Bringing The Farm To Live In Another World - Chapter 16361

Chapter 16359. Planning

“This time, we deliberately suffered more casualties in our attack. The people in the Divine Kingdom should be very happy now. They probably think they’ve finally defeated us, and that our methods are limited. That way, the next time they attack us, they’ll send even more people,” Xu Ying said to Chang Jun.

Chang Jun nodded and then said, “You did a good job this time. Now we’ll just wait for the enemy to attack. We don’t know when they’ll come.”

Everyone nodded. Chang Jun continued, “In any case, let’s prepare. If they don’t attack, then we’ll attack them.”

Everyone agreed. Then Chang Jun arranged the defenses, and then they went to rest. This time, they deliberately suffered more casualties. Now they weren’t in a hurry; they just waited for the enemy to come.

Meanwhile, Gongliang Juewen also gathered Qingxuan and the others together. After they arrived, Gongliang Juewen looked at them and said, “Everyone, I think you all know why I called you here today, so I won’t repeat it. The reason I called you here is to ask you all what you think about their plan to launch a counterattack.” Qingxuan and the others

remained silent. They had also received the news and knew what they were planning. To be honest, they hadn’t made up their minds yet. After all, this matter was too big. Their previous attacks had all failed, and whether they could succeed in this attack was their biggest concern.

Gongliang Juewen glanced at everyone and then said, “I know what you’re all thinking. You’re all hesitant about whether to launch a preemptive attack. After all, the results of the previous two attacks weren’t very good. To be honest, I’m also a bit hesitant, which is why I’ve invited everyone here to ask for your opinions. Please share your thoughts.”

At this moment, a minister spoke up, “Your Majesty, I think we should take the initiative. We can’t be afraid to attack again just because of the failures of the previous two attacks. If we do that, the enemy will always be there and will never be eliminated. Are we just going to let them stay there forever? That’s absolutely not acceptable. I’ve also read General Li’s battle report. General Li said that this time they inflicted heavy losses on the enemy. Although we failed in the previous two attacks, the enemy also suffered greatly. Their losses must have been considerable. And the enemy’s territory is smaller than ours, and they have fewer cultivators. Their forces have already been greatly depleted. If we continue to attack them and keep eliminating their forces, we can wear them down sooner or later.”

Qingxuan and the others nodded in agreement after hearing the minister’s words, but their faces still showed hesitation. Gongliang Juewen could tell what they were thinking just by looking at their expressions—they were worried about the huge losses from doing this, which was exactly what he needed.

However, Gongliang Juewen was also very clear that he couldn’t be too persuasive; if he were, it would only arouse Qingxuan and the others’ suspicion. Therefore, this matter had to be handled slowly.

Gongliang Juewen said, “This method is not bad, but our own losses will not be small either. Let’s think about it again and see if there is a better way.”

Qingxuan and the others were taken aback when they heard Gongliang Juewen say this. They really didn’t expect Gongliang Juewen to say this, which surprised them greatly. They thought that Gongliang Juewen would push this matter with all his might, after all, eliminating those rebels would benefit Gongliang Juewen the most. Not only could he recover lost territory, but he could also make the rebels lose more troops, killing two birds with one stone. That’s why Qingxuan and the others were surprised.

Gongliang Juewen glanced at the group and then said, “Tell me your thoughts, is there a better way?”

Qingxuan said in a deep voice, “The problem now is that we’ve lost all our previous advantages against those enemies. All we have left is our numerical advantage. We originally thought we could use our formations and large magical artifacts to both hold off their attacks and eliminate them, but that’s impossible now. The enemy has created those deformable shields that can not only break through our defensive formations but also deal with our large magical artifacts. This is what’s giving us the biggest headache, and we can’t destroy their shields. So, besides our numerical advantage, we have no other advantage against them. Furthermore, General Li and the others said that the enemy took all the corpses from both sides when they retreated. They’re worried that if they give the enemy too much time, they might use our cultivators’ corpses to create ghosts. If they do that, then the enemy’s…” “Our strength will increase, which is not good news for us. And just because the enemy retreated this time doesn’t mean they won’t attack later. They will definitely attack, and then we’ll only be on the defensive. So instead of that, we should take the initiative and attack. That way, we’ll be in control. As for attrition warfare, let’s fight it out. With so many of us sharing the burden, I really don’t believe we can’t outlast them.”

