123: Chapter 123 I admit there was an element of gambling involved!

Fortunately, Li Mo spoke up to persuade her, which stopped Zhang Ruxue, who was already caught up in the bloodlust.

Otherwise, given Zhang Ruxue's personality, she would inevitably have taken the remaining troops and fought the enemy to the death.

Morpheus's assessment of Zhang Ruxue was correct; she could serve as a fierce general charging into battle, but she could absolutely not serve as a commander for the main army.

"Good!"

Zhang Ruxue nodded, then immediately led the remaining soldiers of the 2nd Battalion vanguard and withdrew from the battlefield.

The enemy's most elite vanguard unit would arrive at the front line in just a few minutes; if they hadn't withdrawn in time, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

However, Li Mo's appearance this time completely exposed him. Some Black Earth Tribe soldiers took the opportunity to remember him or take pictures, and soon his photo was delivered into the hands of the Black Earth Tribe commander, Morpheus.

Morpheus's expression was grim. The situation he least wanted to happen had occurred: a genius with heaven-defying military competence had truly appeared in Daxia!

The young man before him looked less than twenty years old. Logically, at this age, one would at most be scraping by as a company commander in The Military, but this person had done the opposite—leading just two battalions of soldiers to wipe out their key unit in the Black Earth Tribe!

"How is the situation with our medical unit? And what is the current situation on the front lines?"

Morpheus's tone was already somewhat irritable, frightening the messenger into trembling. But the messenger could only answer truthfully.

"Savior, our medical unit has been completely wiped out by the enemy. The enemy prepared the most advanced high-tech equipment and selected a perfect ambush location; our medical unit had absolutely no ability to resist!"

Morpheus clenched his fists tightly, nearly grinding his back teeth to dust.

For the Black Earth Tribe army, which excelled in close-quarters combat, the medical unit was the core of the core. Once the medical unit was gone, the advantages of the Black Earth Tribe would vanish into thin air!

"Sigh!"

Morpheus let out a deep sigh. Fortunately, he had made preparations in advance. That ten-thousand-strong medical unit was not all the medical personnel of the Black Earth Tribe; in the rear, he had reserved about five thousand medical reservists.

Originally, he was unwilling to deploy these five thousand reservists to the battlefield, but in the current situation, he had no choice but to bring them over.

Thinking of this, Morpheus became even angrier, wishing he could personally destroy these two thousand Daxia people.

However, it was an ironclad rule that a Martial God could not take action. He could command his own army, but he could not intervene personally; otherwise, such an act would be the fuse that destroys the world.

"Then what is the current situation on the front lines? These two thousand people should be almost wiped out by you all by now, right?"

When Morpheus asked this question, the messenger couldn't help but feel ashamed.

Because their side had an army of five hundred thousand, while the enemy only had two thousand. Although the enemy had launched a surprise attack and completely wiped out the ten-thousand-strong medical unit, theoretically speaking, such an attack was equivalent to a suicide mission, and they shouldn't have been able to escape no matter what.

But in reality, they had actually managed to escape!

"Savior, we eliminated about two hundred of the enemy, but the remaining enemies have fled. Currently, Division Commander White and Division Commander Baal are leading their troops in pursuit of them..."

Hearing this, Morpheus was completely stunned. He looked at the messenger with a face full of confusion.

"You are saying that your tens of thousands of people actually let two thousand people carrying Heavy Artillery Positions get away, is that right?"

"Yes..."

As soon as that "Yes" was uttered, Morpheus was so angry that he slapped the messenger across the face.

Morpheus did not know that after Li Mo had selected the ambush position, he had already planned the escape route.

After the Heavy Artillery Position finished bombing the enemy's medical unit, Li Mo immediately had them retreat along the escape route; they didn't even have to participate in any direct frontal combat.

Near Snow Dragon Mountain, there was a very large swamp. After Li Mo rendezvoused with Zhang Ruxue, he met up with the troops led by Xu Feng in that swamp, and dragged all the pursuing enemies into that swampy area.

Even though the world had entered the High Martial Arts era and everyone's strength had been greatly enhanced, terrain like a swamp was still extremely tricky. Especially when marching with a large group of people!

Unless one could fly, a swamp would generally greatly delay marching speed.

The enemy's main army was more troublesome to mobilize during a march, while Li Mo and his people, excluding the group at the Heavy Artillery Position, only had about one thousand people left, which was much easier to command than the enemy's main army.

Therefore, Li Mo and his group managed to leave the pursuers behind.

Although he had been slapped, the messenger could only stand up obediently and convey the request from the front lines.

"Commander, Division Commander White asked me to request instructions from you: should they continue the pursuit? Although they haven't been left far behind by the enemy, they can still determine the enemy's route through their movement tracks. As long as they keep pursuing, they can catch up!"

"Also, General Baal asks you how the rest of our troops should act, excluding those in pursuit. Should we continue to march?"

At this moment, Morpheus gradually calmed down and began to think of countermeasures in his mind.

He suddenly felt that something was not quite right. The enemy only had two thousand men; how could they dare to rashly attack their army of five hundred thousand, and most importantly, carry Heavy Artillery Positions with them!

Heavy weapons were extremely valuable things for any country. Zhao Zhenyuan was not that stupid, because these two thousand people were highly likely to be here to deliver equipment and their heads to the Black Earth Tribe.

Morpheus understood Zhao Zhenyuan extremely well. Zhao Zhenyuan was best at using small units to launch surprise attacks on enemies. He even had a guess: the main Daxia army had already arrived, and these two thousand people were merely Daxia's bait!

Once Morpheus sent people to continue the pursuit, the people he sent out would be wiped out by the main Daxia army...

Morpheus's reason told him not to continue the pursuit, but he also wanted to see if the main Daxia army was approaching the Qiyuan Mountains at this time.

Thinking of this, Morpheus immediately ordered: "Have White withdraw his men, but leave about one regiment of troops, which is about five thousand people, to continue the pursuit!"

"As for the other troops, merge them into one place for now and stop marching. This way, if the main Daxia army has already moved over, we will be able to react immediately!"

It must be said that Morpheus was indeed a thoughtful person. If the main Daxia army had really mobilized, his strategy would have been the best response.

The pity is that he overthought it; this time, even Zhao Zhenyuan had taken a gamble.

Because the Daxia side had already lost the initiative, Zhao Zhenyuan had no choice but to send Li Mo with a few thousand men to try his best to drag out the Black Earth Tribe's marching speed.

Unexpectedly, after Morpheus's series of operations, the Black Earth Tribe army actually stopped marching forward, even though they only needed at most three days to occupy the entire Qiyuan Mountains with their full force!