"Military Advisor Li's Sea-Listening Divine Ability is certainly wondrous, and it is indeed useful for scouting the enemy.
"However, even his divine ability cannot probe beyond the curtain of Weak Water.
"If he crosses first and then uses it, he can at most establish that there are no ambushes within sixty li beyond the curtain.
"At that point, we will order the entire army across the Weak Water."
"But Your Highness previously mentioned that the fellow spying on us in secret keeps a powerful Spear Fish Great Demon under his command.
"Moreover, that fellow is utterly shameless. He actually passed off a Spear Fish as a swordfish to confuse us.
"Someone so cunning plans far ahead. He may well position the Spear Fish Striking Water Formation a hundred li away."
"Then, once our entire army has crossed the curtain, everyone will have only half their spiritual power left. The Spear Fish Battle Formation will charge from a hundred li away. Everyone here should have seen its speed. A killing strike over a hundred li would be difficult for them, but not impossible."
"Even if Spear Fish have always been scarce, and they cannot rout us completely upon arrival, they only need to disrupt our recovery and keep our spiritual power from returning to its peak. If the enemy's other battle formations then swarm us, our defeat will be certain."
The general's analysis was clear and struck at the heart of the matter.
After hearing him, the other generals and military advisors in the tent nodded repeatedly in agreement.
Someone immediately spoke up in support. "That is indeed a sound analysis.
"The Spear Fish Striking Water Formation and the Swordfish Striking Water Formation are two of the fastest battle formations in the East Sea.
"Since we already know the enemy has