Chapter 225

It seemed as if the entire world had transformed overnight. The Emperor of Zhou had originally assumed that splitting his forces would resolve two wars at once. Instead, after finding themselves in dire straits on both fronts, both armies began pinning their hopes on the other, wishing for the other’s reinforcements to help them launch a counterattack. War was never a simple numbers game. Currently, the soldiers of the two sides were clearly not on the same level, yet they were burdened by a foolish emperor who fancied himself a sagacious ruler. Had Emperor Ji Hua of Zhou not insisted on splitting his forces to head north to avenge the Crown Prince, their numerical superiority would likely have prevented them from falling into such a plight. At the very least, capturing Xijiang City would have been an effortless feat.