Zhao Yu said this, and Ruan Qiushui's expression turned rather awkward. Instead of responding to him, she looked at me. I gazed at the mountains on the sand table, a plan already forming in my mind. After a series of fierce battles and hard-fought clashes in the Borderlands Commandery, I had also gained a certain understanding of warfare in the Upper Realm.
Warfare in the Upper Realm depended more on soldiers' equipment, battle formations, and even morale. Terrain imposed far fewer restrictions. After all, everyone had uniformly learned the arts of aerial movement, protective barriers, and weapon control. They might be somewhat lacking at burrowing underground, but flying up for close-combat attacks was no problem. The only limitation was that their cultivation restricted how high they could fly.
Most soldiers were now at the First Tier of Immortality, while the generals had reached the Second and Third Tiers. Since the allied armies of the thirteen great commanderies had gathered from the surrounding commanderies, the gap between them and the great commanderies of the Borderlands Commandery and Qinghe Commandery was not especially large. After all, everyone had to suppress their strength, so the decisive factor in this great battle would still be their overall power.
"There's no need to gnaw on the hardest bones, Jing Yun. Take two hundred thousand troops and all the Immortal-Slaying Cannons. Pick Shunhe Commandery, Shangguo Commandery, Tianhai Commandery, and Yunshan Commandery, and hit them hard—fight to the death. Zhao Yu, take two hundred thousand troops and tie down their main force. Fight or retreat as you please; be flexible. Ruan Qiushui, take two hundred and fifty thousand troops and attack Beidu Commandery, Dongling Commandery, Taibai Commandery, and Gaoxing Commandery. Keep up the pretense of an attack. Once Jing Yun tears open a gap, turn your heavy