Douluo Dalu: Start with a Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgement

Chapter 463 Prelude
At this point in time, the Sun-Moon Empire is probably already fully prepared. Even if Xu Jiujiu notifies the Sky Soul Empire now, it may be too late.

And the most important thing now is that the Sun-Moon Empire first invaded the border of the Star Luo Empire and blew a gap so that the army could be transported from the Sun-Moon Empire at any time, and then occupied the Mingdou Mountains. The meaning of the Mingdou Mountains in the hands of the Star Luo Empire and in the hands of the Sun-Moon Empire is completely different.

With the soul guide technology of the Sun-Moon Empire, and the excellent terrain of the Mingdou Mountains, and their absolute advantage in detecting soul guides, even if the Star Luo Empire sent two more armies, they would not be able to take it down. The Sun-Moon Empire only needed to leave a small number of elite troops to cooperate with the soul guides to garrison in the fortress they built. The Star Luo Empire would never dare to transfer more troops to support the Sky Soul Empire, because the Star Luo Empire had no idea whether the Sun-Moon Empire would send troops to attack. This was a naked conspiracy.

Even though it knew the Sun-Moon Empire's plan, the Star Luo Empire had no way to deal with it. Once the Sun-Moon Empire successfully launched a sneak attack on the Sky Soul Empire and won, it could rely on the gap in the Mingdou Mountains to bring pressure to the Star Luo Empire all the time. As long as the Star Luo Empire could not capture the fortress in the Mingdou Mountains, it would have to send a large number of troops to garrison on the second line of defense and would have no time to take care of anything else.

"Sister Jiujiu, it seems that the Sun Moon Empire is waiting for the reinforcements sent by the Sky Soul Empire and the Douling Empire to arrive here, and then launch an offensive against the Sky Soul Empire, making it too late for us to rescue the Sky Soul Empire."

Ji Lin narrowed his eyes. The Sun-Moon Empire had indeed made a big move this time. They used level nine fixed-type soul-guided artillery shells, making the entire continent think that they were going to attack Xingluo. Who knew that they would turn around and attack Tianhun? They were quite good at making a feint to the east and attacking in the west.

"Sister Jiujiu, go back and pass the news to the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire. Even though it's too late, we still have to do what allies should do."

Xu Jiujiu rolled his eyes at Ji Lin. This guy must be secretly happy in his heart! Passing the message, it would be useful if it was earlier, but is it really useful to pass the message now?

The huge tent is located in the middle of the military camp. Different from other tents in the barracks, this large tent made of cooked cowhide is actually dark red, as if it had been dyed red with blood.

The area around the big tent was brightly lit, and soldiers were constantly coming in and out. Although it was already late at night, it still seemed extremely busy.

"Huh? An ultra-high-altitude detection soul guide is missing?" A somewhat surprised voice sounded in the tent.

"Yes, Marshal." The messenger knelt on one knee and said respectfully.

At this time, in the middle of the tent stood a slender figure, wearing a red armor that perfectly outlined her delicate body. A rose-red cloak draped behind her made her look even more heroic. On her chest was a fiery red phoenix pattern, with its wings spread as if it was about to fly high.

Her skin was extremely white and delicate, like crystal jelly, and it seemed that water could be squeezed out with a light pinch. At this moment, her beautiful face seemed a little tired, her brows were slightly wrinkled, and her face showed a thoughtful look.

The person called Marshal by the messenger was none other than the current Queen of the Sun-Moon Empire, Orange.

Juzi stood up and paced back and forth in the tent. After a moment, she stopped and said in a deep voice, "Immediately pass my order as quickly as possible to strengthen the reconnaissance blockade in the western border of the Xingluo Empire. Not even a fly can be allowed to fly over. All their means of reconnaissance must be cut off."

"Yes." The messenger agreed and immediately turned and left.

Inside the big tent, there were several tall officers standing on both sides.

Looking at Tangerine, these officers had a look of admiration on their faces.

When the Emperor Xu Tianran of the Sun-Moon Empire decided to appoint Juzi as the commander-in-chief of the three armies, almost all the military generals and civil officials of the Sun-Moon Empire thought that Xu Tianran was crazy. Letting a woman command the three armies was simply an international joke.

Isn't it too frivolous of His Majesty to let a woman who is only about twenty years old be the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces? Nepotism should not be so blatant!
However, Xu Tianran was too powerful. With the support of the Holy Spirit Church, he quickly suppressed all opposition and accepted Orange's position as the commander-in-chief of the three armies.

Immediately afterwards, the war entered the preparation stage under the leadership of Orange.

Xu Tianran is indeed nepotism, but the prerequisite is that the person has the ability to make him support him at all costs, and Orange has obviously won Xu Tianran's recognition.

