"When are we leaving?" Ryan asked.
"It's up to you." Wu Dongfang put out the cigarette butt.
Ryan did not answer immediately. Wu Dongfang had not expressed his intention to take over the command before. This sentence officially showed his attitude. He was not prepared to be the commander-in-chief.
Ryan took the kettle from the maid and poured water for everyone one by one. "I need to tell the envoy our next plan, and I also need to go to the southern front to inform other comrades of our decision. This matter is also related to the deployment of troops and the city. Rebuilding, dealing with these things will take time, I estimate it will take seven days at the earliest, and we will leave for Newris Mountain after seven days."
Wu Dongfang nodded and said nothing.
"Doing this will delay the battle." Xun Shuang looked at Wu Dongfang in confusion. The enemy had lost all the frontline troops overnight. They may not have received the battle report at this time. To say the least, even if they got the battle report in time, they should be in a hurry at this time. Adjusting strategies and changing deployments, this was undoubtedly the best opportunity to attack. She was familiar with Wu Dongfang and knew his ability to analyze the enemy's situation and command battles. He shouldn't not understand this.
Ryan asked for answers. Xun Shuang looked away and expressed his thoughts. Ryan suddenly realized. Leng Du and Harley agreed. After urgent discussion, it was decided that Leng Du would go to the capital, Harley rushed to the southern route, and the rest of the group set off overnight to rush to the capital. Find and snipe enemies at Newsri Mountain.
Ryan sent Leng Du and Harley out. Xun Shuang sat next to Wu Dongfang, "What happened? Why are you so absent-minded?"
Wu Dongfang turned to look at Xun Shuang, "The Scorpio Star God Warrior did not die when she went out to explore the enemy's situation. She died trying to help me find tobacco."
"This thing is of fire nature. If the fire gas enters the body, it will damage the metal lungs. You don't understand the principles of the Five Elements." Xun Shuang pointed to the cigarette butt thrown away by Wu Dongfang. She had seen Wu Dongfang smoking when the prince was killed. , so she was not surprised that he smoked tobacco, but she didn't understand why Wu Dongfang liked this kind of thing.
"Bad habits I developed in the past." Wu Dongfang picked up the water glass.
"Don't touch it again in the future. This thing will damage your cultivation and disturb your righteousness." Xun Shuang said sternly.
"It's not much. I won't smoke after I finish smoking." Wu Dongfang took a sip of water. The wooden box where the cigarettes were stored was very small, with only about twenty cigarettes in each box.
Xun Shuang nodded, pondered for a moment and said, "It's not advisable to stay here for a long time. We must fight quickly and leave as soon as possible."
Wu Dongfang raised his eyebrows and glanced at Xun Shuang. The reason why Xun Shuang made such a decision was undoubtedly because he noticed that his mood was fluctuating, and his current mood was indeed not suitable for leading the battle.
"I want to transfer Xin Tong and Fei Xuan back." Xun Shuang said.
"Why?" Wu Dongfang asked.
"For the sake of speed, we should unite our forces and defeat them in one fell swoop. Let those two people stay on the southern front, and let Xin Tong and Fei Xuan come back and go north with us." Xun Shuang stood up, "I'll go right away. Chase these two and inform them of our decision.”
"No," Wu Dongfang also stood up, "If we encounter an accident, where will reinforcements come from?"
Xun Shuang did not insist on her opinion, and sat down after nodding. She was a little too worried before, but now it seems that although Wu Dongfang's mood has fluctuated, it has not become chaotic.
After a while, Ryan returned, and the three of them packed up and set off westward. In the middle of the night, they arrived at the city where Ryan and others were previously stationed.
At this time, Yingjila and Buck had just returned. In addition to wiping out the remnants of the orcs, their main task today was to clean up the battlefield. Knowing that the alien inner elixir was useful to the four of them, they dissected it and collected two baskets, but they were not like Mu Sa had been to Middle-earth before, and they didn't know the situation in Middle-earth. In addition to the purple inner elixir and the yellow inner elixir, they also spent time and effort to collect other low-level inner elixirs.
After the meeting, Ryan informed Buck and Injira of everyone's previous decision, and the two agreed. After a brief rest, the group of five people left the city and took off north.
Newris Mountain is a mountain range that runs north to south. The mountain is very steep. Previously, the orc army of ancient Greece went around from a certain area in the north to Babylon. Following the marching route of the orc army, at dawn, the five people found The valley that the orcs walked through when crossing the border.
This is a long and narrow valley between two peaks, no more than a hundred feet wide. There are many rocks on the peaks on both sides. This terrain is very suitable for defense.
"Set an ambush here?" Buck looked at Ryan.
Ryan looked at Wu Dongfang, who shook his head, "The undead army can fly, but they may not necessarily take this route."
All four people nodded. This is a door, but opponents can fly, so they may not always walk through the door.
Wu Dongfang tilted his head and looked to the west. To the west of Newris Mountain was the endless Gobi. The Gobi was an area that had not yet become a desert but was about to become a desert. There was sand but not much. The traces of the Orc Legion's march that day were clearly visible.
"Let's take a rest here." Wu Dongfang said. After traveling thousands of miles at night, the energy contained in the Star God Warrior's armor was depleted.
