Hunyuan Immortal Sect

Chapter 300 Offensive Strategy
Dark clouds covered the moon and heavy rain poured down.

In Xijiang County, Wuyue Mountain is shrouded in golden auspicious clouds.

This is the Beast Tamer Sect's combat command camp. Ever since the declaration of war against Yun Xuanzong, the Beast Tamer Sect has sent troops to attack from all sides and has captured many of Yun Xuanzong's camps.

All of Yun Xuanzong's resource territories outside the province have been occupied by the Beast Taming Sect. Now they only have to wait for the troops recruited from various cities to arrive so that they can encircle Yun Xuanzong's mountain gate.

The Beast Taming Sect recruited 5,000 cultivators from its five subordinate cities this time, plus its own troops, a total of nearly 10,000 people.

With this amount of troops, it is enough to surround the entire Yunxuanzong Mountain Gate.

Yun Xuanzong has been expanding rapidly in recent years and recruiting people on a large scale. Currently, there are only three to four thousand people in total, most of whom are a motley crowd and have no sense of belonging to Yun Xuanzong at all.

In recent days, the Beast Taming Sect has captured many of Yun Xuanzong's camps and killed many of Yun Xuanzong's disciples, which has already caused panic among the people within Yun Xuanzong and resulted in a large number of refugees.

At present, Yun Xuanzong has only two camps guarding his mountain gate that have not been taken down.

In the brightly lit hall, Beast Taming Sect's elder Xu Qingyuan sat in the main seat, listening to reports from each team.

"Reporting to the elder, the first brigade has occupied Shicong Ridge and established a directional magic circle there. The second brigade has also occupied Luoshi Mountain and is establishing a magic circle. The third brigade is rushing to the designated location."

Xu Qingyuan nodded slightly: "Tell the first, second, and third battalions to stay there and not rush to advance. After the troops from each city arrive, they will advance together and first capture the two camps of Bamu Mountain and Fenghuangling, and then carry out the final encirclement of Yun Xuanzong."

"Senior Brother Xu, Yun Xuanzong only has these last two camps left. I don't think we need to wait for the recruited troops to arrive. The force we have on hand is enough to take them down." said a burly man.

Xu Qingyuan shook his head. "The encirclement has already been formed, so there's no need to rush these few days. These two camps are guarded by third-order formations, and there might even be Jindan cultivators inside. A forced attack would likely result in heavy casualties. There's no need for that. We can wait until the recruited troops from each city arrive before attacking these two camps."

"Senior Brother Xu is right. I always feel that we have been progressing too smoothly these days. So far, Yun Xuanzong has not sent out Jindan cultivators to fight. Among those lost camps, there are not even many Foundation Establishment cultivators. This means that their elite troops are hiding in the mountain gate and these two large formations. We still have to be careful." Another thin man spoke.

As soon as he finished speaking, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect walked in and bowed, "Reporting to Elder Xu, the 1,000-man contingent from Bianxi City has arrived."

"Let them set up camp nearby and wait for my orders."

"Yes." The man from the Beast Taming Sect responded and left.

"Now that the conscription team from Bianxi City has arrived, the conscription team from the other cities should be arriving soon. How do you plan to arrange for these people, Brother Xu?"

"Once everyone has arrived, send all five conscripted teams to the front lines. Two teams will help capture Yamu Mountain and Phoenix Ridge, while the other three will besiege Yunxuanzong's mountain gate and isolate him."

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Outside Wu Yue Mountain, the team from Bian Xi City has arrived. Under the command of the Beast Taming Sect personnel, everyone jumped off the spirit ship. Looking around, they saw tall tents standing in rows.

In the distance, a huge golden light curtain enveloped the entire mountain. That was the Beast Taming Sect’s headquarters formation.

"Where is Fellow Daoist Lin Zixiang from the Hunyuan Sect?" A foundation-building cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect shouted loudly, holding a scroll in his hand. His voice was transmitted far away through spiritual power and fell clearly into the ears of everyone.

"Junior is here." Lin Zixiang quickly walked up to the Beastmaster Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivator and saluted: "I wonder what instructions do you have, Senior?"

"The eighty members of the Hunyuan Sect will be arranged to rest in the first to eighth tents on the left side of the third row, awaiting further instructions. During this period, you are not allowed to leave the camp at will."

"Junior, I obey."

"Gao Yuan, you are responsible for settling them."

"Yes." A Beast Taming Sect disciple behind him responded, "Fellow Daoist Lin, please."

The two men came to the disciples of Hunyuan Sect and led them to the tents.

There were ten wooden beds in each tent. After a brief discussion with Dolph, Lin Quan and Zhang Yi, George Lam divided the disciples into eight teams and arranged them in different tents.

The Beastmaster Sect obviously did not provide separate tents for the leaders of each sect, so George Lam had to share a tent with nine other disciples.

