The young officers of the River Guard Army said nothing.
Gao Tiankuo said, "We came here not only to have these children remain in Taigu City. More importantly, we are here to conduct two war games. The first is to examine the shortcomings of our River Guard Army in this campaign. The second..."
Gao Tiankuo swept his gaze across the crowd and said slowly, "To simulate three battles: the battle to crush the demons on the southern bank, the river-crossing battle, and the battle for Champion City."
The generals' hearts tightened. What was meant to come would always come.
"Then let's simulate them step by step," Li Qingxian said.
The River Guard Army's Daoist military adviser brought out an enormous three-dimensional magical artifact map. Led by Li Qingxian and Gao Tiankuo, the two sides respectively played the River Guard Army and the Demon Race in the attack and defense of Worthy Prince City. After one simulation, they switched sides and conducted a second.
The River Guard Army won both times, but the Taigu Army was plainly a whole notch below the opposing side.
The Taigu Army generals wore dark faces. They truly had not expected that veteran generals like themselves would lose to a group of young officers on the other side.
Li Qingxian had accurately predicted this outcome from the start.
How many battles had the Northern Garrison Army fought in total? What month did the River Guard Army not fight?
Next, both sides began simulating the battle on the southern bank. Once that ended, the river-crossing battle had only reached its halfway point, and before they could simulate the battle for Champion City, Jie Anhuai's voice rang through the entire city.
"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decreed: I deem that nothing is greater for a ruler