"We just received word that Ming Hui was defeated in the Northwest by the army led by Flowing Wind Shuang. Cloud Mountain Pass has fallen as well, and the enemy's flag now flies over it. All we have left is the Southwest!"
Zichuan Canxing told Luo Minghai the situation exactly as it stood.
At the news, shock immediately appeared on Luo Minghai's face as he struggled to suppress the wild joy deep within him.
"Chief Executive, h-how did this happen? How did Flowing Wind Shuang manage it? How could she wipe out Commander Ming Hui's three hundred thousand Border Defense Army troops and seize the Northwest in so little time?"
"And Cloud Mountain Pass has high, thick walls and a natural water barrier. How could it have fallen so quickly?"
"Chief Executive, could there be something wrong with the intelligence?"
Luo Minghai wore an expression of disbelief, as though he could not accept it.
Zichuan Canxing sighed helplessly.
"Alas, I don't know the answers either. I haven't been able to obtain the details of the fighting. The enemy has probably cut off the information. All I have now are two reports of the outcomes! I'm puzzled myself. Is the enemy really that strong? Or were Ming Hui and Xiao Long simply too stupid?"
The sheer scale of the defeat had left even Zichuan Canxing bewildered.
Where exactly had things gone wrong?
How had such a massive collapse happened so quickly?
It had happened so fast that he had not even had time to react.
"The intelligence is probably accurate. I sent scouts to investigate Cloud Mountain Pass, and their reports matched the intelligence. Cloud Mountain Pass has indeed been taken!"
The way this war had unfolded left even him, the Chief Executive, lost in a fog.
"Ming Hai, I called