Chapter 1970: Chapter 1970: Guerrilla Warfare
Since Hades had already handed over command to Xiao Zheng, this meeting would naturally be opened and presided over by Xiao Zheng.
Looking at the people seated below, Xiao Zheng suddenly felt it was a bit funny.
He felt like a teacher giving a lecture to his students, while these big-shot figures were all sitting there more well-behaved than the next, each one sitting up straight and serious, really looking like students.
It took some effort to hold back his laughter before Xiao Zheng finally spoke: "First, let’s celebrate a bit. Our joint East–West cultivators war strategy seminar is now officially in session. Everyone, a round of applause."
Clap clap clap~
The conference room was instantly filled with enthusiastic applause, everyone giving him face.
Even though many people felt extremely awkward inside, at this moment no one dared not to clap along.
When the applause died down, Xiao Zheng opened his mouth and said, "Thank you all very much for your trust and support. Since the fighting outside is quite intense, I won’t waste time. Let’s go straight to the main topic."
"The brothers from Sky Net have just arrived in Europe and aren’t very familiar with the situation here yet, so I plan to first have Brent, who is in charge of collecting battle reports, explain the current situation to everyone."
With him calling the name, Brent quickly walked up onto the stage and then signaled the staff to turn on the projector.
He had already made all kinds of data into slides and projected them onto the big screen.
As Brent explained, everyone’s expression more or less revealed a trace of seriousness. Because as he went on, everyone finally realized just how unfavorable the current situation was for the Blood Clan.
Just today, the latest battle report had come in.
The Bright Church had once again dispatched a large army to attack and had seized three cities belonging to the Blood Clan. These three cities were definitely not some small towns; they were all mega-cities with populations in the tens of millions.
You had to know that in the entire territory of the Blood Clan, there were only five cities of this level.
Now that three had been snatched by the Bright Church in one go, the consequences would definitely deal a heavy blow to the Blood Clan’s vitality. After all, every large metropolis meant massive amounts of money and wealth.
This was like suddenly losing three money printers, making the Blood Clan leaders present feel a stab of pain in their flesh.
Of course, this wasn’t even what made everyone feel the worst.
From the map Brent provided, these three cities all held extremely important strategic significance for the Blood Clan. They were like three great mountains blocking in front of the Blood Clan’s final base camp.
Once the Bright Church occupied these three cities, the entire Blood Clan territory would be completely exposed to the Bright Church’s line of sight with no cover at all.
This also meant that if the Bright Church gathered a large army and began an offensive, the Blood Clan would be defeated without a fight!
"That’s all I have to say." Brent signaled for the projector to be turned off, then returned to his seat.
Xiao Zheng cleared his throat, then spoke: "You should all have heard Brent’s analysis clearly just now. The current situation is extremely unfavorable to us. It could even be said that the scales of victory have already tilted heavily toward the Bright Church."
"If we don’t respond now, once the Bright Church’s main forces are assembled, we really won’t have any hope of turning the tables."
He wasn’t trying to sow panic with these words; it was the conclusion he came to based on the present circumstances.
After hearing Xiao Zheng’s words, the conference room immediately boiled over.
Everyone was fiercely discussing how to find a way out of the current predicament, but no matter how they racked their brains, they couldn’t come up with a solution.
Seeing this, Xiao Zheng lightly coughed and motioned for everyone to quiet down. "Calm down first, don’t panic. Although from the overall situation it does look like we really don’t have much hope of winning, I think there’s still a turning point in this matter."
"What turning point?" As soon as he finished speaking, someone immediately asked.
At that, Xiao Zheng said, "Let’s not talk about that turning point yet. For now, I want you to first analyze why the Bright Church is able to gain such a big advantage in this war."
"Because they naturally counter us." Someone spoke up.
As soon as he finished, another person said, "Because they outnumber us, and they have way more experts than we do."
"Our combat power isn’t concentrated enough. If we could gather every member of the Blood Clan together, we might still be able to fight the Bright Church head-on." Another person analyzed.
Everyone chimed in one after another.
Anyway, it was all kinds of opinions. From what they were saying, it seemed none of them believed they could win this war.
Xiao Zheng smiled faintly, then said, "You don’t need to belittle yourselves like this. While it’s true that the Blood Clan is naturally restrained by the followers of the Bright Church, it’s not like the Blood Clan has no advantages at all."
"I don’t know if you still remember that a few days ago, Lord Netherworld led you to a major victory in a large-scale battle?"
After hearing this, Brent, who had personally participated in that battle, immediately nodded and said, "I remember, but what does that have to do with what we’re discussing now? Could it be that Evil God still wants to replicate the previous battle plan?"
"That’s right, that’s exactly what I have in mind." Xiao Zheng nodded. "The Blood Clan may be naturally countered by the Bright Church, but the Blood Clan’s racial talents are extremely outstanding. You can perfectly conceal your aura, merge with the night, and are absolutely born top-tier assassins."
Hearing him praise them like this, the Blood Clan experts present all revealed a hint of pride on their faces.
However, Brent frowned and said, "Evil God, I don’t think this plan will work. The people of the Bright Church aren’t idiots. We ambushed them once already; do you think they’ll let us ambush them a second time?"
At that, the corner of Xiao Zheng’s mouth lifted slightly as he said, "Who told you I was planning an ambush? I merely want to, like last time, make use of your Blood Clan racial talents to form a new battle plan."
"Then what exactly is this battle plan you’re talking about?" one Blood Clan expert couldn’t help asking eagerly.
"My plan is very simple: encircle the cities from the countryside." Xiao Zheng grinned and said with a smile.
After hearing his plan, Long Qie and the other Sky Net core members couldn’t help but have their eyes light up.
As for the Blood Clan experts, they were comparatively much more confused.
Even in Hades’ eyes, there was a trace of puzzlement. "What do you mean by encircle the cities from the countryside?"
Their reaction made Xiao Zheng feel helpless inside.
He shook his head, then said solemnly, "To put it more simply, ’encircle the cities from the countryside’ means fighting a guerrilla war with the Bright Church! As long as we can play it wretched, we absolutely will not have a direct firefight with them!"
After hearing Xiao Zheng’s words, the Blood Clan people couldn’t help but frown again.
