Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 349

It was not until on the next day that Isis summoned the Commanders together and announced to them of that. Without hesitation, all the Commanders were hit like a ton of bricks.

"Madam, are you toying around? How could you give consent to Rocky Bai to transport provisions and fodders to the Rough Slope with only three thousand troops? It's equivalent to courting death."

"Precisely! After all, Rocky Bai doesn't have any practical experience in war. Besides, it's impossible for three thousand troops to transport provisions and fodders to the Rough Slope under the nose of twenty thousand enemies."

"Madam, please instruct Rocky Bai to come back with the troops as promptly as he can."

All the Commanders believed Isis was too ill-conceived to make such an abrupt resolution.

"As long as Rocky can muddle through to send the provisions and fodders into the Rough Slope, we'll be likely to unscramble the entire dilemma. Our reinforcement troops will come in three days. By then, the Timber Deity Empire will have no choice but to withdraw their troops, because their supply of provisions and fodders will be running out," Isis said, unrelenting. She had an austere look.

Hearing her evaluation, the Commanders glanced at one another in silence. They admitted Isis' interpretation made sense, but they didn't acknowledge the precondition of her reasoning. None of them admitted Rocky could send the provisions and fodders into the Rough Slope. In their eyes, it was just an unattainable task.

At the same time, Marin received the word from the main camp in the front line. That instant, the news also took her and others by tremendous awe.

"Madam, do you imply that Rocky wants to transport provisions and fodders to this place by the strength of only three thousand troops?" Deputy Commander Chen inquired in a dumbfounded voice.

Marin simply nodded, tongue-tied as she remained mute.

"He's too hare-brained! Does he view it as a nickel and dime matter? It's just like herding cats!" Deputy Commander Chen sighed, swinging his head frequently.

"Of course it's far-fetched for anybody else to do that, but as for Rocky..." Marin paused. Presumptions were evident in her beautiful eyes. Her eyes were utterly spellbinding.

One day thereafter, Rocky, in unison with three thousand troops and horses, two squads of spirit manipulators, as well as provisions and fodders, reached at the foot of the hill with a distance of two and a half kilometers from the Rough Slope. They stopped and encamped on the spot. One and a half kilometers in front of them, the Timber Deity Empire's twenty thousand troops blockaded the Rough Slope tight. Like a metal bucket, they intercepted every passage to the Rough Slope. It was so impenetrable that maybe even a fly could not pass through the siege.

After encamping, Rocky conveyed several spirit manipulators to scout the condition of the rival in various directions.

Four hours later, the spirit manipulators came back one after the other. They presented the information they had gathered to Rocky. The twenty thousand troops of the Timber Deity Empire were dispersed in four camps, comprising two camps in the east of the Rough Slope and two camps in the west of the Rough Slope. There were more than four thousand troops in each camp. All the four camps were based at places of high altitude, so that they could look down and have a commanding view of all the passages to the Rough Slope. In other words, whichever route was preferred by Rocky to try to break out by force, he would be deterred and ambushed by the troops from at least one camp. At the same time, the troops from other camps would converge promptly to assail them together. Undoubtedly, it was impossible for Rocky to prevail in breaking out the barricade with the three thousand troops under his control.

However, such a strength of defense of the Timber Deity Empire troops didn't go beyond Rocky's prediction. As a matter of fact, it was never part of his proposal to break out by force.

After roughly scrutinizing the topographic map of the Rough Slope, Rocky in a squint of an eye established an optimal route to transport the provisions and fodders to the Rough Slope. With the lowest gradient, the route was convenient to the ridge of the Rough Slope. But the excellent trail was located between the two camps in the east of the Rough Slope. If Rocky came down in favor of this passage, they might be barricaded and deflected by the troops from both camps.

In a blink, Rocky revealed a relatively dense grove on the left of the ridge and a comparatively gradual level slope on the right of the ridge. Both sides could be judged as favorable terrains, which he could create use of them to his superiority.