Chapter 464 Plan
In a remote town, a large net is slowly spreading against the Nanfeng organization.
Knowing that it is a trap, will the people from Nanfeng Organization still go there?
Perhaps many members within Nanfeng are undecided about this.
Just as Su Xia expected, because of the rescue issue, the Nanfeng organization split into three factions.
In the underground secret base of the Nanfeng organization, the three factions argued from morning till night but never reached a conclusion.
One faction was determined to go for the rescue, and even though they knew there were great risks, they were unwilling to give up the dozen or so captured members and did not want to watch them die.
"If we give up on them today, we can give up on more people tomorrow."
"This is not a matter of life and death, but a matter of team belief!"
The leader of this faction was named Wang Xiong. He had a powerful voice, a strong physique, a full beard, and wide-open eyes, like a big black bear. His clothes were almost bursting with his muscles.
He was not originally a member of the South Wind Organization, but the leader of a group of wandering mercenaries.
But he did not rob like other wandering mercenaries. He just circled a piece of land, cultivated fertile fields in the wilderness, captured wild animals, and led members of the organization to explore ruined cities from time to time to maintain the expenses of the entire organization.
Later, because of his admiration for the masked man, Wang Xiong brought a group of brothers from his organization to join Nanfeng and became an important force within Nanfeng.
There are many people like him who joined the Nanfeng organization midway.
He was a heroic, broad-minded person with a wide range of friends, and he attached great importance to brotherhood. He soon became an important figure in the Nanfeng organization.
"If we gave up the first time, we will give up the second and third time! If this goes on for a long time, what else can't we give up?" Wang Xiong stared with his eyes wide open, his voice as loud as thunder.
"I didn't say we should give up. I just need to take a long-term view and not fall into the enemy's trap!"
Opposite him was a young man named Chu Tang, whose face turned red with anger.
Chu Tang can be said to be a veteran figure in the Nanfeng organization.
He was originally a member of a mercenary organization.
At that time, Su Xia broke through the mercenary town and killed a large number of sinful wandering mercenaries. Only a few mercenaries were not killed.
And Chu Tang is one of them.
Su Xia saw that he had good intentions and did not really want to become a wandering mercenary, but was forced to do so and had to compromise.
When he was in the mercenary organization, he never participated in the crazy looting and killing, but only did some post-processing work.
Therefore, he was kept by Su Xia and became one of the first leaders of the Nanfeng organization, leading the Nanfeng organization to where it is today.
But his strength is really not that good, he can barely become a second-level psychic creature. There are already many people in the Nanfeng organization who are stronger than him, such as Wang Xiong in front of him.
"Let's take a long-term view?" Wang Xiong's eyes were as big as copper bells. "Those brothers will be tried in a few days. Where is the time make a plan? I don't think you want to save them at all! You are such a coward!"
"You said I was a rat?"
Chu Tang was so angry that his brain was about to smoke. He shouted: "You reckless man! Can't you use your brain? What's the use of having brute force? You are strong, maybe you can rush into that town and come out alive, but what about the other brothers?"
"You just don't have the courage to save people!" Wang Xiong shouted angrily.
"Then tell me, how do you want to save him?" Chu Tang was so angry that he asked Wang Xiong in person.
"I will divide my troops into three groups. One group will launch a feint attack, another group will sneak in ahead of time and sabotage the town No. 7 to distract their attention, and the third group will be responsible for rescuing people!" Wang Xiong naturally had a plan, otherwise he would not have kept shouting to save people.
Although he looks like a rough man, he is not a simple-minded person.
Those who can survive in the wilderness for a long time basically have some skills.
People who are not smart enough would not have survived to this day and would have long become fertilizer for the weeds and flowers in the wilderness.
"Feint? Sneak in?"
Chu Tang was filled with anger, and he shouted, "How many brothers will die in a feint attack? How many brothers who sneaked into the No. 7 town can come out alive? You clearly know that the town is a trap, why did you arrange it this way?"
Everyone is not stupid. They have all heard what the mercenaries said on the radio, so they are naturally aware of how dangerous Town No. 7 is.
Ultimately, this is a case of the trolley problem.
Is it worth it to save a dozen brothers, which may result in the death or injury of hundreds of brothers?
Some feel it is well worth it and are even willing to go into battle themselves. It doesn’t matter if they die in the rescue, as long as they can rescue their brothers!
