Chapter 1369: The Northern and Southern War (I)
Chapter 1369: The Northern and Southern War (I)
Huangfu Ji was not only responsible for intelligence. With Qi Xuansu sharing the burden, he also oversaw military law. Traitors had to be captured, and other offenders could not be ignored either.After more than half a month of war, two Deputy Generals were caught selling military supplies. Huangfu Ji executed them on the spot, and their heads still hung beneath the city gates.
No one else had such authority. Only someone of Huangfu Ji’s rank could make that decision. At times like this, the Western Daoist Order’s control over the military became evident.
Gong Fu focused on battlefield command and simply handed logistical matters over to Huangfu Ji.
Huangfu Ji had just finished dealing with military discipline when he had to oversee ammunition supply. The Holy Court’s logistics were strained, and the Tawantin Empire was hardly wealthy either. Whether cracking down on profiteering or boosting production, it all came down to securing logistics.
“Before troops move, supplies must move first.” This was a truth proven over thousands of years. War was ultimately a contest of logistics.
With Huangfu Ji’s attention divided, intelligence work naturally fell to Qi Xuansu.
Qi Xuansu’s responsibilities were equally complex, having to manage both external and internal fronts.
Externally, his role was straightforward—countering the Evangelical Ministry.
Internally, however, he had to monitor certain ideological trends.
Since ancient times, war required a just cause. One had to stand on moral high ground. Yet within the Tawantin Empire, some people constantly tried to undermine their own legitimacy and rights, distorting history into ambiguity, myth, or rumor to serve hidden agendas.
Recently, voices emerged claiming that the Northern Continent was the rightful territory of the Steam Evangelical Sect, that the destruction of the Evangelical Ministry was an act of aggression by the Western Daoist Order, and that the war itself had been initiated unjustly by them.