Dragon Blood King

3Of course, this was only the beginning. If one was not careful on the battlefield, it was very possible that they would lose everything. The Woodgod Kingdom army had swallowed the thirty thousand main force of the Crimson Dragon Army, but had only lost half of their troops. Not only did the Crimson Dragon Army lose thirty thousand troops, it was the main force as well, and it was also the most elite force of the army that Liu Yunxuan had brought along with her from the Red Dragon Legion.    

    

After losing 30,000 of its main forces, the Crimson Dragon Army only had around 30,000 soldiers left to defend the front lines. However, it was obvious that their strength was insufficient.    

    

On the contrary, after the Woodgod Kingdom had swallowed all thirty thousand of the Scarlet Dragon Army's main forces, they immediately rearranged their troops and set up a formation. Once again, they pushed their defensive line forward, completely suppressing the Scarlet Dragon Army's remaining thirty thousand soldiers, and started their fierce offensive.    

    

Even though Liu Yunxuan had deployed her troops with all her might, using all means at her disposal to hold the line, it was too late for her to make amends.    

    

Of course, Mu Lingluo wouldn't give the Crimson Dragon Army any chance to catch their breath. With lightning speed, she broke through the Crimson Dragon Army's left wing defense line and quickly occupied a strategic location on the left wing defense line. Like a burning fire, she rapidly devoured the lines on the left wing defense line one by one.    

    

Fortunately, Liu Yunxuan had expected it and had pulled out the troops overnight. Along the way, they had even schemed for the pursuers of the Woodgod Kingdom army to lose a few thousand people, but it was still nothing more than a drop in the bucket.    

    

In order to preserve her fighting strength, Liu Yunxuan had no choice but to have the right flank retreat quickly. In the end, they had to regroup with the main camp, and at that time, the Crimson Dragon Army only had a bit more than 20,000 soldiers.    

    

At this point, the front lines of the Crimson Dragon Army had been completely occupied, and most of the villages located at the rear lines of the front lines were affected by the flames of war.    

    

The remaining six camps that were located behind the front lines, including Logistics Battalion, had all retreated as well. The Scarlet Dragon Army led by Liu Yunxuan split into three groups, and retreated to the Yishui Pass located between Tianbei Military Camp and Chendong's camp, as well as Xialong Pass from the north and Jiatian Pass from the east. They formed the last line of defense.    

    

And this last line of defense, was also the boundary between the Holy Dragon Kingdom's territory and the battle zone. In other words, once one of the three entrances was breached, the Woodgod Kingdom would be able to step into the territory of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, and several cities at the borders, as well as the surrounding villages and towns would be threatened, and this included the Yi City where the Red Dragon Legion headquarters was located.    

    

To the Crimson Dragon Army who had never allowed a nation's army to step into the territory of the Holy Dragon Kingdom, this was absolutely a great disgrace!    

    

After the Scarlet Dragon Army suffered heavy losses, the news of the emergency at the Border of Lianluo Battlefront was spread back to the Imperial City. The sudden defeat of the Scarlet Dragon Army in such a sorry state by the Woodgod Kingdom army also caused Dragon Emperor, the royal family, and the hundred officials of the civil and martial families to be completely stunned. They did not understand how the Scarlet Dragon Army lost so badly, and Liu Yunxuan's ability to lead was also questioned.    

    

Liu Cheng did not dare to be careless anymore, and rushed back to Border of Lianluo as fast as he could. He transferred another thirty thousand elite soldiers from the base camp to the Yishui Pass, and replaced Liu Yunxuan to take command of the Crimson Dragon Army.    

    

At the same time, in the face of such a good situation, Mu Lingluo also immediately ordered for the rear of the Woodgod Kingdom to send more troops to the front line. In a single breath, she increased the strength of the troops to eighty thousand.    

    

Even if Liu Cheng brought thirty thousand elite soldiers to reinforce him, he could only consolidate his defense line for three stages. If he wanted to fight head on with the Woodgod Kingdom army, which was flourishing with unstoppable morale, it would be impossible.    

