Chapter 78: The Offensive and Defensive Battle in the Land of Man (Part 2)

(a)

The so-called "calm of the strong" is roughly like this.

Hide, look for opportunities to sneak attack, set traps, and wait for the enemy to take the bait, these are all practices of people who are not confident in their own strength. In other words, "tactics of the weak".

So what do the really strong do?

"Whether you come, or not, I'm here. ”

"Swords, bows, firearms, hidden weapons, poisons, witchcraft, ......"

"You can attack me in any way you like, from any angle......"

"And then died at my hand. ”

The so-called strong, sitting there openly and doing nothing, is already a provocation, enough to make those humble challengers angry, but helpless.

"Now that we know the enemy's location, let's just rush up and kill her!"

Marisa pointed to the big red spot in the Eternal Pavilion and shouted with a big grin.

"Are you stupid?" Ling Meng glanced at her, "If you don't know anything, you rush in, and no one will help you fill in the soil if you dig a pit and die......!"

"All provinces, all provinces, all right, provinces!" Nalan Xuan said loudly, "Tell me, what is the biggest advantage of our group of people over the enemy when we get together?"

"Strength. Reimu replied.

"Wisdom. Kirino replied.

"Momentum. Marisa replied.

"Number of people. Motoju replied.

"Playing at home. Remilia replied.

"Hey......"

Nalan Twilight lowered her head and sighed.

"Wrong, totally wrong, I thought you would be able to realize it yourself. Listen up......"

He then cleared his throat and said in a straight voice in front of everyone:

"Our biggest advantage is me!"

As he spoke, he pointed at himself with his thumb, as if he was afraid that others would not understand.

"You?" Reimu raised an eyebrow.

"That's right, it's me!" Nalan said again, giving her an affirmative look.

"Can you make a face?"

"It's not a shameless question," Nalan said, "because I'm the only one who has personally experienced this mutation and personally fought the enemy we're about to face, and survived. My role is a beacon, and without me, you can only move forward in the dark. ”

It's very floating, and it smacks of boasting, but it makes a lot of sense. Although Reimu had already frowned and was about to scold, she couldn't open her mouth after listening to the whole sentence.

"I understand the current situation, and you don't. So stop your fantasies and listen with your hearts. Whatever I say, you do what I say, OK?"

After that, Nalan Yu looked around, and didn't hear any objections, so he continued:

"Now that we've reached a consensus, I'll move on to this enemy, the Second True Ancestor, Sheila. ”

"First of all, tactically, whether it's the frontal breakthrough that Marisa said or the siege advocated by Reimu, it's an act of death. ”

"That guy is strong, desperately strong, god-like, no, exactly, she's a real god. You can experience the specific strong method later, the point is that even if all of us are added together, it will not be enough for her to play a round. So you can just give up the idea of confrontation head-on and try to go another way. ”

"Like card battles?" said Kiruno, raising her hand and waving her game box of King Yu.

"You've found a blind spot, Watson. ”

Nalan nodded at her, smiled knowingly, and continued:

"Also, while defeating her is enough to go down in history, our mission is not just to defeat her. ”

"If we want to achieve a real victory, we need to achieve at least three goals. ”

"First, to ensure that after the mutation is over, the land of Gensokyo, as well as the great barrier that maintains Gensokyo's existence, can continue to exist. ”

"Second, to ensure that after the end of the mutation, the foundation of Gensokyo will be formed, and the vast majority of the humans and youkai in Gensokyo will survive. ”

"Third, defeat the mastermind of the mutation and his accomplices to end the mutation. ”

"All three are indispensable, and even if the enemy is destroyed, if one's side suffers an irreparable blow, then the 'victory' itself will become meaningless. You don't plan to finish this battle and let Gensokyo disintegrate on the spot?"