Wang Xiong is such a person, and most of the people who support him are also like this.
"What are you afraid of?"
"It's nothing but death!"
Today's Nanfeng organization has been transformed. They have destroyed two mercenary towns and eliminated dozens of scattered small mercenary organizations.
With every victory, they would rescue a large number of slaves oppressed by mercenaries.
Most of those slaves were looted by mercenaries from villages and towns on the city’s borders. After being rescued, a large number of them chose to join the South Wind Organization and fight those wandering mercenaries to the end in order to rescue more people like them.
Hatred is always one of the most powerful beliefs that supports the fight!
Therefore, there are also some people who support Wang Xiong purely for the sake of fighting those wandering mercenaries, and they don’t care even if they die in the battle.
"I support Brother Wang Xiong. I don't care about anything else. As long as we can kill those damn mercenaries, that's enough!" Someone spoke in the dark corner of the underground secret room.
"Yes, if I kill one, I will break even. If I kill two, I will make a profit. I have made three now!"
"Haha, I've already earned five, huge profit!"
"Damn it! I just made enough money, but it's still not enough!"
Everyone spoke up, their voices filled with hatred.
Many of them had their families destroyed, their wives and daughters raped to death, their fathers and brothers brutally murdered by those wandering mercenaries. They no longer had any other beliefs in their lives but revenge!
In fact, it is this hatred that makes the cohesion of the South Wind Organization far greater than that of other organizations in the wilderness.
"Lao Mu, tell me, should we go or not?" Wang Xiong slammed the table and looked at another person not far away.
The man was older than Chu Tang, tall and thin, and his name was Mu Yang.
Like Chu Tang, he was once a member of a mercenary organization in that mercenary town. Later, he was let go by Su Xia and became one of the first leaders of the Nanfeng organization.
Among this group of veteran leaders, Mu Yang can be said to be the most smooth and tactful. He handles matters of the entire Nanfeng organization in an orderly manner and is a rare compound talent.
That's why everyone is willing to listen to him.
Whenever there is a critical moment, he will be called out to make decisions.
Now, because of this incident, the Nanfeng organization is roughly divided into three factions.
Wang Xiong's faction expressed its determination to rescue, while Chu Tang's faction believed that they should take a long-term view. Most of the rest of the people stood behind Mu Yang.
"Yes, Brother Mu, make up your mind, should we go or not?"
Someone immediately spoke up and turned his eyes to Mu Yang.
After this person spoke, the others also spoke up and expressed their support for Mu Yang.
"Brother Mu, what do you think we should do?"
"As long as you ask, whether we go or not, we have no objection, we will listen to you!"
The other two factions quarreled for the whole day, and only Mu Yang's faction seemed rational and did not participate too much in the argument.
Only now he had to speak.
Feeling everyone's gazes, Mu Yang was silent for a while and did not speak directly, as if he was thinking about something.
The underground space gradually became quiet, and everyone looked at him, waiting for him to come up with an effective solution.
After a while, he slowly said: "Save...you must save her!"
He raised his head and looked at everyone calmly. His words were steady, representing his determination and setting the tone for the following conversation.
Hearing this, Wang Xiong burst into laughter, his face full of joy, and said, "I knew that you, Lao Mu, are usually unreasonable, but you still understand things at the critical moment!"
"Old Wang, don't be happy yet." Mu Yang tapped the table lightly and glanced at Wang Xiong.
"What's wrong?" Wang Xiong asked him.
"We must save them, because what you said before is very right. This is a matter of faith. If we give up once, we may give up more times. This kind of giving up will make the people in Nanfeng unstable. I think the enemy has also anticipated this!"
Mu Yang's voice was gentle, and seemed to have a special magic, slowly echoing in this underground space.
He continued: "But, we can't do it the way you said."
"Why? Wouldn't it be better to divide the troops into three groups?" Wang Xiong asked him.
"It's not enough." Mu Yang said seriously.
"How else do you want to divide it?" Wang Xiong asked in a loud voice.
The current Nanfeng organization has quite a few people who can fight, more than 6,000 people.
How to make good use of these more than 6,000 people is a very serious issue.
You know, Coral City’s defense department has only about 4,000 people, and it has maintained this number all year round. Moreover, its equipment is uneven, and nominally it only has the equipment of an infantry brigade.
If the mechanical race did not exist, the current Nanfeng organization could even try to capture some small cities as strongholds.
