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”Sister Bing, you’re overthinking. It won’t happen, trust me.”

Qin Tian looked at Fan Bing, as if swearing an oath.

Fan Bing nodded to Qin Tian, that’s good, she whispered: ”I don’t mind how many women you marry, but if you don’t marry Murong Fei and Lu Qing, you will be letting them down…”

Her voice was very quiet, so quiet that only she could hear it, but Qin Tian, who was close, still heard it.

”Sister Qing...”

Qin Tian silently recited this name, and for a moment, took a deep breath, then got up, walked to the window, looked up at the distant Ming Yue, and whispered: ”I wonder, in Zhonghai, is Sister Qing also looking at this moon at this moment? Is she thinking of me?”

Knock knock!

A personal soldier knocked on the door, came in from outside, interrupting Qin Tian’s thoughts, and respectfully said: ”Sir, the Ministry of War sent someone to notify, there is an emergency meeting.”

”So late, a meeting at the Ministry of War?”

Qin Tian was startled, exchanged a glance with Zhao Lanjin and Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang thought for a moment, frowned and said: ”Boss, calling you urgently at this moment must mean a military situation has arisen in the West State. You should go check the specifics first, I feel it won’t be good news.”

Zhou Yang’s thoughts were the same as Qin Tian’s. Qin Tian gathered his feelings, told Fan Bing and the others to continue dining, and he went directly to the Ministry of War.

In the Ministry of War, all the bigwigs were present. This emergency meeting was indeed about the West State war situation.

And indeed, it was bad news.

General Liang Qishan’s 350,000 troops had not yet arrived at West State, and unexpectedly, the people of Wuwang there acted first, directly attacking the cities on the western border of West State, causing the 150,000 local garrison to be routed, losing helmets and armor, and in just a few days, only 80,000 remained!

”Now in the West State, Wuwang is in charge, and there’s that strategist Mr. Wu assisting. It’s heard that the Demon Clan also wants to form an alliance with Wuwang. Everyone, the situation is now extremely unfavorable for us; what are your insights?”

Xie Feihong presided over the Ministry of War meeting, and after finishing his analysis, he asked for everyone’s opinions.

”Wuwang must be eradicated, this is an Imperial Decree from His Majesty. So, there’s nothing to say, just send more troops. I suggest dispatching 300,000. At that time, with a massive force at the border, even if Wuwang and the Demon Clan join forces, they can’t withstand our Heavenly Dynasty’s 700,000 Iron Cavalry!”

”Heh, sending 300,000 is not a good plan. The Barbarian Clan and Dragon Clan are also watching closely. If we dispatch 300,000 there, the Imperial City will be emptied, and how will we deal with it if the Barbarian Clan and Dragon Clan take the opportunity to invade?”

”Hmph, now it’s the West State that’s the pressing threat. We can negotiate peace with the Barbarian Clan and Dragon Clan!”

”You think they’ll agree just because you want to negotiate peace? Even if we dispatch reinforcements, I think it should be after a peace deal is settled. Otherwise, big trouble could arise!”

”Hmph, what big trouble could arise? Scaremongering!”

”That’s a short-sighted view! In your eyes, is there only the West State and the Ninth Prince? Do you not understand that one must consider the big picture? Consider everything?”

”General Wang, what nonsense are you spouting! I think in your eyes, there’s only the Crown Prince!”

”...”

In the meeting, each expressed their views, eventually turning into a quarrel.

At this time, the Ministry of War, aside from Qin Tian and a few others, was also divided into teams supporting the Ninth Prince and the Crown Prince.

Those for the Ninth Prince naturally advocated for reinforcing General Liang Qishan.

While supporters of the Crown Prince opposed reinforcement, their objectives were completely different, so they directly started to quarrel.

”Everyone stop arguing, quiet down!”

Xie Feihong could no longer bear it, shouted twice before managing to suppress the quarrelling.

Xie Feihong looked at the silent Murong Tiannan, Cao Mang, and Ye Xingfeng, and asked: ”What are your thoughts, veteran generals?”

These three were among the four Great Generals of the Tianyuan Dynasty, and as significant figures in the Ministry of War meetings, every word they spoke naturally held great weight.

When everyone’s eyes turned to these three, General Cao Mang was the first to speak: ”The Barbarian Clan and Dragon Clan, after all, haven’t yet sparked a crisis. I think the urgent task is to first deal with Wuwang and the West State, as this is a core issue His Majesty must eradicate soon!”

”Heh, my thoughts are exactly opposite to those of General Cao. Even though the West State border troops currently have only 80,000 left, combined with General Liang Qishan’s 350,000 and local scattered forces, our army in West State still has as many as 500,000. There are only about 400,000 in the West State, so why send reinforcements?” Ye Xingfeng’s stance was completely different from Cao Mang’s.

Cao Mang sneered: ”General Ye, have you forgotten that the Demon Clan is eyeing us from behind? Once the Demon Clan joins forces with the West State, even if we have 500,000 troops, I’m afraid we’ll have less than an 80% chance of victory.”

Ye Xingfeng grinned: ”Is that so? Heh, has warfare become just a numbers game? General Cao, you’re experienced in battles and should know it’s not about the numbers, but about how the commanders deploy them. Back in the Northern War, we repelled 220,000 Northern Tribe troops with just over 100,000 in less than two months, with a loss of only 30,000. By your calculation, General Cao, with half the enemy’s force, were we not destined to lose?”

Ye Xingfeng stared at Cao Mang, a mocking tone in his voice: ”Heh, judging victory by numbers, that’s a statement only a layman in military affairs would make.”

”You! General Ye, mind your words!”

Cao Mang was left embarrassed by Ye Xingfeng’s words, as the two were about to argue again, Xie Feihong quickly interrupted them, asking Murong Tiannan: ”General Murong, what about you, what do you think?”

Everyone knew that the Murong Family hadn’t shown signs of taking a side, at least to outsiders, they hadn’t leaned towards any faction. Moreover, Murong Tiannan was ranked second among the four Great Generals, and his words carried substantial weight.

Currently, Generals Cao Mang and Ye Xingfeng were respectively supporting and opposing reinforcements, so all eyes were on Murong Tiannan’s perspective.

Qin Tian looked at Murong Tiannan, thinking, old man, if you’re smart, you should say nothing now, taking a side would be asking for trouble.

”Cough cough...”

Under the eyes of everyone, Murong Tiannan didn’t immediately give an opinion but looked around at everyone, especially at Cao Mang, who nodded and smiled slightly at Murong Tiannan.

This scene was seen by Qin Tian, who immediately smiled bitterly: ”It seems they must have privately discussed some things, heh, Murong Tiannan’s position is now clear. Supporting the Ninth Prince... hmph, short-sighted.”

Qin Tian shook his head slightly.

”I think,” Murong Tiannan spoke at this moment, ”Wuwang’s rebellion and ambition must be swiftly eradicated. If our forces do not suppress the West State forces effectively, it could become a protracted war, which His Majesty absolutely cannot tolerate. Therefore, I support sending reinforcements to West State as quickly as possible!”