"Better hurry! After all, we don't know when that guy will reach the border and launch a massive attack!"

At this time, a messenger rushed outside the camp. He looked a little flustered, swallowed, and said, "Report! I just got an update from the scouts!"

The lieutenant was a little upset and said, "Receive it, receive it." Why are you so nervous?"

The messenger hesitated for a moment, then said, "All right, the messenger, he, he's dead!"

The lieutenant was a little surprised: "Dead? How did he die? Didn't he succeed in delivering the message? How can you die?"

When the messenger heard the lieutenant's voice, he became more nervous and incoherent, for the lieutenant's tone was not friendly. "He was fine when he first came! But I don't know why...... I really don't know."

The expression on the lieutenant's face became even more ugly, and he patted the messenger on the cheek: "Rubbish! Don't know anything! Let's go, take me there!"

Soon, the messenger took the lieutenant outside the camp and came to the corpse.

The lieutenant looked at the poor man's face and saw that his face turned blue, apparently poisoned.

The lieutenant looked at it carefully again and whispered, "The toxin has been hiding in his body for a long time, but it suddenly exploded. Isn't that too much of a coincidence?"

The lieutenant held out his hand to the messenger and said, "Where is the secret letter? Let me see!"

The messenger had not yet recovered from his big mouth, but he paused and handed the letter to the lieutenant.

The lieutenant opened it and his face looked dark!

There was only one sentence on the note: "40,000 enemy troops have arrived at the border!"

For a moment, the lieutenant felt like he was going to crack!

Forty thousand? Last time, I heard that Ace only had 30,000 people, why did it suddenly become 40,000 in a few hours? It's incredible! It's unimaginable.

"That can't be! Is the message wrong?" This was the lieutenant's first reaction.

However, when he saw that the secret letter had a unique imperial seal on it, he knew it was not a forgery.

But how did Ace gather 10,000 soldiers in just a few hours? For Yalijiang Province, which is not militarily strong, this is almost impossible!

How did Ace do it? The lieutenant felt like a mess in his head!

At this time, Ace led more than 40,000 soldiers to be stationed on the border of the two provinces, and watched from the border guards on the other side.

"Let the soldiers camp here!" Ace told Leonardo da Vinci.

Leonardo da Vinci naturally had no doubt and quickly went into action.

In the army, there was a governor of Yalijiang, Sidra, who was familiar with Ace. He asked curiously, "What are we doing here?"

In the army, Ace and Sidra had some intersections.

Ace smiled gently, "I'll tell you the truth, we won't attack!"

The governor, Sidra, was even more confused: "We gathered 40,000 men, but not to attack? What are we doing here? Come and enjoy the autumn scenery?"

Sidra really didn't understand that such a lineup was not for a big fight, and Ace said that he would not attack Sharp Province.

More importantly, on the battlefield, first-mover advantage and sheer combat power are very important.

In Sidra's opinion, he should take the initiative to attack the enemy before gathering enough forces to annihilate the enemy.

Now is the perfect time to attack. If you miss it, the battle will be postponed.

But it seems that Ace has really come to enjoy the autumn scenery. He was not ready for war at all.

Ace said calmly, "You're right. We're here to enjoy the beautiful scenery!"

Sidra's first reaction was complete shock. He felt he had heard the wrong words and asked, "Why?"

Ace said, "Go ahead, wait for me to take a look around. Everyone is tired from coming here. Let's get some rest."

Sidra looked confused: "Huh? You say let's rest first

One time? Shouldn't we get together at the first moment, boost morale, and rush into the province of Sharp?"

Ace sighed, "I have my own arrangements. You can go back first."

Hearing Ace's words, Sidra had no choice but to leave.

Soon, Leonardo da Vinci returned.

"The camp is almost complete!" Leonardo da Vinci said there were no mood swings.

"Okay, I see! Now all we have to do is wait."

In this way, Ace led more than 40,000 troops to be stationed between the two provinces, but he never took a major action.

The next morning, more than 50,000 soldiers finally gathered at the New Delhi military camp on the other side of the river, watching Ace's troops from afar.

Therefore, more than half of the garrison of Sharp Province gathered here and watched Ace's every move.

Sidra was very anxious. He approached Ace several times and wanted to ask for war, but Ace refused.

Early that morning, Sidra found Ace again and tried to warn him.

"Commander! Now the other side has gathered more than 50,000 people. If we don't take the initiative, we won't have a chance!" Sidra looked worried.

Ace was still calm: "Don't worry, wait!"

