"Three days from now, if sufficient reinforcements have not arrived, if our allies break their agreement, our entire Great Wei State will surrender to Great Huan..."
Everyone understood. Emperor Cao Pi of Wei was plainly forcing them to commit their troops alongside his. Yet they could neither refute him nor voice any accusation or criticism.
The Great Wei Dynasty's hatred for the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty, particularly Emperor Cao Pi's, was known throughout the world. More than anyone present, he wanted to destroy the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty and kill the Great Huan Celestial Lord, Xiao Ying.
However, no matter how sound Demon Marquis Sima Yi's reasoning was, and no matter how chaotic and perilous the Great Huan Celestial Dynasty's situation had become after its sudden surge in troops and subjects, it was still far beyond the Great Wei Dynasty's power to shake, let alone destroy. Without sufficient reinforcements, even if Great Wei's army seized the opportunity to fight its way to the Nine Dragons Forbidden City, it would run out of momentum and be ground to death by Great Huan's army. There was no question of that. Under such circumstances, Emperor Cao Pi's refusal to surrender to Great Huan would be no different from a moth flying into a flame. Even if Cao Pi was willing to die, as the emperor of Wei, surely he had to consider his court's civil and military officials and his loyal subjects?
Anyone capable of representing a nation's forces naturally possessed considerable intelligence and strategic acumen. Moreover, nearly everyone present was a foremost historical luminary of their own national region, holding a position equivalent to such towering figures as Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Cao Cao, or Liu Bei. Within a breath, they had worked out the stakes.
"You speak too gravely, Emperor of