He never had any doubts about Juzi's loyalty, or rather, he trusted Juzi the most among all the people around him. If it weren't for Juzi, Xu Tianran would have died in the assassination attempt by his brothers for the position of crown prince. In addition, Juzi had been working for him by his side for so many years, and nothing had ever gone wrong.

Even so, the reason why Xu Tianran was willing to trust Juzi so much and let him take the high position of commander-in-chief of the three armed forces was not just because of nepotism, but more importantly, he recognized Juzi's ability.

A few years ago, he had already let Orange join the military. At first, he just wanted Orange to have some training in the military. But what he never expected was that Orange had a talent far beyond that of ordinary people in the military. He led the army to suppress the rebellion several times and achieved impressive results, suppressing the rebels at the lowest cost and in the shortest time.

Whenever Juzi reported to him about various combat plans, Xu Tianran would be amazed. Juzi was so talented in military affairs that the strategies and tactics she used were never the same. She had both imaginative ideas and down-to-earth steadiness. Even Xu Tianran himself could not compare to her.

In just a few years, Juzi gradually established her own prestige in the military. Among the five soul guide corps of the Hand of National Defense, the Fire Phoenix Corps was directly assigned to her by Xu Tianran and she was in command.

When Xu Tianran decided to make her the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he actually hesitated. After all, this position was too important and almost determined the future fate of the Sun and Moon Empire. It was not until Juzi came up with a battle plan that Xu Tianran made up his mind.

And now, Orange is implementing this plan, and the first step of the plan has been completed, and everything is going according to her plan.

This time, the army mobilized by the Sun-Moon Empire was smaller than the Star Luo Empire had imagined. There were only 200,000 combat soldiers in total, but these 200,000 were absolutely elite. Among the ten soul mentor groups, six directly participated in the war, including three of the Hands of the Nation, the Fire Phoenix Soul Mentor Group, the Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group, and the Terror Claw Soul Mentor Group.

The Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group and the Terror Claw Soul Mentor Group were previously responsible for the assault on the Xing Luo Empire. What made Orange deeply regretful was that they failed to kill the White Tiger Duke directly. The White Tiger Duke was actually rescued when he was in a desperate situation. If the White Tiger Duke died, Orange believed that his plan would be truly perfect.

Without the leadership of Duke White Tiger, the western part of the Xingluo Empire would surely be in chaos for a long time, so her plan could be carried out calmly.

She was surprised that Duke White Tiger was not dead, but the plan was still going on. With its powerful reconnaissance capabilities, the Sun-Moon Empire had too strong a control over the border, and almost every move of the Star Luo Empire was under their watch.

Orange is just waiting now, waiting for the best opportunity.

At this time, the person in the big tent included Star Douluo Ye Yulin, and this tent was not on the border of the Star Luo Empire, but not far from the border of the Sky Soul Empire.

After failing to kill White Tiger Duke Dai Hao, Star Douluo Ye Yulin immediately returned to the Sun-Moon Empire with two soul guide teams, and came here at the fastest speed to reunite with Orange.

The only ones who really knew Orange's tactical plan were the top experts in the tent.

Wang Yiheng, the head of the Evil Lord Soul Mentor Group, said in a deep voice: "Marshal, should we continue to wait?"

Ju Zi said in a deep voice, "We can't wait any longer. The time is almost right. We have actually discovered an ultra-high altitude detection soul guide. This is not good news. If we continue to wait, something bad may happen. The reinforcements from the Douling Empire have already arrived in the Xingluo Empire. Our plan has basically been realized. There is no need to pursue perfection. We can move now. Master Ye, please notify the Holy Spirit Church to cooperate with us. We will start tomorrow morning. Generals, go back and prepare immediately. This time, we must fight all the way to Tiandou City!"

"Yes!"

These generals and strong men were a little unconvinced about Orange at first, but when Orange led them to easily break through the border defenses of the Star Luo Empire and almost killed the White Tiger Duke, they gradually became convinced, especially Orange's elusive way of mobilizing troops and his control over the battle situation. Many generals present said that they could not do it. The news brought back from the front has fully demonstrated that the Star Luo Empire was being led by the nose. Even the White Tiger Duke, a great marshal famous throughout the continent, did not discover their plan this time.

Ju Zi attached great importance to reconnaissance. This time, she mobilized almost all the detection soul guides in the country, and even mobilized the high-altitude detection soul guides used by all cities for defense. Her reason was simple. If they were used at the border, as long as the border was not breached, would the cities still need to defend? Once the border was breached, the cities would only be able to hold on for a little longer with these high-altitude detection soul guides, which would not be very useful.

Juzi stood up, her beautiful eyes sparkling. Because of Xu Tianran's identity and inconvenient body to move, she went to the front line in place of Xu Tianran. Xu Tianran trusted her very much, and her revenge was about to begin. Although the Tianhun Empire was not the Xingluo Empire, for her, the destruction of Tianhun would be the prelude to the destruction of Xingluo.

(End of this chapter)