Chapter 426.2. The Sun Moon Empire's Marshall, Ju Zi!
“Their other goal is to attract the entire continent’s attention with this assault. They want everyone to think that they’re making a move against the Star Luo Empire. What will that do? This will mobilize the Star Luo Empire’s main forces, and this will concentrate those forces along the western front. The Dou Ling Empire will mobilize reinforcements as well, and the Heavenly Soul Empire’s reinforcements may even be deployed to our western front. After all has been said and done, their true intentions will be revealed. If my guess is correct, their true target isn’t the Star Luo Empire, but the Heavenly Soul Empire!” Huo Yuhao was resolute and decisive when he uttered his final sentence, but there was a lot of pain and agony among all that resolution.
Dai Luoli finally understood, and he drew a cold breath as he said, “Elder brother, your guess is just too frightening. However, isn’t the Sun Moon Empire paying an excessively heavy price for this? They’ve mobilized several elite soul engineer legions, and they’ve expended several Class 9 soul tools! Why would they turn around and attack the Heavenly Soul Empire when they’ve already made a breakthrough here?”
Huo Yuhao lowered his voice and said, “The war has already begun, and the situation can change at any time. The Sun Moon Empire has their reasons for this choice.
“First, the Star Luo Empire has the longest history amongst the three native empires; we have been around for ten thousand years. Back then, the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire were still one, and they were called the Heaven Dou Empire. The Heaven Dou Empire’s national strength was comparable to ours back then.
“As of now, even though the Star Luo Empire’s strength can’t be said to be stronger than the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire combined, we are still much stronger than any of the two by themselves, and our foundations are deep and solid. Class 9 soul tools are fearsome, and they forcibly tore a hole through our defenses.
“However, the Northwestern Field Army and the Western Field Army are still in place; even though we have sustained heavy losses, our losses can’t be considered fatal. When an all-out war erupts, the Sun Moon Empire can’t be using Class 9 stationary soul cannon shells every day, can they? They have limited numbers of those things, and one use means one less in their stores. They are intended to be used as strategic existences, while the Star Luo Empire will definitely receive full support from the Heavenly Soul Empire and the Dou Ling Empire. In that case, it’s hard to say who will emerge as the final victor. The Star Luo Empire’s foundations are definitely the strongest and deepest in terms of national strength.”
“Comparatively, the Heavenly Soul Empire’s national strength is considerably inferior to ours. Furthermore, judging from the Sun Moon Empire’s borders, the Heavenly Soul Empire’s borders that connect with the Sun Moon Empire are about the same length as our borders with the Sun Moon Empire. If you had to choose, who would you choose to attack?”
“This misdirection is truly scheming and cunning, and I have to admit it’s quite spectacular! First, they invade our borders, and they blew open a gap so that their armies could be brought in from the Sun Moon Empire at any time. Afterwards, they took the Ming Dou Mountain Range. The mountain range in our hands means different things than when the mountain range is in their hands. The Sun Moon Empire is famous for their soul tools, and in addition to the Ming Dou Mountain Range’s fantastic topography, the Sun Moon Empire has an absolute advantage with their surveillance soul tools. Even if we had two more field armies on our side, we might not be able to take down their defenses on the mountain range. They just have to leave a few elite soldiers behind to cooperate with their soul engineers to defend the gap that they have created in the Ming Dou Mountain Range, and that will be enough. With this gap around, the Star Luo Empire will not dare to mobilize too many soldiers to reinforce the Heavenly Soul Empire, because we have no idea when the Sun Moon Empire will attack us.
“In the future, if the Sun Moon Empire achieves a conclusive victory on the battlefield against the Heavenly Soul Empire, they can still attack us through the gap in the Ming Dou Mountain Range if and when they want to. First, they obtain an absolute advantage and restrain us, and then they turn their forces against the Heavenly Soul Empire. This series of tactics has been ingeniously planned, and we have been kept in the dark because they’ve blocked all of our reconnaissance and surveillance efforts. Nobody will think that they are changing targets when they’ve already obtained an absolute advantage. Therefore, you have to report all of this to the White Tiger Duke as quickly as possible, so that he can pass the news to the Heavenly Soul Empire, so the Heavenly Soul Empire can be careful, and he also has to request that the Dou Ling Empire reinforce the Heavenly Soul Empire.