"Lao Mu, how do you want to divide it?" Wang Xiong grinned, "No matter how you divide it, you must let me take the lead! I haven't killed those mercenary cubs for a long time!"
"Me too! Let me follow Brother Wang Xiong. I want to take the lead too!" someone shouted immediately.
"And me!"
“…”
"Be quiet for a moment and listen to me!"
Mu Yang frowned and slapped the table hard, making it bang loudly and a crack appeared on the tabletop.
He looked around, scanning everyone with a unhappy expression.
Under his gaze, everyone gradually quieted down.
Then, he slowly asked, "Old Chu, do you have any objection to saving people?"
"No, Lao Mu, you arrange it."
Chu Tang shook his head. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to save people, he just couldn’t think of a good way.
After all, although Wang Xiong's method of dividing the troops into three groups sounds effective, it is unknown how many people will die.
Chu Tang is a very rational person. He likes to calculate and compare.
If the cost of something is greater than the reward, he will give up on it.
Thanks to his character, Nanfeng has been able to make it to where it is today in the wilderness surrounded by wolves, and has grown into an organization that all forces have to take seriously.
If Wang Xiong had followed his idea, the people in the Nanfeng organization might have been wiped out long ago.
"Okay, since everyone is willing to listen to me, then I'll say it."
Mu Yang waved his hand, threw out a map, and spread it flat on the long wooden table.
In the dim light, one can see that this is a map of the southwestern region of the continent, which is drawn and labeled in great detail.
Then, Mu Yang picked up a long wooden stick, pointed forward, pointed at the [Town No. 7] on the map, and said: "Lao Wang's idea is right. Before rescuing people, we do need to distract the enemy's attention, but... feint attack and internal sabotage are only one of the means. We can also use other means, such as..."
As he spoke, the wooden stick in his hand moved to the sign of another town.
【Town No. 5】
This town is in the same direction as Town No. 7 and is not far away.
"The first step is to have someone spread the word that we are going to attack Town No. 5." Mu Yang said slowly, "We want to turn Town No. 5 into ruins, just like we did to Town No. 2 and Town No. 9!"
"Lao Mu, are we really going to attack?" Wang Xiong scratched his beard and asked subconsciously.
"Not for now. Just make some noise to attract their attention first." Mu Yang shook his head.
“That’s a good idea!”
Wang Xiong slapped the table and started praising.
Once the news gets out, will the mercenaries believe it?
It doesn’t matter!
As long as they heard the news, no matter whether they believed it or not, their attention would always be distracted. They would have to pay attention to Town No. 5 and beware of sneak attacks by the South Wind Organization.
As a result, the mercenaries will not be able to fully deal with what is happening in Town No. 7.
"Lao Mu, what's next? What should we do next?" Wang Xiong asked impatiently.
"The second step is to send out people in multiple directions to ambush the various mercenary organizations heading to Town No. 7." Mu Yang said calmly, "Wang Teng has issued a call. With his influence, many mercenary organizations will definitely go there, especially those small organizations with only a few dozen people. They are the ones who need protection the most!"
"Okay! Do you want to kill them all?" A fierce look flashed across Wang Xiong's face.
"No need, we want to minimize the losses."
Mu Yang pressed his hands, signaling him to calm down, and said: "If you can kill them all, kill them all. If not, just harass them and make them feel tired."
"How to harass? Just shoot and run?" someone asked from behind.
"Attack first. If the enemy chases you, just run away. If the enemy gives up chasing you, turn around and continue to harass you." Mu Yang made a plan calmly. "When the enemy stops to rest, you must also harass them. You must seize the initiative until they become exhausted. Try to avoid fighting with enemies in their peak condition."
"Okay, I understand!" Wang Xiong nodded.
“Remember, although we seem very strong now, we are still no match for all the mercenaries combined. You have to be cautious.” Mu Yang warned carefully.
Everyone present nodded and carefully remembered every word Mu Yang said.
At this critical moment, Mu Yang was more like a military advisor, and every word he gave was extremely important.
"Lao Mu, what should we do next?" Wang Xiong continued to ask.
"Well... the next third step is very important. Aren't those mercenaries very afraid of Master Mask?"
Mu Yang looked at everyone with a deep gaze.
"We will spread the word that Master Mask has returned and is preparing to deliver a fatal blow to Wang Teng!"
