This Man Was Extremely Dangerous!

Zi Pingxiu sucked in a sharp breath, pinching the beard beneath his chin as his gaze flickered rapidly. It seemed the other man's words had awakened something in him.

Jia Wuqun added, "I even suspect Meng Shanming slaughtered six hundred thousand captives precisely to provoke the Song army into breaking Yan Capital and taking revenge. Shang Chaozong's ambitions may well be hidden behind this—using Song Kingdom's hand to eliminate his dissidents!"

Zi Pingxiu nodded slightly, then shook his head. "With the war having reached this point, Song Kingdom has suffered tremendous losses. If we return empty-handed like this, His Majesty will lose face and be unable to account to his subjects. It will be deeply embarrassing!"

Jia Wuqun said, "It will indeed be embarrassing, but that embarrassment will only last for a time. Surely that is better than Song Kingdom being unable to rise again and suffering lasting humiliation? The key lies in who gets the last laugh! If Shang Jianxiong's power base is truly destroyed, Shang Chaozong now holds Yan Kingdom's military authority. Faced with such a situation, the Three Great Sects will have no choice but to support Shang Chaozong's ascent to the throne in order to stabilize matters as quickly as possible!"

"Once the forces of Shang Jianxiong's faction can no longer band together, faced with the current situation and pressured by the Three Great Sects, they can only turn around and pledge themselves to Shang Chaozong. Shang Chaozong can then seize the chance to take control of Yan Kingdom's great power in one stroke! But if Shang Jianxiong's ruling apparatus remains intact, and the officials throughout most of Yan Kingdom are still his people, the Three Great Sects will find it difficult to force those people to surrender power. If they drive a dog into a