Braised Dragon with Soy Sauce

"Everyone knows that wolves are extremely ferocious. They are like a group of combative warriors, living together in a pack, with a wolf king in charge of each hunt."

Although their fighting ability is mediocre, they always fight in packs and hunt together, making them more terrifying and troublesome than some more powerful beasts.

Moreover, they have an exceptionally keen sense of smell, able to detect the scent of enemies from afar, and then relentlessly pursue them.

Everyone knew that low-level magical beasts usually wouldn't attack humans unprovoked, especially not an organized and powerful army like this, unless there were special circumstances..."

"What exactly is the special circumstance?"

Su Ce asked with a face full of curiosity.

"In fact, wolves have another characteristic that people may know a little about, but they have not explored it in depth. In fact, it is also a common characteristic of wild animals, namely the mother wolf's love for her cubs."

During my investigation, I learned that there were many wolves in the area, which gave me the idea to utilize them. The method is actually quite simple: find a wolf den, capture some wolf cubs from it, especially the cubs of the alpha wolf.

Mo Yuming made no attempt to hide anything and continued to recount his story.

"Oh, I see. You cleverly used wolf cubs to deceive the wolves, making them believe that the king's troops had abducted their cubs! That's why they attacked the troops like madmen!"

Su Ce said as if waking from a dream.

"That's roughly the situation, but to achieve good results, timing and the method of enticement are crucial."

The reason why the wolves came out in full force this time was mainly due to the efforts of several old men, who captured almost all of the wolf cubs.

Along the way, they deliberately made the cubs howl, enraging the mother wolves who had lost their cubs and driving them into a frenzy. The wolf king was also furious! When the wolf pack is in a frenzied state, it becomes several times more ferocious and fearless.

The wolf king led all the wolves in a full-scale attack, following the tracks all the way. Thus, the wolves of Wolf Valley became our vanguard.

Mo Yuming continued to explain to Su Ce.

"Young Master, the battlefield has been cleared. We have captured a total of ten intact magic crystal cannons and three damaged magic crystal cannons. However, the materials used to make magic crystal cannons are very valuable, so we have also collected the damaged ones."

Fifty strong bows and crossbows in good condition, one hundred and thirty damaged but still repairable, and more than one hundred damaged but still usable. However, the strings of all the strong bows were burned to ashes in the fire and need to be replaced. Unfortunately, nearly three hundred strong bows were completely destroyed.

There are also several thousand sets of good swords, armor, and the like; there are so many that I haven't been able to count them all.

Another major discovery was that we found ten whole boxes of well-preserved anti-demon arrows, each containing a thousand arrows.

There were also several boxes of used Demon-Slaying Arrows. We counted them and found that there were still more than 2,100 arrows left in those boxes. In other words, we seized a total of more than 12,000 Demon-Slaying Arrows!

These demon-slaying arrows are all contained in special boxes made of cold iron. The most distinctive feature of these cold iron boxes is their sturdiness; they are impervious to water and fire, and ordinary fire cannot destroy them.

This is also why the Demon-Slaying Arrows were completely unaffected. It's all thanks to the Marquis's immense wealth; although the Demon-Slaying Arrows are precious, most are only kept in ordinary iron boxes. Who would normally spend a fortune to make a cold iron box?

Su Yangyan, who was in charge of leading the team to clear the battlefield, walked up to Mo Yuming and reported.

"Young master, how are we going to carry all these spoils back?"

All the wagons and horses that hauled supplies were burned to ashes. What are we going to do with these two hundred-plus people...?

Standing next to Mo Yuming, Su Ce looked at the mountain of spoils in front of him and suddenly noticed a new problem.

"I collected a total of twenty storage bags from the generals I killed, but most of them were low-grade. Only the general's bag was a mid-grade one. I checked them and found that most of the storage bags contained items like gold, stones, and magic crystals, as well as some personal collections, but the quality of them was not very high."

"That general's storage bag contained more valuable items..."

At this moment, Master Long, who was cleaning up the corpses of the generals, came over and said something.

"Master Long, are these twenty storage bags full? Can they hold more things? Like those..." Mo Yuming asked.

"These storage bags have plenty of spare space, but they're all low-grade. Once you empty out all the money and valuables, each bag can barely hold one magic crystal cannon or two magic-breaking arrows. I think there are two even worse ones that can't even fit a magic crystal cannon!"

"That's what Master Long said."

"What about the intermediate one?"

"The intermediate level can hold a maximum of four magic crystal cannons, and with a few other items, that's the limit!"

"That's it!"

Mo Yuming pondered for a moment and said:

"Master Long, put all the money and valuables from those storage bags into those two less valuable storage bags. When we get back, give them to Uncle An to register and put into the treasury as military funds."

Use the other storage bags to fill the Magic Crystal Cannon first, then the Magic-Breaking Arrow. There should still be some space left.

Use the remaining space to store powerful bows and crossbows, as many as you can fit. As for the rest, those with storage bags can carry as many as they can. Those present can choose any swords, armor, or other items they find suitable; keep them for themselves and don't hand them over to the authorities.

But I want to remind everyone not to be greedy. We still have tasks to do, and carrying too much will hinder our operations!

"Yes!"

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"Young Master, everyone has made their choices. What should we do with the nearly one thousand sets of swords and armor that are left?"

"Find a secluded spot to bury it, and send someone to retrieve it after everything's done! This is all top-notch equipment; it would be such a waste to throw it away!"

Mo Yuming said.

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away!"

With a wave of his hand, Su Yangyan led the falcons into action.

"Three days have passed. I bet the news of the burning of Wolf Valley has reached the Marquis by now! After all, tens of thousands of people escaped! Heh, I bet his face will be quite interesting when he sees his elite troops fleeing back in disarray!"

Mo Yuming said with a smile.

"Haha, definitely!"

"Ha ha……"

The old man and Su Yangyan next to Mo Yuming couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"I wonder what his expression will be when he learns that the young master annihilated his army of ten thousand without losing a single soldier?"

"I reckon he'd be furious enough to nearly die, if not vomit blood! Haha!"

"This battle was so incredibly complex, almost perfect! But the only downside is that we didn't get a chance to fight; we were just watching from the sidelines! It wasn't satisfying!"

The hot-blooded Su Ce spoke eloquently.

"Hehe, it will happen!"

"Young Master, what do we do next?"

"Three days have passed since we intercepted the supply train. The news of the complete annihilation of the supply train should have reached the Marquis's ears by now."

If the Marquis hadn't suffered a stroke, he would probably have already left Shangyuan City and marched towards Jian'an City.

He must have assumed that all our forces were focused on intercepting his supply train, leaving Jian'an City an empty city. He's bound to take a desperate gamble to capture Jian'an City and, incidentally, seize Wushuang Castle, destroying our base and cutting off our retreat.