Rebirth of the Prime Dragon Master novel Chapter 356

When Rocky sauntered his way out of the tent, in a flutter of an eye, he vanished into thin air from the place where he stood. Four hours afterward, he went back to the military camp and called for someone to take the topographic map of the Rough Slope. Again he gathered Marin and two Deputy Commanders to draw up a skirmish plan.

"The initial step of our decapitation strike is to make the rival be of the impression that we have cut off all channels of withdrawal and been dead set to fight to the death. So we should burn our military camp first," Rocky said undauntedly.

"Burn the military camp? That's not a strategy..." Deputy Commander Chen announced as he and the other Deputy Commander looked at Rocky incredulously and thought Rocky was teasing. Without the military camp, they would have no way back.

"After we burn the military camp, the armies of the Timber Deity Empire will surely take some actions. By my reckoning, they will gunge up these important paths at the east and the west side of the Rough Slope in case that we will break through," Rocky explained, totally giving the cold shoulder to Deputy Commander Chen's question, as he pointed at the topographic map to show them the paths.

"Once the armies of the Timber Deity Empire seal these critical paths, they will waylay us from both sides so that we will be trapped in a predicament. At that time, we can start the second step of our strategy," Rocky proceeded.

"In this way, won't we be put in a tight spot?" Marin questioned.

"That's right. That's what we want. Thus, the rear of them will show its weak spot. In order to seal the paths at the east and the west side of the Rough Slope, the armies of the Timber Deity Empire had to lay out at least three thousand soldiers on each side. Besides, to inaugurate charges to us, more than tens of thousands of soldiers will be issued here. As a result, no more than four thousand soldiers will be left in the rear of the east side and the west side in total. In other words, each of the Commanders in the rear has only fewer than two thousand soldiers." Rocky nodded without giving a precise answer to Marin.

"The third step is to review one way and row another. Seemingly, we are under pincer attack, but there will be an army to carry out a rude awakening raid in the rear of the enemy to fulfill the most momentous decapitation strike," Rocky set forth precisely.

"However, though the decapitation is prosperous, the northeast army is nevertheless under the converging charge and easily to get completely exterminated." Marin raised an objection.

"That's right. So when the decapitation strike is completed, someone will be assigned to burn the two military camps at east side to give them a fictitious perception that our reinforcements have arrived," Rocky continued.

"What if the rival doesn't swallow the plan on the hook?" Deputy Commander Chen asked.

"Apart from burning the two military camps at the east side, someone must dash into the enemy with the head of the Commander. Capture the ringleader first to arrest all his followers. Realizing that, they will be swayed. Consequently, at least half of the soldiers of the Timber Deity Empire will sway the spirit of the army and have no ambition to continue battling. If they don't withdraw, we can seize the golden opportunity to assault them with our armies inferior in number to fight our way out of the press..." Rocky went on.

"What if the decapitation strike doesn't work out as planned?" Marin inquired, gawking at Rocky.

"I will try my level best to diminish the probability of fizzling out. But if we fail, you can retreat to the dense forest behind the military camp and set fire to it which can burn at least one night. Across it, there is a valley, easy to grip but complicated to charge. If you crumple down on defense, you are feasible to survive till the reinforcements appear," Rocky replied as he drew an area on the topographic map.

"Since the area is in our best interest to our defense, why don't we retreat there directly? Why bother to take a decapitation strike?" the other Deputy Commander asked higgledy-piggledy.