The Legend of Min Hong

Chapter 456: Battle Plan [2] – Knowing Themselves

"Alright, onto the next scheme; an overview on the power level of our enemies"

Gong Yi stood up and brought everyone back to the matter at hand; But just as the old man tried to stand up once again to explain the matter, Yu Min held him and signifying that she was going to take over the explanation, and the man smiled and nodded at her;

He had seen something only a few people amongst them could notice to have changed about the current Yu Min

When some people have their pride or confidence receive a huge and difficult blow like this, they might never recover from it or in some rare cases, some might recover after some years, but there were some who would recover in no time, and that only showed the testament to their level of metal fortitude, and Yu Ming just showed that she was one of those who recovers in no time

She didn't do much, as she only needed to remember who she was, where she had come from, the level of pain, trouble and oppression she had suffered before she got to where she was, the level of hardship she had faced when establishing her information network, and the level of danger she had faced when doing so

Thus, she simply accepted the situation; there would always be someone who was stronger or better than she was, and it wasn't a bad thing as she would simply have to strive to reach and then surpass such a person; that was her current mindset and what snapped her out of her previous state and renewed her confidence

But the problem was, her idea was based on the fact that these people she was looking at were silk pants including the Min Hong she so adored, and there are possibilities that they might belong to powers who could crush the Land of Stones with a simple fart...

But whilst that was mostly true, since Tong Tian's clan alone could destroy the entire Land of Stones without having to mobilize one percent of their forces, Min Hong didn't have such a life

She might grow up to be possess a stronger growth potential than most of the people within the hideout, but even based on her idea, she hadn't faced one percent of what Min Hong had gone through in his life

If she never finds out about Min Hong's past, then that might be the best for her, but if she did, then perhaps, it would not only shatter her pride, but she might find her Dao heart destroyed which would put an end to her hopes of being an immortal

"The top 10 strongest experts in the land of stones each possesses 1500 men under their rule, and that excludes the Nirvana stage expert who has none and Gu Ming; who has more than four times as much"

"I have evaluated all of them and summed them up which to a specific number"

"In total, we would be facing at least 18,000 men with 10,000 being in the Dan Formation stage, 7,000 being in the Nascent Soul stage and 1,000 being in the Peak Nascent Soul stage"

"One of these top 10 experts named Fao Hai; Gu Ming's right hand man, had been killed by an unknown figure, but his troops have been mobilized to the Diamond Crust Inn, where they are all training under the supervision of the remaining nine of these top ten experts"

"I have also compiled their abilities and the type of weapons they wield-"

"That's enough"

Yu Min was about to continue but Min Hong interrupted her, stunning all the experts who really wanted to know every single details about their opponents even up to the rhythm of their breath, if possible; Gong Yi then stood up and explained;

"We do not care about the opponents abilities or their weapon type"

"All we need to know is their overall battle power, and now that we have that, we will plan on our battle strategy based on our own abilities, weapon expertise and battle power"

"Our leader is a person who believes that the more information about the opponent one has, the more complicated the battle plan becomes, and the weaker our overall strength becomes"

Gong Yi explained, but the experts could not fully comprehend Min Hong's perspective, so Min Hong stood up and Gong Yi kept quiet and sat back without Min Hong having to give any signals or speech, and all the experts were once again in awe of the group's tactical understanding

"I believe in seeing the simplicity in every complexity which is why I always opt for as less information as possible but there is one thing I must tell you all"

"The less we know about our enemies, the less organized we would be in battle, and the more complicated it would be for our opponents to catch up or figure out our battle strategy"

"My aim is to use our lack of organization and strategy to stun and befuddle our enemies"

"If two exerts of equal strength go into battle, the one who randomizes his techniques and art at irregular interval would be the most reckless, but also the most dangerous of them both, and that would put such a person's opponent in a defensive mode, and when they are in such state, the reckless expert can overwhelm them with so much confusion till they find an opening an seize it"

"Only a reckless and mad man can attack another reckless and mad man"

"Thus, we would only group you all according to the roles we would assign to you, and whatever tactics you all want to use would be at each of your discretions"

Min Hong revealed whilst the experts though could understand where he was coming from but couldn't believe that people from a sect of their caliber, who would obviously have more than enough battle formation and tactics would opt to go for no formations at all

"There would be no defense in this battle, and we will only be attacking in waves, and each member in front is responsible for both fighting and covering the blind spots of the two comrades closest to him"

"That way, all of you can battle without needing to stay alert for sneak attacks"

Min Hong explained and the experts understood his perspective;

This battle would be an all-out overwhelming attack which they wouldn't have to bother about defending anything that isn't coming from their front

"That simplifies our battle"

"Yeah, then I can fully focus on hacking anything in my path"

"I wouldn't mind taking of four experts with my strength in such state"

The experts all began to murmur amongst themselves whilst all the leaders looked on in awe

It seemed like their soldiers were even more confident in this battle than they are, or perhaps, they are just suffering from too much blood rushing into their heads;

"And I would also ensure that all your opponents have their minds split into as much thoughts as possible" Min Hong added

He was going to have his men focus on one thing throughout the entire battle whilst causing their enemies to think about so any scenarios that they can't fully focus on their opponent

An expert whose mind in split into defending, attacking and supporting his mates, would have his mind split into three parts, and once such an expert fights another expert who only has two thoughts in his mind, then he would be at a great disadvantage because his opponents is a thought process stronger than him

Thus three of Min Hong's men should be able to instantly defeat four of their enemies, battle five of them for a while before killing them, and finally hold six of their opponents back completely; and Min Hong was planning on giving their enemies more than five things to think about in their battle

Min Hong finished and sat as Gong Yi stood instantly;

"Of the top ten strongest experts, there is one Nirvana stage expert, one in the 8 Star Saint Stage, one in the 6 Star Saint stage, three in 5 Stars, two in three stars and one in the two stars, and that is excluding Fao Hai who has already been killed by our leader here" Gong Yi explained;

"And now, we would move to the last part of the scheme; an overview of our battle strength"

He added as he took his seat, and then, Jun Tao stood to his feet;

He was going to be the one to give the overview of their own strength as the elders had submitted the power level and number of experts under their command to him

"In our ranks, we have a total of 1,300 experts"

"300 in the Peak Nascent Soul stage, 500 in the Nascent Soul stage and 500 in the Dan Formation stage" He began;

"300 of our Dan Formation experts are very adept at ranged attacks, 500 of us are fleet footed and nimble and the rest are strong, burly men who can tank opponent attacks"

Jun Tao explained and sat down; it was very brief, just as Min Hong had wanted, and it felt incomplete to all the experts but felt really complete to Min Hong

The fewer they were, the less number of people for them to look after and the less number of casualties, they were likely to suffer if he launched a large scale attack

"Alright, I will leave you all to introduce your battle pattern to your neighbors and give guidance to each other"

"We have six hours, and we will march out once the heat and sun begins to subside You may carry on"

Min Hong waved the experts off as they all grabbed their weapons and began to pick their partners, showcasing their moves to each other, whilst the partner would point out their obvious flaws by counterattacking

Min Hong looked towards the elder and spoke;

"Now, it is our turn"

All the experts ignored everything else, and paid rapt attention as their faces turned solemn...

They were the crux of the entire battle, and a loss of the weakest expert amongst them puts about 200 of their men in a fatal life threatening situation, and that number would increase, the stronger the fallen one amongst them is...