Fortunately, when leaders like Master Ka and the others held meetings, the atmosphere seemed quite open. No one was punished for speaking their mind, and everyone could express their opinions freely.
Even when others disagreed, they didn't openly reject or gang up on the person who spoke. It wasn't as if differing opinions had to be harshly suppressed.
Seeing that the man stood firm, Master Ka couldn't help asking, "Jiang, we all know how resourceful you are, but time is against us. You say there are other options, but we may not have time to put them into action."
The man said, "The two plans I just thought of may not take much time."
"Oh? Let's hear them." Master Ka was somewhat tempted when he heard there were two plans.
"Our goal is to get into the castle. We could simply negotiate with them. If we could enter peacefully..."
Master Ka shook his head. "That might have worked before, but we've killed so many of their scouts. There's bad blood between us now. How could they possibly let us in? They don't trust us, and we don't trust them either. They'd have to be out of their minds to let us inside."
Master Ka's words were rather blunt, but the man didn't take offense.
"Master Ka, I've already considered all that. But look at how we've advanced this whole way. Their scouts have retreated again and again, and they've even withdrawn into the castle. That shows they aren't confident in their own strength. We could negotiate, bluff them, and try to intimidate them. It might work."
"Of course, that plan has a low chance of success. So for the second plan, could we use the opportunity to negotiate to let them get a glimpse of our strength?"
"That's easy to