Chapter 1204: Quick Battle (1/2)

The old man was shocked out of his wits. The trembling caused his skin to rub against the blade, breaking and bleeding somewhat. “This servant is entirely loyal to you. It’s just that I simply cannot stand that man’s arrogance. This isn’t fair to you!”

Nan Ruohuai put away his dagger after a while. “If you saw how that man killed the Royal Tutor like he would slaughter a dog, you won’t think like this. Your so-called ancestral poison, will it really kill him? What if it doesn’t?”

The old man frowned and said with a surge of killing intent, “Then fight it out with him! You have the army in your hands, what’s there to be afraid of? That warship may be big, but if we are all united in our efforts, there will always be an opportunity to strike it down. What does he have without the warship?”

Nan Ruohuai laughed wryly, shaking his head. “You don’t know. He has an even bigger warship, one that he never drove into the country. It’s just there in the void. All the current vessels added together can’t hold a candle to that giant warship.”

The old attendant was stunned and looked rather doubtful. “How can there be such a big ship?”

Nan Ruohuai shook his head and returned to his seat. Indeed… how could there be such a giant warship? How big was the world outside of Zheng?

The number of soldiers Qianye had brought wasn't large. The squad was even smaller than the airships’ total crew. Hence, they only took control of the airship port outside of the city and the area close to the southern gate. A number of structures that could pose a threat to the airships were also occupied.

This placed the royal capital in a subtle state of divided rule.

After returning to the airship, Qianye summoned all the generals to the war room and hung up a scaled map of Zheng beside the map of the Fort Continent.

Qianye pointed to several cities with the pointer, saying, “Here, here, and here… we need to take these five cities on our own. Eastern Sun Island is rich in minerals and Expansive can be modified into a military base. Meanwhile, these cities have the resources and manpower to form a corridor into the dark race’s territory, making sure that our mercenaries can fight their way into the center of Fort Continent without any interruptions.”

The generals here weren’t proficient in strategy, but the handful of men from the Song clan were so surprised that they couldn’t speak.

“Then it’s settled.” Qianye made a clear decision.

Song Lun said, “Sire, this is equal to slicing off a third of Zheng, and the best parts too. Will there be any complaints from the other side?”

Song Hui chuckled. “Yeah, the new King of Zheng has eighty thousand Royal Guards at his beck and call!”

The Nan Ruohuai from before had nothing else, so it was fine to occupy Eastern Sun and Expansive in his name. Perhaps it was time for Qianye to consider the new king’s response?

Qianye replied, “We’ve been held up in Zheng for far too long. It’s not important what he thinks, and there’s no need to worry about it, either. Move ahead according to the determined strategy. If there are any obstructions along the way, no matter who it is, we will get rid of them. I have only one order for you, and that is ‘Attack!’ Do I make myself clear?”

The mercenary generals were never afraid of adding more chaos to the situation. One of them said in a strange mocking tone, “What if the Royal Guard fights us for territory?”

“They have so many people! I’m so scared!” “Indeed! It’s eighty thousand men we’re talking about here. Forty men against you, Old Lin, it’s going to be a gangbang!”

“I’m so afraid, haha!”

Song Hui blushed as a series of vulgar language erupted. Her scoundrelly teasing might work on Qianye, but she could hardly compete against these mercenaries who were brought up in the actual lower rungs of society. She really wasn’t as thick-skinned.

“Okay, quiet down.” Qianye waited until everyone was well-behaved before assigning them their missions. At the same time, he also sent someone to notify Nan Ruohuai, asking him to organize Zheng’s entire airship fleet and put them under Dark Flame’s command.

At the end of the meeting, the mercenary generals sped away to mobilize their men, afraid that their other colleagues would take their contributions. In truth, there were only two thousand elite troops in total. After dividing them amongst the generals, each squad had little over a hundred men. Taking a city might be fine, but occupation was near impossible.

The mercenary generals assigned to each city formed groups to study their task distribution. The generals in charge of deploying airships were surrounded by people who wanted more support for their squad, even if it was just an extra gunship.

Song Hui stood beside Qianye, staring at him from every direction. Eventually, the latter could no longer stand it. “What are you doing?”

Song Hui asked, “Did you really think of this plan?”

“Of course.” Qianye was puzzled.

“And I thought you only knew how to fight.”

“What, is there a problem?” Qianye sought guidance rather humbly.

“It’s strange because there’s no problem. You don’t have much command experience as far as I know, nor any experience working as a staff officer.”