Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 656 - 599: This Deception Is Too Much Like Switching the Beams and Pillars!

Chapter 656: Chapter 599: This Deception Is Too Much Like Switching the Beams and Pillars!

"What!? I disagree!"

Upon hearing Zhang San’s proposed method relayed again by Changsun Wuji, Emperor Kaihuang couldn’t help but rage.

"What do you mean by setting up a formation tonight and sending me out first? There are still twenty to thirty thousand of our Great Sui soldiers here! Is my life a life, and theirs not?"

Changsun Wuji hurriedly explained, "Emperor Kaihuang, Zhang San’s idea is to use the formation to transport you first. Once you leave, the Tujue will surely chase after you, as you are their most important target. Afterwards, we’ll lead the main force to break out from the north!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Kaihuang finally calmed down.

At this moment, Wen Chudao, standing nearby, voiced his concerns with some worry, "This... We can’t even send out a single message, can Zhang San really transport Emperor Kaihuang entirely?"

Changsun Wuji promptly responded, "Although I’m also unclear about how exactly Zhang San’s method works, I think we have no other choice but to try his method now."

Hearing what Changsun Wuji said, Wen Chudao realized it was the only option left.

During the day, the Sui Army trapped within Falling Dragon Mountain began to repair their equipment, preparing to resist the Tujue’s offensive.

But the Tujue did not launch an attack.

Because after the previous battle, the Tujue had also suffered significant losses.

Most importantly, Sharlobi felt that as long as they trapped Emperor Kaihuang here, after some time, they could directly charge in and kill the nearly starved Emperor and other soldiers.

So, it was better to just encircle them for a few days.

There was no need to send out a large number of soldiers to assault.

After all, the Sui Army was now on guard, and attacking now would only lead to heavy casualties.

And by evening, Changsun Wuji and others had sketched out the formation on the ground and invited Emperor Kaihuang over.

Although reluctant, Emperor Kaihuang knew that only by leaving himself could the others confidently engage the Tujue and then break out from the north.

After all, once he left, the Great Sui Army on the southern side of Falling Dragon Mountain would protect his departure.

And once the Tujue discovered he had left, they would immediately give chase.

This way, the Sui Army inside Falling Dragon Mountain would have a chance to break out from the north.

As Emperor Kaihuang stood in the center of the formation, for some reason, he vaguely felt something was not quite right with the formation, but he couldn’t pinpoint what exactly was wrong.

Suddenly, following Changsun Wuji’s incantations, although everyone couldn’t make out what he was saying, they felt the surrounding formation grow brighter and brighter.

At that moment, the Tujue guarding atop Falling Dragon Mountain also noticed the unusually bright light emerging among the Sui Army.

Someone immediately summoned Great Khan Sharlobi and the State Preceptor.

Sharlobi looked toward the source of the light and asked curiously, "What is that?"

The State Preceptor frowned slightly and murmured softly, "It looks like a formation, but what kind of formation are they activating?"

Just then, the light from the formation shot up into the sky.

The light flew into mid-air and then suddenly vanished.

Sharlobi was baffled and asked, "What are the Sui People doing? Setting off fireworks?"

And at that moment, a streak of light fell from the sky to the south, landing among the Sui Army’s ranks.

Sharlobi was taken aback and asked, "Could someone have escaped?"

At this time, three Purple Mansion Realm experts from the Tujue side, noticing the bright light from the formation inside Falling Dragon Mountain, also quickly made their way there.

"Great Khan, our Formation is absolutely impossible for anyone to escape from!"

"Exactly, that light just now couldn’t possibly have been someone escaping!"

"Moreover, with so many Sui People trapped here, what good would running one do?"

At this moment, the State Preceptor’s eyes widened with anger and he said, "What if the one who escaped was Emperor Kaihuang?"

In that instant, the faces of the three Tujue experts from the Purple Mansion Realm darkened.

Following that, a Tujue soldier ran over from a distance to report.

"Reporting to the Great Khan, we just spotted a light entering the Sui Army camp to the south, and then we saw that the Sui Army had abandoned their camp and seemed to be retreating southward."

At that moment, everyone present realized, it must have been Emperor Kaihuang who had fled.

"Didn’t you three join together to arrange a Formation that no one could leave and no message could get out?" Sharlobi roared at the three experts from the Purple Mansion Realm.

The three Purple Mansion Realm experts glanced at each other, their eyes filled with confusion.

They also did not know why Emperor Kaihuang of Great Sui had been able to leave.

"Men! Have Aikan Shetou and Shiba Limi immediately lead troops to pursue him, we cannot let Emperor Kaihuang escape! If he is killed, not to mention Great Sui, the whole Imperial Path will be mine!"

At this moment, the State Preceptor said softly, "Great Khan, there might still be more than twenty thousand Sui Army troops in this valley; we should leave some troops to rush in and spread the news that Emperor Kaihuang escaped alone, abandoning everyone, thereby capturing these people. If some of the Sui People are willing to join us, Tujue’s domination of the world can be expected soon!"

Sharlobi snorted coldly, angrily saying, "With Emperor Kaihuang gone, who cares about these twenty or thirty thousand men! Don’t bother with them! Focus all efforts on pursuing Emperor Kaihuang! Catching him is the most important thing. Even killing a hundred thousand of the Great Sui Army is not as significant as killing him alone!"

At this moment, Sharlobi was not listening to anyone else.

Meanwhile, at the spot in Falling Dragon Mountain where the Formation had just lit up, everyone looked at Changsun Wuji in shock.

Because just as the Formation had lit up, Changsun Wuji had taken a huge bedsheet out of his Storage Ring, covered Emperor Kaihuang with it, and then stood to the side holding him.

Everyone was clueless about what Changsun Wuji had just been doing.

At that moment, everyone looked at Changsun Wuji as if he were intellectually disabled.

But Changsun Wuji made a shushing gesture to everyone.

"Shush—"

At this point, Emperor Kaihuang under the blanket asked softly, "Changsun Wuji, what are you doing?"

Changsun Wuji whispered, "Don’t panic, everyone just look up at the sky and pretend that Emperor Kaihuang has already left."

Upon hearing this, everyone was baffled.

A moment later, Changsun Wuji finally whispered an explanation, "Zhang San knew that the entire valley of Falling Dragon Mountain was sealed by the Tujue’s Formation, making it very difficult for anyone or any message to get out. That’s why he had me set up this Formation, whose purpose is..."

"Teleportation!?"

"No! It’s just to light up and send out a beam of light."

Hearing Changsun Wuji’s explanation, everyone fell silent.

Changsun Wuji continued, "But I know it’s just for illumination, the Tujue on the other side don’t know that. At the same time, Zhang San had also set up a similar Formation that would project a beam of light into the army to the south. Thus, the Tujue would definitely think that Emperor Kaihuang has left and is now among the retreating troops."

"Since Emperor Kaihuang has retreated, the Tujue will definitely pursue him! If the Tujue chase, there will be fewer Tujue around Falling Dragon Mountain, and won’t we be able to break out?"

At this moment, everyone suddenly understood.

The Emperor from under the blanket finally realized, this was a profound deception, a masterful switch!"