Douluo Dalu: Tiger Roars in the Universe

Chapter 72: Incident in Southern Xinjiang, Wolf Bandits Invade

Zhu Zhuqing's martial soul has returned to its ancestral home. This is not only very important to the Netherworld Duke's Mansion, but also a big event for the Xingluo royal family.

If their Xingluo royal family inherits the complete White Tiger spirit in the future, while the Netherworld Duke's Mansion still has the incomplete Netherworld Spirit Cat spirit, then due to the imbalance of light and darkness, the Netherworld White Tiger spirit fusion skill is likely to be useless, thus causing the Xingluo Empire to lose a powerful foundation.

Based on this point of view, the Netherworld Duke's Mansion must also inherit the complete Netherworld Spirit Cat Martial Spirit, so that it can be equal to the light and dark of the Xingluo Royal Family, so as not to waste the Netherworld White Tiger's foundation, but make the Netherworld White Tiger stronger.

Therefore, it was imperative for Zhu Zhuqing to cancel the engagement. Once the Duke of Netherworld proposed it, Emperor Dai Tianyu agreed, and the matter was finalized.

Zhu Zhuqing's problem was now successfully resolved. She was now the heir to the Duke of the Netherworld, and her status in the entire Xing Luo Empire was unmatched by many people.

The matters concerning Siji Sect, Dugu Yan, and Zhu Zhuqing were all settled, and everything was back on track. It seemed that Dai Yaochen had nothing else to do now. It seemed that he only needed to do what he needed to do as a prince, and practice well. However, this peaceful life only lasted for two or three months before it was broken.

On this day, Dai Yaochen was helping Dai Tianyu deal with some unimportant government affairs. It was said to be a training for him, and Dai Yaochen had basically gotten used to it. He sat in the study with Dai Tianyu, flipping through the documents in their hands.

However, at this moment, a burst of hurried footsteps suddenly sounded outside the study. After hearing it, Dai Yaochen and Dai Tianyu couldn't help but look up at the door.

Why is he rushing through the palace? Could something big have happened?
Soon, a general appeared in the study.

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." As soon as the general came in, he handed a sealed report to Dai Tianyu and quickly reported, "I just received an urgent report: Three cities in southern Xinjiang have been attacked by a large number of wolf bandits. The situation is critical!"

Wolf thief?

Hearing the general say this, Dai Yaochen immediately frowned.

After becoming the crown prince, Dai Yaochen looked up a lot of important information related to the Xingluo Empire, including records of the Wolf Bandits.

The Wolf Thief is a peculiar species, born from the union of the soul beast Swift Wind Wolf and humans. It can be said that it is neither a human nor a soul beast, but it has the characteristics of both.

The wolf bandits are a species that is both bloodthirsty and lustful. According to the records of the Star Luo Empire, there were once several groups of wolf bandits roaming around, causing considerable losses to the Star Luo Empire. However, the Star Luo Empire eventually sent out troops to wipe out all of these wolf bandits. Why are they suddenly appearing again now?
And judging from what the general just reported, these wolf bandits who suddenly appeared actually invaded the three cities in southern Xinjiang at the same time. The scale seems a bit large.

Just as Dai Yaochen was thinking this, Dai Tianyu quickly opened the secret report. After reading the contents, he couldn't help but stand up from his seat: "At least three thousand wolf bandits?!"

The half-human, half-wolf monster Wolf Thief is extremely powerful, and because he inherited some of the power of the Wind Wolf, he can also control the wind to a certain extent. To be honest, the Wolf Thief is actually not much different from a low-level soul beast.

The strength of each Wolf Bandit is basically comparable to that of a human soul master at level 20 or 30. Five hundred Wolf Bandits together can defeat a regular army of ten thousand people. Now the secret report actually says that the number of Wolf Bandits is at least three thousand?

Dai Tianyu immediately threw the secret report in his hand to the ground: "With so many wolf bandits gathering, the military didn't receive any information in advance? What is the intelligence department for?!"

Faced with the emperor's questioning, the general just kept wiping his cold sweat and said nothing.

If the number of Wolf Bandits was less than one thousand, he would still have the excuse that the scale of the Wolf Bandits was too small, so the intelligence department did not notice it. But now the number of Wolf Bandits has exceeded three thousand, so there is really nothing to say.

There is no doubt that the intelligence agencies have failed in their duties.

"Let's postpone the accountability for now." Seeing that the atmosphere in the study was a little tense, the crown prince Dai Yaochen had no choice but to speak, "The most urgent task is to deal with the wolf bandit incident as soon as possible."

Seeing Dai Yaochen stepping forward to smooth things over, the general couldn't help but look at him with gratitude.

"The military intelligence department must be properly rectified after going down, and this kind of thing must not be allowed to happen again!" Dai Tianyu also calmed down, and immediately issued an order, "Order the Southern Army to send 100,000 troops to relieve the three cities in southern Xinjiang and annihilate the three thousand wolf bandits in one fell swoop!"

"Your Majesty." After hearing Dai Tianyu's order, the general hesitated for a moment, then said, "The Southern Legion will send out 100,000 soldiers, which will surely wipe out the Wolf Bandits. However, the strength of the 3,000 Wolf Bandits should not be underestimated. I'm afraid the 100,000-man army will suffer heavy losses. I wonder if Your Majesty can send a few more teams of Royal Knights to help?"

If an ordinary army were to encircle and suppress so many wolf bandits who were comparable to low-level soul beasts, even if they were successful, the losses would be huge. However, if they could receive assistance from the most elite royal knights of the Xing Luo Empire, the losses could be greatly reduced.

After all, the presence or absence of elite troops has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of an army.

"Hmm." Dai Tianyu thought what the general said made sense. He hesitated for a moment and made a decision, "Then send out ten teams of royal knights."

As he said this, Dai Tianyu looked at Dai Yaochen on the side and said, "The prince will lead the team and set out tomorrow to join the 100,000-strong Southern Army to help wipe out the 3,000 wolf bandits!"

The number of royal knights in the ten teams is about one thousand. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is no problem for one thousand royal knights to defeat ten thousand regular troops, so this is indeed a considerable force.

Dai Yaochen didn't expect that his cheap father would actually ask him to take action, but he didn't refuse and immediately accepted the order.

He has been staying in the imperial city all the time, either practicing or helping Dai Tianyu deal with government affairs, which made him seem a little rusty. It would be good for him to get out and move around.

After receiving the order, Dai Yaochen quickly left the palace.

He will set out with a thousand royal knights tomorrow. Time is tight, so he must act as soon as possible and cannot delay.

Although with an army of 100,000 plus a thousand royal knights, it should not be a problem to encircle and suppress the three thousand wolf bandits, this is the first time he has led troops into battle after being enthroned as the crown prince. So to be on the safe side, Dai Yaochen still wants to make more preparations. After leaving the palace, he headed towards the west of the city.

Whether it is the regular army or the royal knights, they are basically ordinary people. In the matter of encircling and suppressing the wolf bandits, it would be best if there were help from soul masters.

(End of this chapter)