After resting for a night, a disciple of the Beast Taming Sect invited him to a hall early the next morning.

In the inner room, a middle-aged man in the Foundation Establishment Stage of the Beast Taming Sect sat in the main seat.

Sitting at the bottom was Luo Jin, a foundation-building cultivator from the Luoyun Sect. As the leading sect in Bianxi City, the Beast Taming Sect dispatched three hundred disciples in response to the call.

Among the one thousand recruited cultivators from Bianxi City, only Luoyun Sect sent a Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the rest were Qi Refining cultivators.

"Junior greets senior." George Lam bowed his head in greeting.

"Fellow Daoist Lin, please take a seat." The middle-aged man from the Beast Taming Sect invited him to take a seat with an expressionless face.

Soon, the leaders of various sects in Bianxi City also arrived here one after another. Since they were new here, they didn't know where the Beastmaster Sect would send them or what they would do, so they were all a little restrained and nervous, and sat upright.

"Everyone is here. Let me introduce you first. This is Fellow Daoist Huang Feng, who was assigned by the Beast Taming Sect to be in charge of our team's affairs." Luo Jin began to introduce them when he saw everyone was present.

"Since you fellow Taoists have joined our sect's coalition, you will be a part of it from now on. Regardless of your previous identities, from now on, everything must be done in accordance with the coalition's regulations. Anyone who violates the coalition's orders will not be forgiven." Huang Feng's expression was solemn and his tone was cold, revealing his unquestionable decisiveness.

"I have already discussed the basic situation of this division with Fellow Daoist Luo. After discussion, we have decided to reorganize this division. From now on, each team will be composed of 100 people."

"I now declare that this headquarters will be renamed the Bianxi City Independent Brigade. The first, second, and third teams will be formed by 300 cultivators from the Luoyun Sect."

"The fourth and fifth teams are composed of 150 cultivators from the Kong family, 30 cultivators from the Yuyuan Sect, and 20 cultivators from the Yunhang Valley."

"The sixth team is composed of eighty cultivators from the Hunyuan Sect and twenty cultivators from the Tianyu Trading Company." "The seventh team is composed of forty cultivators from the Huaxuan Sect, forty cultivators from the Xunyang Sect, and twenty cultivators from the Yuehua Trading Company."

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A total of one thousand recruited monks from various sects in Bianxi City were divided into ten teams of one hundred people, and each team was assigned four disciples from the Beast Taming Sect to supervise and dispatch them.

Lin Zixiang was appointed as the captain of the sixth team, Meng Xing from Tianyu Trading Company was appointed as the deputy captain, and there were also four liaison officers from the Beast Taming Sect who were responsible for conveying the Beast Taming Sect's orders and supervising the team.

A few days later, as the conscripts from several other cities arrived, the Beastmaster Sect finally issued its first order, requiring the Bianxi City Independent Battalion to go to Shicong Ridge and meet up with the Beastmaster Sect's First Battalion.

That night, George Lam and the others boarded the spirit boat and headed there. After arriving at Shicong Ridge, they rested for only one night. The next day, they set out with the Beast Taming Sect's team and headed towards Yagi Mountain.

Inside the spirit ship's cabin, teammates and vice-captains from each team of the Bianxi City Independent Battalion gathered together. Huang Feng sat at the head of the group, his expression solemn. "Our mission this time is to assist the Allied Forces' First Battalion in capturing the Yagiyama Camp. We will be responsible for the attacks from the east and south."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the room looked a little ugly. On the way here, a cultivator from the Beast Taming Sect had already introduced the situation of Mount Bamu to them. Everyone knew that it was a camp formation that was the focus of defense of Yun Xuanzong, guarded by a third-level formation, and it was only three hundred miles away from Yun Xuanzong's mountain gate.

These thousand people are all Qi-refining cultivators. Asking them to attack Yun Xuanzong's key defense camp, which is covered by a third-order formation, isn't this just using them as cannon fodder?

Everyone looked at each other, but no one wanted to be the first to contradict Huang Feng, so they all frowned and remained silent.

Although Wasp noticed everyone's expressions, he didn't care what they thought and continued to speak to himself, "I have decided to divide the entire team into three groups. Teams 1, 4, and 7 will attack the formation from the east. Teams 2, 5, and 8 will attack from the south. The other teams will follow my orders and be ready to provide support at any time."

After this, Kong Xiangyuan, who led the Kong family, finally couldn't help but retort, "Senior Huang, please forgive me for speaking frankly. I heard that Yamu Mountain is a key defensive formation of Emperor Yunxuan, guarded by a third-level formation. We are all Qi-refining cultivators. How can we break through this formation with our strength? Asking us to be the vanguard and attack the formation, isn't that asking us to die?"

"Yes!" As soon as he spoke, someone immediately echoed: "Weren't we told to assist the Takamune's First Battalion in attacking Yagi Mountain? How come we are the main force now? Where is the Takamune's First Battalion?"

