According to Diwu Qing Rou’s tentative plan — Jing Meng Hun would’ve led his troops and killed King of Hell Chu at the last moment. Then, he would’ve created obstacles for Iron Cloud’s army. He just needed to delay the enemy by one or two hours; that’s all.
This was possible. In fact, the three-thousand experts were far more skilled than ordinary soldiers. They could easily set-up roadblocks to block the cavalry soldiers if all of them participated in their destruction. It was rather easy to pull this off in the mountain-forest. They could randomly cut down a few giant trees to achieve this goal. Moreover, Diwu Qing Rou had ordered them to burn down the entire mountain-forest. This could’ve worked towards creating an atmosphere of panic and menace.
It was possible to cause an even longer delay under these circumstances; let alone a delay of one or two hours. Jing Meng Hun should’ve easily achieve that. Moreover, Tie Bu Tian needed to find out King of Hell Chu’s whereabouts. This required time and energy. Diwu Qing Rou had also taken this into consideration while he had drafted his plan.
Therefore, Tie Bu Tian’s return-journey was supposed to be delayed by more than two hours; no matter what. In fact, it might even get delayed by four to eight hours.
However, Diwu Qing Rou needed only two hours. This request wasn’t far-fetched. The delay of two hours wasn’t a big deal; no matter who sketched-out the plans for the route as long as they kept the tasks that needed to be done during the course of the journey in view.
However, these two hours were going to be the most vital factor for the implementation of Diwu Qing Rou’s plan since it involved the soldiers who were one-hundred-and-fifty kilometers away.
The two hours of time might not seem very brief. However, even the elite cavalry troops would require more time to cover a distance of one-hundred-and-fifty kilometers; especially after having undergone a long and arduous journey. Yet, these two hours were enough to narrow down this distance to one-hundred-and-twenty-five kilometers… or even less.
This would surely create a disturbance as long as the enemy could see or feel the vibrations of the approaching cavalry. Diwu Qing Rou only needed this internal disturbance to take place. That was because it would be impossible for hundreds of thousands of soldiers to orderly pass through the slanting valley in the presence of the enemy at such a close distance. The internal chaos would make it even worse. The soldiers wouldn’t be able to advance forward, and would end up getting squeezed together.
This is basic human nature. Everyone wants to live, and everyone wants to push forward to seek the way-out for oneself. Even the so-called ‘military teachings of war’ lose their meaning in such chaotic situations… and the trained soldiers end-up behaving like a bunch of motley crew.
Diwu Qing Rou had understood this aspect very clearly.
These two hours would decide who would unify the land under the Heavens. The end result of this war between millions of soldiers of the two nations would be decided within these two hours.
However, Diwu Qing Rou had never imagined that thousands of experts led by the Ninth Grade King Level Expert – Jing Meng Hun – wouldn’t be able to play their roles in an efficient manner. They hadn’t blocked the enemy, and had escaped without a trace.
Diwu Qing Rou hadn’t anticipated this situation. According to his plan — King of Hell should’ve been taking his last breath by that time. He had never expected that King of Hell Chu’s battle efficiency would erupt at the last moment and become so terrifying… and that he would single-handedly slaughter more-than-a-thousand of the total three-thousand experts led by Jing Meng Hun during the besiege.
Even a Ninth Grade King Level Expert like Jing Meng Hun was seriously injured, and was compelled to escape in a distressed state. This scary variable had appeared out of nowhere. One could wrack one’s brains, and still couldn’t predetermine such a variable.
Moreover, Diwu Qing Rou hadn’t thought that King of Hell Chu would arrive at the same time as Tie Bu Tian’s army. They had arrived at the same time, and had met quite easily.
This had saved a lot of time which would’ve otherwise been wasted in Chu Yang’s search and rescue. Tie Bu Tian had then made a prompt decision, and had ordered Wu Kuang Yun to lead the army and return. This had saved precious time once again.
These two factors had significantly cut-short the buffer time required for the timely arrival of Diwu Qing Rou’s army.
Fortunately, each of the three generals selected by Diwu Qing Rou was a desperado and fully determined to move ahead. They continued to rush forward at a frightening speed even though they didn’t get the buffer time of two hours. In fact, they even managed to curtail the time gap.
This had nearly brought the situation to a stalemate.
Meanwhile, Wu Kuang Yun retreated at the fastest possible speed in order to help out the friendly forces. He had already sent a message through a hawk. This order was meant for Wu Yi, who was waiting at the slanting valley — Return to the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass immediately.
He had clearly mentioned – You aren’t allowed to come out to provide support if my army and the enemy’s army arrive there at the same time… even if I – Wu Kuang Yun and my three-hundred-thousand men — die in the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass.
Wu Yi understood the urgency of the situation as soon as he received this message. He immediately ordered his two-hundred-thousand soldiers to rush back in the starry night. They left behind an empty slanting valley in their wake. Wu Kuang Yun and his cavalry troops entered the slanting valley – like a thunder – after Wu Yi and his men had withdrawn behind the barricades. Then, they went all the way into the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass.
The three armies of Diwu Qing Rou arrived the moment Wu Kuang Yun’s cavalry troops entered into the Heaven Splitting Mountain pass. They began to follow their enemy’s troops in order to kill them. Around fifty-thousand soldiers at the rear of Wu Kuang Yun’s army were overtaken outside the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. They had to turn around, and were forced to engage in a fatal battle with the enemy.
Not a single man survived among the fifty-thousand soldiers. Then, the enemy troops crossed the slanting valley, and stationed themselves in the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. They took advantage of the high morale from the battle they had just won, and launched the siege warfare without any delay.
The natural defenses of the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass played an important role at this point.
Several hundreds, or even a thousand people, were dying at any given moment. However, more and more people were rushing to join the battle. Therefore, both sides couldn’t bring the battle to an end even though they wanted to.
Wu Kuang Yun wanted to stop, but he couldn’t because he needed to defend the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. After that, he needed to rush to the rescue of His Majesty. So, he couldn’t withdraw even an inch. He would continue to fight till death – by relying on the natural defenses of the terrain. But, he couldn’t retreat.
Meanwhile, the three tiger generals of Great Zhao were in a dilemma. They had never thought that they would have to face such an awkward situation.
They had advanced triumphantly to kill the enemy. In fact, they had dashed into the slanting valley with irresistible force, and had rushed all the way to the Heaven Splitting Mountain Pass. But, after they reached there, [What is this f*king place… ah!]
It was a several hundred kilometers long slanting valley with towering cliffs on both sides. It was a big stretch of open space with a perimeter of hundreds of kilometers. Moreover, it gradually narrowed down like a huge bottle gourd.
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