Chapter 1444

Li Ruanyu said, "Everyone, I've already blocked the signal in this area, so there's no need to be nervous. This is done entirely to prevent leaks."

Leaks?

Many of the lords looked puzzled.

But no one said anything.

Li Ruanyu continued, "We really are holding a meeting, but it's a pre-battle conference. We're about to strike, to attack the enemy's territory."

Hearing this, the lords couldn't help but cry out in surprise.

Discussion broke out at the same time.

Li Ruanyu clapped her hands, signaling everyone to be quiet.

"Everyone, I know some of you have just been through battle and aren't in top condition.

"And some of you were in the middle of fighting, but I forcibly interrupted you, and you're unhappy about it.

"But I had no choice. Today's battle is too important; I couldn't notify everyone in advance.

"I trust every single lord in our Jade Squadron completely, but this matter's classification level is too high. I hope you all understand.

"Next, I will begin this pre-battle conference. I hope everyone listens carefully.

The chatter quickly died down.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Li Ruanyu.

Li Ruanyu said in a solemn tone:

"Everyone knows that several of humanity's cities have all been invaded by the alien races — that is, the werewolves. Our Snowfield City is no exception.

"The reason the aliens haven't yet occupied all of Snowfield City is that the nobles are resisting in the central nine districts — or rather, fighting a last-ditch struggle.

"However, the nobles' strength is growing weaker. The werewolves have already taken seven of the central nine districts; the nobles only have the last two left.

"Recently the werewolves have gathered every lord in the city and are concentrating their forces to attack the nobles' last two districts.

"The nobles can't hold on any longer.

"The nobles are detestable, but we can't let them fall.

"At least, we can't let them fall right now.

"Otherwise, once they fall, we'll be next.

"Whether it's our Breaking World Army, or the Heavenly King Army, the Blade Army, the Iron Blood Army outside — all of them, none of them can hold out!

"So… we can't just watch the nobles be destroyed and devoured.

"If we do, we'll lose a powerful meat shield tanking for us at the front, and the werewolves will also obtain extremely rich spoils of war.

"I know many of you have blood feuds with the nobles, but now we have no choice but to aid them.

"We're not helping the nobles come back to power — we're helping them repel this werewolf attack.

"Then we'll let the nobles keep tying down the werewolves, so we have time to continue developing.

"I'm sure everyone understands the significance of this battle.

"Have I made myself clear enough?"

Very clear.

At least Zhao Chi understood.

Su Qin and the others, Lu Yi, Yang Xiong, and the rest all understood.

Chatter rose again.

This time Li Ruanyu didn't stop it, instead letting everyone discuss.

Zhao Chi actually didn't have much feeling about the nobles.

After all, for the past two years most of his energy had been spent on studying.

He hadn't had much contact with the outside world.

He only felt that the nobles were domineering, arrogant, overbearing, looking down on everyone.

The ones he'd had the longest contact with were Zhao Quan and Zhao Tan, and they were probably considered the more reasonable ones among the nobles.

But Zhao Chi also knew that the others — especially the various families — all had blood feuds with the nobles.

After all, the nobles had ruled for long enough, and the hatred had accumulated deep enough.

Everyone truly wanted the nobles dead.

Relatively speaking.

The alien races hadn't truly ruled this city yet, and hadn't had time to create too much hatred.

However, everyone also knew clearly that the werewolves were absolutely not good things either.

After all, even before they ruled, they had already created plenty of blood feuds.

If they were allowed to replace the nobles, the entire Snowfield City would only be worse off.

Zhao Chi found it hard to empathize with the others.

But logically, he could understand.

So the surrounding chatter was very noisy, and quite a few people were emotionally agitated.

Li Ruanyu quietly watched everyone.

She let them discuss for a full ten minutes.

Fortunately, the vast majority still supported it.

After all, they were all enemies…

So there was no need to rank them in order.

What mattered most, what needed to be done at what time — the lords still knew that.

The chatter gradually faded.

Li Ruanyu's expression softened a little.

"Alright, next, I'll announce this battle's objective.

"Currently, of the Noble's central nine districts, only the very middle District 1 and District 9 in the northwest remain.

"Now the Wolf Clan is besieging both districts simultaneously, but they've committed the most forces to central District 1, while the forces in District 9 are relatively fewer.

"Therefore, reinforcing District 9 will be somewhat easier. Our objective this time is District 9.

"The ones taking action this time are not just our Jade Squadron, but the entire White Tiger Regiment.

"As well as…

"The Black Tortoise Regiment from Shubei Town.

"The Glory Regiment from Youfeng Town.

"The Jue Di Regiment from Heishui Town.

"The Dawn Regiment from Xiyuan County.

"A total of over ten thousand lords from our five regiments will strike together, and unite with the Nobles of District 9 to jointly resist the werewolves attacking District 9.

"All the formations in the central nine districts are county-level formations, so we have plenty of time to pick our targets.

"So everyone should prioritize safety—don't pick enemies close to your own combat power; mainly pick enemies whose combat power differs from yours by over 30%.

"The safest option is still to pick enemies whose combat power differs from yours by over 50%.

"Our allied forces are currently infiltrating, and the teleportation is expected in 17 minutes. You can use this time to discuss tactical arrangements with each other.

"Once the battle begins, everyone's communication system will be restored.

"In this battle, I hope everyone gives their all—after all, the enemy on the other side is our true enemy.

"Good luck, everyone."

Hearing Li Ruanyu's words, quite a few people felt their hearts surge.

They hadn't expected this operation to be so massive—five whole regiments deployed!

Moreover, over ten thousand lords from these five regiments were no joke.

Among them, the White Tiger Regiment and the Black Tortoise Regiment were both main-army corps of the Breaking World Army.

And the Glory Regiment, Jue Di Regiment, and Dawn Regiment were clearly converted from the former Glory Army, Jue Di Army, and the newly joined Dawn Army.

Their strength was inferior to the Breaking World Army's.

But they had all previously carved out a foothold for themselves in this Snow Plain City, so their strength was absolutely not low.

At the very least, each regiment's strength was definitely there, and might even exceed it.

The attack by these five regiments was a complete rear assault on the enemy.

And with the right to choose their targets, the terrain advantage was enormous—it was practically delivering a pie.

The lords' enthusiasm was instantly ignited.