Flowers Bloom from Battlefield

Ming Kingdom

"Can you repeat that again?" the emperor looked towards the messenger who was trembling. He had been discussing with the other officials when the news strike him. This news would put Ming Kingdom in even more danger compared with the few months before.

"Your Majesty… the…three big kingdoms aside from Mountain Kingdom declared war against Ming Kingdom."

The hall turned deathly silent. From all the time they had, why did they specifically choose to pick this time? They didn't dare to speak for they know that the emperor would be angry.

"Continue with the planning!" the emperor bellowed.

If it was a few months before when Jun family was still in this kingdom and Jun Min was still on the frontline, he won't feel like today. The news strikes him hard and good. No matter how much he wanted to regret, there was nothing he could do anymore.

Strategist Wu face turned grim. He had expected that the other kingdoms would target them, but this was too fast. Just after they had received the news, they decided to attack. It seemed they had been planning to attack Ming Kingdom for a long time already.

This will make the fight hard. Under the barrage of attack from the other kingdoms, how long can they last after losing a lot of their soldiers? The move from the Jun family has pushed them down in the hole like this.

Strategist Wu looked towards the board. Given that they had been preparing for this for some time, they must have prepared the best of their soldier. The probability of them winning may be low, but they don't have the outstanding general for nothing. They still had the chance to survive.

While they still think about the plan, the emperor looked towards Strategist Wu.

"What is our chance of winning?"

Strategist Wu thought for some time. "Less than 30%."

"That low?" The emperor was stunned. With them losing a lot of their soldier, had they turned to be a weak target? How can they preserve like this?

"If it's only one of the kingdoms that attacked us, it might not be the case," Strategist Wu said slowly. "But if they attack us together, it will be hard for us to win the fight."

One kingdom attacking was not a problem for a big kingdom like Ming Kingdom. They have been clashing with the other kingdom occasionally. Because of the military power of each kingdom and the possibility of others attacking them, they don't usually initiate an attack. The incident like this was truly rare, but it had occurred to them twice.

The emperor brow creased, "Your plan from before, why don't you use them?"

Strategist Wu would like to use it that is if he could. The problem lies with the fact that he needed the Jun family to execute the plan and more importantly, a figure like Jun Min. Now that both of them had gone, the plan was as good as over. Forcefully using it will only make them taste even more defeat if the Mountain Kingdom choose to attack.

The southeast border had become vulnerable with this incident. There were not many soldiers they could allocate there and the Jun family had forcefully taken the territories that previously belong to them. This makes them even more powerful as the terrain there was suitable for defense.

Considering all factors, the Ming condition was really perilous.

At that time, Ming Kui raised his hand to give suggestion. "What if we force the citizen to rise and fight?"

That was an outrageous move. But in the certain place where there was no famous figure, the morale of the army would be really low and it will be hard to fight. If they can't fight with morale high, they can use the number of people to overcome it.

"That was too harsh, Imperial Brother," Ming Gong said sneering. "Why don't you ask a famous figure to go there and raise their morale support?"

By Ming Kui side, Xuan Pei nodded. It will be easier, but it doesn't help in terms of their low number of soldiers. Compared with the other three kingdoms soldier in total, they can't match them.

Strategist Wu looked towards the board. "I have an idea."

The meeting ended with the three princes getting ready. Having their prince leading from the frontline would surely makes the soldiers became even more motivated. Because of that, each of them will be responsible in each direction.

Ming Kui would be leading the soldier in North territory.

Ming Gong would be leading the soldier in West territory.

Ming Xiao would be leading the soldier in South territory.

As Ming Yan had stayed in the east territory with Soujin, they chose to let him stay there. Even with the status of Yan as the prince, he won't gain much support from the people as he was famous for being a useless prince. That way, it was best to make him stay there just as name.

Ming Kui snorted. "That idiot is having it easy."

Xuan Pei nodded. He had examined the condition of the capital through fully and with the help from Ming Kui, he can gain even more understanding of the capital. For that Ming Yan, he felt that the other party was truly a hard variable to think.

A person who was hidden deeply and even he cannot go dig the secret around Yan. Aside from his usual idiot demeanor every day, it was hard to find the true mask behind that façade.

"Xuan Pei, what is the odd of our winning?"

Xuan Pei thought for some time. "If the enemy is only Pan Kingdom, we still can win. But if the two of them collaborate, it will be hard."

"Then, you better come up with a plan to overcome the latter."

Ming Kui said coldly as he rode his horse. Xuan Pei sighed as his mind kept on thinking. The battle was not going to be easy for them.

...

At the same time the problem of war rose, Strategist Wu looked towards the letter on his hand. He found it inconceivable that Yan and Ming Hui didn't return for a long time, so he sent his men to investigate about them. He halted the investigation today and this paper was the result from these few days.

"Ming Hui disappear?" he frowned upon looking towards that line. However, he did notice that no one ever mentioned about the princess anymore. It was as if the princess was never existed in the first place.

The princess herself was not that important, what made him frowned even more was the fact that Yan's mother managed to get out from the cold palace. Given that there was rarely anyone who checked, he only managed to find out quite late.

Strategist Wu's servant by the side raised his head, "Sir, do you want to investigate further?"

Strategist Wu shook his head. There would be no point to investigate about them any further. He sneered. "Just let that woman stay there. She will only bring trouble if she is here."

The servant by the side nodded his head immediately, "I understand."

Strategist Wu looked towards the letter once more. He wanted to find out more about Yan since that prince seemed to hold a secret behind his façade. If not because of the emperor's order to not let him bother with Yan; he would never let that troublemaker prince do as he wished.

"Gather the others back to the capital. I need more people to relay the message to others areas," Strategist Wu ordered.

The servant immediately complied and disappeared from the room immediately. Strategist Wu tapped the table with his finger, thinking for a way to react to this situation.