They had an inherent disadvantage in the initial land-grabbing phase.
Rather than force the issue, it was better to keep a low profile and conceal their capabilities.
The strategy of stockpiling provisions and delaying the claim to kingship would never go out of date, even in the interstellar age!
Of course, this approach also needed sufficient confidence to back it up.
Otherwise, it wasn't waiting for the right moment to act—it was lying down and waiting to die...
The intelligence networks of Qingluo Territory and Mada's organization continuously funneled all kinds of information to Wang Dong and the others.
This allowed them to make increasingly accurate assessments of the situation.
April 5.
The three kingdoms, including the North Party Kingdom, continued to increase the pressure of their troop deployments along the New Song Kingdom's border.
The three kingdoms hadn't forced themselves to unite—in fact, just two months earlier, they'd been embroiled in a chaotic war.
Rather than force themselves into a single alliance, it was better to split into three fronts and, while maintaining an unspoken understanding, jointly pressure the New Song Kingdom's borders.
Any one of the three kingdoms was clearly outmatched—not only against the New Song Kingdom as a whole, but even against its military forces alone.
And the Star Destroyers in the New Song Kingdom military's possession accounted for only about a third of the kingdom's overall strength.
Not to mention the prosperous economy fostered by the New Song Kingdom's mercantilist policies.
This had also enabled the New Song Kingdom's military to acquire a large number of conventional warships.
That was why, before this, the three kingdoms in the River Disk Area of the Changpan River System had hardly dared breathe too loudly in the New Song Kingdom's presence.
But after the New Song Kingdom's internal turmoil