Chapter 2716: Mutual Escalation

He had been rolling around in all the explicit and implicit rules of Between Between Between Beijia since birth, and knew it all too well—whether in the army or in Lingxu City, such matters always required someone to take the fall and bear the blame.

He had only sold out once, but once the military caught him, they would dump all his past black pots onto his head!

Why should he bear the blame for mistakes he didn't commit?

His grandfather had many political enemies in the Wang Ting of Lingxu; once this matter was exposed, his opponents would surely use Wang Lushi to attack him! The Western Campaign against Panlong was Between Between Between Beijia's top priority at the moment, personally overseen and strictly enforced by the Lingxu Holy Sovereign. Once Wang Lushi stumbled into the muzzle of treason, although his grandfather was a Junior Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, he might not be able to protect him.

Not only that, the entire Wang family would inevitably be implicated! For his grandfather's career prospects and for the Wang family's century-old foundation, Wang Lushi should not have done such a rash thing.

Let the truth sink to the bottom of the water. After all, didn't that mysterious person say they had other sources of information? In other words, on this Maohe Plain, choosing to betray Between Between Between Beijia and sell out one's own side's intelligence was not limited to him, Wang Shou Lu.

The losses suffered by Between Between Between Beijia's logistics might have been due to other intelligence sources, and not necessarily something Wang Lushi had to bear the karmic responsibility for. Given how many units had previously been ambushed, it showed that those leaking military intelligence were not few in number—they had already taken the first step.

Most importantly, he firmly believed Between Between Between Beijia would surely win!

The mysterious person was ninety-nine percent from Panlong or Ling Mountain, he knew, but no matter how Panlong struggled, it would ultimately be swallowed and annexed by Between Between Between Beijia. In the present age, no force could be a match for Between Between Between Beijia—this was common knowledge even known to three-year-old children domestically.

Therefore, Between Between Between Beijia's difficulties on the Maohe Plain were only temporary; no matter what Wang Lushi had done, it would not change the overall trend of the future, only slightly increasing the difficulty for Between Between Between Beijia to achieve victory.

He himself did not need to feel too guilty either.

Wang Lushi exhaled a breath toward the sky, having just given himself a psychological pep talk, when the bookkeeping officer spoke again:

"Your grandfather also sent a letter; recently, there is finally an opportunity, or perhaps you could be transferred back to Xiluo."

"Too……" Wang Lushi leapt with joy, about to say "How great," but suddenly felt something was off—"Isn't Grandpa being too anxious?"

The bookkeeping officer blinked in confusion: "Aren't you hoping to be transferred back quickly?"

The Maohe Plain had seen the emergence of a great evil star specializing in killing Between Between Between Beijia noble youths; Wang Lushi at least recognized thirty percent of the victims—how could his heart not go numb? Thus he sought help from his grandfather, wishing to be transferred away from the Maohe Plain.

Wang Xu scolded him until he was covered in dog's blood, but remembering that his grandson was the sole heir of the line, he still had to think of a way.

Now that Wang Xu had finally found an opportunity, why was Wang Lushi no longer in a hurry?

"This place is actually quite safe; I don't even need to leave the city. Let me stay here for now. Accumulating military merit here will allow for faster promotion upon return."

The bookkeeping officer could only record his words in writing and send a reply to Junior Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Xu.

Was Wang Lushi unwilling to return? He had gone mad. But this time, how could he still obtain the antidote for the Corpse King Dan poison?

After several days, a spy hiding in the stables of an official residence, working undercover, flew a message to report to General Hong: Wang Lushi was everything normal.

General Hong had just finished looting a supply convoy; the convoy was transporting weapons, and the soldiers were now selecting suitable weapons from the spoils.

"Not bad—over half are characteristic weapons." Between Between Between Beijia was truly rich and powerful. Unfortunately, the grain was too bulky and heavy; otherwise, they would have taken the captured grain back, and Panlong's famine could have been alleviated by more than half.

