Douluo: Purple Brilliance Shines, Sun, Moon, Mountains and Rivers Are Forever

Chapter 126 Youthful Spirit, Pointing Out the Future; Let Me Touch Your Leg (4K)

After exchanging pleasantries, they finally began to discuss the basic situation of the Mingdou Mountains and the battle situation at the front.

The group moved to the sand table, where a scale model of the Mingdou Mountains was displayed, showing the main terrain features. The small flags on the sand table indicated the military deployment points of the Sun Moon Empire in this area.

From the sand table, the terrain of the Mingdou Mountains is complex, long and narrow, stretching for thousands of miles. It is not only rugged and difficult to traverse, but also makes the defense forces of the line relatively dispersed.

Thanks to the fact that the Sun Moon Empire's soul guidance technology was far ahead of the Star Luo Empire, far beyond their reach, they quickly deployed a tight air defense monitoring system for the Mingdou Mountains as soon as the Star Luo Empire reinforced its troops on the border.

In the direction of the Mingdou Mountains near the Sun Moon Empire, the Imperial Dragon Soul Guidance Corps deployed a large number of high-altitude detection soul guides, soul guide radars, and defensive soul guide positions.

The vast majority of these high-altitude soul tools were the work of Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin, which is why Xu Tianyuan respected him so much.

After listening to Xu Tianyuan's description of the defenses in the Mingdou Mountains, Xu Tianze stroked his chin and pondered quietly.

Seeing him lost in thought, Xu Tianyuan asked, "Sixth Prince, do you have any ideas about our army's deployment?"

"No, no, Brother Tianyuan's defenses are very thorough. I reckon that no matter how difficult it is for their Star Luo Empire, they will find it hard to cross the line."

"Don't give me that! I heard His Majesty was going to send you here, so I stayed up all night studying all the battles you've fought, especially your most recent campaign to quell a rebellion."

Back then, you led a mere few hundred elite Soul Masters, appearing and disappearing unpredictably deep within the rebel territory, using tactical maneuvers to make infiltration and disregard the enemy's defenses and blockades.

Not only that, you even destroyed the enemy's stronghold, killed the entire family of Duke Lin of Wei, and had tens of thousands of troops chasing after them, only to be led around like dogs by you.

This clearly shows that although you are young, you are already a mature general, and you love to surprise the enemy and catch them off guard.

"Brother Tianyuan, you flatter me. The Imperial Dragon Soul Instructor Corps has indeed done a good job in defense, and I really have no complaints."

However, if I were the commander of the Star Luo Empire, I could easily find other ways to break through your defenses.

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianyuan immediately became interested. "Sixth Prince, I'm very curious, if it were you, what would you do?"

“Brother Tianyuan, the most dangerous enemy is often not the one you can see, but the one you can’t see.”

"Does Your Highness mean that the enemy will choose to bypass our monitoring range and infiltrate behind our lines?"

"No. I know that the high-altitude detection soul guide device developed by Elder Ye is something that the Star Luo Empire currently does not have an effective way to deal with."

What I'm saying is not that I want to confront your army head-on, but rather that I want to subdue the enemy without fighting.

If I remember correctly, there is a water source originating from the Mingdou Mountains that flows into our Sun Moon Empire, passing through four important military towns, right?

"Your Highness is right. This river is the Xingyue River, the largest river in the Mingdou Mountain Range system, and is affectionately called the Mother River by the soldiers and civilians along the river."

As he spoke, Xu Tianyuan pointed out the location of the Xingyue River on the sand table, which originates from the top of the Mingdou Mountains and flows towards the important border defense area.

"The source of the Mother River is firmly controlled by the enemy. Brother Tianyuan, do you dare to drink the water of this river?"

Xu Tianyuan was stunned by these words. Of course he drank it. Not only him, but who among the soldiers and civilians along the river didn't drink the water of Xingyue River? They had never thought that there would be any problems with this daily drinking water.

"What does your Highness mean by this?"

"If I add something to this river, at best it will pollute the water source and deprive us of drinking water, and at worst it will cause a highly contagious poison or plague."

At that time, along the Xingyue River, every household will be draped in white mourning clothes, and nine out of ten houses will be empty. Brother Tianyuan, if I were to use this trick, what will you do then?

Xu Tianze's words left him speechless for a long time; this action was far beyond Xu Tianyuan's comprehension.

Can war still be fought like this?
"No way! This river supplies not only the border troops but also hundreds of millions of civilians. This is against the natural order; how could the Star Luo Empire do such a thing?"

"If they were to suffer a crushing defeat, what wouldn't they be capable of?"

