#59 - Chapter 59 Another Misjudgment

“Damn it!”

“How did he do that?”

Gu Changqing slammed his fist on the table in front of him, staring at the Heavenly Dao System.

“Why can he send his soldiers in dozens of directions at the same time, attacking different targets?”

“And why does he...”

Gu Changqing, with bloodshot eyes, looked at the battle damage reports sent by his allies and said furiously.

“Exploit every tiny mistake you make and launch an attack without hesitation!”

Hearing Gu Changqing's words, the other lords temporarily under his command lowered their heads in silence.

Gu Changqing, sensing the silence around him, became even more enraged.

No, at this point, he no longer felt anger, only the unwillingness after disappointment.

In fact, Gu Changqing and the others hadn't performed too badly in Wu Wei's first probing attack.

Over ninety percent of the demon soldiers were killed, with less than ten percent managing to return to the Abyss territory with their spoils.

But the problem was that Wu Wei had never intended to recover these dead demons.

Their sole purpose was to create as much death and destruction as possible before they died.

And they certainly succeeded in doing so.

Hundreds of small demon armies entered the hinterland of the Gu Changqing alliance through the gaps in the defense line, slaughtering and destroying everything.

Moreover, besides the important production facilities, these damned beasts didn't even spare the farmers, lumberjacks, and other civilians.

Countless civilian units were burned, killed, and looted by the demons, and a large number were taken back to the Abyss territory, their fates unknown.

Not to mention that the teleportation portal of a branch lord of the Gu family was forcibly destroyed by the demons.

Countless precious resource points were turned to nothing.

Such a painful loss was the real reason Gu Changqing and the others couldn't accept it.

“There's really no way, these dark beasts move every time beyond our expectations.”

“They either dangle our main forces, not giving us a chance to attack.”

“Or they lure our small forces into encirclements, using their superior numbers to eliminate them.”

“And often our troops have to protect resource locations, so we can only passively take a beating.”

“So there's nothing we can do about it!”

Hearing someone say this, Gu Changqing felt even dizzier with anger.

“What did you say?”

“Beyond your expectations? Are you a pig!”

“I clearly marked all of Wu Wei's marching routes with the help of aerial units and shared them on the public map, and you're telling me you couldn't react?”

Gu Changqing and the others had a public map from the Heavenly Dao System, on which they could mark various things and share them with others.

More importantly, there were aerial units in Gu Changqing's alliance.

Although not many, these aerial units were far superior to Wu Wei's Laurent demons, with griffon knights and gnome aircraft easily defeating them.

So for Gu Changqing and the others, the real-time situation on the battlefield should have been transparent, and Wu Wei's chaotic attacks should have been easily resolved.

But the actual situation was known to everyone.

Wu Wei's command of his troops was very flexible, and he didn't give them any chances. If the situation wasn't right, Wu Wei would immediately change his original target and send the demons to the next possible one.

Moreover, there was a most important reason for Gu Changqing and the others' failure.

That was selfishness!

Although Gu Changqing and the others were nominally an alliance.

But this alliance was very loose, and their command was even more chaotic.

When they acted as individual alliance members, they often felt constrained when facing Wu Wei's attacks, not using their full strength.

Because their troops had to attack Wu Wei's demon armies, but also guard against possible attacks from other demon armies.

Their own private property was the most important thing.

Who knew if these so-called allies would become their enemies in the future?

So this was what every member of the alliance, including Gu Changqing, was thinking and doing.

Preserving their own strength as much as possible, and letting others suffer more losses.

This was the real reason for Gu Changqing and the others' defeat.

An alliance naturally has a variety of ideas within it.

So in the absence of a strong leader, command only becomes more and more chaotic.

But Wu Wei was different. Although his demons were chaotic, he as the Abyss Lord was incredibly clear-headed and said one thing and meant it.

So, after the battle began, Wu Wei's seemingly chaotic attacks had an extremely strong effect.

What he saw through was not only the weaknesses in these lords' defenses.

He also saw through these lords' true intentions and desires!

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“Forget it, these losses are great, but not unacceptable.”

“We have lost so many resource production areas, but Wu Wei has also lost a large number of soldiers.”

“So strictly speaking, we just made an exchange.”

Gu Changqing looked at Wu Wei's recent movements and confirmed a piece of information.

“Everyone, let's put aside our past grievances.”

“Because in my opinion, the previous wave was just Wu Wei's first probing attack.”

“Currently, more demon armies are being mobilized in Wu Wei's territory.”

“I can feel that the next wave of attacks is coming soon.”

“This is a test, and also a new opportunity.”

“As long as we can avoid making fatal mistakes again, then we can completely defend against Wu Wei's next probing attack, and then immediately attack Wu Wei's territory and seize it!”

Hearing this, many lords became serious.

Gu Changqing was right. Wu Wei's attacks were not without limits. In the previous first probing attack, Wu Wei also exposed the problems of poor army quality and a lack of hero units.

So, as long as they could seize Wu Wei's opportunity, then the previous losses could be made up for.

Thinking of this, the alliance that Gu Changqing was in quickly increased the number of garrisoned troops by an order of magnitude to guard against Wu Wei's possible attacks.

But no one could have imagined that.

Just when they were fully defending, Wu Wei's attack began.

However, Wu Wei's attack direction was the Bitter Sea Desert, which had no high occupation value?!

They had misjudged again!