"In order to achieve these three goals, we have three things that we need to accomplish at the same time. ”

"One, use wide-area lethal magic to kill all the mutated creatures in Gensokyo. In my personal experience, mutated creatures go berserk after a while. Unlike the fortress where I led the troops to garrison, there were neither strong walls nor professional troops, and once besieged, mass casualties were almost inevitable, so this task must be completed as soon as possible. ”

"Oh and," Nalan said, looking at Yakumo Murasaki, "When this is over, you'll have to replace the entire ecosystem of Gensokyo." ”

"The second is to use defensive enchantments to create several safe zones, and search for survivors on a large scale to bring them to the safe zones. Whether it's a human, an animal, or a monster, if you can save one, it's one. ”

"Third, kill Sheila. ”

"I want you to realize that all of us are fighting for survival right now. No matter how much you have had grievances in the past, how free and loose your life is, or how much you hate group action, you must now unite and put aside all discord. Only then will you be able to see the sunrise tomorrow. ”

After saying this, he paused, looked at the people in front of him, looked at their increasingly serious expressions, and watched the flame of fighting spirit emerge from their eyes, so he nodded with great satisfaction and said:

"Then let's get started!"

(b)

"Ahead is the human world!"

Soaring under the red moon and through the thick night, the outline of the village gradually became clear in Fujiwara's red eyes.

She ramped up her firepower, making the pair of flame wings on her back a few inches longer. The extra thrust allowed her to overtake her peers and fly to the front of the group. The oncoming wind blew her hair, slightly cool and full of magic.

On the basis of the existing personnel, Nalan divided the team into five teams.

The first team, the messenger team, is composed only of Inugozu, Himekai, and Kawashiro Natori from Yokai Mountain. Their mission is simple, to return to the mountain of youkai as quickly as possible and pass on information about this mutation to the upper echelons of the Tengu clan. As long as one of these three can return to the mountain of youkai alive, it will be considered a complete mission.

After obtaining enough information, it should not be difficult to tide over the difficulties with the manpower and material resources of Yokai Mountain. As long as Gensokyo's largest youkai colony and youkai mountain don't fall, the pressure on their side will be much less. Conversely, once the Yokai Mountain falls, and the tengu in the mountain are either killed or transformed into monsters, then the war can be declared a defeat directly, and there is no need to fight.

"The point is, the mountain of monsters has an independent operating system, and even Purple can't interfere with their decision-making. Nalan Twilight pointed to the map at his feet and said, "So my expectations for them are very low, just stick to the mountain, and don't lose or win." This is a powerful force that is difficult to use directly, but it is also on the same front as us, and as long as it does not fall into the hands of the enemy, it will be a major benefit to us. As for their support, welcome is welcome, and it is not forced. Sure enough, when you see your leader, please pass on my advice to him, 'Defend yourself first.'" ”

The second team, the left-behind team, is composed of a group of big goblins, small monsters and others, who "have no combat effectiveness and can only hold back" in Nalan Twilight's mouth. In addition, there is also an Yakumo Blue, who acts as a nanny and is responsible for guarding and protecting those children. This team is stationed at the Hakurei Shrine, and under the protection of the defensive barrier that Reimu has just erected, what do you love to do, but you can't take a step out of the barrier.

The law of this moonlight transformation creature is that the stronger the strength, the slower the transformation. Considering that some children, such as the Three Goblins of Light, are inferior to human children, they may not be themselves when they go out for a walk.

However, the army of fools is an army of fools after all, and it is better to expect the sun to rise from the west than to be mischievous. The pressure of the kindergarten teacher Yakumo Lan can be imagined, and all Nalan can do is pat her on the shoulder and give her a comforting smile.

"Come on, Blue. He said, "Try to keep these kids alive until dawn, and if you can't help it, you can chop off one or two legs, in short, it's up to you." ”

The third team, the Ranger Team, has three members, Yuka Kazami, Yakumo Murasaki, and Flandoro Scarlet, which happens to be the three people with the strongest single combat effectiveness at present. Although the three were formed into a team, they were actually all acting alone. Yuka and Fran each picked a direction, walked all the way, destroyed all the way, killed all the mutated creatures in the field of vision, and the two of them pushed the entire Gensokyo. Yakumo, on the other hand, is responsible for searching for humans, youkai, and animals that are outside the safe area, and moving them to a safe place as soon as possible.

The exclusion of these three combat monsters from the final battle lineup was not because Nalan was stupid, but because he didn't intend to use "strength" to decide the winner at all.

There is no chance of winning against his enemies, and even with Yuka, he can't win, and he knows this very well. Therefore, he developed a plan, and the implementation of this plan required rapid and precise teamwork. So the question becomes......

