Chapter 139 Overt Conspiracy
The tragic death of their companion shocked the rest of the hyenas. They quickly looked down at their feet and retreated, fearing that they would be caught in the trap and die tragically.
The entire offensive momentum was completely interrupted, and the hyenas began to be unsure whether to continue the attack.
Seeing this scene, Ye Jinghong breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, his mind couldn't help but recall the scene before they deployed the trap and what the leader had said to him at that time.
It was not until this moment that he finally understood what their leader had said to him before: "Open Conspiracy"! In order to guard against the "neighbors" around them, their leader had proposed to set traps while deploying barricades.
At that time, their leader directly threw this question to him.
"Jinghong, where do you think we should place this trap?"
Ye Jinghong knew that this was probably the leader testing him, so he started to think about it seriously.
He put himself in the enemy's shoes and thought about the problem.
If he were the enemy and he wanted to attack this camp, how would he fight? Following this line of thought, he found the fastest and most efficient attack route, and then gave a direct answer, saying that traps would be deployed on these attack routes.
But the leader smiled and shook his head.
"You followed your own thinking to come up with an attack route, and then deployed traps on the necessary route. This idea is too simple and too easy to be seen through. This is at most a shady trick or conspiracy..."
"Hey, Chief, what does this underhanded plot mean?"
"Forehead"
Ye Jinghong's focus was indeed a bit strange, but Zhou Xu didn't mind explaining it.
"This shady trick or conspiracy refers to a method that will no longer work once it is discovered. For example, your deployment position can only deceive the enemy for a while, but after the enemy learns the lesson, they will never be fooled again. The opposite is called an open conspiracy!"
Zhou Xu gestured as he spoke.
"The so-called open conspiracy is to make the enemy have no choice even if they know there is a trap!"
"How do we do this?"
Ye Jinghong was completely confused after hearing Zhou Xu's words. At this moment, Ye Jinghong could not imagine what to do in order to make the enemy have no choice even though they knew there was a trap there.
Seeing this, Zhou Xu didn't keep anyone in suspense and directly pointed out several locations where traps were set.
"The answer is to set it at the edge of the road. By the way, the trap can also cover a wider area. At that time, even if the enemy rushes over from the edge, it can still work."
This answer made Ye Jinghong frown slightly.
"How can I ensure that the enemy will fall for it?"
"Let me demonstrate to you. Suppose they attack from the road you must take. I stand behind the barricades to meet the attack. The enemy rushes straight up along this road. Of course, they won't be able to trigger the trap. But what if I let the slingers throw stones at them?"
“…”
"Are you hiding or not?"
Looking at Ye Jinghong who had fallen silent, Zhou Xu asked further questions.
"hide!"
Faced with further questioning, Ye Jinghong gave this answer, and at the same time gradually realized the key point of this move.
"If I hide, according to the situation, I will probably have to hide to the side. Then, I will step into the trap?!"
While muttering to himself, Ye Jinghong gradually figured out the problem and became visibly excited, but at the same time, he quickly realized a new problem.
"But how can I ensure that the enemy won't hide on the other side? And set up traps on the other side as well?"
Having said this, Ye Jinghong paused and waved his hands repeatedly, signaling Zhou Xu not to tell him the answer yet.
"Wait a minute! I think I figured it out. We can deflect the slingshot's stone bullets a little bit! That way, when facing a stone bullet attack, the enemy will hide in the direction where it is easier to escape!"
At this moment, Ye Jinghong, whose mind was opened, became more and more excited as he spoke.
"This way, even if the enemy knows there is a trap, it will be useless. As long as they want to continue attacking and try to dodge, they will be forced into the trap. If they don't dodge, they will have to withstand the stone bullet attack!!"
"Besides that, if they want to test it, they won't be able to find anything because there are no traps on the road they must pass through! This design can also ensure that it does not affect our daily entry and exit."
Of course, up to this point, all of this only existed in Ye Jinghong’s verbal theory. It was not until this day came that he received tangible feedback!
"This is the leader's conspiracy!"
At this moment, Ye Jinghong was already full of admiration for Zhou Xu.
At the same time, the hyenas wandering around the outskirts of the camp obviously did not dare to act rashly.
Although these hyena people did not care much about the life and death of their companions, they valued their own lives very much. After realizing that this camp might not be as easy to attack as they had initially expected, none of them were willing to rush forward.
Watching the movements of the hyena people from afar, Ye Jinghong was still on edge at this moment, not daring to relax or be careless at all.
If the other party insists on not leaving, he must have some ulterior motive.
[Picture of our camp? That's unnecessary, right? Could it be that the picture is of the corpse of the beast?! ]
If you think about it carefully, this group of hyena people were originally chasing the beast, but the beast rushed too fiercely and had good luck, so it avoided the trap they deployed at the outermost part of the camp, but fell into the trap in the middle.
In this case, the hyenas would definitely not dare to move forward easily, especially when Ye Jinghong and the others were standing behind the barricades fully armed and ready for battle.
Even if Ye Jinghong shouted, "You guys go ahead and move the body, we promise not to do anything!", it would be useless.
Given the hyena people's cunning nature, they would definitely not believe it.
This is how the current situation came about.
Although it is just Ye Jinghong's own speculation at the moment, in fact, his guess is almost correct.
Now the situation has reached a deadlock.
During this period, Ye Jinghong clearly saw a hyena man leaving.
Seeing this scene, Ye Jinghong felt the pressure in his heart doubled.
[These hyenas clearly don't want to give up. They sent people away at this time, most likely to go get reinforcements.]
When he thought of this, beads of cold sweat began to appear on Ye Jinghong's forehead.
This trap and position are their greatest weapons to fight against the hyena people at the moment. Taking the initiative to attack is equivalent to making them give up their greatest advantage.
Under this premise, Ye Jinghong didn't think that they could be a match for the hyena people on the opposite side with just these few people.
As for continuing to hold the camp and wait...
Ye Jinghong knew that Zhou Xu and his men were on their way at this moment.
[If the leader and his men could arrive first, they might be able to save the camp...]
To be honest, Ye Jinghong had no confidence at all at this moment. Their strategy had always been to avoid their two neighbors, the hyenas and the centaurs.
The reason for such a strategy is that they know clearly that they will have no chance of winning in a head-on confrontation against these two monster races!
(End of this chapter)
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