1047 Dangerous Situation (1/2)
Once their navy was crushed, then even if Great Gan had billions of armors and large amounts of resources it was still useless.
The millions of troops of Great Gan were going to be trapped dead in the south.
However, since Zong Shou was prepared to attack the south of Central Cloud Continent and bleed Great Gan totally dry, he definitely had something to rely on.
Great Gan's navy was currently strong enough to go up against Great Shang.
The problem was that Great Shang had decades of accumulation and they had gained close to 20 Nine Tooth Giant Ships.
Although they were cloud ships, they were enough to fight against some low-end Earth Grade Warships.
”There is no need to worry about this matter! I have already sent orders for Shi Ruolan to lead nine Tiayi God Lightning Warships and six Nine Bright Broken Star Ships to head over. There are also 40 other spaceships…”
He originally didn't dare to do that, to move half of the ships that were guarding Tianfang World.
However, roughly 10 days ago, the Shura Race had already handed over those 10 Tiayi God Lightning Ships in advance. The former Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty Navy Admiral, Yi Lingsu, for some reason, also decided to join his side. He even convinced many other war prisoners who had controlled and used the ships for the Nine Capital Celestial Dynasty.
Such that the pressure on the Great Gan Celestial Dynasty was reduced and they finally could take out a portion of their strength to be used in the Cloud World.
...15 close to top Earth Grade warships along with an Unparalleled Famous General, that was going to be more than enough to suppress Great Shang.
The people in the hall were all excited and relaxed. This time, with the biggest problem solved, then even if Great Gan lost, they would be able to keep their foundations.
They just needed to seal the Cloud Ocean such that Great Shang couldn't disembark on the three continents. Then, even if they had billions of troops, they wouldn't be able to use their strength.
Qiu Wei wasn't so optimistic, how could the three factions be so easily underestimated?
Before the Common People's Vast Habitat battle, the three of them took the top three spots in the Cloud World.
The depth of their accumulations was tough for one to imagine. Even at such a moment, it wasn't something that Common People's Path and Sword Sect could hope to defeat.
Even if Shi Ruolan returned, both sides would at most be on the same level of strength.
”Speaking of which, Qiu Wei thinks that Great Shang will attack us soon?”
”It is obvious! It is only a matter of time…”
Renbo frowned, Great Shang attacking them was something he expected. However, this news was something that he hadn't heard about.
”Then, how many people do you all estimate? When will they start to invade our territory?”
”Roughly two months! If the Confucian Faction and Taoist Faction rush them, then it might be even quicker!”
Qiuwei took in a deep breath and still said so confidently.
”Great Shang currently has 53 states and a total of 370 provinces. Each province has a Governor that raises a lot of troops and collects large amounts of taxes, it would range from 100,000-300,000. Logically speaking, all of them would be Grade Three soldiers, but Great Shang has managed for 1,800 years and its foundations are already rotten. It is normal for them to make up the numbers. The armies have been idle for really long and have had peace for too long, so their combat strength is also really weak.”
Even if the Great Shang Generals falsified the numbers and 30% of their numbers were reduced, there was still around 30 million troops!
Compared to Great Gan, the difference was around 10 times!
No matter how weak they were, the number was shocking.
”The south and the mid plains are separated by a mountain range. The mountain here spreads thousands of miles and is really rocky and hilly. It is tough for an army to spread out and pass through. Unless they make use of enough space treasures, it would be tough to even support a million troops.”
This was also the reason why Great Shang was unable to take down the south over thousands of years.
Zong Shou gave out a bitter laugh. The three factions might really be able to take out enough space treasures to support tens of millions of troops.
Luckily, there were signs of chaos rising in Great Shang. They needed to defend against the north and west barbarian country races. With Zong Shou's estimation, the limit to the number of troops they could mobilize would be between 10-15 million.
”However, the crucial part of this battle is the Dao Soldiers! Great Shang's 300,000 Dao Soldiers were all wiped out at Common People's Vast Habitat and only 40,000 guards entered Grade Four. However, with Confucian and Taoist Faction suppressing, those aristocratic families and vassal states would definitely join in the battle. The more than 20 families joining hands should have 200,000 Huang Grade Dao Soldiers and 50,000 Xuan Grade. However, although their numbers are huge, they have no cohesiveness. If the battle goes well, they could win, but if it goes south the aristocratic families will definitely try their best to protect their strength.”
Zong Shou nodded his head. This was one of the reasons why he knew that although there was a six times number difference, he was still unafraid.
As long as he focused on one of them, these seemingly overpowering 200,000 Dao Soldiers would be easily crushed.
”What I worry most about is still those three factions. Taoist Faction has 50,000 Purple Qilin Flame Spear Cavalry. During the Common People's Vast Habitat, they didn't suffer many losses. The Heaven Demon Vast Habitat also kept roughly 18,000 Heaven Demon Cavalry. The number of Xuan Grade Dao Soldiers they could mobilize could reach 30,000! As for the other sects and factions, it is tough to estimate. Although they suffered some losses, their foundations are still really firm.”
”The number of Grade Three soldiers we can use in the south is only three million. Apart from that, there are 40,000 Big Dipper Sword Soldiers, 20,000 Big Dipper Crossbow Soldiers, and close to 30,000 Blood Cloud Cavalry.”
Everyone kept silent, be it soldiers or Dao Soldiers, there was still a six times difference.
With the situation this bad, even the ancient famous Generals wouldn't be able to turn this around right?
Zong Shou sat on the throne and looked on, he couldn't help but shake his head. Great Shang was so strong that the officials under him actually had such low morale.
However, it was tough for him to blame them. If he was the one, if he didn't grasp such an important trump card, he wouldn't feel so at ease.
He knew that the heart of the people was something he had to take care of. Zong Shou smiled.
”Before coming back from Common People's Vast Habitat, Common People's Path Revered One, Wei Xu and Sword Sect Palace Head Lingchen personally promised that they would send Dao Soldiers over for me.”