The principle that water can carry a boat, yet also capsize it, was something any ruler understood the weight of.
The war had already begun; it could not be ended rashly.
Likewise, Xiao Tianyang had no reason to make the military slow its offensive pace.
Every moment during wartime meant people were dying. The longer it dragged on, the more deaths there would be.
Although Xiao Tianyang and Alexander VII were both doing their utmost to keep casualties under control.
Sacrifices were still unavoidable.
After all, it was impossible for both sides to fight for over ten days in a war involving more than a million troops, yet suffer zero casualties.
Besides, the war before them was not without meaning.
Whoever won would gain a greater say in the conquest of the Abyss Battlefield's Second Layer.
Although the Heaven's Dao Will's reward system would not grant someone greater rewards merely because they were in command.
Having a say could determine the assignment of wartime objectives.
The Tianwu Emperor Dynasty formulated the operational plans, while the Nation of Ten Thousand Nations handled their deployment.
That alone proved that the strategic direction had already been decided. What remained was naturally the matter of assigning tasks.
Taking a step back, making contact with a top-tier fourth-rank plane would, in essence, allow the Tianwu Emperor Dynasty to familiarize itself with its pace in advance.
As for whether Xiao Tianyang and Alexander VII's actions would cause discord between ruler and subjects...
If it truly could create instability within their own ranks, then they would never have made the proposal to the Heaven's Dao Will.
That would have been no different from lifting a stone only to smash their own feet.
The key point Xiao Tianyang had not explained to the others was that he had