Xun Shuang had extra Qiankun bags and gave one to Yingjila before setting off. Yingjila used it to store dry food and drinking water, but she had to remove the armor on her hands if she wanted to take or store things from the Qiankun bags.
When Yingjira took out the food and distributed it to Ryan and Buck, Wu Dongfang stood on the top of the mountain and looked to the west. Xun Shuang took out the water jar and handed it to him, "They are not familiar with the situation here."
Wu Dongfang took the water jar and nodded. Xun Shuang understood his character. As long as he understood a person's character, he could roughly judge what kind of things that person would do. He did want to fight across the border. Xun Shuang also guessed That's why he was reminded that Ryan and others were not familiar with the situation here.
"What do you think?" Wu Dongfang raised his head and drank water.
"Staying here is not an option. Going against the current to find the source is very risky," Xun Shuang said.
Wu Dongfang drank some water and returned the water jar to Xun Shuang, "The Babylonians are relatively conservative and not warlike. Moreover, there is something wrong with their divine envoys and they are unable to replenish the power of the Star God warriors from a distance. I suspect that the divine envoys are related to The reason why their gods lost their senses is the fault of the enemy. Even if it is not the fault of the enemy, the enemy must know this, so in the eyes of the enemy, the Star God Warriors do not have the ability to travel long distances."
Xun Shuang took the water jar but didn't answer. Wu Dongfang obviously didn't finish what he said.
Wu Dongfang said again, "A period of time has passed since I attacked those orcs. According to common sense, the enemy has probably got the news, but they may not have gotten the news yet, because all the twelve demigods and aliens have I killed them, leaving only the ordinary outliers in four cities. Even if there are fish that slip through the net, they will not be able to pass the news back in a short time."
"No one with a different Celestial Master's cultivation slipped through the net." Xun Shuang said. They discovered that the enemy city was in chaos early in the morning, and they had already launched an attack on the enemy before receiving the letter from Fei Ge.
"Yes." Wu Dongfang nodded, "If the news is not sent back, the enemy may notice the abnormality and send people to investigate. But even if they know that the forward troops are attacked, they don't know that it is us."
Xun Shuang looked back at Ryan and the others, "Do you know how many miles the desert in the west is in circumference?"
"We never set foot there," Lane said, shaking his head.
Xun Shuang turned back and looked at Wu Dongfang, "We have the Qiankun Bag. There is no problem with food and drinking water. The desert will not be an obstacle to us. Even if we cannot find them, we will not die of hunger or thirst."
Wu Dongfang nodded again. The Qiankun Bag is really a good thing. You can carry a lot of food and drinking water with you, so you don't have to worry about food and drinking water when you enter the desert.
"This kind of terrain is not good for my approach, so I can call Xin Tong here." Xun Shuang said.
Wu Dongfang didn't express his position immediately. Xin Tong was in the south now. Even if he rushed here immediately, he would have to arrive at two or three in the afternoon. And if he takes three star god warriors into the desert alone, he is worried about insufficient troops. Until now, he does not know what the ancient Greek undead army is. Without knowing the details of the opponent, he cannot evaluate the strength of both parties.
The key is that in addition to the undead legion, the opponent also has the Fallen God Envoy and the Dark Star Fighter. The Fallen God Envoy can transfer divine power to the Dark Star Fighter. With sufficient supply of divine power, the Dark Star Fighter's combat effectiveness is very terrifying.
"We need to take action as early as possible. At night, the situation will be even more unfavorable to us." Xun Shuang said.
Wu Dongfang still didn't answer. The battle situation was constantly changing. Although he knew that there was a desert on the northwest front of Babylon, he did not consider the issue of cross-border operations, so he assigned Xun Shuang, who had the strongest fighting capacity. But Xun Shuang is an aquatic witch, and aquatic spells will be severely limited in places without water.
This hot desert area is suitable for Xin Tong's methods, but Xin Tong is on the southern front now, and it is already the afternoon when he arrives. If everyone sets out in the afternoon, even if they find the enemy's base camp, it will be night. The Star God fighters fight at night Combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
"It's a missed opportunity." Wu Dongfang frowned. He returned to Gema City early yesterday morning. Although he was very tired at that time, he didn't have to sleep. He could help the Star God Fighter deal with the aftermath, and then discuss countermeasures. Not only can Xin Tong be transferred here in time, but the time to get here can be advanced by three or four hours. But there is no use regretting it now. The best opportunity has been missed, and the reason for missing the best opportunity is Shirley's. The death saddened him, and the fact was that during the war, one had no time to grieve.
"The Aquarius Warrior should still be in the south now." Xun Shuang said.
Wu Dongfang nodded. Xun Shuang meant to transfer Xin Tong over at this time. Hardy could just take her place and defend the city together with the other three Star God fighters. If we delay further, when Hardy leaves, there will be a vacancy on the southern line.
After a brief moment of pondering, Wu Dongfang took out a fire attribute positioning spirit bead from his arms and crushed it with his fingers.
"We will set off immediately. You stay here and wait for Xin Tong. If we find the enemy's camp, we will call Xin Tong over to help. Don't go there, stay here as our backup." Wu Dongfang said to Xun Shuang.
Xun Shuang nodded in agreement.
Wu Dongfang took out the food from the Qiankun bag, ate some briefly, and then crossed Newris Mountain with Ryan and others and entered the endless Gobi Desert...