Sidra was a little helpless: "You say that every time. It's been two days, and I haven't received any orders!"

"Well, even if we don't send troops to attack, why are so many of us here? Can you tell me why?" Sidra was clearly in a hurry.

Ace waved his hand, "Don't worry! Today, I'll give the next directive. You wait for a while."

"What are you waiting for? To be honest, I don't know what we're waiting for here?" Sidra remained reluctant.

Ace pointed to the sky and said, "Wait for the news I want to bring down from the sky!"

Sidra was dizzy. He really didn't understand that Ace came here with such a big battle, as if it was to create a tense atmosphere, and the confrontation with the other party was just a disguise.

However, this is too much to pay for doing so.

Today, more than 60% of the soldiers in Yalijiang Province are gathered here, and it can be said that the backyard is empty.

At this time, if the strongmen of New Delhi launched an attack in the rear, the consequences were almost unimaginable.

Just as Sidra was confused and unable to see Ace's intentions, Ace suddenly looked up at the sky and whispered, "The time has come!"

Sidra looked up at him, but he didn't see anything.

At this moment, a clear and loud eagle's voice came from above the clouds.

Soon, a condescending eagle fell from the sky at a breakneck speed. After a few breaths, it landed on Ace's shoulder.

Ace smiled and touched the eagle's feathers. "Thank you!" He said

Xuan Ying screamed twice, then pecked Ace's shoulder twice.

"I see! That's for you!" After Ace finished eating, he took out a large piece of meat from the storage space.

Xuan Ying took the meat and flew high into the air. Before leaving, a small woodpipe fell into Ace's hands.

Ace opened the woodpipe, took out the letter inside, looked at it, and suddenly became happy.

"What's wrong? Any news?" Sidra asked curiously.

Ace handed the letter to Sidra. After reading it, he opened his mouth wide and felt like his jaw was about to fall!

It turned out that, in addition to here, a large number of troops were gathered in the southern provinces of Black Bull and the steppes. Like here, they did not move and did not launch any attacks.

"What the hell do you want to do?" Sidra asked, dumbfounded.

"Well, to be honest, I did it on purpose to get their attention!" Ace said with a slight smile.

"Attention-grabbing? Why?" Sidra still couldn't understand.

Ace explained, "I wish we could create an illusion! A false image, pretending that we are going to attack the New Delhi Empire!"

Sidra stared at Ace as he still hadn't heard what he wanted to know

Cause.

Ace said, "I hope that the New Delhi Empire will be able to transfer a large number of troops from the Warcraft Mountains to deal with the pressure we exert on them."

"Monster Mountains?" Sidra was a little confused.

"Hmm! I want to know what's going on there, but the security measures are always very strict and no one can sneak in."

"As long as the New Delhi Empire sends reinforcements from the Warcraft Mountains, our scouts will have a chance to go in and have a look!"

"Urgent report!"

A shout woke up the long-dormant Demon Beast Mountain Range.

A large number of birds and animals were enraged. On today's Monster Mountain Range, the high-level Demonic Beasts have moved to the north of the mountain, where there is a huge valley where the highest-level Demonic Beasts on the entire mountain are gathered.

As for the core area of the mountain, it has been completely occupied by the troops of the New Delhi Empire, and the high-level magical beasts that once inhabited the core area have been completely removed.

Although the members of the Emperor *** team were all inside the Demon Beast Mountain Range, they could still understand what was going on outside through the news delivered by the "Dark Night" scouts.

In a huge barracks, the officers of the empire were discussing the news they had just received.

"Ace led tens of thousands of troops and pushed them to the junction of the Yali River and Sharp. It seems like war could start at any time!"

"Not only that, but the Prairie, Yalijiang Province and Black Cow Province have also taken major actions and gathered a large number of troops. Looks like they're really going to strike first!"

"We should be prepared for the worst!"

"But now that the regimental commander has not returned, who will issue the military order?"

"That's it!"

......

At this moment, there was a lot of debate in the military tent.

At this moment, one of the captains stood up and angrily shouted, "Shut up!"

As soon as the man spoke, everyone didn't dare to quarrel anymore. They all looked at him in unison.

The person who spoke was Hua Taxi, a captain who had gained a reputation in the Imperial Regiment in recent years. In the eyes of many, his abilities and strength are even far greater than those of Chinobi. After all, Chinobi has been deliberately concealing his strength and has not achieved much military success.

On the contrary, Captain Huatahi made a great contribution to the army.

In recent years, he has been in charge of almost everything in the Warcraft Mountains, including the top-secret program.

