If he had previously let Ju Zi lead the army because he trusted her ability to command in battle, then now that even staying in Mingdu would make it difficult for him to interfere in Imperial Court affairs, he might as well head straight to the front lines.
Kill Ju Zi to set the army's morale right; let the Crown Prince lead the troops to stir their fighting spirit. Even if his father and several brothers tried to sabotage him during the subsequent war, shorting him on rations and supplies, as long as he fought fast enough and seized enough, he would not need the Sun Moon Empire to sustain him.
Furthermore, he had previously purged a grand duke in the northern Sun Moon Empire who had sought to build up his own military power, then installed his own man in the position. Even if he truly lacked military supplies at the front, the productive capacity of that grand duke's territory alone would be enough for him to conquer the entire Heaven Dou Empire.
Only then could he court death and find life afterward, transforming from someone forced to leave the center of power into a victorious commander returning triumphantly to court!
Shrek Academy, beside Sea God Lake.
The atmosphere at Shrek Academy was several degrees more grim than usual.
Although news had yet to arrive of the Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire repelling the enemy at their borders, word that the Sun Moon Empire had launched three Soul Guidance Cannon Shells and blown open the Mingdou Mountain Range had already spread throughout the continent.
For that very reason, the academy's students all wore expressions of urgency. The students of the Soul Guidance Department were thinking of joining the academy's military supply component program, helping the academy manufacture