Hearing Qingxuan’s words, everyone nodded. Wan Hai then spoke up, “I also think it’s better to eliminate them sooner rather than later. Although their territory isn’t large, it’s not small either, and they’ve suffered considerable losses in the recent battles. If we keep chasing them, we can eliminate them sooner or later. But if we give them time to regroup, they might recover. The longer they have, the more disadvantageous it will be for us. So we should attack. However, I think we should change our objective.”

Wan Hai’s words surprised everyone. They all looked at him with some confusion, wondering what he meant. Wan Hai glanced at them and then said, “It’s actually very simple. In our previous battles against them, we attacked their strongholds and occupied a piece of land to use as our base for attacking them. While this seemed effective, it gave the enemy a target to attack us. But what if we didn’t attack with the aim of occupying land? Wouldn’t the situation be better?”

Gongliang Juewen’s eyes lit up, and he said, “Go on.”

Wan Hai nodded and continued, “The enemy has now occupied a territory, and they’ve built many bases on it. These underground bases are extremely difficult to conquer. We would have to pay a huge price to conquer them. So why don’t we try a different approach and attack their foundation?”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned and looked at him, waiting for him to continue. Wan Hai glanced at them and then said, “For us, what constitutes our foundation? Is it the ordinary disciples below, or the kingdom-level experts? I think neither…” “Yes.”

He paused for a moment, then looked at everyone and said, “I believe the most important foundation is actually the ordinary people. Although they may seem insignificant, they are the very foundation of this world. What if we don’t occupy their territory, but instead kidnap them?”

Gongliang Juewen and the others were taken aback at first, but then they immediately understood Wan Hai’s meaning. Gongliang Juewen asked, “You mean, we go there and kidnap people, bringing back all the civilians?”

Wan Hai nodded and said, “Yes, we’ll kidnap people. We’ll send out a large army and powerful magical artifacts. Once we get there, we’ll infiltrate their territory and start kidnapping. We’ll bring back all the ordinary people. They will definitely discover our actions, but even if they do, they can’t do anything to us. If they come out of the underground space, they’ll lose even the last bit of advantage they had to close the gap with us. They’ll have to fight us in the sky, and then they’ll be the ones who suffer.” “If they don’t come out of the underground space, they can only watch as we abduct those ordinary people. Once they completely lose those ordinary people, they will lose their foundation, and it will be even more impossible for them to deal with us again.”

Gongliang Juewen and the others all nodded, thinking his method was good. Wan Hai looked at Gongliang Juewen and the others, and then said, “Your Majesty, everyone, before we use this method to deal with them, we must also prevent them from using this method to deal with us. However, I think even if they want to use this method to deal with us, it will be quite difficult. We can use large magical artifacts to pull those ordinary people back, but they can’t. They don’t have large magical artifacts, so even if they want to come here to abduct people, they can’t take them away. So we only need to be wary of them.”

Gongliang Juewen nodded, then he glanced at the others and then said, “What do you all think?”

Qingxuan and the others all nodded, and then Qingxuan said, “I agree, this method is indeed…” “It’s feasible, and we can send out more large magical artifacts to capture more people at once.”

Everyone else nodded in agreement. Gongliang Juewen nodded and said, “I also think this method is good and worth a try. So, after you all go back, send some more people to the front lines, and at the same time, send some more large magical artifacts there. Let the front lines form a large army, rush into the enemy’s territory, and capture the ordinary people there. Let’s see how the enemy reacts.”

Everyone responded. Gongliang Juewen continued, “We must destroy those enemies, but unfortunately, we still don’t know who they are. This time, we’ll capture those ordinary people and ask them if they know who those people are. If we know who those people are, we can make targeted arrangements instead of being completely clueless like we are now. Alright, everyone go back and prepare.” Everyone responded, then they all stood up, bowed to Gongliang Juewen, and turned to leave.