Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1435: Chapter 1383: Remedial Measures

Mi Fang immediately tossed the stove aside, quickly ran to Gan Ning’s big ship, and joined up with Taishi Ci and others. Mi Fang knew very well where the safest place was.

”What’s going on, suddenly moving out in an emergency, what happened?” Mi Fang immediately inquired.

”Did you see that over there?” Gan Ning pointed at the distant smoke and asked.

”I saw it, the cooking smoke.” Mi Fang looked puzzled.

”We saw it. Can the other side see it?” Gan Ning sighed and said.

”...” Mi Fang was stunned, suddenly recalling why Gan Ning had asked him to eat fresh sashimi earlier, ”I was just making a fire too...”

”It’s nothing, one or two people making a fire doesn’t matter. A single pillar of smoke rises and dissipates quickly, but such a large area doesn’t dissipate at all.” Gan Ning said indifferently. Mi Fang’s cooking was seen too, but it really didn’t matter with just one or two people.

”So what do we do now? Just rush up directly?” Mi Fang asked nervously.

”That’s the only way. Speed up and charge over. We can’t let them escape. Otherwise, if their fleet disperses and gets prepared, our plan will be ruined.” Gan Ning sighed, and the warship below him slowly started to move.

Fortunately, they hadn’t dropped anchor earlier; otherwise, retrieving the anchor now would take quite a bit of time.

Guann Hai, who was eating grilled fish, saw a small boat run aground and head in their direction, and immediately waved with a smile, ”What, does Xingba have something to inform me again?”

”General Guann, General Gan asked me to inform you that your smoke has already exposed you.” The soldier looked at Guann Hai with a helpless expression and said.

”What?” Guann Hai was shocked and immediately looked up. Instantly, his face turned pale. It hadn’t been long, and he had already forgotten a lot of the experience he accumulated from years of fighting. In the past, he would never have made such a foolish mistake.

”Xingba, has he already gone to attack the Kushan Water Village?” Guann Hai immediately asked.

”General Gan led all the navy towards the Kushan Water Village as soon as we left,” the soldier bowed his head and reported.

”Everyone, follow me to attack!” Guann Hai shouted.

Guann Hai was nearly forty li from the Kushan Water Village. If this distance was for cavalry of this era, even the Xiliang Iron Cavalry could make it there in an hour, then start fighting on the spot. If it were the White Horse Soldiers, an hour would be enough for them to go there and come back.

But that’s for cavalry. For the short-legged infantry, forty li is a day’s marching distance for miscellaneous soldiers. If it’s a raid, even with the superb physical fitness of soldiers in this strong-physique era, it would probably take nearly one and a half hours.

However, at the speed of Gan Ning’s large ship, it’s estimated they would be engaged in battle within half an hour. If Guann Hai’s soldiers took an hour and a half to arrive, they probably wouldn’t even have the chance to clean up the battlefield.

Guann Hai certainly wouldn’t do such a futile act. As the only one among the Yellow Turbans to break through to Inner Qi Manifestation using insight, he also possessed an elevated Legion Talent.

Although Guann Hai had always thought this talent mocked the Yellow Turbans for constantly fighting battles everywhere, one must admit that a Legion Talent is a Legion Talent.

”Forced march!” Guann Hai shouted, and the pure white radiance covered all 3,000 soldiers. All the soldiers carried whatever supplies could be taken, disembarking and following Guann Hai towards the Kushan Water Village.

This was Guann Hai’s Legion Talent, considered an elevation of the Yellow Turbans’ ability to fight everywhere, overdrafting physical strength temporarily to rush to battle with extremely fast marching speed. Simply put, activating this move allowed marching speeds comparable to the shortest-legged cavalry, the Xiliang Iron Cavalry.

Of course, under the infusion of will, they wouldn’t feel the physical fatigue when reaching the battlefield. Only after the battle would they come down from excitement into real exhaustion.

If Xiahou Yuan’s Legion Talent activated the potential within soldiers without overextending, allowing soldiers to maintain high combat power for a long time, then Guann Hai’s way simply overextended physical strength, unleashing an explosive force in a short period.

The cost for this was that the time Guann Hai’s Legion Talent could be sustained was very short, whereas Xiahou Yuan’s Legion Talent could be sustained for such a long time that it might as well not need to be turned off, but as a trade-off, Xiahou Yuan’s Legion Talent was indistinguishable whether it was on or off.

Xiahou Yuan’s Legion Talent clearly activated soldiers’ abilities within bearable limits, making them more capable in battle. But since it’s within bearable limits, it wouldn’t increase at the expense of physical strength...

However, without overextending physical potential, there can’t be combat power. This supposedly powerful talent, allowing all-around enhancement without overextending or hurting soldiers, performs as an utterly meaningless talent that enables fast, long-term marching.

Exceeding physical limits doesn’t necessarily mean harming the body. On the contrary, surpassing limits to a certain degree doesn’t hurt the body and may even have a promoting effect.

This is why, even with the same quality, the outcome differs with Legion Talent added.

Knowing that Guan Yu’s School Sabre Bearers originally entered the camp together with those veteran soldiers back then, but now, with Guan Yu frequently activating Legion Talent for them, the School Sabre Bearers and those veteran soldiers have gradually been set apart.

The reason Xiahou Yuan’s marching speed is fast is that his Legion Talent lasts long. If someone like Guan Yu or Li Jue’s Legion Talent could last for several days, they would definitely outpace Xiahou Yuan.

As for Guann Hai’s Legion Talent, it is entirely different from others. His Legion Talent is, in essence, overexertion, which means his Legion Talent, even if he himself can endure and continue, his subordinate soldiers might be unable to keep up.

Luckily, Guann Hai’s overexertion only manifested in marching. If it manifested in fighting, it would be the revival of the Yellow Turban Strongmen. Naturally, if the cost in fighting is overexertion, then with an explosion in combat power, it’s possible they would collapse after leaving the battlefield.

Leaving aside Guann Hai’s Legion Talent, with one command from Guann Hai, 3,000 soldiers immediately followed him towards the Kushan Water Village.

In less than half an hour, Gan Ning and Taishi Ci’s large ships had already advanced to a point two li directly ahead of the Kushan Water Village,

In fact, when they were about ten li from the Kushan Water Village, Gan Ning and Taishi Ci’s fleet was spotted by the Kushan lookouts. Then, the sound of urgent signaling continued even as Gan Ning and Taishi Ci approached several li within the water village.

However, in Gan Ning and Taishi Ci’s judgment, the opponent had long known of their arrival, so they didn’t change the speed of their ships, simply pressing towards the Kushan Water Village in an arc formation.