Chapter 1928 -s 1874–1875: Split into Two Routes, Attack by Surprise
"We cannot be led by the nose, especially when our current situation is disadvantaged. We must not follow others’ pace, but have our own ideas and strategy." A strong entity expressed their reasoning.
The great battle between both sides is not simply a contest between a few powerful beings, but a full-scale confrontation between the forces of the Jade Emperor, the Buddhism School, and the Heterodox Alliance, two grand powers embodying a comprehensive clash.
The adversary has already made the first move, swiftly capturing two of our sub-branches, effectively gaining the upper hand. Judging by their actions, this is no coincidence; it is part of a series of plans.
Thus, they need to respond, to counterattack, but they cannot entirely follow others’ plans and ideas; they must liberate their thoughts and start from an overall strategy.
Currently, sub-branches number six and nine have been occupied by the adversary. The loss is already a reality, not to mention that the enemy has stationed large forces and strong entities. In such circumstances, reclaiming control over these two worlds would come at a great cost.
Even if they rapidly reclaim these two worlds, their losses would be inevitable, and they would not know how many resources would be needed to maintain the stability of these two worlds.
Considering this, if they rapidly seize back these two worlds, aside from some superficial gains, there are no other benefits.
On the contrary, from a strategic standpoint, acknowledging the temporary loss of these two worlds to attack some of the worlds under the Jade Emperor or Buddhism School to plunder their resources seems to be the best choice.
They do not even need, like the adversary, to truly expend effort managing the conquered worlds. Instead, they only need to continuously raid the worlds controlled by the enemy, looting resources to sustain their war efforts, spreading the flames of war across the enemy’s domain to exhaust them.
"This way, we’d really escalate and expand this incident." A strong entity said solemnly, harboring some concerns.
The current situation was already bizarre, and this initiative by the Jade Emperor and the Buddhism School undoubtedly dragged everyone into focus, making them the inception of this chaos.
The current scenario is a tactical game between both sides, giving and taking, whereas even if there are losses, the conflict has not escalated further.
However, employing the current strategy could indeed gain short-term advantages and even plunder considerable resources.