Chapter 441 - 439: Why Are There So Many Fools (First Update)

Chapter 441: Chapter 439: Why Are There So Many Fools (First Update)

Xiao Yi at this moment, laughed softly, "It is indeed difficult to fight. Moreover, according to the information from our scouts, this invasion by the foreign tribes may not be any less severe than the Eight Clans’ Chaos from over a decade ago. Even with the forces of Cui Han and Ning Yuanjie, they can only barely hold on. If there’s no reinforcements over time, it will also become very dangerous over there."

Zhao Jingxuan: "..."

So he already had the information from the scouts? And here I was rushing over to inform him!

Most importantly, knowing that the situation was not looking good, this man could still laugh! I always thought of myself as fearless, yet it seems this man has an even bigger heart!

"However, even though it’s hard to fight, it’s not as if we have no chances of victory."

Xiao Yi held a small red flag between his long fingers, speaking in a low, steady voice, "The Jiang Family’s stronghold is now in Yizhou, and to attack Yizhou, we must first break through Fei State, Pengzhou, or Maozhou. As long as we can break through one of these regions, we can strike directly."

Currently, Fei State is defended by Cao Lu, one of the fierce generals under Duke Xing, alongside Jiang Yu.

Pengzhou is guarded by Pinglu Jiedu Envoy Zhou Guangsheng and another fierce general under Duke Xing, Jiang Yuan.

Maozhou is guarded by Beiting Jiedu Envoy Jiang Chaoda and the Heir of Duke Xing, Jiang Huai.

If we can break through one of these places ahead of time, our chances of victory will greatly increase."

On our side, responsible for attacking Fei State, are an old general, Wei Zitao, under Duke Liang, and Zhao Jingyi.

For attacking Pengzhou, it is him and Zhao Jingxuan.

Duke Liang himself is responsible for the Maozhou region.

Zhao Jingxuan naturally understood these principles. He crossed his arms, looking at Xiao Yi and said, "By saying this, could it be that you’ve already decided which region we should break through first?"

Xiao Yi raised his eyes to look at him, chuckled softly, and said, "Naturally."

As he spoke, he placed the last small red piece in his hand onto the territory of Pengzhou.

Zhao Jingxuan couldn’t help but blink his eyes.

Xiao Yi’s lips curved into a smile, "Zhou Guangsheng has always been arrogant and proud. Now that he has conflicts with the Jiang Family and Jiang Chaoda, naturally, he is the easiest among the three to break through."

"However..."

Zhao Jingxuan furrowed his brows slightly, "Zhou Guangsheng has a bunch of problems, but he’s not a fool. Didn’t our scouts report that he has reconciled with the Jiang Family?"

"Temporary submission is not reconciliation."

Xiao Yi said indifferently, "With Zhou Guangsheng’s temperament, unless the Jiang Family can win a significant victory or gain the support of either Prince Xing or Prince Ling, his dissatisfaction will continue to exist."

From his perspective now, the Jiang Family is no different from himself, perhaps even lacking the advantages he holds.

The art of warfare, above all, is to attack the mind. Given such a significant weakness, how can we not make good use of it, lest it be wasted?"

"Speaking of which, I remember a few days ago, our scouts brought another interesting piece of information."

Zhao Jingxuan suddenly seemed to have thought of something, chuckled softly, and said, "When initially distributing the troops, it seems Jiang Yu wanted to defend Pengzhou together with Zhou Guangsheng, but Zhou Guangsheng wouldn’t agree no matter what. In order to temporarily stabilize Zhou Guangsheng, Jiang Shaoyan could only assign Jiang Yu to Fei State.

Your idea might really be feasible; Zhou Guangsheng could be our breakthrough point."

Jiang Yu, with his deep thoughts, must have seen that Zhou Guangsheng was unreliable when he volunteered to defend Pengzhou with him initially.

Unfortunately, Zhou Guangsheng is just a mere martial man, an arrogant one at that, who naturally detests those who are deep-minded and seem to toy with him. That’s why he firmly refused to defend Pengzhou with Jiang Yu.

From another angle, isn’t this just a manifestation of Zhou Guangsheng’s reluctance to submit to the Jiang Family?

And clearly, Duke Xing couldn’t do anything about him, resulting in the need to swap someone to defend Pengzhou with him. Outwardly, Zhou Guangsheng has submitted, but isn’t it just another form of submission for the Jiang Family as well?

The more Zhao Jingxuan thought about it, the more feasible it seemed. He couldn’t help snapping his fingers and said, "The Jiang Family is facing both you and my father. I’m starting to feel a bit sorry for them.

Yanci, if you hadn’t left the military camp back then, your achievements in the future surely wouldn’t fall short of my father’s.

At this pace, we won’t even need half a year to end this war."

Xiao Yi seemed to think of something, his gaze softened slightly, and he said quietly, "If that’s the case, it would be great."

Prince Zhao didn’t know; now it took immense self-control to calm himself down and not be impatient.

Whenever he thought of the Western Capital, where his wife and child were waiting for him, he couldn’t help but feel a bit restless.

This nagging feeling was even stronger than last time when he went to Lingzhou.

On the other side, not far from Fei State,

it was sunset. Jiang Yu sat bored under a large, lush tree, watching the distant Zhao Family’s military camp.

His deputy, Wu Hui, finally found his lord, almost having his heart leap out in shock. He quickly ran under the tree, lowered his voice, and said, "Lord, why did you... leave the city without a word! Any further and it’s the enemy’s camp, even if you had ten lives, it wouldn’t be enough..."

"Wu Hui."

The man in the tree suddenly spoke faintly, his voice carrying a hint of coldness, "Do you think back then, I shouldn’t have played the hero, and instead took her away at all costs?"

Wu Hui was slightly stunned. Having followed the lord for so long, he naturally knew who the lord was referring to as ’her.’

He didn’t expect that at such a time, the lord would still be thinking about Miss Xu.

He couldn’t help but feel a slight chill down his spine and said, "Lord, you’ve never been one to regret past events. Besides, with a war approaching, you..."

The man in the tree suddenly gave an ambiguous sneer, "Yes, a war is approaching."

A war extremely disadvantageous to them was about to begin.

He felt that in this lifetime, perhaps he would never possess that woman.

Jiang Yu slightly raised his head, gazing at the distant orange sunset, the corners of his mouth lifted.

However, he knew that even if he returned to that time, he wouldn’t have taken her away.

From the time he was sensible, he knew that their Jiang Family would inevitably end up in this situation. He lied to that woman that day; he didn’t actually harbor such deep hatred for the Wei Royal Family. Perhaps his ancestors and father did, but he found it amusing that their Jiang Family, having failed in their rebellion due to lack of ability, fantasized about turning that failure into family hatred.

But even though he didn’t have such profound hatred for the Wei Royal Family, he was still very interested in that supreme position.

Since he became aware, he felt different from others, seemingly cold-hearted and indifferent, only becoming interested in things that piqued his curiosity.

The person who could slightly stir his emotions was only his third sister, who grew up with him, and later, Xu Jing.

That feeling of being completely captivated by a woman was also the first time for him.

However, almost as soon as he understood his feelings, he realized that the fate between him and that woman was minimal.

That night in the snowy forest, the distance between him and her was perhaps the closest in this lifetime.

His pride does not allow him to force her to his side when he still has nothing.

But now, it seems he’s getting further away from the position he’s pursued for so many years.

Jiang Yu suddenly looked up, squinting his eyes, and muttered irritably, quietly, "Ah, why are there so many fools..."