151: Lee Tae-yong's "rebellion"
The 10th hour of the instance.
Lee Tae-yong and Park Jung-young, with 500,000 Army troops, had already arrived at the border of Mao Xiong Country.
This time, they did not take the western route via Lake Ubsu-Nur, but instead went directly north, arriving at Darkhan, the northernmost city in Ma Country.
This city was also the second-largest city in Ma Country.
But for a godforsaken place like Ma Country, the so-called second-largest city was actually just as poverty-stricken.
Aside from dilapidated yurts and the smell of horse manure lingering in the air, there was nothing else.
Upon arriving at this border area, Lee Tae-yong did not immediately launch an attack on Mao Xiong Country as Kim Geun-seok had instructed.
Instead, he set up a map in the large yurt and patiently began formulating Ma Country's combat plan.
Even Choi Tae-won and his armored motorcycle legion, who were originally going to cross the Mao Xiong border directly, were called back.
Lee Tae-yong had delayed for a long time, and the Challenger Alliance's previous border harassment mission for Ma Country had not been carried out at all.
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In the Commander channel of Winter One, Healer's questioning voice came through.
Healer's sarcastic face appeared on the light screen.
"Is Ma Country's Commander here? Has the border harassment been carried out?"
"This step of yours is crucial and determines our War Chariot Country's attack plan, understand?"
However, Lee Tae-yong spoke unhurriedly in the channel.
"Ahem, esteemed Mr. Healer, I feel it's necessary for me to introduce myself."
"My name is Lee Tae-yong, and I am currently the Chairman of the Li Family Consortium in the South Goryeo Settlement."
The Li Family, where Lee Tae-yong belonged, was the second-largest family in the South Goryeo Settlement, second only to the Kim Family.
He and Kim Geun-seok were roughly the same age, and he was also a young master who had just taken over the family.
For years, the Kim Family had been suppressing them, monopolizing a large amount of resources in South Korea, which had already made Lee Tae-yong very unhappy.
Now that he had the opportunity to meet a celebrity like Healer, he naturally wanted to seize it.
"I'm not interested in who you are. I'm just asking if you've launched an attack on Mao Xiong?"
"I apologize, Mr. Healer, as the Commander of Ma Country, I have my own combat plan," Lee Tae-yong replied calmly.
"I also have enough ground combat strength. Heh heh, there's no need for me to keep being cannon fodder for you."
This statement directly caused an uproar in the entire Winter One channel.
"What does this mean? What are you Korean doing?" Healer asked coldly.
And Kim Geun-seok, who was also in the channel, instantly bristled, feeling like his lungs were about to explode.
"Chief Li! What are you doing?!"
"When I handed over the Instance Commander position to you earlier, that's not what I instructed you!"
"Cooperating with German in the attack was the policy Commander Park set for us. You actually want to make decisions on your own."
Listening to Kim Geun-seok's shouting, Lee Tae-yong remained indifferent, seemingly even a bit pleased to see Kim Geun-seok angry.
His smug expression was very arrogant.
"Kim Da Shao, Commander Park has already left the instance, and the situation in the instance is constantly changing. Won't his orders become outdated?"
"We need to keep pace with the times and fight for the dignity of our Korean."
"Besides, you and I are both Instance Commanders now. I shouldn't have any reason to obey your orders, right?"
"When you were the Commander before, I respected you, but now... hmph."
"You!" Kim Geun-seok was completely dumbfounded. "Lee Tae-yong, are you crazy?"
Originally, after the great defeat of the joint forces of Dongying Island and Stick Country, the instance was already hanging by a thread.
Now was absolutely not the time for Lee Tae-yong to mess around with anything else.
Yet, at this moment, Lee Tae-yong actually went berserk.
Did he not know that one mistake of his could potentially ruin the entire instance challenge?!
Did he not know what fate the South Goryeo Settlement would face if this instance failed?
In the channel, Takakawa of the Dahe Clan burst out laughing.
"Heh... these Korean are actually fighting among themselves."
"Who was the troublemaker before, and who was dragging everyone down, I think everyone knows now, right?"
"Ridiculous Korean, they actively allied with my Great Harmony, but their own clansmen are not united. Simply ridiculous!"
Facing everyone's accusations and disdain, Lee Tae-yong gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and then directly exited the channel.
He had also anticipated such a result.
Then the dignity of South Korea could only be protected by him.
So he continued to discuss the next strategy with Park Jung-young and Choi Tae-won.
Lee Tae-yong never felt that there was anything wrong with his actions!
It was true that they couldn't defeat Mao Xiong Country before, but that instance only had a combat power of 50,000 in total, and this time it was 500,000!
A tenfold difference in combat power.
Moreover, it concentrated all the elites of South Korea's Strong Clan Plan!
One hundred thousand Kim 7V Tanks, one hundred thousand Li Family howitzer vehicles, and one hundred thousand Choi Family armored motorcycles.
In addition, there were all sorts of other ground combat armaments, including anti-aircraft guns, rocket launchers, and so on, truly everything one could imagine.
Such a formidable force, not to clash with Mao Xiong, was simply too frustrating.
"Chief Cui, Commander Park, I'll be frank."
"Kim Geun-seok is completely brainless now. The dignity of South Korea must be fought for by us."
Saying that, Lee Tae-yong slammed the table twice, his voice full of boldness.
"The first part of my goal this time is the same as Commander Park's previous idea: Chief Cui will continue to lead the motorcycle troops to draw out Mao Xiong Country's forces."
"But the subsequent strategy will be completely different!"
"I don't want to be a supporting role for the Ri Man Er Settlement. I want to personally eliminate Mao Xiong's attacking forces."
Listening to Lee Tae-yong's words, Park Jung-young and Choi Tae-won both looked bewildered.
"Chief Li, I'm not trying to dampen morale, but with our current strength, can we really go head-to-head with Mao Xiong?"
"At that time, their Armata Tanks gave us a tough time."
Lee Tae-yong, however, smiled and shook his head.
"I never said we were going to directly confront them."
As he spoke, he drew a line between the cities of Ulaanbaatar and Darkhan with his hand.
"Once we provoke Mao Xiong Country, their forces will definitely pursue us all the way, and we will retreat all the way to Ulaanbaatar."
"From Ulaanbaatar to Darkhan, a distance of three hundred kilometers, the terrain along the way is complex, with various rivers and mountains intertwined."
"I want to disperse our forces along this path. As Mao Xiong Country pursues, we will ambush them all the way!"