Chapter 758: Chapter 172: Thunder and Rain Alike, All Are Imperial Grace (7000 )_3
This is the main tactic that the Western Alliance Army uses to deal with Martial Artists below the level of Martial Arts Master.
As for Martial Arts Masters and Great Grandmasters, naturally, there are stronger Transcendents to match them.
Through these specific battle examples, Li Fei discovered that the Western Alliance Army’s strategic thinking is very clear, naly to accumulate advantages layer by layer from bottom to top:
Firearms and cannons are enough to crush ordinary soldiers, thus allowing their own soldiers to cooperate with low-rank Transcendents to besiege and kill Martial Artists at the Tao Foundation Stage and below.
In this way, Earl-level Transcendents can free their hands to cooperate with Marquis-level Transcendents to besiege and kill Martial Arts Masters.
Further upward, so Marquis-level Transcendents can also free their hands to cooperate with Duke-level Transcendents to besiege and kill Great Grandmasters.
Compared to the Da Lan Dynasty’s long-standing traditional war strategy of ‘soldier against soldier, general against general’.
The Western Continent has taught the Eastern Continent a lesson in using the advantage of lower-echelon soldiers to influence the battles among top strongn to the greatest extent!
This is also why after that war, Ye Ze’an had to push for the ‘Ming Reform’.
Only when lower-echelon soldiers can hold back the soldiers of the Western Continent can the Da Lan Dynasty fully exploit the advantages at the level of the strong.
Having reviewed all the battle examples, Li Fei’s biggest realization was:
There are no truly invincible people in this world.
No matter how formidable a strong person is, as long as they can expend energy, be injured, and bleed, there is always the possibility of being overwheld by numbers!
Even peak strongn can still be besieged and killed.
A formation of five thousand soldiers can barely contend with a peak strongman, and a formation of ten thousand soldiers can threaten the life of a peak strongman.
There was a battle example when the Grand Ancestor Emperor of the Da Lan Dynasty was founding the empire:
Twelve thousand Imperial Camp Army soldiers besieged a Martial Saint!
That Martial Saint chose to fight steadfastly without retreating, ultimately killing over five thousand Imperial Camp Army soldiers, but was worn down to the limit and decapitated by a Great Grandmaster who seized the opportunity!
“So, you’re suggesting to that even the strength of an individual has limits, and what is truly great is the system of the state and the collective power?”
After reading the battle examples in his hand, Li Fei quietly pondered the Emperor’s intentions.
If it were not for Yun Shu defending Lanling City and ten thousand Sky Blue Cavalry charging the formation, Wenren Zheng alone would not have been able to repel the Western Alliance Army.
“Being a re Martial Artist is less advantageous than integrating into the system, becoming a General, or a Marshal?”
The emperor’s final ntion of ‘Jing’an under the heavens’, Li Fei understood the intention behind it.
The Crown Prince had once spoken to him and Ming Qi of this: The true unification of the world is the unification of the Eastern and Western Continents!
Now it seems, even though Qing Xu True Monarch’s rebellion has damaged national power and fortune, the Emperor hasn’t given up his plans for the Western Continent.
So, the Emperor’s other intention, which Li Fei roughly guessed, is:
Even if so forces have overstepped, in this context, it is tolerable.
All for the sake of the bigger picture!
Recalling that night’s conversation with Grand Secretary Ye Ze’an, many things beca clearer.
Li Fei sat quietly in the Great Hall for a mont, finally displaying a faint smile.
He carefully put all the data back into the wooden box and then picked up the box to walk out of the Great Hall.
As he reached the doorway, Feng Cheng approached:
“Marquis Jing’an, have you finished reading?”
“Yes, I have.”
Li Fei handed the wooden box to Feng Cheng, “Does His Majesty have any further instructions?”
“No, Marquis Jing’an, you may leave the palace at your convenience.”
“Alright.”
Li Fei nodded and left the place.
After leaving the Imperial City, he directly returned to his mansion.
“Marquis.”
Lv Wenxing ca to him imdiately, “Did His Majesty have anything to say about last night’s event?”
Li Fei looked at him, “Even if the person behind the dealings with the Western Continent is found, they likely won’t be heavily punished.”
Lv Wenxing’s eyes widened: “How can that be?”
Li Fei thought for a mont and did not divulge the court’s covert dealings with the Western Continent to him.
That was confidential, and Lv Wenxing was not authorized to know.
Moreover, letting him know too much could be detrintal to him.
“But how will they account for the conspiracy against you, Marquis, by that person in collusion with the Western Continent?”
Seeing Li Fei’s hesitation, Lv Wenxing wisely didn’t pursue further and instead changed the topic.
“Even the top-level Dao Foundation inheritance trades with the Western Continent won’t be severely punished, let alone the fact that they rely plotted against but ultimately didn’t succeed, and I wasn’t substantially hard.”
Li Fei replied nonchalantly with a smile.
Earlier, the Emperor had shown him great favor, even willing to write a letter to Heavenly Tower and bear any conditions they proposed for his sake.
Yet after staying in the Royal Book Collection Pavilion for three months, ignoring advice, he stubbornly chose the most risky path of cultivation.
Any other ruler would certainly be displeased.
So, Li Fei was not surprised by this outco.
“This…”
Lv Wenxing was both startled and angry.
Does Li Fei an the court won’t delve into this matter either?!
“His Majesty, he…”
Lv Wenxing hesitated.
This attitude is more severe than previously not allowing Li Fei to et the Emperor.
It was a clear warning!
He did not understand what Li Fei had said to the Emperor before going into seclusion.
Letting Li Fei stay in the Royal Book Collection Pavilion for three months, freely choosing any secret manual.
Such honor and favor are unparalleled in the five-hundred-year history of the Da Lan Dynasty!
Lv Wenxing could not comprehend what Li Fei had done to cause such a significant change in the Emperor’s attitude toward him?
Seeing Lv Wenxing’s concern, Li Fei smiled and comforted him:
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