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

This should have been the case. After Cao Geng led the three battalions of monks to withdraw from the battle in stages,

Their team should have taken some time to recuperate and adjust.

After all, after experiencing continuous fierce battles, the monks and disciples of Cao Geng’s Third Battalion must be exhausted both physically and mentally.

but,

What the Corps Commander and the Deputy Chief of Staff never expected was that

……

It was also after Cao Geng led his people in a fierce battle with the evil Japanese pirates of the First Brigade that he did not return to the sect with his disciples to recuperate, but instead headed straight for the location of Huaian County...

This direction is completely opposite to the Xiaweidi Village where the third branch to which Cao Geng belongs is based.

"What exactly is Cao Geng trying to do by doing this?"

In an instant, even the sect's great commander who had experienced many hardships could not help but frown slightly. He was confused and puzzled about Cao Geng's motives.

"This matter... I have not been able to figure out what Cao Geng is thinking..."

At one side, the deputy head had cold sweat on his forehead.

Speaking of Cao Geng, he and the sect's commander-in-chief had witnessed Cao Geng leading the disciples of the third lineage many times in the future, and repeatedly doing all kinds of incredible things. What was amazing was that every time Cao Geng performed an amazing strategy, he always brought unexpected surprises to everyone.

Perhaps, this is the fundamental reason why he and the sect leader favor Cao Geng and always pay close attention to his movements.

However, just when the sect's chief leader and deputy leader were both confused, an intelligence disciple suddenly came over from the side.

The intelligence disciple reported: "Reporting to the commander-in-chief and the deputy head, according to the intelligence, two hours ago, the spiritual fire storage in Huaian County seemed to have been bombarded by an unknown spiritual force... Now the demons and pirates in Huaian County are in chaos..."

As soon as the words fell, the pupils of both the sect leader and the deputy leader suddenly contracted.

Then, the two looked at each other, with horror in each other's eyes.

The spiritual fire storage in Huaian County was attacked and destroyed?

In fact, the information that the Eighth Route Army's intelligence disciples could obtain was quite limited. Although their spies in Huaian County witnessed the destruction of the spiritual fire depot, they were unable to detect it. Even the demonic Japanese pirates' command post in Huaian County had been quietly destroyed by the Qianlong Rangers of the Third Vein of Cao Geng.

However, even so, the sect's chief leader and deputy leader were still shocked by this incident.

Considering that after Cao Geng defeated the First Brigade, he did not return to the sect immediately, but instead headed straight towards Huaian County.

"Could it be..."

In an instant, the sect's chief leader and deputy leader seemed to understand Cao Geng's true intention of leading his troops straight to Huaian County.

Just like when Cao Geng captured Huaiyi County, he first conquered Wanjia Town, leaving Huaiyi County unguarded, and then took Huaiyi County in one fell swoop.

Now, when the Third Vein of Cao Geng was fighting with the First Brigade, although Huaian County did not send reinforcements, the spiritual fire depot in Huaian County was raided by unknown practicing forces, and many demons and Japanese pirates in the city went out of the city to hunt down the culprit who blew up the Zhengtai Line.

This undoubtedly also allowed Cao Geng's Third Meridian to see the perfect opportunity to attack Huaian County!

However, the Eighth Route Army was short of manpower and lacked magic weapons.

……

In the world of cultivation, if their Eight Desolate War Sect team wants to capture the Lingshi Fortress guarded by demons, they can only have a chance to capture it in one fell swoop when the demons' position appears weak for a short period of time.

It is impossible to defeat those demon soldiers with brute force alone.

The situation is extremely obvious at this moment.

Cao Gengsandian once again sensed a perfect opportunity to attack the demon stronghold.

Therefore, he resolutely decided to ignore the fatigue of the disciples of the Three Halls after continuous fierce battles, and insisted on leading everyone to Huaian City!

Everyone gasped.

"It seems that Palace Master Cao Geng had already taken action before we received this information."

"Could it be that the explosion of the Huaian City Spiritual Fire Depot was caused by the disciples of the Cao Geng Third Hall?"

Both deputy hall masters had this doubt in their minds.

In fact, within the Eight Desolations War Sect system, if the headquarters intelligence network dares to claim to be second, no one dares to claim to be first.

However, even so, as soon as the intelligence network of their headquarters learned that something had happened in Huaian City, Cao Geng's team had quietly taken action.

If someone said that this matter had nothing to do with Cao Geng, how could the Palace Master and Deputy Palace Master easily believe it?

However, no matter what the truth is, when Cao Geng wanted to lead his people to attack Huaian City, what they should really think about was not whether the affairs of Huaian City were related to Cao Geng, but something more important.

Immediately afterwards, the hall master and the deputy hall masters hurried to the huge map of mountains and rivers hanging on the wall of the command post.

The hall master glanced at the place and finally pointed his finger at a place - it was Huaian City where Cao Geng and the disciples of the three halls were about to go!

The hall master took a deep breath, "This Huaian City is an important strategic fortress of the demon tribe in the northwest of Shanxi! In terms of its strategic value to the demons, it ranks at least in the top three!"

"Although its importance is not as great as Huairong City, which my Eight Desolations War Sect has already conquered!"

“But if Cao Geng can successfully occupy Huaian City, then we can say that in this piece of land in the northwest of Shanxi, the space for all the cultivators of our Eight Desolate War Sect to maneuver when fighting against the demons will be greatly improved!”

At this moment, the deputy hall master also showed a look of shock on his face, "Before this, there was a whole army of demons stationed in Huaian City!"

"But because Palace Master Cao Geng destroyed the Zhengtai Line and slaughtered more than 200 high-ranking demon generals, all the demons in northwest Shanxi are now shaken by this. The two demon teams in Huaian City are actually going out to search for Palace Master Cao Geng who killed so many high-ranking demons!"

"Now, there is only one demon brigade left in Huaian City."

"At this moment, Huaian City has indeed fallen into an unprecedented weakness, and the demon spirit fire depot in it has also been attacked by an unknown force..."

"This may really be a great opportunity for my Eight Desolate War Sect to capture Huaian City, a gift from heaven."