In the eyes of many, the title of regimental commander should be him, not Chinobi!

"Captain, the commander is not in the unit right now, but the news from the front is very urgent. Only you can decide!" A lieutenant said respectfully.

After he said this, many people in the camp agreed with him. They clearly preferred the officers of Captain Huatahi.

At this time, the other captain snorted, "Why, are you ready to make your own decisions when the head of the regiment is not there? Are your wings stiff? Are you ready to elect a new leader?"

Everyone looked at it one by one. The speaker was a commander named Veguia.

This is not to say that this man has a good relationship with the *** of the Chinobi army. It's just that this person has always been at odds with Huatahi. He was not convinced to see that there were so many people in the army supporting Huatahi.

Huatahi was not angry, but smiled, "Veguia! So what do you want to do with it?"

Vegia had no expression on her face, "Of course, when the Commander returns, let him make a decision!"

Hua Tahi's smile grew thicker and thicker: "Well, according to you, if the head of the regiment doesn't come back for ten and a half days, will we have to wait forever?"

Instead of answering directly, Vegia pointed to the table and said, "At the table of the army assembly, all decisions should be handled by the army commander, not the people you recommend!"

"In addition, we received this news here. Didn't the regimental commander receive this news? We are in a hurry to give orders one after another, and we don't know who gave you power!"

Hua Taxi's face finally changed. He suddenly became frustrated, and said coldly, "If he really received this

Why didn't he let the Scout call the shots?"

In the face of Huatahi's tough attitude, Vegiya was not panicked at all: "In my opinion, the reason why the regimental commander did not send back the instructions is because he wants us to remain silent and not make decisions blindly! If he wants us to transfer troops, we should have received the secret order by now!"

Hua Tahi asked coldly, "Let me ask you, if we don't send troops, resulting in a delay in support, and Ace's army of thieves breaks through the defense line and enters the empire, who will bear the consequences? Is that you? If the commander of the army hasn't returned!"

Huatashi believed that sending troops to reinforce the Northwest was an excellent opportunity to achieve the achievements of the war. If the empire reduces its losses and even repells Ace, and boosts the morale of the legion with the courage of sending troops, Huatahi can greatly improve his status in the legion, and the position of the regimental commander will be closer to him!

Of course, Vegia also saw this clearly. The reason why he did not advocate sending troops was not because he did not want to win the war, but because he knew that even if he and Huatahi improved his war achievements this time, it would not mean much to him!

His reputation is much lower than that of Huatahi. It's hard to reach the level of Huatahi in a short period of time! He really wanted to have a chance to make a splash, but this time wasn't the best time!

In Veguia's opinion, as long as he can prevent Huatahi from achieving war achievements this time, he will succeed. Because he needs to save time for his reputation, he just has to wait! But Huatahi can't wait!

Vegia snorted, "In short, no one can gather soldiers here without the commander's order! Our mission is to ensure the safety of this place, not to guard the Northwest Line!"

Hua Tahi wanted to say more, but heard a majestic voice behind him: "Enough! I've only been out for a few days and this place is a mess?"

When everyone heard these words, they looked towards the gate of the camp. The person who spoke was red-haired and physically strong. He was the commander of the Chinobi army in today's New Delhi Empire.

Huatahi and Veguia are shocked to see Chinobi return.

Because they all have eyeliner on the "night", and they have the location of the commander at any time and place. But this time, those whistleblowers didn't have time to reply to messages, so there were only two possibilities!

First of all, the eyeliner has been found and died!

Secondly, Chinobi's whereabouts were too fast and too strange for him to have time to send back messages. Chinobi has returned to the Warcraft Mountains!

Both Huatahi and Beguia believe that the first possibility is relatively high. After all, according to their understanding of Chinobi, he shouldn't have reached that level of strength!

Chinobi glanced at everyone in the camp and said, "If I come back a few days later, are you going to disband the entire army?"

Hua Tahi said coldly, "Commander, where have you been this time? What are you doing? It's the most critical moment, but you're missing without telling us in advance."

Chinobi looked coldly at the captain in front of him, with no expression on his face. He knew that of these people, Huatahi did not believe him the least. He considered himself just a hypocritical villain, with no strength, who would only please the king.

Thus, for years, Huatahi has been secretly and intentionally or unintentionally compared to Chinobi.

In this regard, Chinobi did not pay much attention. But this time, Chinobi was furious that Huatahi sent troops to support his plan.

