"His Majesty loved his people as his own children, so many resources had been bestowed as rewards."
"When there was usually no war, the problem was not obvious. But once war broke out, the problem would reveal itself."
"Since the war began, the Undying Demon Lord had repeatedly targeted our Great Bright Heaven. The expenditure had been enormous."
"Now, Great Bright Heaven's Imperial Treasury was already stretched thin. We simply could not produce a large sum of money to hire reinforcements."
"But the Great Emperor had already given the order. Would the others still dare defy it?"
"Of course they would not dare defy the order, but encounters with the enemy army were unavoidable."
"And the time needed to defeat the enemy army could be manipulated. One day was time, and one year was also time."
"The order they received was to support Great Bright Heaven, not to reduce Great Bright Heaven's casualties."
"Even if everyone in Great Bright Heaven died, as long as they could hold the territory, they would not be considered to have disobeyed orders."
"After the people of Great Bright Heaven were all dead, others would naturally move into that land. But those who moved in certainly would not be us."
After hearing Jiang Bo Yue's words, Miao Shi was dazed for a moment.
He had never expected the human heart to be so sinister. With a great enemy at the gates, there were still people scheming against one another.
"Then aren't they afraid that when the lips are gone, the teeth will grow cold?"
"Of course they were afraid of that. But what if this was luring the enemy deep inside?"
Pang Tong took up Miao Shi's words and spoke.
"You command troops too. You should have done things like luring the enemy deep inside