"What did you say?"
Fan Tianfa snatched away the letter, his pupils trembling as he stared at the handwriting. "They really surrendered? They didn't resist at all?"
"No!"
The subordinate said with certainty, "The brothers at the front saw it with their own eyes. The Black Armored Army only needed to fly General Chen's banner and stand outside the city gates for a while, and the city would open on its own!"
"Good, good..."
Meng Quji was fortunate that he had listened to advice and had not forcibly ordered the troops recalled.
He looked at the silent Green-robed Scholar beside him. "General Fang, quickly explain to everyone—how did he do it?"
Fang Qingyun stared silently at the Sand Table, like a tree that had put down roots, remaining motionless for a long time.
"General Fang?"
Zhan Tai Ming cautiously interrupted. "What is this?"
"I understand now."
After a long while, Fang Qingyun suddenly spoke. Delight colored his clear voice, like an old mathematician finally solving a puzzle, or a master craftsman finally discovering how to break some mechanism.
"I know how Deputy General Chen did it."
"Oh?"
Meng Quji said impatiently, "Tell us quickly!"
"Commander Meng."
Fang Qingyun asked with a smile, "What is your path?"
"My path? Does General Fang mean my attainments in the art of war?"
Meng Quji quickly gave his answer. "Then my path is naturally the path of invincibility. Any great strategist must first establish himself in an undefeated position, then wait for the enemy to fall."
Fang Qingyun looked at the next person. "What about General Fan?"
"Me?"
Fan Tianfa proudly said, "What I believe in is the Kingly Way. The Kingly Way is to heed the Son of Heaven's command and dispatch a righteous army. Wherever it goes, it receives Heaven's aid; it