Rumors

Han Kingdom was in a bit of a bind. Jin Jue's strategy had certainly been sound, but Zhao Kingdom, their ally, was stirring up trouble. They had agreed to attack Yan Kingdom, yet after taking Jinzhou, they had gone silent for so long. When pressed, they claimed they were still preparing for a full-scale offensive.

How long was that preparation supposed to take? Han Kingdom was being dragged down by it!

"Why haven't they deployed yet? What the hell is Jin Jue doing?"

After receiving reports from the forces sent out in every direction, Wu Gongling studied the markings on the map beside the road for a while, then flew into a rage. Turning around, he roared at the representatives of Han Kingdom's three major sects.

That was right. Faced with Luo Zhao's scattered forces, who lacked the strength to fight back and could not run very fast, he had slaughtered to his heart's content, inflicting tremendous losses on Luo Zhao's troops and seizing quite a bit of grain.

But Luo Zhao had over two million troops scattered about. His own forces were limited; he could not divide them into an equal number of groups to pursue and kill them. As a result, a considerable portion of Luo Zhao's men was bound to escape. Judging from the reports sent back by the various forces, that was indeed what had happened.

He had made up his mind to strike Song Kingdom because it was the soft persimmon that was easiest to squeeze, counting on Jin Jue to attack Song Kingdom from his side.

Now Jin Jue had shown no response for so long. Once Luo Zhao's remnants had eaten their fill, rested up, and regrouped, they would still outnumber him. Then it would be Luo Zhao's turn to settle accounts with