    

Adding on the thirty thousand elite troops that Liu Cheng had urgently deployed from the base camp and the remaining troops that had withdrawn from the front line, the Red Dragon Army only had a total of fifty thousand soldiers defending the three stages. On average, the troops guarding the three stages were less than twenty thousand, and they were already like thin paper, let alone the army that had sufficient manpower to fight against the Woodgod Kingdom army.    

    

Therefore, the fact that the Crimson Dragon Army could defend against three trials was already pretty good!    

    

If the Crimson Dragon Army wanted to regain their strength, they must first steadily defend the three stages to gain time. This was because Liu Cheng had already ordered the Crimson Dragon Army stationed in other border towns to prepare to launch a counterattack when the situation was stable.    

    

However, if the Scarlet Dragon Army wasn't facing the Woodgod Kingdom army led by Mu Lingluo, they might still have a chance to catch their breath. Unfortunately, the Scarlet Dragon Army coincidentally bumped into Mu Lingluo, the most outstanding military genius in all of history.    

    

Even though Liu Cheng was one of the three Great Godly General of Holy Dragon Kingdom, a veteran of thousands of battles, and had seen great storms and great waves, he, who had all kinds of achievements, profound understanding of all kinds of combat methods and formations, finally met his match this time. Just on the first day that he was guarding Yishui Pass, an urgent report came from his Xialong Pass, saying that the thirty thousand strong Woodgod Kingdom army was preparing to surround and attack Xialong Pass.    

    

At that moment, in a building located in the center of the Yishui Pass, Liu Cheng, his father, his two brothers, Elite Cavalry Commander, and several Thousand Cavalry Commanders, including Ma Lan, were currently discussing how to deal with the siege on the Xialong Pass.    

    

"I think that Woodgod Kingdom must have recognized that Xialong Pass only has a troop strength of ten thousand, so I wanted to use my military strength to gain the upper hand and take over Xialong Pass in one go." Ma Lan spoke with a delicate face.    

    

"But, Xialong Pass is one of the most defensible and difficult stages of the three trials. That's why Grand Commander only sent ten thousand troops to guard the Xialong Pass. Even if Woodgod Kingdom has a thirty thousand strong army besieging Xialong Pass, it may not even be enough to take down Xialong Pass in an instant. I think that the Woodgod Kingdom Army is really too complacent, and think that our Crimson Dragon Army will really let them do whatever they want! " Elite Cavalry Commander immediately raised an objection, at the same time he was extremely angry at Woodgod Kingdom.    

    

When the other commanders heard this, they followed suit.    

    

"This time, the Scarlet Dragon Army has fallen into such a predicament, it's all my fault. If it wasn't for my moment of carelessness, and the fact that I didn't expect that the Woodgod Kingdom would set a trap, our Crimson Dragon Army wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses. The light in Liu Yunxuan's eyes dimmed as she blamed herself.    

    

"It is not the Vice Commander-in-Chief's fault. It can only be said that the commander of the Woodgod Kingdom is much stronger than what we imagined … " Ma Lan immediately spoke up for Liu Yunxuan.    

    

When the other commanders heard this, they started whispering to each other, as though they had their own opinions. But even if they had any thoughts, they did not dare to say it out loud, since even Liu Yunxuan was not a match for the Woodgod Kingdom Commander, let alone the commanders like them.    

    

"This time, our Crimson Dragon Army has indeed underestimated the strength of our Woodgod Kingdom Commander, which is why we suffered such heavy losses. Therefore, we must be more cautious and not make the same mistake again!" Liu Cheng obviously knew that this time, the Crimson Dragon Army would lose so badly, and it wasn't because his daughter's ability to lead the army was lacking, but rather, the ability of this Woodgod Kingdom general to lead the army was more skillful. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to push the defense line forward boldly and lure the Crimson Dragon Army into a trap when he was at a disadvantage.