Hu Xiaotian filled his two elder brothers' wine cups, then filled his own. Raising his cup, he silently took a sip and asked, "If Shajia and Great Kang came into conflict, who would benefit?" That single question left both men stunned.
"When the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman reaps the reward," Hu Xiaotian said. "Even a child understands that principle. I doubt the Southern Yue Kingdom would play any honorable role in this."
Zhou Mo lowered his head and remained silent for a long while before sighing. "Third Brother, the clouds will part and reveal the sun someday, and these secrets will come to light. We can't concern ourselves with everything right now. What matters is working out how to deal with this."
"The Horse Bandits of Heavenly Wolf Mountain claim to number seven thousand," Hu Xiaotian said. "If they pour out of their nest in full force and have someone helping them from within, I'm afraid we won't be a match for them."
"Absolutely impossible," Zhou Mo said. "Moving seven thousand men would create an enormous stir. There's no way it could escape our notice. That number is just a claim they make to outsiders. Even counting all their families, I'd say they have two thousand at most. As for the force they'll send this time, it shouldn't exceed five hundred. This is no small matter. They would never dare make a great show of it."
"We still don't know the circumstances of the Shajia delegation," Xiao Tianmu said. "Everything remains uncertain. First, we need to find out whether the prince of Shajia has come this time. As for manpower, if the Prince of Zhou came to Azure Cloud specifically to welcome the Shajia delegation, he should have no trouble arranging troops." At this point, something else