Eastern Jin's appetite truly exceeded everyone's imagination; it was audacious to the extreme. Plotting with the Golden Tent Khanate was no different from seeking a tiger's hide, yet they had done it anyway.
Ji Yuanxuan said gravely, "The Golden Tent Khanate is currently driving straight in. The forces we deployed in the Central Plains' heartland basically won't be able to hold out for much longer."
Great Zhou had never anticipated that the Golden Tent Khanate would join hands with Eastern Jin and attack the Central Plains by taking a detour through Eastern Jin. Most of their forces were therefore concentrated here on the Northern Frontier. The Central Plains were now severely undermanned and virtually incapable of resisting.
Tie Zhan said coldly, "The small sects and martial arts factions throughout the Central Plains are all hostile toward the Golden Tent Khanate, especially the Seven Great Gangs.
"Unless they choose to submit to the Golden Tent Khanate, conflict between them is inevitable. They can hold back the Golden Tent Khanate's advance."
"Unfortunately, the Seven Great Gangs won't be able to hold on for long either."
Lin Zongyue sighed. "Though the Seven Great Gangs are fairly powerful, they all rose from the grasslands and backwaters. They cannot compare to sects like the Zaohua Taoist School, which can influence the course of a war. Their defeat is merely a matter of time.
"Organizations like the Nian Gang and the Zheng Sword Alliance have sufficient low-level combat strength, but what they lack is high-end power above the Yang Spirit Realm.
"Eastern Jin has not pressed its advantage because it does not want to be used as a spear by the Golden Tent Khanate. But even so, nearly half of the Golden Tent Khanate's total strength has gathered there. They still cannot compete in terms of