Yuxiang is not fast enough, others can take two steps, she can take one step, she can't keep up with the young people's team, and it is impossible to deliberately slow down in order to wait for her.

Fran is an unstable factor, and if she is obedient, she can certainly help immensely. Most of the time, however, she doesn't even know what she's doing. This war can only be won and not lost, and in order to seek stability, Nalan Yu can only abandon her.

Of course, the more important point is that both of them are very good at destruction, both have extremely strong physical lethality, and both have the ability to continuously release large magic, and it is perfectly fine for the two of them to kill around Gensokyo. Moreover, with their strength, there was no possibility of mutation for at least forty-eight hours, and those mutant beasts were unlikely to threaten them, so Nalan could have let the two of them act alone in the dangerous wilderness for a long time.

If they were to be replaced by someone else, they would face a serious survival problem if they first acted alone, and they would have to be paired with a few more teammates to ensure safety, which would increase the pressure on manpower. Secondly, after continuous battles, the mana supply of most people cannot be continued, and the speed of destruction by a group of people may not be as fast as a slap by Fran. Again, if you leave the defensive barrier that isolates the moonlight, you will face a mutation crisis after a long time, so the one who does this work has to be the slowest mutation.

As for Yakumo, wide-area reconnaissance and teleportation are only possible for her, so only she can save the survivors trapped in the various horns. In addition, she can't just watch and touch the fish after saving two and a half people, and Nalan Yu also pointed to her reinforcements at the critical moment. You know, this team is a "ranger team", that's still a relatively elegant way of saying.

In layman's terms, "a revolutionary brick team", where it needs to be moved.

The fourth team, the final team, is composed of the Red Devil Pavilion, including Nalan Twilight, Catherine Pagos, Remilia Scarlet, Sixteen Nightsakiya, Pache Noreki, Little Devil, Red Misuzu, Hinata no Sato, plus Yuyuko and Youmu. These people have no other goal, which is to go straight to the Eternal Pavilion, sweep away all obstacles, and go straight to the head of the boss behind the scenes.

The good news is that the Bamboo Forest already has a defensive barrier there, so they don't have to fight under that dangerous moonlight, which is their only advantage. Considering the strength of the enemy, even if there are many people in this team, the combat effectiveness is still too thin.

However, Nalan Twilight had this to say:

"Give me Catherine and Sakiya, and I can kill the gods. ”

The fifth team, that is, the team where Fujiwara Meihong is located, the night vigil team.

The members, in addition to herself, are also four people flying behind her: Marisa Kiriyu, Alice Margotroyd, Hakurei Reimu, and Keine Kamishirasawa.

Marisa and Alice ride a broom together, and they are accelerated by the mini gossip stove plugged into the tail of the broom. Four Yin-Yang Jades surround Reimu's side, constantly providing her with extra thrust like a launch vehicle. Teacher Huiyin didn't have any means to speed up, so she flew at the end of the line.

Facing the wind, through the thick moonlight, looking from afar, the market in Renli, which used to be brightly lit at night, is now pitch black—Meihong knows that this is not a good sign. In the detection magic array in the front yard of the shrine, she clearly saw that there were three large red dots in the area where the human was located, and their size was comparable to the red dots representing her. In addition, there are several small red dots distributed around the periphery of the person.

She didn't think the red dots represented allies, at least she couldn't think of any allies other than everyone in front of her. This also means that the enemy has taken the lead, one step ahead of them, and has taken control of the people.

Mei Hong glanced back, and saw almost identical, solemn expressions on the faces of the four people behind her. Apparently, they also thought of going with her.

The task of the five of them is to rush to Renzhili as quickly as possible, ensure the safety there, and establish a defensive barrier that is enough to protect the entire village of Renli. After that, they need to stay there to strengthen the defenses of the people, destroy all the monsters that dare to approach, and keep watch until dawn.

Now, she thinks that there is one more item on this task list:

"Defeat the enemy who has taken over the people and retake the people. ”

"It's coming!"

Feeling the fluctuation of the air, Mei Hong subconsciously shouted. Then, as if the prophecy had come true, a curtain of light bullets lit up the night sky, and it greeted the wind.

Fight, let's go!