"Not bad. You managed to grasp the key point. You've made progress these past few days."
"However, Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts covers a vast area. Scattered attacks would only be courting death."
After commenting briefly on Yan Qing's approach, Chen Changsheng turned to Lin Yuan, who had remained silent the entire time.
"Lin Yuan, your test scores have consistently ranked among the best this past month."
"I'd very much like to hear your brilliant opinion!"
Faced with Chen Changsheng's question, Lin Yuan pondered for a moment before saying, "For an ordinary army of ten thousand cultivators to attack Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts..."
"From the perspective of conventional warfare, that is simply impossible."
"But since Young Master gave us this question, it means we need to find another path."
"If I were commanding the troops, I would poison the winding rivers within Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts."
"Large-scale poisoning would certainly be discovered, but if it were done discreetly, they would not notice it immediately."
"That way, I could effectively weaken Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts."
Hearing this answer, Chen Changsheng nodded slightly. "Not a bad idea. It wouldn't be too difficult to carry out, either."
"What would you do next?"
"It's simple. I would divide the ten-thousand-man cultivator army into four teams and dispatch them to the Four Provinces."
"I would cut off every water source feeding into Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts upstream, turning the place into a desert."
"An ordinary cultivator army of ten thousand might find it difficult to attack Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts, but cutting off a few rivers that cannot fight back should be easy enough."
"Half a year would be just right!"
"And after turning Nine Caves and Eighteen Forts into a desert?"
"Without water, the people of Nine Caves and