Call of the Heroes of Chaos in Another World

Chapter 2702 Ziya's Decisive Decision: Sacrificing Territory for Survival

Chapter 2702 Ziya's Decisive Decision: Sacrificing Territory for Survival

Although Jiang Ziya was a highly accomplished disciple of the Chan Sect, his martial arts talent was undeniable. Even now, at his advanced age, his martial arts level is only that of a Grandmaster.

Someone like him, when he goes to war, will naturally be protected by a master of the Celestial level.

A figure as important as Jiang Ziya, who could be considered indispensable to the Great Qian Dynasty, would likely be accepted if the enemy could be dealt with through means outside the battlefield, even if those means were somewhat underhanded.

In particular, in the past year, Jiang Ziya has faced dozens of assassination attempts, both large and small, with even celestial-level experts intervening as many as three times.

In one of the most dangerous incidents, the assassin had reached within ten steps of Jiang Ziya, and Jiang Ziya was almost about to succeed in killing him. It was an extremely dangerous situation.

Therefore, when leading the army this time, Jiang Ziya was not only protected by a Celestial-level expert, but also by more than one.

However, Tian Di was the strongest among them.

Tian Di, as a celestial being accompanying the general, was primarily there to protect Jiang Ziya, the commander-in-chief. Therefore, his camp would naturally not be too far from Jiang Ziya's camp.

Just a short while later, footsteps could be heard outside the tent.

The curtain was lifted from the outside, and an old man with white hair and beard, a thin face, and wearing coarse clothes walked in. He was Tian Di, the most powerful elder in the peasant family.

Tian Di walked slowly, but each step was firm, as if he were walking on his own field ridge. He entered the main tent, looked around, his gaze falling on the map, then on Jiang Ziya.

"Grand Tutor is looking for me?" Tian Di's voice carried a hint of respect.

Actually, if we go back to the generation of Yuan Shi, these two people can be considered to be of the same generation.

However, from the perspective of the Great Qian Dynasty, Tian Di's generation is two generations higher than his.

However, Tian Di, a peak expert of the Celestial Realm, still held a faint sense of respect for Jiang Ziya, who was only at the Grandmaster level and whom he could kill with a single slap.

The more you are a member of the Great Qian Dynasty, the more you understand the significance of what Jiang Ziya has done over the past few years; it truly brought the Great Qian Dynasty back from the brink of death.

The relationship between the Farmer School and the Great Qian Dynasty is unique, unlike any other dynasty's relationship with the various schools of thought. These two schools are almost inseparable, sharing both prosperity and adversity.

At least the main branches of the peasant family and the Great Qian Dynasty have long been connected to each other to an unbreakable degree.

Seeing the unassuming old man before him, Jiang Ziya nodded, picked up a letter he had just sealed from the table, and handed it over.

"I would like to trouble Elder Tian to deliver this letter to General Yao Xiong."

Tian Di took the letter, glanced at the sealing wax, and without asking any further questions, simply asked, "Is it urgent?"

"urgent."

"Remember, you must personally deliver this message to General Yao Xiong, and instruct General Rao Xun to act according to the orders in the letter as soon as he receives it," Jiang Ziya instructed. As he spoke, Jiang Ziya handed a token representing his identity to Tian Di as a token for delivering the message.

As the most powerful Celestial Being in the Farmer Clan, and given the special relationship between the Farmer Clan and the Great Qian Dynasty, Tian Di's face was already a token. However, Jiang Ziya still added another token, hoping that nothing unexpected would happen. After all, it concerned the lives of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, and no amount of caution was too much.

Yes, the letter that Jiang Ziya sent Tian Di to deliver was actually a letter announcing the withdrawal of troops.

Xue Rengui's strategy had succeeded, and Jiang Ziya was forced to make a choice at this point: abandon the northern border of Daqian, which they had painstakingly built up, to avoid being surrounded on three sides by Xue Rengui's army.

Jiang Ziya wanted to take advantage of the fact that Xue Rengui had not yet had time to take control of both Dongye Road and Jianye Road, and to have Yao Xiong's hundreds of thousands of troops retreat to Xingwu Road, west of Jianye Road, in order to guard the northern gate of the Central Plains of the Great Qian Dynasty.

After all, if Xue Rengui were to take over Jianye Road, Yao Xiong would not be able to retreat southwards towards Xingwu Road, but would only be able to retreat northwestwards.

However, if they retreat in this direction, Yue Fei and Xue Rengui's troops can then advance unimpeded and directly attack the central and eastern regions of their Great Qian Dynasty. What will Yao Xiong's troops do if they retreat to the northwest? Are they just going to stand by and watch?

If it had been any later, and Xue Rengui's troops had taken Jianye Road and then entered Xingwu Road, then the enemy's three-sided encirclement would have been truly complete.

At that time, although Yao Xiong's troops might still have a chance to retreat, they would probably have to pay a price, while Jiang Ziya himself would be completely trapped here.

Now, what Jiang Ziya needs to do is to completely cut off his own forces and survive, while the enemy's encirclement on three sides is far from complete, and preserve both Yao Xiong's and his own troops. As long as the main force is still intact, there is no possibility of continuing this battle.

As for the land, we had no choice but to reluctantly give it up temporarily.

However, if one tries to have it all, the end result will be that neither can be saved.

Conversely, the earlier and more decisive the decision is, the less you will need to give up.

"Grand Tutor, rest assured, I understand!" Seeing Jiang Ziya's solemn expression, Tian Di nodded heavily.

As soon as he finished speaking, Tiandi immediately headed out of the camp, eager to deliver the letter to Yaoxiong as quickly as possible.

As Jiang Ziya watched Tian Di's departing figure, he continued to refine his evacuation plan.

As long as Tian Di delivers his letter to Yao Xiong as soon as possible, and as long as Yao Xiong follows the plan, there will be no problem for the main force to withdraw in time.

The reason Jiang Ziya sent Tian Di, a master at the peak of the Celestial Realm, to personally deliver this letter was to prevent it from being intercepted en route.

Now, Yao Xiong can rest assured for the time being.

However, for Jiang Ziya, even though Xue Rengui had not yet completely conquered Jianye Dao, let alone Xingwu Dao, the difficulty for his troops to withdraw was still far greater than the difficulty for Yao Xiong's troops to withdraw.

There's no other reason than that Jiang Ziya's troops were stationed here to protect Rao Xuan's flank, and they couldn't leave until Yao Xiong had safely evacuated.

Because of this chronological order, Jiang Ziya's escape was a level more difficult than Yao Xiong's.