as good as yours.”
“So here, you are a very important part of the upcoming battle plan!”
“Does Marquis Jing’an understand my meaning?”
Li Fei was silent for a moment, then nodded: “I understand.”
Bai Yan and he exchanged glances for a few seconds, then finally said:
“Your healing ability is of course very useful, but below the Tao Foundation Stage, it’s not worth your effort to save.”
His tone was not severe, but Li Fei understood, this was an official military order from the other party!
“Yes, Commander Bai.”
Li Fei replied to Bai Yan earnestly.
Bai Yan had a hint of a smile on his face: “Marquis Jing’an, get some rest early.”
Li Fei nodded, turned, and walked out of the tent. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn novel-fire.net
Just as he was about to leave the tent, Bai Yan’s voice suddenly came from behind.
He turned to look at the other.
“In war, there will inevitably be deaths.”
Bai Yan looked into Li Fei’s eyes, speaking each word carefully:
Li Fei pressed his lips thoughtfully: “Thank you, Commander Bai, for the reminder.”
Then he walked out of the tent.
Inside the tent, Bai Yan continued to study the map.
An uneventful night passed.
Early the next morning, the Savage Killing Army continued on its journey.
Before setting off, Bai Yan, as the Commander of the Savage Killing Army, issued a military order:
From now on, anyone injured and temporarily unable to move would be left in place, leaving them with some resources, and there was no need to bring them back into the ranks.
Hearing this military order, Li Fei pressed his lips thoughtfully.
He knew this was Bai Yan’s goodwill.
The other took the initiative to be the villain, and did not force Li Fei to ruin the positive image he had built in the minds of the Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists.
No one questioned Bai Yan’s military order, and the Savage Killing Army continued their march.
On this day, a total of six scouts died, and five were seriously injured.
The seriously injured scouts did not return to the ranks.
On the fourth day of the Savage Killing Army’s journey deep into the Wilderness, they had covered more than one hundred and fifty miles in a straight line.
Along the way, the Savage Killing Army encountered not a single Northern Barbarian warrior!
This result fully demonstrated Bai Yan’s capability as a Commander, boosting the entire army’s confidence in completing this mission.
At noon, Bai Yan ordered the entire army to rest, and then temporarily convened a meeting of all the high-ranking officers.
“Ahead of us is a sub-colony of the Fire Qilin Tribe.”
Bai Yan got straight to the point, “Around 6 PM tonight, we will reach there, and I intend to wipe out this sub-colony.”
He said it lightly, as if discussing dinner plans.
Beside him, Qi Zhou raised a question: “Commander Bai, why must we destroy this sub-colony? Can’t we just bypass it?”
Bai Yan shook his head: “There are three reasons.”
“First, bypassing this sub-colony means we have to cross two additional big mountains, which would seriously affect our march.”
“Second, this sub-colony is situated beside a river, and our marching route must continue along this river.”
“Third, neither the over three thousand Imperial Camp Army soldiers, nor the Blue Patrol Pavilion martial artists, nor anyone present, has truly engaged with Northern Barbarian warriors or strongmen, I need this ‘warm-up battle’ to familiarize everyone with the upcoming battle rhythm.”
After listening to Bai Yan’s explanation, Li Fei suddenly understood some of the principles of military command.
Physical strength and Innate Qi can be supplemented with elixirs, but water replenishment must rely on drinking water.
The drinking water carried by the Savage Killing Army was completely exhausted the day before yesterday.
And it was ‘by chance’ that Bai Yan led everyone to a lake to replenish their water supply.
This meant that when considering the marching route, Bai Yan not only had to consider avoiding the enemy but also the water requirement of the entire army, considering when and where to find a source of water.
The entire Wilderness is so vast, without being able to obtain enemy intelligence at any time, originally Li Fei was curious about how Bai Yan would predict the marching route of the Northern Barbarian King to accurately intercept them?
Terrain, water sources, the quickest marching route.
With these three combined, the Northern Barbarian King actually has limited options for marching routes.
“Does anyone have any questions?”
Bai Yan looked around the people present, and asked.
No one raised another question.
“Good, then I’ll assign the operational tasks for tonight.”
In the dark of night, below a valley, on a riverbank, there was a large building complex.
This is the gathering place of the Fire Qilin Tribe’s sub-colony.
The Fire Qilin Tribe, as one of the four major strong tribes of the Northern Barbarians, has a total population of over a million, and more than a dozen sub-colonies.
This sub-colony established on the riverbank is home to more than 50,000 people.
When the Fire Qilin Tribe decided to go all out to support the Dream Lion Clan and respond to the Northern Barbarian King’s orders, the central colony issued orders to all sub-colonies, instructing each to send a troop for support.
This sub-colony of the Fire Qilin Tribe has over 10,000 warriors, with more than 3,000 sent out.
In the darkness, many fires and torches were lit in the sub-colony.
Up in the valley, Li Fei quietly approached the edge of a cliff, overlooking the building complex below.
To ensure the surprise of the assault, Bai Yan sent the strongmen in the Savage Killing Army to act as scouts, silently eliminating all the outposts set up around this sub-colony of the Fire Qilin Tribe.
Li Fei had also taken action.
He had just used Sword State·Invisible, in a nearly invisible manner, to eliminate five sentries.
Next, he would act as the vanguard to lead the charge into the Fire Qilin Tribe’s sub-colony below.
“To ensure no information about our team leaks, I require tonight’s battle to annihilate all enemies.”
“This sub-colony of the Fire Qilin Tribe has about 50,000 people; I require not even one to be left!”
Li Fei recalled the order Bai Yan gave during the day in the tent.
Now looking at the building complex below, he had a concrete concept of over 50,000 people.
In the distance, the river flowed gently, with the moonlight casting a shimmery light over its surface.
For the tens of thousands of people in the Fire Qilin Tribe’s sub-colony, this was an ordinary, peaceful night.
Li Fei looked down at his feet.
In the soil by his feet was a half-buried skeleton, with the moonlight revealing a row of teeth marks on it.
These were not teeth marks left by beasts.
Li Fei watched, expressionless, at this skeleton for a while, before lifting his head again, then leaping down into the valley below.
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