You Have Science, I Have Martial Arts-Chapter 588 - 267: Super Central Plains People (Part 2)

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Ten Thousand Wolves Celestial Mountain, the location of the Royal Court of the Celestial Wolf Race.

The leaders of the Five Great Clans are gathered today for a council of five kings.

The ’Heroic Ghost’ Ereleheke of the Black Mane Division, the ’Blood Hand’ Daisen Dari of the Red Mane Division, the ’Frost Blade’ Daiqin of the White Mane Division, the ’Barbarian Bear’ Laxen of the Yellow Mane Division, and the ’Bow Fox’ Mo Rigen of the Cyan Mane Division are all closely monitoring the developments in Youzhou.

"Bagg brought back the news; the Central Plains people intend to wage war on the grasslands. I’ve said it before, we shouldn’t have provoked them at such a time; our era hasn’t arrived yet."

Mo Rigen, known as the ’Bow Fox’, not only possesses exceptional archery skills, making him the most renowned Divine Archer of the Celestial Wolf Race, but he is also a wise figure among the tribe.

Since childhood, Mo Rigen admired Central Plains culture and even disguised himself as a scholar to travel and study within the boundaries of the Da Liang Kingdom. He has a certain understanding of the customs of the Central Plains, thus seeing clearly the turbulent shifts in the world.

The Da Liang Court is indeed weak and powerless now, but the local noble families and rich influences are not weak; in fact, they are even stronger. They possess large tracts of land and populations, and even their own armed forces, posing a force that cannot be ignored.

’Heroic Ghost’ Ereleheke scoffed at Mo Rigen’s words and taunted, "Bow Fox, you’re cunning but lack courage. Central Plains people have always been weak and easy to bully. For over a hundred years, they’ve needed us to fight their wars. Why should they occupy the fertile lands on both sides of the great river?"

"Indeed!"

’Frost Blade’ Daiqin’s eyes were sharp, hand resting on his sabers, with a tone just as disdainful: "My War Saber is already hungry and thirsty. The previous probes have already proven that the Central Plains people dare not fight us. We just need to adopt a stronger posture, and they will yield to us and agree to our terms."

’Heroic Ghost’ and ’Frost Blade’ are the masterminds behind this rebellion led by the Celestial Wolf Cavalry, having secretly incited Sunx Jingwei to instigate the revolt.

Initially, the two only intended to threaten the Da Liang Court and demand military pay. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

But they discovered that the tens of thousands of Central Plains troops in the Northern Domain Protectorate were unexpectedly vulnerable and collapsed at the first onslaught.

The unexpected success completely ignited the ambitions of ’Heroic Ghost’ and ’Frost Blade’, and the envoys they sent were initially meant to deceive and lull the new Governor of Youzhou into a false sense of security.

If King Chong easily accepted their surrender without imposing any additional conditions, they would know reinforcements from the Central Plains were not on the way to Youzhou.

By then, Youzhou would become the Youzhou of the Celestial Wolf Race, and these descendants of the Celestial Wolf God could have vast, high-quality pastures.

Unfortunately, only one envoy, Bagg, returned.

This left ’Heroic Ghost’ and ’Frost Blade’ uncertain about the intentions of the Central Plains people.

The ’Blood Hand’ Daisen Dari of the Red Mane Division couldn’t help but ask Mo Rigen for his insight: "Bow Fox, can we win this war or not?"

The ’Barbarian Bear’ Laxen of the Yellow Mane Division, towering and powerful but not clever, also looked to Mo Rigen: "Bow Fox, whether to fight or not, I listen to you."

Bow Fox Mo Rigen closed his eyes in contemplation, equally wavering in his heart: "King Chong does not dare to speak of war, surely because the Da Liang treasury is empty, making it difficult to muster troops for a northern expedition. Yet, why would someone dare to kill our Celestial Wolf envoy? Is this a deliberate provocation or a show of strength from a position of weakness?"

Having read many military texts from the Central Plains, Mo Rigen found his thoughts in disarray at this moment.

As he hesitated, a scout suddenly returned with a report: "Bad news! The Central Plains people have entered the grasslands with troops and within three days have destroyed twenty-one settlements of the Celestial Wolf Race!"

The Celestial Wolf Race, as a nomadic civilization, typically does not concentrate its population but spreads them across various pastures in a ’settlement’ manner.

Larger settlements might have about thirty thousand people, usually taking the best grasslands, with a nearby river, lush grass, and flocks of cattle and sheep.

Smaller settlements might have only a dozen or so households, with a population of less than a hundred.

But this time was different; among the twenty-one destroyed settlements, two had populations over ten thousand. This loss not only pained the leaders of the Five Great Clans but also filled them with dread.

"How many troops did the Central Plains people send?"

"Two thousand."

"How many?"

Initially worried, the ’Frost Blade’ Daiqin burst into laughter: "A mere two thousand men dare to invade? These Central Plains people truly don’t know their limits."

"Slaughter them all!"

Learning that the enemy only numbered two thousand, the noble commanders of the Black Mane, White Mane, Red Mane, and Yellow Mane divisions were all overjoyed; wasn’t this merely a meal delivered to them?

Only the Bow Fox Mo Rigen of the Cyan Mane Division knitted his brow: "Could there be a trick in this?"

"You thinkers worry too much. Trick or no trick, let’s deal with these two thousand soldiers first. Even if the Central Plains people have some scheme, can their two-legged infantry outrun our four-legged cavalry?"

’Blood Hand’ Daisen Dari revealed a savage grin; he loved nothing more than to tear open an enemy’s belly and rip out their heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys with his hands.

Only with these blood-soaked hands could he tightly grip power and earn the fear of his subordinates and enemies: "I hear that the one leading the raid this time is the newly famed Central Plains general of Youzhou, said to be named something like Ye what-Zhou. I will personally rip out his heart! So the entire Youzhou will fear the iron hoof of our Celestial Wolf Race!"