Chapter 68 The plan

Nightin's shout startled all the soldiers who stood opposite of him as their body shuddered in fear, they could sense that their Great General was greatly disappointed and angered by their actions.

The same soldier stood out and ask "General, it isn't our wish to abandon the civilians and escape, but what can we do when faced with a powerful foe who we stand no chance against?"

Nightin stared back into the eyes of that soldier and asked "So you're telling your general and convincing your fellow soldiers to abandon all the civilians and leave them?"

The soldier followed up "Only by escaping will we stand a chance of taking revenge for the civilians, if all of us were to die, then what's the purpose? None of us would be able to rest in peace in our afterlife!"

Nightin smirked as he asked "Let me ask you a simple question, what was your resolve when you first became a soldier?"

The soldier replied "To protect the civilians to the best of my capabilities!"

"I mentioned was, I want you to tell everyone here right now, what was your resolve when you first joined the army!" Nightin shouted back at the soldier, he was greatly disappointed in his army.

Even though he doesn't know much about this soldier, the soldier is his man right now and he has the absolute responsibility to change his mindset, all their distorted mindsets.

The soldier paused for a moment as a thunder went boom in his head. His body started to shake as he replied with a quivering voice "I swore... I made a vow to protect all the civilians with my life ever since that day!"

The soldier didn't know why, but his heart hurts when saying this, as though as if a glass piece had stabbed it. He felt like crying, but still held back it as a soldier, as both a man and soldier, he could only shed blood.

Nightin said to him "Very good, you still have hope young lad, don't let me down in the future."

Nightin knew that there wasn't a future for them, but he had a connection to these thirty thousand strong army right now, they were up against a fifty thousand strong army with higher cultivation, but he knew that this was his win, his instincts told him so at least.

Nightin rallied as he shouted "What's your mission as a soldier!"

All the soldiers shouted back as they cheered "To protect all the civilians at all cost, even if it takes us our life!"

"What's the motto of our army!"

"To protect our brothers and loved ones! Even if despair were to flood us, we would at least take down an enemy with us!"

That's right, this was what his army had been thought and this would be his morale booster.

"All soldiers take note! If you take down one enemy, you would equalise the battle! If you take down two, it would be an advantage for us! If you take down three, it would benefit everyone!"

"Hooyah! Hooyah!"

The soldiers started to cheer as they threw their fists in the air, all of them left after that to make their preparations for the incoming battle.

Soldiers were all undergoing seclusion cultivations and using up all their highest quality cultivation resources, signs of breakthrough could be seen everywhere throughout the camp. Every single increase in strength right now, means a higher chance of survival and victory in the upcoming war.

Many soldiers could be seen putting in their best effort to improve their strength through any possible humane methods, some of them even went home to request for a large amount of cultivation resources from their family for their brothers. If all of them were to survive this war, they would definitely be able to go through thick and thin together in the near future.

Nightin gathered all the strategists into his army camp as they gathered around the the round table. On the round table was a map which showed the current position of their city and the Savage tribe.

Based on their current estimation, the Savage tribe which was travelling on foot would arrive within three days and that would be the time for the final clash.

That was also including that the Savage tribe doesn't find a method to access them more quickly, that would mess up the momentum of his army and bring their morale down.

The city was located south on the map and it was at least a thousand miles away from the nearest City, even if the other cities wanted to help, they wouldn't be able to make in on time, thus rendering the thought of an alliance useless.

By the time the backup from the supporting cities arrive, they would already have been wiped out by the Savage tribe.

To the east about ten miles away was a fast flowing river, also known as the yellow river. Bones and corpses of living beings could constantly been seen floating with the river, it's rumored that the river could kill any living being alive.

This gave Nightin an inspiration, couldn't he just make use of the river to make this a swift battle without any casualties on his side? He wouldn't want to see any of his brothers dying on him.

"My dear strategists, do any of you have a way to guide the yellow river towards the Savage tribe?"

All the strategists froze when they heard this plan, their body then started to shake in excitement when this idea popped in their mind, they had a chance of winning.

But this excitement was short lived, disappointment came for them again shortly after as they sighed, one of the strategists then told Nightin. "General, with how acidic the yellow river is, there's nothing in this world which can possibly contain or even guide the river.

Nightin sat down there as he closed his eyes, there has got to be a way. The strategists all started to rack their brains out until night time, but their efforts proved futile as all of them laid spread out on the floor. They had came up with countless hypothesis and imagination tactics, but none of them would lead to success.

Right when everyone was about to fall into despair, Nightin opened his eyes and released a dominating aura which greatly shocked everyone, causing them to wake up abruptly.

"Isn't there that legend?"

Nightin gave the fellow strategists an assuring smile as he spoke, making all of them understand his intentions in just a short while.

"But General, that would require you as the only Martial Lord expert here to take the risk and guide it to the enemy, we can't afford for you to take the risk." One of the strategists immediately panicked as he attempted to convince Nightin.

Nightin then asked "My dear strategists, would you perhaps have a better plan than this right now?"

That strategists then kept shut as he gathered the rest, all of them were having a close discussion and soon arrived at a final conclusion, to allow their general to take the risk.

The leading strategist stood out and said "General, we have decided to let you go, but before you leave, remember the star puzzle we're about to show you."

Nightin nodded his head and studied the complex puzzle, completely memorising in just a few moments.

Nightin stepped out of the tent and looked at the sky, the stars themselves were fighting against a tough foe as well, weren't they?

In the legends, there was a man who once stole a mirror from within the yellow river, that resulted in the yellow river following him wherever he went as he ran for his life.

After ten years of running, that man finally found and made a connection with that mysterious mirror, thus becoming the owner of a mystical artifact and the yellow river.

People knew him as the Yellow River Supreme ever since that day, the first man in history to conquer and even own a world class forbidden law.

But of course, no one could prove if he really existed in this world. Some says that he's dead, some says that he's left this world, but what's the truth and lie?

The next day, two days before the arrival of the Savage tribe, Nightin gathered his army outside his tent as they lined up in a orderly manner. All of them had stern faces and determination could be seen on their faces, they were awaiting the orders of their general to win the upcoming battle, they had confidence in victory.

Nightin looked at all his soldiers as his heart bloomed with joy, they had grown after yesterday's lesson, it's time for him to fill them in on the plan. When all the soldiers heard his plan, all of them started to convince him to drop it, it wasn't worth him taking the risk to them.

"General, we can't afford to lose you, you're our pillar of support!"

"General, if someone else has to take the risk, leave it to us!"

"General, it was you who gave us a new lease of life, we would die for your sake!"

"General, please, don't take the risk!"

Nightin wanted to scold them for their foolishness, but he wasn't able to bring the words out of his mouth, swallowing what he had intended to say, he assured them "I'll be fine, trust your general on this. If I don't return by tomorrow's nightfall, assume battle preparations!"

"Yes general!"

Swoosh

When Nightin dashed off from the camp, he felt like crying, he could feel that their concern for him was true, how long has it been since he felt something like this?