Yang Ge had pulled off a beautifully timed move.
Prince Ning's eyes and ears were scattered throughout Jiangzhe. If Yang Ge had gone to the Jiangzhe Regional Military Commission too early to requisition cannons and troops, Prince Ning's Residence could have taken countermeasures immediately.
They could have sent the Ninghai Three Guards to interfere.
Or passed word to the Japanese pirates at sea...
Either would undoubtedly have escalated the ambush, making an already difficult battle even harder.
According to the famous Canyon Relativity, an advantage for our side plus an advantage for their side equaled no advantage.
Only an advantage for us and a disadvantage for them could produce an overwhelming victory...
Now, Yang Ge had waited until the final two days before Grain Rain to requisition cannons and troops from the Jiangzhe Regional Military Commission. Even if word leaked, Prince Ning's Residence would no longer have time to respond.
It was worth mentioning that Yang Ge was indeed somewhat disappointed that poor maintenance had left nearly half the commission's cannons rusted.
But he actually found the outcome quite satisfactory. Even the unexpected windfall of two thousand recruited soldiers fell just within the limit he had set in his mind... Any more, and he would have had to consider what to do if the government troops and Bright Cult rebels turned on each other.
Before coming, he had made it sound easy to Yang Tiansheng, but he had already prepared himself for the worst.
Cannons were hard to get. Anywhere in Great Wei that stored cannons, they were hard to get!
Even possessing armor or crossbows privately could still cost a civilian his head, let alone mobilizing heavy weapons like cannons.
And Yang Ge was not merely no Imperial Envoy-he was not even a proper Thousand-Household Commander of the Embroidered