Struggle for Military Command

No one had expected that the moment Meng Shanming made his appearance, before he had even done anything, the war would undergo such a drastic turn.

The people in court still did not know that this shift in the battle situation had been caused by Meng Shanming. Had they known Meng Shanming wielded such tremendous influence—enough to make the Song army point its threat directly at them in the Capital City—they would likely have regretted sending Meng Shanming to war.

In their minds, naturally, the fighting below had to burn itself out before it could threaten them.

As the crisis suddenly bore down, Yan Capital's military command center issued decree after decree, urging the armies to intercept the Song forces!

At a time like this, the Yan Capital nobles naturally regarded saving themselves first as their foremost priority. How could they care how the battles below ought to be fought? If even the Imperial Court's center could not be preserved, what war was there left to fight?

To avoid disrupting Meng Shanming's rhythm, Shang Chaozong withstood the pressure and left Meng Shanming ample time to reorganize the army.

Meng Shanming already knew the state of the war. Shang Chaozong believed Meng Shanming knew what to do, and believed he understood the urgency of the situation.

The two had long since discussed it and reached an agreement. Meng Shanming's first priority upon going to the front lines was to firmly seize control of the Yan Kingdom army. Otherwise, he could not eliminate interference from above. Put plainly, it meant fighting the Imperial Court for military command to a certain extent!

Military command was not something that could take effect with a single decree. If one decree could give it to you, another could take it away. Therefore, the decrees from above