Two hundred people...

Qin Sitong was stunned.

Now that the two armies are facing each other, the Dragon Clan and the Feather Clan here have only about a thousand cultivators.

The Qilin and White Tiger coalition forces surrounding Yuanjiang City are estimated to have about 1,200 cultivators, but the other side has to divide its forces to block the troops in Yuanjiang City, so overall they are evenly matched.

If we do as Long Long said and directly take out one-fifth of the monks and run to the western waterway to intercept and kill the enemy patrol soldiers...that is not interception at all, it is clearly a violent attack!

Moreover, if there are only more than 20 people needed, Qin Sitong can transfer them from somewhere.

However, Longlong wanted two hundred people, which could not be transferred casually, otherwise it would inevitably affect the density of the front defense line.

Seeing Qin Sitong pondering, Long Long asked:

"What's wrong?"

Qin Sitong said tactfully:

"Long Long, you don't know that these two hundred people... are not that easy to mobilize."

Long Long naturally guessed the reason. He thought it was because the Feather Tribe refused to cooperate. If the Dragon Tribe sent out these two hundred people alone, it would affect the front line of defense. So he said:

"There's no rush for this. Let's go back first. I'll check the distribution of troops on the front line."

Everyone left the river again and returned to the underground command post.

Qin Sitong's expression remained unchanged as he explained the current deployment of troops to Long Long using the command sand table.

Although the other dragon generals did not speak, they did not stop communicating in secret, and they all opened channels to discuss:

"What's wrong with this guy? He doesn't even know the distribution of the troops, but he comes right up and asks for 200 troops?"

"What can we do? The person behind him is the Great Elder!"

"Since this is the intention of the Great Elder, even if the Fourth Master is asked to go to the battlefield in person, I'm afraid he won't refute a word."

"I am dying of laughter. We are a group of veterans in the battlefield, but now we are being led around by this young boy who has never been to the battlefield?"

Long Long seemed unaware of the generals' complaints. He just listened to Qin Sitong's explanation patiently and realized that the current situation of the allied forces was that the Dragon Clan was on the left wing and the Feather Clan was on the right wing. The command systems of both sides were completely independent of each other. Whenever they encountered anything that needed coordination, they had to invite the Feather Clan to discuss it. It was like one could not quickly clench fingers into a fist. No wonder they could not defeat the White Tiger General on the opposite side.

Qin Sitong explained the situation clearly in one breath, and the other dragon generals stopped talking. Everyone wanted to see how Long Long would react and what orders he would give.

Long Long thought in silence for a long time, and just when everyone was getting impatient, he slowly asked:

"How does this sand table magic weapon work?"

All the dragon generals were stunned, thinking that Qin Sitong told you so much, but you didn’t listen to a word. All your attention was on “what kind of magic weapon is this sand table?”, right?

Qin Sitong was speechless and could only explain in detail:

"This is a mother-child magic weapon. Each of our dragon monks who serve will carry a chess piece magic weapon to use as a message."

"And this sand table magic weapon is called 'Vertical and Horizontal Chessboard'. It can display the actual distribution of troops on it according to the specific positions of all chess pieces and magic weapons."

"If a cultivator dies on the battlefield, we can also use this chessboard magic weapon to know and confirm it in time."

"I see." Long Long nodded and said, "Then the terrain on the sand table is also automatically scanned by the magic weapon to present it in real time, right?"

"Oh, that's not the case."

"How is that?"

"The scouts drew it manually on the chessboard magic weapon based on their memories of the surrounding terrain..."

Long Long was speechless for a moment, thinking that I thought this magic weapon was a simplified version of Ajing, but it turned out to be not even as good as the simplified version.

How can we win the war with such a crude command system? !

"In that case, I will rearrange it." Long Long said this, then picked up the chess piece that symbolized the military strength on the sand table and pushed it forward.

"Wait!" Qin Sitong hurriedly stopped him.

"Hmm?" Long Long asked, but his hands did not stop.

"If we directly adjust the distribution of troops on the magic weapon, the cultivators outside will also feel it." Qin Sitong explained helplessly, "They will adjust the actual formation distribution according to the new arrangement here."

"That's perfect!" Long Long said with a smile, "With this treasure in hand, commanding the troops will be as easy as playing chess between black and white."

He continued to adjust his troops, and soon pushed all of them forward, and transferred another two hundred men to the western waters.

The other dragon generals could no longer sit still. Although Long Long was just fiddling with the chessboard magic weapon, every change in the placement of the pieces meant that a cultivator had to leave his original station.

Long Long's heroic move almost disrupted all previous arrangements. Such a large-scale personnel transfer would definitely cause doubts among the monks below. If there were no corresponding generals to cooperate, there would be a big mess.

So everyone could only silently curse "this kid treats military affairs as a joke" while quickly leaving the command room and pacifying the commander.

Qin Sitong stood nearby, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

He really wanted to dissuade Long Long from doing anything rash, or at least get to know the situation better.

But looking closely at Long Long's moves, although more radical than the original deployment, it does not seem to be radical enough to be inappropriate - if the front line is pushed forward a few hundred feet, it will enter the long-range attack range of the Qilin Alliance, and the risk will be too high to be acceptable.

Huh?

Qin Sitong looked carefully again and saw that the joint front of the Dragon Clan and the Feather Clan had formed a semi-encirclement of the southern forces of the Qilin and White Tiger coalition. Long Long's comprehensive advancement had further shortened the encirclement, so there was no need for as many cultivators as before.

Therefore, the number of monks selected was...exactly about two hundred.

Qin Sitong, realizing this, suddenly felt like bursting into tears.

He finally remembered: before, under the river, Long Long said that he would transfer two hundred people to clear the river surface, and he replied that these two hundred people were not so easy to mobilize, so Long Long came back to operate the chessboard himself, not to play the game of deploying troops, but to demonstrate to him personally "how to mobilize these two hundred people."

Damn it! As a veteran general, how could I not understand the matter of mobilizing troops?

Qin Sitong looked at the chessboard again and thought that by moving the front line forward, the number of troops required for garrison could be reduced. Why didn't I think of this?

Why were we stationed in the original location?

Oh, I remember. It was the Feather Tribe that stationed there first, and then our Dragon Tribe deployed defenses on their left wing to ensure that we could form a pincer attack with the Feather Tribe.

Although the original position was not the best, it could form the best cooperation with the Feather Clan.

Although Long Long's command now saves more manpower, it leads to a lack of coordination with the Yu Clan's front line.

"Long Long, is there a gap here?" Qin Sitong decided not to point out the problem directly, so as not to embarrass the young man, but pretended to be uncertain and asked.

"Indeed." Long Long nodded. "If the White Tiger General divides his forces and breaks in from here, there is a risk of isolating the coalition forces of our Dragon Clan and Feather Clan."

"Well, so it's still..." Qin Sitong was about to say "Let's just keep the original position", and then he heard Long Long say:

"Go and tell the Feather Tribe to move their front line forward and cooperate with us to put pressure on Yuanjiang City!"