Chapter 25: Just a Feint
Maomao smiled as usual, and Wang Yao, who was in a good mood, naturally would not miss the opportunity to enhance communication with Maomao.

"Let me ask you a question."

"what?"

"If two people fall off a cliff at the same time, and one of them dies, we call him dead. What do we call the other living person?"

".Call a living person?"

"Wrong, of course I called for help!"

This was a joke that Wang Yao had heard a long time ago, and it was perfect for amusing girls. After hearing it, Maomao couldn't help but chuckle and quickly covered his mouth and laughed. Under normal circumstances, with Maomao's personality, he would have laughed heartily, but because they were now in the enemy's position, Maomao didn't dare to laugh out loud, for fear of alarming Wei's black soldiers, and could only hold back his laughter with difficulty.

As if he had noticed the two sour glances around him, the corners of Wang Yao's mouth suddenly curled up into a subtle smile, and he deliberately told several jokes in succession, which made Maomao's face turn red and she frequently let out seductive low laughs. It was not until Shi Liang and Ono could no longer bear the jealousy and hatred and pulled out their knives that Wang Yao "tactfully" ran away.

I guess it’s a return of the “attention” they gave me this morning!
He ran to the captain and Erda with a smile. At this time, Su An had placed a map on the grass and was concentrating on marking the locations and numbers of the black soldiers he encountered along the way.

Wang Yao couldn't help but stretch his neck to take a look, and found that there were curved lines, mountains, and grass on the map, which looked very much like the military maps he saw on TV dramas.

"Is this the map of the canyon battlefield?" Wang Yao couldn't help but ask.

Su An shook his head and said, "This is just the road map, not the full version of the canyon map."

"I was wondering why it doesn't look like a canyon map." Wang Yao nodded. He knew that they were the vanguard of the army on the top lane and were responsible for the top lane defense. Looking at the densely packed marks on the map, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "It looks pretty scary."

"Yes, the Black Armor Army is coming with great force. It seems that the State of Wei is determined to destroy the second defense tower." Erda sighed.

"Do you mean that we must let the heroes man the second defense tower?" Su An turned and asked Erda.

Erda pondered for a moment and said, "No, since Wei has transferred most of the black armored troops to the second defense tower on the top lane, why don't we use defense as offense? Ask the military advisor to send the main force to garrison with our vanguard corps. Relying on the powerful lethality of the second defense tower, I believe we can hold on."

After a pause, Erda's eyes flashed with a gleam of brilliance: "In addition, since a large number of Wei's black-armored soldiers are concentrated in the top lane, it means that their soldiers in the middle and lower lanes will be relatively weak. I think the military advisor can gather the heroes and focus fire on one of Wei's middle and lower lanes. Regardless of whether Wei's defense tower can be captured, Wei, under pressure, will definitely let the black-armored soldiers in the top lane return to defend the middle and lower lanes. In this way, the crisis of the second defense tower will be solved."

"Well! Your proposal is very good. I will propose it to the military advisor." Su An nodded with satisfaction and looked at Erda with appreciation: "Work hard. Maybe one day in the future, you can lead our vanguard troops as a leader."

"My goal is to become a hero and command the entire top lane army!" Erda said with a determined look.

"Really? You want to be a hero." Su An smiled faintly, but for some reason, his smile made people feel a little inexplicably sad.

Just as Su An was about to put away the map, Wang Yao, who had been looking at the map beside him, suddenly stopped his action and said, "Wait a minute, Captain, I don't think the black soldiers are going to attack the second defense tower, right?"

"What do you mean?" Su An was stunned and hesitated for a moment, but finally spread out the map again.

Wang Yao pointed to the mark on the map of the upper road and said, "Although I don't know the scale of the map, as we walked along, I found that the black soldiers seemed to be very powerful, but in fact, the distance between the teams was too far."

"What do you mean?" Erda frowned.

"Don't you think that they are advancing in such a high-profile manner just to attract our attention?" Wang Yao said with a smile.

Su An tried to ask: "Is Wei State feinting an attack?"

"If they are fake, they are real, and if they are real, they are fake." Wang Yao nodded and said, "I think the black soldiers are just bluffing. If I were the commander of Wei, I would definitely not advance with a dispersed team like this. Wouldn't this expose my intentions so that the enemy can be prepared in advance? If the black soldiers were gathering secretly all the way, I would believe that they might be here to attack the second defense tower, but the result is just the opposite. The black soldiers did not take any hidden paths, but only the main roads, and they made a lot of noise. It is hard for me not to believe that they are deliberately attracting our attention."

"Tell me about your plan." Su An's expression gradually became serious.

Wang Yao glanced at Erda and said with a smile: "My plan is slightly different from Erda's. Not only do we need to request support, but we also need to ask heroes to come to the second defense tower to take charge."

After a pause, Wang Yao continued in the puzzled eyes of the two people: "Let me analyze it. If the assumption that 'the black soldiers are just planning a feint attack' is true, then it is obvious that Wei is trying to make a feint to the east and attack in the west. We should immediately tell that scene-stealer and ask the military advisor to gather the heroes to guard the defense towers in the middle and lower lanes. As for which lane to focus on, my personal suggestion is that the lane with the greatest advantage at the moment should be the one that should be guarded." Erda couldn't help asking: "Why do the routes with greater advantages need to be guarded more?"

