It was at this time that Ban Long and Sang Kang, whom he had spent a long time persuading, finally could no longer hold back and joined the war.
The reasoning was simple. Once Wang Yan killed Luan Basong, he would become the largest force in Three Border Slope, with the most troops, the strongest combat strength, and an unshakable position as its number one power.
Even if other autonomous regions and ethnic armed groups remained, tied together, they still would not be enough to fight Wang Yan.
And Wang Yan's stance was known throughout Three Border Slope: ban drugs, ban guns, uphold the law, maintain public order. That was fundamentally incompatible with them. Once Wang Yan killed Luan Basong, he would inevitably move on to wiping them out.
With the belief that when the lips were gone, the teeth would grow cold, Ban Long and Sang Kang, who had originally planned to watch from the sidelines, finally began mobilizing their forces and attacking Xiao Molong.
Neither side had many troops. Combined, they had fewer than ten thousand men—Ban Long had five or six thousand, while Sang Kang had just over a thousand. After more than half a year of fighting, both sides had been scattered and weakened considerably. Sang Kang had once had five or six thousand men himself, while Ban Long had commanded over ten thousand.
As for the other autonomous and ethnic armed groups, they made no moves. They did not dare to.
Because whether Wang Yan or Luan Basong won, the final victor would certainly turn his attention to them. Since that was the case, they might as well preserve as much of their remaining strength as possible. If the two sides fought each other to mutual ruin, they could still reap the benefits; at the