Chapter 980 - Making a Bet! (2/2)
“Not enough,” Bai Xiaofei suddenly said, once again making himself the target of criticism.
“How did you get to your position, Deputy Commander? If each fortress sends fifty thousand troops, that would be a total of two hundred and fifty thousand. Plus a force of nearly four hundred thousand that can be dispatched from here, we will have more than enough for an assured victorious siege. Moreover, by wanting more people, you’re telling us to give up on the rest of the fortresses we still have and the city behind them!” Tan Yueru instantly retorted.
This time Bai Xiaofei didn’t intend to keep quiet. He snorted. “It’s simply impossible for their eight hundred thousand troops to win these fortresses in one month with me here.”
Hearing this, Tan Yueru directly pulled out her sword and pointed it at him. “You’re seeking death!”
The energy in Bai Xiaofei’s body was forced to a stop, but it did not affect his performance.
“Have you ever considered what impact it would have on the overall situation if your troops fail to capture Divine Light? You need many more troops to achieve a sure victory, unless you still regard the present Sacks as what they used to be,” he said slowly.
Tan Yueru froze… because she thought this made sense. However, admitting that now would be a bit humiliating, so she fell into a dilemma.
“As for defending the remaining fortress, you can rest assured that if any of them falls before you recapture Divine Light, you can have my head,” Bai Xiaofei added and looked at Tan Yueru with a smile. “If you don’t believe me, we can make a bet. If I succeed, from now on, no one can treat men differently; every soldier will enjoy the same treatment.”
Bai Xiaofei’s voice was not passionate, but everyone could clearly hear what he wanted.
“What if you lose?!” Tan Yueru clenched her jaw and glared at him, hating the fact that she couldn’t just cut him down right then and there.
“Don’t worry, I won’t lose, because neither you nor I can afford the consequences,” replied Bai Xiaofei before he turned to Ye Qingcheng. “Your Majesty, you won’t need cannon fodder when you go out into the field, right? I wonder if you can give me all the men in the remaining six fortresses?”
Staring silently at Bai Xiaofei for a long while, Ye Qingcheng also smiled. “Possible. But we don’t have any spare equipment. You will have to solve this problem yourself.”
Hearing her answer, the room full of people sneered, thinking the emperor was making it difficult for Bai Xiaofei.
However, the man himself did not think so. If Ye Qingcheng wanted to make it difficult for him, she wouldn’t have agreed to his request. Not only did she give him the men, but she also made the officers feel that she was not biased towards him.
She was playing her role perfectly.
“That’s already good enough. You can just wait for my good news,” Bai Xiaofei concluded the matter and sat back down.
With that, Ye Qingcheng started to make a detailed plan to attack the Divine Light Fortress. A battle at the large scale of millions of people was definitely no joke.
It was destined to be a bloody one!