Chinobi looked at Hua Tahi and said, "Hua Tahi, the military law of the empire clearly stipulates that no one has the right to mobilize the Imperial *** team except for the army commander. You should know that, right?"

Flowertahi looked up and said, "I know! But now the situation of the war off the field is urgent. If the war situation is postponed, I wonder if the regimental commander will be able to take up this responsibility!"

Chinobi snorted, "Even if the war is postponed, it's my fault. It's none of your business. If the king blames, it is also my responsibility. What are you doing in such a hurry?"

Hua Taxi still doesn't believe it: "The Emperor *** team is not your own! You can't bet on the safety of the empire! If Ace had really crossed the border into the province of Sharp, how difficult it would have been to regain the territory at that time

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But Chinobi said solemnly, "What if all this was just a hoax!"

When the words were spoken, the entire camp suddenly fell silent.

Chinobi turned to the others and said, "You all go out first!"

Soon, the officers all walked out of the camp.

But Vegia didn't leave, as if he wanted to stay and see.

Chinobi frowned and said impatiently, "What, are you deaf?"

Vegia was about to retort, but there was a terrible glint in Chinobi's eyes.

It makes people break out in a cold sweat!

Never before had Vegia seen such a deadly murderous aura in the eyes of Chinobi! In the past, Chinobi was always polite to these officers, and rarely was he so angry as he is today.

Veguia was stunned for a moment, then walked out of the camp.

When only Chinobi and Huatahi were left in the camp, Chinobi said, "I know that for years you have thought I was unworthy of being the leader."

After hearing what Chinobi said, Huatahi did not refute but remained silent, which was seen as tacit approval.

"Do you know why you were promoted from lieutenant to captain?" Chinobi asked.

Huatahi still didn't speak.

"That's because I mentioned to the king that you have great abilities, but you are not good at dealing with people, and you are prone to offend people. But with a little training, you can take on a lot of responsibility! Therefore, Your Majesty agrees to promote you to the rank of Captain."

"Even if what you say is true, it can only be said that you want to use my abilities to improve your political achievements and demonstrate your leadership skills!"

Chinobi laughed and said, "Really? Why can you be in charge of the most important Warcraft Mountains? Are you outstanding?"

"I'm telling you, it's not! To be honest, there are a lot of capable people in the army, but not many of them can fulfill all the orders with their own abilities! Many people will fail because of quick success!"

"But that year I saw your rare composure! That's why I've appointed you to be in charge of all things in the Beast Mountains!"

Unable to believe Chinobi's words, Huata Shiming sneered, "So, what I have achieved over the years is because of your appreciation? Wouldn't I be where I am today without you?"

Chinobi shook his head, "Not really! It's only a matter of time before you can play to your abilities. But without my promotion, you wouldn't have gone so well! However, I didn't expect you to be so impulsive today!"

Hua Tahi smiled angrily, "In that case, then I really should thank you well!"

Chinobi wasn't angry about it: "At first I didn't want to tell you that! But today, seeing that you are so eager for quick success, I have to say it!"

"Do you think you can be the commander of the army based on your abilities? I tell you, even if I go to the king now, and offer to you with great power to renounce my office, can you see that the king will agree?"

"He's not going to agree!"

Huatahi thinks it's funny. In his opinion, Chinobi is so arrogant and conceited!

Huatahi intends to continue his cynicism. Suddenly, he felt an afterimage flash in front of him. Chinobi suddenly came to him and hung a black sword around his neck.

The sharp blade was already approaching his skin. As soon as Chinobi pushes forward a little, Huatahi will die instantly.

"You, what do you want to do?" Hua Tahi's voice was a little scared.

Chinobi sneered, "Do you think your strength is higher than mine?"

Hua Tahi said angrily, "It's a sneak attack!"

Chinobi smiled, then took a step back, "Well, I'll tell you now, I'm going to put the sword around your neck for the second time!" Are you ready?"

Huatahi immediately drew his sword from his waist and prepared for battle.

However, in the next second, Chinoby's figure moved again. Huatahi wanted to raise his sword to resist. He found himself still slow. Tonobi's black sword was on his neck again.

"This time? Is it still a sneak attack?"

Chinobi asked with a hint of a smile.

Huatahi still doesn't believe it.

Three, four, five, six...... Times.

No matter how focused Huatahi was, he still couldn't keep up with Chinobi's speed.

Finally, there was a hint of fear in Huatahi's eyes.

Finding out that the head of the Empire's army has been hiding his strength, Huatahi naively thinks that Chinobi is not worthy of being the head of the army.