Chapter 769: Chapter 384: The Decisive Moment is Approaching_3

Just as they caught up with the enemy, their pursuit was not because the enemy wanted to escape but because they were deliberately led away.

Realizing this, both Maimaiti and Lucian’s faces turned dark in an instant.

They almost fell for it.

Damn it! The cunning soldiers of Fasal Village.

In their haste, the two exerted their strength to chase. Once they caught up, they recklessly hacked at anyone they found.

After all, they were all enemies; one less enemy meant one less opponent.

Just as they were fiercely fighting and felt they were within the defense range designated by Lieutenant Colonel Ali, Maimaiti and Lucian stopped in their tracks and called back their subordinates, who had become somewhat bloodthirsty.

“Alright, stop, we’re about to leave our defense range,” Maimaiti commanded directly.

As he spoke, a line of arrows flew over their heads from behind, aiming for the slowest runners from Fasal Village. Many fell and didn’t get up, while others, hit by the arrows, struggled to their feet and left.

Once they were far enough away, the barrage from the Bowman Team ceased.

At this moment, Norris turned his head to see them stop, then looked at the last ones to fall at the hands of the Hope Village soldiers, his lips forming a straight line.

When Cao Jingshan caught up, looking at the halted Maimaiti and Lucian, he raised an eyebrow and asked, “Why aren’t you chasing them?”

“They deliberately lured us out,” Maimaiti said, seething with anger. “Luckily, I remembered the defense range set by Lieutenant Colonel Ali; otherwise, we really would have been drawn out.”

“You remembered the defense range, huh!” Cao Jingshan said with a laugh.

“Did you know already, Captain Cao?” Maimaiti asked, feeling embarrassed.

“It doesn’t matter whether I knew in advance. As long as you didn’t go against leadership’s orders in the end, what happened during is not important,” Cao Jingshan stated directly. “You did well just now.”

Sure enough, once you join Hope Village, you’re one of them, capable of undermining from within without a teacher.

Receiving praise from Cao Jingshan, both Maimaiti and Lucian heaved a sigh of relief.

After all, they had been blinded by rage at first and truly hadn’t realized it.

But at least the outcome was good.

And at this moment, both Maimaiti and Lucian understood why they had early on been given a defense range—had they anticipated that the enemy might deliberately draw away their forces?

Awesome, a foresight like that of a god!

“So, do we return to the troop now, or do we stay here and wait for them? I feel like they will come again,” Lucian said, analytically looking in the direction where Norris’s men had gone.

“Back to the troop. We’ll plan when they come again. It’s not us who are in a rush now; it’s them,” Cao Jingshan stated calmly. “We control change with stillness.”

Listening to Cao Jingshan’s words, both Maimaiti and Lucian pondered deeply in their hearts.

The more they thought, the more profound they found his last sentence.

So true!

They had learned something!

The two looked at Cao Jingshan with a hint of stars in their eyes.

Cao Jingshan chuckled inwardly, looking at them.

The language of Blue Star Country through its thousands of years could be so pretentious!

Then, Cao Jingshan led both their teams back, had them hold their original positions, and returned to Ali’s side, reporting the situation to him, who in turn relayed the information to Zhou Bai.

Meanwhile, Zhou Bai received the information while a similar message came from the left flank.

“Is Fasal Village trying to buy time?” Bayer speculated after reading the report.

“Most likely,” Zhou Bai made a preliminary judgment. “We’ll have to see their next move. Tell the troops on both sides to stay vigilant, be ready for combat, and if necessary, narrow the combat range.”

Zhou Bai had a premonition that the decisive moment of this territory war was fast approaching.