Bright Sword: I don’t want to be the king!

This confusion did not last long. At this moment on the battlefield, in the moment of life and death, any tiny advantage could turn the tide.

Although in the eyes of the Japanese army, the 800 monks on Cao Geng's side and the 500 monks on Kong Jie's side seemed insignificant compared to the overall strength of their regiment and battalion, when these two groups of monks fought to the death and launched a frantic attack on the trapped Japanese army, even the Japanese army, with its huge force, could not withstand the siege of Cao Geng and Kong Jie for a while.

Although they said they wanted to disintegrate the enemy from within, what Cao Geng was doing at this moment was more like joining forces with Kong Jie to launch a life-and-death attack on half of the Japanese's combat power.

Just as the Japanese troops left behind by Cao Geng came to their senses after a brief shock and wanted to catch up with Cao Geng and others to fight back, they did not know that they had fallen into a bigger trap.

At this moment, no one in the outside world knew that within the command system of the First Brigade, an urgent intelligence message suddenly came:

The command post of Huaian County, which ranks among the top three strategically important places in northwest Shanxi, was actually seriously threatened by unknown forces...

The Sacred Fire Storehouse was also raided by a group of monks of unknown origin.

Although Shinozuka Yoshio's order had not yet been issued,

However, the defenders in Huaian City have sent a distress signal to the First Demon Suppression Brigade...

Upon learning this, the face of the commander of the First Demon Suppression Brigade instantly became as gloomy as water.

He had every reason to believe that

The crisis faced by the Huaian City Joint Defense Command Post this time is precisely due to the joint action of the Eight Desolation Army and the Qingyue Army, which is intended to disperse the power of their First Demon Suppression Brigade.

Otherwise, how could there be such a coincidence? The Eight Desolate Army had just raided the 800 cultivators under the Sun Moon Sect, and together with the Eight Desolate Army of Ping An Forest Farm, surrounded the Sun Moon Sect's vanguard troops.

And at this moment, there was chaos in Huaian City?

It is clear that the Eight Desolate Army wants those Sun Moon Sect troops that have not yet been surrounded to turn back and rescue Huaian City, right?

Many high-ranking members of the First Demon Suppression Brigade made this speculation.

however,

Since Huaian City is located in the entire northwest Jinxian Realm, its strategic significance to the Sun Moon Divine Sect is enough to rank among the top three.

When the city was suddenly faced with a crisis, even the high-ranking officials, led by the commander of the First Demon Suppression Brigade, could not help but show hesitation on their faces.

"Huaian City is of vital importance to our Sun Moon Sect."

"Therefore, when Huaian City's command formation and the Divine Fire Storehouse are threatened, should our First Demon Suppression Brigade dispatch troops to rescue Huaian City?"

……

"If we choose to return for assistance, how should Ping An City respond?"

"You must know that our army is currently facing a situation where the Eight Desolate Army is attacking from both sides. Once reinforcements come, our First Demon Suppression Brigade can only send troops that are not under attack to Huaian City."

"In this case, our troops remaining here will inevitably have to bear the pressure of being attacked from both sides by Cao Geng's Third Battalion."

……

Everyone expressed their opinions and engaged in a heated debate.

Then, they realized that there was a problem before them.

Should we go back to rescue Huaian City, or hold our ground and not rescue?

but,

After thinking for a while, the brigade commander finally decided to temporarily put aside Huaian City's request for help and instead focus on attacking Ping'an City...

"Don't pay attention to the request for help from Huaian City."

"The primary mission of our First Demon Suppression Brigade is to capture Heian Castle and find the whereabouts of the Venerable Yamamoto Ikki..."

"In addition, before receiving the order from Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, we do not need to return to support even a base like Huaian City that is of great strategic value to our Sun Moon Divine Sect!"

After a heated discussion among the crowd, the commander of the First Demon Suppression Brigade took a deep breath and spoke to the many senior generals.

There are two reasons behind his tactical deployment:

First, their Sun Moon Divine Sect's First Demon-Suppressing Brigade was in the middle of a fierce battle with the Eight Desolations Army.

If their troops choose to return to support, then their remaining troops,

Under the fierce attack of the Eight Desolate Army,

It is very likely that you will fall into an extremely dangerous situation.

...

For their Chixiao Army's First Immortal Cultivation Brigade, this undoubtedly provides an opportunity for cultivation for the Jiuyou Shura Army led by Cao Geng.

This was something that the commander of his First Immortal Cultivation Brigade would never allow.

Furthermore, the news that the Huaian County Brigade Command Post was attacked was only reported by Huaian County.

Before receiving the exact instructions from the master Yoshio Shinozuka, they did not dare to disobey the military order from Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka to capture Ping'an County.

Therefore, in the opinion of the brigade commander, their First Immortal Cultivation Brigade must not give up on occupying Ping'an County at any cost.

As for the other senior leaders of the First Immortal Cultivation Brigade, they naturally understood the reason behind this.

Therefore, when the brigade commander finished speaking, many senior generals of the First Immortal Cultivation Brigade did not think too much, but just sighed and followed his orders.

In fact.

Because before they supported Ping'an County, they had already learned that changes had occurred in Ping'an County and Huairong County at the same time.

At that time,

They thought that Master Yoshio Shinozuka would order them to reinforce Huairong County.

After all, Huairong County is located in the Lingshan area in the northern border, and its strategic position is crucial for the Japanese army's training.

However, when they received instructions from Taiyuan, they were dumbfounded.

original,

What Master Shinozuka Yoshio asked them to support was actually the Ping'an County garrison, whose strategic value was far less than that of Huairong County.

Although they are not sure exactly why.

But it is obvious that

In the eyes of Yoshio Shinozuka, Ping'an County was even more important than Huairong County.

As for Huai'an County, if considered from a strategic perspective, it is obviously incomparable to Huairong County.

From this point of view,

Faced with the choice between Huaian County and Ping'an County, the First Immortal Cultivation Brigade made the decision easily.

but,

The Japanese army was completely unaware of this.

In fact, no matter how they choose between the two, Cao Geng has already developed a comprehensive response strategy.

In Cao Geng's camp,

Cao Geng personally led three companies of monks and rushed straight into the Japanese army's formation, galloping back and forth, ready to cooperate with the two companies led by Kong Jie who had just emerged from the depths of the Ping'an Secret Forest to wipe out the Japanese vanguard in one fell swoop.

However, after seeing that those Japanese troops were successfully separated by the monks of the Third Battalion of Cao Geng, these Japanese soldiers still had no intention of turning back to rescue Huaian County.

At this moment, Cao Geng also completely understood the true intentions of the First Immortal Cultivation Brigade Command.