Faced with the doubtful looks from the legion commanders of various nations,
Ling Zhan showed no trace of timidity and directly voiced his views.
There were three reasons.
First, the Flameheart Empire's current national situation was extremely complicated, with turmoil raging within. Although the eastern, central, and southern regions could be won back and used as strongholds, the other nobles would never cooperate willingly. They knew that Duke Assad had already negotiated terms with the legions of every nation: once the Hundred Ghost Legion was driven back, they would withdraw their troops. This was good news for Duke Assad, but bad news for the other nobles and ministers.
Everyone knew that Duke Assad now stood alone at the top. If not for the Hundred Ghost Legion's invasion, he would have taken the throne long ago.
Under such circumstances, the Flameheart Empire's other nobles and ministers naturally did not want the Hundred Ghost calamity to end so soon, because it was the very thing restraining Duke Assad from ascending further.
As for the nobles and ministers in the eastern, southern, and central regions, not only would they fail to cooperate actively, they were even more likely to throw a wrench in the works, making the war extremely difficult to advance.
Second, faced with a Flameheart Empire wracked by such internal chaos, one did not need to think hard to know that underground organizations such as Demonfall, the Dark Church, and the Demon Advocates had certainly made their moves long ago, planting many remnants within it and perhaps even controlling some nobles and ministers.
If those nobles and ministers controlled by evil organizations stabbed the legions of various nations in the back and coordinated with the Heaven-Slaying God from within and without, the legions could very easily collapse.
The Heaven-Slaying God, this