"This is unfair. We came here to answer your clan's call, not to die."

"It is truly disheartening that your Majesty treats us this way."

Everyone was very dissatisfied with this arrangement, but because they were in awe of the Beast Taming Sect, they did not dare to speak out. Now that someone raised an objection, it was like a flood that had burst the dam, and everyone was suddenly outraged, and they began to reprimand one after another.

"Silence." Wasp frowned and suddenly stood on the desk. His voice rolled out with spiritual power, suppressing the noisy discussions of the crowd.

"Of course, the First Battalion of the headquarters isn't just standing by and watching. They're responsible for attacking from the west and north of Yagi. Like you, they're all entering the main formation at the same time."

After hearing this, everyone's anger eased a little.

"Excuse me, Senior, is your sect's First Brigade also composed entirely of Qi-refining cultivators as vanguards?"

Huang Feng gave him a cold look and said, "How the First Battalion deploys its troops is their business. It has nothing to do with me. I am only responsible for deploying the monks of my own division."

Seeing that the atmosphere was a little tense, Luo Jin, who had been silent, finally spoke. When everyone was shouting angrily, he remained silent and looked coldly at the people around him. It was obvious that he also had doubts and dissatisfaction with this arrangement. He came out to smooth things over after listening to Hornet's explanation.

"Fellow Daoists, please be patient. Since we have joined the Beast Tamer Alliance, we must obey their orders. Fellow Daoist Huang is the one designated by the Beast Tamer Alliance to be in charge of this department. He has his own reasons for making the arrangements, and we should just follow them."

As soon as he said this, those who were originally dissatisfied stopped making noise and the room became quiet in an instant.

Luoyun Sect is the local tyrant in Bianxi City and has a lot of prestige. Luo Jin is the only foundation-building cultivator in the Bianxi City recruitment team. He set out from Bianxi City to Xijiang County with everyone else, so everyone follows him as the leader.

Furthermore, he was in agreement with everyone else on this matter. The Luoyun Sect had three hundred men, three teams, two of which would serve as the front lines in the attack. Since he had said so, the others naturally had nothing to say.

"Friend Huang, please continue to give your orders!"

Huang Feng glanced at him. Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with his behavior of usurping the position of leader, there was nothing he could do. Although he was the commander-in-chief of the independent brigade of Bianxi City, he did not have any confidants in the team. Each team was still led by the leading monks of each sect. In terms of prestige, he was indeed not as good as Luo Jin, who was also a monk from Bianxi City.

"According to our sect's intelligence, the formation set up by Yun Xuanzong is called the Three Talents Wheel Formation. It can launch three forbidden attacks of gold, fire, and earth. In addition, this formation can also enhance the power of the defending monk's gold, fire, and earth magic."

"There are many miniature magic arrays engraved inside. Groups of three can restore the spiritual energy consumed by the defending monks to a certain extent."

"After entering the main formation, each team will advance in a ladder formation, maintaining their formation. They should not be too close together, nor too far apart. Each team should form a small group of ten, and the distance between them should not exceed ten feet."

"Teams must coordinate with each other. If a team suffers casualties, the survivors should move closer to nearby teams."

"Once you enter the formation, you are not allowed to retreat without orders. Anyone who disobeys orders will be treated as a deserter according to the coalition regulations and will be killed without mercy..."

After he finished speaking, Luo Jin asked, "Fellow Daoist Huang, how many Yunxuan Sect cultivators are there in this formation?"

"The exact number of people is not known yet, but it is estimated to be at least 300."

"How many foundation-building monks are there?"

"We don't have accurate information yet, but we estimate the number to be around ten."

"It is said that Yun Xuanzong has four Jindan cultivators. I wonder if there are any of their Jindan cultivators stationed at the Yamu Mountain Camp?"

"According to the information our sect has, there shouldn't be any."

"This Yamu Mountain is only a few hundred miles away from the Yunxuan Sect's mountain gate. With the speed of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, we can reach it in half an hour. When we attack Yamu Mountain, will the Beastmaster Sect's mountain gate send support?"

"While we're attacking Yagi Mountain, the Second Battalion will join the Humen City Independent Battalion in attacking Fenghuang Ridge, another of Yun Xuanzong's camps. The Third Battalion will coordinate with the other three independent battalions and the command center to encircle Yun Xuanzong's mountain gate. So there's no need to worry about Yun Xuanzong's reinforcements; we just need to focus on taking Yagi Mountain."

"Elder Xu has already said that after we capture Yagi Mountain, our headquarters will be stationed there. We will not be involved in the siege of Yun Xuanzong's mountain gate. Those matters will be handled by other brigades. Unless Yun Xuanzong sends people to break out and the fighting becomes intense, we will need support."

(End of this chapter)