Vientiane Throne of Civilization

Chapter 1731 The Snake-Man Attack
As the only person in the Northeast Army who knew Zhou Ye's identity, Li Ce couldn't help but sigh that their emperor had truly given birth to a clever son.

After learning from me for a while, the opponent has basically mastered some of my tactical ideas.

In Li Ce's view, Zhou Ye's learning ability was second only to his other disciple, Wei Qing. Overall, Wei Qing was more intelligent.

However, putting that aside, Li Ce felt that Zhou Ye and Wei Qing each had their own advantages.

Wei Qing's strength lies in his exceptional decisiveness.

This ability may not be apparent in normal times, but it can often come in very handy at critical moments.

Zhou Ye's strength lies in his exceptional understanding of troop command and tactics.

If you teach him a tactic or command trick, he can immediately understand it and apply it to other situations.

He also possesses strong leadership charisma; even without his identity being fully exposed, he naturally becomes the center of attention in the daily life of the military.

He seemed to possess a certain inexplicable persuasive power, and many people were willing to listen to him.

Even Li Ce couldn't help but exclaim, "Truly worthy of being His Majesty's son."

Of course, as of now, Zhou Ye's tactics and command are still theoretical. Although he has performed very well in training exercises, he still lacks the test of actual combat.

What he needs right now is to gradually accumulate practical experience.

Therefore, Li Ce also gave him the opportunity to gradually participate in some practical deployments and decision-making.

"So, how do you think we should defend this plain below?"

Faced with Li Ce's question again, Zhou Ye was clearly prepared. He pointed to the plain in front of him and began to talk at length.

Half a month is neither a long nor a short time, but it's enough for the Great Zhou army to complete some basic deployments.

After all, having left their own camp, they had essentially given up their home advantage, so there was no point in dwelling on it now.

And just like that, half a month passed quietly.

Considering the snake people's nocturnal nature, Zhou Ye proposed adjusting the soldiers' schedules in batches as early as halfway through the day.

The snake people are nocturnal, so their soldiers also rest during the day and stand by at night.

This adjustment method aims to help them achieve a better combat readiness.

As the estimated time approached, the soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty entered a state of first-level combat readiness.

After all, the time provided by Smith's side is not precise. The snake people may arrive a few days earlier or a few days later. They need to be mentally prepared for the possibility of error.

In the stillness of the night, with no moon in sight, the world seemed to be plunged into darkness, with only the Great Zhou camp, situated on the Smith border, still lit by a few fires.

Meanwhile, inside the command headquarters, Li Ce, Zhou Ye, and Qian Sui were all present.

Among them, Chisui was the most relaxed, simply lying down and taking a nap, seemingly not taking the upcoming battle to heart at all.

Just then, Chitose suddenly opened her eyes and stretched slowly with a soft sound.

"Are the snake people here?"

Seeing Qian Sui's movements, Zhou Ye immediately perked up.

Qian Sui nodded, then stepped over and nuzzled Zhou Ye with her head, as if reminding him not to run around, before turning and walking out of the tent.

As a transcendent being at the Vajra Realm level, Qian Sui's senses were far more acute than those of human martial artists of the same level. Before Hilke and the others could react, it had already detected the movement.

Qian Sui's actions acted as a signal, prompting the stationed Great Zhou troops to quickly enter combat mode. At the same time, in the outer desert, the snake-men who were rapidly approaching also noticed the fires at the Great Zhou camp immediately.

"What tricks are those humans up to now?"

Clearly, the snake people had also noticed that the camp had moved from the mountainside to the plains.

The Snake King didn't seem to care at all about this change.

"What does it matter? It's good to have some new fun."

From the Snake King's perspective, the Smith Kingdom had long been crushed and humiliated by them.

He may be arrogant, but he's not stupid.

If the Smith Kingdom posed even the slightest threat to them, he wouldn't act so recklessly.

Under the cover of night, the snake people quickly approached the camp.

As the distance continued to close, the soldiers on the perimeter of the camp must have noticed the presence of the snake people, and they hurriedly fled into the camp.

Upon seeing this, the snake-men all let out sharp laughter, completely pursuing the snake with a playful attitude.

Although there were fires in the camp, the light was much dimmer than they had expected.

Fortunately, the snake people do not rely on vision to lock onto their targets, so the issue of light did not have any substantial impact on them.

Faced with the soldiers who had lined up in the camp, ready to fight, the long-starved snake people launched an attack like wolves among sheep.

As they approached their target, their skillful snake-binding techniques allowed them to quickly entangle their prey.

However, it was this entanglement that made the snake people instantly realize that something was wrong.

As the soldiers lost their balance, their helmets fell off, and their simple clothes were also stripped away during the snake binding process, revealing pale skeletons.

At that moment, the snake people, who were about to feast on the skeletons they had entangled, were dumbfounded as they watched them rush into the camp. Their minds were a little blank.

Before the snake people could react, a deafening roar shattered the tranquility of the night!

At that moment, the earth shook violently!

The terrifying shockwave, accompanied by rolling flames, spread rapidly, instantly engulfing the entire camp.

The snake people, who were lagging behind and hadn't even rushed into the camp, were terrified.

Amidst the flames, a figure swiftly rushed out, the protective aura covering the body offsetting the impact of the explosion, allowing the figure to land in a safe area.

Realizing something was wrong, the Snake King rushed out of the camp at the first moment. Turning his head to look at the towering flames, a look of surprise involuntarily appeared on his face.

Just by feeling the aftershocks of the explosion, one can tell how astonishing its power was.

Those snake-men who didn't react in time and escaped with you have no chance of survival.

At this moment, the strong smell of gunpowder constantly stimulated the Snake King's sense of smell, as if mocking his arrogance.

In fact, the snake people have a very keen sense of smell; they could smell a strong gunpowder odor as soon as they approached the camp.

However, when the Kingdom of Smith fought against them earlier, the use of flintlock muskets also required a lot of gunpowder, which made their camps smell of gunpowder everywhere.

This led the snake people to subconsciously associate the smell of gunpowder with the human camp, and no one took it seriously.

Who could have imagined that it would be such a stunning blow!
(End of this chapter)