Free Web NovelChapter 2169: Chapter 228: Gazing Toward Noble City (Part 3)
"Unless, unless the strategic mission of Hui Ming Fu wasn’t meant to be this way, and it was Tai Yin who artificially raised the difficulty... only after defeating Bao Bozhao and seeing more possibilities did they bring Zhou Xiong over. This would explain why there’s only one Zhou Xiong here."
"Wait a minute." Jiang Wangdao asked, "Regardless of everything else, how do you know it’s Tai Yin who’s taking charge of these matters?"
"Whoever leads ten thousand men alone to intercept Xie Xiaobao is the one with the main responsibility. Besides..." Zhongxuan Sheng said faintly, "Wasn’t Gu Yong’s attitude just now obvious enough?"
"Oh, it really was quite obvious." Jiang Wang responded perfunctorily, but internally he couldn’t help thinking about that moment in the Mountain and Sea Realm when Tai Yin took the initiative to snap his neck—that was indeed someone with decisive judgment.
"Then what should Tai Yin’s original strategic goal be? Tai Yin and Chumin are considered talented, but they haven’t achieved ’God Arrives.’ These fighters from the Outer Building are even more mediocre. What can they do at Hui Ming Fu? It seems important here but not too important. What is the person behind the scenes trying to accomplish?"
Zhongxuan Sheng muttered to himself, "The question goes back to the beginning again. How could they still manage to send over someone as strong as ’God Arrives’? How could they dare to take this risk?"
His chubby fingers tapped his forehead, "I just can’t figure it out."
Jiang Wang just watched him think in silence.
"Is there such a possibility?" He stopped tapping his fingers and looked seriously at Jiang Wang, "They have already given up on the Eastern front?"
Jiang Wang furrowed his brows without speaking.
Although he trusted Zhongxuan Sheng’s judgment very much, this was honestly quite incredible.
The three major battlefields, the Northern front, Tong Yang City, and the Eastern front – just abandoning them like that?
Once the Eastern front is abandoned, Guiyi City is at the mercy of the Qi Army. How could the people of the Summer Country dare to do this?
The entire Eastern front is not just a simple phrase or a term. It includes the lands of Hui Ming, Feng Li, Shaokang, Jin’an, Wanxing, and so on. These lands house the very lives of the Summer Country’s army and civilians! freewebnoveℓ.com
Moreover, the morale of the military and civilians is easy to let go of but incredibly difficult to regain.
Yu Liyang abandoned Jianfeng Mountain, and in less than three days, Fengjie Prefecture had completely changed flags. The Xia Army fought hard across various prefectures, resulting in so many days of fierce battles.
Anyone who dares to make such a decision will undoubtedly carry the blame for eternity; even if they can truly achieve victory, they will inevitably face backlash later on!
Zhongxuan Sheng, however, grew more determined as he spoke, "I’ve always thought, if I were the commander of the Summer side, what other ways could I have to turn the situation around? In the current circumstances, abandoning the Eastern front and focusing on the Northern front is not an option to be dismissed.
The Eastern front is already in disarray, and abandoning it directly now and pulling most of the higher-level forces northward has a high probability of breaking through the Northern front Qi Army!
Being a bit cold-blooded about it... if only high-level forces are withdrawn, the Xia Army is still on the Eastern front, and the city defenses of various cities are still intact. So many military and civilians; they can still hold out for some time even if they die.
Even if we can quickly push to Guiyi City, the capital of a nation is not so easily breached. The Empress Dowager Xia overseeing the capital is enough to hold on until the Northern front Xia Army returns to rescue.
The most important thing is the Northern front has 300,000 Qi Country County Soldiers, and the Eastern front has 300,000 Eastern Region Coalition Forces...
Although it may be like drinking poison to quench thirst for the Summer Country, it also presents a significant threat to us.
If the 300,000 Qi Country County Soldiers fall, the intentions of the Eastern Region Coalition Forces become uncertain. By then, the only thing we in Qi Country can rely on will be the Nine Soldiers and Horses before Tong Yang City, and this can buy Summer Country more time.
From this perspective, Fan Ao staying and tarrying at Tianfeng Ranch without leaving, and Tai Yin coming to Hui Ming Fu to fight, could both be to create the illusion that they are still struggling for the Eastern front. But in reality, their higher-level forces are already prepared to be pulled up north. Perhaps they have already set off now!
And the reason Zhou Xiong came over is that Tai Yin, whose strategic goal was initially to pin down, quickly defeated Bao Bozhao, thereby gaining the power to mobilize more resources for a greater gain. After all, the bigger the commotion he creates at Hui Ming Fu, the better he can cover up the Summer Army’s strategic intentions on the Northern front... this way, everything makes sense!"
Jiang Wang blinked his eyes, "You remind me of someone."
"Are you trying to say I’m just guessing all this? Do I look like a diviner?"
Jiang Wang was quite surprised that his thoughts were seen through.
But Zhongxuan Sheng merely said, "Analysis. You need to have an analysis in your mind. We’re not doing divination; which diviner on the battlefield can predict accurately? But when you stand from the enemy’s perspective and make comprehensive considerations for them, their choices are actually very limited! Especially given today’s situation. When you list out their options, you’ll naturally know what they’ll do!"
Jiang Wang thought, it sounds easy coming from you!
He only said, "If all of this were true, what do you plan to do?"
"Firstly, of course, I have to inform Commander Xie of my speculation; he can verify it there—although it might already be too late... Commander Xie can’t possibly fail to notice so many high-level forces being deployed from the Summer Army. Yet, if Commander Xie chooses to treat it cautiously, our reminder is still very necessary."
"Secondly—"
Zhongxuan Sheng suddenly gazed northwest, and his voice became somewhat ethereal, "Wang, what do you think, if we were to fight our way to Guiyi City from here, regardless of how we get there, regardless of whether we can take it... wouldn’t that be a great reputation?!"
