Chapter 427 Weird
"Rocky, where are we headed?" Only after the army left the main camp did Marin reminisce about the
most essential thing. She kicked her horse and trotted briskly towards Rocky, who was now leaning
"Commander Marin, I am an Elite Commander now. You should address me as Commander Rocky. Is
that okay?" Rocky straightened up and peered at Marin yfully.
"I will address you whatever I choose. You got an issue with it?" Her lips contorted in wilful grin. She
would, under no circumstance, call him Commander Rocky.
"Fine, whatever." Rocky shrugged and answered her query, "We are headed to the Hippo Land."
"Hippo Land? What are you contemting, Rocky? We have three choices here and you singled out
the mostplex one? Do you perceive we''ve already lost one Elite Commander and two Frontline
Commanders in the battles of recapturing it?" Marin looked sullen. It offered her the impression that
Rocky wasn''t taking this seriously.
Sabina rode beside them and discovered it all. She was no less caught on the hop about Rocky''s
decision.
"Hippo Land is the nearest ce. I see no reason why we shouldn''t single it out. I''ve made my decision
and that''s final." With that, Rocky leaned back again even more sluggishly.
Marin''s face hardened, wishing that she could just beat the living daylights out of him. No matter what
her thought was, she had to obey Rocky''s orders. So she could onlymand the army to march
towards the Hippo Land.
Hippo Land took its name from its shape, which was like a hippo drinking beside the Arno River. Its
undting terrain was full of precipices and steep slopes. And its dense jungles would only bring more
desperate straits to the marching. Therefore whoever held this ce was given a strong trump card.
Hippo Land was of the essence because it was located in the middle part of the river and connected
the east and the west of the Arno River. It also had a dock there, which was convenient for the
transport. The Crimson Dragon Army had used it to ship its supplies and soldiers before. So the Hippo
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Land was kind of the dispatching center of the seven key strategic strongholds.
The Timber Deity Empire became aware of the relevance of the Hippo Land at once. They sacrificed
3000 soldiers to upy it. Then the Crimson Dragon Army''s water transport was cut off. It was like
cutting off the Crimson Dragon Army''s nerve system from its body. In an instance, several key strategic
strongholds were out ofmission.
After the Crimson Dragon Army lost the Hippo Land, they had tried three times to besiege it, but all
their efforts turned hollow and failed at great cost.
Oddly enough, the Timber Deity Empire had only nearly 7000 men garrisoned in the Hippo Land. But
three times, the 7000 men had thrown back over 10000 men of the Crimson Dragon Army. It almost
seemed impossible to secure it. And no matter how hard the Crimson Dragon Army tried, the Timber
Deity Empire hadn''t sent a single man to support it during the entire time, as if they had the victories
sewn up.
Two dayster, Rocky and the army set their foot at a small slope one mile away from the Hippo Land,
from which they could easily have a view of the whole Hippo Land, the camp of the Timber Deity
Empire''s army, the hazy air with the smoke of cook fires and the figures wending their way among the
tents.
"We will camp here!" Rocky turned to Marin and gave hismand.
"Here? The enemy will instantly know we are here. And they can keep track of our every movement."
Marin face altered as she heard Rocky''s absurdmand that they were going to camp at such a
prominent position.
"Do you have the slightest notion aboutmanding an army?" Sabina asked coldly. Rocky revealed a
"I never said I know how tomand an army. But this is an excellent ce to camp at. Have a whiff of
the crisp autumn air and check out the magnificent sight," Rocky said quite proudly. Making up his
mind, hemanded, "Just do as I said."
That earned him a re from Marin. But nheless, she turned her horse around and notified the
soldiers to camp here.
Within no time, theymenced to pitch their tents, build some fortifications, and have sentries
deployed around.
Before night they already settledfortably on the small slope, which was an extremely conspicuous
sight to their enemy.
Commander Wei, the leader of the army that was garrisoned at the Hippo Land, got the news
immediately that the Crimson Dragon Army had sent men to attack them again. Commander Wei was a
very experienced leader. But he took no credit for the three triumphs. It was Mr. Mu''s, his adviser''s
work.
Commander Wei didn''t know very thoroughly about Mr. Mu''s origins. Mr. Mu was assigned here by the
highmand only about a half month ago. He hadn''t drawn too much attention to himself until they
conquered the Hippo Land and received themand to garrison it.
After that, the Crimson Dragon Armyunched three charges on them. They were outnumbered in the
first one, and the situation deteriorated at lightning speed. That was when Mr. Mu put forward a n
and helped them through the crisis. Since Mr. Mu was a strategy master, Commander Wei decided to
promote him at once. Under the Mr. Mu''s help, they easily defeated the Crimson Dragon Army in the
following two battles.
So when Commander Wei heard that the Crimson Dragon Army was trying to attack here again, he
summoned Mr. Mu immediately.
"What can I do for you, Commander Wei?" a tall, lean man asked as he entered the Commander''s tent.
He looked a little bookish and sickly, but overall he was handsome.
"Mr. Mu, the Crimson Dragon Army sends another army here. We are pinning our faith on you." Now
Commander Wei thought very highly of him and his viewpoint.
"Okay, I got it." Mr. Mu nodded calmly.
"What do you have in mind?" Commander Wei asked quickly.
"Commander Wei, I suggest we deploy our forces ording to this map." He took out a map and
handed it to Commander Wei. His expression was humble enough but there was not too much
deference in his attitude to Commander Wei. He had a different bearing from the others.
"Thank you, Mr. Mu." Commander Wei was filled with gratitude and epted the sketch without
hesitation. This handsome man had helped him achieve three triumphs at the Hippo Land. He could
have lost it to the Crimson Dragon Army in the first battle, if it hadn''t been for this man.
Mr. Mu nodded to him and left. After he got out of the tent, he lifted his head and saw the camp of the
Crimson Dragon Army lying ostentatiously on the opposite slope. Frowning, he remembered the
previous three attacks. Unlike this time, the Crimson Dragon Army had always closed in on them
stealthily, camped at some more secret ces and bided their time for the best moment to make a
move. But now, they just camped at the most noticeable ce as if they were in a blue funk that the
Timber Deity Empire army would overlook their arrival.
Something was wrong. Exposing oneselfpletely to its enemy was a big no-no in the warfare.
"That is weird," Mr. Mu murmured to himself before he left.