Chapter 2890

Everyone looked at him.

The red-headscarved Zhang Qiming said calmly:

"The situation over at Tianfeng City is also very complicated.

"Overall it's almost the same as ours here—the werewolves and our allies are roughly evenly matched in strength.

"But the difference is, on our side it's a relatively stable standoff, a deadlock.

"Whereas over at Tianfeng City it's fierce, bloody fighting.

"Our Taiping Army retreated here from Tianfeng City—the intensity of the fighting there is something our side simply can't compare to.

"So the werewolves over there truly are in desperate need of reinforcements.

"From this angle, I think the reason those 2 brigades of werewolves set out in such a hurry is most likely really to reinforce Tianfeng City, not to come to the relatively stable Snowfield City.

"That's my assessment, for your reference."

The crowd was quiet for a moment.

The 40-year-old square-faced twin elder brother, Blade Edge Brigade Commander Chang Xian, said:

"If that's the case, then that's great.

"But no matter what the situation is, we can still set up an ambush.

"After all, the werewolves have come from far away, and on the road they'll surely burn through a lot of stamina and spiritual power, and the formation's energy will be drained quite a bit too.

"We'll be fresh while they're exhausted—it'd be a shame not to strike.

"But our main objective is still to ultimately confirm their purpose.

"If they're coming to Snowfield City, then we definitely have to fight them anyway, so we might as well take them out right at the spatial rift and seize the initiative.

"If they're just passing through, and really are heading to reinforce Tianfeng City, that would be best—our pressure would drop sharply, and we wouldn't need to wipe them out, but we could still tear off a chunk of meat to eat.

"This way we get the benefit, and it also counts as contributing to our allies at Tianfeng City, and we can send them an early warning as well.

"No matter what, we don't lose out."

The kindly old man, Dawn Brigade Commander Li Jue, laughed and said: "A very good approach, but who would be suitable to go?"

Twin elder brother Chang Xian sighed: "Our side really doesn't have the strength—unless we send everyone, dealing with 2 werewolf brigades is still very taxing, and right now we simply can't spare that many hands. It would be best if a few of the noble Lords could take the field personally."

The kindly old man Li Jue laughed and said:

"That's the truth of it.

"But right now the situation on the front lines is also very strained—no matter who it is, none of us can spare too much force, and rashly moving large numbers of troops would be quickly noticed by the werewolves on the other side.

"If the werewolves learn we've pulled away a good number of troops, they probably wouldn't pass up an opportunity like that.

"So I think everyone should still each divert a portion of their troops out—that way the werewolves won't easily notice,

"and even if the werewolves do notice, we're only evenly pulling troops away, so no single defensive sector will be seriously weakened. Even if the werewolves launch an attack, our disadvantage won't be too great.

"What does everyone think?"

"I agree!" the sturdy woman Jin Xin nodded.

"I agree too!" Zhao Quan.

Yao Feng nodded: "I also think Commander Li's suggestion is very good."

The fat bald man Wang Xiao nodded: "On this point, does anyone have a different opinion?"

The commanders looked at each other, and all agreed.

Wang Xiao said: "Alright then, since everyone agrees, that's settled. The werewolves have 2 brigades' worth of men, so we'll divert troops according to proportion. That's fine, right?"

The gorgeously dressed dancer-beauty, Glory Brigade Commander Lin Mengting, laughed: "I can do it—I can send 1 strong regiment out from my side."

Jiang Yang smiled at Lin Mengting: "Me too, Sister Lin."

Dian Yun said: "Me too."

The white-robed monk, Heavenly Court Army Commander Wang Zhongsheng, said amiably:

"Everyone's ranks aren't that far apart.

"So let's have everyone uniformly send out 1 regiment plus 1 squad of men.

"The stronger ones send out strong regiments, the weaker ones send out weaker regiments.

"There are 14 of us here, meaning 14 regiments and 14 squads—that's already the scale of 2.5 brigades.