"Because Wei is trying to lure the enemy deep into our territory, planning to ambush and counterattack!" Wang Yao answered seriously, but at this moment he was smiling in his heart in a dishonest way. The greater and more stable the advantage, the more likely it is to be targeted and ambushed by enemy heroes. How could he possibly tell Erda about this experience gained from playing high-end ranked games?
"In that case, why do we still need to invite heroes to go on the road? Wouldn't it be more beneficial to the online battle to ask the heroes to guard against the ambush of Wei State?" Su An asked again.

Wang Yao smiled sinisterly and said, "Of course we invite heroes here to destroy the enemy's defense towers."

This time even Erda's expression changed: "Destroy Wei's first defense tower? Is it possible?!"

"Why not?" Wang Yao said seriously, "I'm sure there won't be any more black soldiers coming from behind. The 400 black soldiers in front are just a cover for Wei's feint. And more importantly, have we seen any heroes from Wei along the way?"

Speaking of the heroes of Wei State, Erda's face suddenly turned pale, because he remembered the terrifying shadow of Lu Bu, but at the same time he couldn't help feeling a little confused, because he had indeed not seen Lu Bu along the way.

"So! I can almost conclude that the Wei Kingdom is most likely feinting this time, because they didn't even send a hero! And since their top lane is empty and there is no hero, of course we have to ask heroes to destroy their defense towers!" Wang Yao smiled confidently: "If I'm not mistaken, this monster Lu Bu should be squatting in a bush somewhere in the middle and bottom lanes now."

At the same time, in a bush somewhere in the canyon battlefield, Lu Bu couldn't help but sneeze loudly. He rubbed his tall nose in frustration and said, "Could it be that Diao Chan is thinking about me?"

Seeing that the faces of the three people talking were becoming more and more solemn, Maomao, who was eating dry food on the side, couldn't help but walk over and asked, "What happened?"

"I have something urgent to do and must go back to the base camp. You stay here and wait for me to come back." Su An did not explain too much. He just put away the map, stood up and glanced at Wang Yao. After hesitating for a moment, he turned to Erda and said, "You will be in charge of leading the team for the time being. Remember, do not advance rashly. Your mission is to hide here and see if there are any reinforcements from the Black Armor Army."

"I understand." Erda nodded.

"Be careful." After giving the last warning, Su An turned around and dived into the bushes on the other side. His tall figure quickly disappeared from sight.

"Why did the captain leave?" Shi Liang and Ono also came over, looking curious.

Erda glanced at Wang Yao and then explained the whole story to everyone again.

Unexpectedly, after listening to Erda's explanation, Shi Liang rolled his eyes and said, "Captain, do you believe such a ridiculous guess?"

Wang Yao, who was happily preparing to accept everyone's admiring gazes, staggered and almost fell to the ground after hearing Shi Liang's words. He said angrily: "Hey, what do you mean by nonsense? Such a rigorous and logical analysis, what's wrong with you?"

Shi Liang curled his lips and said, "Compared to you, I am more convinced by Erda's statement. Otherwise, how can you explain such a huge line of troops?"

Wang Yao said seriously: "I've already said that, that was just a cover set up by the Wei State. If we go further, there will definitely be no more black soldiers."

"You can even predict all this?!" Maomao widened his eyes and looked at Wang Yao in disbelief.

"Humph, it's just his fantasy." Shi Liang glanced at Maomao without leaving a trace, raised his chin and said, "What does a new soldier know? Wei is clearly mobilizing troops to attack the second defense tower. I have fought for more than two years, can't I see this?"

"Would you like to make a bet with one gold coin? There will definitely be no black soldiers ahead!" Wang Yao looked unhappy. He didn't like Shi Liang's stubborn attitude towards him.

"Who's afraid of who? Let's go!" It seemed that Shi Liang was also dissatisfied with Wang Yao's current expression.

“Hey, why are you two suddenly so angry?” Maomao, who didn’t know why the two suddenly got angry, quickly pulled them back and said, “The captain asked us to stay where we are, what are you doing? Are you planning to go deeper? You are risking your life! Erda, say something, you are the team leader now!”

Everyone immediately turned their attention to Erda, who had been silent.

Erda looked at everyone, and finally stared at Wang Yao, his black eyes flashing with a hidden luster: "I am also curious, is it possible that Wang Yao's prediction is true."

"You!" Maomao was stunned. She couldn't understand why Erda would say such a thing. This was unlike his usual cautious personality!
At this time, Xiao Ye also stood up and said, "Okay, Maomao, we'll just sneak in the bushes and take a look ahead. If you're scared, just stay here and we'll go."

"You only want the world to be in chaos!" Maomao glared at Xiaoye who was grinning, but looking at the people who were determined to leave, she finally sighed helplessly: "Forget it, I'll go with you, but we have to make a deal in advance that we can't go too far. After confirming that there are no reinforcements from the Black Armor Army ahead, we must immediately return here to wait for the captain!"

(End of this chapter)