Xu Tianyuan suddenly looked towards the source of the Star Moon River.

If everything is as Xu Tianze said, or if the Star Luo Empire has already poisoned the river, then no matter how many soul tools they possess, they will not be able to stop the Star Luo Empire from tearing apart their proud defenses of twelve key towns.

"I was just proposing a hypothesis. Don't worry, Brother Tianyuan, even you haven't thought of this, the Star Luo Empire might not be able to either."

"You can't say that. As long as there is even one person in this world who can think of it, the defenses of the twelve key towns could be breached at any time."

This concerns the life and death of hundreds of millions of civilians in the Eastern Military Region of the Sun Moon Empire. Your Highness, please teach me how to resolve this predicament.

If Xu Tianyuan's previous respect for Xu Tiance stemmed from his status as a prince, now it was due to his admiration for Xu Tiance's wisdom and ingenious ideas.

The person who came up with this method is vicious, but also extremely intelligent.

Little did they know, this was just the beginning; for victory, there were countless methods, no matter how ruthless.

Xu Tianyuan truly lived up to his reputation as someone capable of shouldering great responsibilities. As an imperial prince and a level nine soul master, he was able to humble himself and take the initiative to learn from a child.

If it were any other prince, even if Crown Prince Xu Tianran were to personally attend, Xu Tianyuan might not have been able to command such respect.

The main reason was that Xu Tianze's words were truly chilling. By pointing at one point, he had turned a thousand miles of fertile land into a living hell in an instant. The Star Luo Empire's army was rampaging across the Eastern Territory as if it were empty. If such a scene were to occur, even a hundred deaths would not be enough to atone for his sins.

He was truly flexible and resolute, never ambiguous on matters of principle, which explains why he earned the trust and respect of the Sun and Moon Emperor and the royal family.

Nan Mingyu followed suit, bowing to Xu Tianze to ask for his advice.

He listened to every word Xu Tianze said. Yuhu Pass was one of the four major military strongholds through which the Xingyue River flowed, and he could not stand by and watch such a scene unfold.

“Brother Tianyuan, General Nan, you don’t need to do this. I came here to lead the army to assist in the defense, and I will not stand by and watch the border fall.”

So, Xu Tianze, Xu Tianyuan, and Nan Mingyu stood around the sand table, pointing and talking non-stop, as if they had endless ideas to share.

While the three were chatting enthusiastically, Ye Yulin quietly withdrew from the military tent.

He doesn't understand military affairs, nor does he need to. All he needs to do is protect Xu Tianze; everything else is irrelevant to him.

Everyone has their own area of ​​expertise; he would be better off spending that time making more soul tools.

With Xu Tianze joining them, Xu Tianyuan and Nan Mingyu realized that their supposedly impenetrable defenses actually had so many loopholes.

They've learned something new today; they've realized that war isn't just about armies and soul-guided devices.

Besides, there are far too many factors that influence the course of the battle; it would take three days and three nights to talk about them all.

They had witnessed firsthand how terrifying Xu Tianze was. If they could, they would never want to be his enemy. This kid was cunning and wicked, and being his enemy would be a terrible thing.
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Even under the starry night sky, the military tents were still brightly lit.

Outside the military tent, Di Qiu'er stood gracefully, watching Xu Tianze's figure with great satisfaction as he pointed out the state of the country from inside the tent.

Xu Tianze was only fourteen years old, yet he was engaged in a lively discussion with two top experts. The young man was full of vigor and seemed to be shining brightly, making it impossible for anyone to look away.

Feeling the intense gaze upon him, Xu Tianze suddenly turned around and saw a beautiful woman standing gracefully in the dim light.

Di Qiu'er picked up the food box, pointed at it with her finger, and mouthed as if to say, "I've prepared something delicious, waiting for you to join me."

Xu Tianze smiled slightly and gave an OK sign. The previous round of discussion had come to an end, and seeing that the other two were still engrossed in it, Xu Tianze apologetically interrupted them.

“Brother Tianyuan, General Nan, it’s getting late, how about… we call it a day?”

Xu Tianyuan looked outside the tent and saw that it was indeed late. "My bad, my bad, I forgot the time. Your Highness, you just arrived today and must be tired from your journey. You should go back and rest early."

"In that case, I shall respectfully accept your offer. We will have many opportunities to serve together in the army. As I am new here, I hope my cousin Tianyuan and General Nan will not hesitate to offer their guidance on any shortcomings."

"Not at all, Your Highness's wise words are truly enlightening for General Nan and me."

After exchanging pleasantries, Xu Tianze walked out of the tent and went straight to Di Qiu'er.