"The werewolves may be strong, but combined, the average strength of our people here has already surpassed the werewolves—a 2.5-brigade advantage is huge.

"And we're still fresh while they're exhausted, so the advantage is even greater.

"What does everyone think?"

Everyone agreed.

The 1 regiment and 1 squad mentioned here refers to manpower.

There definitely has to be brigade commander-level or even army commander-level participants—after all, 2 werewolf brigades will have 2 brigade commanders, plus multiple vice brigade commanders.

If we really only send regiment commanders, no matter how many people we have, it'd just be sending them to their deaths.

Wang Zhongsheng had just emphasized this, and everyone understood.

Zhao Quan nodded and said: "Very good, but… who will command?"

Jiang Yang laughed: "How about me?"

No one paid him any attention.

The silver-armored handsome noble Gongsun Po said: "I'll go—this matter is also very important."

Everyone agreed.

Truth be told.

The people present all harbored a certain wariness and resentment toward the nobles—after all, the rebel army had originally risen up against the nobles—but no one could deny that the nobles were still very strong now.

They really were much weaker than before, but that was the overall situation.

Focusing on a single noble lord, they are still a very powerful force.

With Gongsun Po, this noble, stepping forward, not a single lord among the World-Breaking Army and the Resistance Army opposed it; they even felt quite reassured.

The first matter was thus settled.

The specific personnel and list to be dispatched would take time to determine and could not be finalized on the spot.

But that would be settled very soon.

The fat bald man Wang Xiao said roughly, "Alright, then let's move on to the second matter. The issue of the two werewolf regiments two weeks from now. Just now Princess Jin Xin said it might be a smoke screen, and that's true, but what if it isn't? How do we respond?"

Big-soft-chested Yao Feng said, "Then we can only fight. We'll have an answer on this in a week; we'll just see whether those two werewolf regiments have actually set out. If they have, then there's no other way — the decisive battle must begin."

Good old man Li Jue, stroking his beard, said, "A decisive battle is indeed no problem; after all, we're evenly matched with the werewolves. But how to fight is the question — which part opens the battle first?"

The sturdy woman Jin Xin said, "Since it's a decisive battle, there's no need to sequence it. Open battle on every front at once — win is win, lose is lose. Fight a quick battle to force a quick resolution!"

Dance-costume beauty Lin Mengting shook her head and said, "Although this way the fighting ends quickly, the risk is too great. I still think it's better to divide it into a main front and a secondary front."

White-robed monk Wang Zhongsheng shook his head: "How to divide it? By sequence, or by redeploying troops?"

Zhao Quan said, "No matter how you divide it, your Heavenly Court Army has only sent out 1 brigade — that's too few. Send at least 1 more, won't you?"

The monk Wang Zhongsheng said with a smile:

"We have no strength to spare."

"The current situation isn't simple. It looks like only the central district and the southwestern front are in a stalemate, but in reality, stalemates are everywhere.

"Your Highness Zhao Quan knows it well too — the werewolves are all contracting now, and there's a band of werewolves right on the south side of our territory in a standoff with us.

"If our forces here are reduced any further, those werewolves will immediately attack our main base.

"We really can't send any more people.

"I'd even like to ask you to transfer some people over to help me wipe out those werewolves on the south side first. Then our Heavenly Court Army could send out at least 4 brigades."

Square-faced Chang Xian also nodded: "

"Our Blade Army is the same.

"The werewolves have also split off a group specifically to watch our territory nearby.

"The moment there's any stir on our side, the werewolves will pounce on us immediately.

"My pressure is enormous. I often want to pull two squadrons back from the front line, but that would also increase the pressure on the front line.

"It's very difficult on our side too."

Dance beauty Lin Mengting said:

"How about… we start the attack from the northwest direction of the front line?

"Although the numbers of you several Your Highnesses are small, your combat power is extremely high.

"If you move out first, you'll definitely inflict massive damage on the werewolves in a short time.

"When that happens, the werewolves will certainly immediately shift forces from other directions, and at that point they'll very likely expose a flaw.