Li Yan had stood quietly behind Mu Guyue from beginning to end. Other than listening to these people's reports, he had not uttered a single word, as though he did not exist at all.
He could lend a hand for the sake of Mu Guyue and her son, but here and now was not the time for him to interject. At the same time, he listened intently.
From the various jumbled pieces of information he heard, Li Yan was able to piece together the origins and course of certain matters. Silently, he began considering how the things he could infer might be put to use...
After roughly half an hour, Mu Guyue dismissed all the generals. At present, the direct clash between their army and the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast army had reached a stalemate.
The fighting between the two sides had been especially brutal over the past few years. Not only had the casualties been severe, but after the two races began battling here, neither side had gained any advantage.
Under such circumstances, both sides had tacitly chosen not to launch another large-scale offensive. While replenishing their troops during this period, they were also conserving their strength and secretly plotting a major operation.
Thus, the past few years had also been the period when scouts from both sides were most active. Mu Sha's excursion this time had been to locate an important elite enemy force and see whether he could launch a surprise attack along the way.
The Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast clan's scouts were doing the same. Both sides were now in a state where storm clouds gathered, and a great battle could erupt at any moment.
Mu Guyue and the generals had long prepared various response plans for the possible deployments of the Red-Eyed Flame-Horned Beast clan.
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