"Am I disturbing you?"

Xu Tianze smiled slightly and gently stroked her delicate nose. "I should thank you, otherwise they would have squeezed all the food out of my belly."

"I'm glad I didn't disturb you."

"Qiu'er is the best! I'm so hungry. What delicious food do you have in this food box?"

"I knew you'd be hungry, so I went to the tavern in town and got some to go. Here, see if this is what you like to eat?"

Xu Tianze opened the food box and saw two fragrant roasted fish lying peacefully inside.

"It's grilled fish."

"Like it?"

"Of course. Come on, let's find a place to eat together."

Xu Tianyuan and Nan Mingyu walked out of the military tent and saw the two of them running away hand in hand.

It was only then that they realized that His Highness was just a teenager, and an unmarried man at that.

But for such a long time, they treated him as an equal, and even humbly asked him for advice from time to time.

"General Nan, what is your impression of our Sixth Prince?"

"His intelligence is almost supernatural. I don't know about other places, but I do know that if His Highness's ideas were applied to Yuhu Pass one by one, Yuhu Pass would have been breached dozens of times over."

This has nothing to do with the type of military equipment or forces deployed; there's not even a need for a direct confrontation. Yuhu Pass is already in Your Highness's grasp. To be honest, Your Highness, I'm afraid I'll be having another sleepless night tonight.”

"I think Your Highness has good taste."

"what?"

Xu Tianyuan patted Nan Mingyu on the shoulder, "Mingyu, don't think about so many things after get off work. Soldiers are human too, and they should also pay attention to the balance between work and rest."

Sigh, seeing His Highness and the others makes me miss my husband a bit. He insists on going back to my parents' house for two months, which makes me...it makes me so sad.
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"I'm so full."

After eating and drinking his fill, Xu Tianze rubbed his stomach, lay back on the grass, and gazed at the starry sky with satisfaction.

"This grilled fish is pretty good, isn't it?"

"Hmm. Qiu'er, you're new here, how did you find such a delicious grilled fish restaurant?"

"This is all thanks to you."

Xu Tianze lay on his side on the grass, propping his head up as he looked at her. "What does this have to do with me?"

"You're quite a celebrity in the Sun Moon Empire. Not long after we entered the city, the people in the streets and alleys were already spreading the word that His Highness the Sixth Prince had personally visited Yuhu Pass."

I came into town with you, and I got recognized because of you. As soon as they heard I was buying food for you, they recommended this to me.

"So it was recommended by a local. No wonder. Qiu'er, if you like it in the future, you can go and eat it yourself. You don't need to bring it to me."

"Do you not like it?"

Xu Tianze shook his head. "Of course I like it, but as the commander-in-chief, I don't want to set an example by doing special treatment. In the same military camp, the brothers eat military rations, but I get special meals every day. It would set a bad example."

"But aren't you a prince? Princes are a bit special, so your subordinates probably won't say anything."

"Indeed, but I don't want to cause bad practices to spread in the military because of me. As the saying goes, if the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked too, so I should set an example."

"If you're not going to eat, then I won't eat either."

"Strictly speaking, you are not a member of the military."

"I am your personal guard captain. You're saying I'm not a soldier?"

Xu Tianze couldn't help but laugh and raised his hands in surrender, "I misspoke, you're a soldier."

Di Qiu'er gave a coquettish snort, "I'm not that fussy. What you can eat, I can eat too. Don't treat me like a delicate little lady. I don't need your special treatment."

"it is good."

Just as Xu Tianze was about to lie down again, Di Qiu'er grabbed his collar and pulled him up again.

"what's wrong?"

"You haven't cultivated all day, hurry up and start cultivating the Holy Yang Technique."

"No way, can I double my training tomorrow? After eating and drinking my fill, I should lie down, put my left leg on top of my right leg, and be a good-for-nothing."

"No way! You're getting lazier and lazier. Your diligence directly affects my delicious food. Get up and start practicing the Holy Yang Technique. I'll practice with you if necessary."

Xu Tianze waved his hand dejectedly, turned over, and a fake snoring sound came from him.

"If you keep pretending to be asleep and trying to fool me, I'll pull out my Golden Dragon Spear!"

"I'm scared of you."

Under Di Qiu'er's resentful gaze, Xu Tianze finally sat up reluctantly. "Come on."

You look like you're very reluctant.

"No."

"If you obediently cultivate with me, I'll let you touch my leg, how about that?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianze immediately perked up, his eyes shining as he looked at the pair of beautiful legs encased in black stockings and boots. "Zun Du, fake Du?"

"Ha, man!"

(End of this chapter)