A trusted aide worried: "This fat man fears death and loves life—will he betray us?"

"Precisely because he fears death and loves life, we need not worry about his betrayal." General Hong drew a pair of butterfly darts, spinning them a few times in his palm—swish, swish—hmm, the feel was not bad, and he tucked them away. "Such people come to the Maohe Plain to gild themselves, not to truly sell their lives. But whenever trouble arises, he will first tighten his grip on his own life; selling out his country would also sit easy with his conscience. Unless……"

She paused: "Unless his whereabouts are exposed and he is discovered by someone."

This is why she stationed spies in the official offices of Jiecheng.

"We have achieved remarkable results on the Maohe Plain; Between Between Between Beijia will likely pour great effort into capturing you."

"Between Between Between Beijia should prepare several fat traps for me to jump into." General Hong had already made plans: "So, relying solely on information provided by the Maohe people is no longer enough—we need higher-level intelligence sources."

In the following two months, the front and rear of the Pan-Between Between Between Beijia war were both in full swing.

Between Between Between Beijia, with great difficulty, opened a second front, rapidly reinforcing the southern battlefield of the Panlong Wasteland; ships shuttled daily through Shada Port, not only did Huaiyuan's troops under his command swell like rising dough, but Between Between Between Beijia's demon immortals also arrived in droves, joining the battlefield.

Transporting hundreds of thousands of troops across oceans and distant lands for thousands of miles, Between Between Between Beijia inaugurated a brand-new record since the founding of the human nation.

The world watched in awe, marveling at Between Between Between Beijia's formidable strength. This was a pioneering feat unseen in antiquity; whether successors would follow is uncertain, but in reality, the Cangyan also did the same.

Panlong likewise reinforced the southern front of the wasteland. Dozens of fierce generals led their troops southward, exerting their utmost to resist Between Between Between Beijia's great army beyond national borders.

Both sides were massively escalating, but Panlong's overall strength was far inferior to Between Between Between Beijia's. Not to mention anything else, the troop numbers of the two sides were not even on the same scale.

When the Tiger Wing General's forces reached their peak, they numbered no more than 330,000. This was still due to the Dragon Throat Pass on the eastern edge of the wasteland, which blocked Between Between Between Beijia's westward advance, allowing Panlong to redirect most of its elite forces southward.

Meanwhile, Huaiyuan commanded 680,000 troops, with countless military equipment, formations, magical artifacts, and elixirs.

And both sides knew this was still far from Between Between Between Beijia's limit!

After several months of turnover, Between Between Between Beijia's transport ships were no longer problematic, so troop numbers were no longer as restricted as initially. As long as the Demon Emperor nodded, the number of troops able to step onto Shada Port was nearly infinite.

The comparison of troop numbers also forced both sides to make strategic adjustments. Huaiyuan and the Tiger Wing General clashed several times again, gaining no advantage, but they discovered a weakness in the Panlong army:

The Panlong army was strong, and Panlong's commanders were strong, but those like the Tiger Wing General, whose mere appearance could shift the tide of battle, could be counted on one's fingers.

Thus Huaiyuan changed his strategy, dividing his great army into six routes, charging northward into the Panlong Wasteland. He declared: Let him be strong, let him be strong—Tiger Wing may be strong, but he is only one man, impossible to simultaneously attend to two major battlefields.

Even if he blocked one route, would there not still be the remaining five Between Between Between Beijia army routes capable of achieving results?

This number of routes also had its considerations: too few routes meant slow progress, and being blocked by the Tiger Wing General would make it endless; too many routes would spread the troops thin, and upon encountering a strong enemy, they would easily be surrounded like dumplings in a pot.

Huaiyuan had never imagined he would be this cautious, but there was no alternative—the Panlong army as a whole was truly outstanding; even without the Tiger Wing General leading, it still possessed exceptional willpower and resilience.